Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Unlike the other hatchlings, this one hatched with wings.

And look! Its back legs have become a second set of 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.

For generations, mother dragons have told their hatchlings tales of the Year's Children—four seasonal hatchlings and their companions, each representing some aspect of their season.  The seasonal hatchlings are said to have mastered teleportation and, in some cases, freezing, while the companions seem to have only the magic natural to a hatchling of that breed.

Eohu, Belamara's companion, is the embodiment of travel.  While Belamara encourages hatchlings to grow beyond the boundaries placed on them by their weyr, Eohu tells them stories of all the wonders he's seen, encouraging many to travel for a time once they grow up before settling down.  Eohu is the most immediately likeable of the four companions—his duties aren't quite as serious as those of Telnyn or Pargawn and his motives more benign than those of Narayn, so he can be more honestly friendly and light-hearted.