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.

Vesta Tinuviel is the blacksmith of the cave, known by the other dragons as the "fire nightingale" (her name meaning). She breathes fire to keep her forge running, flapping her wings to fan the fire- essentially, she is the heart of her workplace. Vesta sings while she works, producing frenzied, energetic chants that set the souls of the other dragons on fire. With her blacksmith and song skills combined, the other dragons admire Vesta, and her work continues to bring use and beauty to the cave. The only work Vesta has ever kept is her Masterpiece- an object dragons speculate about, a work in progress that has yet to be revealed. Only Vesta's master Amphitrie, keeper of many secrets, knows what the Masterpiece is, and she keeps her word to this day as Vesta toils over her life's work.