Bright-Breasted Wyverns are a breed of dragon easily recognized by their bright red markings. They are a small breed, only the size of a full-grown man. However, they have developed poisonous barbs on their feet to make up for their size. Their coloration is used to warn off potential predators of the danger, and is also used to attract mates. They are very social, and can often be seen preening in large groups.

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.

Born along side a large number of siblings, Sliph was taken by a passing knight one morning, ultimately to his doom. It was just his luck that a young woman with bravery to spare stole him off the man's horse, and took him far away, to a mountainous region inhabited by many of his own kind. The girl visits often, and though it's not his home brood, he is quite happy--particularly when she brings new friends for him to play with. Still quite young and with a childish innocence about him, Sliph is quite interested in the goings-on of the human world, and dreams of one day leaving his brood and adventuring all around the world.