Seasonal Dragons take on the characteristics of the season during which they are born. Thus, eggs that are laid in spring match the pink flowers and green buds of spring, and those that are laid in the summer grow to depict the bright green of the forest trees and the yellow of the sun. Eggs laid in autumn display the bright colors of leaves falling from trees, and those that are laid during winter take on the appearance of the icy snow.

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.

Tulipchild dabbles as a gardener and has a fenced plot about the size of a stone dragon's wingspan where he grows food and decorative flowers. He has information about hundreds of different plants all memorized and will provide advice about caring for or removing plants to those who ask. Even when presented with vegetation that he has not seen before, he can usually make a decent guess about the type of soil it needs, how much water to use, what creatures feed on it, etc., if he knows where it's from. While Tulipchild provides advice for free, he will charge for longer sessions, gardening lessons, and starter packs and tools. Since many people keep discovering undesirable plants in their gardens—at least with animals, the growers can just catch and eat them—every lesson, he has had to emphasize the importance of correctly culling unwanted vegetation to improve the number of desired plants. He says the same advice so often that it has become a slogan of sorts: Weed 'Em and Reap.