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.

A young black hatchling whose name means Broken Heart in Gaelic. He is a little unusual for a black dragon, because he doesn't fight often. He had a white hatchling  friend that he considered a brother, but the white hatchling is now dead. Briste will always grieve for him, and has been extremely quiet ever since.