Editing Dragon egg (section)

==History==
===First century after the Conquest===
Princess [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys I)|Rhaena Targaryen]] placed a dragon egg in the cradles of her siblings [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys]] and [[Alysanne Targaryen|Alysanne]] after they were born. According to the stories, from those eggs hatched [[Vermithor]] and [[Silverwing]].{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} Jaehaerys later placed a dragon egg in the cradle of his son [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon]].{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}

By {{Date|43}}, [[Dreamfyre]] , the dragon of Rhaena Targaryen, had already produced two clutches of eggs.{{Ref|FAB|The Sons of the Dragon}} During Rhaena's time at [[Fair Isle]] ({{Date|49|50}}), Dreamfyre laid another clutch of eggs. Dreamfyre's presence on the island was making some of the residents anxious, however, and the new clutch of eggs caused a [[begging brother]] to start preaching that Fair Isle "would soon be overrun by dragons" who would eat both sheep and men, and called for a [[dragonslayer]] to kill the [[dragon]]s to stop it all. The man was arrested, but nonetheless his words inspired fear wherever they were spread.{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}} When Rhaena departed Fair Isle, she took the eggs with her as she toured the [[westerlands]]. After some time at [[Casterly Rock]], Lord [[Lyman Lannister]] expressed his interest in the three eggs and asked how they would hatch, and when that could be expected. Lady [[Jocasta Lannister]] suggested to Rhaena that gifting the Lannisters one or more of the three eggs would be a good way to demonstrate her gratitude. After Rhaena refused, Lord Lyman offered to buy the eggs.{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}} Rhaena was eventually granted [[Dragonstone]] as her own seat.{{Ref|FAB|A Surfeit of Rulers}} There, the eggs hatched.{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}}

In {{Date|54}}, Lady [[Elissa Farman]] stole three dragon eggs from the [[Dragonstone]] hatcheries and fled with them to [[Pentos]], from where she traveled to [[Braavos]]. At Braavos, Elissa sold the eggs to the [[Sealord]], and used the gold to build herself a [[Sun Chaser|ship]]. The news about the theft was alarming to King Jaehaerys; if the eggs were to hatch, there would be a [[dragonlord]] in the world that was not of [[House Targaryen]]. Rewards were offered for rumors on the location of the dragon eggs, but every whisper proved worthless.{{Ref|FAB|Birth, Death, and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I}} By {{Date|56}}, Jaehaerys suspected that the dragon eggs had played a part in the financing of the ship. The banker denied all.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}} In {{Date|57}}, the newly appointed [[Hand of the King]], Septon [[Barth]], traveled to Braavos and conferred with the Sealord about the eggs, warning that King Jaehaerys would bring destruction upon Braavos should the eggs hatch. The Sealord denied having purchased the eggs, and claimed that, unhatched, dragon eggs were nothing more than "pretty stones". Barth eventually returned to [[King's Landing]] without the eggs, but with the crown's entire loan from the [[Iron Bank]] forgiven.{{Ref|FAB|Jaehaerys and Alysanne - Their Triumphs and Tragedies}}

===Reign of Viserys I===
[[Image:Elaena.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Princess [[Elaena Targaryen]], holding a dragon's egg that matches the color of her hair,<ref name="Elaena">[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1605 Three Maidens in the Tower. (June 27, 2006)]</ref> by Amok ©]]
During the reign of King [[Viserys I Targaryen]], there were more dragons than ever before. Several of the she-dragons regularly produced clutches of eggs. Many, but not all, of the eggs hatched. During Viserys's reign, it became truly customary to place a dragon's egg in the cradle of a newborn child.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

When his concubine [[Mysaria]] became pregnant in {{Date|106}}, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]] presented her with a dragon egg. King Viserys I commanded him to return the egg and return to lawful his wife, Lady [[Rhea Royce]], or else be attainted as a traitor. Mysaria was then sent back to [[Lys]], without the egg.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen]]'s three sons by [[Laenor Velaryon]] were each given a dragon egg while in the cradle by royal decree; those who believed the boys' father truly was Ser [[Harwin Strong]] whispered that the eggs would never hatch, but they all did, and all three the boys became [[dragonrider]]s. Prince [[Aemond Targaryen]] rejected the "stupid" eggs and "puny" hatchlings of Dragonstone, preferring the great dragon [[Vhagar]]. Dragon eggs were placed in the cradles of Prince [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon the Younger]], Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]], Prince [[Jaehaerys Targaryen (son of Aegon II)|Jaehaerys]], Princess [[Jaehaera Targaryen|Jaehaera]], and Prince [[Maelor Targaryen]].{{ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} All the eggs except for the ones of Viserys and Maelor hatched.

