Lumina Dragons received their names from their highly reflective scales, which—at times—seem to glow. They are vain, always strutting about and preening incessantly; if one of their scales has so much as a scratch or a defect, they’ll remove it. Luckily, their scales grow back quickly, and each new growth is more beautiful than the last. These narcissistic dragons live in small groups and prefer to surround themselves with beauty. The females guard their territory and eggs while the males search for vegetation to eat.

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.

To many she was a rogue, a scoundrel, a lover of dirty and discarded things who had no place in the civilized world. But to him she was a treasure, proud and fierce but also wise and kind, accepting all that had been thrown away into her embrace. As a former thief who stole to sate starvation rather than greed, this lumina had never before met someone so willing to forgive him, and he swore his loyalty to her--to great effect. A surprisingly brilliant military leader, he now serves as a captain within the ranks of Helba, Queen of the Dark, putting his men to work defending the people of that realm from all who would destroy them. While this has mostly met keeping away the servants of Apeiron in the past, he and his forces must soon contend with a new foe... a living shadow, eating all in its path, coming slowly but surely out of the twilight beyond both light and dark...