The tradition of placing an egg in the cradle of a newborn royal continued even after the last dragon died and the eggs stopped hatching. If the egg did not hatch, or if the dragon born was weak and died quickly, it was considered a bad omen. It was considered a sign that the child was a true Targaryen if the egg placed within his cradle hatched. During the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen, it became truly customary to place a dragon's egg in the cradle of a newborn child. Princess Rhaena Targaryen supposedly placed a dragon egg in the cradles of her younger siblings Jaehaerys and Alysanne shortly after their birth, Her brother, King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, placed an egg in the cradle of his newborn son, Aemon, in 55 AC. Princess Elaena Targaryen, holding a dragon's egg that matches the color of her hair.
The sale of all three would make her a wealthy woman for the rest of her life.
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Ser Jorah Mormont tells Daenerys Targaryen that one of her dragon's eggs could buy a ship to take her back to the Free Cities. įossilized dragon eggs are more precious than rubies. Only Daenerys Targaryen has succeeded in hatching dragon eggs after the death of the last dragon. During his reign, King Aerys II Targaryen tried to hatch dragons from the eggs that had found in the depths of Dragonstone, some of which had turned to stone because of their great age, but his attempts yielded nothing. The Tragedy of Summerhall has been blamed on King Aegon V Targaryen's attempt to hatch dragons. King Baelor I Targaryen prayed over his eggs, while other Targaryens sought to hatch theirs with sorcery, and still others had maesters study them. However, the attempt to use their magic to kindle a clutch of eggs proved both a debacle and a failure. King Aegon III Targaryen, the Dragonsbane, sent away for nine mages from Essos at the suggestion of his Hand, Viserys. Īfter the extinction of their dragons in 153 AC, the Targaryens made numerous attempts to hatch the dragon eggs left behind. When King Aegon II Targaryen attempted to hatch a dragon egg, according to Mushroom he sat on one of the eggs for a day and a night. Some dragon eggs, also on Dragonstone, do not hatch, but instead turn to stone. Grand Maester Benifer believed that far away from Dragonstone, dragon eggs might not hatch. There were dragon hatcheries on the island of Dragonstone under the Dragonmont volcano, where many eggs and young hatchling dragons could be found. Whether an egg has to be fertilized by a male dragon in order to hatch is not known.ĭrogon's black dragon egg in the flames of Khal Drogo's funeral pyre. Although the subject of dragon mating habits is debatable, some maesters believe that if a dragon never laid an egg in its lifetime, it must be male. ĭragons have been known to lay eggs in a clutch of up to at least five, and a dragon may lay several clutches during its lifetime. To Daenerys Targaryen, the three eggs she later hatches are warm to the touch, although other people do not feel the heat. The color of the eggshell appears to indicate the coloring of the dragon within: from the deep green egg, with burnished bronze flecks hatches Rhaegal, a dragon with jade-green scales and wings, and bronze eyes from the pale cream egg streaked with gold and bronze hatches the dragon Viserion, who has golden eyes and cream-colored and golden-colored scales from the black egg with scarlet ripples and swirls hatches the dragon Drogon, whose scales and teeth are black, and whose horns, spinal plates, and eyes are red. Dragon eggs come in a variety of rich colors. Art by Katherine Dinger, ©FFGĭragon eggs are large eggs with tiny scales, which shimmer like polished metal in the sunlight.
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