Shimmer-scale Dragons are a very beautiful breed with small—but highly reflective—scales that shimmer and shine as the dragon moves through water. They don’t have fins or webbed feet, but their long, eel-like bodies allow them to swim quite fast. They were once rumored to carry large pearls in their claws—causing many to seek them out in search of this fabulous treasure. In reality, the “pearl” is of greater value to the dragon, for the fabled treasure is actually an egg carried by a migrating female.

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.

Whyrlpule loves swimming in tight, fast circles. He challenges himself with creating vortexes that stretch an airpocket down towards where he is swimming. His record to date is air pulled one hundred seventeen meters below the surface.

He has also tried swimming in tight, fast circles on top of the water. He succeeded in getting a small waterspout about five meters high to form. However, he finds he does not have the leverage to send waterspouts upward well. That combined with the fact that most of his friends live underwater means that he can make more of an impression with the vortexes going down into the water.