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.

Lumi's body doesn't produce enough oily secretion to properly protect her. To compensate for that, she usually hides in a cave and only comes out at night to hunt, turning her effectively nocturnal. At first things were difficult as she can't see very well in the dark but one night when she followed soft glowing lights, she met her mate Gloceq a lovely Greenwing who since that day has been her guiding light—literally and figuratively.