Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It enjoys sunning itself in the morning light.

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.

Dewdrop uses his new found wings almost all the time, whether it be for actually flying or to create a display to look fierce or aggressive. Dewdrop is assertive; he says what he wants, when he wants to. Other hatchlings tend to dislike him for his bossiness and his need to assert dominance. The adult Sunrise dragons have their claws full trying to keep this little one in line, though most of the time they do get through to him.