Striped Dragons come in a dazzling array of colors complemented by an intricate pattern of stripes. These bright colors and patterns help attract their favorite food, insects. Because their prey is so tiny, striped dragons must spend a large portion of their day eating. The color of the offspring is usually determined by the dragon’s mate.

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.

Onchu is a strict believer in determinism. He believes that everything a dragon does is purely determined by who his or her parents were and what has happened to him or her until then. He things that "free will" is nothing more than an illusion and that—while humans and their limited view might allow them to believe in such an illusion—dragons should in general be far too clever to fall for such stupid wishful thinking.