This hatchling appears to be... dead?

Perhaps not. It seems to be active during the night.

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 hatchling was forced out of its egg prematurely.

Born from an egg hidden in the deepest recesses of the cave, spawned on the Day of the Dead, Ascended was assumed to be stillborn when she first hatched. Imagine the whole cave's surprise when she began to move around at night, drawn to the warmth of others. Even though she's only a hatchling, the other dragons are very wary of this seemingly vampiric creature. Only the most compassionate of dragons will approach her...