And when the Doom came twelve years later, the Targaryens were the only dragonlords to survive.Įven after the Doom, and until the reign of Aegon the Conqueror more than a century after, Targaryens kept looking at Essos as their main sphere of interest: But Lord Aenar’s maiden daughter Daenys, known forever afterward as Daenys the Dreamer, had foreseen the destruction of Valyria by fire. The Targaryens were far from the most powerful of the dragonlords, and their rivals saw their flight to Dragonstone as an act of surrender, as cowardice. Targaryens left Valyria before the Doom because of a vision of Aenar's daughter of the imminent destruction of Valirya: The World of Ice & Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest chapter Twelve years before the Doom of Valyria (114 BC), Aenar Targaryen sold his holdings in the Freehold and the Lands of the Long Summer and moved with all his wives, wealth, slaves, dragons, siblings, kin, and children to Dragonstone, a bleak island citadel beneath a smoking mountain in the narrow sea. except for Aenar Targaryen, his children, and his dragons, who had fled to Dragonstone and so escaped the Doom. The dragonlords had been gathered in Valyria as was their wont. While they were busy with their plans for Essos, the Doom struck, killing all the dragonlords except the Targaryens: Valyria felt its outpost was secured, and the dragonlords thus continued their schemes and intrigues on their native continent.Īnd then, unexpected to all (save perhaps Aenar Targaryen and his maiden daughter Daenys the Dreamer), the Doom came to Valyria. The World of Ice & Fire, The Doom of Valyria chapterĪpparently they were content to keep just this single stronghold without expandig further because their main interests were still in Essos: Perhaps in preparation for their crossing of the narrow sea, the Valyrians also established their westernmost outpost on the isle that would come to be known as Dragonstone some two hundred years before the Doom. So, why was Aegon the first to conquer Westeros with dragons, when others could have done it before?Īccording to The World of Ice & Fire, Valyrians only established an outpost in Westeros at the location that will be then called Dragonstone before the Doom hit them: The Valyrian Freehold extended pretty well in Essos, but never attempted to conquer Westeros.Įven if it was for political reasons (too busy with wars, would be too hard to administer, etc.), that does not prevent any Dragonlord conquering Westeros to make his own independent state. He only failed to conquer Dorne because they used a guerilla-like strategy, making dragons useless.īut I wonder why Aegon was the first to conquer Westeros. "Lord husband," said Queen Selyse, "you have more men than Aegon did three hundred years ago. No prospect of plunder or glory to lure freeriders to my cause." "The rest of Westeros is in the hands of my foes. "I have thirteen hundred men on Dragonstone, another three hundred at Storm's End." His hand swept over the Painted Table. Aegon the Conqueror manage to conquer six of the seven kingdoms, with just three dragons and a small army, with no more than 1600 men, according to this dialogue from A Storm of Swords - Davos V
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