It’s an undead baby dragon, produced by a failed magical spell. It probably would be cute if it weren’t partially decayed.

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.

Nobody knows whether or not this hatchling would've been a male or female, but everyone addresses this one with female pronouns. Having once been a Caligene Dragon, dragons who know about her often find her death ironic due to what her breed has often been addressed as: omens of death. Nobody understands why she's called Stroke of Death, but whoever gave her the name must've thought it fitting and in a way a bit more comforting, but not by much. Many dragons who know about her fear that she could live up to her name and kill them by touch, so they often tell their hatchlings to avoid the Undead hatchling the moment they spot her. It's not been proven if she actually can kill by touch, but to many, it's best not to test that statement.