Shadow Walkers are a strange breed that possess the ability to slip between the planes of reality, becoming immaterial. This allows them to hide in the shadows, either hunting from the concealment of near invisibility or evading enemies. Though they become corporeal to mate or to eat, they spend most of the rest of their lives walking in the shadows. Shadow Walkers are wary creatures, though on dark autumn evenings when the leaves fall to swirl in the chill, rain damp air, they may be seen drifting out from the shadows.

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.

Xihuuliupilti Di Enel is known mostly for being a free spirit, so to speak. He wanders around, hunting when the need arises, and just enjoys his freedom from the shadows. At one time, he met and courted a beautiful spitfire whose name was Arytiss Di Aujir, but when she wanted to become his mate for life, he felt that he was not ready, and sent her away. Later, however, Xihuuliupilti Di Enel met Inik Vur Doton Sepa, who was a close friend of Arytiss Di Aujir. Xihuuliupilti Di Enel was instantly in love, and took Inik Vur Doton Sepa as his life-mate, not realizing what would become of his first love, Arytiss Di Aujir.