Dark 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 males guard their territory and eggs while the females search for meat to eat. Dark Lumina Dragons are much meaner than their cousins.

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.

This dragon competes in beauty pageants, so she is even more extreme about keeping her scales perfect than most in her breed. Those who support her efforts have been known to sabotage other contestants by bumping into them with something to smudge or even scratch the contestant's scales; these same supporters make a protective wall around Byuteekweene so that similar efforts against her are in vain.

Once another contestant did manage to cause a sprinkling of ash to fall on Byuteekweene just prior to her stage entrance for a competition, and she was furious. She did not let it show, however. Instead, she hugged the dragon responsible to show there were no hard feelings, then sweetly asked the judges if that contestant could go ahead of her while she cleaned up. The judges agreed, and the other contestant had to present herself with ash smudges from the hug showing.

To Byuteekweene, it is all a game, and she intends to be the winner -every- time.