Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has large frills on its head.

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.

Terema is the sweetheart of the cave. Her status as a forever-frozen hatchling is apparent not only in her small body, but her mind as well. She is an eternal child, and quite happy to be so. She occasionally gets a little too playful for some of the more serious or violent dragons of the cave, but no one has the heart to do anything to upset her. The other Frill dragons, in particular, keep an eye on Terema to make sure she doesn't get underfoot when she shouldn't.