Nebula Dragons are nocturnal creatures. With the best eyesight to be found, they are often seen staring into space. Each dragon tends to observe a particular nebula and will eventually change their colors and patterns to match it. As the nebula changes over time, the dragon changes with it. The more intricate the design of the nebula, the better chance an individual has of attracting a mate. It is said that the markings on no two Nebula Dragons will be exactly the same.

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.

Shiny has been fascinated with reflections, ever since he was a little hatchling and discovered his own face looking back at him from his grandparents' scales. Ever since then he spends all the time, he isn't star-gazing, looking at shiny surfaces. It's not that Shiny is vain, he couldn't care less for his own looks in fact, but he wants to see behind the magic, that allows a perfect copy to stare right back at him.

Once he bumped heads with a young Nebula dragoness as they both stared into the same calm pond and that's been quite a bit of luck for him—given his obsession it's very doubtful he would have ever found a mate otherwise.