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.

Luminum's growth was stunted when it hadn't yet grown wings, so it will never be known what gender it is. It's heavy tail is wagged around with ease, as if the young dragon can't even tell that it's carrying half it weight on it's tail. Luminum goes through life anyway, and has discovered that the tail end could be used as a shovel. The small creature spends its days looking for anything shiny underground.