Stratos Dragons resemble sea dragons, but these massive creatures are far too buoyant to swim in the water. Instead, Stratos Dragons use air mana accumulated in their scales to live high up in the skies from the moment they mature enough to leave the ground, only ever returning to the ground in open spaces or very high elevations to lay their eggs. The underside of a Stratos is covered in reflective scales that slowly shift colors throughout the day to mirror the sky and the clouds above, serving as camouflage. Young Stratos consume anything that will fit in their mouths, and are especially drawn to air mana, but adult Stratos are difficult to observe and not much is known about what they eat or where they continue to gain mana. Corpses of grown Stratos dragons have been found with an incredible amount of crystallized light and air mana embedded in their backs, and it is thought that they fly so high up as they would otherwise be a delicacy to many of the more mana-hungry dragon breeds.

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.

Aircurrent is named for the steady stream of the winds that pass over every inch of the world below. Her mind is clear and steady, and her great patience helps her lead the other Stratos dragons of her clan.

When the Great War broke out below, Aircurrent eagerly joined in an alliance with Snowfeathers, the White dragon who proposed a strange way to escape death or subservience: using the magic of the Stratos dragons and other breeds of the sky to create a layer of clouds high above the continent. Above that layer, dragons could stay hidden from the might of Flameflow below, touching down at only three places: cities hidden in the clouds that surrounded the highest peaks of the land.

Aircurrent is proud of the role her clan plays in the hidden security of the Cities of Snow and Cloud, as the alliance of different clans came to be known. With her patience and wisdom, she has also secured an alliance with the new Weyr of Soft Flowers, using the coast for her clan's home on the ground.