Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It perfectly depicts autumn weather.

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.

Mapleleaf is quiet and very introverted, especially for a hatchling. With his newfound wings, he seems to enjoy taking to the skies for the day, only coming back at night for a rest to recharge for the next day's activities. He loves to go hunting for worms and other crawling insects, but seems to enjoy playing with them before actually eating them, which strikes both dragons and his human tamer as odd.