Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It sleeps a lot, but when it’s awake, it’s quite a handful.

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.

Henry was taken from the abandoned cave when he was just an egg by a kind soul. He was saved by the human and looked after by her for the rest of his life. Knowing he had the choice to stay young forever, his human friend cast a spell on him that stopped his aging. From the time he was still in his egg, Henry has been living with his human friend for his whole life, and will do anything he can to make sure she's safe.