Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Ever since it hatched, the sky has been full of very dark clouds.

And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing. It’s learned to use its new wings quickly and you now have a hard time keeping it on the ground.

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.

Without is an ordinary hatchling, carefree and excitable and always looking to impress his peers, with one distinctive trait- she's terrified of the outside world. She caught a glimpse of the outside during a blizzard once, and has refused to leave the confines of the cave ever since. Adults persistently tell her that she'll love storms and blizzards, if she'll only give them a chance, but Without can never quite bring herself to believe them. She spends her free time flying in loops and spirals inside, and sometimes creates mini whirlwinds to amuse the hatchlings who haven't yet grown wings.