Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

Vanna Hans, "golden fairy", has a unique job in the cave. Due to his forte, Vanna is a skilled apiarist- a beekeeper. Nestled deep in the valley, Vanna cares for a vast hive containing dazzling golden bees. Vanna alone is trusted by the bees, so he is responsible for caring for and cleaning the hive, as well as gathering the divine honey the bees produce. The bees know Vanna as the 'golden fairy' for his scales; sometimes, when Vanna flies out of the hive at sunset, the honey on his scales creates a golden-amber glow. Vanna is shy around anyone except the bees; the other dragons adore him for his lovely honey deliveries and his shy, innocent nature. Vanna is satisfied with his life on the whole, although he would love to one day muster up the courage to ask lovely Berie Juliana for her hand.