Harvest Dragons are a large, flightless breed most often found in heavily forested mountains. Normally shy, these omnivorous dragons keep to themselves in remote regions, but in the fall they descend from their high territory to search for food—and lots of it. During the autumn months, harvest dragons will eat whatever they can find, from large and small animals to nuts and fruit. In the winter they retreat into large caves and hibernate until spring, living off the fat they have built up.

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.

Der Letzte Tanz (the last dance) grew up without parents and was raised by the people of a small farming village. He is not completely tame, but he will trust humans he knows well, and especially likes hearing them play music in the evening.

Here's a little anecdote how he got his name—one year a young farmer was very behindhand with his threshing because he could not find anyone who had time to help him. He was ready to despair, but his wife told him to take his flute and play all the dance tunes he knew. He did, and soon enough the dragon showed up and started dancing to the music. It was more "stomping around clumsily" than dancing, to be honest, but the dragon had fun. And after the last dance, all the grain on the ground was threshed.