The Black Dread · Dragon Codex
Every dragon in A Song of Ice and Fire
A free, illustrated archive of the dragons of Westeros, Valyria, and beyond — their riders, lineage, fates, and lore. 60 entries and growing, drawn from the deep canon behind the videos.
60 dragons in the codex
- Aelyra the Skyshriek Sovereign
Goddess of astronomy, eclipses, air-lanes, and the upper sky. Wingspan 632 ft, Length 546 ft, Shoulder 132 ft. Type: Skyshriek…
Pre-Conquest - Arrax
The small pale-white she-dragon of Rhaenyra's second son Lucerys. Barely big enough to ride, far too small to face Vhagar. Her…
Dance of the Dragons - Aurion's Dragon
Aurion’s dragon is one of the most significant yet least documented dragons in recorded history, associated with the only known…
Pre-Conquest - Balerion
The greatest of all Targaryen dragons — the Black Dread. Hatched in Valyria before the Doom. The oldest creature alive in…
Aegon's Conquest - Balerion the Father
The supreme deity of the Valyrian pantheon in draconic form. Father of the Fourteen divine dragons. The largest dragon ever to…
Pre-Conquest - Brightwing
[FANFILL] One of history's most strategically valuable dragons despite never seeing major battle. Wingspan est. 350–370 ft…
Pre-Conquest - Caraxes
The Blood Wyrm. Long-necked and serpentine, lean rather than bulky, vicious and old by the time of the Dance. The Dragonkeepers…
Dance of the Dragons - Dhaenarion the White Colossus
[FANFILL] The largest mortal dragon ever recorded. Wingspan 1,650 ft. Wild during life with no rider. Lived c. 6,500–6,100 BC…
Pre-Conquest - Draevomar, Forge-Heart
[FANFILL] Prototype of the industrial Embermaw and namesake of the divine Draevos. Wingspan 520 ft. Bonded to House Rhaemion of…
Pre-Conquest - Draevos the Embermaw Forgefury
God of forgecraft, harness, and safety in industry. Wingspan 512 ft, Length 442 ft, Shoulder 107 ft. Type: Embermaw Forgefury.
Pre-Conquest - Dreamfyre
The most prolific egg-layer of the Targaryen dragons — the dragon mother of mothers. Pale blue-scaled with silver markings…
Dance of the Dragons - Drogon
The largest and most aggressive of Daenerys Targaryen's three dragons. Black scales slashed with vivid scarlet streaks, horns and…
AGOT Era - Elyssar the Sagewing
Goddess of healing, surgery, and mercy in war. Wingspan 384 ft, Length 331 ft, Shoulder 80 ft. Type: Sagewing.
Pre-Conquest - Frostvein, the Glass Maw
[FANFILL] Carver of glass-smooth ice canyons with super-cold breath. Wingspan 800 ft. Ice Dragon. No bonded rider. His last…
Pre-Conquest - Grey Ghost
The most reclusive of the three wild dragons of Dragonstone. Pale grey, small, named for his color and elusive ways. Fed mainly…
Dance of the Dragons - Hoarfang, Northmoon
[FANFILL] The archetypal polar Ice Dragon, said to freeze sea-spray in mid-air. Wingspan 900+ ft. No confirmed rider. Said by…
Pre-Conquest - Mantara the Beaconwing
Goddess of beacons, lighthouses, thresholds, and rescue at sea. Wingspan 492 ft, Length 425 ft, Shoulder 103 ft. Type: Beaconwing.
Pre-Conquest - Meleys
The Red Queen. The fastest of the great dragons — faster than both Caraxes and Vhagar. Scarlet-scaled with pink wings and copper…
Dance of the Dragons - Meraxes
The youngest of the three Conquest dragons. Beloved of her single rider, the laughing Queen Rhaenys, who rode her more than her…
Aegon's Conquest - Meraxes the Sea-Lanes Sovereign
Goddess of sea-lanes, navigation, and harbor law. Wingspan 554 ft, Length 479 ft, Shoulder 116 ft. Type: Tide Leviathan.
Pre-Conquest - Moondancer
The slim pale-green she-dragon of Lady Baela Targaryen, daughter of Daemon and Laena Velaryon. The youngest dragon to fight in…
Dance of the Dragons - Morghul
The hatchling cradle-dragon of Princess Jaehaera Targaryen, twin daughter of Aegon II and Helaena. Morghul means 'death' in High…
Dance of the Dragons - Morning
The last dragon hatched in the Targaryen era. Pale pink with a black crest and horns, hatched from one of Syrax's last eggs. She…
Dance of the Dragons - Naeryssa the Goldveil Seraph
Goddess of treaties, diplomacy, and lasting accords. Wingspan 571 ft, Length 494 ft, Shoulder 120 ft. Type: Goldveil Seraph.
Pre-Conquest - Qhoros the Gavelwyrm
God of law, oaths, and binding contracts. Wingspan 595 ft, Length 514 ft, Shoulder 125 ft. Type: Gavelwyrm.
