Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Unlike the other hatchlings, this one hatched with wings.

And look! Its back legs have become a second set of 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.

Skyrider is a little bit of a show-off. The only thing that he loves more than flying is to boast to the other hatchies about how much better he is at it than they are. He especially loves to poke fun at those clumsy Nhio hatchies who are hatched with wings and are still utterly useless.

He might be a tad surprised once they get a bit older.