Home of the Dragon: All dragons and dragonriders

Home of the Dragon season 1 noticed plenty of politicking. As factions and animosity grew in equal measure, the Targaryen household spent much more time combating and yelling within the rooms of King’s Touchdown than they did driving dragons. However by the ultimate episode, the dragons — and their use within the coming Dance of the Dragons — take heart stage.

And now that Home Targaryen is in full civil struggle, each dragon counts — as does each dragonrider. As we’ve seen in season 2, Rhaenyra is taking this lesson a bit extra to coronary heart than her siblings in King’s Touchdown, with the Targaryen queen providing household bastards (even lowborn ones) the chance to bond with and trip a dragon on her behalf. The street gained’t be straightforward; in any case, as we’ve seen in episode 10, even with the right rider, dragon warfare can result in calamitous penalties. However, that is the Dance of Dragons, in any case; there’s sure to be a little bit of talon on talon.

Particularly since, as Daemon (Matt Smith) famous within the season 1 finale: Not all of the dragons in Westeros are accounted for; there are “impartial” dragons, that are dragons that (for one motive or one other) haven’t any rider. In a struggle the place the various energy, may, and measurement each dragons and their riders impacts who controls which a part of the map, any dragons up for grabs are prone to be vital.

So with season 2’s struggle underway, it’s price taking a second to account for every of the dragons that Home of the Dragon has arrange up to now, whose aspect they’re on, and who their rider is.

[Ed. note: This story contains spoilers through season 2 episode 6 of House of the Dragon.]

Vhagar

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Riders: Laena (deceased), Aemond Targaryen

The oldest and largest of the Targaryen dragons in Westeros, and the one dwelling remnant of Aegon’s conquest, Vhagar was as soon as ridden by Visenya Targaryen when she, her brother, and her sister united the seven kingdoms. Vhagar then handed to Baelon Targaryen, earlier than being claimed by her most up-to-date (earlier to episode 7) rider, Laena Velaryon. After Laena’s dying, the dragon remained riderless for under a short while earlier than being claimed by Aemond Targaryen, whose dragon egg child reward didn’t hatch. Regardless of Vhagar’s age, she stays one of the crucial fearsome and harmful dragons in Westeros, and is now ridden by one of many Greens’ most ardent supporters.

Vhagar and Aemond had been straight liable for Lucerys’ dying on the finish of season 1. Now, Aegon is raring to make use of Vhagar to blast his approach via this civil struggle. Alicent (et al.) usually are not so stoked on that plan, and would truly choose Vhagar be left in King’s Touchdown as a lot as attainable for protection.

Sunfyre

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Rider: Aegon Targaryen

A bright-gold dragon with pink-membraned wings, Sunfyre is the dragon of Aegon Targaryen and a swift flier, although removed from the largest of the Targaryens’ remaining dragons. Nonetheless, Aegon feels good a few Sunfyre and Vhagar team-up being sufficient to deliver homes that haven’t declared for them to heel.

Or not less than he did, till episode 4 introduced a sobering actuality: Seems Targaryens in Home of the Dragon are not fireproof, and Sunfyre turns into yet one more dragon to lose in an airborne scuffle to Vhagar. Although Aegon survived (albeit it with loads of damage), Sunfyre slowly died after plummeting from the skies above Rook’s Relaxation.

Dreamfyre

Rider: Helaena Targaryen

Dreamfyre is a pale-blue dragon, older however extra slender than many of the others. She is claimed by Helaena Targaryen.

Syrax

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Rider: Rhaenyra Targaryen

Rhaenyra is probably going the primary rider of Syrax, a dragon she named after a Valyrian goddess when the princess claimed the dragon at 9 years outdated. Syrax was practically as giant and threatening as Caraxes, although Rhaenyra has not ridden her into a real battle.

