Shadow Walkers are a strange breed that possess the ability to slip between the planes of reality, becoming immaterial. This allows them to hide in the shadows, either hunting from the concealment of near invisibility or evading enemies. Though they become corporeal to mate or to eat, they spend most of the rest of their lives walking in the shadows. Shadow Walkers are wary creatures, though on dark autumn evenings when the leaves fall to swirl in the chill, rain damp air, they may be seen drifting out from the shadows.

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.

Shy by nature, this dragon would be quite content to spend her life hiding out of sight... if only it weren't for her love of music. Drawn to the sweet sounds of harps and bells, she often lingers half-material outside of human parties, enjoying their songs. It was on one such night, huddled contently beside a masquerade ball, that she saw him: a human of impossible beauty, who had no sooner taken a few steps into the woods than he assumed the form of a wondrous silver dragon! Amazed by this creature, so bold that he would play at being human, she summed up all of her courage and approached him. The two struck up a fast friendship, and as days turned into years, Facadi felt herself falling ever more in love with him. But she fears her feelings might not be returned, the silver always looking at one particular human girl instead of her...