Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It is a deep shade of crimson.

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.

DreadfulMountain is a Crimson Flare Pygmy hatchling with tons of energy. His parents have a tough time keeping up with him. His mother, the extra-shy Nilia DarlingMountain, just can't keep an eye on him all the time. DreadfulMountain is a hatchling member of an experiment to see if Nilia could be made bolder by mating and living with Crimson Flare Pygmies.