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.

Machandel is not exactly a nice person. He is cynical, rude and harsh with others and likes a good fight. Ironically enough, the latter makes him one of the egg-defenders, together with the noble and honest Amanezer. He guards them during the night as he cannot stand the sun anyway and—to the bewilderment of the others—he and Amanezer have developed a strange kind of friendship.

His name means "juniper". There is more meaning behind it, but he refuses to tell anything about it.