Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its scales give off a beautiful golden gleam.

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.

Rhaego is the son of Drogo and Daenarys and was supposed to be the prophet his tribe spoke of. But after a mishap with magic he was frozen in his hatchling stage. He is more angered than sad now that his tribe disowned him because of his defect.