Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It can fit right in your palm.

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.

Kyzirrah is one of the smallest and most optimistic dragons in the whole cave. He can find the silver lining in any situation, probably because, as a frozen hatchling, his childlike innocence is preserved forever. Even though some of the dragons in the cave call him overly optimistic, they are glad to have him around.