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.

The albino dragon is widely believed to be the origin of the myth of the banshee, with their unsettling appearance, pale skin, glowing red eyes, and their trademark scream that could freeze the marrow in any human's bones. It doesn't help their case that albino dragons are one of the species that prey on humans for food. Iskyndr herself seems to be the most banshee-like of her kind, as she has found a way to weaponize her screech: it is so loud that if she gets to close to her prey, she can simply burst a creature's eardrums and leave them disoriented, a sitting duck to be dragged into the dragon's hiding place.