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Dragonflame or dragonfire is the fire produced by a dragon. The dragon expels its fire from its gullet and out of its mouth. The older and larger the dragon the more devastating its fire. The word dracarys is translated as meaning dragonfire in High Valyrian.[1]
Contents
History
The Valyrian Freehold used dragonflame to make Valyrian steel.[2][3]
During the War of Conquest, Aegon I Targaryen used his dragonflame against Harrenhal and at the Field of Fire. Afterward, the flame of Balerion was used to create the Iron Throne.
Wildfire is said to be a close cousin of dragonflame.[4]
Colour
Dragonflame can come in different colors.[5][6] Where the flames of Balerion were as black as his scales,[5] the flames of the dragon Sunfyre were golden, while the Blue Queen is known to have breathed flames in the colour cobalt.[6]
Known dragon flames:
- Drogon's flame - black fire shot with red
- Viserion's flame - pale gold shot through with red and orange
- Rhaegal's flame - orange-and-yellow fire shot through with veins of green
- Balerion's flame - as black as his scales
- Tessarion's flames - cobalt blue
- Sunfyre's flames - golden
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
Daenerys Targaryen teaches her fledgling dragon Drogon to loose his flame upon her command of "dracarys".
A Storm of Swords
At the start of the fall of Astapor Daenerys Targaryen commands Drogon to burn Kraznys mo Nakloz.[7] Her two other dragons Viserion and Rhaegal are also unleashed. During the battle all three dragons are airborne, loosing their flames.
A Dance with Dragons
Prince Quentyn Martell is mortally burned by Rhaegal while attempting to tame Viserion.[8]
Quotes
Drogon! Dracarys![7]
- Daenerys Targaryen to Drogon
What feeds a dragon's fire?[9]
- Marwyn's rhetorical question, to Samwell Tarly
Then the dragon opened its mouth, and light and heat washed over them. Behind a fence of sharp black teeth he glimpsed the furnace glow, the shimmer of a sleeping fire a hundred times brighter than his torch.[8]
- thoughts of Quentyn Martell
The dragon caught one burning body just as it began to fall, crunching it between his jaws as pale fires ran across his teeth.[10]
- thoughts of Tyrion Lannister
- thoughts of Jon Snow
References and Notes
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 8, Daenerys I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 72, Daenerys X.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 58, Jon XII.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Aerys II.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 12, Daenerys I.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Princess and the Queen.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 27, Daenerys III.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 68, The Dragontamer.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 45, Samwell V.
- ↑ Tyrion II (The Winds of Winter)