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.

Vladimira is not what one thinks she is. Besides being a bloodthirsty, vicious, dark vampire, which everyone appears to believe she is, she's also a generous donor of blood and a pioneer of a new way to store said blood. Vladimira is really a gentle being, though she can't blame others for being scared of her—if she was a normal dragon, she'd be scared of vampires, too. But really, in her loneliness, Vladimira hunts down animals and kills them, draining their blood and storing it in a special pouch in her stomach for later use. Then, she goes home and, fashioning a small bag, regurgitates the collected blood and stores it in the bag, sewing it up and putting it in her cold cellar. The result is a huge hoard of donor blood, which Vladimira calls a 'blood bank'. The only problem with her name, though, is that the blood wasn't donated voluntarily—but who cares, she says.