Dragonlord
Dragonlord wass the title for members of the forty noble families that vied to actually rule the Valyrian Freehold. They were called dragonlords because they could ride and control dragons, whom they controlled with whips, horns and sorcery. They were strikingly (some say inhumanly)[1] beautiful.[2] It had long been the custom amongst the dragonlords of Valyria to wed brother to sister, to keep the bloodlines pure.[3]
The Targaryens were a minor dragonlord family, far from the most powerful,[3] but they were the only one that survived the Doom of Valyria with dragons. They members of House Targaryen were known as dragonlords in Westeros, even after the death of their dragons.
Known dragonlords
Quotes
- The kindly man to Arya Stark
- the Green Grace to Barristan Selmy
References and Notes
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 21, The Queenmaker.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The World of Ice & Fire, The Conquest.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 22, Arya II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 70, The Queen's Hand.