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.

It is often said that when Allaktikos was newly-hatched, he narrowly escaped an attack from a Lagmonster, but was terribly injured. Luckily, after much care, he healed from his wounds, but found that he could never grow to his full size. Now he spends his time playing with the hatchlings, wishing that one day he may become a proper adult.