Pumpkin Dragons are a very small breed, named after their affinity for pumpkins. They are always found living inside hollowed-out pumpkins, and are only seen during the harvest season. Young children often hollow out and decorate their pumpkins in the hope that a Pumpkin Dragon will make it his or her home.

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.

It was one lonely Halloween when Jen found her pumpkin. All the roomy, large pumpkins in the garden had been taken but from the second she saw the small lonely vegetable, she knew she had found love. Tirelessly hollowing out the insides, the success she felt once the work had been done made her proud of the slightly brown pumpkin which had that weird odour coming from it. When next Halloween came, she was reluctant to leave her home, despite the brown shrivelled mess she curled up in. Little structure was left, and the once proud plant was now little more than a rotting pile covering the slight pygmy. Preferring to stay with the pumpkin she loved, she ignored the decomposing smell and carried on, until eventually it decomposed around her. Disheartened, she buried the pumpkin, returning next year to find that a whole patch of pumpkins had grown in its place. She now spends her days tending to the patch, her last link to her first pumpkin.