Chapter 192: Dragon Egg, Dragon Seed and Dragon Control Technique
Casterly Rock, Hall of Heroes.
This is one of the Lannister family cemeteries, and any clan members and close relatives who died bravely for the Lion family can be buried here.
The Hall of Heroes is famous in the Seven Kingdoms, and even the continent of Essos has legends about it, because the hall contains hundreds of sets of precious armors from the knights, lords and King of Casterly Rock of the Lannister family.
It is said that even the most common set can be sold for hundreds of gold dragons.
The heavily armed king and Duke Tyrion of Casterly Rock walked into the long-silent Hall of Heroes, surrounded by fifty First Men soldiers wearing various types of armor and holding torches, as well as Maester Krelen, acting city lord Shi
Dai Fo and other people from the West.
"I'm not asking too much. I want to take back the Valyrian steel sword and ice from Tywin's suit of armor, as well as one of my swords, Shuoyue. Isn't it too much?"
Before returning to King's Landing, Arthur I finally had time to deal with this matter.
"It makes sense, my lord."
I don't know why, but Tyrion has been in such a good mood lately that he has to hum a tune every time he walks on the road.
Maybe it's because Casterly Rock is officially in his hands.
The group of people walked straight in until they came to the statue representing Tywin.
The statue in full iron armor is lifelike, basically completely restoring the facial features and figure of the former Lannister Housemaster. The great sword Ice is being held by the statue in both hands, with a pestle in front of its feet.
As for the new moon, it is displayed on the stone wall behind the statue, placed side by side with several iron swords used by Tywin.
Arthur observed carefully for a while and found that he could not get out the ice without destroying the statue.
"Your mason is really attentive. Do you mind if I break the statue's hand?"
The king asked, then turned to look at Tyrion who was carefully studying another smaller statue.
"Hey! Isn't this you? Can a living person be stood here?"
After taking a closer look, Arthur I exclaimed.
Compared with the main body, this is a very tall statue, about 70% of the height of the statue of Tywin next to it.
The posture of the stone sculpture is also very exaggerated. "Tyrion" is holding his helmet in his left hand, holding a sword in his right hand and pointing directly to the east. His gray-blond hair is flying behind his back, making him look very powerful and tall.
If an outsider didn't know the little devil's situation, they would look at this statue and praise the original owner as the "Giant of Casterly Rock."
The smile on the little devil's face had long since disappeared. Doubt, surprise, and a trace of anger crept onto his face.
"It seems that in some people's minds, I am already dead."
Tyrion laughed at himself, and then ordered his uncle Stafford to remove his statue from the Hall of Heroes.
Of course, he also responded to the king in time: "There is no problem at all. The ice belongs to the Stark family, and there is no problem if Queen Sansa and you inherit it."
So the king used the new moon to break the hands of Tywin's statue and took out the ice.
"I don't know which of these two swords is stronger?"
The reason why the Valyrian steel sword is famous is that it never curls its edge. In terms of sturdiness, it is hard to say which one is stronger than the Valyrian steel sword or the Valyrian steel sword.
"Of course it's ice. This moon-like meteorite sword is actually made by the great blacksmith himself using special materials. The Dane family's star-falling iron can only make one sword, and that is the white sword Dawn.
"Tyrion said.
He loves reading and knows a lot about the major families in Westeros.
These words made the king feel a little strange, as Shuo Yue was obviously much stronger than ordinary iron armor.
So Arthur I asked: "Then why does the He'an family claim that this sword is made of the same material as Dawn? And it is stronger than ordinary iron swords?"
Tyrion approached the king, pointed at Shuo Yue and said:
"Your Majesty, it has only been seventy years since the He'an family was granted the title of Harrenhal. How could it be possible to obtain a sword as famous as Dawn? The reputation of this sword was only created by the He'an family by asking close families to save their face.
As for the sturdiness, it may be due to the small tricks used by the blacksmiths. As far as I know, Tob Mott can build special iron swords, which are stronger than the iron swords made in ordinary castles, but the price is higher.
