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.

BRAAAAIIIIIINNNNS is a most astute hatchling, clever and quick-minded. Its wit is as sharp as a tack, its plans are cunning as a fox just appointed professor of cunning at Oxcave University, its perception is quick as lightning and its crisis management is straightforward and rational to the extreme. And who cares if BRAAAAIIIIIINNNNS has reached the top by eating the brain of every other living being in the vicinity—this just proves how smart the hatchling is.