Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s rather plain looking, though.

And look! It has grown wings, and bright markings have developed all over its body.

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.

Fern is, along with her best friends Maw and Mewl, an eternal hatchling. With her two best friends, she helped found The Renegade Resistance, an organization for freeing neglected and abused dragons. Fern is the leader of the flight squad. Though she lacks the poison her species has, she retains their confidence and speed. With her small body, she can easily slip through forests and rapidly scout out dense woodland. She is extremely agile, able to dodge most attacks aimed at her. She lacks strength, as her kind is rather small, and she is a mere hatchling. However, her cleverness makes up for this, as she is able to outwit most dragons, especially those who think she is a "mere hatchling".