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A dragon horn by Yoann Boissonnet © Fantasy Flight Games

A dragon horn is a sorcerous horn that is used to control dragons.

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Dragon horns originated from the Valyrian Freehold. The dragonlords of old sounded such horns, before the Doom of Valyria devoured them.

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A Feast for Crows

Euron Greyjoy brings to the kingsmoot what he claims to be a dragon horn he found amongst the smoking ruins of Valyria. The horn's noise silences all and ends the possible fight between the supporters of Victarion and Asha Greyjoy.

A Dance with Dragons'

Euron gives his brother Victarion the dragon horn when he sends the Lord Captain of the Iron Fleet to Meereen to bring Daenerys Targaryen back to him. Moqorro tells Victarion that the dragon horn is called Dragonbinder.

Wandering the Dothraki sea, Daenerys recalls that the dragonlords of Valyria had controlled their mounts with binding spells and sorcerous horns. she has to make do with a word and a whip.

Known dragon horns




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Dragon peppers are fiery peppers used in Dornish cuisine.

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A Dance with Dragons

The *Selaesori Qhoran* carries twenty jars of dragon peppers.




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The Unsullied go to feed Viserion and Rhaegal a sheep in the pit. © FFG

Rhaegal fatally burnt Prince Quentyn Martell in the dragon pit - by Marc Fishman ©

The dragon pit of the Great Pyramid is 40 feet deep (12, 19 meters) and large enough to hold 500 men. as a prison.

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The pit becomes a makeshift dragon pit when the queen’s dragons Viserion and Rhaegal are enclosed and chained up inside.

To get to the dragon pit you have to pass beneath 3 massive arches, go down a torch-lit ramp into the vaults beneath the pyramid, past cisterns, dungeons, and torture chambers (where slaves had been scourged and skinned and burned with red-hot irons). Finally you arrive at an entrance with a pair of huge, forbidding iron doors with rusted hinges, closed with a length of chain whose link is as thick around as a man’s arm. The doors were initially guarded by Unsullied, and later by Brazen Beasts.

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A Dance with Dragons

Daenerys Targaryen’s dragons Rhaegal and Viserion were confined and chained inside the pit of the Great Pyramid. The links of the dragon’s chains were as large as a man's bound fist. Both dragons were chained to the wall and floor.

After a while Viserion was able to snap one of his chains

When they espy Rhaegal he is still chained and gnawing on the carcass of a bull.*]

Sometime thereafter Rhaegal manages to also loose himself within the pit. With both dragons unchained the Unsullied inform Daenerys that once the iron doors glowed red-hot and no one dared touch them for a day.

When attempting to steal a dragon Quentyn Martell notes that the iron doors have become dinted by the dragons trying to get out - the thick iron is cracked and splitting in three places and the upper corner of the left hand door looks partially melted.

Quentyn sees that there is still a thick iron collar about Rhaegal's neck chain, with three feet of broken chain dangling from the collar. On the floor are shattered, twisted, and partly melted chains.*]

Quentyn’s plan to steal the dragons goes awry and he dies from burns caused by Rhaegal's dragon flame. With the iron doors left open by Quentyn and his cohorts the dragons escaped and were loosed upon the city.[*citation needed*]

Since leaving the Great Pyramid, the dragons have established their own lairs. Rhaegal has chosen to lair in the black pyramid of Yherizan, while Viserion has selected the black pyramid of Uhlez.




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The dragon that died in the Red Waste is a dragon that perished in the red waste in Essos, south of Vaes Tolorro. Its large skeleton lies in the sands. It was an immense size. Whether it was wild or had been ridden is not known.

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A Clash of Kings

While encamped in the abandoned city of Vaes Tolorro, Daenerys Targaryen sends her three bloodriders to explore the vicinity. Rakharo goes due south. During his travels he passes the bones of a dragon, so immense he swears to Dany that he was able to ride his horse through its great black jaws. When he returns to Vaes Tolorro he tells Daenerys Targaryen of the dragon's bones.




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Euron Greyjoy and his dragon horn - by Mathia Arkoniel ©

Dragonbinder,

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The horn is six feet (1,83 meters) long. It is made from the horn of what must have been an enormous dragon. It has a black gleam, and is banded with red gold and Valyrian steel. When touched the horn feels warm and smooth. Its surface is shiny and reflective, though the reflection depicted is somehow twisted. The bands of the horn are covered by strange writings, Valyrian glyphs. When the horn sounds, the glyphs glow red-hot and then white-hot.

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A Feast for Crows

Dragonbinder is brought to the kingsmoot by Euron Greyjoy when the ironborn elect a new King of the Isles and the North. Euron claims to have sailed the Smoking Sea and found it amongst the smoking ruins that were Valyria.

The horn's noise silences all at the kingsmoot and ends the possible fight between the supporters of Euron's brother, Victarion, and his niece, Asha Greyjoy., the man who blows the horn for Euron, collapses with blisters on his lips, and the tattoo he has of a bird on his chest is bleeding.

Euron wins the kingsmoot by promising the ironmen that they will conquer Westeros with dragons. When Asha argues that there are no more dragons, Euron tells her that there are three, and he knows where to find them. He does not mention that the dragons belong to Daenerys.

Cragorn dies later. When a maester cuts him open to examine the cause of death it is discovered his lungs are charred black as soot.

A Dance with Dragons

At Deepwood Motte Asha reflects that on Old Wyk her uncle's hellhorn had blown a death knell for her dreams.

Euron gives Victarion the horn when he sends him to Meereen to bring Daenerys Targaryen back to him. He has it with him aboard the *Iron Victory*. According to Moqorro, the Valyrian glyphs on the horn read, "I am Dragonbinder ... No mortal man shall sound me and live ... Blood for fire, fire for blood."

Moqorro says whoever blows the horn will die but any dragons that hear will obey the horn's master. The red priests says Victarion must be made the horn's master and he must claim the horn with blood.

The Winds of Winter

When Victarion and the Iron Fleet arrive at Slaver's Bay, Victarion still has the horn with him in his cabin. Some of the Iron Fleet arrives at the bay of Meereen just as the second siege of Meereen is about to resume.

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Bight and baneful was its voice, a shivering hot scream that made a man's bones seem to thrum within him ... It is the horn of hell.

– thoughts of Aeron Greyjoy

That horn you heard I found amongst the smoking ruins that were Valyria, where no man has dared to walk but me. You heard its call, and felt its power. It is a dragon horn, bound with bands of red gold and Valyrian steel graven with enchantments. The dragonlords of old sounded such horns, before the Doom devoured them. With this horn, ironmen, I can bind dragons to my will.

– Euron at the kingsmoot




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A dragonbone bow
© Fantasy Flight Games

Dragonbone is a material that is created from the bones of dragons. It is used to make many items of value because of its rarity and its special properties.

Dragonbone is black due to its high iron content. It is as strong as other metals, such as steel, yet lighter and more flexible. Rare dragonbone bows are highly sought after,

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A Game of Thrones

Magister Illyrio Mopatis of Pentos trades in dragonbone. Viserys Targaryen fastens his hair with a dragonbone brooch.

A catspaw tries to assassinate Bran Stark with a Valyrian steel dagger whose hilt is plain dragonbone.

A Storm of Swords

The slaver's whip of Kraznys mo Nakloz has a dragonbone handle inlaid with gold.




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Three dragons destroy a castle with dragonflame. by Tomasz Jedruszek. © FFG

Balerion's breath heats the Iron Throne during its forging. © Lindsey Burcar

Dragonflame or dragonfire is the fire produced by a dragon. The dragon expels its fire from its gullet and out of its mouth. The older and larger the dragon the more devastating its fire. The High Valyrian word for dragonfire is dracarys.

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The Valyrian Freehold used dragonflame to make Valyrian steel.

During the War of Conquest, Aegon I Targaryen used his dragonflame against Harrenhal and at the Field of Fire. Afterward, the flame of Balerion was used to forge the Iron Throne.

Wildfire is said to be a close cousin of dragonflame.

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Drogon lets loose his flame. © FFG

Dragonflame can come in different colors.

Known dragon flames: [*citation needed*]

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A Clash of Kings

Daenerys Targaryen teaches her fledgling dragon Drogon to loose his flame upon her command of "dracarys".[*citation needed*]

A Storm of Swords

At the start of the fall of Astapor Daenerys Targaryen commands Drogon to burn Kraznys mo Nakloz. are also unleashed. During the battle all three dragons are airborne, loosing their flames.

A Dance with Dragons

Prince Quentyn Martell is mortally burned by Rhaegal while attempting to tame Viserion.

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Valyrians using dragonflame to a forge a sword

Drogon! Dracarys!

- Daenerys Targaryen to Drogon

What feeds a dragon's fire?

- Marwyn's rhetorical question, to Samwell Tarly

Then the dragon opened its mouth, and light and heat washed over them. Behind a fence of sharp black teeth he glimpsed the furnace glow, the shimmer of a sleeping fire a hundred times brighter than his torch.

- thoughts of Quentyn Martell

The dragon caught one burning body just as it began to fall, crunching it between his jaws as pale fires ran across his teeth.

- thoughts of Tyrion Lannister

Longclaw had been forged in the fires of old Valyria, forged in dragonflame and set with spells.

- thoughts of Jon Snow




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An acolyte of the Citadel attempts to light a dragonglass candle. ©HBO

Jon Snow gives Samwell Tarly a dragonglass dagger. Art by Algesiras

Dragonglass is volcanic glass, or obsidian. The children of the forest make weapons out of dragonglass, including daggers, blades, and arrowheads.

The smallfolk like to say that dragonglass is made by dragons, while Maesters say it comes from the fires of the earth.

According to GRRM, he has given obsidian,

...magical characteristics that of course real obsidian doesn't necessarily have. After all, we live in a world that has no magic. My world does have magic, so it's a little bit different.

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A Game of Thrones

In his turret in Winterfell Maester Luwin pours a handful of shiny black arrowheads out of a green jar and shows them to Bran Stark, Rickon Stark, and Osha. Bran picks one up and sees that it is made of glass. Osha names it dragonglass. Master Luwin tells them that it is obsidian; he says that the children of the forest worked no metal and hunted with obsidian instead, and in place of swords they carried blades of obsidian. Osha remarks that they still do. Bran examines the arrowhead, noticing that the black glass is slick and shiny. He thinks it's beautiful, and asks Maester Luwin if he can keep one.

A Clash of Kings

At the Fist of the First Men, Jon Snow discovers a cache of knives, leaf-shaped spearheads, and numerous arrowheads made of obsidian. Dragonglass, he thinks to himself. Beneath the dragonglass is an old warhorn, and when Jon shakes the dirt from inside it, a stream of arrowheads falls out. Jon gives Samwell Tarly a spearhead and a dozen arrowheads as well, and passes the rest out among his other friends for luck.

In Qarth, as the rumor of living dragons spreads through the east seekers come to learn if the tale is true and tokens are offered to Daenerys, the Mother of Dragons. Among other offerings, trader captains bring Dany dragonglass out of Asshai. The dragonglass offering Daenerys sells, to gather the wealth she ends up wasting on the Pureborn.

Xaro Xhoan Daxos tells Daenerys Targaryen that glass candles that have not burned in a hundred years are now burning in the house of Urrathon Night-Walker.

A Storm of Swords

Samwell Tarly and the few survivors from the Fist are escaping south, with a heavy snow falling. Upon an undead horse, a lone Other appears. In a blind panic, Sam slays the Other by stabbing it with the dragonglass dagger given to him by Jon Snow. The dagger causes the Other to shrink and puddle, dissolving away in twenty heartbeats. Only the dagger remains,

wreathed in steam as if it were alive and sweating.

Grenn goes to scoop up the dragonglass dagger, but has to fling it down again as it is extremely cold.

At Craster's Keep, Samwell discusses obsidian with Jeor Mormont. The Lord Commander tells Sam that if dragonglass kills the Others as Sam claims, he wants more of it. Sam remarks that the children of the forest would know where to find obsidian, but Lord Commander Mormont tells him that the children are all dead.

Sam and Gilly, escaping from the mutiny at Craster's Keep, are menaced by a wight, what remains of Small Paul. Sam attempts to stab him with the dragonglass dagger, but it shatters upon contact with Paul's chainmail.

At the Wall, after hearing about the properties of dragonglass from Sam, King Stannis Baratheon sends word to his castellan Ser Rolland Storm on Dragonstone to begin mining obsidian. He fears he will not hold his seat much longer but hopes that the Lord of Light shall grant them enough frozen fire to arm themselves against the Others before the Dragonstone falls.

A Feast For Crows

In Oldtown, Leo Tyrell tells his fellow Citadel acolytes and novices that there is a glass candle burning in Archmaester Marwyn's chambers. Armen explains the vigil an acolyte must hold to become a maester, where one fruitlessly attempts to light one of the Citadel's glass candles, and says that obsidian does not burn. Pate remembers that the smallfolk call obsidian dragonglass, and Alleras wonders if the return of dragons is what lets the candle burn again.

At the Wall, Samwell Tarly tells Jon Snow that he has learned that the children of the forest used to give the Night's Watch a hundred obsidian daggers every year, during the Age of Heroes.

When Sam arrives at the Citadel, there is a black glass candle burning in Marwyn's study on the Isle of Ravens. Marwyn tells him that it burns but is not consumed.

A Dance With Dragons

In Meereen, Quaithe tells Daenerys Targaryen that the glass candles are burning.

Quotes

Obsidian. Forged in the fires of the gods, far below the earth. The children of the forest hunted with that, thousands of years ago. The children worked no metal... In place of swords, they carried blades of obsidian.

– Maester Luwin

Finally only the dragonglass dagger remained, wreathed in steam as if it were alive and sweating. Grenn bent to scoop it up and flung it down again at once. “Mother, that’s cold.”

They are vulnerable to obsidian.

-Samwell Tarly, to Lord Commander Jon Snow

Dragonglass. Frozen fire, in the tongue of old Valyria. Small wonder it is anathema to these cold children of the Other.

