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.

Housecat actually lives with her owner Gio unlike the rest of the flock; whenever someone comes to visit Gio always tells them: "Oh she's harmless. Just don't play cards with her." This is for a very good reason, Housecat is unusually intelligent and Gio taught her how to play poker. The dragon quickly claimed Gio's gold but gave it back because she realized that she wasn't going to get any food unless Gio had money to pay for it. But that doesn't stop her from conning her flock mates. Elder Hoenhiem calls her 'Con-artist' while some of the others just call her 'Thief'. She's taken coins, jewels, and trinkets but all she really wants is one deep blue diamond. She says that if she finds it she'll stop stealing and conning. Gio's Time Warp and Elder Alphosne, the two Water Dragons of the flock, search the ocean fervently for this gem since that is where Housecat claims it is.