Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s kind of shaky on its feet and enjoys playing in puddles.

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.

Honigkuchen is the sweetest little hatchling. She can never be seen without a big smile on her face and it has actual become a regular proverb in her clan "to grin like a Honigkuchen" to describe the expression of absolute joy that only hatchlings ever really experience.