Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has a large, shield-like object at the end of its tail that it uses for protection.

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.

Pronounced Key-ah-rhye. His name is a slur of the Maori word for guard, Kaiarai.

Despite his name, Kearai, or just Rai, is not a Prince, no matter how much he pretends to be one. One of his favorite games to play with the other hatchlings is Kings and Queens, and guess who always gets to play the king.

Rai likes to boss the other hatchlings around, although most of them are too independent to listen to him. His main friends are the lonely hatchies with low self-esteem. They can take his bossiness because at least he's playing with them.