Coastal Waverunners spend most of their time skimming the waves along the coast, snatching up their prey from the shallow waters. They have developed markings along the leading edges of their body that help disguise them as breaking waves. When they are not hunting, they enjoy playing among sand-dunes and shallow tide-pools. These dragons live in small but noisy rookeries. Some stories say Waverunners can fly for days on end without landing.

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.

Being abandoned when his egg was laid, Pteros imposed himself the task of helping other dragons that had been abandoned. He created a safe place where abandoned dragons could hatch and grow happy and safe. He has helped many to hatch, and he considers every one of them as his family.

He found the love of his life, Celestia, one morning when he was flying above the sea. She was fishing for her dinner, and Pteros immediately fell in love with her graceful way of flying. Celestia also fell in love with him, and now she helps him taking care over all the abandoned eggs and hatchlings that Pteros takes under his wing.