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.

Iva is often seen perched outside of camp, talking to herself or drawing the nature around her. This first started when she was told the truth about how her egg made it into camp. She was extremely distressed that Queen Glory had pulled her from the cave, where her original parents had abandoned her as an egg. Sometimes, she goes into the forest, and it is rumored that she is one of the few dragons to see the dragon graveyard.