Melisandre




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Artistic interpretation of a page from *Dragonkin*. © Feliche (dragons incorrectly depicted as having four legs)

Artistic interpretation of a page from *Dragonkin*. © Feliche (dragons incorrectly depicted as having four legs)

Dragonkin, Being a History of House Targaryen from Exile to Apotheosis, with a Consideration of the Life and Death of Dragons is a book written by Maester Thomax. There is a picture of Balerion the Black Dread done in coloured inks in the book, meaning that he may be one of the dragons Thomax writes about.

A known copy survives in the library at Castle Black.

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A Feast For Crows

Dragonkin is one of the stack of books that Samwell Tarly brings up from the library beneath Castle Black, along with the *Jade Compendium* which Maester Aemon had commanded him to find.

Making his way toward the armory Sam drops both books as he goes to catch Gilly by the arm. The Jade Compendium is undamaged but Dragonkin had come open as it fell, and a few pages had gotten muddy, including one with a rather nice picture of Balerion. Sam curses himself for a clumsy oaf as he smooths the pages down and brushes them off. He delivers the stack of books from the library to Aemon's chambers.




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Lesser men defied the dragonlords of the Valyrian Freehold at their peril. Art by Magali Villeneuve

Dragonlords were the dragon-riding most powerful nobles of the Valyrian Freehold. and the civilization's destruction.

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History

Leadership of the Valyrian Freehold was contested by twoscore noble families who normally gathered in Valyria,.

Strong in sorcery,

Many dragonlords had pale skin, silver-gold hair, and eyes of purple, lilac, and pale blue.

While Dragonstone is believed to have been the westermost outpost of Valyria,

Almost all dragonlords died during the Doom of Valyria. Some in Lys and Tyrosh survived the catastrophe but were killed in its aftermath. The dragonlord Aurion led an army from Qohor to the ruins of Valyria, but he was never seen again.

The Targaryens were one of the great dragonlord families, but far from the most powerful.

Galendro's *The Fires of the Freehold* describes the feuds of the dragonlords,

Known dragonlords

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The dragonlords of the old Freehold were strong in sorcery, and lesser men defied them at their peril.

- the kindly man to Arya Stark

Our histories speak of the dragonlords of dread Valyria and the devastation that they wrought upon the peoples of Old Ghis.

- Galazza Galare to Barristan Selmy




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Dragon Lore - by Tiziano Baracchi. © Fantasy Flight Games

Dragonlore refers to folklore about dragons, including legends, oral history, fairy tales, and stories.

When asked in what place, if any, there has been an accumulation of dragonlore George R. R. Martin replied, '"Valyria, the Citadel, Dragonstone, probably some of the Free Cities as well. Maybe Asshai in the far east."

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History

King Aegon V Targaryen wished to restore dragons to the Seven Kingdoms. The last years of his reign were consumed by a search for ancient lore about the dragon breeding of Valyria, and it was said that Aegon commissioned journeys to places as far away as Asshai with the hopes of finding texts and knowledge that had not been preserved in Westeros.

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A Dance with Dragons

Aboard the *Shy Maid*, Griff commands Tyrion Lannister to write down all he knows about dragons.




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Dragonmont behind Dragonstone. Art by Philip Straub

Dragonmont is a volcano on the island of Dragonstone in the crownlands. The activity of the volcano gave rise to the island. The castle of Dragonstone is a small fortress located on the face of the volcano.

The volcano is still active, with pale grey steam rising from its hot vents. Beneath Dragonmont are rich deposits of dragonglass. There is much obsidian seen in the old tunnels beneath the mountain, found in chunks and boulders. Smallfolk live in villages below the Dragonmont, tillers of the land and fishers of the sea.

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At the start of the Dance of the Dragons, six wild and semi-wild dragons made their lairs in the smokey caverns of the volcano.




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The Dragonpit sits atop Rhaenys's hill. © Fantasy Flight Games

The Dragonpit has fallen into disuse. © Fantasy Flight Games

The Dragonpit is a huge, cavernous building that sits atop Rhaenys's hill in King's Landing.

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The Targaryens would keep their dragons within the building. Thirty knights could ride abreast into its entrance. No pit dragon ever reached the size of the dragons who were raised before the construction of the building.

The Dragonpit's huge dome has collapsed within and its bronze

History

Prior to the Dragonpit, a great Sept was built on Rhaeny's Hill known as the Sept of Remembrance which used to be the main Sept in King's Landing. During the Faith Militant uprising, Maegor the Cruel, mounted on Balerion the Black Dread, incinerated the Great Sept with dragonflame and later decreed that a large domed structure would be built on the hill for Targaryens to house its royal dragons. Because Maegor had killed all those who had built the Red Keep to hide its secrets, many fled rather than work on the Dragonpit. Maegor had to use city prisoners, with supervisors from Myr and Volantis.

The Princess and the Queen

King Aegon II's coronation took place in the Dragonpit.

Later during the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons after King's Landing was captured by Queen Rhaenyra, the Dragonpit was destroyed during the Storming of the Dragonpit. When ten's of thousands of crazed and starving smallfolk led by the deranged Shepherd stormed the dragonpit to kill the dragons within. Five Targaryen dragons (Shrykos, Morghul, Tyraxes, Dreamfyre and Syrax) and thousands of smallfolk were killed.

The dragonpit was reduced to flaming ruins.

The Sworn Sword

During the Great Spring Sickness so many people died so quickly that there was no time to bury the bodies. Instead they were piled up in the Dragonpit and when the corpses were 10 feet deep the Hand of the King, Lord Brynden Rivers, ordered the pyromancers to burn them. The light of the fires shone through the windows and by night citizens could see the dark green glow of wildfire all through King's Landing.

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A Game of Thrones

Aboard the *Storm Dancer* as she is about to dock in King's Landing, Catelyn Stark takes in the view of King's Landing. Across it she can see atop Rhaenys's Hill the blacked walls of the Dragonpit, its huge dome collapsed in ruin.

A Storm of Swords

Aboard the *Balerion* Arstan Whitebeard tells Daenerys Targaryen a bit about the Dragonpit, where the royal dragons dwelt in days of yore.

A Clash of Kings

Some whores use the Dragonpit as a place to entertain their customers and one of them, along with their patron, falls through the floor. There they find a hidden stash of wildfire, placed by Lord Rossart during Robert's Rebellion.

A Dance with Dragons

In Meereen, just before attempting to steal Rhaegal and Viserion, Quentyn Martell recalls readings that suggested that the confines of the Dragonpit had slowed the growth of dragons kept there - none of the dragons bred and raised in the Dragonpit had ever approached the size of Vhagar or Meraxes, much less the Black Dread, King Aegon I Targaryen's monster.

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In King's Landing, your ancestors raised an immense domed castle for their dragons. The Dragonpit, it is called. It still stands atop the Hill of Rhaenys, though all in ruins now. That is where the royal dragons dwelt in days of yore, and a cavernous dwelling it was, with iron doors so wide that thirty knights could ride through them abreast. Yet even so, it was noted that none of the pit dragons ever reached the size of their ancestors. The maesters say it was because of the walls around them, and the great dome above their heads.

- Arstan Whitebeard, to Daenerys Targaryen




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A dragonrider is a person whose mount is a dragon. Dragonriders could be found among the dragonlord families in the Valyrian Freehold, when the Freehold was still strong. The Targaryens were one of these dragonlord families, although far from the most powerful, and its aftermath.

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Queen Alysanne Targaryen riding her dragon Silverwing . © Green Ronin Publishing

Dragons are intelligent creatures

A person may become a dragonrider at any age, much like horses and their riders; some when they are very young, some as teenagers, some not until adulthood. though none of the eggs hatched.

The lifespan of a dragon is significantly longer than the lifespan of its rider. When the rider of a dragon dies, that dragon can bond with a new rider.

Only a few known dragonriders have outlived their dragons. Although none of these riders bonded with a second dragon, the possibility exists that they could have. When Prince Viserys Targaryen's dragon Balerion died, according to George R. R. Martin, *"[Viserys] did not take a second dragon"*, is unknown.

Known dragonriders

Daenerys Targaryen astride Drogon. © Fantasy Flight Games

Although the dragons in question were too young to be ridden, Princess Jaehaera and Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen had bonded to their dragons, Morghul and Shrykos, respectively. Additionally, Lady Rhaena Targaryen was in possession of a dragon's egg from which the dragon Morning hatched. It is unknown whether Morning lived long enough to be ridden.

History

The first Ser Artys Arryn was said to have ridden upon a huge falcon, but Archmaester Perestan suggests that this possibly was a distorted memory of dragonriders seen from afar.

The escaped slaves who founded Braavos in a distant lagoon believed that the frequent fogs in the lagoon would help hide them from the eyes of the dragonriders flying overhead.

Most of the dragonlords, the noble dragonriding families of the Valyrian Freehold, had been at Valyria when the Doom occurred; None of them survived. Some dragonriders had been in Tyrosh and Lys at the time of the Doom, but they were killed with their dragons in the upheaval that followed. The dragonrider Aurion, who had been at Qohor, led an army to Valyria to reestablish the Valyrian Freehold, but disappeared with his army and dragon. This made the Targaryens the only dragonriders to survive, as they had relocated from the Freehold to Dragonstone near the Seven Kingdoms twelve years before.

King Aerys II Targaryen became convinced that Lord Denys Darklyn would not have dared to defy him if Aerys had been a dragonrider.

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A Dance with Dragons

Queen Daenerys Targaryen mounts the dragon Drogon for the first time, becoming the first dragonrider in a century and a half.

Prince Quentyn Martell attempts to mount one of the dragons Viserion and Rhaegal, on account of his Targaryen ancestry.

Quotes

...it was said that even Aegon the Conquerer never dared mount Vhagar or Meraxes, nor did his sisters mount Balerion the Black Dread. Dragons live longer than men, some for hundreds of years, so Balerion had other riders after Aegon died... but no rider ever flew two dragons.

- Daenerys Targaryen




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Dragons, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History, also known as Unnatural History, is an important text about dragons, wyrms, and wyverns, written by Septon Barth, the Hand of the King of Jaehaerys I Targaryen. Because Barth was considered more of a sorcerer than a septon by his enemies, copies of the book were burnt during the reign of King Baelor I Targaryen, and it is hard to find today.

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Dragons

In his book, Septon Barth considers various legends examining the origins of dragons and how they came to be controlled by the Valyrians.

Septon Barth also claims that dragons are neither female nor male, but shift sexes, "as changeable as flame". Barth further dispels the myth that a dragon can be slain by attacking down its gullet:

Death comes out of a dragon's mouth, but death does not go in that way.

Ravens

A fragment of Unnatural History has proved controversial among maesters. Claiming to have consulted with texts preserved at Castle Black, Septon Barth stated that the children of the forest could speak with ravens and could make them repeat their words, and thus send messages over a great distance. According to Barth, the children taught this magic to the First Men, and this knowledge was passed down to maesters, but degraded, as they no longer know how to speak to the birds, but only send messages on parchment tied to a raven's leg. Most in the Citadel believe that ravens are incapable of true speech; a few maesters who specialize in the higher mysteries have argued that Barth was correct, but have not been able to prove it.

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A Dance with Dragons

While writing his dragonlore, Tyrion Lannister recalls that ten years previously he had acquired a fragment of Unnatural History that had eluded Baelor's bookburnings. He doubts any of Barth's work had found its way across the narrow sea.

While enslaved outside of Meereen, Tyrion watches the Yunkish defensive preparations in the eventuality that Drogon should return. They are angling their scorpions and mangonels upward at the sky. Tyrion knows that they are wasting their time, and his thoughts turn to Barth's words about the futility of attempting to slay a dragon via its gullet.




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Dragonsbane is a war galley of the royal fleet in service to Stannis Baratheon. It has one hundred oars.

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A Clash of Kings

Dragonsbane is part of Stannis Baratheon's fleet commanded by Ser Imry Florent during the Battle of the Blackwater. It is among the first ships to be hit by burning pitch. its captain drives it between two quays and the crew joins the fight ashore.




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Born of dragonseed or seeds is a term to describe some bastards of House Targaryen as well as House Velaryon.

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History

Origins

The custom of the first night had been greatly resented in the Seven Kingdoms. However, it was less protested on Dragonstone, where the Targaryens had ruled for centuries, because there the common folk viewed their beautiful, foreign rulers almost as gods.

Though the right of the first night ended when it was outlawed by King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, some Targaryens continued to carry on relationships with the daughters of innkeeps and the wives of fishermen. Seeds and the sons of seeds thus remained plentiful on Dragonstone and surrounding areas,

The Dance of the Dragons

During the civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons, Prince Jacaerys Velaryon realised that his mother Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen's faction, the blacks, had many dragons but was in need of dragonriders. He offered lands, riches, and knighthood to any such "seeds" that could master a dragon.

Jacaerys's offer gained the attention of more than just dragonseeds. Most candidates failed and were either killed or burned by the dragons. (These included Rhaenyra's Lord Commander Ser Steffon Darklyn, and Lord Gormon Massey.)

After the betrayal of Hugh Hammer and Ulf the White at the First Battle of Tumbleton, Queen Rhaenyra and most of her council believed none of the other dragonseeds could be trusted, and ordered their arrest. Addam Velaryon escaped upon his dragon Seasmoke, but later proved his loyalty at the Second Battle of Tumbleton. In the case of Nettles, it was not only arrest that was ordered, but also execution, because she had become the lover of Rhaenyra's husband Daemon Targaryen; however, the girl fled upon Sheepstealer and was never seen again "at court or castle".

Named Dragonseeds




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Meraxes, slain by a scorpion's iron bolt to the eye

A dragonslayer is someone who has slain a dragon. There are legends of dragonslayers in Westeros's distant past.

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History

According to tales, some Warrior's Sons were dragonslayers.

Known dragonslayers

In legend:

In fact:

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It is no easy thing to slay a dragon, but it can be done.

-Ser Jorah Mormont, to Daenerys Targaryen

Who do you think killed all the dragons the last time around? Gallant dragonslayers armed with swords?

-Marwyn, to Samwell Tarly




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This article is about the castle in the crownlands. For the island, see Dragonstone (island). For the hill in the Dothraki sea, see Dragonstone (hill). For the building material, see Dragonstone (material).

Dragonstone

The crownlands and the location of Dragonstone

Dragonstone is a castle located on the island of the same name at the entrance to Blackwater Bay. Located below the Dragonmont and shaped from stone to look like dragons, Dragonstone was the original seat of House Targaryen in Westeros, and had been colonized and fortified as the westernmost outpost of the Valyrian Freehold. The castle has a dark reputation.

