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.

LordOfTheMansion is probably the only Shadow Walker Dragon in his clan to ever own a house. He decided one stormy night that he was sick of living outdoors and sleeping in a damp cave, he wanted a secure roof over his head just like his human owner had. So he took his hoard of gold and gems, and he spent most of it buying an abandoned mansion and hiring human workers to fix it. It must be pretty funny to get mental orders from the shadows, but money solves such problems. LordOfTheMansion is very happy with his home, and keeps it toasty warm. His dragon friends often come to visit, but now also he socializes with his human neighbors. They don't mind having a shadowy dragon in the neighborhood, by now he's been there for many generations.