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In fantasy combat, dragons are a difference-maker.
From middle-earth to Westeros, these creatures are no joke.
Each side boasts its own dragons, while some are still up for grabs.
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This in turn makes her already dangerous rider one of the most pivotal figures in the conflict.
Martin borrowed a sobriquet from fictions most famous dragon,The Hobbits Smaug: Sunfyre the Golden.
Showrunner Ryan Condal has confirmed, however, that Daeron is a presence in the show.
His dragon, called the Blue Queen, has lovely cobalt-and-copper coloring, like if Maxfield Parrish illustrated her.
Like most dragons of the era, however, shes never seen battle.
Syrax is unique among the dragons in one respect, though: Shes been actively laying eggs.
In the books, shes also the fastest dragon in the heavyweight class.
Laenor, however, has since fled Westeros to live a free life with his boyfriend in Essos.
Will he return for the war and reunite with his dragon?
Will Seasmoke seek him out?
Fittingly, she winds up in the Dragonmont with Vermithor after the passing of the two monarchs.
The books suggest the two dragons are themselves as close as their riders the king and queen were.
What makes them wild, rather than just riderless?
These three dragons haveneverbeen linked to or ridden by a human in their lives.
So far weve covered 12; Arrax, the mount of Lucerys Targaryen, was the unlucky 13th.