Death over Storm's End
129 ACShipbreaker Bay
Aemond's Vhagar hunted down Lucerys Velaryon and Arrax, killing the boy and his dragon. The first dragon to die turned a cold war into open slaughter.
Vhagar Arrax
Resumen
Una guerra librada desde lomos de dragón
The Dance of the Dragons was a brutal Targaryen succession war fought between the factions known as the Blacks and the Greens. Triggered by competing claims to the Iron Throne after the death of King Viserys I Targaryen, the conflict saw dragon battle dragon across Westeros. The war resulted in the deaths of many dragons and members of House Targaryen, permanently weakening the dynasty and accelerating the decline of dragons in the Seven Kingdoms. The events are depicted in Fire & Blood and adapted in House of the Dragon.
At its heart the Dance was a clash of cousins and kin — the children of Viserys I Targaryen set against one another. Trace the rivals through the House Targaryen family tree or follow the beasts they rode in the Targaryen dragon lineage.
- Category
- Event
- Universe
- A Song of Ice and Fire
- Period
- Targaryen Era (129–131 AC)
- Type
- Civil War
Dos coronas, un trono
Los Negros y los Verdes
House Targaryen split into two factions, each with its own claimant, banner, and dragons.
The Blacks
Liderado por Rhaenyra Targaryen · Sede de Dragonstone
Loyalists to Rhaenyra Targaryen, the firstborn child whom King Viserys I named his heir. Centred on Dragonstone and backed by House Velaryon's fleet and the realm's most numerous dragonriders.
Dragones de The Blacks
Vermithor
The Bronze Fury
Montado por Jaehaerys I Targaryen, Hugh Hammer
Syrax
Montado por Rhaenyra Targaryen
Caraxes
The Blood Wyrm
Montado por Prince Aemon Targaryen, Daemon Targaryen
Meleys
The Red Queen
Montado por Alyssa Targaryen, Rhaenys Targaryen (the Queen Who Never Was)
Silverwing
Montado por Alysanne Targaryen, Ulf the White
Seasmoke
Montado por Laenor Velaryon, Addam of Hull
Vermax
Montado por Jacaerys Velaryon
Arrax
Montado por Lucerys Velaryon
Tyraxes
Montado por Joffrey Velaryon
Moondancer
Montado por Baela Targaryen
Stormcloud
Montado por Aegon III Targaryen
Jinetes clave
- Rhaenyra Targaryen en Syrax - The Black Queen, named heir of Viserys I.Devoured by Sunfyre on the orders of Aegon II.
- Daemon Targaryen en Caraxes - Prince Consort and warlord of the Blacks.Died slaying Vhagar above the God's Eye.
- Rhaenys Targaryen en Meleys - The Queen Who Never Was.Slain with Meleys at the Battle of Rook's Rest.
- Jacaerys Velaryon en Vermax - Heir to the Iron Throne under Rhaenyra.Killed at the Battle of the Gullet.
- Lucerys Velaryon en Arrax - Envoy to Storm's End.Killed by Aemond and Vhagar — the spark of open war.
- Baela Targaryen en Moondancer - Daughter of Daemon and Laena.Survived; her young dragon died crippling Sunfyre.
- Addam of Hull en Seasmoke - Dragonseed legitimized as a Velaryon.Fell at the Second Battle of Tumbleton.
- Hugh Hammer en Vermithor - Dragonseed turned Two Betrayer.Defected to the Greens; killed at Tumbleton.
The Greens
Liderado por Aegon II Targaryen · Sede de King's Landing
Supporters of Aegon II, Viserys I's eldest son, crowned in King's Landing by Queen Alicent Hightower and the Small Council. Holders of the Iron Throne, the City Watch, and the largest living dragon, Vhagar.
Dragones de The Greens
Vhagar
Montado por Visenya Targaryen, Laena Velaryon, Aemond Targaryen
Sunfyre
The Golden
Montado por Aegon II Targaryen
Dreamfyre
Montado por Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys), Helaena Targaryen
Tessarion
The Blue Queen
Montado por Daeron Targaryen
Shrykos
Montado por Jaehaera Targaryen
Morghul
Montado por Maelor Targaryen
Jinetes clave
- Aegon II Targaryen en Sunfyre - The self-crowned King, the Elder.Poisoned at war's end and succeeded by Aegon III.
- Aemond Targaryen en Vhagar - Prince Regent and the Greens' deadliest rider.Died duelling Daemon above the God's Eye.
- Helaena Targaryen en Dreamfyre - Queen to Aegon II.Took her own life after the murder of her son.
- Daeron Targaryen en Tessarion - The Daring, youngest son of Viserys I.Slain at the Second Battle of Tumbleton.
Los dragones
Bestias de la Danza
Dragon set upon dragon for the first time in Westerosi history. Few survived the fire.
