Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It has a strong odor of turpentine, and your hand burns when you touch 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.

Dorobo is a very sneaky little dragon. Her smaller size allows her to steal more things without notice than her larger adult counterparts. She may not be able to carry quite as much as them, but at least she can do it without being noticed. She is an important piece of her clan and many adults eagerly await her to reach adulthood to see how much better at thieving she can become.

Her name means thief.