Hooktalon Dragons are a two-headed breed named for the long, curved claw that grows on the first finger of each of their hands. Their skin is tough and covered in razor sharp, tooth-like scales, and as they age they grow a dense, keratinous club on the end of their tail. Wild Hooktalons live in migratory, matriarchal clans around deserts and hot scrublands, hunting and stealing kills from other dragons as they please. They are notoriously ill-tempered and the females, being the largest and most aggressive of their kind, will often lash out at their male counterparts in brief, explosive disputes over anything and everything. The only creature with which a Hooktalon will not fight is itself: though the dragon has two heads and thus two brains, a strong connection between its brains allows them to function as one.

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.

Two-headed dragons are unique enough to deserve a separate classification from ordinary dragons. They have two necks, two brains, two mouths, but one stomach and one main body. The two heads usually work together, but there are times when they will fight each other, snapping back and forth. Their unique anatomy prevents them from breeding with single-headed dragons.

Mai and Yuki are one and the same, yet complete opposites. Mai, the head on the left, is much more sarcastic. She barely shows any expression, and her comments are both cold and scathing. Yuki, on the other hand, is more cheerful. Rather excitable, she often insists that they go and 'do something.' Despite this, Yuki is also the shyer and less direct of the two.

In addition, this Hooktalon is rather unique in the fact that both sides have irregular temperatures. Mai is cold to the touch, almost numbing, and Yuki's hide can scorch and burn whatever she comes into contact with. This has made them rather infamous as a fighting pair, for obvious reasons related to strategy.

This isn't to say that they don't get along. Mai and Yuki are both extremely defensive of the other. Yuki is the only one who can hold a conversation with her counterpart; Mai will speak flatly and with much hostility to any other dragon. They are one and the same, the perfect team.