Editing Dragon (section)

===Valyrian Freehold===
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[[File:Valyrians find dragons.jpg|thumb|350px|The [[Valyria]]ns finding dragons in the [[Fourteen Flames]], in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'': Histories & Lore]]

The [[Valyrians]] were originally a civilization sheltered in the [[Fourteen Flames]], a ring of volcanoes on the [[Valyrian peninsula]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|2|5}} They mastered the art of raising dragons, and used them as weapons of war to carve out a massive empire, the [[Valyrian Freehold]]. Valyrians told tales of themselves that claimed they were descended from dragons, and were kin to the ones they now controlled.{{Ref|TWOIAF|2|5}} The Valyrians are said to have used binding [[spells]] and [[Sorcery|sorcerous]] [[dragon horn]]s to control their dragons.{{Ref|AFFC|19}}{{Ref|ADWD|71}}

The Valyrians used dragons to conquer the [[Old Empire of Ghis]] in the [[Ghiscari wars]],{{Ref|TWOIAF|2|5}} and hundreds of dragons were employed by Valyria during the [[Rhoynish Wars]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|2|8}}

On the day of the [[Doom of Valyria]] in {{Date|-102}}, the Fourteen Flames and every hill for five hundred miles exploded, filling the air with ash and smoke and fire, which killed even the dragons in the sky.{{Ref|ADWD|56}} The [[dragonlords]] and dragons gathered in Valyria were all killed. A few dragonlords in [[Lys]] and [[Tyrosh]] survived, but they were soon killed in the political chaos after the Doom, along with their dragons. In [[Qohor]], the dragonlord [[Aurion]] declared himself [[Emperor of Valyria]] and led a host of thirty thousand men toward Valyria, but he, his great dragon, and his followers were not seen again. The time of dragons in Essos was over.{{Ref|TWOIAF|2|9}}