Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its eyes glow brightly at night, and it enjoys attacking insects and small animals.

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.

Bane of Life is a very violent hatchling, thus Orichid froze him so he would not be a danger to others. He will kill any small creature that enters the cave and often tries to kill other hatchlings. The black warrioress, Shadow From Above who became the guardian of the cave, keeps a constant watch on him so he never kills a hatchling.