This hatchling could hardly be considered cute.

And look! It has grown wings! At least it isn’t quite as naked-looking anymore.

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.

One year just about Samhain two small, sick hatchlings stumbled upon the lands of the clan. They ran into the Marrow dragoness Eve, who immediately took them as her own.

Frozen forever to counter the effects of malnutrition their time in the wilderness has caused them, Cain is the cleverer but also the meaner of the two Marrow hatchlings. He often fights with his 'sister' and has been known to hurt her, but although he can grow petty and jealous, he is closer to Abelina than anyone else and he couldn't imagine life without her.