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.

Dove Ghost is the only child of Raven Killer and Greg Ghost, though she doesn't like it. She is tired of her father doting on her and her mother trying to make her more like her little half-sister, Gina Killer. Dove ran away as a hatchling once and met Pip Greengrass, a gifted seasonal. She fell in love with him, and when they grew up, they got married. She knows that her father doesn't approve, but she doesn't care. It fascinates Dove that Pip won't fight with him in front of her, even though her father makes "subtle" attacks on him.