Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It can fit right in your palm.

And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.

Young dragons are relatively defenseless. They are born with relatively soft scales, which are shed and replaced with harder ones as the hatchling matures. Once a hatchling’s wings grow in, it typically marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own and are usually left alone by their mother.

Braveheart is remarkably courageous, although some would see his bravery as plain stupidity; he tends to rush head-long into dangerous situations without so much as a thought for his own personal safety. He charges dragons much larger than himself if he feels they have wronged him in some way, but usually a more peaceable dragon is able to break up the fight before it gets nasty.