Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s very light and enjoys bouncing all around.

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.

Ickle is a very sweet hatchling who enjoys soaring the skies and bouncing about, despite being frozen in time. She puts on a brave face, and is much more mature than most hatchlings, but can be very silly at times, just as a balloon hatchling like her should be.