Blue-Banded Dragons are found primarily in mountainous regions with lots of precipitation. Although terrestrial, they are most often sighted near running water and feed mostly on fish. Females are very social and form tight-knit family groups, while males are strictly solitary and will fight any other dragons that enter their territory outside of breeding season. For this reason, females tend to drive males away when they are not ready to mate, or when they are caring for hatchlings. The amount of striping varies greatly from individual to individual, with some dragons having only faint dark streaks on their sides and others appearing to be almost entirely dark blue with paler markings.

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.

This young dragoness lives a life of adventure and secrecy: she earns her living as a smuggler of forbidden fruit. Despite the fact that certain berries from east of the mountain range are very popular among the dragons of the southern region, the local trading dragons have banned them. The official reason given is that the berries spoil too easily and often ferment during transport. The real reason is that the locals want no competition for their own fruit.

But Banded, as she is known to her friends, easily avoids controls and patrols, well and if she is seen, she can outfly almost any law enforcement dragon, even when laden down with over-ripe berries.