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.

Nivea Silva prides herself in the fact that her albino skin has a shine to it, making the creamy colour of her skin glimmer in the sunlight. Like a diva she preens in front of a mirror and crowds of admirers. She imagines the envious looks of other females when she struts through the cave, the gaping looks of the males when sunlight hits her precious skin. She is a beauty, she thinks, and keeps her head up high.

Maybe it is a difference in her oily secretions, or perhaps a slightly different pigmentation is the cause, she explains. Evidently, she says, a few of her hatchlings have inherited this trait of hers, making her not as unique as she once was. While she doesn't like it as such, she doesn't care much either because they're her children, and thusly they simply reflect her glorious looks.