Pyralspite dragons are small, swift dragons that can breathe an intensely hot flame. They get their name from their resemblance to and affinity for garnets of the pyralspite family—they hoard such gems, preferring garnets that match their variant, and can tell the type of garnet from how it tastes. The orange variant is called Spessartine. These Pyralspites are more fun-loving and mellow than others, and are optimistic as a whole. Their preferred habitat is coastal areas.

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.

Whisper of Garnets is slightly mad and wears lots of jingly gold trinkets encrusted with garnets because she believes they talk to her and tell her that they can keep evil spirits away from her. She's paranoid too. Whenever she's alone, she sits in a corner, quivering and worrying for really no reason at all. She sees things and has an internal dialog constantly going around in her head and doing a running commentary of her current activities, but if you ask her about it directly, she won't admit it. Very weird.

The only one that seems to be able to make Whisper of Garnets feel happy and safe is Vain Optics, the Lumina Dragon. However, the dragoness can't tell if this feeling comes from all the shiny objects that dragon hoards, or from something else, like love.