Rift Wyrms are dragons adapted to both the frigid depths of the sea and the void that exists in the space between spaces. They have the ability to rip holes in the fabric of space that lead into and out of the void, and can manipulate the size and location of these rifts with additional effort. Their bodies give off an unsettling chill, while their mouths tend to glow from the mana they’ve consumed. Between their appearance and their method of travel, Rift Wyrms have a reputation as eldritch creatures that do not belong in this world. They tend to have a mischievous streak facilitated by their abilities. This ranges by individual from harmless japery to active malevolence, and many people and dragons are wary of them. Despite their reputation as tricksters, these wyrms are curious and may choose to help others on a whim just as often as they decide to harm.

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.

Kirema tends to only ever hunt for multiple foods at a time, since she's never been a big fan of smaller portions during a day and prefers to eat an extremely large meal every couple weeks or so before taking a very long nap. This means that she does one big hunting trip about every dozen days. Kirema will think of whatever seafood or meat she happens to be craving, and then open up several spatial rifts to facilitate the process of catching the food and piling it up in her living cavern. This search for ingredients often results in pieces of her being in multiple places at once as different ideas for food occur to her, and she visits a different biome via rift while the rest of her is somewhere else. This means that sometimes she needs to be reminded by her family members to make sure that all parts of her make it home before she starts eating, because if she falls asleep while the rifts are open, that just gets awkward and inconvenient for everyone.