Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Skiskers is a very lucky dragon. His owner snatched him up as an egg, intrigued by the egg's small size, and has treated him to a pampered life ever since. Unlike his owner's other dragons, Skiskers lives in his owner's house. He lives much like the house cat, Whiskers, he was so lovingly named after. When Skiskers was a hatchling, it was Whiskers who kept an eye on him. The friendly tom cat showed him where the food bowl was, where his owner slept, and how to get to the window that's left open for them so they can go outside.

At first, Skiskers was unhappy. He wasn't sure if a dragon could live indoors without causing trouble, but overtime he has gotten very comfortable with his surroundings. He enjoys his life, it's much easier and cozier than living outdoors and trying to find scraps of food all the time. His food bowl is always full and there's always a warm place to sleep. Skiskers is the happiest, perhaps the only, house dragon to ever live.