Albino Dragons are so named because their translucent, scale-less skin lacks all pigment. Instead, to help protect their bodies from the sun, they are coated in an oily secretion that blocks the sun’s harmful rays. The call of an albino dragon is similar to a barn owl--a shriek instead of a roar.

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.

Because she was the first Albino dragon obtained by her owner, Shimmerflight got her name due to the fact that her owner mistook the protective oil shining on her skin for sparkly scales. When the mistake was eventually recognized, it was too late, for the misnomer had caught on with the other dragons in her cave. She doesn't let it bother her, though, instead feeling glad for being given a beautiful name. She's a quiet dragon, terribly shy; she only leaves the cave to fly and hunt at night, when the world is tranquil, silent but for the sounds of the wind on her wings.