Sinii Krai Dragons are known for their love of fish and their strong personalities. They are able to travel both in the air and in the water with their unique tails. They live on the coast in groups of ten or more and are fiercely territorial. Sinii Krai Dragons are nearly impossible to tame if not obtained at an early age. Great care must be taken around them as their skin is highly poisonous after maturity.

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.

Isabella has never been what people expect her to be. When she was young her mother wanted her to be a lady, to find a good mate and settle down. Isabella, on the other hand, disagreed. She wanted to explore, to see the world and its inhabitants. And she wanted to become an anthropologist. Her mother disagreed, but that didn't really matter much to Isabella—she would be what she wanted to be.

In the end her headstrong determination to study humans caused her mother to break off their relationship. Isabella regrets that, yet she would not do anything differently, for she has received so much in return for her work. She has a wonderful, loving mate in Suhail, and the other dragons in her field of anthropology has come to regard her as an expert on the subject. She is happy.