Dark Lumina Dragons received their names from their highly reflective scales, which—at times—seem to glow. They are vain, always strutting about and preening incessantly; if one of their scales has so much as a scratch or a defect, they’ll remove it. Luckily, their scales grow back quickly, and each new growth is more beautiful than the last. These narcissistic dragons live in small groups and prefer to surround themselves with beauty. The males guard their territory and eggs while the females search for meat to eat. Dark Lumina Dragons are much meaner than their cousins.

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.

Dismissal is the headmaster of a school he founded called the Royal Academy of Defense, where self-defense and tactics are taught. The school didn't see the king's approval, and in fact, the king probably has no idea it exists because only Dismissal is employed there. He simply founded the Royal Academy of Defense because it sounds rad. That's because it is RAD. If anyone actually enrolls at Headmaster Dismissal's academy, they can, after a few years of study, earn a BA in Defense, making them BAD.