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.

A young female, who was just at the end of her maturation, decided it was time to prove to her mother she was able to take care of herself. Thus she went down the stony and slippery path to the water hole by herself. Her mother watched her go with barely concealed worry, but decided not to intervene. The youngster was brimming with excitement, and having mostly finished the way down, she threw caution to the wind. That was a mistake, indeed, and she stumbled and fell down the last few paces, straining her hind ankle.

If it weren't for a nice, older male albino noticing her, she wouldn't have known what to do. He told her to cool the hurting limp in the water and went about gathering long palm leaves and fern to make a bandage of. After a heartfelt thanks from her side and a little small talk, they parted ways.

It was the first and the last time Nova Witch ever met her father, yet she would never realize who he had truly been.