Mint colored dragons are the most peaceful of all dragons; they only eat plants unless they scavenge meat from an already dead animal. They also have no ways to attack others or defend themselves. They are much smaller than other forms of dragons since they only double in size when they mature. Mint dragons are unable to use magic and cannot fly since they lack wings. Their looks have given rise to the common insult of calling dragons “large lizards.”

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.

Being only a small dragon, Mintys finds it hard to cope with the aspects of life that involve larger dragons. Being neither speedy nor agile, her tail is flat from numerous accidents, and only travels around the cave's smaller corridors, where the risk of being squashed is less imminent. One of the other problems she faces is feeding, as having pairs of canines larger than her body ripping into dinner right next to her would off put even the bravest dragon, and any dragon with a nose would object to having rotten breath sprayed over them. It was from this that Mintys had the idea of getting dragons to chew mint plants, which made their breath much less disgusting, allowing her to eat her lavender salad in peace without being disrupted with the odour of rotten meat issuing out from the nearest mouth. At first, carnivorous dragons had a problem with this, claiming that eating plants was unnatural for them, but after realising it was that or a visit to the dentist, they quickly complied.