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.

Dark Mistress began to sing very soon after coming to the cave where she now resides among the dragons of the Winged Wolf. She loved to hum and make up little tunes no matter the mood of herself or those around her. It was not long before Golden Phantom came to her attention when he went into the depths of the cave system to sing on his own. She began to follow him down and sit just around a corner where she could hear well but not be seen, her black coloration helping in that endeavor. She listened at first then began to sing along, mostly drowned out by the larger, older dragon's deep operatic voice but still he came to hear her and took her in as his pupil and protg, training her to sing with him despite his shyness about singing in front of others. Now she sings well and for anyone, loving every moment of it.