Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its eyes glow brightly at night, and it enjoys attacking insects and small animals.

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.

The King of The Dark Army (although everyone just calls him Joe) is the dragon appointed by The Queen of Darkness to be the leader of the black hatchling army. He has worked with the master to find abandoned black dragon hatchlings to care for. He puts them through rigorous exercises every day and hopes they will grow to be big and strong (even though that's impossible as they're frozen).