Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It sleeps through most of the day, but almost never leaves your side when awake.

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.

Vigza's growth was stunted due to an increasingly worse limp on his right foreleg, which might have proven fatal if he were allowed to grow. Vigza spends his days playing with the other hatchlings, whose growths were stunted for similar, health-related reasons. He seems to enjoy the company of a small bouncy ball made of hardened tree sap.