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Casterly Rock, the Hall of Heroes.

This is one of the Lannister family cemeteries, and any clan members and close relatives who died bravely for the Lion family can be buried here.

The Hall of Heroes is famous in the Seven Kingdoms, and even the continent of Essos has legends here, because the hall contains hundreds of sets of precious armors from the knights, lords and King of Casterly Rock of the Lannister family.

It is said that just the most common set among them can sell hundreds of gold dragons.

The heavily armed king and Duke Tyrion of Casterly Rock walked into the long-silent Hall of Heroes, surrounded by fifty First Men soldiers wearing various types of armor and holding torches, as well as Maester Krelen, acting city lord Historian. Dai Fo and other people from the West.

"I'm not asking too much. I want to take back the Valyrian steel sword and ice on Tywin's suit of armor, as well as one of my swords, Shuoyue. Isn't it too much?"

Before returning to King's Landing, Arthur I finally had time to deal with this matter.

"Within reason, my lord."

I don't know why, but Tyrion has been in such a good mood lately that he always hums a tune while walking on the road.

Maybe it was because Casterly Rock City was officially in his hands.

The group walked straight in until they came to the statue representing Tywin.

The statue in full iron armor is lifelike, basically completely restoring the facial features and figure of the former Lannister Housemaster. The great sword Ice is being held by the statue's hands and hammered at its feet.

As for New Moon, it is displayed on the stone wall behind the statue, placed side by side with several iron swords used by Tywin.

Arthur observed carefully for a while and found that he could not get out the ice without destroying the statue.

"Your mason is really attentive. You don't mind if I break the statue's hand, do you?"

the king asked, turning to Tyrion who was studying another smaller statue.

"Hey! Isn't this you? Can a living person be stood here?"

After taking a closer look, Arthur I exclaimed.

Compared to the main body, this is a very tall statue, about 70% of the height of the nearby Tywin statue.

The posture of the stone sculpture is also very exaggerated. "Tyrion" is holding his helmet in his left hand, holding a sword in his right hand and pointing directly to the east. His gray-blond hair is flying behind his back, making him look very powerful and tall.

If outsiders didn't know the little devil's situation, they would look at this statue and praise the original owner as the "Giant of Casterly Rock."

The smile on the little devil's face disappeared long ago, and confusion, surprise, and a trace of anger climbed onto his face.

"It seems that in some people's minds, I am already dead."

Tyrion laughed at himself, and then ordered his uncle Stafford to remove his statue from the Hall of Heroes.

Of course, he also responded to the king in time: "There is no problem at all. The ice belongs to the Stark family, and there is no problem if Queen Sansa and you inherit it."

So the king used the removed moon to break the hands of Tywin's statue and took out the ice.

"I don't know which of these two swords is stronger?"

The reason why the Valyrian steel sword is famous is that it never curls its edge. In terms of sturdiness, it is hard to say which one is stronger than the Valyrian steel sword or the Valyrian steel sword.

"Of course it's ice. This moon-like meteorite sword is actually made by the great blacksmith himself using special materials. The Dane family's star-falling iron can only make one sword, and that is the White Sword Dawn. "Tyrion said.

He loves reading and knows a lot about the major families in Westeros.

These words made the king feel a little strange. Shuo Yue was obviously much stronger than ordinary armor.

So Arthur I asked: "Then why does the He'an family claim that this sword is made of the same material as Dawn? And it is stronger than ordinary iron swords?"

Tyrion approached the king, pointed at Shuo Yue and said:

"Your Majesty, it has only been 70 years since the He'an family was granted the title of Harrenhal. How could it be possible to obtain a sword as famous as Dawn? The reputation of this sword was only created by the He'an family by asking close families to save face. As for the sturdiness, it may be due to the small tricks used by the blacksmiths. As far as I know, Tob Mott can build special iron swords, which are stronger than the iron swords made in ordinary castles, but the price is higher. "

This actually makes sense. No matter how poor a family is, they still sell their expensive swords.

Even Duke Tywin, who was the first Duke of Westeros, couldn't afford a tiled steel sword. A newly established earl family like the He'an family really couldn't afford a good sword.

