The Black Dread · Dragon Codex
Every dragon and their rider
Who rode which dragon, across every era of A Song of Ice and Fire and House of the Dragon — including the wild dragons no one ever claimed.
| Dragon | Rider(s) | Era |
|---|---|---|
| Aelyra the Skyshriek Sovereign | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Arrax | Prince Lucerys Velaryon | Dance of the Dragons |
| Aurion's Dragon | Aurion | Pre-Conquest |
| Balerion | Daenys Targaryen (House of the Dragon canon) → Aegon I Targaryen (the Conqueror) → Maegor I Targaryen (the Cruel) → Aerea Targaryen → Viserys I Targaryen | Aegon's Conquest |
| Balerion the Father | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Brightwing | Daenys the Dreamer Targaryen | Pre-Conquest |
| Caraxes | Prince Aemon Targaryen (Prince of Dragonstone) → Prince Daemon Targaryen | Dance of the Dragons |
| Dhaenarion the White Colossus | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Draevomar, Forge-Heart | Maerys Rhaemion 'the Bellows-Lord' | Pre-Conquest |
| Draevos the Embermaw Forgefury | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Dreamfyre | Princess Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I) → Queen Helaena Targaryen | Dance of the Dragons |
| Drogon | Daenerys Targaryen, Queen of Meereen and Mother of Dragons | AGOT Era |
| Elyssar the Sagewing | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Frostvein, the Glass Maw | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Grey Ghost | Unclaimed — no rider | Dance of the Dragons |
| Hoarfang, Northmoon | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Mantara the Beaconwing | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Meleys | Princess Alyssa Targaryen → Princess Rhaenys Targaryen 'the Queen Who Never Was' | Dance of the Dragons |
| Meraxes | Rhaenys Targaryen, Queen of Westeros | Aegon's Conquest |
| Meraxes the Sea-Lanes Sovereign | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Moondancer | Lady Baela Targaryen, daughter of Daemon and Laena Velaryon | Dance of the Dragons |
| Morghul | Princess Jaehaera Targaryen — bonded only, never ridden | Dance of the Dragons |
| Morning | Lady Rhaena Targaryen 'Rhaena of Pentos,' daughter of Daemon and Laena Velaryon | Dance of the Dragons |
| Naeryssa the Goldveil Seraph | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Qhoros the Gavelwyrm | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Quicksilver | King Aenys I Targaryen → Prince Aegon Targaryen 'the Uncrowned' | Aegon's Conquest |
| Rhaegal | Unclaimed — no rider | AGOT Era |
| Rhaemarion, Gate-Breaker | Lord Rhaenor Rhaemor | Pre-Conquest |
| Seasmoke | Ser Laenor Velaryon → Addam of Hull (Ser Addam Velaryon) | Dance of the Dragons |
| Shardwight | Unknown (possible rogue Targaryen cadet) | Pre-Conquest |
| Sheepstealer | Nettles, a bastard girl of Dragonstone | Dance of the Dragons |
| Shrykos | Prince Jaehaerys Targaryen — bonded only (prince was murdered before he could ever fly) | Dance of the Dragons |
| Silverwing | Queen Alysanne Targaryen 'the Good Queen' → Ulf the White | Dance of the Dragons |
| Soryn the Miragewing | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Stormbane — Gaemon the Glorious's Mount | Gaemon the Glorious Targaryen | Pre-Conquest |
| Stormcloud | Prince Aegon Targaryen 'the Younger' (future Aegon III 'the Dragonbane') — only, and once only | Dance of the Dragons |
| Sunfyre | King Aegon II Targaryen | Dance of the Dragons |
| Syrax | Princess / Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen | Dance of the Dragons |
| Syrax the Hearthwing Matron | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Terrax | Princess Jaenara Belaerys of Valyria | Pre-Conquest |
| Tessarion | Prince Daeron Targaryen 'the Daring' | Dance of the Dragons |
| Tharaxia the Mother | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Tharion the Dream-Singer | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| The Cannibal | Unclaimed — no rider | Dance of the Dragons |
| The Last Dragon | Unclaimed — no rider | Dance of the Dragons |
| The Valyrian Apex (The Wound-Maker of Balerion) | Unclaimed — no rider | Other |
| Tolosyr the Dunewyrm, Lord of the Red Mirage | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Tyraxes | Prince Joffrey Velaryon | Dance of the Dragons |
| Urrax | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Valryth, Pale Thunder | Lady Vhaela Vhaelar → Qhoren Vhaelar | Pre-Conquest |
| Vermax | Prince Jacaerys Velaryon | Dance of the Dragons |
| Vermithor | King Jaehaerys I Targaryen 'the Conciliator' → Hugh Hammer | Dance of the Dragons |
| Vhaelyth, the Sky-Crucible | Vhaeron Vhaelar | Pre-Conquest |
| Vhagar | Visenya Targaryen → Prince Baelon 'the Brave' Targaryen → Lady Laena Velaryon → Prince Aemond Targaryen 'One-Eye' | Dance of the Dragons |
| Vhagar the War-Drill | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Vhaldrin the Ashmourner | Unclaimed — no rider | Pre-Conquest |
| Vhazrak, Wall-Render | Daemor Moraenar 'the Sunderer' | Pre-Conquest |
| Viserion | Unclaimed — no rider | AGOT Era |