Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Despite being as black as outer space, it has a few bright patterns on it.

And look! It has grown wings and its scales have gained beautiful patterns. 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.

Zwicky is a rather deceitful hatchling. She always provokes other young dragons or picks fights with them, but when an adult dragon comes along, she is the spitting image of innocence.

The moment the adult leaves though she will continue to nip and pinch her victim mercilessly.