Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has brightly colored fins on its back.

And look! It has grown larger fins! 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.

Zekkatou forever holds a grudge against all the other dragons of the cave, ever since they tried to drive him out because he was so small, and the only dorsal dragon in the cave. He spends his time sitting in dark corners, mumbling to himself, and when any of the other hatchlings dare to speak to him, he bares his teeth and growls, warning them to stay away.