Bleeding Moon Dragons are mostly nocturnal creatures. When outside in the sun, the small red spatters on their back grow and spread, making the dragons appear to “bleed.” It is said that the darker the shade of red, the more aggressive the dragon. Their tail barbs contain a powerful neuro-toxin which they use to subdue their prey. They are solitary creatures except when mating, preferring to dwell in the caves in mountains or other high places. Their large wingspan makes them fast flyers as well as fast runners, but they prefer to glide instead. Males are very competitive and will try almost everything to impress females, who will choose their mates based on speed and performance. Juveniles tend to form bachelor groups once fledged.

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.

Ceiling Fans is the Bleeding Moon that is sometimes in charge of hatchling discipline in the clan. But only sometimes, because the more conservative dragon parents occasionally protest her rather controversial methods. Ceiling Fans devised a contraption that she rigged up on the ceiling of her personal cave, and when hatchlings (or even Pygmies) misbehave she will tie them to the contraption and start spinning it around. It may cause giggles at first from the offender, but as this female increases the speed, the nausea increases as well. By the time the punishment has reached what she calls "Ludicrous Speed", many hatchlings have decided that yes, they will behave better next time.