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.

Vanilla Cake is a rather loving Albino who has learned to share with the other Albino Dragons that have taken up homes within Rekha, the Mother of Dragons' home. He loves to stalk the other dragons, especially the hatchlings. He usually gathers them up to settle near to himself, and lets out an awful shriek when anyone tries to even come near either the eggs or the hatchlings. He is basically the mother hen of the pack "so to speak" and shows it in his "mothering" nature. Perhaps it is because he has been with Rekha through the sands of time, but he definitely enjoys taking care of the younglings.