Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its eyes glow brightly at night, and it enjoys attacking insects and small animals.

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.

Brave and strong, Thes is very resentful that he was frozen as a hatchling—his greatest dream in life had ever been to grow up into a great, powerful warrior for the clan. He still believes that as a hatchling, he could tear a stone dragon apart, and rigorously trains to his limits—nobody has had the heart to crash his dreams.