Shimmer-scale Dragons are a very beautiful breed with small—but highly reflective—scales that shimmer and shine as the dragon moves through water. They don’t have fins or webbed feet, but their long, eel-like bodies allow them to swim quite fast. They were once rumored to carry large pearls in their claws—causing many to seek them out in search of this fabulous treasure. In reality, the “pearl” is of greater value to the dragon, for the fabled treasure is actually an egg carried by a migrating female.

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.

Argent Stanzas hates when he's alone

But often finds himself without a friend.

He always struggles through the monotone

Of those who do not sing. He can't pretend

He tolerates a noteless speaker's moan.

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Prosaic language makes this dragon sad.

He writhes and pulls his gorgeous turquoise mane

Or coils up and sobs aloud, "Egad!

The art of posey-making seems so plain

Yet, others fear it. Fie, I must be mad!"

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The Verseweavers, perhaps, could be his peers

But that small clan of bards is dying out

As Argent Stanzas knows; and thus, he fears

That poetry itself is in a drought.

He cannot save it, so, he disappears.