Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

Quenjenip was assigned to Dragontown's main inn to help control the rodent population—an important task, as Kestrel the Bold told her repeatedly, and not one to be shirked.  She keeps her leader's words in mind, and always starts the day with good intentions, but before breakfast is even served she finds herself inexorably drawn to the pot of stew kept perpetually simmering in the kitchen, the fascinating odors coming it proving impossible to resist.  Quenjenip has never tried to sample anything from the pot—yet—but her fascination with stew makes her a definite nuisance, as she's always underfoot and at risk of being stepped on.  Despite numerous lectures from Kestrel on the importance of fulfilling her duties, and no matter how much Quenjenip vows to change, the very next day she'll be back to her old habits.