Water Walkers are small dragons that are frequently found around bogs and ponds. While they are flightless, they retain the flight sacs and hollow bones of their airborne cousins. These traits, coupled with their extraordinarily long, webbed toes, allow them to stand on top of calm waters, using their small sails to propel them wherever they please. They spend the majority of their lives on the water, retreating to the tops of lily pads when the waters become too rough to float atop.

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.

As first-hatched, First Tsurugi is the eldest of the Tsurugi dragonkin. He was named in honor of Shadowryu's first egg, which tragically died before hatching. Every winter, First wanders the frozen waters to mourn his lost elder nestmate, whose shell was as cold and beautiful as the ice itself. Now, he protects his remaining younger nestmates until they are able to fly, though he still likes to guard the ones underwater.