Shimmer-scale Dragons are a very beautiful breed with small—but highly reflective—scales that shimmer and shine as the dragon moves through water. They don’t have fins or webbed feet, but their long, eel-like bodies allow them to swim quite fast. They were once rumored to carry large pearls in their claws—causing many to seek them out in search of this fabulous treasure. In reality, the “pearl” is of greater value to the dragon, for the fabled treasure is actually an egg carried by a migrating female.

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.

I Rid Hells is a Hell Ridder. Less poetically, he tries to brighten the mood wherever he goes, so things feel less like figurative hells. If a dragon in a high position finds leadership to be "Work from Hell", if an obstacle in the waterway causes a "Detour Straight from Hell", if dealing with kids is a "Personal Hell" for someone, and so on, Rid noses his way in looks for ways to ameliorate the problem. Sometimes, even if he doesn't find a solution, his goofy nature and ever-sunny attitude make people feel better, and he doesn't mind simply being used as a complaints-target to blow off steam. Rid's befriended many Hellfire wyverns and raised children (biological and adopted) with a handful of them with little issue. Since he is a Hell Ridder, his six-limbed friends joke that when he spends time with his girlfriends, they're merely called "fire wyverns".