Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s extremely curious and seems to enjoy exploring the area around it.

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.

FlamingPurpleSun is a very playful Purple Dragon hatchling. She wants to play all of the time, and it is hard to put her to bed or even to just convince her to stop playing around and eat. If hatchlings are playing games anywhere near their cave, FlamingPurpleSun is right there with them.