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.

How Skullette managed to even find Rafian's egg in the first place is a mystery in itself. Being the only Shadow Walker Skullette ever raised, he does not mind her presence. Rafian always tends to be placid when she's around.

This magnificent dragon will more often than not take her along with him on his little strolls if she is around. Though he is very placid, Rafian does in fact enjoy the company of the odd little girl, and makes sure he shows it with little nudges and nuzzles.