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Featured article The Doom of Valyria, often referred to as the Doom, was a cataclysm which caused the collapse of the Valyrian Freehold. The Valyrian Freehold had expanded their power wealth for five thousand years, until one fateful day in 114 BC when every hill for five hundred miles exploded, filling the air with ash, smoke and fire, so hot that even the dragons did not survive. Buildings and entire towns were destroyed by earthquakes, while lakes began to boil. The Fourteen Flames erupted, sending molten rock into the air, and red clouds rained down dragonglass. The Valyrian peninsula broke into several smaller islands, and the Smoking Sea formed between them. A tsunami resulting from the disaster destroyed Velos and Ghozai, located on the nearby Isle of Cedars. The few dragonlords in Essos who had not been in Valyria when the Doom occurred did not long outlive the collapse of the Freehold,. This left House Targaryen as the last surviving dragonlord family in the world, since Lord Aenar Targaryen had moved his family, their possessions, and their dragons to the island Dragonstone, where the westernmost Valyrian outpost was located, twelve years prior, after his daughter Daenys had a powerful prophetic dream predicting the destruction of Valyria. The Doom was followed by the Century of Blood, in which several factions struggled for power. To this day, it is said that the Doom still rules Valyria, and the lands are considered to be demon-haunted, while the sea still boils and smokes. Read more…   More featured articles... Featured quotes “There is a tool for every task, and a task for every tool.” —Tywin Lannister “It was a hard thing young Samwell asked of me. When Lord Qorgyle was chosen, I told myself, ‘No matter, he has been longer on the Wall than you have, your time will come.’ When it was Lord Mormont, I thought, ‘He is strong and fierce, but he is old, your time may yet come.’ But you are half a boy, Lord Snow, and now I must return to the Shadow Tower knowing that my time will never come. Do not make me die regretful. Your uncle was a great man. Your lord father and his father as well. I shall expect full as much of you.” —Ser Denys Mallister, to Jon Snow “Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night’s Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.” —Oath of the Night’s Watch   More quotes... Did you know... ... that Tywin Lannister's wife, Lady Joanna, was also his cousin? ... that nine of the thirteen children of King Jaehaerys I and Good Queen Alysanne lived to adulthood? ... that Ser Quentyn Ball, also known as Fireball, was loosely inspired by Hotspur Percy and his fiery temper?   More interesting things.. References

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