Found only in the deep ocean, Lotaan Dragons are patient and tenacious hunters. They will track their prey for days on end, waiting for the perfect opportunity to surge forward and impale their quarry on the stiff spikes of their tail. Their dark, muted scales help hide their presence in the murky waters, and often the only visible identifier is the faint reddish glow of the mana crystals that line their belly. These crystals grow dimmer the longer they hunt and brighten again after a successful kill. Though solitary by nature, Lotaan are fiercely loyal to their mates and will always return to the place where they first met during breeding season. Together they tend to their eggs and young hatchlings, parting only once the hatchlings are old enough to hunt on their own.

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.

Every Sunday at 10 in the morning, Aswim pops her head and front fins out of the waters of Wiggle Bay, apparently without any goal. This already seems to be odd behavior for her breed, but what makes her habit more curious and maybe more eerie is that she appears at 10, always. The seaside communities observe Daylight Savings, and nobody heads into the bay to inform the water-dwelling dragons about the changing of clocks, but Aswim always seems to know. Even after the Coup of Two resulted in a year in which there was no spring-forward or fall-back, Aswim appeared at the correct time. Sometimes, people are reminded about Daylight Savings Time when she appears to be an hour off. It's not easy sailing or swimming out to talk to her because where she appears, the waters in a 15-meter radius roil, yet Aswim floats calmly. People who do manage to meet her find out that she just seems to be an ordinary dragon, though she gently brushes off questions that she doesn't want to answer.