Named after their cloudy, ashen scales, Ash Dragons are large, gentle beasts, although their faces can give unaccustomed folk a fright. Their tough scales and sheer size make them infrequent attack targets, traits that explain why pygmy dragons and other small dragon breeds can often be seen riding on their backs, hiding amongst their large spiked scales. Though they tend to be mostly quiet, Ash dragons have a low, deep roar that is typically only used to threaten or call to others of their kind.

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.

Steeliness is a mobile clothing rack. It's a bit embarrassing, but she's doing people a service, and the hourly fee she charges to venues and the like allows her to later buy or barter for nearly anything she wants. The humans and dragons who hang their hats and cloaks on her spikes and tail do so with care, and they respect Steeliness, or at the very least, only make fun when they're out of range. Once, while on a job, she allowed this lanky man with a floppy hat and smock to paint her likeness, and apparently, that painting was part of a big-name show of some sort, and he sent her two years' worth of snack bars after making a bunch of money. It's two HUMAN years' worth of snack bars, but still, Steeliness is quite happy to take them for just holding still.