Nilia Pygmies reside mostly in mountainous regions, tending to live in large flocks. They are a curious, hyperactive breed; their curiosity often gets them into dangerous situations. Despite this, they are wary around other dragons and animals outside their breed. They are naturally shy and seek their own kind for companionship. Once the trust of a Nilia dragon is earned, they are highly loyal critters, sometimes to the point of being annoying.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

Despite what Mythfy believes, hiCp5 was dead when her body washed up on Tiny Island. When Mythfy failed to resuscitate the lifeless body she found just offshore, she panicked and, calling all of her dusk pygmy magic into a single spell, brought hiCp5 back to the brink of life. hiCp5 lost most of her memory including that of her name. Her diaphragm was permanently injured from whatever happened while she was drowned and to this day she is constantly hiccuping because of it. Her current name came from her uncontrollable hiccuping, and while she eventually recovered most of her memories, including her name, she still likes to go by "Hiccups" because it helps distance herself from her old life on the mainland which was traumatic enough that she chose to fly out to sea with no prospect of reaching land in the first place. She doesn't like to talk about what happened, but undead—perhaps zombies, perhaps vampires—were involved.