Caraxes

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Rider: Daemon Targaryen

Caraxes is without doubt one of the largest and most harmful of all of the remaining Targaryen dragons, thanks partly to the truth that it’s seen struggle most just lately. Caraxes has pink scales and was ridden by Daemon Targaryen through the Prince’s many battles world wide, most notably within the Stepstones.

Meleys

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Rider: Rhaenys Targaryen

Dying: Eaten by Vhagar above Rook’s Relaxation

Meleys was often called the Crimson Queen because of her pink scales and pink wing membrane. Meleys was an outdated dragon, however in her youthful days she was maybe the swiftest and most nimble of all of the Westerosi dragons. Regardless of her age, nevertheless, she remained fearsome in battle.

Within the opening of season 2, Rhaenys and Meleys have been patrolling over “100 miles of open sea” to carry the Sea Snake’s blockade. In the end, when Rhaenys and Meleys go to cease Ser Criston Cole from taking up Rook’s Relaxation, they meet an premature dying by Vhagar.

Vermax

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Rider: Jacaerys Velaryon

Vermax hatched from the egg that was given to Jacaerys when he was an toddler in a stunt partially designed to indicate his standing as a true-born Targaryen. Due to this, the dragon stays pretty small by the point Home of the Dragon picks up with Jace.

Arrax

Rider: Lucerys Velaryon

Dying: Eaten by Vhagar someplace within the skies above Storm’s Finish.

Identical to his brother’s dragon, Luke’s was hatched from an egg he was given at delivery. Which means the dragon is kind of small at this level, however will develop would’ve grown bigger in time.

Seasmoke

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Seasmoke’s solely earlier rider was Laenor Velaryon, who gave up the dragon when he slipped away from his life in Westeros and escaped to Essos. Since Laenor’s dying, Seasmoke has resided within the Dragonmont on Dragonstone.

However as we see within the ultimate few episodes of season 2, Seasmoke is form of over being riderless, and appears to have chosen somebody new: Addam of Hull. In “The Crimson Sowing,” Addam meets Rhaenyra on the seashore and pledges fealty if the Targaryen queen will train him to be a dragonrider.

Vermithor

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Vermithor is without doubt one of the oldest dwelling dragons in Westeros and resides within the Dragonmont on Dragonstone. Regardless of his outdated age and big measurement, we don’t know a lot in regards to the riders that Vermithor has beforehand had, with the one exception of King Jaehaerys Targaryen, who rode the dragon till his dying. Vermithor is without doubt one of the largest dragons to ever reside in Westeros with solely Vhagar and Balerion besting him in measurement. As Rhaenrya tells the Targaryen bastards she’s assembled at Dragonstone, Vermithor is named the “Bronze Fury.”

And in “The Crimson Sowing,” those self same bastards are lined as much as attempt to bond with Vermithor. In the end, Hugh Hammer — a Targaryen bastard of (apparently) Viserys and Daemon’s illegitimate aunt — is the one who wins Vermithor’s favor.

Silverwing

Silverwing was as soon as bonded with Queen Alysanne Targaryen, the spouse of King Jaehaerys. Seemingly mirroring the couple’s love, Silverwing and Vermithor typically coiled collectively in the identical lair contained in the Dragonmont on Dragonstone.

So it stands to motive that the dragon we see Ulf bond with in episode 7 of the second season — or, extra particularly, the one who knocks him on his ass when he’s working frantically from Vermithor’s carnage — is Silverwing, the one different dragon we all know of in Dragonstone’s lair.

Impartial

The impartial dragons are dragons that stay riderless. In some instances these are dragons have by no means accepted riders, whereas others are dragons whose riders have died, however haven’t but bonded with one other rider.

The Vale’s thriller dragon

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In episode 6, “Smallfolk,” we see the wreckage of a thriller dragon that has been lurking across the Vale. Primarily based on the remnants it left behind, Rhaena believes the dragon is giant, wild, and (per the Woman Arryn’s restricted debrief) appeared within the area simply after the struggle broke out.