Sweetlings are a small, flightless breed of dragon. They are omnivores who favor sweet fruits and honey, and have been known to go to great lengths to obtain their favorite treats. Their long, prehensile tails allow them to grab onto branches and give them superior balance. Sweetlings are expressive dragons and have a large array of calls to communicate with others. They become very vocal during breeding season and sing long, beautiful melodies to attract a mate. Inquisitive in nature, Sweetlings are known to investigate anything that piques their interest, and are quick to flee if the object of their curiosity strikes back.

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.

Sugar Tooth has been a thorn in the side of his clan's cooks since the day he hatched. He enjoys sweets even more than the rest of his kind and will stop at nothing to get his paws on them. There have been organized attempts to stop him in the past, but the sweetling is literally addicted to sugar. If someone somehow manages to take it from him he'll lay in the middle of crowded hallways and scream until it's returned. Sugar's strange obsession has also led to a game called "Sweetling Baiting," in which a piece of candy is tied to a pygmy's tail so the dragon will chase it. However, the game was quickly banned after a pygmy got loose in the clan's crowded cave complex and Sugar chased it into the spitfires' glass store. The resulting disaster inspired the term "sweetling in a china shop."