Magi Dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won’t kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

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.

Zaelvree Beghdasha comes from a long line of scholars, and will cheerfully tell anyone just how long.  Her mother's family holds an inborn love of the esoteric, and sometimes will raid libraries rather than treasuries.  The librarians in Zaelvree's territory have taken to leaving books on the roof as a peace offering.  Conscious of this thoughtful gesture, Zaelvree takes care not to damage the roof, and will return some of the less valuable but more entertaining books after two weeks.  She never takes them swimming, her other favorite occupation, though occasionally the edges of the pages will come back with tiny holes in them from page-turning claws.