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.

Hestig would like to be just as villainous as his father, but nobody takes him seriously. No matter what he's been up to, they look at him and see just another cute hatchling, instead of an evil mastermind. Hestig knows he should be grateful to be so consistently underestimated, but still plans dreadful fates for anyone who has ever called him adorable.