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.

T J is the latest word in 'cool'. He's the most admired hatchling in the cave—all the other hatchlings in the clan, from the shyest mint to the boldest vampire, look up to him in awe. His word is the law—if he says a particular game is fun, then the game is suddenly the most popular to play, and if he says one is boring, then it's never played again.