Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It perfectly depicts summer weather.

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.

Alder is a young dragon who's head is always in the clouds.  As a frozen hatchling, he can't fly as high or as well as the adults, so he's usually on the ground.  When he can, though, he likes to seek out the highest places possible for him to just sit and enjoy the scenery.  As a summer dragon, he enjoys warmer weather best, and gets very sad and quiet when it's cold.  He likes to be on his own, though he will not object to some company.