Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It can fit right in your palm.

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.

For the longest time Chip's parents wished for an egg, but none would come. When one of the Whites overheard his mother commenting that she wished for a little Chip off the old block, the healer came over and took a look, quickly finding the cause for the Pygmy's infertility and healed it.

Chip is quite the adventurous hatchling and the apple of his parents' eyes.