After Aegon's Conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, Dragonstone in the newly-created crownlands served as the seat of their heir apparent, known as the Prince of Dragonstone. After Robert Baratheon overthrew the Targaryens in Robert's Rebellion, he gave the castle to his brother Stannis, creating House Baratheon of Dragonstone.

Dragonstone, though old and strong, commands the allegiance of only a few lesser lords whose islands are too thinly populated to provide any great numbers of troops, although they have some naval strength. A short distance west of Dragonstone is the island of Driftmark, which is the seat of House Velaryon, a Valyrian house and historically a naval power. Other houses sworn to Dragonstone include Celtigar of Claw Isle, who are also of Valyrian descent, Seaworth of Cape Wrath, Bar Emmon of Sharp Point, and Sunglass of Sweetport Sound.

The maesters at Dragonstone are Cressen and Pylos,

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See also: Images of Dragonstone

Maester Cressen on his balcony. © Fantasy Flight Games

Dragonstone watchtower
© Fantasy Flight Games

Dragonstone is a grim place.

Notable locations at Dragonstone include:

History

House Targaryen colonization

Dragonstone castle in *Game of Thrones*

Two centuries before the Doom, Valyrians took possession of the island and built a castle upon it, which became the westernmost outpost of the Valyrian Freehold.

Twelve years prior to the Doom of Valyria, Aenar Targaryen, the head of House Targaryen, relocated his family, their five dragons, and all their wealth to Dragonstone, after his maiden daughter Daenys predicted the destruction of the Valyrian Freehold. In Valyria their rivals saw this as an act of cowardly surrender. were born.

Aenar ruled as the first Lord of Dragonstone, and was succeeded by his son, ‎Gaemon "the Glorious". Gaemon's children, ‎Aegon and Elaena, ruled together as kin and a couple, and were succeeded by their own son, Maegon, and later Maegon's younger brother, Aerys. Aerys' three sons, Aelyx, Baelon, and Daemion ruled Dragonstone in turn, after which Daemion's son Aerion inherited the seat. His only son by Lady Valaena Velaryon, Aegon Targaryen, was the last Lord of Dragonstone before Aegon's Conquest.

Targaryen Dynasty

In 2 BC, Lord Aegon Targaryen launched his invasion of Westeros, conquering six of the Seven Kingdoms (Dorne alone managed to defy them). The Targaryens were supported by the houses sworn to Dragonstone, including the Velaryons of Driftmark and the Celtigars of Claw Isle, both of whom were also of Valyrian origin.

Aegon established his new seat, the Aegonfort, where he first made landfall at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush. The city of King's Landing, the new capital, eventually formed around it.

Aegon's Painted Table by Kim Pope

Aegon the Conqueror died from a stroke while in the Chamber of the Painted Table.

Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen became the first Princess of Dragonstone in 105 AC, when she was officially declared to be her father's heir.

King Maekar I Targaryen's eldest son, Prince Daeron, became Prince of Dragonstone upon his father ascension. However, he found Dragonstone such a gloomy abode, that he preferred to be styled "Prince of Summerhall" instead.

Robert's Rebellion

Main article: Robert's Rebellion

When the news of Prince Rhaegar's death during the battle of the Trident reached King's Landing, King Aerys II decided to sent his pregnant sister-wife, Queen Rhaella, and his only surviving child, Prince Viserys, now the Prince of Dragonstone, to Dragonstone, to keep them safe from the approaching rebel army.

King Robert I Baratheon, who had claimed the throne after the death of Aerys II, had ordered his younger brother, Stannis, to built a new fleet for the Baratheon's. With the Targaryen fleet destroyed, the garrison at Dragonstone was prepared to sell the Targaryen children to Robert. However, before they could act on this plan, Ser Willem Darry and several other loyal retainers rescued the children and smuggled them into exile, sailing to the Free City of Braavos.

Baratheon Dynasty

King Robert I Baratheon named his younger brother Stannis the Lord of Dragonstone, instead of Lord to the wealthier Storm's End, which was given to their younger brother Renly, who was only a young child at the time. Stannis resented this and believed it to be an intentional slight,

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A Game of Thrones

Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone, returns to his seat from King's Landing shortly after King Robert I Baratheon travels north to offer the Hand of the King to Lord Eddard Stark.

A Clash of Kings

During the War of the Five Kings, the poor lands of Dragonstone give King Stannis too few supporters to engage the Lannisters in battle.

After his defeat at the Battle of the Blackwater, Stannis retreats to Dragonstone with some fifteen hundred men and the ships of Salladhor Saan.

A Storm of Swords

Stannis broods in the Stone Drum, refusing to see anyone but Melisandre.

After Davos tells Stannis that "a king protects his people, or he is no king at all" and urges him to sail for the Wall, presenting him with Maester Aemon's letter asking for aid,

A Feast for Crows

Upon learning that Stannis has abandoned Dragonstone, Queen Regent Cersei Lannister is "giddy as a maiden", as she believes that Stannis has given up and gone into exile.

After the ironborn attack the Reach, Loras begas Cersei to send word to Dragonstone, commanding Paxter to raise his sails for the Reach immediately, as his fleet is the only one large enough to protect the Reach from the ironborn. Cersei refuses, insisting that Stannis' hold over Dragonstone is a knife at King Tommen I Baratheon's throat, and that the Redwyne fleet will only be released once Dragonstone has fallen. Ser Loras Tyrell asks Cersei permission to take Dragonstone by storming the walls of the castle, so the Redwyne fleet is no longer needed at the island and can return to the Reach.

A Dance with Dragons

Loras remains at Dragonstone, still dying of his wounds.

In the Dothraki sea, Daenerys Targaryen names a hill "Dragonstone", after the citadel she had been born in.

Chapters that take place at Dragonstone

Quotes

Dragonstone was grim beyond a doubt, a lonely citadel in the wet waste surrounded by storm and salt, with the smoking shadow of the mountain at its back.

- thoughts of Cressen

I never asked for Dragonstone. I never wanted it.

- Stannis Baratheon to Cressen

A place of dragons and dragonlords, the seat of House Targaryen.

- thoughts of Davos Seaworth

The Valyrians had raised it, after all, and all their works stank of sorcery.

- thoughts of Kevan Lannister

If you look at how the citadel of Dragonstone was built and how in some of its structures the stone was shaped in some fashion with magic... yes, it's safe to say that there's something of Valyrian magic still present.

- George R. R. Martin

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"Dragonstone" is the first episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series *Game of Thrones*, and the 61st overall. The episode was written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss and directed by Jeremy Podeswa. It aired on July 16th, 2017,

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Dragonstone is the name Daenerys Targaryen gives to a hill in the Dothraki sea, naming it after her birthplace, the island of Dragonstone.

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Geography

The hill appears as a stony island within the green grassland of the Dothraki plains. Scrub grass and thorny bushes cover its lower slopes, while a jagged tangle of bare rock thrusts into the sky. There is a shallow cave amidst the broken boulders, razor-sharp ridges, and needle spires. There are fish in a nearby spring-fed pool.

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A Dance with Dragons

After having fled Meereen atop Drogon, Daenerys Targaryen ends up in the Dothraki sea. She stays within the dragon's lair, a cave in a hill she names Dragonstone.

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Dragonstone

The crownlands and the location of Dragonstone

Dragonstone is an island in Blackwater Bay in the crownlands. The island is located south of Crackclaw Point and Claw Isle, northeast of Driftmark, and north of the Gullet..

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Geography

Dragonstone with the castle beneath the Dragonmont, as depicted by Philip Straub in *The World of Ice and Fire*.

Dragonstone is a volcanic island at the mouth of Blackwater Bay, created by the active volcano, Dragonmont. Damp and dreary,

The castle of Dragonstone is a small fortress located on the face of the volcano. The nearby port contains inns, including a weathered little inn at the end of a stone pier.

Beneath Dragonmont are rich deposits of dragonglass. There is much obsidian seen in the old tunnels beneath the mountain, found in chunks and boulders. The greater part of it is black, but there is some green obsidian as well, some red, even purple.

Through the dalliances of many Targaryen lords and princes over the years, many of the smallfolk of the island are descendants of that dynasty, and are known as dragonseeds.

History

House Targaryen

The Targaryens sail to Dragonstone. Screencap from the *Game of Thrones* Blu-ray.

The isle of Dragonstone was settled two centuries before the Doom by Valyrians who defeated local lords of the narrow sea. They used magic to shape the castle of Dragonstone. When the maiden Daenys Targaryen had visions of the Doom, her father Aenar relocated his family, their five dragons, and all their wealth from the Valyrian peninsula to Dragonstone.

House Targaryen became powerful by controlling the Gullet and growing dragons in Dragonstone's hatcheries; the dragons Vhagar and Meraxes were born on their island, for instance. Although the Targaryens were sovereign, their island "kingdom" was not considered one of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

Aegon the Conqueror, Lord of Dragonstone, invaded mainland Westeros and conquered six of the Seven Kingdoms with dragons in Aegon's Conquest.

Royal fleets from King's Landing and Dragonstone have periodically been sent to deal with pirates in the narrow sea.

Dance of the Dragons

During the Dance of the Dragons, the island served as the early seat of power for Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and her black council. She seized the Iron Throne after the fall of King's Landing. Lord Larys Strong smuggled King Aegon II Targaryen from the capital, however, and hid Aegon at a remote fishing village on Dragonstone, correctly believing that the queen would not think to look for her rival on her own island. Aegon's dragon, Sunfyre, eventually found its way to its dragonrider as well. With the assistance of Ser Alfred Broome and smallfolk, Aegon was able to take control the island and its castle. Rhaenyra returned to her island after the Storming of the Dragonpit. Unaware of the fall of Dragonstone, however, she was captured by Aegon's supporters and then fed to Sunfyre. The golden dragon eventually died there of its own wounds.

War of the Usurper

During the War of the Usurper, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen was killed by Robert Baratheon, Lord of Storm's End, in the Battle of the Trident. In response, King Aerys II Targaryen sent Queen Rhaella Targaryen with his new heir, Prince Viserys Targaryen, from King's Landing to Dragonstone. Nine months later, while a fierce storm destroyed the Targaryen fleet at Dragonstone, Rhaella died giving birth to Daenerys Targaryen.

Robert I, the new king after Aerys's death during the Sack of King's Landing, ordered his younger brother, Stannis Baratheon, to construct a new fleet and conquer Dragonstone from the remaining Targaryen loyalists. Ser Willem Darry fled with Viserys and Daenerys for the safety of the Braavosian coast before Stannis's ships arrived. Stannis commanded the successful assault on Dragonstone.

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A Game of Thrones

Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone, returns to his island from King's Landing shortly after King Robert I Baratheon travels north to offer the Hand of the King to Lord Eddard Stark.

While sailing from White Harbor to King's Landing, *Storm Dancer* survives a storm while passing the island of Dragonstone.

A Clash of Kings

Stannis Baratheon and Melisandre at Dragonstone's harbor. © Tomasz Jedruszek

During the War of the Five Kings, the poor lands of Dragonstone give King Stannis few supporters for his claim to the Iron Throne. For the past half-year no craft that has come within sight of Dragonstone has been allowed to leave again. The island's docks are full of ships for Stannis's royal fleet.

A Storm of Swords

Dragonstone's harbor and the dockside streets are largely empty since so many ships were destroyed in the Battle of the Blackwater.

Lord Davos Seaworth has Edric Storm smuggled from the island on *Mad Prendos* to save him from Melisandre's fires.

Once at the Wall Stannis sends word to Ser Rolland Storm to begin mining obsidian on the island. Stannis fears he will not hold his seat much longer but hopes that the Lord of Light shall grant them enough "frozen fire" to arm themselves against the Others before Dragonstone falls.

A Feast for Crows

With Stannis gone, only a few fishing ships remain to defend Dragonstone.

Ser Loras Tyrell, realizing that the Redwyne ships are needed elsewhere after the taking of the Shields by the ironborn, volunteers to take command of the siege of Dragonstone, as he feels that Paxter's strategy of starving the castle will take too long.

A Dance with Dragons

Lord Mace Tyrell tells Ser Harys Swyft that Loras's men found no wealth or dragon eggs on Dragonstone.

Quotes

The dragons are done. The Targaryens tried to bring them back half a dozen times. And made fools of themselves, or corpses. Patchface is the only fool we need on this godsforsaken rock.

- Stannis Baratheon to Melisandre

The Freehold's grasp had reached as far as Dragonstone, but never to the mainland of Westeros itself. Odd, that. Dragonstone is no more than a rock. The wealth was farther west, but they had dragons. Surely they knew that it was there.

- thoughts of Tyrion Lannister

When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone. Dragonstone is the place of smoke and salt.

- Melisandre to Jon Snow

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Dragonstone is a building material used by the Valyrians in much of their construction. It is harder than steel or diamond.

The castle of Dragonstone,




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Draqaz is a child of one of the noble ruling families of Meereen.

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A Dance with Dragons

With the Sons of the Harpy killings continuing, Queen Daenerys Targaryen has every noble family of Meereen who is of dubious loyalty send her a child as a hostage. These children are made her cupbearers.

Daenerys hopes having noble children as hostages will halt the killings, but it does not. However, Daenerys refuses to allow any harm to come to the children. She grows fond of them all, and ignores Skahaz mo Kandaq's counsel to kill one for every death done by the Sons of the Harpy.

When Daenerys disappears on Drogon's back, the cupbearers continue to serve her husband, King Hizdahr zo Loraq.

Ser Barristan Selmy plots with Skahaz mo Kandaq to seize control of Meereen in the queen's name. Although Skahaz wants to kill the cupbearers in return for the deaths of the hostages Daenerys had granted to the besiegers of Meereen, Barristan also refuses to allow any harm to come to the children. Draqaz is in Hizdahr zo Loraq's chambers when Barristan comes to visit him, and Hizdahr sends the cupbearer for wine, along with Miklaz. The two cupbearers return to find that Barristan has arrested Hizdahr and killed his bodyguard, the pit fighter Khrazz.




