Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only “alive” at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.

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.

Explosive Clay was named so for two reasons: she is explosively random in temperament and she is obsessed with clay.

Explosive Clay enjoys violence, and causes it as much as she observes it. She seldom kills one thing at a time, as she prefers killing groups. She doesn't like torturing her target: it takes too much time, and in the time she would waste torturing something a different victim may escape!

Before the sun rises each day, she bathes herself in a lake that has clay instead of sand as its base. She never misses a day of this, and because of her vile habits the lake has been named "Lake Bloodclay".