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Lucerys Velaryon died with his dragon. The prince was thirteen years of age. His body was never found. And with his death, the war of ravens and envoys and marriage pacts came to an end, and the war of fire and blood began in earnest.
— Mar 09, 2026 12:06PM
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Then Viserys of House Targaryen, the first of His Name, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and protector of the Realm, closed his eyes and went to sleep. He never woke. He was fifty-two years old, and had reigned over most of Westeros for Twenty-six years. Then the storm broke, and the dragons dances.
The Dying of the Dragons
The Blacks and the Greens
— Mar 09, 2026 06:38AM
The Dying of the Dragons
The Blacks and the Greens
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Though Viserys would reign for nine more years, the bloody seeds of the Dance of the Dragons had already been planted, and 120AC was the year they began to sprout.
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The seeds of war are often planted during times of peace.
“A ruler needs a good head and a true heart” she famously told the king. “A cock is not essential. If your grace truly believes that women lack the wit to rule, plainly you have no further need of me.” And thus queen Alysanne departed king’s Landing and flew to Dragonstone on her dragon Silverwing.
— Mar 08, 2026 03:35PM
“A ruler needs a good head and a true heart” she famously told the king. “A cock is not essential. If your grace truly believes that women lack the wit to rule, plainly you have no further need of me.” And thus queen Alysanne departed king’s Landing and flew to Dragonstone on her dragon Silverwing.