Skywing Dragons spend most of their lives flying in the air. They hunt from the air, diving at prey from above, and land only to rest. They are some of the fastest fliers, capable of extremely high speeds. The webbing at the end of the tail acts as a rudder, allowing them to easily change direction during flight.

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.

Tykal, from the very moment she hatched, has never been able to hold herself still. Her reckless behavior has landed her in a number of dangerous situations, such as nearly crashing into a tree due to being a clumsy hatchling at that point or narrowly escaping a watery death from a poorly executed skim along the river's surface. None of this deters her, however. Tykal is optimistic and finds such experiences to be "thrilling" or "just a part of life", disregarding the fright that she gives everyone when she crashes to the ground right by a nasty-looking dark green dragon. Of course, every time she emerges unscathed from such a situation, she calls out "I'm okay!" in a cheerful tone. Getting her attention for long is hard to do. This is due to the fact she gets bored rather quickly and will fly off to do something else if there's nothing around to amuse her, much to the annoyance of the other dragons.