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.

Ted, so nicknamed to avoid bad luck, carries a family tradition claiming descent from Death and the Moon. His preoccupation with hatchling games worried his caretakers, but though he developed slowly, he eventually found his niche in therapeutic woodcrafting.