Magi Dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won’t kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

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.

Melixis is her parents' eldest child, the daughter of the cave's strongest magi dragon. She gets her magical prowess from her mother, but she determined at a young age that she would not follow directly in Melkiori's footsteps. Melixis has turned her considerable magical talent to genealogy. With the assistance of the community's few paper dragons, she has meticulously recorded the parentage of each and every dragon living in the area. Her magic is very useful in discovering the family trees of the many dragons in the community who were rescued from abandonment, many of whom did not know their parents. Because of her investigations, all dragons in the community can make informed decisions when it comes time to choose a mate, so that they may avoid inbreeding if they so choose. Melixis strives to be impartial about the choices they make after consulting her. She sees her job as providing fact, not advice or judgement, believing that to do otherwise would violate her personal honor code.