Feisty and energetic, Whiptail Dragons pride themselves on their speed and agility. It is not unusual to see several whiptails racing each other. Though fragile, they can easily evade attacks with their superior speed, and often use their long tails as a weapon, giving rise to their name.

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.

Windswept Steppes is extremely feisty and proud. She is always willing to jump in a fight when she has been offended or challenged in some way. She rarely takes the time to process the consequences of her actions. She has a magical power to influence creatures through her mind. She can't directly take control of them, but she can subtly play with their emotions to get them to do as she wishes. Her mate Pallens Vox uses this to his full potential. He uses this power in his schemes and plans. Windswept Steppes has become blind to the fact that she is no more then a tool to her mate, and has convinced herself that he loves her as blindly as she does. All he uses her for is her abilities and to produce offspring, but her pride and blindness makes it so that she does not see this.