Harvest Dragons are a large, flightless breed most often found in heavily forested mountains. Normally shy, these omnivorous dragons keep to themselves in remote regions, but in the fall they descend from their high territory to search for food—and lots of it. During the autumn months, harvest dragons will eat whatever they can find, from large and small animals to nuts and fruit. In the winter they retreat into large caves and hibernate until spring, living off the fat they have built up.

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.

HarvestTree is a Harvest Dragon who loves bears. She found an abandoned bear cub while she was still a young adult. After searching in vain for the mother, HarvestTree took in the cub and raised it like her own child. The bear grew large, and it was healthier than other bears—having never known hunger or fear. When it was an adult, HarvestTree let the bear go. But when she went to visit her bear friend the next year, she found the bear had a three healthy cubs. With HarvestTree's help, the cubs grew to adults and have cubs of their own. Soon she was friends with a whole great extended family of bears. Now, HarvestTree spends a lot of time with her bears, and even hibernates with them every Winter.