Pumpkin Dragons are a very small breed, named after their affinity for pumpkins. They are always found living inside hollowed-out pumpkins, and are only seen during the harvest season. Young children often hollow out and decorate their pumpkins in the hope that a Pumpkin Dragon will make it his or her home.

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.

Mashed Pumpkin always has a nervous expression. Perhaps it's because his guardians thought it would be funny to name him Mashed Pumpkin and joke often that they're going to bake him into a pie. Perhaps it's because the family's housedrake stares at him all the time, like a cat. Perhaps he's going through a severe existential crisis that he isn't telling anyone about. Although people talk to Mashed Pumpkin in complete sentences, he feels he's otherwise treated as a pet. He has no memory of his youth, only the last couple of years, and he just sticks around without really knowing what to do aside from basic survival actions such as sleeping.