Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It occasionally shoots small puffs of smoke from its nose, like it’s trying to breathe fire.

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.

Falu is a very curious hatchling. It was this very curiosity that ended up getting him frozen, as on one of his romps he was mistaken for another hatchling. However, he doesn't mind since his small size enables him to go to many places that he wouldn't have been able to, had he grown.