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.

All Sidhe wanted was a quiet life. Full of love, laughter, maybe even children. He wasn't sure what he exactly wanted, but all he knew was that the simpler things in life satisfied him. He'd never quite loved his mate, Sfec, but she was nice enough that he could easily spend his life by her side, and maybe their friendship would simply grow into love. He'd thought. Now he knew how naive and stupid he had been. Sfec would never stop her struggles for power, would never back down, would never accept anything but absolute victory. He knew that he had to be rid of her, but he'd been engaged since before he was even created, and knew that the clans would never allow him to just walk away. So he spent his time planning and plotting, scheming long into the night, over how he would kill the one he had vowed to love. She deserved it after all, ripping him away from his dream of an easy going life. Just one murder, and then he could have his simple life.