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.

Behold, seeker of the Dragon lore, T'pulligul of the albino dragons. Her skin is not only white, but translucent and scaleless. The oily substance that should coat it has never developed on this specimen. Therefore, T'pulligul has never been espied in the light of the day and the peasants tell stories about a dragon's ghost which prowls around the village at night and steals children who won't sleep. They have no inkling how very near to the truth these stories are: When the screech of an owl is heard in the village, in the morning a peasant child will have disappeared for good...