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.

While gathering fruits for her clan, Nova Candida mused on the different tastes of its members. As one of the main gatherers and cooks of the albinos, she was quite familiar with the individual dragons' preferences. She herself had to admit to a rather sweet tooth. How anyone could like the more bitter berries, she could only guess. If she ever were to mate, she decided, he would have to have a taste for sweetness as well. It wouldn't do to have children with completely different taste buds, after all.