Arthur glanced at Shuo Yue and waved the ice a few more times, feeling that the corrugated steel sword was more to his liking.

"I didn't expect Shuo Yue's origins to be so ordinary. No wonder. I just killed a few wild boars for others. How could Mrs. He'an give away famous mainland swords to others?"

There is a high probability that Mrs. He'an also knew the origin of Shuo Yue, so she gave it away without caring.

After getting back the two swords, the king took the little devil back to the military camp outside the city. When the Westerland family delivers the hostages, they can return to King's Landing.

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The eastern section of the Golden Avenue.

At the front of the army column, the king was chatting with several nobles around him.

A week ago, the king, who had dealt with the affairs of the Western Territory, finally set out to return eastward. Following him were the Hejian Army and two hundred elite soldiers of the Rose Family.

In the name of the weakened defense of King's Landing, Garland insisted on stuffing this two-hundred-man team into the capital's defense force. Little Rose Margaery also agreed with her brother's approach and cried a lot, saying that her father's death was because of the poor security in King's Landing.

For the sake of the Tyrell queen's repayment every night, Arthur took the Tyrell cavalry away.

Anyway, the King's Landing garrison and the royal standing army are about to be reorganized, and two hundred cavalrymen can't really make a big splash.

In the battle outside the city, the Tyrell, Beesbury and other family soldiers who fought hard with the right army of the Westerlands suffered heavy losses. Most of this army followed Garland back to their own territory in the Reach to repair.

As for the gold mines and territories cut off from the Westerlands and other rebellion compensations, while the army was still in the Westerlands, the well-preserved hundred-man teams in the army brought by Garland occupied them one after another, waiting for the family and royal mining supervisors who were conferred titles to take over.

Tyrion, the head of the Lannister family, was taken away as planned, and his uncle Kevan and cousin Davan were also taken to King's Landing. As for the major families in the Westerlands, they were asked to take many "king's followers" with hostage positioning.

Many heirs or unmarried daughters of the Westerlands families were taken to King's Landing, ostensibly to accompany the king and royal family members, but in fact as hostages.

After four dragons circled and flew low over their heads, Stormborn Daenerys, riding a white mare, caught up with the group and the topic turned to dragons.

Even young dragons still fly much faster than fast-moving armies, so dragons often fly to the front, then fly back, and even hunt beasts on the ground.

Once, Drogon even mistook a little girl squatting on the side of the Golden Road for a lamb, and rushed to the little girl, ready to order more food. Fortunately, Arthur reacted in time and let Alduin fly over and stop him.

Then Daenerys understood the rebellious son's idea, so in front of the other three dragons, she scolded the black dragon Drogon in High Valyrian.

After that, Drogon restrained himself a lot, after all, humans provided him with plenty of meat, especially tender lamb meat.

"I think Drogon is forbearing, and he may be angry with Dany in the future. Maybe he will run away from home."

The king in golden armor said to the mother of dragons.

Calculating the time progress, it is time for Drogon to enter the rebellious period.

Tyrion stared at the dragon in the sky and replied: "Is this impossible? I remember that among the twenty-five dragons, after being controlled by the dragon rider, the dragon will generally obey the rider's orders."

Dragons will have a strong sense of dependence and trust on the people who raise them. Dragons have much higher intelligence than ordinary animals. They can be trained into powerful combat mounts and can understand the orders of their masters; but in fact, dragons are very willful.

If they are not trained, after being attacked, the dragon will turn everything around to ashes.

Arthur smiled and replied: "Yes, my relationship with Alduin is very stable. We can even convey each other's emotions."

Alduin, a black dragon covered with spikes, has his own ideas and thoughts. It may be because of the system that after the order of his master Arthur is conveyed, it will be more determined to execute it.

The dragons in the history of the Targaryen family are similar to this.

After the dragon riders ride the dragons, they can not only communicate unilaterally through High Valyrian, but also transmit each other's emotions through mental connection.

Adult dragons may even be able to sense the distress and death of the current dragon rider.

