Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It sleeps a lot during the day and dislikes bright lights.

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.

Abdia came from a clan made up only of two-headed dragons; a proud, noble group whose line went back for generations. Her mother, always the rebellious type, broke the clan's highest law: never mate outside of the breed. But when that handsome Opal wooed her she just couldn't resist, and that's how Abdia came to be. Her egg was hidden well in the dense foliage, but a hatching was not an easy thing to keep hidden from a clan where individuals have two sets of eyes. They were banished, and nearly killed, but they survived together for many months in the wild. They journeyed to this clan, where  Abdia fit in immediately. However, one morning her mother simply left. Some say it was because she couldn't take the transition, others say she went in search of that handsome Opal once more. Whatever the case, Abdia was heartbroken, and now relies on other adult dragons to take care of her until her mother returns. If her mother returns at all.