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Revision as of 18:28, 18 January 2018

Arrax
Arrax storms end.png
Arrax washes up beneath Storm's End. By Ashley Hunter Rice

Allegiance Lucerys Velaryon
Died In 129 ACStorm's End
Book The Princess and the Queen (Appears)

Arrax was a dragon ridden by Prince Lucerys Velaryon during the Dance of the Dragons.[1]

Description

He was mature enough to be ridden and still young and growing. He was five times smaller than Vhagar.

History

Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen's three eldest sons (each by Laenor Velaryon) were Jacaerys (born 114 AC), Lucerys (born 115 AC), and Joffrey (born 117 AC). The rival faction at court who supported her stepmother Alicent Hightower and her children spread the accusation that Rhaenyra's three sons were not really Laenor's, but bastards fathered by Harwin Strong. In an effort to confirm that he considered Rhaenyra and her sons the true heirs to the throne, her father King Viserys II decreed that a dragon egg would be put in the cradle of each of the boys, to bond with the dragons that hatched from them. Those who doubted the paternity of Rhaenyra's sons also doubted that the eggs would ever hatch, but they were quickly disappointed, as each of the eggs soon hatched in turn. The hatchlings were named Vermax (bonded with Jacaerys), Arrax (bonded with Lucerys), and Tyraxes (bonded with Joffrey). The exact date each hatched is not known but the last seems to have hatched by no later than about 120 AC.[2]

At the start of the civil war Prince Jacaerys flew north as a messenger on Vermax.[1] Arrax and his rider were slain by Prince Aemond Targaryen and Vhagar in the skies over Shipbreaker Bay. Three days later, the dragon's head and neck washed up beneath the cliffs below Storm's End, along with Prince Lucerys's corpse.[1]

Known dragonriders of Arrax

References and Notes