Red Dragons are similar to typical story book dragons. They shoot flames, can fly, etc. However, they aren’t evil creatures as depicted in myths and won’t go around raiding castles, killing knights, or kidnapping princesses. They live in a variety of habitats, from forests to coastlines to abandoned castles, usually in warm climates, and eat whatever living creatures they can find.

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.

Ignatius is an 'all mouth and no trousers' sort of dragon. He likes to make himself look big, talk big and strut about like he's in charge of everything, when in fact he's a bit of a wuss that has a tendency to hiss and blow smoke at anything that scares him. He's not fond of little ones, being prone to blow smoke at them as well, and tries to stick close to the adult dragons he knows. The other dragons in the Tikindi cave tend to find him quite amusing, although none of them would tell him that, and he's allowed to make himself look as big as he wants because they all know he isn't in charge.