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.

Dede was found as an egg; he was stolen from the main cave. His name means "Grasshopper". Dede is a strange little pygmy. He likes to pretend he doesn't have wings. As a result, he wont fly. Dede would hop, skip, and jump around, peeping as he stalked his tiny prey. One day his strange refusal to fly caught up with him. Dede was just about to pounce on a small field mouse when a giant dragon landed on him, and squished him. Dede survived, however, his wings were decimated. The resident white dragon of the cave offered to heal him, but Dede stubbornly refuses to believe there was anything on his back to heal. Now Dede sticks to the unseen corners of the cave, singing his odd, chirping song.