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.

Kovariss the meek, Kovariss the weak. That was what he is called by his fellow dragons, for he is barely strong enough to hunt his own food and he is afraid to come out of his cave. Usually Klisseri or Kasar leave him a share of the kill, for even if he is relatively frail compared to most dragons, he is a genius when it comes to herbal medicine. He can cure almost any disease or sickness with his herbs and therefore he is respected by the dragons he saves.