Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It seems to bear some semblance to a horse.

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.

Hoofheart is one of Phoenix's dragons. He is a rather... stationary hatchling, shall we say, remaining in the corner most of the time with his nose in his tail, watching everything that goes on in front of him with his piercing red eyes. Many of the other hatchlings are a bit afraid of him because of his creepy stare, and some are convinced that he's plotting someone's death, although this is very likely not the case.