Ridgewing Dragons live just below the snow level on the upper slopes of mountains. They are a friendly, playful breed and enjoy dancing in wind currents near their homes or plummeting down into valleys from great heights. Their wings, by far their most striking feature, grow in fin-like ridges along their backs. While their bodies lack markings to blend better with their surroundings, a ridgewing’s wings have bright markings in the colors of the flowers that grow in their mountain habitat. Occasionally different-colored individuals can be found, but they are rare because their striking coloring offers little protection.

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.

Cystalpeak is an extremely beautiful dragon. The small clan of ridgewings she lived with used her to lure in strong male dragons to work in the mines. The reason they did this was because a very strong and large hellfire clan demanded tax from every dragon clan, big or small, near their land. The dragons obeyed because most are defenseless against these fierce wyverns. One day she lured in three male dragons, a dorsal named Inkcrest, a purple named Keenglide, and a spitfire named Ripclaw. Though, because there were two females in their group, and a mint dragon that was unaffected, they were able to fend off the ridgewings. Crystalpeak saw how what she was doing was wrong and so did her clan. They released all the captive dragons and Crystalpeak went with Inkcrest and his odd group. She eventually fell in love with Inkcrest and the two later became mates.