Bleeding Moon Dragons are mostly nocturnal creatures. When outside in the sun, the small red spatters on their back grow and spread, making the dragons appear to “bleed.” It is said that the darker the shade of red, the more aggressive the dragon. Their tail barbs contain a powerful neuro-toxin which they use to subdue their prey. They are solitary creatures except when mating, preferring to dwell in the caves in mountains or other high places. Their large wingspan makes them fast flyers as well as fast runners, but they prefer to glide instead. Males are very competitive and will try almost everything to impress females, who will choose their mates based on speed and performance. Juveniles tend to form bachelor groups once fledged.

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.

This bleeding moon always leaves to hunt at eight o'clock in the evening and returns to her weyr at three regardless of what she does (or doesn't) find. The local misfits all know that they have eight hours to set up whatever pranks they can think up, so there is often a surprise when she makes it home. By shifting her schedule even fifteen minutes she would probably have a wonderful opportunity to eat the blasted misfits, but alas, she has yet to try it. Perhaps it is because, on a few occasions, a handsome male of her own kind has come in and caught the misfits to feed them to her as tribute and she hopes he would come more often. If she always has misfits, he will always have a reason to hunt them and court her.