Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It enjoys gathering pebbles and other small rocks and putting them in a pile.

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.

Prince Nezbit is, he claims, the long lost son of a king. Using the little magic available to him as a hatchling, he has stubbornly halted his growth until his father reclaims him, and he can ascend to the title of king himself. He is also, unintentionally, the young Casanova of the cave, though the adults don't understand it. Despite his haughty and childishly arrogant ways, young female hatchlings like Mulberry Baby and Elysia are always trailing after him.