===Dance of the Dragons===
Prince Daemon's daughter, Lady [[Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Daemon)|Rhaena Targaryen]], had an egg as well, but the dragon that was born from the egg died within hours. Shortly before the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Rhaena had been given an egg from [[Syrax]]'s most recent clutch. Rhaena slept with the egg every night, and prayed over it.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}} When she left for the [[Vale of Arryn]] in {{Date|129}}, she brought three eggs with her and prayed nightly for them to hatch.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}} One of these eggs hatched during the war, bringing forth the dragon [[Morning]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

According to [[Mushroom]], the dragon [[Vermax]] left a clutch of dragon's eggs at [[Winterfell]] when his rider [[Jacaerys Velaryon]] came to visit Lord [[Cregan Stark]]. Grand Maester [[Gyldayn]] and Maester [[Yandel]] feel that Mushroom's tale can be discounted, and consider Vermax to have been a male dragon, as there is no record of the dragon ever laying another clutch of eggs.{{Ref|TWOIAF|The North: Winterfell}}{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}}

Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys Targaryen]] took his egg everywhere he went{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}} and brought it with him on the ''[[Gay Abandon]]''. When he was taken captive, he hid his dragon egg.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Red Dragon and the Gold}}

When Prince Maelor Targaryen fled [[King's Landing]] under the care of Ser [[Rickard Thorne]], the two were discovered and identified at [[Bitterbridge]] when a stableboy found Maelor's egg in Ser Rickard's saddle bags. After both Prince Maelor and Ser Rickard had been killed, Lady [[House Caswell|Caswell]] sent the dragon egg to Lord [[Ormund Hightower]] at [[Longtable]], hoping to soothe his wroth.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

King [[Aegon II Targaryen]] commanded the [[maester]] of [[Dragonstone]] to send him dragon eggs at King's Landing, so he could hatch another egg. The maester sent him seven eggs, in honor of [[the Seven|the gods]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II}}

[[Laena Velaryon (daughter of Alyn)|Laena Velaryon]] was presented a dragon egg upon her birth at [[Driftmark]] in {{date|135}}, but it hatched a blind and wingless wyrm, white as a [[maggot]]. Within moments of hatching, the monster tore a bloody chunk from the infant Laena's arm, and her father Lord [[Alyn Velaryon]] ripped it off her and hacked it to pieces. Troubled upon hearing this news, King [[Aegon III Targaryen]] commanded that no dragon eggs were to be allowed in the Red Keep, and forced his brother Prince [[Viserys II Targaryen|Viserys]] to send his unhatched egg away to Dragonstone.{{ref|FAB|The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency}}

===Recent History===
[[File:Tim Arney-O'Neil dragon thiefIII.png|thumb|350px|right|A thief attempting to steal eggs, by Tim Arney-O'Neil © Fantasy Flight Games]]
The [[last dragon|last Targaryen dragon]] laid a clutch of five eggs.{{Ref|TMK}} After the death of the last dragon, multiple Targaryen kings attempted to hatch dragon eggs, including [[Aegon III Targaryen|Aegon III]],{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys III}}{{Ref|ASOS|54}} [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor I]],{{Ref|ASOS|54}} [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon V]],{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon V}} and [[Aerys II Targaryen|Aerys II]].{{ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aerys II}}

During the [[First Blackfyre Rebellion]], the thief [[Quickfinger]] was caught with stolen dragon eggs.{{Ref|TSS}}

Prince [[Aegon V Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]] and his brothers were all gifted dragon eggs while in the cradle. He and his brother [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Maekar I)|Aemon]] would often pretend that their eggs would be the ones to hatch.{{Ref|TMK}}

[[Wedding tourney at Whitewalls|A tourney]] was held at [[Whitewalls]] in {{Date|212}} to celebrate the wedding of Lord [[Ambrose Butterwell]] to [[Lady Frey (wife of Ambrose Butterwell)|the daughter]] of [[Lord Frey]]. The victor's prize was to be a dragon egg, which had been granted to [[Butterwell (Hand of the King)|Lord Butterwell's grandfather]] by King [[Aegon IV Targaryen]]. In truth, the wedding and tourney was an attempt to secretly foment the [[Second Blackfyre Rebellion]] in the name of [[Daemon II Blackfyre]], who had [[dragon dream|dreamed]] that a dragon would be born at [[Whitewalls]]. The tourney was rigged so that Daemon would win the dragon egg, but it went missing before his last joust, and Ser [[Glendon Ball]] was framed for the theft. After the defeat of the attempted rebellion, Lord [[Brynden Rivers]], the [[Hand of the King]], informed Ser [[Duncan the Tall]] that the egg had been safely taken by an agent of his.{{Ref|TMK}}

On the island of [[Dragonstone (island)|Dragonstone]], there is supposedly a fabled hoard of dragon eggs.{{Ref|ADWD|72}}