Shimmer-scale Dragons are a very beautiful breed with small—but highly reflective—scales that shimmer and shine as the dragon moves through water. They don’t have fins or webbed feet, but their long, eel-like bodies allow them to swim quite fast. They were once rumored to carry large pearls in their claws—causing many to seek them out in search of this fabulous treasure. In reality, the “pearl” is of greater value to the dragon, for the fabled treasure is actually an egg carried by a migrating female.

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.

When people are walking around the forest near StarNight's cave, something might catch their eye. A pretty flower perhaps, or a fluttering butterfly is what attracted their attention. Sometimes they see a shimmer from the corner of their eye, a small flash of gold, maybe bronze, through the branches before it is gone. Did they actually see a gold shimmerscale, maybe a pygmy playing a trick with the scale of a cavemate. A Shimmer of Gold who they saw, even if they don't quite believe it.

A Shimmer of Gold is aware of his name is technically wrong, but usually calls himself Shimmer, and makes wind chimes from shed scales.