Dragons also are supposedly hermaphrodites, male and female alike, but maesters are not certain of this. The dragons are believed to be linked strongly with magic, and it has been noticed by many Westerosi that when dragons died out, the summers grew shorter and the winters longer and harsher.ĭragons also lay eggs. They can also sense when their rider has died or is in distress and will rush to protect them if they can.
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Their intellect is such they can obey commands and can be trained, but due to their capricious nature, listen best with feeding and full stomachs.ĭragons only choose one rider at a time, but may choose another if and when their riders die. This is generally limited to anyone of Valyrian bloodline, such as members or descendants of House Targaryen, as Valyrians tamed dragons using strong blood-magic that is now lost to history.
Dragons likely can live at least 200 years or more and they never stop growing.ĭragons are highly intelligent animals, and can make strong bonds and attachments to those who raise them and care for them.
The fire of dragons grows hotter as the creatures mature, and due to these attributes they are said to be fire made flesh. Their flames can run hot enough to melt stone and the heat they exude is great enough that on cold nights, steam rises off of them. They have razor-sharp teeth and claws, leathery, bat-like wings and long necks and tails, with spiny crests running down their backs. Their skeletons and skulls are black and glitter like polished onyx, and their scales are nearly impervious to flame, growing stronger and thicker as the dragons age.
Though the size of cats when hatching from their eggs, dragons are fast-growing and can become large enough to swallow mammoths whole.
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They appear in the book series A Song of Ice and Fire, and its TV series Game of Thrones, and House of the Dragon. They are the battle mounts and steeds of the members of House Targaryen and their Valyrian kin. Dragons are two-winged, two-legged reptiles native to Westeros, Essos and the lost kingdom of Valyria.
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