Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Ever since it hatched, the sky has been full of very dark clouds.

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.

Whenever the adults bring in a kill, Cordatus is at the scene, pushing to get to her favorite portion, the heart. She's willing to fight another grownup and endure a great deal of pain just to get her hands on it. Her parents watch her behavior carefully but don't try to stop her or the other combatant—the little heartseeker is learning fighting techniques and building character, after all.