Harvest Dragons are a large, flightless breed most often found in heavily forested mountains. Normally shy, these omnivorous dragons keep to themselves in remote regions, but in the fall they descend from their high territory to search for food—and lots of it. During the autumn months, harvest dragons will eat whatever they can find, from large and small animals to nuts and fruit. In the winter they retreat into large caves and hibernate until spring, living off the fat they have built up.

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.

All the Harvest dragons in the clan celebrate an annual Harvest And Thanksgiving festival. The HAT festival is very popular among the rest of the clan, especially all the cooking and baking contests held there each year.

A couple of years ago Harold discovered a human specialty called "beer" right before the festival and managed to obtain several barrels full so the dragons could do a proper tasting. The dragons—at least some of them—were properly impressed by this liquid bread, so Harold spends a lot of his time now haggling with the nearby humans to get enough beer for HAT each year.

Only one thing bugs Harold: the humans achieve a state they call "drunk" through drinking beer, and he has yet to find out how much beer would be needed to get a dragon drunk.