Nhiostrife Wyverns are one of the few known breeds of wyvern with more than one set of wings. Because of their four wings, Nhiostrifes are very nimble in the air and control their movements with ease. When it’s mating season, males put on a very beautiful and unique air dance in an attempt to charm a female. The amount of stripes on their wings vary, with more stripes being more attractive, although most have only two to four. Their general attitude is very passive and curious—they only fight if they or their families are in danger.

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.

Dana is part of a small, tight-knit group of Nhiostrifes living in a remote desert valley hidden up in the mountains. This remote vale is a place of strange occurrences and even stranger dragons and they have little to no contact to the outside world.

When Dana had the title of "Intern" bestowed upon her all her friends started to weep and cry in great sorrow. Every dragon who had held that title had died a gruesome and horrible death within the year and no one expected different for Dana. And at first it seemed as if exactly that happened to her as well—in a terrible attack by some Wyvern named Dog Park. But somehow Dana escaped her gruesome fate. She has no idea how or why that happened and WHERE she is now, but Intern Dana is still very much alive and she tries to find her way back to her home valley without wavering in her determination.