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This actually makes sense. No matter how poor a family is, they still sell their expensive swords.
Even though Duke Tywin was rich and was the first Duke of Westeros, he couldn't afford a tiled steel sword. A newly established earl family like the He'an family really couldn't afford a good sword.
Arthur glanced at Shuo Yue, waved the ice a few more times, and felt that the corrugated steel sword was more to his liking.
"I didn't expect Shuo Yue's origin to be so ordinary. No wonder, I just helped people kill a few wild boars. How could Mrs. He'an give away famous mainland swords to others?"
There is a high probability that Mrs. He'an also knew the origin of Shuo Yue, so she gave it away without caring.
After getting back the two swords, the king took the little devil back to the military camp outside the city. When the Westerland family delivers the hostages, they can return to King's Landing.
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The eastern section of the Golden Avenue.
In front of the army column, the king was chatting with several nobles around him.
A week ago, the king, who had dealt with the affairs of the Western Territory, finally set out to return eastward. Following him were the Hejian Army and two hundred elite soldiers of the Rose Family.
In the name of the weak defense of King's Landing, Garland insisted on stuffing this two-hundred-man team into the capital's defense team. Little Rose Margaery also agreed with her brother's approach and cried a lot, saying that her father's death was because of the poor security in King's Landing.
Difference.
Seeing that the Queen of the Tyrell family came to the fountain every night to repay her, Arthur took the Tyrell cavalry away.
Anyway, the King's Landing garrison and the royal standing army are about to be reorganized, and two hundred cavalry really can't make a difference.
In the battle outside the city, the Tyrell, Bisbury and other family soldiers who fought hard against the right army of the West suffered heavy losses. Most of this army followed Garland back to their own territory in the River Bend to repair.
As for the gold mines, territories and other rebellion compensation that were carved out of the Western Territory, while the army was still in the Western Territory, among the troops brought by Garland, the centurions with intact structures occupied them one by one, waiting for the families to be sealed and the
The royal family's director of mines took over.
Tyrion, the governor of the Lannister family, was taken away as planned, and his uncle Kevan and cousin Davon were also taken to King's Landing. As for the major families in the West, many "King's entourage" were asked to position themselves as hostages.
Many heirs or unmarried daughters of families in the West were taken to King's Landing to accompany the king and royal family members, but in reality they were used as hostages.
After four dragons circled low above them and Daenerys Stormborn on a white mare caught up with the group, the conversation turned to dragons.
Even as young dragons, their flying speed is still far faster than that of the fast-advancing army, so the dragons often fly forward and then fly back, and even hunt down beasts on the ground.
Once, Drogon even recognized a little girl squatting on the roadside of the Golden Mile as a lamb, and rushed towards the little girl, preparing to order more food. Fortunately, Arthur reacted in time, allowing Alduin to fly past and stop him.
Come down.
Then Daenerys figured out what the traitor was thinking, so in front of the other three dragons, she severely scolded the black dragon Drogon in High Valyrian.
After that, Drogon became more restrained. After all, humans provided him with plenty of meat, especially delicate lamb.
"I think Drogon is trying to hold back. He might take it out on Dany in the future. He might even run away from home."
The king in golden armor said to the Mother of Dragons.
Calculating the time progress, it is time for Drogon to enter the rebellious stage.
Tyrion stared at the dragon in the sky carefully and replied: "Is this impossible? I remember that among the twenty-five dragons, after being controlled by a dragon rider, the dragon will generally obey the rider's orders."
Dragons will have a strong sense of dependence and trust on the people who raise them. Dragons have much higher intelligence than ordinary animals. They can be trained into powerful battle mounts and can understand their master's orders; but in fact, dragons are very willful.
Without training, after being attacked, the dragon will turn everything around it into ashes.
Arthur smiled and replied: "Yes, my relationship with Alduin is very stable, and we can even transmit each other's emotions."
