When Water Dragons mature, they lose the ability to survive on land, entering the water permanently. They are adept swimmers and eat whatever fish are in the lake they live in. They tend to inhabit the same lake for their entire lives, although a few live in the ocean and swim all over the world.

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.

Ririmona considers herself a talented art critic. While nearly all prestigious artists have lived on land, this fact has only refined her avant-garde tastes. Sculptures are her area of expertise, as they demonstrate a "willingness to overpower the forbidding rocks we encounter so often in the beach of life" and are most easily visible at a reasonable distance away—for example, from the shore of a lake. However, Ririmona has an eye for beauty in any medium, provided that it is original and more than two metres tall.<br/>While critics don't necessarily need to be artists as well in order to be good at what they do, Ririmona also believes herself to be the ideal painting model and, since nobody has taken her up on this offer yet, has resolved to prove this by sketching her own self-portrait. Unfortunately, pencils tend to dissolve after being soaked for a long time, and Ririmona's seminal work remains incomplete. It just couldn't get off the ground.