Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its skin is smooth and doesn’t seem to have any color to it.

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.

This dragon is Honking Huge. It's not in a literal sense; she's actually rather small for a maturing hatchling but enjoys the irony in her name. Whenever a new dragon comes around to her cave, she introduces herself with "I'm Honking Huge!"