Desipis Dragons are an extremely dangerous breed, synonymous with the paths of desolation they leave in their wakes. These gargantuan beasts are infamous for their innate ability to control and manipulate the minds of others, which they use to pulverize the sanities of their foes and forge false memories. This power is especially effective on the foolish, and only the strongest-willed individuals have been known to resist a Desipis’s cunning. Most who anger Desipises do not live to tell the tale. Desipis Dragons are especially feared for their uncanny power of absorbing the magic of others with the fire they breathe and converting it into the bright reserves of crystallized mana that decorate their bodies.

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.

Madness appears to be at war with herself, especially when it comes to activities involving massacre and mind-mashing, which should come easy to a Desipis but don't. Her magic is strange, too: she can absorb magic but rarely takes it from living things, and a wayward bolt from her grows or repairs whatever it hits, though no dragon wants to be within shooting distance, still. Every so often, "Shut UP!" or "Am so!" will erupt from her mind, not directed at anyone. Some of the outsiders say that Madness is the product of two beings in opposition. The mundane explanation for that phrasing is that she is the daughter of a Desipis and a dragon that would not get along with a Desipis. People have some guesses as to the breed of her father, but if any of it's true, the process by which she was conceived does not bear dwelling on.