Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has large frills on its head.

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.

"Who are ya calling small! I'll show you small!" the little dragon said as she looked up at her owner's Red Dragon Gildebrand. Naris was rather small, being a frozen hatchling, but she had no problem being aggressive towards older and larger dragons. She would stretch her wings and frills out to make herself look larger, and then she would spit little sparks from her mouth, trying to produce true flames, but always failing to.