Pre-Conquest - Quicksilver
The silver she-dragon of King Aenys I and his ill-fated son Aegon the Uncrowned. Her pale white fire was said to be pretty rather…
Aegon's Conquest - Rhaegal
The middle of Daenerys's three dragons. Green-scaled with bronze flecks that shift in the light, orange-yellow fire shot with…
AGOT Era - Rhaemarion, Gate-Breaker
[FANFILL] The greatest gate-killer in dragon history. Wingspan 820 ft. Bonded to House Rhaemor. Credited with the destruction or…
Pre-Conquest - Seasmoke
The pale silver-grey dragon of Ser Laenor Velaryon. Later claimed by the dragonseed Addam of Hull after Laenor's death. Nimble…
Dance of the Dragons - Shardwight
[FANFILL] The only Ice Dragon whose existence is plausibly linked to a human cult and a possible rider. Wingspan 650 ft. Rumored…
Pre-Conquest - Sheepstealer
An ugly mud-brown wild dragon with a taste for mutton. Never aggressive toward human shepherds, only vicious when provoked…
Dance of the Dragons - Shrykos
The hatchling cradle-dragon of Prince Jaehaerys, twin son of Aegon II and Helaena — the boy murdered by Blood and Cheese. Shrykos…
Dance of the Dragons - Silverwing
The mount of Good Queen Alysanne Targaryen, mated pair to Vermithor. She thrice refused to fly north over the Wall at Castle…
Dance of the Dragons - Soryn the Miragewing
God of theater, misdirection, and espionage. Wingspan 425 ft, Length 368 ft, Shoulder 89 ft. Type: Miragewing.
Pre-Conquest - Stormbane — Gaemon the Glorious's Mount
[FANFILL] Skyshrieker/Stormclaw mix. Bonded to Lord Gaemon the Glorious Targaryen, third Lord of Dragonstone of the exile line…
Pre-Conquest - Stormcloud
The cradle-bonded dragon of young Aegon, the future Aegon III the Dragonbane. Never ridden before his one and only flight — a…
Dance of the Dragons - Sunfyre
The most magnificent dragon ever to grace the sky — gleaming gold scales that looked literally like gold metal in sunlight, pale…
Dance of the Dragons - Syrax
The yellow she-dragon of Queen Rhaenyra, named for a goddess of Old Valyria. Claimed by Rhaenyra at age seven — the first dragon…
Dance of the Dragons - Syrax the Hearthwing Matron
Goddess of fertility, kin-law, household and hearth. Wingspan 291 ft, Length 251 ft, Shoulder 61 ft. Type: Hearthwing Matron.
Pre-Conquest - Terrax
The dragon of Princess Jaenara Belaerys of Valyria, who flew him for three full years over Sothoryos during the Century of Blood…
Pre-Conquest - Tessarion
The Blue Queen. Wings dark as cobalt blue, claws bright as beaten copper, blue flame — small, beautiful, and unmistakable. The…
Dance of the Dragons - Tharaxia the Mother
[FANFILL] Mother of the Fourteen Pyraethran gods and second only to Balerion in size. Wingspan 982 ft. Pyroclast Matron form…
Pre-Conquest - Tharion the Dream-Singer
God of prophecy, true dreams, and omen-reading. Draconic shape uncodified.
Pre-Conquest - The Cannibal
The largest, oldest, and most terrible of the three wild dragons of Dragonstone. Coal-black with menacing green eyes. He may have…
Dance of the Dragons - The Last Dragon
The final dragon of the Targaryen dynasty. Sickly green and white, no larger than a dog, with stunted twisted wings that could…
Dance of the Dragons - The Lost Dragons of the Freehold
The Lost Dragons of the Freehold refer to the vast number of dragons that existed under Valyrian control prior to the Doom, the…
Pre-Conquest - The Valyrian Apex (The Wound-Maker of Balerion)
The entity responsible for wounding Balerion the Black Dread during his return from Valyria in 56 AC remains unidentified, but is…
- The Wild Dragons of Dragonstone
The wild dragons of Dragonstone — the Cannibal, Sheepstealer, and Grey Ghost — were unclaimed dragons that lived free of…
Dance of the Dragons - Tolosyr the Dunewyrm, Lord of the Red Mirage
Regional deity of desert endurance, mirage-craft, and kilns. Wingspan 492 ft, Length 425 ft, Shoulder 103 ft. Type: Dunewyrm.
Pre-Conquest - Tyraxes
The pale violet dragon of Rhaenyra's youngest son by Laenor, Prince Joffrey. His purple flames were noted in George R.R. Martin's…
Dance of the Dragons - Urrax
Urrax, slain of Ser Serwyn of the Mirror Shield Era: Age of Heroes · Westeros · slain by Ser Serwyn of the Mirror Shield · #CANON
Pre-Conquest - Valryth, Pale Thunder
[FANFILL] The largest saddled White Colossus in recorded history. Wingspan 1,450 ft. Bonded to House Vhaelar. Flew in the first…
Pre-Conquest - Vermax
The olive-green dragon of Rhaenyra's eldest son Jacaerys. His egg was placed in Jacaerys's cradle as public proof of legitimacy…
Dance of the Dragons - Vermithor
The Bronze Fury — dragon of the Old King Jaehaerys I. After Balerion and Vhagar, the largest dragon in Westeros throughout…
Dance of the Dragons - Vhaelyth, the Sky-Crucible
[FANFILL] The colossus most feared by other riders — the template upon which all subsequent anti-dragon tactics were built…
Pre-Conquest - Vhagar
The middle sister-dragon of the Conquest, and ultimately the longest-lived of all Targaryen dragons. The hardened survivor of a…
Dance of the Dragons - Vhagar the War-Drill
Goddess of war drill and storm discipline. Wingspan 647 ft, Length 559 ft, Shoulder 136 ft. Type: Stormclaw Titan.
Pre-Conquest - Vhaldrin the Ashmourner
God of death, funerary order, and remembrance. Wingspan 524 ft, Length 453 ft, Shoulder 110 ft. Type: Ashmourner.
Pre-Conquest - Vhazrak, Wall-Render
[FANFILL] The benchmark wall-breacher among Obsidian Colossi. Wingspan 950 ft. Bonded to House Moraenar, ridden by Daemor…
Pre-Conquest - Viserion
The smallest and gentlest of Daenerys's three dragons. Pale cream-white scales with gold horns, claws, and spinal crest, molten…
AGOT Era