Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s brightly colored and chirps quite often.

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.

Elrean is the daughter of Arean and Elriel.  Her father, Arean, is the leader of their clan, though he feels no connection to any of the dragons other than Elrean.  As a result, Elrean has had very few close friends other than her parents--her father even had her frozen as a hatchling so she could never breed with a male.  However, he has also given her power--she rules over the other frozen hatchlings in the clan and keeps them in order.