This hatchling appears to be... dead?

Perhaps not. It seems to be active during the night.

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.

KaidenKetsu is actually a very cute vampire dragon. He has a phobia of dead things, which is rather odd for a vampire dragon. He still drinks blood like the rest, but he refuses to kill because of his soft heart. Most vampire dragons reject him because of his non-vampiric nature. Poor little Kaiden wanders all alone in the night, jumping at the sight of his own shadow.