Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s very festively colored.

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.

Little Archangel is known as a godsend to the humans of the Cave. Children, often frightened by full-grown dragons, flock to the hatchling like fireflies and listen to her often awe-inspiring tales of holidays long gone. She loves the children, and does her best to entertain them even when there is no snow, but when the holidays are over, they prefer other activities to her stories. Her holiday spirit can't compete, in the minds of small children, to the never-ending fun of summer.