When Water Dragons mature, they lose the ability to survive on land, entering the water permanently. They are adept swimmers and eat whatever fish are in the lake they live in. They tend to inhabit the same lake for their entire lives, although a few live in the ocean and swim all over the world.

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.

Shuilong is very peculiar about the way one has to pronounce her name. Whenever she meets someone she will correct them endlessly on how they need to prolong certain sounds and where to put the stress but no one ever seems to get it quite right. And yet it's so easy as she explains again and again with precise instructions, the stress simply goes on the third "ui".