Desipis Dragons are an extremely dangerous breed, synonymous with the paths of desolation they leave in their wakes. These gargantuan beasts are infamous for their innate ability to control and manipulate the minds of others, which they use to pulverize the sanities of their foes and forge false memories. This power is especially effective on the foolish, and only the strongest-willed individuals have been known to resist a Desipis’s cunning. Most who anger Desipises do not live to tell the tale. Desipis Dragons are especially feared for their uncanny power of absorbing the magic of others with the fire they breathe and converting it into the bright reserves of crystallized mana that decorate their bodies.

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.

Bekilip is a most fearsome dragon indeed. Like all Desipis dragons, he is cunning and cruel and has a nasty temper, but he is extremely picky about the way he wreaks destruction on the world around him. His destructive tendencies may seem arbitrary to some, but according to Bekilip, the randomly destroyed landscapes and villages are a part of some larger pattern he is working to complete. Some have speculated that Bekilip's "pattern" may in fact have something to do with mana, but any who approach Bekilip with this theory are turned raving mad and sent barreling off the nearest cliff, so it has neither been confirmed nor denied.