Blue-Banded Dragons are found primarily in mountainous regions with lots of precipitation. Although terrestrial, they are most often sighted near running water and feed mostly on fish. Females are very social and form tight-knit family groups, while males are strictly solitary and will fight any other dragons that enter their territory outside of breeding season. For this reason, females tend to drive males away when they are not ready to mate, or when they are caring for hatchlings. The amount of striping varies greatly from individual to individual, with some dragons having only faint dark streaks on their sides and others appearing to be almost entirely dark blue with paler markings.

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.

A gentle dragoness, Dimae has a close relationship with the human caretaker of her clan whose name is very similar to her own. She lives near the human's cottage and is beloved by the Sweetlings there, often found basking in the sun with the little dragons curled up at her side.

But life isn't all pleasant bliss for Dimae. She has been wholly unable to find any dragon in the clan that she feels drawn to as a mate; no one holds that spark of something that captivates her. Instead, Dimae is enamored with a Blue-Banded who appears fleetingly in her dreams, one that she seems unable to forget when morning comes. After questioning her, the human caretaker identified the stranger as a member of her lover's clan. Hearing that this mysterious dragon identifies as female is no hindrance to Dimae's love, and she has resolved to someday make the long journey to this faraway place.

If destiny was bringing them together in dreams, then Dimae would never fail to follow through to find her HErKe.