Speckle-Throated Dragons are an active, playful breed. They are easily excited and rarely remain still, spending much of their time in the air. Living in groups of up to sixty dragons, they nest in open plains and at the bases of mountains. Their speckled throats are their most distinctive feature, as well as the loud, echoing call they produce to communicate with one another. Male Speckle-Throats have a small crest on top of their heads, which they can flush with blood to intimidate enemies and attract mates.

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.

A devilish flirt of a male, Nyokie's charms have been making lady-dragons swoon for decades. Waving his finely-scented tail about (he perfumes it with flowers), puffing out his well-toned breast, and showing off his crest every chance he gets, he's fathered a disproportionate amount of children among his clan and earned the ire of many of his male contemporaries.

Of course, all that changed when... IT happened.

Bragging yet again about how awesome he was, Nyokie told everyone within a hundred mile's range that he was such a stud he could seduce a gold dragon on the spot. So it was that he strutted up to one, flushing his crest with blood, a truly awe-inspiring sight that had never failed to impress--

But then IT happened.

Quirking up one eye ridge at the sight of his crest, the gold offered up a "youuu should probably get that checked" before flying off.

Nyokie's desolate howls told of his loss, and to this day he is a broken man, unable to do more than sob and pity his cruel fate.