Aria dragons are a brightly-colored and sprightly breed, perhaps most adored for their lyric calls. Their song-like melodies fill the areas they inhabit; their coos resemble those of birds, only more elegant and refined. They have fairly strong magical capabilities, but tend to reserve these strengths for last-minute defense, choosing to live their lives in simple peace. Arias, sticking to the tropics, typically live quite far from human settlements, giving rise to the previously held belief that they had gone extinct.

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.

Salemaara (Sally) is a benign and demure dragon, who enjoys grooming and caring for herself so that she can look her best at all times. Salemaara enlists the help of many forest animals to keep her clean, and even has a friend raccoon who will rub oil into her scales to make them shine. Salemaara is judged as being shallow by those meeting her for the first time, but exposure to her personality reveals that beneath her concern for her appearance, she is a kind soul, willing to give advice whenever she can.