Editing Seasmoke (section)

==History==
===Laenor Velaryon===
[[File:Laenor Velaryon and Seasmoke by eldritch-historian.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Laenor Velaryon]], by Eldritch-historian ©]]
By {{Date|101}}, Seasmoke was a young dragon bonded with [[Laenor Velaryon]] though he had yet to ride him.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Seasmoke was Laenor's pride and passion. After Laenor's death in {{Date|120}}, Seasmoke made its lair in the [[Dragonmont]] on the island of [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]] and remained riderless for almost a decade.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}

===Addam of Hull===
During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Laenor's "son", Prince [[Jacaerys Velaryon]], desired new [[dragonrider]]s for his [[Blacks|faction]]. He offered [[knight]]hood, lands, and riches to whoever could claim the riderless dragons. Most of the attempts to claim a dragon ended in death or heavy burns in an event remember as the [[Sowing|Red Sowing]]. In one of those attempt, Seasmoke killed Ser [[Steffon Darklyn]], one of [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s Queensguard. Later, the fifteen-year-old [[Addam Velaryon|Addam of Hull]] was able to claim and ride Seasmoke, however. Addam used Seasmoke to protect his younger brother, [[Alyn Velaryon|Alyn of Hull]], from [[Sheepstealer]] during his attempt to claim him. Addam and Alyn were declared to be [[bastard]] sons of the late Laenor, though it was rumored that they where truly bastards of Laenor's father, Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] of [[Driftmark]]. Either way Addam's blood relation to Seasmoke's previous rider may have been a factor in it accepting him. Corlys convinced Queen Rhaenyra to remove the taint of bastardy to Addam and Alyn, thus Addam of Hull became Ser Addam Velaryon, heir of Driftmark.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

Seasmoke was one of the five dragons participating in the [[Battle in the Gullet]] against the [[Triarchy]],{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} and also took part in the [[Fall of King's Landing]]. Once it was decided that Queen Rhaenyra would remain in [[King’s Landing]], [[Syrax]], Seasmoke, and [[Tyraxes]] were expected to suffice for the defense of the city, and the rest of the dragonriders went to battle. Seasmoke was kept in the [[Dragonpit]] while in the capital.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

With the [[Two Betrayers]] on their minds, many voices in the [[black council]] questioned Ser Addam’s loyalty. Only the Queen's Hand, Lord Corlys Velaryon, spoke in defense of the [[dragonseed]], remarking that Ser Addam and his brother Alyn were “true heirs” and worthy of Driftmark. The Hand’s impassioned protests were in vain and Queen Rhaenyra, suspecting a [[turncloak]], commanded Ser [[Luthor Largent]] to arrest Addam in the Dragonpit. Ser Addam, who had been forewarned, managed to make his escape flying away with Seasmoke, fleeing before he could be put to the question. By ordering the arrest of Addam, the queen lost not only a dragon but her Queen’s Hand as well. Corlys was beaten and imprisoned for warning Addam.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

As the [[Second Battle of Tumbleton]] was put into motion, Ser Addam was determined to prove that all bastards need not be turncloaks. Ser Addam attacked Tumbleton at night, taking the [[greens]] completely unawares. As chaos ensued Addam could see the battle turning into a rout below him. By this time, two of the enemy dragonriders, [[Hugh Hammer]] and [[Daeron Targaryen (son of Viserys I)|Daeron the Daring]], were dead; although Addam could not have known that, he could see [[Vermithor]], [[Silverwing]] and [[Tessarion]]. The riderless Tessarion took flight and Addam turned his dragon to meet her. Both being young dragons they moved fast and nimbly as they fought. The fight ended when the riderless, enraged Vermithor rose into the sky and set about indiscriminately killing those on the ground.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

As the Bronze Fury wreaked carnage, Seasmoke fell upon him, driving him shrieking into the mud. According to Archmaester [[Gyldayn]], Addam must have felt duty bound to protect his men on the ground, though surely he knew in his heart Seasmoke could not match the older dragon. The riderless Blue Queen soon joined the fray and all three dragons fought to the death on the ground amidst mud and blood and smoke. Vermithor killed Seasmoke when he locked his teeth into his neck and ripped his head off. He attempted to take flight with his prize still in his jaws but his tattered wings could not lift his weight. After a moment he collapsed and died. Vermithor had also mortally wounded Tessarion, who died soon afterwards.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}}

After the Second Battle of Tumbleton, Lord [[Unwin Peake]] ordered a retreat, taking the remnants of the great host that Prince Daeron and Lord [[Ormund Hightower]] had led from [[Oldtown]]. The accused turncloak Addam Velaryon had saved King’s Landing from the queen’s foes at the cost of his own life.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Overthrown}} Seasmoke and Vermithor's remains became a tourist attraction at the rebuilt Tumbleton.{{Ref|FAB|Under the Regents - The Hooded Hand}}