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.

Though he has the ability to go out in the sun, Albus spends most of the day in a cave away from the light, his eyes more sensitive than most. He instead only ventures out if necessary and chooses to go out only at night, which has given him the nickname "The Ghost of the Hills" by superstitious humans who have seen him during his hunts. However he is quite gentle and aware of his effect on many people, so he tries to keep to the less traveled parts of the forest, letting out his barn owl-like cry to try and reassure the few travelers that see him. He and Kerwin have become rather unconventional mates and he has recently become a father, the egg the two adopted having hatched and grown into a beautiful female.