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.

Dragina has always been dark and distant. She stays in the shadows earning her the name Shadow Stalker. This is mostly caused by being immaterial and not being able to truly interact with other Dragons. When Aleron tried to court her she refused him because she was scared of if he later decided that he disliked her and left her alone. She had always liked Aleron and as a young hatchling she dreamed of growing old with him but was too shy to show how she felt. Now she wanders alone wondering what could have been with Aleron.