Canopy Dragons love to soar above the tropical jungles and other densely forested areas. Their billowing, layered wings create generous lift that allows them to ascend effortlessly over the warm jungle. While their unique wings do not make them the fastest flyers, they are champion gliders. To further this end, dexterity, maneuverability, and grace are all judged by the females when selecting their mates from the males that can accurately complete the exhausting and elaborate courtship dance between the close growing branches of the upper canopy.

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.

Sassafras Flier is always found in the canopy, gazing down at the world below. She feels safe in the tress and refuses to leave them. She looks longingly at the cave and tries to convince the other dragons to join her. Most of the others are far to heavy to do so, and the light wingless dragons fear a fall from the canopy. She feels left out from the family but joy still lives in her heart because she knows she will always have Orichid, her beloved hatcher. Orichid makes daily visits to her and the two talk of anything and everything strengthening their friendship each day.