Alduin, a black dragon covered with spikes, has his own thoughts and ideas. Perhaps due to system reasons, after the order from his master Arthur is conveyed, it will execute it more firmly.
The dragons in the Targaryen family history are similar to this.
After the dragon riders control the dragon, the two parties can not only communicate unilaterally through High Valyrian, but also transmit each other's emotions through spiritual connection.
Adult dragons may even be able to sense the danger and death of their current dragon master.
During the Dance of Dragons nearly two hundred years ago, when Allison Hightower and Helena Targaryen, the daughter of King Viserys I, jumped to her death from Maegor's Tower, her dragon was imprisoned in the Dragon Tower.
The Menghuo in the cave suddenly roared and broke the two chains that tied it to the ground.
But the situation of Daenerys's three dragons is different from that of Arthur, who is systematic, and even the dragons of his predecessors.
When she was in Astapor, in order to enslave the White Wolf and an army of eight thousand Unsullied, the Dragon Queen once put the largest Drogon in chains and pretended to trade it to the rulers and good lords of the city-state.
Since then, Drogon may have had a grudge against Mother Dragon.
During the dragon egg period, Daenerys was ill-prepared.
The Targaryens took away five dragons from the Valyrian Peninsula, four of which died one after another. Only Balerion, the Black Death, survived until the War of Conquest.
After the dragon family established a foothold on Dragonstone, the Targaryens used Balerion to hatch two dragons: Vhagar and Meraxes.
These are the famous initial three dragons.
After the Dragon family conquered the six kingdoms, Targaryen's contact with the outside world increased, and the Western Continent became more knowledgeable about dragons. The Citadel also began to participate in the inheritance of the Targaryen family, and some secrets began to be revealed to the world.
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For example, in order to strengthen the connection between the dragon and the rider, after a person with Targaryen blood is born, a dragon egg will be placed in their cradle so that the future dragon rider can get close to the dragon in the egg.
In the prequel House of Dragons, the dragon egg that Daemon Targaryen stole for his mistress Messaria was placed in the cradle of the one-day prince Baelon.
It is worth mentioning that this dragon egg was produced by the dragon "Dream Fire" mentioned above.
Daenerys's three dragon eggs, also laid by Dreamfire, were stolen by Alyssa Farman in Braavos in the fifty-fourth year of the Conquest calendar. Two hundred and forty years later, these three eggs
The egg was purchased by Illyrio from Braavos, and then the cheesemonger took the opportunity to transfer it to Stormborn.
Of the seven dragon eggs found in Arthur's Summer Hall, five of them came from "The Last Dragon".
The "last dragon" was a green dragon with a weak body and withered wings. It laid five dragon eggs before its death, but none of them were hatched.
Closer to home, Daenerys has not received an orthodox dragon family education, so she naturally does not know the preparations before hatching dragons. In addition, the three dragons are close to her, which may have divided her spiritual connection with Drogon.
This makes the black dragon Drogon less controllable.
"I don't know how people can ride a dragon with such huge wings." Tyrion, who was drinking again, asked.
His obsession with dragons is far beyond ordinary people.
The dragon is a scaly reptile with two wings and two legs. Their front paws form leathery wings, just like bats.
Among the four dragons in the sky, King Arthur's dragon has the longest wingspan, reaching seven meters. In terms of length, Drogon surpasses Alduin, who is also a black dragon, to more than six feet.
Generally speaking, the dragon's front claws span slightly longer than its body length, and its two large wings extend nearly a body length on either side of its front claws, making the dragon's wingspan three times its body length.
The body length is the length from the top of the head to the root of the tail. If nothing unexpected happens, the dragon's tail length is close to the body length.
The body shapes of the three dragons Drogon, Rhaegar, and Viserion conform to this rule.
But Alduin is different. His front paws span 1.5 times his body length, his wingspan reaches four times his body length, and his tail length is also 1.5 times his body length.
Coupled with the spikes all over its body, its dominance in the sky is no less than that of the black dragon Drogon.
Daenerys, who rode up to Arthur, asked, "I want to know what you feed Alduin, and why his wings are the same as yours and can be so long?"
