Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It is very aggressive, and has brilliant turquoise markings all over its body.

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.

Rhoban wants to be big and tough like Skelwrak and Aughyll, but he knows that his frozen state cripples him. As a result, he has a constantly burning pit of fury in his stomach which makes his temper short and his existence miserable. Unfortunately for some, he is quite big for a hatchling, and this has made him a bully: he compensates for his feelings of powerlessness by tormenting the smaller, weaker hatchlings. As a result, he has no friends, and many of the adults dislike him and do their absolute best to keep him away from the other hatchlings. Rhoban recognizes a potential ally in the ever-morose Faerion, but has not the courage to seek out the others' company, and so both remain lonely, hurting and aggressive.