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 females guard their territory and eggs while the males search for vegetation to eat.

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.

Cry of the Quicksilver is noted for his appreciation of beautiful things. He likes to surround himself with objects of beauty; namely, ornately decorated eggs. These eggs are prepared by humans and dragons alike for a particular springtime festival. Quicksilver does not make the eggs, claiming art to be a common activity. This excuse hides the fact that he is terrible at art. While making the eggs might be beyond him, Quicksilver is quick to hide the beautiful objects for his hoard. Unsurprisingly, all dragons who deal with the decorated eggs are very wary of Quicksilver.

Cry of the Quicksilver is very vain, as are many dragons of his breed. He takes as much pride in his gleaming scales as he does in his equally well-polished collection of decorated eggs. Quicksilver inhabits a cave on the foothills of the mighty mountain range known as the "Dragon's Teeth". The cave contains many notches and crannies in the rock that make perfect shelves for Quicksilver's beloved hoard of eggs.