Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has brightly colored fins on its back.

And look! It has grown larger fins! 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.

Deagoreite proudly flapped her new wings. "Look at me, look at me, I bet I can fly early!" Deagoreite jumped of a rather high cliff, confident in her ability, she did not look at how high the cliff actually was. Flapping desperately, she tries to will herself to fly as she plummets down. She stops trying as she realised the situation. On the descent, her wing got caught on a tree growing out of the cliff face. She survived the fall but fears that she may never be able to fly due to the damage caused. "I would rather stay young, then be an adult who can't fly..."