Editing Dragon (section)

===Ancient Dragons===
[[File:Magali Villeneuve Dragonlords.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Dragonlord]]s from the [[Valyrian Freehold]], by Magali Villeneuve, in ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'']]
In [[Barth]]'s ''[[Unnatural History]]'', the [[septon]] considered several legends regarding the origins of dragons. The [[Valyrians]] claimed that dragons sprang forth from the [[Fourteen Flames]], a ring of volcanoes on the [[Valyrian peninsula]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|2|5}} In [[Qarth]], tales state dragons came from a second [[moon]] in the sky, which was scalded by the [[sun]] and cracked like an egg, and a million dragons poured forth. Dragons are also said to have originated from the [[Shadow Lands]] beyond [[Asshai]] and the islands of the [[Jade Sea]].{{Ref|AGOT|23}} Ancient tales from Asshai claim that an unnamed people first tamed these dragons, brought them to [[Valyria]], and taught the Valyrians their arts before departing from the annals of history.{{Ref|TWOIAF|2|5}} Barth put forth the theory that dragons were created by Valyrian [[bloodmages]] using [[wyvern]]s, which are flying reptiles that do not breathe flame.{{Ref|TWOIAF|8|3|4}} Dragons may also be related to [[firewyrm]]s, which are wingless reptilian creatures that do breathe flame, that may have lived in the Fourteen Flames before the dragons arrived there.{{Ref|AFFC|22}}

Dragons populated most of the [[known world]] in ages past,{{Ref|SSM|1062}} and ancient dragon bones have been found as far north as [[Ib]] and as south as the jungles of [[Sothoryos]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|2|5}} The yellow emperor [[Chai Duq]] of [[Yi Ti]] is said to have kept a dragon at his court after marrying a noblewoman from Valyria.{{Ref|TWOIAF|8|4|1}}

In [[Westeros]], Ser [[Galladon of Morne]] is said to have slain a dragon with the [[Just Maid]],{{Ref|AFFC|20}} [[Crackbones]] allegedly twisted a dragon's neck into a knot,{{Ref|AFFC|20}} and [[Serwyn of the Mirror Shield]] slew the dragon [[Urrax]].{{Ref|ADWD|8}} [[Davos the Dragonslayer]] is a hero beloved in the [[Reach]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|7|7|2}} and dragons are also said to have once roosted on [[Battle Isle]] until the first [[House Hightower|Hightower]] put an end to them.{{Ref|TWOIAF|7|7|4}} [[Smallfolk]] claim that the hot springs below [[Winterfell]] are warmed by the breath of a subterranean dragon.{{Ref|TWOIAF|7|1|6}} 

Outside of Westeros, dragons, [[demons]], and other creatures are said to inhabit the cliff caves above the [[Ash (river)|Ash]] north of [[Asshai]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|8|4|4}} [[Sea dragon]]s in the [[Sunset Sea]] and [[ice dragon]]s in the [[Shivering Sea]] are recalled in legends and folklore, but scholars have no proof of their existence, or how closely related they are to dragons.{{Ref|TWOIAF|7|5|1}}{{Ref|TWOIAF|8|3|6}} [[Nagga]] is said to have been the first [[sea dragon]].{{Ref|AFFC|19}}