Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. Its eyes glow brightly at night, and it enjoys attacking insects and small animals.

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.

Hatchlings in Lorraine's caves rarely receive their names before adulthood.  To identify them before then, many hatchlings temporarily carry the name of a dragon that does not yet exist.  This little hatchling carries the name of Blitzen, a Christmas dragon yet to be born.