Winter had also grown bigger; his scales became harder, and their colour darkened significantly. His dragonfire was now dark blue and had a tinge of darkness in it, as well as being twice as hot as before. But both of his familiars had become not only stronger but more willful and wilder as well. If it wasn't for the strong familiar connection that he shared with them and his well-trained mind, he would be hard-pressed to control them at all. Those were only the obvious changes, and only time would tell what else had also changed in his familiars.