Deep Sea Dragons, as their name suggests, spend most of their time in the darkest depths of the sea. They have a bioluminescent dorsal spine that serves to attract prey and communicate with their own kind. As with many deep sea animals, they generally eat whatever they can manage to bait. They rarely leave the ocean floor, surfacing only during breeding season. When they do choose to travel to the shallower depths, they avoid bright lights and will only come up far away from shore.

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.

Out of the deepest seas came an egg, holding within it a wrongly made baby dragon.

Appendages aside, she knew herself as Brise de Mer—a lesbian dragon at heart.  The poor thing knew she would have a difficult life before her, once she discovered that she absolutely could not fit into the role society had preset for her.

Life was more unkind than she had expected, however.  Faced with the completely nonacceptance of her closest family and friends for who she truly was, she plunged deeper into the sea than any of her kind dared to go.

Once a year or so, some say she attempts to return to her clan, only to be rejected time and time again.  Others say she's never been seen since.

When the waters of the sea are saltier that normal, it's been said that she's been crying again.  Crying for injustice and confusion.  Crying for lost families and friends.

If only she knew her true family sat on the other side of the ocean, waiting to be found.

Someday. Perhaps.