Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It seems to consume charcoal and ashes.

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 dragon's poor eating habits have left her with a rather bad case of brimstone-breath, which more often then not succeeds in driving away other creatures from her presence. She's quite alright with this, though, as it gives her more time to study the art of bad breath making in peace.