Ultraviolet Dragons are a heat-loving breed that are most commonly found in hot, arid environments. These hardy dragons are omnivorous and will eat both plant and animal matter, even species with thorny physical defenses such as cacti. They are generally peaceful and often quite friendly, but males will become aggressive and cantankerous during the breeding season. Intense fights take place over females, sometimes resulting in injury for both combatants.

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.

Keroessa spent most of her life on the island of Fiik, in a cave high in the cliffs, watching the waves beat against the glassy stones of the shore. It was a dreary life, being so close to the ocean, but her father was there, and she had no desire to leave him in such gloom. Longing for freedom, though, she flew farther and farther over the rough waters surrounding the island, always spotting vague land masses on the horizon that never seemed to get any closer and despaired that she would ever leave her island and meet any kindly souls. But on a day when the wind felt mischievous and the sun shone with pity and gave her strength, she was blown farther east than west and farther south than north, and landed on a rocky outcropping worn smooth by the waves. From this rock, she could see a continent quite far off, an enormous vague shadow on the horizon. She rested a moment, flew, and never returned to Fiik, finding her home instead in the desert where she landed.