Shimmer-scale Dragons are a very beautiful breed with small—but highly reflective—scales that shimmer and shine as the dragon moves through water. They don’t have fins or webbed feet, but their long, eel-like bodies allow them to swim quite fast. They were once rumored to carry large pearls in their claws—causing many to seek them out in search of this fabulous treasure. In reality, the “pearl” is of greater value to the dragon, for the fabled treasure is actually an egg carried by a migrating female.

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.

Govern is an adventurous dragon. When he was a hatchling, the older dragons in his cave would tell him interesting stories of mystical fountains, treasures lost in sunken ships, and various other mysteries. The dragons did it to make him fall asleep at night, they couldn't have known it would lead to an almost unhealthy obsession with adventure.

He spends all of his time out searching for these treasures. He occasionally has to ask the older dragons in his cave for help with understanding a legend or directions, but they usually just tell him to stop wasting his time. Govern regards their unhappiness with his habits of adventure as "just another obstacle."