Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has a large, shield-like object at the end of its tail that it uses for protection.

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.

Shielding spirit is a guardian dragon. She guards the right side the the nursery, the places where dragons lay eggs. She also can be quite stubborn. Sometimes she could gets in a fight about guarding the nursery, as some of the hatchlings want to guard the nursery, even though they aren't old enough.