Red Dragons are similar to typical story book dragons. They shoot flames, can fly, etc. However, they aren’t evil creatures as depicted in myths and won’t go around raiding castles, killing knights, or kidnapping princesses. They live in a variety of habitats, from forests to coastlines to abandoned castles, usually in warm climates, and eat whatever living creatures they can find.

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.

Alcwyn was a very quiet and rather sad dragon. His origins were a mystery as he had been found abandoned as a hatchling. The other dragons found his strange dialect hard to follow and didn't try to communicate with him much although his scroll mates had finally learnt to understand him. After several failed attempts of asking question such as "Yer, skews I, but ifee doan mine I askin, which  cave be thee vrom" Alcwyn had given up hope of finding his blood relatives and concentrated instead on breeding as many offspring as he could to create a new family.