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Drazenko Rogare was a member of House Rogare, a wealthy noble family of Lys dedicated to banking. He was the brother of Lysandro "the Magnificent" and uncle of Lysaro, Larra (who married Prince Viserys Targaryen before he ascended to the Iron Throne), and Moredo Rogare. Drazenko was married at some point to Aliandra Martell, the Princess of Dorne. It is unknown if she had children by him. He and his brother died within a day of one another, beginning the decline of the Rogare family in both Lys and the Seven Kingdoms.

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For the seat of House Baelish, see Drearfort.

The Dreadfort, by Alfred Khamidullin © Fantasy Flight Games

The Dreadfort is a fortress in the north and the seat of House Bolton in northeastern Westeros. Located on the banks of the upper Weeping Water, it is southeast of the Lonely Hills and north of the Sheepshead Hills. The Dreadfort is north of Hornwood, south of Last Hearth, and southwest of Karhold.

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Steelshanks Walton serves as Lord Roose Bolton's captain

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The Dreadfort is a strong fortress, with high walls and triangular merlons that look like sharp stone teeth. It has thick stone walls and massive towers.

The Dreadfort is ill omened, for it is said the Boltons keep torture chambers and a special room where they hang the flayed skins of their enemies, including several Kings in the North.

Boltons are buried beneath the Dreadfort.

History

The Dreadfort was the seat of the Red Kings from House Bolton during the Age of Heroes. The Boltons eventually submitted to the Kings in the North from House Stark near the start of the Andal invasion.

The Dreadfort once joined House Greystark of the Wolf's Den in rebellion against the Starks.

The servant Reek twice stole perfume from Lady Bethany Bolton's bedchamber because of his horrid smell.

Domeric Bolton, the heir of Lord Roose Bolton, died at the Dreadfort

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A Game of Thrones

The Dreadfort, by Franz Miklis © Fantasy Flight Games

Dreadfort men under the command of Lord Roose Bolton join the northern host called by Robb Stark at Winterfell.

A Clash of Kings

Lady Donella Hornwood learns that Ramsay Snow, the bastard son of Roose, is massing men at the Dreadfort. She is concerned, as the lands of House Hornwood lands adjoin those of the Boltons.

"Reek", a servant of House Bolton, is captured by Rodrik after the supposed death of Ramsay. After the capture of Winterfell by Theon Greyjoy, "Reek" aligns himself with Theon. Because Theon lacks the manpower to hold Winterfell, he allows "Reek" to leave to hopefully gather a few hundred reinforcements.

A Storm of Swords

Lothar Frey reads a letter to Robb Stark, now King in the North, at Riverrun. According to Big Walder Frey, the women and children who survived the sack of Winterfell, which allegedly was caused by Theon's ironborn, were taken to safety at the Dreadfort by the Bastard of Bolton.

Maester Aemon sends a raven to the Boltons in a plea for help to defend Castle Black from wildlings.

The hosts of Roose and Robb meet at the Twins for the wedding of Lord Edmure Tully. Robb agrees with Roose to keep Theon captive at the Dreadfort.

A Feast for Crows

Ramsay serves as castellan of the Dreadfort.

A Dance with Dragons

Prisoners in the Dreadfort, by Tomasz Jedruszek © Fantasy Flight Games

Theon Greyjoy is kept in a dungeon below the castle where he has been subjected to Ramsay's flaying since the sack of Winterfell.

Ramsay marches with a host to resolve the siege of Moat Cailin.

Quotes

Lord Roose never says a word, he only looks at me, and all I can think of is that room they have in the Dreadfort, where the Boltons hang the skins of their enemies.

Robb Stark to Bran Stark

I know the Dreadfort. It is a strong castle, all of stone, with thick walls and massive towers. With winter coming you will find it well provisioned. Centuries ago, House Bolton rose up against the King in the North, and Harlon Stark laid siege to the Dreadfort. It took him two years to starve them out.

Jon Snow to Richard Horpe

The boy he'd been before had been ironborn, true enough, but Reek had come into this world in the dungeons of the Dreadfort.

—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy

Theon was not afraid to die. Underneath the Dreadfort, he had learned there were far worse things than death. Ramsay had taught him that lesson, finger by finger and toe by toe, and it was not one that he was ever like to forget.

—thoughts of Theon Greyjoy




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Dreamfyre was a she-dragon, ridden by Princess Rhaena Targaryen and later by Princess Helaena Targaryen.

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Appearance

Dreamfyre was a slender she-dragon. Her coloration was primarily pale blue, with silver markings. By 35 AC, Dreamfyre was large enough for the twelve-year old Rhaena Targaryen to mount her.

History

Dreamfyre was hatched during the reign of King Aegon I Targaryen. She bonded with Aegon I's first grandchild, Princess Rhaena Targaryen, who became Dreamfyre's rider in 35 AC at the age of twelve.

After the death of Rhaena's father, King Aenys I Targaryen, and the coronation of his half-brother, Maegor I, in 42 AC and the death of Rhaena's husband in 43 AC, Princess Rhaena sent her twin daughters Aerea and Rhaella into hiding. However, she felt that she could not hide herself, as she had Dreamfyre with her, who was not easily hidden. Therefore she flew Dreamfyre to Fair Isle off the coast in the Sunset Sea, where they stayed at Faircastle. There they remained until 47 AC, when Maegor commanded Rhaena to return to King's Landing. Not wanting to bring Maegor's wrath and Balerion's fires down on Fair Isle, Rhaena flew on Dreamfyre to the Red Keep.

The next year, Rhaena fled the Red Keep upon her dragon, together with her elder daughter Aerea, and Maegor's Valyrian steel sword Blackfyre, to join her only surviving brother, Jaehaerys.

During the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen, Dreamfyre bonded with Princess Helaena Targaryen. During the Dance of the Dragons, after Helaena's six-year old son was slain during the civil war, Helaena spent her days in darkness, weeping, and was not capable of riding Dreamfyre anymore. Dreamfyre resided in the Dragonpit, and it is said that when Helaena threw herself to her death from her window in Maegor's Holdfast Dreamfyre rose suddenly with a roar that shook the Dragonpit and snapped two of the chains that bound her.

Dreamfyre remained chained in the Dragonpit when the people of King's Landing stormed the pit. Out of the four dragons present, Dreamfyre was the only dragon able to break free of her chains when the mob broke in. She took wing, circled the cavernous interior of the dome and swooped down to attack the men below. She slew more men than the other three dragons combined. Archers and crossbowmen loosed arrows and quarrels at the her, and whenever she landed men swarmed her to attack, driving her back into the air. Eventually one of her eyes was nicked by a crossbow bolt. Half-blind and maddened Dreamfyre flew into the Dragonpit's great dome above, which cracked on impact. Half of it came tumbling down, crushing her and the dragonslayers under tons of broken stone and rubble.

Known dragonriders of Dreamfyre




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*Dany knew how it went with prophecies. They were made of words, and words were wind.* © Morgainelefee.

Prophecies, visions and prophetic dreams are featured prominently in *A Song of Ice and Fire*. They may deal with either the past, the present, or the future.

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Types of prophetic dreams

The wise men of the children of the forest were called greenseers, and their powers included having the greensight: the ability to have prophetic dreams.

Some members of House Targaryen, as well as House Blackfyre,.

History

Ancient prophecy

Azor Ahai

According to prophecy as written down in ancient books of Asshai

The red priestess Melisandre used the name Azor Ahai and the term "the prince that was promised" interchangeably, although she tends to use the name Azor Ahai far more often.

Century of Blood

Daenys Targaryen

Daenys Targaryen, also called "Daenys the Dreamer", was the daughter of Lord Aenar Targaryen of Dragonstone. Daenys is reputed to have had a gift of prophecy; She wrote the book *Signs and Portents* in which she detailed her visions.

High Septon during Aegon's Conquest

During the Conquest of Aegon I Targaryen, the High Septon of Oldtown locked himself within the Starry Sept. He prayed for seven days and nights, and took only bread and water for nourishment. When he emerged from the sept seven days later, he announced that the Faith of the Seven would not oppose Aegon and his sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys. The High Septon stated that the Crone had show him that, if Oldtown were to take up arms against the Targaryens, the city would burn and be destroyed. After hearing this prophecy, Lord Manfred Hightower refused to march out with his strength, and even opened his gates to Aegon at Aegon's approach. The city was subsequently spared.

After Aegon's Conquest

Children of Maekar I Targaryen

King Maekar I Targaryen had six children with his wife, Lady Dyanna Dayne: Aerion, Daeron, Aemon, Daella, Aegon, and Rhae. Of these six, at least one son was known to have had prophetic dreams, although all four brothers might have had the ability.

Prince Daeron claimed to consistently dream of events that indeed came to pass. In 209 AC, he confronted Ser Duncan the Tall at the tourney at Ashford Meadow before he was to battle Duncan with his father and brother in a trial of seven, and claimed that "I dreamed of you and a dead dragon, you see. A great beast, huge, with wings so large they could cover this meadow. It had fallen on top of you, but you were alive and the dragon was dead." Daeron, considering the possibility that this dream was a prediction of his own death, feared Duncan for it and promised to stay on the ground if struck down during the trial.

According to Daeron's brother Aemon, all four brothers dreamt of dragons one time or another.

"The last dragon died before you were born," said Sam. "How could you remember them?"
"I see them in my dreams, Sam. I see a red star bleeding in the sky. I still remember red. I see their shadows on the snow, hear the crack of leathern wings, feel their hot breath. My brothers dreamed of dragons too, and the dreams killed them, every one."

Although Daeron died from a pox caught from a whore,

Although Aegon's dreams of dragons might not have been prophetic, Daeron at least is known to have dreamed that one day the dragons, who at the time had been extinct for almost sixty years, would someday return. Aemon's believe that dreaming of dragons is what killed his brothers offer the possibility that Aerion, Aegon, or both, might have had a prophetic dream.

House Blackfyre

Daemon II Blackfyre, the third-born son of Daemon I Blackfyre, had prophetic dreams that he considered to be completely reliable. He predicted the deaths of his two older brothers, Aegon and Aemon, in his dreams, although they did not believe him. He further dreamt about the future membership of Ser Duncan the Tall in the Kingsguard, and the hatching of a dragon's egg at a white castle that he believed to be House Butterwell's Whitewalls.

Although Daemon was correct about his brothers, who both died during the First Blackfyre Rebellion at the Redgrass Field, and about Duncan becoming a knight of the Kingsguard later in life, his interpretation of the hatching of a dragon's egg at Whitewalls was false. Daemon had been convinced that his dream meant that an actual egg would hatch, and thus expected to soon have a real dragon. Lord Brynden Rivers, however, offered a different interpretation, stating that the dream referred to Prince Aegon Targaryen, who had accompanied Ser Duncan the Tall to Whitewalls disguised as the squire Egg and who had taken out a ring with his father's sigil on it when troubles began, thereby announcing his identity.

Maggy

In 276 AC, during the tourney for King Aerys II at Lannisport, the maegi Maggy, also called Maggy the Frog, prophecized the futures of Cersei Lannister and Melara Hetherspoon. Both girls were allowed to ask three questions, with Cersei going first. In response to Cersei's first question ("When will I wed the prince"), Maggy replied that she would never be wed to the prince, but instead be wed to "the king". Although Cersei believed this to mean that she would wed "the prince", Rhaegar Targaryen, only after he had ascended the Iron Throne following the death of his father, King Aerys II Targaryen, in fact Maggy's first prophecy came true when Cersei was wed in 284 AC to King Robert I Baratheon, who had won the throne during a war in which both Aerys and Rhaegar had been killed. Cersei's second question was a confirmation ("I will be queen, though?"), which Maggy confirmed before warning her that she would one day be replaced by a younger, more beautiful queen who would "cast you down and take all that you hold dear". Cersei's last question was whether she and the king would have children, to which Maggy replied that the king would have sixteen children, while Cersei would have three. Regardless, it is generally believed by the fandom that Maggy's prediction is indeed correct, and that Robert has had, in total, sixteen children.

When Melara asked whether she would someday marry Cersei's brother Jaime, Maggy prophecized that she would wed no one, going as far as to say that "Your death is here tonight, little one. Can you smell her breath? She is very close.".

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Bran Stark

While in a coma after he has been thrown from a tower by Jaime Lannister, Bran Stark begins to experience a prescient dream. The dream depicts both current events (Lady Catelyn Stark's journey to King's Landing by ship with with Ser Rodrik Cassel, Lord Eddard Stark pleading with King Robert I Baratheon, Sansa and Arya Stark reacting to the deaths of the direwolf Lady and the boy Mycah), as well as more prophetic elements, including the "gathering storm" resulting from Catelyn's visit to the south, shadows around Sansa and Arya (one as dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound, one armoured like the sun, golden and beautiful, and one a giant in armour made of stone with only darkness and thick black blood in his visor looming over them).

Bran's dream ends with a view of the Wall, his bastard brother Jon Snow, and the lands north of the Wall, and the three-eyed crow telling Bran that he now knows why he has to survive his coma.

Daenerys Targaryen

Daenerys Targaryen's first known experience with a prophetic dream happens a few days before her wedding to Khal Drogo. The dream starts off with Viserys Targaryen hitting her, but quickly turns prophetic as she witnesses the hatching of a dragon.

Her thighs were slick with blood. She closed her eyes and whimpered. As if in answer, there was a hideous ripping sound and the crackling of some great fire. When she looked again, Viserys was gone, great columns of flame rose all around, and in the midst of them was the dragon.

Later, when Daenerys is pregnant with her child from Drogo, the *dosh khaleen* crones predict her to be the eventual mother of the stallion who mounts the world.

Mirri Maz Duur

After the stillbirth of her child and the practice of bloodmagic by Mirri Maz Duur on Drogo resulting in an apallic state, Daenerys asks Mirri when Drogo will he as he was. Mirri's reply is considered a prophecy:

When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When your womb quickens again, and you bear a living child. Then he will return, and not before.

Quaithe

Quaithe has made prophecies to Daenerys on two separate occasions. The first is an instruction on where Daenerys should go:

To go north, you must go south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow.

Daenerys interprets this to mean that Quaithe wants her to go to Asshai. She asks Quaithe what she can find in Asshai that cannot be found in Qarth, and Quaithe replies "truth".

The second is a warning of dangers Daenerys is to face in the near future.

