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A '''dragon lair''' is a lair inhabited by a [[dragon]]. it is their home.  It appears that dragons tend to reside in their own lair alone.{{Ref|aDwD|70}}{{ref|tpatq}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} however other dragons may be lairing in the general  vicinity,{{ref|TPATQ}} as they have done in the smokey caverns of [[Dragonmont]] volcano.{{ref|TPATQ}} and in the [[Fourteen Flames]].   
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A '''dragon lair''' is a lair inhabited by a [[dragon]], it is their home.  It appears that dragons tend to reside in their own lair alone.{{Ref|aDwD|70}}{{ref|tpatq}}{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} however other dragons may be lairing in the general  vicinity,{{ref|TPATQ}} as they have done in the smokey caverns of [[Dragonmont]] volcano.{{ref|TPATQ}} and in the [[Fourteen Flames]].   
  
Dragons can carve lairs{{Ref|aDwD|68}} using [[dragonfire|flame]] and claw.{{Ref|aDwD|68}} Young dragons will carry their kills back to their lairs if the carcasses are light enough.{{ref|adwd|71}} The ground in a dragons lair can be strewn with burned and broken bones.{{ref|adwd|71}}
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Dragons can carve lairs{{Ref|aDwD|68}} using [[dragonfire|flame]] and claw.{{Ref|aDwD|68}} Young dragons will carry their kills back to their lairs if the carcasses are light enough.{{ref|adwd|71}} The ground in a dragons lair can be strewn with burned and broken bones.{{ref|adwd|71}} Dragons have been known to lay clutches of eggs in their lairs.{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}
  
Ridden dragons can be made to lair in a place of their [[dragonrider|riders]] choosing, such as the [[Dragonpit]].{{fact}}
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Dragons have been known to lair in man made structures, such as the [[Dragonpit]].{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}{{ref|tpatq}} and pyramid of [[House of Yherizan|Yherizan]]{{Ref|aDwD|70}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
According to a semi-canon source, wild [[dragons]] laired in the [[Fourteen Flames]], where the ancient [[Valyrians]] first discovered them.{{ref|rpg|greenronin}}  
 
According to a semi-canon source, wild [[dragons]] laired in the [[Fourteen Flames]], where the ancient [[Valyrians]] first discovered them.{{ref|rpg|greenronin}}  
  
Upon the death of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], the dragon [[Vermithor]] had no new rider throughout the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} During this time, Vermithor remained on the island of [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] and made his lair in one of the smoking caverns of the [[Dragonmont]].{{ref|tpatq}} At the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], six wild and semi-wild [[dragon]]s had their lairs in the smokey caverns of the volcano.{{ref|TPATQ}} During the war, After [[King's Landing]] [[Fall of King's Landing|fell]] to Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and her supporters, Vermithor made a lair in the [[Dragonpit]] before flying off to battle.{{ref|tpatq}}
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Upon the death of King [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen]], the dragon [[Vermithor]] had no new rider throughout the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}} During this time, Vermithor remained on the island of [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] and made his lair in one of the smoking caverns of the [[Dragonmont]].{{ref|tpatq}} At the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], six wild and semi-wild [[dragon]]s had their lairs in the smokey caverns of the volcano.{{ref|TPATQ}} During the war, after [[King's Landing]] [[Fall of King's Landing|fell]] to Queen [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]] and her supporters, Vermithor made a lair in the [[Dragonpit]] before flying off to battle.{{ref|tpatq}}
  
 
[[Silverwing]], one of only four dragons to survive the Dance, became wild during the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] and eventually made her lair on an island in [[Red Lake]] in the northwest of the [[Reach]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
 
[[Silverwing]], one of only four dragons to survive the Dance, became wild during the reign of King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] and eventually made her lair on an island in [[Red Lake]] in the northwest of the [[Reach]].{{ref|TWOIAF| The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}
 
   
 
   
 
==Known dragon lairs==  
 
==Known dragon lairs==  
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*[[Dreamfyre]] - laired on Dragonstone
 
*[[Vermithor]] – laired in one of the smoking caverns of the [[Dragonmont]].{{ref|tpatq}}
 
*[[Vermithor]] – laired in one of the smoking caverns of the [[Dragonmont]].{{ref|tpatq}}
*The [[Cannibal (dragon)|Cannibal]], laired at the back of [[Dragonmont]], his lair was littered with the bones of would-be dragon tamers{{ref|tpatq}}  
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*The [[Cannibal (dragon)|Cannibal]] - laired at the back of [[Dragonmont]], his lair was littered with the bones of would-be dragon tamers{{ref|tpatq}}  
 
