Ember Dragons have a great affinity for hot environments. While they themselves are not hot to the touch, their tendency to lurk amongst smoldering ashes has caused many to believe they are fire-starters. Their dully glowing markings serve many purposes: acting as a means of identification between individuals, as an important part of mating displays, and as a way of showing aggression. The long, low build of the breed makes them ungainly in flight, and the thick fleshy membranes of their wings hinder them further. As such, it is rare to see an Ember Dragon take to the air. Ember Dragons are also not particularly sociable; females tend to be defensive, whereas males are more aggressive. Once they have settled with a particular group of dragons, Ember Dragons are incredibly loyal and will defend their pack by any means possible.

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.

BrokenWingBeauty is an Ember Dragon with a strange injury. As a hatchling she was happy and much loved by her parents. But she got lost in the forest just as she was about to mature. She wandered, scared and tired, for weeks. She was caught by a slavery, and sold as a "guard dog" to someone who kept her on a chain and never talked to her. Instead, her "owner" constantly said she was just a dumb animal. She thought she would be chained up forever. But one day, a dragon attacked the house which BrokenWingBeauty was guarding. The wild dragon was starving and crazy—too exhausted to even mentally speak. A long battle ended up with the wild dragon gone, empty handed, and BrokenWingBeauty completely incapacitated. Her capturer just dumped her outside of town. She would have died if she wasn't found by a passing dragon who helped her limp along to the nearest cave, and she was rushed into the clinic. Years passed before she could walk again, and she will never again be able to fly.