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.

Princess Melaenis is a dragon-child of the Pseudo-Royal Hall, a clan of superb wannabes. She is one of a gaggle of frozen hatchlings residing in the Hall, watched over in their rough-and-tumble pursuits by forever patient Queen Varda, stoic King Duarte, and comical King Lucio. Melaenis absolutely loves flying; she is almost always seen leaping off tall rocks or the tops of trees. Her wings are awkward, and her flights are not always graceful, but she takes it in the best of cheer, squeaking up a storm as she bumbles her way through the air.