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.

This hatchling was frozen in an unfortunate accident involving a particularly careless and short-tempered Magi and two bickering Earth dragons. She was unfortunate enough to get in the way of an escalating argument. She contents herself with the fact that at least she didn't get morphed into a chicken.