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.

Lyrona was the first sitting alt black to be welcomed into the tribe. Of course, she was frozen as soon as she grew wings. Only a couple dragons in the tribe had seen a sitting alt before, so the day of her arrival stirred things up a bit. Those that knew of Lyrona's rarity treated her with the utmost respect, but the younger, impressionable dragons in the tribe had other ideas. Since they had never seen her kind before, they thought that Lyrona's odd coloration were signs that she was a demon. Half of the panicky dragons are terrified and refuse to go near her and the other half are plotting to kill her. Wise and cunning in spite of her youth, Lyrona knows who she should avoid and keeps in the company of the older and stronger dragons to ensure her protection.