Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s chubby and pink with a faint rose-like smell.

And look! It has grown wings and the flower is blooming! 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 Briar Rose was a particular sort of dragon. Filled with beauty, kindness, and love, Briar Rose was one of the most pursued princesses in the kingdom. Every night, dragons from all across the land would come to court her, trying to make her their wife. She quickly grew sick of this life. Yearning for true love, she begged the White dragons of the village to cast a spell on her, preserving her in this youthful state. Only when she has had true love's first kiss would she be able to live happily forever after with her prince.