Heartseeker Dragons are very social creatures that emanate a sweet chocolatey scent. Their captivating perfume easily attracts adult dragons that don’t yet have a mate. Heartseekers use their keen sense of smell to detect solitary dragons and potential mates in the area. By rubbing their fins against objects such as trees and rocks, they leave a scent trail for the other dragons to follow to meet each other. Although these dragons are seen year-round, the scent of a Heartseeker becomes particularly potent during the middle of winter. During this time, a single Heartseeker may play matchmaker to dozens of dragons, but he will also choose a special mate of his own.

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.

Bittersweet Herald never lost track of the dragons he paired off. He was so successful at matchmaking that most of the pairings at Blackrock Weyr were influenced by him in some way. Then, a desipis attack wiped out most of the weyr. After the desipis was defeated, Bittersweet Herald called upon decades of experience to play matchmaker one last time, so that survivors could hear from a sympathetic source what had happened to their lost partners. After that, he left for far-distant lands and changed his name, never to seek to pair off dragons again.