Black Marrows are named for their dark colored hides which are encased in a distinct exoskeleton. Their skull and the top edges of their spine push out from under the skin as they age. As such, their young need excessive amounts of calcium for this armor to develop. The older a Black Marrow dragon is, the more skeletal their appearance. They often use their skeletal looks to lure in foolish scavengers or terrify predators. These vicious dragons love nothing more than to crack open bones with their stony beaks and eat the marrow inside. Voracious scavengers, Black Marrows will swarm and devour corpses both old and fresh, sometimes even dragging larger finds to the water to allow them to “ripen.” Despite their dreadful demeanour and often horrid stench, Black Marrows are devoted mates and parents.

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.

Being exactly what his name is, A Very Wicked Child is a Black Marrow who seems to never grow up in maturity, though still considered young by looks. He is always energetic and mischievous... His adopted "mother" is a Cavern Lurker named Love Is Painful, who puts up with his antics, which has earned his respect. She has to keep an eye on him, because when he's not being supervised, he tends to sneak off to cause havoc, which she responds to with a quick bat on the back of his head with her tail.

He doesn't mind his adopted mom's discipline, because he treats her as if she was his real mother, snuggling up to her when napping (despite her being a little smaller than him) and bounding around her like a hatchling.

He never seen his true parents, which explains his childlike-attachment to this small female dragon.