Dark green dragons, once they mature, appear to become an entirely different species. However, this isn’t true. Rather, they burrow underground and get nutrients from their vines. These vines are sometimes referred to as Dragon Grass. These dragons are very violent, and will use their vines to capture, kill, and eat anything that moves, as well as nearby plants. Luckily, their range is limited and they cannot use magic. Dark green dragons tend to be easy to spot since they usually kill all plants around them and thus are usually surrounded by a large clearing.

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.

Caladarista is the Vine daughter of Ashayet the Silver and VenomRoot the Vine dragons. As a hatchling, she fell badly ill, and her life was feared for. Though she recovered, she never grew to her full size, her vines and leaves withered away rather quickly and her blooms tended to be rather small and light. But these are not what one would first notice about her. The lucky human who notices her at all will first see what appears to be thin vine coiling around his leg—and from there he will get a grand upside—down view of Caladarista's den. For all her frailties, Caladarista is as big a prankster as her parents and most of her siblings. Terrifying humans is her specialty, and she has even gotten her owner to chart out the various tricks she has used and work out their efficiency. Small vine meshes, traps, snapping blooms all feature in her repertoire, and whatever others might say about her, she knows how to make life interesting for herself and everyone around her.