Magi Dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won’t kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

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.

Alustriel Silverhand was adopted as an egg and named upon hatching by Mystra a quite delusional dragoness, who named her to be one of seven sisters. Despite the influence of a mad adopted mother and the sadistic nature of her adopted father Alustriel grew up to be a wise and loving dragoness. She has more in common with her 'sister' Laeral than with any other dragon in the academy or the whole clan—so maybe Mystra's ramblings about the chosen seven have at least some basis.

Alustriel is gentler and more soft-spoken than her sister Laeral and is more interested in healing than in control. Her character allows her to be friends with the more unstable magis of the academy and if there's one source of tension between the two it's their choice of mates since Laeral and Harpell don't get along and neither do Alustriel and Khelben.