Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only “alive” at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.

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.

Folly, oldest Vampire in the Cave, is the sire and grand-sire to roughly a third of the Vampires in the Cave, as well as being co-founder and current head of "The Coven", a group originally just for intellectual debate that is now the intelligence division of "The Queen's Shadow".

Nicknamed Zazan because of something the Cave Mother refers to as a "code", which Folly can only assume is just another strange custom from a very strange human, Folly is the near-perfect image of dignity and sophistication. A composed intellectual, it was his idea to form a symbiotic relationship with the dragons that his kin feed on, offering payment in treasure or other services in return for a donation of blood.

When not meeting with his like-minded friends or helping the Cave Mother, it is not uncommon to find this dragon in his cave, surrounded by the many scrolls and books he has collected over the years, writing in his journal or simply reading away, fire roaring and glass of "wine" in hand.