"It's just ordinary meat. Maybe it's because of the difference in dragon type!"
King Arthur said.
Tyrion behind him became interested and began to talk about the differences between dragons in history:
"Yes, they are all called dragons, and their statures are also very different. For example, the bloodworm Corakxiu of Daemon Targaryen, the prodigal prince, is famous for its long neck. In addition, the bloodworm's hind legs also have a
The small secondary wings make it much more maneuverable in the sky."
Corakxiu is a red dragon known for its rich fighting experience, with a neck as slender as a snake.
In the 130th year of the Conquest Calendar, the blood worm killed the Archosaur, Vhagar, who was twice his size.
Afterwards, it still had enough energy to climb ashore and died under the walls of Harrenhal.
Several nobles marveled at this old news, but they did not expect that the individual differences among giant dragons were so obvious.
Then, the Dragon Queen told how to ride a dragon.
"It was a wonderful feeling, just like you are intimate with your children. When the dragon lowered its head, I naturally rode on it. It was as easy as riding a horse."
Tyrion shook his head, "Without dragon blood, it would definitely not be so easy. All the dragon riders in Westeros have Targaryen blood."
Including the three original dragons and the "last dragon", Targaryen owned a total of twenty-five dragons after establishing the kingdom. Two of them died before the Dance of Blood Dragons, and seventeen died during the Dance of Blood Dragons.
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Only four dragons survived as blood dragons, and then two dragons hatched. These six dragons died one after another, even the giant dragon "Sheep Stealer" hiding in the Mingyue Mountains was no exception.
"Dragon blood is a very vague concept. I remember there was a female dragon rider named Ricinus. She didn't seem to know that she had Targaryen blood."
After finishing chatting with his mistress, Oberyn caught up on horseback and joined the king's discussion.
Tyrion recalled for a while and said with a very firm tone: "Ricinus is the dragon rider of the Sheep Stealer. She is a typical child of the intermarriage between the ancestors and the Targaryens."
Castor has black hair and brown eyes, a petite stature, and has the typical characteristics of our ancestors.
It's impossible to tell from her appearance whether she has the blood of the Dragon King, but if she can ride a dragon, one of her parents must be a Targaryen.
Even the mother can be excluded, except that Castor's father is a Targaryen.
This is also in line with the so-called first-born law, and when a Targaryen marries an outsider without dragon blood, the first child must follow the mother. The most typical one is Jon Snow.
"Knowing everything" Jon has brown hair, gray eyes, and the iconic long face of the Stark family.
In other words, Jon Snow completely inherited his mother's characteristics.
In fact, although there are many rumors, those who can ride dragons must have the blood of the Dragon King, which is limited to the forty Dragon King families in Valyria and their descendants.
Even if you don't intermarry with the Dragon King family for two or three generations, the purity of your bloodline will not reach the threshold for riding a dragon.
Since the fall of Valyria, there have only been three surviving dragon kings, the Targaryens and two other small families.
One of the dragon kings named Orion was stationed in the Free Trade City of Qohor. After learning the news, he returned to the ruins of Valyria with his dragons and an army of 30,000 people, intending to revive Valyria.
Then a dragon king, an adult dragon, and tens of thousands of troops were wiped out, leaving not even a trace of news.
Despite his self-proclaimed status, Orion was actually the first Emperor of Valyria.
The remaining Dragon King family is rumored to have gone to Yaxia near the Land of Shadows. It has been almost four hundred years since there was any news.
Based on the above factors, those who can ride dragons must be Targaryens and their descendants.
Some members of the Velaryon family on Tidehead Island are able to ride dragons because of the long-term marriage between the family and Targaryen in the early days of the conquest, which purified the dragon king blood of the members to a level similar to that of Targaryen members.
Some civilians on Dragonstone Island can ride dragons because the right of first night is not prohibited in the territory of Dragonstone Island. These people have relatively pure dragon blood, so they are also called "dragon species".
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