"No. Hear me, Daenerys Targaryen. The glass candles are burning. Soon comes the pale mare, and after her the others. Kraken and dark flame, lion and griffin, the sun's son and the mummer's dragon. Trust none of them. Remember the Undying. Beware the perfumed seneschal."

House of the Undying

Daenerys experiences numerous visions while in the House of the Undying:

"Farther on she came upon a feast of corpses. Savagely slaughtered, the feasters lay strewn across overturned chairs and hacked trestle tables, asprawl in pools of congealing blood. Some had lost limbs, even heads. Savaged limbs clutched bloody cups, wooden spoons, roast fowl, heels of bread. On a throne above them sat a dead man with the head of a wolf. He wore an iron crown and held a leg of lamb in one hand as a king might hold a sceptre, and his eyes followed Dany with mute appeal."

  1. A beautiful, naked woman being ravished by four of the dwarfs who serve the house.
  2. A feast of slaughtered corpses holding cups, spoons, and food, with a dead man with a wolf's head sitting on a throne wearing an iron crown.
  3. Daenerys's childhood home with the red door in Braavos.
  4. A large stone hall in which dragon skulls hang on the walls. On a towering barbed throne, an old man dressed in rich robes, with dark eyes and long silver-grey hair, telling a man standing below the throne "Let him be king over charred bones and cooked meat. Let him be the king of ashes"
  5. A room where a silver-haired man resembling Viserys Targaryen tells the woman nursing a child in a bed that their son shall be named Aegon, and tells her that the child is the prince that was promised and that his is the song of ice and fire.
  6. A "splendor of wizards" who falsely claim to be the Undying of Qarth and offer to teach Daenerys Targaryen the secret speech of dragonkind.

Upon reaching the chamber of the Undying Ones, Daenerys is spoken to in a barely perceptible whisper. The Undying call her "mother of dragons" and "child of three" and tell her some prophesies, saying "three fires must you light... one for life and one for death and one to love... three mounts must you ride... one to bed and one to dread and one to love... three treasons will you know... once for blood and once for gold and once for love..."

The Undying show Daenerys many more visions before attacking her and being slain by Drogon:

  1. Viserys's gruesome death.
  2. A tall lord with copper-skin and silver-gold hair beneath a banner of a fiery stallion, with a burning city in the background.
  3. A dying prince with rubies flying from his chest, mutters a woman's name with his last breath.
  4. A blue-eyed king who casts no shadow raises a red sword in his hand.
  5. A cloth dragon swaying on poles amidst a cheering crowd.
  6. A great stone beast takes wing from a smoking tower, breathing shadows.
  7. Daenerys's silver troting through grass to a darkling stream under a sea of stars.
  8. A corpse standing at the prow of a ship with bright eyes and grey smiling lips.
  9. A blue flower growing from a chink in a wall of ice, filling the air with sweetness.

Jojen Reed

Jojen Reed has the greensight, the ability to have prophetic dreams. Although his sister Meera believes that the dreams “sometimes” come true, Jojen claims they always do. making them difficult to interpret.

Jojen has described several of his green dreams. At Winterfell he told Bran Stark that he had a green dream in which Bran was sitting at supper, with Maester Luwin bringing the food instead of a servant. While Bran received the king's cut of the roast, the tastiest piece there was, in the dream Bran was able to enjoy his food as much as Big Walder and Little Walder Frey were, despite the fact that they had been served meat that was "old and grey and dead".

One of Jojen's dreams predicts Theon Greyjoy's capture of Winterfell, in which the ironborn are depicted as waves of the sea, while the slain of Winterfell are depicted as drowned men.

In another one of Jojen's green dreams, he sees Reek skinning the faces of Bran and Rickon, who laid dead at his feet.

Jojen further claims to know the date of his death.

The Ghost of High Heart

The ghost of High Heart, a mysterious dwarf woman, sometimes tells of the future to the brotherhood without banners. She has shown knowledge of the deaths of Renly Baratheon, Balon Greyjoy and Catelyn Tully, and even of the coming of Lady Stoneheart.

"I dreamt a wolf howling in the rain, but no one heard his grief," the dwarf woman was saying. "I dreamt such a clangor I thought my head might burst, drums and horns and pipes and screams, but the saddest sound was the little bells."

- This is a vision of the Red Wedding, include Aegon Frey (Jinglebell).

Red priests

The red priests, priests of R'hllor, are trained to see visions in the flames of their nightfires. These visions can be about the past, the future, or things happening far away from the location of the priest.

It takes years of training to see the shapes beyond the flames, and even longer to learn to distinguish visions about the past from visions about a certain future and a possible future.

Melisandre

The priestess Melisandre claims to be able to see the future by watching flames.[*citation needed] In search of a prophecized prince, she travels to Dragonstone, believing Stannis Baratheon fits the prophecy.[citation needed*] On Dragonstone, Melisandre tells Stannis of two futures she has seen in her flames; One in which Stannis is defeated in King's Landing by his brother Renly, and one in which he sails to Renly's seat, Storm's End, where his brother shall die, and his men will flock to Stannis.

Melisandre accompanies Stannis to the Wall in the north. There, her powers are much stronger, and she constantly searches her fires for visions. When she looks into the flames, she sees a "wooden face, corpse white" with a thousand red eyes, accompanied by a boy with a wolf's face. She asks to see Azor Ahai, hoping for Stannis, but sees only Jon Snow surrounded by skulls, his face changing between that of a man and that of a wolf.*]

At Castle Black, Melisandre warns Jon that she has seen that three of the nine rangers he has sent out will die and that she has seen their pale faces with empty sockets, weeping blood in her flames.

Moqorro

When asked by Tyrion Lannister what he sees in the flames of his night fire, the red priest Moqorro states that he sees "Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all." Moqorro’s claim appears to foreshadow that Tyrion Lannister will play an important role in the conflicts to come involving dragons, whether literal dragons, or figurative dragons. The possible identities of the "old dragon", "young dragon", "true dragon", "false dragon", "bright dragon", and "dark dragon" have been a heavily debated topic in the fandom.

Moqorro further claims to have seen other people in his flames who are searching for Daenerys Targaryen and although he has seen only their shadows, he identifies one more clearly, describing this person as "A tall and twisted thing with one black eye and ten long arms, sailing on a sea of blood."*]

Moqorro later encounters Victarion, and claims to him that he has seen Victarion and "the glory that awaits you" every night in his fires.

Jon Snow

Jon Snow reveals to Samwell Tarly while at Castle Black that he has frequently had a dream in which he is walking through an empty hall, calling out, but unable to find anyone. He says that most nights, he is searching for Eddard Stark in his dream, though during others, he's looking for Robb Stark, or Arya Stark, or even his uncle, Benjen Stark. However, the castle is always empty, the ravens have gone from the rookery, and the stables are full of bones. He always ends up in front of the door to the crypts of Winterfell. Although Jon knows that he has to go down the steps, he does not want to as he is afraid what awaits him below. In the dream Jon screams that he is not a Stark and that the crypts are not his place, but he still has to walk down without something to light his way. As he descends, it gets darker and darker.

Patchface

See also: Patchface/Theories

The fool Patchface, who resides at Dragonstone, recites cryptic jingles that seem to often have prophetic meaning. Examples include:

Tyrion Lannister

While travelling in the litter with Illyrio on their way to the Rhoyne, Tyrion Lannister has a peculiar dream, although it is unclear whether the dream is prophetic. In the dream, Tyrion he fights in Westeros besides Ser Barristan Selmy and Ser Aegor Rivers while dragons fly over the scene. He kills both is father, Tywin, and brother, Jaime. When killing Jaime, Tyrion laughs at every blow he gives his brother. But, he has two heads, and by the time the fight is done, Tyrion realises that his second head is weeping.

Jaime Lannister

Jaime Lannister has two seemingly prophetic dreams over the course of the series. The first of these dreams takes place after Jaime has left Harrenhal, while he sleeps with his head on a weirwood stump. He dreams he is in the deepness of Casterly Rock. He is naked and alone, but has both his hands again. A dozen tall dark figures in cowled robes, who are hiding their faces, hold spears, and refuse to answer Jaime when he demands to know who they are. Instead, with their spears, they force him to descent into the deepness. In his dream, Jaime knows that his doom, which he describes as "something dark and terrible", awaits him below. Jaime eventually reaches a watery cavern deep below Casterly Rock. When he wonders out loud where he is, the voices of all Lannisters answer that it is his "place". Jaime sees his father, his sister, and his eldest son, Joffrey. Cersei is holding a torch, which is the only source of light in the cavern. Jaime pleads for her not to leave him alone, and requests a sword when they do turn to leave. His father replies that he has given him a sword, and Jaime sees it under the water. When he holds the sword, the sword catches fire. Brienne appears from the darkness, her hands bound in chains. She is also naked, and asks Jaime to undo her chains. When she asks, a sword appears, which subsequently catches fire as well. From afar, Jaime hears Cersei say that when the flames on the swords go out, they will die, after which she leaves. Brienne questions what lives in the darkness, offering the suggestions of a bear, a cave lion, and direwolves, which Jaime all rejects. They ponder on what to do next, as shadows appear. Jaime recognizes Oswell Whent, Jon Darry, Lewyn Martell, Gerold Hightower, Arthur Dayne and Rhaegar Targaryen. While Brienne repeatedly states how she swore to keep Jaime safe, the shadow of Arthur Dayne tells her that they all swore an oath, and the shadows blame Jaime for the deaths of Aerys, Elia, Rhaenys and Aegon. That is when the fire of Jaime´s sword starts going out.

Jaime's second dream occurs after Riverrun has been handed over to his aunt, Genna Lannister, and uncle, Emmon Frey. He dreams of his mother, Lady Joanna Lannister, although at first he does not recognize her. Joanna asks him if he will forget Tywin as well, and tells her son that Tywin hated being laughed at most of all. Joanna asks Jaime who he is, and tells him that they all dreams of things they cannot have. She tells him "Tywin dreamed that his son would be a great knight, that his daughter would be a queen. He dreamed they would be so strong and brave and beautiful that no one would ever laugh at them." When Jaime insists that he is a knight and Cersei a queen, a tear rolls down Joanna's cheek. She pulls her hood over her head and walks away, while Jaime calls after her.

Quotes

Prophecy can be a tricky business.

- George R. R. Martin

Prophecies are, you know, a double edge sword. You have to handle them very carefully; I mean, they can add depth and interest to a book, but you don’t want to be too literal or too easy ...

- George R. R. Martin

Gorghan of Old Ghis once wrote that a prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is . . . and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams. That is the nature of prophecy, said Gorghan. Prophecy will bite your prick off every time.

- Marwyn to Samwell Tarly

Prophecy is like a half-trained mule. It looks as though it might be useful, but the moment you trust in it, it kicks you in the head.

- Tyrion Lannister to Jorah Mormont

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Notes

  1. "Never you mind that one, ser. All he does is drink and talk about his dreams."



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Dreamwine is a medical drink used as a painkiller

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A Game of Thrones

Maester Vyman provides dreamwine and milk of the poppy to the ailing Lord Hoster Tully.

A Clash of Kings

Maester Frenken gives dreamwine to Sansa Stark to help her sleep after she is beaten by the Kingsguard.

A Storm of Swords

Lord Tywin Lannister orders that King Joffrey I Baratheon be given dreamwine,

A Feast for Crows

Maester Colemon mixes dreamwine and milk of the poppy for Lord Robert Arryn.

A Dance with Dragons

Dreamwine from Qarth is consumed in Meereen when Queen Daenerys Targaryen and King Hizdahr zo Loraq host the Yunkai'i.

Game of Thrones Ascent

In *Game of Thrones Ascent, there is an item called vinsonge with the same properties, which seems to be based on the French translation of "dreamwine".[citation needed*]




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Not to be confused with the Dreadfort.

"Drearfort"

The Vale of Arryn and a possible location of the "Drearfort"

The simple, unnamed tower of House Baelish
Art by PHATandy

The "Drearfort" is a derogatory nickname suggested by Lord Petyr Baelish for the seat of House Baelish in the Vale of Arryn, possibly in reference to the Dreadfort of House Bolton. The Baelish tower does not have a formal name.

The exact location of the Baelish tower has not been shown in *A Song of Ice and Fire. *The Lands of Ice and Fire depicts the tower on a peninsula southwest of the Paps..

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The old flint tower is located on the smallest of the Fingers.

The vicinity includes a flock of sheep, a village of a dozen families near a peat bog, and a hermit's cave, and it takes only half a day to traverse the territory. There is no safe anchorage nearby for large ships.

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A Storm of Swords

Lord Petyr Baelish brings Sansa Stark to the Fingers in the aftermath of King Joffrey I Baratheon's death at his royal wedding. Lady Lysa Arryn marries Petyr shortly after arriving at the tower. Sansa befriends an old blind dog. When Marillion tries to seduce Sansa, she is protected by Ser Lothor Brune.

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And there it stands, miserable as it is. My ancestral home. It has no name, I fear. A great lord's seat ought to have a name, wouldn't you agree? Winterfell, the Eyrie, Riverrun, those are castles. Lord of Harrenhal now, that has a sweet ring to it, but what was I before? Lord of Sheepshit and Master of the Drearfort? It lacks a certain something.

- Petyr Baelish to Sansa Stark

Chapters that take place at the tower




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Drennan is an ironborn raider.

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A Clash of Kings

Drennan is one of the ironborn raiders who accompany Theon Greyjoy to raid along the Stony Shore. During the capture of Winterfell, he and another ironman rape Palla. Theon has Drennan whipped as punishment. Drennan has his throat cut by Osha while on guard duty.




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Annotation #1 for item #46265671: Wiki: Driftmark

Driftmark

The crownlands and the location of Driftmark

For the castle, see Driftmark (castle).

Driftmark is an island west of Dragonstone in Blackwater Bay. The seat of House Velaryon in the crownlands, it has a long point.

Settlements on the island have included the castles of Driftmark and High Tide and the towns Hull and Spicetown.

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History

Ships from Driftmark allowed House Velaryon to control the middle of the narrow sea prior to Aegon's Conquest.

Shortly after the death of her husband, King Aenys I Targaryen, Queen Alyssa Velaryon brought her children to the castle of Driftmark.

