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.

When Ghost was hatched, she was given to one of the younger keepers to be raised and trained.  The young keeper saw Ghost's wide red eyes and pale skin and couldn't help but laugh that it looked as though the little dragon had seen a ghost.  The name stuck.  Both Ghost and her keeper have done some growing up since that day, but she always greets the keeper with a fake look of shock and surprise, as it has become a joke between the two of them.