Swallowtail Dragons are graceful and quick flyers, much like their namesake bird. They are capable of precise aerial acrobatics, and can reach very high altitudes. Because of this, humans observing these dragons are often astonished at how large they are when confronted up close. A Swallowtail’s diet consists of insects and small mammals plentiful in temperate forests. These dragons are also made remarkable by their paper-thin wing membranes, which allow light to pass through, creating an astonishing effect on starry nights.

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.

The sea glittered in the early sunlight as a small group of dragons swooped down into an abandoned village. Their hardened faces were unreadable, but their eyes were deep pools of sadness, for they were the last of their kind on the island. The tyrannical king ruled with an iron fist, and the dragons had threatened his reign. They'd been hunted nearly to extinction, but they'd fought back, or they had until now. Now they were giving up. It filled Kuthaian's heart with pain to be leaving his home, but they had no other choice. It had been his idea after all. To hide the remaining eggs, one of each species, deep underground beneath a tall mountain that would one day bear the name the Rock of Kuthaian. Long after the other dragons left due to an explosion that poisoned everything within proximity, Kuthaian stayed. Waiting. Waiting for the king's reign to end. Waiting for dragons to walk upon the island once again.