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'''''Dragons, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History''''' is an important I ''corpus'' about [[dragon|dragons]] by Septon [[Barth]], the [[Hand of the King]] of [[Jaehaerys I]]. He was considered more of a sorcerer than a Septon by his enemies. Because of this copies of  this book were burnt during the reign of [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor I]] and it is hard to find.<ref>[[ A Dance with Dragons]] [[Tyrion IV (A Dance with Dragons)|Tyrion IV]]</ref> It claimed that dragons were neither female nor male.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 35|Chapter 35]], Samwell</ref>
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'''''Dragons, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History''''' is an important I ''corpus'' about [[dragon|dragons]] by Septon [[Barth]], the [[Hand of the King]] of [[Jaehaerys I]]. He was considered more of a sorcerer than a Septon by his enemies. Because of this copies of  this book were burnt during the reign of [[Baelor I Targaryen|Baelor I]] and it is hard to find. <ref>[[ A Dance with Dragons]] [[Tyrion IV (A Dance with Dragons)|Tyrion IV]]</ref> It claimed that dragons were neither female nor male.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 35|Chapter 35]], Samwell</ref>
  
 
In the book Septon Barth also dispelled the myth that a dragon could be slain by attacking down its gullet, he quoted in the book...
 
In the book Septon Barth also dispelled the myth that a dragon could be slain by attacking down its gullet, he quoted in the book...
  
 
{{Quote|''"Death comes out of a dragon's mouth, but death does not go in that way''".<ref>[[ A Dance with Dragons]] [[Tyrion XII (A Dance with Dragons)|Tyrion XII]]</ref>}}
 
{{Quote|''"Death comes out of a dragon's mouth, but death does not go in that way''".<ref>[[ A Dance with Dragons]] [[Tyrion XII (A Dance with Dragons)|Tyrion XII]]</ref>}}
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==Recent Events==
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===A Dance with Dragons===
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While writing [[the Shy Maid’s Dragonlore]] Tyrion recalls that, ten years ago, he managed to get his hands on a fragment of ''Unnatural History'' by Septon Barth that had eluded the Blessed Baelor. {{Ref|aDwD|14}} He doubts any of Barth's work had found its way across the [[narrow sea]].   
  
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While enslaved outside of [[Meereen]] Tyrion watches the [[Yunkai]]’s defensive preparations in the eventuality the [[Drogon|black dragon]] should return.  They are angling their scorpions and mangonels upward at the sky.  Tyrion knows that they are wasting their time, his thoughts turn to Barth’s words about the futility of attempting to slay a dragon via its gullet.
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==
 
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Revision as of 21:02, 23 April 2013

Dragons, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History is an important I corpus about dragons by Septon Barth, the Hand of the King of Jaehaerys I. He was considered more of a sorcerer than a Septon by his enemies. Because of this copies of this book were burnt during the reign of Baelor I and it is hard to find. [1] It claimed that dragons were neither female nor male.[2]

In the book Septon Barth also dispelled the myth that a dragon could be slain by attacking down its gullet, he quoted in the book...

"Death comes out of a dragon's mouth, but death does not go in that way".[3]

Recent Events

A Dance with Dragons

While writing the Shy Maid’s Dragonlore Tyrion recalls that, ten years ago, he managed to get his hands on a fragment of Unnatural History by Septon Barth that had eluded the Blessed Baelor. [4] He doubts any of Barth's work had found its way across the narrow sea.

While enslaved outside of Meereen Tyrion watches the Yunkai’s defensive preparations in the eventuality the black dragon should return. They are angling their scorpions and mangonels upward at the sky. Tyrion knows that they are wasting their time, his thoughts turn to Barth’s words about the futility of attempting to slay a dragon via its gullet.

References and Notes