Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s kind of shaky on its feet and enjoys playing in puddles.

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.

As he cast a glare at the owner who had almost slaughtered him, Dead Dragons' Blood glanced down at the cave floor in front of him, staring at the bodies of the unnamed Mint and Pebble who he had been raised with. Both were slowly disintegrating, and as Blood looked down at his paws he realized his blue scales were splattered with their blood. He would live on as the one who fought for his friends, and their blood became his name.