Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon... except for the tangle of dangerous-looking vines surrounding it...

Now there are even more vines. Perhaps something is happening?

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.

Venusbloom is a rare young dragon. An Eternal Child, she never lived the lifestyle of the other dragons of her breed. Sheltered and protected deep within the caverns of Ashke'hai Keep, she plays in the deep, moist sand reserved for her and enjoys daily feedings from the Life-Studiers who tend to the other Eternal Children within the Keep's walls. Carefree, she spends her days wallowing, dipping her claws in the water that flows beneath the sand and seeing how many colors she can produce on the flowers that bloom from the foliage of her spine-crest.