Nhiostrife Wyverns are one of the few known breeds of wyvern with more than one set of wings. Because of their four wings, Nhiostrifes are very nimble in the air and control their movements with ease. When it’s mating season, males put on a very beautiful and unique air dance in an attempt to charm a female. The amount of stripes on their wings vary, with more stripes being more attractive, although most have only two to four. Their general attitude is very passive and curious—they only fight if they or their families are in danger.

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.

Buinne lives in a small cave in the Highlands of Alba with a few of her fellow Nhiostrifes. A young migrant to these lands, she looks up to Mathair as a motherly figure, the matriarch of her group. For a Nhiostrife, Buinne has relatively good eyesight and she cannot help feeling anything but delight whenever she's looking out over the ridge before her cave, surveying the range of mountains all around her. Every morning she will silently watch as the light of the sun begins to creep over the tops and pour into the glens below. When the sun begins to heat the rocks and the air currents pick up, she will let herself slide off the ridge and lets the wind carry her on her gracious wings.