Misfit Pygmies are brightly-colored dragons who love to make life miserable for other creatures. When several Misfits group together, it is certain that there is mischief afoot. They do everything they can to tease, causing general mayhem for all. Misfit Dragons will steal food from beneath other dragons’ noses both for fun, and to fill their bellies. While they are known for their tricks and pranks, they have a rarely-displayed sweet side and will search out little treasures to present to their chosen mate.

Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior. Adolescence in dragons is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling’s wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. In Galsreim, dragons and humans coexist peacefully.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

Heptame is a rigid, unbending hen best noted for her conservative beliefs. She outpaces even Elder Rosiline in her archaic attitudes. Among them is her attitudes towards mixed breeds and inbreds, the mongrels they are. She believes that the world would be a much better place if only those of lesser class were taught their place, citing Izdati's mixed lineage as proof of this fact.

As her name suggests, Heptame does everything in a series of seven. She's obsessive about the number, firmly believing it's sacred. She even aspires to bear seven hatchlings, only seven.

Her obsession is normally not much of a problem unless she is coerced unto the battlefield. Even in the heat of battle she caters to her obsession with the number, never striking an enemy more or less than seven times and typically never killing more than seven in a single battle. It's a foolish act that has earned her a lot of resentment from the others.