Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It likes to perch on the high branches of the taller trees and look longingly up at the sky.

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.

BrightHiddenLeaf is a pretty Canopy Dragon hatchling. Her wings are very bright and quite large. Her scales almost shine with health. Everyone tells her she is healthy and beautiful, but somehow this never goes to her head. BrightHiddenLeaf is as humble as she is pretty.