Because the ancestral castle Driftmark was damp and cramped, Lord Corlys Velaryon constructed a new castle to house the Driftwood Throne, High Tide. Hull and Spicetown also developed on the prospering island.

The dragon Sheepstealer was known for grabbing sheep from flocks in Blackwater Bay from Driftmark to as far as the Wendwater.

During the Dance of the Dragons, Lord Corlys, the Sea Snake, launched black ships from Hull and Spicetown to block access to Blackwater Bay. High Tide and Spicetown were burnt in the Battle in the Gullet, the latter so severely it was not rebuilt.

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A Storm of Swords

Having been rescued from Blackwater Bay aboard the *Shayala's Dance*, Ser Davos Seaworth passes the long point of Driftmark while returning to Dragonstone.

Annotation #2 for item #46265671: Wiki: (castle) Driftmark

Driftmark is the ancestral seat of House Velaryon on the island of Driftmark in the crownlands.

History

Shortly after the death of her husband, King Aenys I Targaryen, Queen Alyssa Velaryon brought her children to the castle of Driftmark.

Because Driftmark was a damp and cramped castle, Lord Corlys Velaryon raised a new castle to house the Driftwood Throne after he made his fortune in Essos. During the Dance of the Dragons, this new Velaryon seat, High Tide, was burned by the greens after the Battle in the Gullet, however. It is unknown if the Velaryons remained at High Tide or returned to the castle of Driftmark after the civil war.




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Driftwood Hall is the seat of House Stane on the island of Skagos in the north.




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The Driftwood Throne is the ancient high seat of House Velaryon of Driftmark.

History

According to legend, the throne was given by the Merling King as part of a pact with the Velaryons, who had settled in Westeros before the Targaryens. Lord Corlys Velaryon moved the Driftwood Throne from Driftmark to High Tide prior to the Dance of the Dragons.




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The Drinkwater twins are members of House Drinkwater and the twin sisters of Ser Gerris Drinkwater. Their given names have not been revealed.

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Appearance and Character

The Drinkwater twins are tawny young maidens, who enjoy hawking, hunting, and climbing rocks.

History

One of the girls gave Quentyn Martell his first kiss. Cletus Yronwood suggested that Quentyn take one or both of them as paramours, but the prince instead avoided the pair afterwards.

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A Dance with Dragons

While plotting to tame one of the dragons of Daenerys Targaryen in Meereen, Quentyn Martell regrets not having spent more time with the Drinkwater twins.

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I want to go back to Yronwood and kiss both of your sisters, marry Gwyneth Yronwood, watch her flower into beauty, have a child by her.

Quentyn Martell, thinking of Gerris Drinkwater's sisters




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Drogo is a powerful *khal* or warlord of the fearsome Dothraki nomads. Daenerys Targaryen is promised to him at the beginning of *A Song of Ice and Fire. In the television adaptation *Game of Thrones Drogo is played by Jason Momoa.

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Appearance

See also: Images of Khal Drogo

Like most Dothraki, Drogo has copper-colored skin, black hair, and black eyes. He is tall and muscular, and moves gracefully. He has a long, drooping moustache and a long braid hung with tiny bells that hangs down to his thighs, symbolizing his status among the Dothraki as an undefeated warlord.

Drogo's favorite horse is an unnamed lean red stallion, as it is not a Dothraki custom to give individual names to animals.

History

Drogo's father was Khal Bharbo. Cohollo was pledged to the *khalakka*, or prince, while he was still a child, and saved young Drogo's life from sellswords on one occasion.

From an early age Drogo was an extraordinarily gifted warrior even among the fierce Dothraki; before the age of thirty he led a *khalasar* forty thousand strong, the largest on the Dothraki sea. He has never been defeated in battle. Cohollo, Qotho and Haggo serve him as bloodriders.

Drogo owns a palace in the sacred Dothraki city of Vaes Dothrak. He also possesses a nine-towered manse in Pentos, given to him by the city's ruling magisters as part of their policy of bribing the Dothraki not to loot the city.

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A Game of Thrones

Khal Drogo - by Chris Dien ©

Magister Illyrio Mopatis, serving as patron to the exiled Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen, arranges a marriage between Princess Daenerys and Khal Drogo during one of Drogo's visits to Pentos. In return for his bride, Drogo is to provide ten thousand Dothraki warriors for her brother's campaign to retake the Iron Throne.

The wedding takes place in the traditional Dothraki fashion, with Drogo's entire *khalasar* gathering in a field outside Pentos for a day-long feast, punctuated with several deadly fights and couples having intercourse in the open. In accordance with tradition, Drogo's bloodriders offer fine weapons - a whip, an *arakh, and a dragonbone bow - to the new *khaleesi, who then gives them to her husband. Drogo's own gift to his bride is a magnificent silver mare.

Drogo presents his bride gift, the Silver, to Daenerys - by Amok ©

Finally Drogo leads Daenerys off to consummate the marriage. A thirteen-year-old girl who had been abused by her brother for most of her life and had been given no say in the marriage, Daenerys is terrified of her bridegroom and expects to be raped. Despite his fierce reputation, however, Drogo proves to be a surprisingly considerate lover. Although he and Dany share no common language, he establishes that he understood the word "no," then begins touching her gently. He does not begin to have intercourse with her until Dany expresses her consent and initiates it. This tender wedding night set the tone for their marriage, which becomes a remarkably happy one.

As Daenerys' new role as khaleesi takes her out of her abusive brother's control, she begns to leave behind the timid, passive girl she had been, blossoming into a strong, confident young woman and a natural leader. As Dany learns to speak the Dothraki language, Drogo proves a quick study at picking up the Common Tongue of Westeros, though he retains a barbarous accent. He addresses Dany affectionately as "moon of my life," while she calls him "my sun and stars." Drogo treats her with respect and values her opinions; although he does not understand or share her objections to the traditional Dothraki practices of raping and enslaving conquered peoples, Drogo supports Dany when she orders his warriors to cease, delighted by his wife's growing courage. The pair grow to love one another deeply.

Khal Drogo riding his stallion - by John Matson ©

Drogo's relationship with Viserys, however, is not nearly as felicitous. While Daenerys is respectful of Dothraki culture and eager to learn about and embrace it, her brother shows nothing but contempt for the Dothraki "savages" and is increasingly impatient for the aid Khal Drogo had promised him. The issue finally came to a head when Viserys breaks the ancient taboo against bloodshed in Vaes Dothrak by drawing his blade and threatening the life of Daenerys and her unborn child, demanding his crown. Drogo cunningly sidesteps the prohibition against spilling blood in the sacred city by announcing that Viserys will have the crown of gold he deserves, then upends a pot of molten gold over his head, killing him.

In Vaes Dothrak the women of the *dosh khaleen* proclaim that Drogo and Daenerys's unborn child will be the stallion who mounts the world, a prophesied leader in Dothraki legend.

Drogo funeral Pyre. Art By Kim Pope, for *Game of Thrones*

Though Drogo is unconcerned with his minor wound, Daenerys convinces him to let Mirri Maz Duur, a Lhazareen *maegi* she had rescued, make him a poultice. The poultice itches, and Drogo tears it off, causing the wound to fester. Drogo's condition deteriorates until he falls from his horse, a symbolic event in Dothraki culture that indicates he is no longer fit to lead. As he lingers near death, Daenerys convinces Mirri Maz Duur to use her blood magic to preserve his life by sacrificing his stallion.

A Clash of Kings

Dany names her black hatchling dragon Drogon in honour of the memory of her husband.

In Vaes Tolorro, after talking with Ser Jorah Mormont about some of his past and his second wife, Daenerys realises that he desires her. She also realises that she does not feel that way about him and her thoughts turn to Drogo. She thinks to herself,

Khal Drogo had been her sun-and-stars, her first, and perhaps he must be her last. The maegi Mirri Maz Duur had sworn she would never bear a living child, and what man would want a barren wife? And what man could hope to rival Drogo, who had died with his hair uncut and rode now through the night lands, the stars as his khalasar?

That night no ghosts trouble her sleep. She dreams of Drogo and the first ride they had taken together on the night they were wed. In the dream it is not horses they rode, but dragons.

A Dance with Dragons

In Meereen Dany closes her eyes and prays to the gods,

Gods, you took Khal Drogo, who was my sun-and-stars. You took our valiant son before he drew breath. You have had your blood of me. Help me now, I pray you. Give me the wisdom to see the path ahead and the strength to do what I must to keep my children safe.

Before her wedding to Hizdahr zo Loraq in Meereen Daenerys Targaryen thinks to herself that she should be eager with anticipation for her wedding and the night that is to follow. Dany remembers the night of her first wedding, when Khal Drogo had claimed her maidenhead beneath the stranger stars. She remembers how frightened she had been, and how excited. She asks herself will it be the same with Hizdahr? … but she knows in her heart that she is not the girl she was, and he is not her sun-and-stars.

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... my sun-and-stars made a queen of me, but if he had been a different man, it might have been much otherwise.

– Daenerys, to Arstan Whitebeard




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Drogo's manse is a residence belonging to Khal Drogo within the city of Pentos. It sits besides the Bay of Pentos.

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The manse has nine towers and high brick walls overgrown with pale ivy.

The manse's interior is scented with spices, pinchfire, lemon, and cinnamon. A colored glass mosaic in the entry hall displays the Doom of Valyria. The manse has an arch of twining stone leaves and a pillared courtyard overgrown with ivy.

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A Game of Thrones

Betrothed to Khal Drogo, Daenerys Targaryen travels from Illyrio's manse to attend a feast at Drogo's manse.

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It is not that we fear these barbarians. The Lord of Light would hold our city walls against a million Dothraki, or so the red priests promise ... yet why take chances, when their friendship comes so cheap?

- Illyrio Mopatis to Daenerys Targaryen




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© FFG

Drogo's stallion, sometimes referred to as "the red", is the steed of Khal Drogo. It has no name due to the Dothraki being an unsentimental people.

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Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Khal Drogo rides his lean red stallion to greet Daenerys Targaryen.

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Strength of the mount, go into the rider. Strength of the beast, go into the man.

– Mirri Maz Duur




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Drogon is one of the dragons born in the Dothraki sea. Commanded by Daenerys Targaryen, he is named for her dead husband, Drogo.

Drogon is believed to be the reincarnation of Balerion the Black Dread, but Daenerys decides to give him a new name for his new life.

The largest and most aggressive of Daenerys's three dragons, Daenerys has problems reining him in.

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Appearance

See also: Images of Drogon

Drogon's scales are black, his horns and spinal plates are blood red,and his eyes are smouldering red pits.

As of *A Dance with Dragons*, Drogon's wings stretch twenty feet from tip-to-tip, black as jet.

Recent Events

A Game of Thrones

Daenerys Targaryen and hatchling Drogon. © Fantasy Flight Games

Drogon's egg is black as the midnight sea, alive with scarlet ripples and swirls.

The maegi Mirri Maz Duur proclaims that in order to bring new life one must give life. Daenerys Targaryen burns the body of her deceased husband, Khal Drogo, along with Mirri Maz Duur herself and the three eggs, giving life to Drogon and his brothers, Viserion and Rhaegal.

A Clash of Kings

When Daenerys arrives in Qarth, Drogon along with the other dragons are a marvel to the inhabitants of the ancient city.*]

When Daenerys receives the news from Quhuru Mo of Robert I Baratheon's death Drogon is seated in her lap. He hisses and pale smoke rises before Daenerys's face like a veil.[*citation needed*]

When Daenerys enters the House of the Undying, she has Drogon accompany her. Once inside, Drogon reacts to the visions that Daenerys has. When they come upon the Undying, Drogon defends Daenerys by attacking the pulsating heart that stands at the center of the room, thereby slaying the Undying. This allows Daenerys to escape the House and seems to have seriously damaged the structure itself.

A Storm of Swords

Drogon is slightly larger than the size of a small dog. Drogon is part of the payment that Daenerys agrees to in order to pay for all Unsullied in Astapor. However, once she has received the Unsullied, she orders the Good Masters killed and Drogon returns to Daenerys.

Drogon and Daenerys take flight for the first time - by Marc Fishman ©

A Feast for Crows

Tales start to reach Westeros of dragons.

A Dance with Dragons

A man appears before Daenerys in her throne room, carrying a sack with bones in it, claiming it is his child Hazzea and that Drogon had killed and eaten her. in a makeshift dragonpit in the Great Pyramid, but Drogon escapes and disappears.

When the fighting pits are re-opened, Drogon appears above Daznak's Pit, drawn by the noise and smell of blood. Drogon descends into the pit and kills the boar that is present. He sets much of the arena ablaze once provoked, and causes chaos and carnage as the citizens flee and trample one another. An animal handler named Harghaz attacks Drogon with a long spear and comes close to slaying him. Daenerys, seeing her "child" in peril, runs to him just when Drogon kills Harghaz. After much difficulty, losing her hair and clothing after he bathes her in dragonefire, Daenerys manages to use a whip to berate and mount Drogon, then fly away on his back.

Drogon takes Daenerys to his lair in Dragonstone in the Dothraki sea. Later, just after Drogon has killed and devoured a horse on the plains, he and Daenerys are discovered by the khalasar of Khal Jhaqo.

Known dragonriders of Drogon

Quotes about Drogon

Khaleesi … there sits Balerion, come again.

-Aggo, to Daenerys Targaryen




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Droopeye Dale is an ironborn sailor and a member of the crew on Asha Greyjoy's ship, *Black Wind*.

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A Dance with Dragons

He along with the rest of Asha's supporters sails to Deepwood Motte with Asha Greyjoy as she contemplates her next move.




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The Drowned God, also known as He Who Dwells Beneath the Waves, culture.

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Drowned God

The faith of the Drowned God is unique to the Iron Islands.

The ironborn believe that the Drowned God is opposed by the Storm God. This malignant deity dwells in the sky and has hatred for men and all their works.

The ironborn believe that the Drowned God has fewer power the further removed from the sea they are.

Most ironborn have naught but scorn for the Seven of the south and the old gods of the North.

Organization

Priests

The priests of the Drowned God are ill clad,

The priests speak with the voice of their god.

A drowned priest is said to be able to sour wells and make women barren with his gaze

Drowned Men

The drowned men It is unknown whether acolytes to other priests are called "drowned men" as well.

