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.

Rotnacht was found scavenging for food around the entrance to Mistress Scabaret's cave when she was just an infant, abandoned by her clan. Scabaret took her in as her own and raised her to adulthood, and then proceeded to wed her to Weissheit, the first dragon that Rotnacht took a real liking to. Together the two of them have one child, named Baweiss. Rotnacht's best friend is Boogie Kun.