* [[Sheepstealer]] -  laired at the back of [[Dragonmont]]{{ref|tpatq}}
 
* [[Sheepstealer]] -  laired at the back of [[Dragonmont]]{{ref|tpatq}}
 
* [[Grey Ghost]] - a smoking cavern of the [[Dragonmont]]{{ref|tpatq}}
 
* [[Grey Ghost]] - a smoking cavern of the [[Dragonmont]]{{ref|tpatq}}
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* [[Viserion]] - the [[pyramid of Uhlez]]{{Ref|aDwD|70}}
 
* [[Viserion]] - the [[pyramid of Uhlez]]{{Ref|aDwD|70}}
 
* [[Rhaegal]] - the pyramid of [[House of Yherizan|Yherizan]]{{Ref|aDwD|70}}
 
* [[Rhaegal]] - the pyramid of [[House of Yherizan|Yherizan]]{{Ref|aDwD|70}}
*The [[Dragonpit]]
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*The [[Dragonpit]]{{ref|tpatq}}
  
 
==Recent Events==  
 
==Recent Events==  
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
 
===''A Dance with Dragons''===
[[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]] are confined and chained inside the pit within the [[Great Pyramid]] of [[Meereen]].{{Ref|aDwD|11}}{{Ref|aDwD|68}} Eventually they both manage to loose themselves within the pit. [[Viserion]] digs a lair in the pyramid's thick wall where he sleeps.{{Ref|aDwD|68}} Once free from the pit, Rhaegal makes his new lair in the great black pyramid of [[House of Yherizan|Yherizan]].{{Ref|aDwD|70}} Viserion makes his lair in the [[pyramid of Uhlez]].{{Ref|aDwD|70}}
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[[Rhaegal]] and [[Viserion]] are confined and chained inside the pit within the [[Great Pyramid]] of [[Meereen]].{{Ref|aDwD|11}}{{Ref|aDwD|68}} Eventually they both manage to loose themselves within the pit. [[Viserion]] digs a lair in the pyramid's thick wall where he sleeps.{{Ref|aDwD|68}} Once free from the pit, Rhaegal makes his new lair in the great black {{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}Viserion makes his lair in the [[pyramid of Uhlez]].{{Ref|aDwD|70}}
  
 
[[Drogon]] makes his lair on a hill  in the [[Dothraki sea]] dubbed "[[Dragonstone (hill)|Dragonstone]]" by Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]].{{ref|adwd|71}}   
 
[[Drogon]] makes his lair on a hill  in the [[Dothraki sea]] dubbed "[[Dragonstone (hill)|Dragonstone]]" by Queen [[Daenerys Targaryen]].{{ref|adwd|71}}   

Revision as of 01:52, 13 February 2019

A dragon lair is a lair inhabited by a dragon, it is their home. It appears that dragons tend to reside in their own lair alone.[1][2][3] however other dragons may be lairing in the general vicinity,[2] as they have done in the smokey caverns of Dragonmont volcano.[2] and in the Fourteen Flames.

Dragons can carve lairs[4] using flame and claw.[4] Young dragons will carry their kills back to their lairs if the carcasses are light enough.[5] The ground in a dragons lair can be strewn with burned and broken bones.[5] Dragons have been known to lay clutches of eggs in their lairs.[6]

Dragons have been known to lair in man made structures, such as the Dragonpit.[7][2] and pyramid of Yherizan[1]

History

According to a semi-canon source, wild dragons laired in the Fourteen Flames, where the ancient Valyrians first discovered them.[8]

Upon the death of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, the dragon Vermithor had no new rider throughout the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen.[3] During this time, Vermithor remained on the island of Dragonstone and made his lair in one of the smoking caverns of the Dragonmont.[2] At the start of the Dance of the Dragons, six wild and semi-wild dragons had their lairs in the smokey caverns of the volcano.[2] During the war, after King's Landing fell to Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and her supporters, Vermithor made a lair in the Dragonpit before flying off to battle.[2]

Silverwing, one of only four dragons to survive the Dance, became wild during the reign of King Aegon III Targaryen and eventually made her lair on an island in Red Lake in the northwest of the Reach.[3]

Known dragon lairs

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

Rhaegal and Viserion are confined and chained inside the pit within the Great Pyramid of Meereen.[9][4] Eventually they both manage to loose themselves within the pit. Viserion digs a lair in the pyramid's thick wall where he sleeps.[4] Once free from the pit, Rhaegal makes his new lair in the great black [7]Viserion makes his lair in the pyramid of Uhlez.[1]

Drogon makes his lair on a hill in the Dothraki sea dubbed "Dragonstone" by Queen Daenerys Targaryen.[5]

Quotes

...and the great black pyramid of Yherizan where Rhaegal had made his lair hulked in the gloom like a fat woman bedecked with glowing orange jewels.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 70, The Queen's Hand.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 The Princess and the Queen.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 The World of Ice & Fire, The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 68, The Dragontamer.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 71, Daenerys X.
  6. Fire & Blood, Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Fire & Blood, Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies.
  8. A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying.
  9. A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 11, Daenerys II.