The Blacks
Vermithor
The Bronze Fury
Montado por Jaehaerys I Targaryen, Hugh Hammer
Syrax
Montado por Rhaenyra Targaryen
Caraxes
The Blood Wyrm
Montado por Prince Aemon Targaryen, Daemon Targaryen
Meleys
The Red Queen
Montado por Alyssa Targaryen, Rhaenys Targaryen (the Queen Who Never Was)
Silverwing
Montado por Alysanne Targaryen, Ulf the White
Seasmoke
Montado por Laenor Velaryon, Addam of Hull
Vermax
Montado por Jacaerys Velaryon
Arrax
Montado por Lucerys Velaryon
Tyraxes
Montado por Joffrey Velaryon
Moondancer
Montado por Baela Targaryen
Stormcloud
Montado por Aegon III Targaryen
The Greens
Vhagar
Montado por Visenya Targaryen, Laena Velaryon, Aemond Targaryen
Sunfyre
The Golden
Montado por Aegon II Targaryen
Dreamfyre
Montado por Rhaena Targaryen (daughter of Aenys), Helaena Targaryen
Tessarion
The Blue Queen
Montado por Daeron Targaryen
Shrykos
Montado por Jaehaera Targaryen
Morghul
Montado por Maelor Targaryen
Batallas importantes
Los puntos de inflexión
From the first dragon to fall over Storm's End to the duel above the God's Eye.
Battle of Rook's Rest
130 ACThe Crownlands
Aegon II and Aemond ambushed Rhaenys and Meleys. The Red Queen was slain, Sunfyre was crippled, and Aegon II was burned near to death.
Meleys Sunfyre Vhagar
Battle of the Gullet
130 ACMouth of Blackwater Bay
A savage sea battle against the Triarchy's fleet. The Blacks held Westeros's shores but lost Jacaerys Velaryon and his dragon Vermax.
Vermax
First Battle of Tumbleton
130 ACThe Reach
The dragonseeds Hugh Hammer and Ulf the White betrayed the Blacks, turning Vermithor and Silverwing against Rhaenyra and sacking the town.
Vermithor Silverwing Tessarion
Battle Above the God's Eye
130 ACIsle of Faces
The most famous duel of the war. Daemon and Caraxes fell upon Aemond and Vhagar over the great lake; all four perished, ending the Greens' aerial dominance.
Caraxes Vhagar
Storming of the Dragonpit
130 ACKing's Landing
A maddened mob broke into the Dragonpit and killed the chained dragons within — Dreamfyre, Shrykos, Morghul, and Tyraxes — gutting the bloodline in a single night.
Dreamfyre Tyraxes Shrykos Morghul
Cronología
Cómo se desarrolló la Danza
- 129 ACDeath of Viserys I
King Viserys I Targaryen dies. The Greens crown Aegon II in King's Landing while the Blacks crown Rhaenyra on Dragonstone — two monarchs, one throne.
- 129 ACFirst dragon falls
Aemond and Vhagar kill Lucerys Velaryon and Arrax over Storm's End, igniting the war in earnest.
- 130 ACBlood and Cheese
Assassins sent by Daemon murder Prince Jaehaerys in the Red Keep, answering blood with blood.
- 130 ACBattle of Rook's Rest
Meleys is slain, Sunfyre crippled, and Aegon II gravely burned.
- 130 ACThe Sowing of the Seeds
Rhaenyra calls dragonseeds to claim the riderless dragons of Dragonstone — Seasmoke, Vermithor, and Silverwing find new riders.
- 130 ACFall of King's Landing
Rhaenyra takes the capital and sits the Iron Throne — briefly.
- 130 ACBattle Above the God's Eye
Daemon and Aemond destroy one another over the Isle of Faces.
- 130 ACStorming of the Dragonpit
The smallfolk of King's Landing rise and slaughter the dragons housed in the city.
- 130 ACDeath of Rhaenyra
Aegon II feeds Rhaenyra to Sunfyre on the shores of Dragonstone before her son.
- 131 ACThe Hour of the Wolf
Aegon II is poisoned and the boy-king Aegon III is crowned, ending the Dance. Fewer than a handful of dragons survive.
Consecuencias
El precio de la Danza
The war ended in 131 AC, but its shadow fell across the rest of Targaryen history.
The dragons all but died
Of the score of dragons alive at the war's start, only a handful survived. None of the great beasts of legend remained, and the last Targaryen dragon would die within a generation.
House Targaryen was broken
Both claimants and most of their heirs perished. The dynasty that had ruled by dragonfire never recovered its former strength.
Aegon III, the Dragonbane
The child who inherited the throne grew to loathe and fear dragons. Under his reign the surviving dragons dwindled and finally went extinct.
A realm scarred
Tens of thousands died, the Crownlands and Reach were ravaged, and the myth of Targaryen invincibility was shattered forever.
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