It’s an undead baby dragon, produced by a failed magical spell. It probably would be cute if it weren’t partially decayed.

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.

This hatchling, named Contumacia a long time ago, did not survive so well. Trapped in a series of random encounters and unfortunate events, each of which seemingly determined to destroy her, she never gave up and fought until the end -- and beyond. Legend has it that only with her strong will to live she had somehow gathered just enough magical power to keep herself going against all odds.

Nowadays, she stays hidden most of the day's time and comes out at night to play. After all, she is still just a hatchling.