Practices

People worshiping the Drowned God.
Art by martinacecilia

The Drowned God has no temples, holy books, or idols.

The ironborn believe that the Drowned God gives every man "a gift", something in which he excels.

When the sea becomes more rough, with the waves growing larger and the wind rising, some might say that "the Drowned God wakes".

The children of a thrall are born free, as long as they are given to the Drowned God.

Seastone Chair

The ironborn believe that the Drowned God decides who sits the Seastone Chair. This will not be a woman, not a godless man.

Baptism

Drowning and resurrection feature prominently in the prayers and rituals of the Drowned God religion.. © FFG

The priests of the Drowned God know how to drown a man and then bring him back to life, using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which is called the "kiss of life". This is done as part of the rites of the god, consecrating the drowned person to him. Not all men are successfully revived, however.

Blessing

When performing a blessing on a person, the priest has the person kneel. He pours a stream of sea water from his waterskin upon the person's head while stating *"Let [person] your servant be born again from the sea, as you were. Bless him with salt, bless him with stone, bless him with steel."* Then the kneeling person responds, *"What is dead may never die."* And the priest replies with, *"What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger"*.

Priests of the Drowned God also bless new ships, by speaking invocations and pouring sea water over the ship's prow.

Ritual executions

Several different types of ritual executions exist among the faith of the Drowned God. Blood sacrifice is done by slitting the throat of thralls, after which the bodies are given to the sea.

Death

When an ironman dies, it is said that the Drowned God needed a strong oarsman.

Priests of the Drowned God preach that ironborn must not shed the blood of ironborn, though they believe that methods such as drowning are acceptable, as it means no blood is spilled.

A death at sea is considered to be a goodness from the Drowned God.

History

The faith of the Drowned God teaches the ironborn that they came from the watery halls of the Drowned God, and were created in his likeness. The priests preach that the ironborn are related to fish and merlings, and not the other races of mankind. However, some ironborn rather acknowledge the more widely accepted view; that the ironborn descent from the First Men.

The Drowned God is said to have changed Nagga's bones into stone after the Grey King had slain her during the Age of Heroes, so that men might never cease to wonder at the courage of the first of kings.

The greatest of all the priests of the Drowned God was Galon Whitestaff, who decreed that ironborn must not make war on other ironborn and who forbade them to carry off each other's women or raid each other's shores. He also made the Iron Islands into a single kingdom, by calling a kingsmoot at Old Wyk in which Urras Greyiron was chosen.

The Andals eventually reached the Iron Islands during their invasion. According to Archmaester Haereg they at first attempted to force worship of their own god, the Seven, onto the ironborn. The ironborn would not accept it, but did allow the worship of the Seven to coexist with their worship of the Drowned God. Although the Andals intermarried with the ironborn, the Drowned God remained strong on the Iron Islands and in time, most Andals on the isles converted.

The priests of the Drowned God saw the Kings of House Hoare as ungodly usurpers.

King Harmund II Hoare was the first ironborn king who raised his sons in the Faith,

Following the death of Halleck's son, King Harren the Black, during House Targaryen's Conquest, the priest Lodos claimed to be the living son of the Drowned God. Lord Vickon Greyjoy allowed the Faith of the Seven to return to the Iron Islands in the aftermath of the Conquest, as King Aegon I Targaryen supported the Seven. In 37 AC Vickon's son, Lord Goren, crushed a revolt led by a man who claimed that he was the priestking Lodos, returned from having visited the Drowned God. Goren sent Lodos's head to King Aenys I Targaryen, who in return gave Goren leave to expel the septons and septas from the isles. It would take another century for another sept to open upon the islands.

In Lordsport stood a sept of the Faith at the time of Greyjoy's Rebellion, but it was not rebuilt it after its destruction during the war.

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A Clash of Kings

The Ironborn believe that the red comet is a flame the Drowned God has brought forth from the sea, which proclaims a "rising tide" for the ironborn. According to Aeron Greyjoy, it means that the ironborn are meant to go into the world with fire and sword as the ironborn of old did.

A Feast for Crows

The priest Aeron Greyjoy summons the lords and captains of the Iron Islands together on Old Wyk for a kingsmoot.

Known clergy members

Known priests

Known Drowned Men

Historical clergy members

Quotes

Balon: The lords have gone south with the pup. Those who remained behind are the cravens, old men, and green boys. They will yield or fall, one by one. Winterfell may defy us for a year, but what of it? The rest will shall be ours, forest and field and hall, and we shall make the folk our thralls and salt wives.
Aeron: And the waters of wrath will rise high, and the Drowned God will spread his dominion across the green lands!

Balon Greyjoy and Aeron Greyjoy

The god took me deep beneath the waves and drowned the worthless thing I was. When he cast me forth again he gave me eyes to see, ears to hear, and a voice to spread his word, that I might be his prophet and teach his truth to those who have forgotten. For I was not made to sit upon the Seastone Chair ... no more than Euron Crow's Eye. For I have heard the god, who says, No godless man may sit my Seastone Chair!

Aeron Greyjoy to his drowned men

The Drowned God raised him up. Let the Drowned God cast him down.

Victarion Greyjoy to Aeron Greyjoy, regarding Euron Greyjoy

'God of my fathers, if you can hear me in your watery halls beneath the waves, grant me just one small throwing axe.' The Drowned God did not answer. He seldom did. That was the trouble with gods.

- thoughts of Asha Greyjoy




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The Drowned Town is the oldest area of Braavos, located northwest of Ragman's Harbor.

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The Drowned Town is an area mostly submerged in water, although some people still live in the high towers and upper floors of building there.

The Spotted Cellar,




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Drowned men is a name used to refer to the acolytes serving the priest Aeron Greyjoy.

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About

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A drowned man with his driftwood cudgel. © Fantasy Flight Games

In the religion of the Drowned God, ironmen of the isles have seawater poured over their heads. A priest asks the Drowned God to have his "servant be born again from the sea, as you were. Bless him with salt, bless him with stone, bless him with steel." The man being baptized then responds, "What is dead may never die."

Aeron makes his drowned men by having them submerged in salt water a second time in earnest and brought back to life with a crude form of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Not all men are successfully revived, however, but Aeron himself has never failed in a resuscitation.

The drowned men wear roughspun robes of mottled green, grey, and blue, the colors of the Drowned God. They carry driftwood cudgels to show their devotion in battle, and skins of saltwater to perform ritual anointment as well as to sate their thirst.

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A drowned man drowns Emmond.
© Fantasy Flight Games

A Feast for Crows

Aeron Greyjoy is baptising four new drowned men when he is told about his brother Balon's death.

A Dance with Dragons

Although Aeron has not been seen since the kingsmoot, his Drowned Men claim he is hiding on Great Wyk and will soon come forth to call down the wroth of the Drowned God on Euron and his supporters.

Known Drowned Men

Quotes

The Sparr: These are not matters I would speak of here before these others.
Aeron: These others are my drowned men, god's servants, just as I am. I have no secrets from them, nor from our god, beside whose holy sea I stand.

The Sparr and Aeron Greyjoy

The god took me deep beneath the waves and drowned the worthless thing I was. When he cast me forth again he gave me eyes to see, ears to hear, and a voice to spread his word, that I might be his prophet and teach his truth to those who have forgotten.

Aeron Greyjoy to his drowned men




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Drox the Corpse-Maker was an Andal warlord who fought during the Andal invasion of the Stormlands. He was defeated by King Cleoden I Durrandon and three Dornish kings at the Battle of the Slayne.




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The Drunkard's Tower. © FFG

The Drunkard's Tower is one of the three remaining towers of Moat Cailin, the others being the Gatehouse Tower and the Children's Tower. It is called the Drunkard's Tower due to its great lean. It stands where the south and west walls once met.

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A Game of Thrones

House Karstark takes this tower as its seat during the northern host's stay at Moat Cailin.

A Dance with Dragons

During the siege of Moat Cailin, Ramsay Bolton sends Theon Greyjoy to offer the ironborn garrison of Moat Cailin food and safe passage if they surrender to House Bolton unarmed. Theon passes by the Drunkard's Tower to enter the Gatehouse Tower, where the majority of the garrison are. He discovers eighteen ironmen still hold the Drunkard's Tower.




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The Drunken Daughter is a dockside whore in Braavos of uncertain temper.

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A Feast for Crows

She put a knife through Little Narbo's hand, causing three of his fingers not to bend.




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The Drunken Dornishman inn is one of three inns in the market town of Weeping Town, which lies on the southern shore of Cape Wrath. It has a common room.

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The Winds of Winter

After Princess Arianne Martell and her party disembark from the *Peregrine* at Weeping Town, Arianne sends Feathers to the Drunken Dornishman in order to gather intelligence, as she knows its common room is rife with rumors.

In the Drunken Dornishman, Feathers hears men muttering that Jon Connington put Ser Ronnet Connington's brother, Raymund Connington, to death, and raped his maiden sister, Alynne Connington. Ser Ronnet is said to be rushing south to avenge his brother's death and his sister's dishonor.

That night, Arianne dispatches the first of her ravens back to Dorne, reporting to her father on all they'd seen and heard.




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Druselka was a Rhoynish priestess that took part in the Rhoynar migration. When Nymeria had her people abandon the Abulu, one of the the Summer Isles, Druselka and her followers abandoned Nymeria and returned to Essos, as Druselka claimed to have heard Mother Rhoyne calling her children home. Druselka and the others returned to the abandoned and ruined Rhoynish cities, only to find the Valyrians waiting to hunt them down or enslave them.




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The Dry Bones is a name sometimes applied to the southern Bone Mountains, in central Essos. Located east of the red waste and west of the Great Sand Sea, they are so-named because water is sparse there. They do not seem to have the snowcapped mountains of the northern Bones, which are called the White Mountains (*Krazaaj Zasqa*) due to their snow cover. The Dry Bones are scoured by sandstorms (apparently from the red waste), which carve the mountains into strange shapes.

Bayasabhad is located in the middle of the Dry Bones. Despite the mountains' inhospitable nature, the Sand Road runs through them via Bayasabhad, connecting overland caravan routes between Yi Ti to the east and Qarth to the west.




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The Dry Deep is an "L"-shaped canyon in far eastern Essos, south of the Cannibal Sands and the Grey Waste. The Dry Deep broadly runs east to west, with the Land of the Shrykes and K'Dath to the northwest. Just north of the Dry Deep is Bonetown, where strange, aged bones from the valley are traded. At its western end, the canyon narrowly runs south along the eastern side of the Mountains of the Morn. Southeast of the Dry Deep are the Cities of the Bloodless Men.




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The Dry Times are the period in the history of the Patrimony of Hyrkoon in which the rivers and lakes around which this civilization flourished dried down, becoming the Great Sand Sea and causing the fall of the once mighty realm.




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Dryn is a son of Tormund Giantsbane.

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Appearance

Dryn is a chunky boy, with short legs, thick arms, and a wide red face. He looks like a miniature version of his father.

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A Dance with Dragons

Tormund and over three thousand free folk declare a truce with the Night's Watch. Dryn is with his father Tormund, his brother Toregg, and Jon Snow as the wildlings pass the Wall at Castle Black. Tormund gives Dryn to Jon as a hostage. Jon, the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, promises that Dryn will serve as his own page.




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Ser Dudley was a knight. He was slain in the riverlands during the War of the Five Kings by House Lannister forces.




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The Dun Fort is a large castle that overlooks the town of Duskendale. The seat of House Rykker, it has a large square keep and big drum towers.

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History

The Dun Fort was the seat of House Darklyn. It was the site of the Defiance of Duskendale, when Lord Denys Darklyn captured and imprisoned King Aerys II Targaryen.

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A Feast for Crows

Brienne of Tarth visits the Dun Fort during her search for Sansa Stark. Because Lord Renfred Rykker is with Lord Randyll Tarly at Maidenpool, he left Ser Rufus Leek as the castle's castellan. Brienne also meets the Dun Fort's bald maester, who has a freckled scalp and red mustache.




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Ser Dunaver is a knight in service to House Lannister.

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A Clash of Kings

Ser Dunaver is a knight in the army of Lord Tywin Lannister when it occupies Harrenhal.




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Duncan can refer to:




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Duncan Liddle, known as Big Liddle, is a ranger of the Night's Watch. He is the eldest son of Lord Torren Liddle, known as the Liddle, the clan chief of House Liddle, one of the northern mountain clans.

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Appearance and Character

Duncan has a voice like thunder.

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A Dance with Dragons

When peace is made with Tormund Giantsbane and his band of free folk, Big Liddle is selected by Jon Snow, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, to be one of the members of the honor guard who accompany him to oversee the wildlings through the Wall. When one hundred wildling boys are turned over as hostages to the Night's Watch, Big Liddle and Rory remove two wildling girls from the group.




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Duncan Strong is a sellsword in service to the Golden Company. As a serjeant, he is a high-ranking officer.

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Appearance

Duncan wears his worldly wealth upon his person and a lord's ransom in golden arm rings. Each ring signifies one year's service with the Golden Company.

History

Duncan is a Westerosi exile. His surname Strong is of a house that had once loomed large in the histories of the Seven Kingdoms. He may or may not be of House Strong, as in the free companies a man can call himself whatever he chooses..

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A Dance with Dragons

Duncan, like the rest of the company, swears his allegiance to Aegon Targaryen in Volon Therys before they invade Westeros.




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Prince Duncan Targaryen, also known as Prince Duncan the Small and the Prince of Dragonflies, was a member of House Targaryen. He was the first son of King Aegon V Targaryen and his Queen Betha Blackwood,

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History

Prince Duncan was the first child and eldest son born to then-Prince Aegon "Egg" Targaryen and his wife Betha Blackwood. He was named for his father's dearest friend, Ser Duncan the Tall, and so was nicknamed "Duncan the Small".

Jenny of Oldstones

In 237 AC, Prince Duncan was betrothed to a daughter of Lyonel Baratheon of Storm's End, one of several advantageous betrothals arranged by his mother at that time. However, in 239 AC, while traveling in the riverlands, Duncan encountered and fell in love with and married a "strange, lovely, and mysterious" peasant woman known as Jenny of Oldstones.

