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.

Pale Stars is one of the clan dragons who have fallen under the influence of Zarawyn, the Mage. She wants desperately to be named one of the Awyn, though this is unlikely to ever happen. Zarawyn finds her useful on occasion, but mostly rather pathetic. Star, on the contrary, reveres Zarawyn like a god. She would do anything the mage commanded. Her area of expertise is navigation--she knows the stars better than anyone in the clan. She is never lost outside, but fears being trapped underground.