Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It is a deep shade of crimson.

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.

Dwarven Flares refuses to grow up, and now is the tiniest dragon in the clan. His caretaker has adopted him as a pet of sorts, letting him live inside her cottage to prevent him from being squished.