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.

Japhea is a strange creature. She is typically quiet and distant, not quite antisocial but not particularly engaged in the goings-on of those around her. Occasionally she will go off on long, nonsensical tangents, recurring themes within these being skin, blood, fabrics, moonbeams, and something called 'Jaja'. Few others care to question her on any of this.

She seems to be predisposed to odd spells which usually happen about once a month, in which she believes her skin to be melting off of her flesh, and metallic spikes to be growing from beneath and eventually to protrude all along her body. It is unclear how or why this delusion first bloomed in Japhea's mind.

For a few weeks before the start of this strange process, Japhea will begin to tense up and tremble at random intervals, and mutter 'Jaja' to herself very often. During the actual process, she will remain rooted to spots for long periods, loudly declaring things like 'Itchy...itchy...' and 'I am the iron fiend'.