Shadow Walkers are a strange breed that possess the ability to slip between the planes of reality, becoming immaterial. This allows them to hide in the shadows, either hunting from the concealment of near invisibility or evading enemies. Though they become corporeal to mate or to eat, they spend most of the rest of their lives walking in the shadows. Shadow Walkers are wary creatures, though on dark autumn evenings when the leaves fall to swirl in the chill, rain damp air, they may be seen drifting out from the shadows.

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.

The dweller at the crossroads reaps a harvest of human souls by fulfilling any mortal's fondest wish. This wish must relate to a mortal's immediate need or must be crucial to allowing them to complete a quest that they are currently undertaking. The dweller appears only to people when they are in great need, so the temptation is usually fierce. But, as always, there is a price, seemingly in proportion to the wish that's granted. Whatever its motives, the goal of the dweller is corruption and misery to any who accept its offer. The end result is their soul getting harvested as a final payment when they die.