Failed attempts to experiment with magic often result in transforming dragons into these hellish creatures. They are extremely dangerous, and will mindlessly kill any living creature without regard to friend or foe.

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.

Each night, as the moon rises to the center of the sky, the cave guardians bar the entrance and wait silently, hoping to go unnoticed. Nearby, a skeletal claw thrusts its way through the soil, gradually followed by a huge, decomposing mass. This monster, known to the dragons of JannaStorm's cave as Haunteclere Dorkface, usually makes his midnight wanderings far from the other dragons. Even the vampires of the Helm clan avoid this undead dragon. The guardians know that should their watchfulness falter, Haunteclere could destroy every dragon in the cave. Haunteclere never associates with other dragons, except the zombie hatchling, Jadona.