Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its eyes glow brightly at night, and it enjoys attacking insects and small animals.

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.

Shadow was the first baby dragon to be born in Soras herd. Having been kept under her mother's overprotective wings for so long, she never grew up. Frozen in her hatchling state, Shadow has the mind of an adult, but she prefers to stay around the younger ones nonetheless.

Her young appearance gives her an excuse to play with the hatchlings as one of them, but still keep her eyes open as a guardian without appearing like the adult spoilsports.