The Black Dread
The Battle That Ended the Age of Dragons | House of the Dragon Lore
9 min · Published 23 July 2026 · Watch on YouTube ↗
Everyone scores the Battle of the Gullet a victory for the Blacks. It was also the worst thing that ever happened to the dragons of Westeros. A victory has a price — and the Gullet was paid in the only currency House Targaryen could never earn back. On the night they broke the Triarchy fleet, the Blacks made a trade: burning ships the Free Cities could rebuild in a year, in exchange for the heir to the throne and dragons that can never be replaced. This is the receipt for the greatest battle of the Dance of the Dragons — and why the win the histories remember is the exact moment the age of dragons began burning itself out of the sky. Prince Jacaerys Velaryon and his dragon Vermax fly into…
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