Editing Caraxes

{{Infobox animal character
| firstname = Caraxes
| epithet = the Blood Wyrm
| arms = Targaryen
| image = [[File:Caraxes at Harrenhal by Gaga Turmanishvili (The Rise of the Dragon).jpg|400px]]
| image_caption = Caraxes at Harrenhal by Gaga Turmanishvili for ''[[The Rise of the Dragon]]''
| Alias = the Blood Wyrm{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| Title =
| Owner = [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]<br>[[Daemon Targaryen]]
| Species = [[Dragon]] 
| Place_of_Birth=
| Date_of_Birth = or before {{Date|72}}{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
| Place_of_Death = the [[Battle Above the Gods Eye|Gods Eye]]
| Date_of_Death = 22<sup>nd</sup> day of the 5<sup>th</sup> moon of {{Date|130}}
| Books	= ''[[The World of Ice & Fire]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[Fire & Blood]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Rise of the Dragon]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Rogue Prince]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[The Princess and the Queen]]'' (mentioned)
| TV_series = ''[[House of the Dragon]]'': [[House of the Dragon - Season 1|Season 1]] {{!}} [[House of the Dragon - Season 2|2]]
}}

'''Caraxes''', called '''the Blood Wyrm''', was a [[dragon]] ridden at first by Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} and later by Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]].{{Ref|TWOIAF|The Targaryen Kings: Aegon II}}

==Description==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Caraxes|l1=Images of Caraxes}}
Caraxes was red, huge, and lean. In battle he was formidable, fearsome, and experienced. By the end of his life, Caraxes was considered an old and cunning dragon.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}}

During the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Caraxes was about half the size of [[Vhagar]], the oldest and largest dragon alive at the time.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens}} [[Meleys]] was faster than both Caraxes and Vhagar.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

==History==
===Aemon the Prince of Dragonstone===
It is unknown when Caraxes hatched from his [[Dragon egg|egg]] but by {{Date|72}} he was a young dragon of rideable size. That year, [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]], [[Prince of Dragonstone]] and heir apparent of the [[Iron Throne]], claimed Caraxes for the first time. The [[Dragonkeepers]] considered him to be the fiercest of all the young dragons of the [[Dragonpit]] and nicknamed him the "Blood Wyrm". The Targaryen siblings [[Alyssa Targaryen|Alyssa]], [[Baelon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Baelon]] and Aemon liked to fly together on their dragons ([[Meleys]], Vhagar, and Caraxes respectively).{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

Aemon used Caraxes against the [[Dorne|Dornish]] fleet during the [[Fourth Dornish War]] in {{Date|83}}.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}} When rogue [[Myr]]men [[Myrish Bloodbath|invaded]] parts of the island of [[Tarth]] in {{Date|92}}, Aemon flew to the island on Caraxes's back to help lords [[Cameron Tarth]] and [[Boremund Baratheon]] fight back the invaders. Caraxes easily outdistanced the [[Velaryon fleet]] led by Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] in the process. Caraxes was eating goats when Prince Aemon was killed by a crossbow bolt in the throat.{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}

===Daemon the Rogue Prince===
[[File:TV_Caraxes.jpeg|Caraxes in ''[[House of the Dragon]]''|thumb|400px|right]]
By {{Date|105}}, Aemon's nephew, Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]], had claimed Caraxes as his mount. Daemon took his [[paramour]] [[Mysaria]] with him on Caraxes when he retreated from [[King's Landing]] for [[Dragonstone]]. Daemon used Caraxes during the [[War for the Stepstones]] ({{Date|106|115}}). During those years, Daemon divided his time between the Stepstones and Dragonstone where he would often fly with his niece, Princess [[Rhaenyra Targaryen|Rhaenyra]], and her dragon [[Syrax]].{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

After Daemon remarried to Lady [[Laena Velaryon]], the newly wed toured the [[Free Cities]] of [[Essos]] with their dragons Caraxes and Vhagar. Huge crowds came to see both dragons everywhere they went.{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}} After their return to [[Westeros]], the couple often flew with Rhaenyra. It is believed that the princess's dragon, [[Syrax]], mated with Caraxes at that time.{{Ref|TROTD|7}}

At the start of the [[Dance of the Dragons]], Daemon landed Caraxes atop [[Kingspyre Tower]] during the [[assault on Harrenhal]].{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son}} Atop Caraxes later in the civil war, Daemon challenged [[Aemond Targaryen]] and [[Vhagar]] at Harrenhal. All four were killed in the ensuing [[Battle Above the Gods Eye]]. At the end of the fight, Vhagar locked with Caraxes and they fell into the [[Gods Eye]]. While in freefall, even as Vhagar's claws opened up Caraxes's belly and used her teeth to tear off one of his wing-arms, Caraxes locked his teeth onto the larger dragon's throat and tore it out. Vhagar did not survive the force of the fall. Somehow, Caraxes managed to live long enough to pull himself out of the water and onto the shore, even though his entrails were falling out and one of his arms had been torn clean off. The dragon soon died in front of the walls of Harrenhal.{{Ref|FAB|The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra Triumphant}}

==Known dragonriders of Caraxes== 
* Prince [[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}
* Prince [[Daemon Targaryen]]{{Ref|FAB|Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession}}

==Quotes==
{{Quote|He does love to [[Dragonflame|burn]].{{Ref|FAB|The Long Reign - Jaehaerys & Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain}}|[[Aemon Targaryen (son of Jaehaerys I)|Aemon Targaryen]]}}

==References==
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{{Dragons}}

[[Category:1st century AC births]]
[[Category:130 AC deaths]]
[[Category:Casualties of the Dance of the Dragons]]
[[Category:Characters killed by Aemond Targaryen]]
[[Category:Characters killed by Vhagar]]
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