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.

Thomas is a quiet, obedient dragon. He attends the monthly Cave meetings as every dragon is required to do, he helps White-eye gather herbs that grow in hard-to-reach places, and does whatever he's told to do. He doesn't question any orders he's given. He doesn't think about morals. He just does his job. That is all. There is no room for such pointless thoughts about motives and free will.

Whenever Thomas doesn't have orders he simply sits down and stares into space. He does not move. He does not blink. He does not even seem to breathe.

He just waits in that eerie stillness for the next dragon to give him his orders.