Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It spends its time pouncing on insects.

And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing. It is also now covered in brightly colored stripes.

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.

Russeth is considerably mellower than his siblings, and rather slow on the uptake. Cerulith can usually pounce on him and have time to get to the other end of the enclosure before he even turns around to look. When not being bullied by Tigreth, Russeth can often be found curled up next to Jalsuma, who will tolerate him as long as he doesn't get too active.