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In almost every race and culture there are myths and legends concerning dragons. As the peoples of the world move into the digital age, so too does their culture. In the online metaverse of Second Life, where imagination rules above all else, the fabled dragons of legend truly live and breathe.

The Hatchlings

Fabled explorer Daryth Kennedy has travelled the mountains, swamps, plains and islands of Second Life cataloguing many new species, breeds and types of dragon. Whilst on these travels Daryth encountered the youngest of the dragons, the hatchlings. Collated here for the first time in one location are her journal entries and wisdom on these cute yet mischievous young dragons:

Daryth's journals are faded and worn and peeling at the edges, with some pages missing entirely. Sometimes all that can be deciphered is a scant sentence or single word.

Anubis Hatchling

First Sighting: August 2006
Native Color: Black body, black feathered wings and gold claws
Breath: A blast of sand and black scarabs

The Anubis dragon is both feline and yet jackal-like in appearance, with a sleek black body and striking dusty black-feathered wings. Its sharp claws and ornate choker are adorned with gold.

Aquatic Hatchling

First Sighting: April 2005
Native Color: Aquatic scales and spines with Gold claws
Breath: A jet of water and bubbles

The Aquatic Hatchling's scales offer perfect camouflage for blending in with flora and fauna. This hatchling can often be found splashing in brooks and streams.

Astral Hatchling

First Sighting: February 2006
Native Color: Amethyst scales, with Gold horns and Cloud wings and spines
Breath: Planets and Stars, in a stream of night-sky

The astral hatchling is a mystical creature, tracing its origins to creatures beyond the stars. Its curiously curved horns give it a truly majestic image, while its tattered spines and fins suggest an age far beyond mortals.

Bast Hatchling

First Sighting: August 2006
Native Color: Black body, blue/white feathered wings and gold claws
Breath: Sand

The Bast hatchling has a feline appearance and playfulness, with a sleek black body and striking blue-and-white feathered wings. This hatchling loves chocolate mice.

Fire Hatchling

First Sighting: Summer 2005
Native Color: Fire scales and spines with Gold claws
Breath: A searing jet of Flames

The fire hatchling can often be found by the barbecue.

Hydra Hatchling

First Sighting: Fall 2005
Native Color: Red scales with Black spines and Bronze claws
Breath: A searing jet of Flames from each head

The Hydra hatchling is a fearsome creature to behold. Its three unique heads can each breathe flames, as well as hold their own conversations. This multi-headed beast comes with two styles of bodies: one with two tails instead of just one.

Ice Hatchling

First Sighting: Summer 2005
Native Color: Mercury scales and spines with Silver horns and claws
Breath: A blast of snowflakes

The Ice hatchling is a creature of cold climates, encrusted with crystals and icicles. This hatchling loves ice-cream in any flavour.

Royal Hatchling

First Sighting: Spring 2005
Native Color: Royal scales with Gold spines
Breath: An electrifying bolt of lightning

The Royal hatchling is extravagantly adorned with long curved spines and spiralled horns. Its beards and whiskers give it a regal look of wisdom and insight.

Shadow Hatchling

First Sighting: December 2005
Native Color: Black scales with Red spines and Ancient horns and claws
Breath: A thick blast of blood and darkness

This hatchling lurks in the shadows, stalking it's prey until it sees the perfect opportunity to strike. Its three sets of menacing horns give it a truly fearsome look, while its long snout and jaws are perfect for teasing mouthfuls of cotton candy.

Spirit Hatchling

First Sighting: April 2006
Native Color: White scales, full bright and partially transparent
Breath: A stream of light and stars

The spirit hatchling is a eastern-dragon design, with a serpent-like body, and canine features in the face, and long whiskers.

Steam Hatchling

First Sighting:
Native Color: Red scales with metallic wings, legs and tail.
Breath: A boiling jet of steam

The Steam hatchling is a sparky creature which has powerful mechanical wings and pistons driving its legs. The Steam hatchling can often be found tinkering and comes with a hammer to make those fine adjustments.

Storm Hatchling

First Sighting: February 2006
Native Color: Silver scales with Gold horns and claws
Breath: Breathes bolts of lightning from its mouth

The Storm hatchling can breathe deadly bolts of lightning. It has a shiny body with a full length crest. This hatchling enjoys thundering away on the drums.

The Wyvern Hatchlings

When Daryth returned to the Isles at last she brought with her tales of strange new creatures that were reptilian in nature and winged like the dragons but yet different too: these new creatures walked on two legs instead of four and possessed an almost feline intelligence and sense of grace. Found in myth and legend they are called Wyverns and are reckoned by many to be some distant cousin of the noble dragon.

Daryth thumbed through her newest journal shaking sands and dried mud from the leaves as drawings and passages of text flashed by under her fingers and thumbs. She paused for a moment and then spun the little book around:

Arctic Wyvern Hatchling

First Sighting: March 2007
Native Color: Ice blue scales with silvery crystalline protective ridges and azure claws
Breath: None

The Arctic Wyvern Hatchlings ice blue scales may give this hatchling and icy appearance, but this hatching can move with a speed that is anything but glacial. Combined with feline cunning and a penchant for cookies make this hatchling a fearsome cookie predator.

Desert Wyvern Hatchling

First Sighting: March 2007
Native Color: Brown scales with sandy protective ridges and Bone-white claws
Breath: None

The Desert Wyverns sandy brown scales provide camouflage, and their speed and feline cunning make these formidable hunters. The Desert Wyverns can often be found building castles in the sand.