The Black Dread · Dragon Codex
Dragons of the Dance of the Dragons
All 23 dragons recorded in the Dance of the Dragons period — who rode them, how large they grew, and how each one met its end.
23 entries
- Arrax
Arrax, the small white dragon of Lucerys Velaryon. His death in Vhagar's jaws over Shipbreaker Bay is the moment the Dance of the…
Dance of the Dragons - Caraxes
Caraxes the Blood Wyrm, Daemon Targaryen's lean and vicious mount. He killed Vhagar above the Gods Eye in the deadliest duel of…
Dance of the Dragons - Dreamfyre
Dreamfyre, the pale blue dragon of Helaena Targaryen and the greatest egg-layer in Targaryen history — perhaps ancestor to…
Dance of the Dragons - Grey Ghost
Grey Ghost, the most elusive of the three wild dragons of Dragonstone. Killed and eaten by the dying Sunfyre in 130 AC — a crime…
Dance of the Dragons - Meleys
Meleys the Red Queen, the fastest dragon in Westeros and mount of Rhaenys, the Queen Who Never Was. Vhagar broke her neck above…
Dance of the Dragons - Moondancer
Moondancer, Baela Targaryen's slim green she-dragon and the youngest to fight in the Dance. She savaged Sunfyre so badly the…
Dance of the Dragons - Morghul
Morghul — 'death' in High Valyrian — was Jaehaera Targaryen's chained cradle dragon. He burned scores at the Storming of the…
Dance of the Dragons - Morning
Morning, the last dragon hatched in the Targaryen era — pale pink, born of Syrax's final clutch, and one of only four dragons to…
Dance of the Dragons - Seasmoke
Seasmoke, Laenor Velaryon's silver-grey dragon, later claimed by the dragonseed Addam of Hull. Vermithor tore his head off at the…
Dance of the Dragons - Sheepstealer
Sheepstealer, the mud-brown wild dragon tamed by the bastard girl Nettles with patience and dead sheep. He vanished with her into…
Dance of the Dragons - Shrykos
Shrykos, the chained cradle dragon of Prince Jaehaerys. It took Hobb the Hewer fourteen axe blows to kill him at the Storming of…
Dance of the Dragons - Silverwing
Silverwing, Good Queen Alysanne's mount and Vermithor's mate. She refused three times to fly north beyond the Wall — and no one…
Dance of the Dragons - Stormcloud
Stormcloud flew once — carrying young Aegon III to safety riddled with arrows, then dying within the hour. The Dragonbane never…
Dance of the Dragons - Sunfyre
Sunfyre the Golden, Aegon II's magnificent gold-scaled dragon. Crippled and dying, he still devoured Queen Rhaenyra alive on the…
Dance of the Dragons - Syrax
Syrax, Queen Rhaenyra's yellow she-dragon and mother of Vermax, Arrax, Tyraxes and Morning. Torn apart by the mob at the Storming…
Dance of the Dragons - Tessarion
Tessarion the Blue Queen, Daeron the Daring's cobalt dragon with copper claws and blue flame. Mercy-killed at the Second Battle…
Dance of the Dragons - The Cannibal
The Cannibal, the coal-black wild dragon of Dragonstone who devoured every man who tried to claim him. He may be older than…
Dance of the Dragons - The Last Dragon
The Last Dragon — a stunted, dog-sized green hatchling that could never fly. Its death in 153 AC ended the age of dragons in…
Dance of the Dragons - The Wild Dragons of Dragonstone
The wild dragons of Dragonstone — the Cannibal, Sheepstealer and Grey Ghost — lived free of Targaryen control, and only one was…
Dance of the Dragons - Tyraxes
Tyraxes, the pale violet dragon of Prince Joffrey Velaryon, whose flames burned purple. He and his rider died the same night…
Dance of the Dragons - Vermax
Vermax, the olive-green dragon of Jacaerys Velaryon. He flew north to win the Pact of Ice and Fire, then drowned with his rider…
Dance of the Dragons - Vermithor
Vermithor the Bronze Fury, mount of Jaehaerys the Conciliator and the third-largest dragon in Westeros. Later claimed by the…
Dance of the Dragons - Vhagar
Vhagar, the oldest and largest dragon of the Dance. Visenya's mount, then Aemond One-Eye's — she killed Arrax, Meleys and a…
Dance of the Dragons