Despite the fact that King Aegon had married for love himself, and was a friend to the smallfolk and had practically grown up with them, he could not approve of the marriage of the heir to the throne to a commoner, and did all he could to have it undone. But Duncan stubbornly refused to put Jenny aside, even when the High Septon, Grand Maester, and small council joined together to insist that he choose between the Iron Throne and his wife. Rather than give up Jenny, Duncan abdicated as Prince of Dragonstone, and gave up his claim to the throne in favor of his brother Jaehaerys. After this, Duncan became known as "the Prince of Dragonflies".

Unfortunately, even Duncan's abdication could not restore the peace. Duncan's spurned betrothed had been greatly grieved when he broke their betrothal. Her father, Lord Lyonel Baratheon, was so enraged by the shame and dishonor brought to House Baratheon that he renounced his fealty to the Iron Throne and declared himself Storm King.

Eventually Jenny of Oldstones was accepted at court, where she was politely called "Lady Jenny". Jenny of Oldstones and the Prince of Dragonflies were a favorite subject of singers for many years.

Later life

Prince Duncan defeated Ser Barristan Selmy in the tourney at Blackhaven in 247 AC, when Barristan was only a ten-year-old squire and participating in the tourney as a mystery knight. Prince Duncan took pity on the small knight and jousted against him when no one else would, giving Barristan the nickname "the Bold".

In 259 AC, Prince Duncan died in the Tragedy at Summerhall along with his father, King Aegon V Targaryen, his namesake Ser Duncan the Tall, and several other members of the royal court.

Songs

There is at least one song about Duncan and Jenny's romance.

Quotes

The Prince of Dragonflies loved Jenny of Oldstones so much he cast aside a crown, and Westeros paid the price in corpses.

Barristan Selmy

Afterward Prince Duncan helped him to his feet and removed his helm. “A boy,” he had proclaimed to the crowd. “A bold boy.”

Barristan Selmy remembering the tourney at Blackhaven, where Prince Duncan proclaimed him Barristan the Bold

Family




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Ser Duncan the Tall was a Lord Commander of the Kingsguard during the reign of King Aegon V Targaryen. His personal arms were a green shooting star above an elm tree proper on sunset.

Raised as Dunk in Flea Bottom, Duncan became the squire of the hedge knight Arlan of Pennytree. Duncan then traveled the Seven Kingdoms as a hedge knight himself, with the young Prince Aegon Targaryen, called "Egg", as his squire. The early exploits of "Dunk and Egg" are chronicled in *A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which collects *The Hedge Knight, *The Sworn Sword, and *The Mystery Knight.

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Appearance and Character

See also: Images of Dunk

Duncan is an inch shy of seven feet tall,

Duncan has a humble personality, and frequently thinks of himself as thick-headed, recalling how Ser Arlan had often said "Dunk the lunk, thick as a castle wall" and referred to him as "slow as an aurochs".

History

Early life

Duncan's earliest memories were of living as a street urchin in the Flea Bottom slums of King's Landing..

Duncan was an orphan,

Duncan learned sword-fight from Ser Arlan,

Tourney at Ashford Meadow

In 209 AC, a tourney was to be held at Ashford. Arlan died on the way to Ashford, and after Duncan had buried him, he decided to compete in the tourney at Ashford Meadow in Arlan's stead. On the way he stopped at an inn. Inside, Duncan meet a dunken man who claimed to have dreamed about Duncan, and who became distraught at the sight of him. Duncan also met a bald-headed boy, who begged him to be allowed to become Duncan's squire when Duncan left. Duncan refused, left, and shortly thereafter arrived at Ashford. Duncan made camp, and that evening discovered the bald boy from the inn at his camp, who claimed to be called "Egg" and said he came from King's Landing, causing Duncan to believe the boy is an orphan from Flea Bottom, just like Duncan had been. Because he does not have a squire, Duncan accepted Egg as his squire for the duration of the tourney.

Once at the tourney grounds, Duncan is forced to sell Sweetfoot, one of his horses, and Ser Arlan's old armor, in order to be able to acquire armor of his own. He met a puppeteer named Tanselle, who agreed to paint his shield with his personal sigil.

When Tanselle is attacked by Prince Aerion Targaryen, Duncan rushes to her defense, attacking the Prince in the process. When Aerion's guards intervened, Egg protected Duncan from further harm by revealing his identity as Prince Aegon Targaryen. Duncan was arrested and brought to the castle, where Prince Baelor informed him how Prince Daeron had claimed to his father that the missing Aegon had been kidnapped by a robber knight, while Aerion was twisting the puppeteer story into treason. Due to the lies of both Aerion and Daeron, Maekar has become furious with Duncan, and Baelor is forced to allow Aerion a trial.

Three of the men who had given their aid to Duncan died either during or after the battle, including Prince Baelor, leaving Duncan feeling extremely guilty. Prince Maekar offered Duncan a place at Summerhall, so Aegon could squire for Duncan. While Duncan agreed to take Aegon as his squire, he insisted on remaining a hedge knight, convinced it would teach Aegon humility. Maekar agreed.

On the road

Duncan and Aegon travelling - by Marc Simonetti.

Duncan and Aegon traveled to Dorne, passing through the Prince's Pass, and eventually reaching Vaith, while Duncan accidentally insulted Lady Cassella Vaith, the first highborn woman he had ever met. During the crossing of the desert, Duncan's horse Chestnut died,

Duncan and Aegon took a poleboat down the Greenblood to Planky Town, where they took passage on the galleas *White Lady* to Oldtown.

At some point, Duncan and Aegon were gifted a mule, Maester, by one of Aegon's brothers,

Service at Standfast

Duncan and Aegon took service with Ser Eustace Osgrey, a poor and broken landed knight, at Standfast, located in the Reach. Also employed was Ser Bennis of the Brown Shield, an old acquaintance of Duncan from his time with Arlan. Duncan and Bennis discovered that peasants of Lady Rohanne Webber of Coldmoat had dammed the Chequy Water. Bennis provoked Rohanne by cutting one of her peasants, and when Ser Eustace refused to travel to Coldmoat, Duncan went to Coldmoat to try to reason with her. Though sexual tension charged their meeting, Rohanne refused Duncan and told him about Eustace's support of Daemon Blackfyre during the Blackfyre Rebellion. Shocked by the revelation, Duncan attempted to leave Eustace's service, but a fire in the nearby woods caused him to suspect that Rohanne had already started her campaign against Eustace. Duncan knew that the battle was a lost cause. He disbanded Eustace's levies, but promised him to be by his side when he faced Rohanne. Meeting with Rohanne's forces, Duncan offered to settle the matter with a trial by combat. Rohanne's champion was her overbearing steward, Ser Lucas Longinch. Duncan's wrestling ability compensated for his lack of swordsmanship, and he managed to kill Lucas, though he received major wounds himself and almost drowned in the stream in which they had been fighting.

After recuperating, Duncan discovered that Eustace and Rohanne had settled their differences and decided to marry. Duncan felt rejected, but was confronted by Rohanne shortly before he left. He took one kiss from Rohanne and cut off a length of her signature braid as a keepsake, after which he and Aegon took their leave.

Wedding Tourney at Whitewalls

Duncan as a mystery knight, with his squire, Aegon - by Marc Simonetti.

Duncan and Aegon traveled to the riverlands, where they visited the Stoney Sept. Even though they had been on their way north, to take up service with Lord Beron Stark to battle the Greyjoys on the northern coast, they changed their destination after a chance meeting on the road. They encountered a group led by Lord Gormon Peake of Starpike, Lord Alyn Cockshaw, and a hedge knight named Ser John the Fiddler. The latter invited Duncan to attend the wedding of Lord Ambrose Butterwell of Whitewalls to a Frey of the Crossing, stating that the victor's prize at the celebratory Whitewalls tourney was to be a dragon egg. Though the company traveled on without him, Duncan decided to go, and befriended Ser Kyle the Cat, Ser Maynard Plumm, and Ser Glendon Ball on his way to Whitewalls.

At Whitewalls, Aegon became suspicious about the intentions of the wedding, and informed Duncan that the majority of the nobles present had fought for House Blackfyre during the Blackfyre Rebellion. Duncan later had an encounter with John the Fiddler, who told him that Duncan had appeared to him in a dream, where Duncan had worn the all white armor of the Kingsguard. The Fiddler said his dreams always came true, stating that he had dreamed his brothers dead once, and though they hadn't believed him, they had died. The Fiddler also informed Duncan that he had dreamed about a dragon hatching from an egg at Whitewalls.

Duncan entered the joust as the Gallows Knight, a mystery knight bearing the arms of House Trant. He was defeated in his first tilt by Ser Uthor Underleaf, who confessed that someone had attempted to bribe him to kill Duncan in the final tilt. Whilst searching for Aegon, Duncan ran into Glendon Ball, who had been far more successful than Duncan during the tourney, and invited him to come north after the tourney, which Glendon declined. Glendon told Duncan that Gormon Peake had offered him a place at Starpike, on the condition that Glendon would let the Fiddler win. Glendon had refused, angering Peake. Duncan next ran into the Fiddler, and began to realize John's true identity, as well as that the tourney had been rigged as to make the Fiddler victorious.

Lord Peake accused Glendon Ball of stealing the dragon egg, and the boy was imprisoned. When Duncan attempted to intervene, Alyn Cockshaw pulled him back, telling Duncan to follow him, if he wanted to find Aegon. Alyn attempted to kill Duncan out of jealousy for the attention the Fiddler had shown Duncan. Though injured, Duncan threw Alyn down a well to drown, an action witnessed by Maynard Plumm. Plumm helped Duncan see to his injuries, and informed him of Aegon's location.

Aegon had falsely told Lord Ambrose that he and Duncan were spies sent to investigate the tournament and that his father, Prince Maekar, was on his way with an army. Frightened, Lord Ambrose pleads for his innocence, but Ser Tommard Heddle attempted to seize Aegon, and was slain by Duncan in the combat that ensued. Duncan ordered Aegon to ride for Maidenpool, and next confronted the Fiddler, calling him by his true name, Daemon. Duncan accused Lord Peake of bribing the contestants in Daemon's favor, and of falsely charging Glendon with the theft of the dragon egg. Furious about the accusations, Daemon challenged Glendon with a joust as a means of trial by combat.

Glendon defeated Daemon easily, and mere moments later, a loyalist army led by Lord Brynden Rivers, the Hand of the King, arrived at Whitewalls. Daemon was arrested, and those who had supported him executed or punished, causing the Second Blackfyre Rebellion to be suppressed before it had even begun. Lord Brynden allowed Duncan and Aegon to continue their travels, and hinted as to how the dragon's egg had been stolen, leading Duncan to realize the involvement of the dwarfs who had performed at the wedding.

Later life

Lord Commander Duncan the Tall fighting Lord Lyonel Baratheon in trial by combat, as depicted by Chase Stone in *The World of Ice & Fire*.

An unknown amount of time after Whitewalls, Duncan and Aegon visited Winterfell.

Presumably in honor of Duncan, Prince Aegon Targaryen named his firstborn son and heir Duncan. When asked in 2000, however, George R. R. Martin refused to answer.

In late 233 AC, after Aegon had ascended the throne as Aegon V Targaryen, Duncan escorted Aegon's brother Aemon to Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, where Aemon was going to join the Night's Watch.

Duncan eventually joined the Kingsguard. While it is unknown when exactly he took his vows, the first known mention of him as a Kingsguard knight is in 236 AC.

In 236 AC, Ser Duncan fought in the Fourth Blackfyre Rebellion and personally slew Daemon III Blackfyre, the Blackfyre Pretender.

Duncan participated in a winter tourney at King's Landing, where he was defeated by a sixteen-year-old Barristan Selmy.

In 259 AC, Duncan perished along with King Aegon V and Prince Duncan, among others, in the tragedy of Summerhall.

Recent Events

A Storm of Swords

Jaime Lannister lists Duncan the Tall among the Lords Commander of the Kingsguard. He also reads Ser Barristan Selmy's entry in the White Book, which states Barristan defeated Duncan during the winter tourney at King's Landing in which Barristan had participated as a mystery knight.

A Feast for Crows

For unknown reasons, a shield with Dunk's original arms came to reside in the armory of Lord Selwyn Tarth at Evenfall Hall. While at Duskendale, Selwyn's daughter, Brienne, remembering the arms, has the painted on her shield so she can travel the crownlands and riverlands incognito.

Maester Aemon relates that when he joined the Night's Watch, his brother Aegon insisted that Ser Duncan accompany him to Eastwatch.

A Dance with Dragons

Bran Stark has a vision of the past through Winterfell's heart tree. Among the visions is a slender brown-haired girl kissing a knight as tall as Hodor, who is most likely Dunk.

Steeds

As *The Hedge Knight* begins, Dunk has three horses, inherited from Ser Arlan:

As his adventures progressed, he would acquire other animals:

Progeny

George R. R. Martin announced that a descendant of Dunk would be revealed in *A Feast for Crows*. Given that Brienne explains how she found his shield in the armories of Tarth, it is widely speculated she is descended from Duncan the Tall.

Notes

  1. Duncan had been serving Ser Arlan since he was five or six years old (*The Hedge Knight), and was "no more than three or four" at the time of the Redgrass Field, when Roger died (The Sworn Sword*)
  2. The So Spake Martin: NOREASCON (BOSTON, MA; SEPTEMBER 2-6) (September 02, 2004) reports a paraphrased statement saying that Martin confirmed Duncan had not been knighted by Ser Arlan. Besides this SSM, other indications have been laid out by readers. Duncan considers finding another knight to squire immediately after burying Arlan, which is considered to be at odds with his supposed new-made knighthood. Duncan also becomes uncomfortable at several occasions when him acquiring his knighthood is brought up, and is extremely hesitant to knight another young squire, feeling both relieved and guilty when another steps in to knight the boy. Lastly, Duncan admits to himself that "He knew what it was like to want something so badly that you would tell a monstrous lie just to get near it." Readers have suspected that this refers to his lie about his knighthood.
  3. The mule was almost certainly given by Aemon, as its name is Maester, and Aegon and Duncan have been mentioned to have visited with Aemon in Oldtown, whereas no mention is made of Aegon encountering his brother Daeron, while his brother Aerion is still in Lys. If Aemon gave Dunk the mule, it was in Oldtown, sometime after they visited Vaith.