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Arrax washes up beneath Storm's End. By Ashley Hunter Rice

Owner Lucerys Velaryon
Species Dragon
Born In 115120 AC
Died In 129 ACStorm's End
Books

Arrax was a dragon ridden by Prince Lucerys Velaryon during the Dance of the Dragons.[1]

Description

Arrax's color is not stated in the published texts. However, the artist commissioned for the 2021 A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar, Sam Hogg, asked for clarification from George R. R. Martin's team and was told that Arrax's coloration was "pearlescent white with yellow flame, golden eyes and a golden chest"[2]

At the outbreak of the Dance he was mature enough to be ridden, but still young and growing.[1] He was five times smaller than Vhagar.[3]

History

Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen's three eldest sons by her husband, Ser Laenor Velaryon, were Jacaerys (b. 114 AC), Lucerys (b. 115 AC), and Joffrey (b. 117 AC). The rival faction at court who supported her stepmother Alicent Hightower and her children spread the accusation that Rhaenyra's three sons were not really Laenor's, but bastards fathered by Ser Harwin Strong. In an effort to confirm that he considered Rhaenyra and her sons the true heirs to the throne, her father King Viserys II decreed that a dragon egg would be put in the cradle of each of the boys, to bond with the dragons that hatched from them. Those who doubted the paternity of Rhaenyra's sons also doubted that the eggs would ever hatch, but they were quickly disappointed, as each of the eggs soon hatched in turn. The hatchlings were named Vermax (bonded with Jacaerys), Arrax (bonded with Lucerys), and Tyraxes (bonded with Joffrey). The exact date each hatched is not known but the last seems to have hatched by no later than about 120 AC.[4]

At the start of the civil war Prince Jacaerys flew north as a messenger on Vermax.[1] Arrax and his rider were slain by Prince Aemond Targaryen and Vhagar in the skies over Shipbreaker Bay. Three days later, the dragon's head and neck washed up beneath the cliffs below Storm's End, along with Prince Lucerys's corpse.[3]

Known dragonriders of Arrax

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - The Blacks and the Greens.
  2. Sam Hogg, Arrax Color
  3. 3.0 3.1 Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - A Son for a Son.
  4. Fire & Blood, Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession.