Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has large frills on its head.

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.

This hatchling was forced out of its egg prematurely.

Bukowski is a frilled dragon who was forced out his egg prematurely. Frightened by the big world he was so suddenly thrust into, the hatchling fled and was found in the abandoned area by Cuthbert. She took him home and he instantly fell in sync with her small brood of dragons. Although he does get along with them with no quarrel, Bukowski prefers human companions to other dragons. He is constantly at the side of his owner and becomes very despondent when she is away.