Magi Dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won’t kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

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.

Xyniel still has no idea why some as-yet-unknown individual has singled her out as the target of some personal vendetta. She's lived a quiet life—or as quiet as is possible for a Goldenmage Assembly researcher—and her research is purely abstract, involving more time in the library than in her workroom. Despite this, she's the target of continual untraceable nasty notes and magical mishaps—nothing deadly, but all at least irritating. If Xyniel ever finds the individual responsible for the harassment, she'll turn them over to the Spelltesters as test subjects for the group's often-explosive research.