During the Dance of the Dragons nearly two hundred years ago, when Helena Targaryen, the daughter of Alicent Hightower and Viserys I, jumped from Maegor's Tower and died, her dragon, Dreamfyre, which was imprisoned in the dragon's lair, suddenly roared and broke the two chains that tied it to the ground.

But the situation of Daenerys' three dragons is different from that of Arthur, who has a system, and even the dragons of her predecessors.

In Astapor, in order to get eight thousand Unsullied troops out of nothing, the Dragon Queen once put the largest dragon, Drogon, on chains and pretended to trade it to the rulers of the city-state, the good lords.

Since then, Drogon may have had a grudge against the dragon mother.

And in the dragon egg period, Daenerys was not well prepared.

The Targaryen family took five dragons from the Valyrian Peninsula, four of which died one after another, leaving only Balerion, the Black Death, alive until the conquest war.

After the Dragon family gained a foothold on Dragonstone, the Targaryens used Balerion to hatch two more dragons: Vhagar and Meraxes.

These are the famous initial three dragons.

After the Dragon family conquered the six kingdoms, the Targaryens had more contact with the outside world, the Western Continent knew more about dragons, the Citadel also began to participate in the inheritance of the Targaryen family, and some secrets began to be revealed to the world.

For example, in order to strengthen the connection between the dragon and the rider, after the birth of a person with Targaryen blood, a dragon egg will be placed in their cradle, so that the future dragon rider can get close to the dragon in the egg.

In the prequel House of the Dragon, the dragon egg that Daemon Targaryen stole for his mistress Messalia was placed in the cradle of Prince Baelon the One.

It is worth mentioning that the dragon egg was produced by the dragon "Dreamfyre" mentioned above.

Daenerys' three dragon eggs were also laid by Dreamfyre. In the 54th year of the Conquest Era, they were stolen to Braavos by Alyssa Farman. Two hundred and forty years later, these three eggs were purchased by Illyrio from Braavos, and then the cheese seller took the opportunity to transfer them to Stormborn.

Five of the seven dragon eggs found in Arthur's Summerhall came from the "Last Dragon".

The "Last Dragon" was a green dragon with a weak body and withered wings. Before his death, he laid five dragon eggs, but none of them were hatched.

Back to the point, Daenerys did not receive orthodox dragon family education, so she naturally did not know the preparations before hatching dragons. In addition, the three dragons were close to her, which may have divided her spiritual connection with Drogon.

This made the black dragon Drogon less controllable.

"How can people ride a dragon with wings that big?" Tyrion, who was drinking again, asked.

His obsession with dragons is far beyond that of ordinary people.

Dragons are reptiles with scales all over their bodies, wings and legs. Their front claws form leathery wings, just like bats.

Among the four dragons in the sky, King Arthur's dragon has the longest wingspan, which has reached the level of seven meters. In terms of body length, Drogon surpasses Alduin, who is also a black dragon, to more than six feet.

Generally speaking, the front claws of a dragon slightly exceed its body length, and the two large wings extend nearly a body length on both sides of the front claws, making the wingspan of the dragon reach three times its body length.

Body length is the length from the top of the head to the base of the tail. If nothing unexpected happens, the tail length of the dragon is close to its body length.

The body shapes of three dragons, Drogon, Rhaegar, and Viserion, conform to this rule.

But Alduin is different. His front claws are 1.5 times his body length, his wingspan is four times his body length, and his tail is 1.5 times his body length.

With spikes all over his body, his dominance in the sky is no less than that of the black dragon Drogon.

Daenerys, who rode up to Arthur, asked, "I want to know what you feed Alduin, and why his wings are the same as yours, and so long?"

"It's just ordinary meat, maybe because of the difference in dragon shape!"

Arthur I said.

Tyrion behind him became interested and began to talk about the differences in dragons in history:

"Yes, they are all called dragons, and their bodies are also very different. For example, the bloodworm Korakshu of the profligate prince Daemon Targaryen is famous for its long neck. In addition, the bloodworm has a pair of small secondary wings on its hind legs, which makes it much more maneuverable in the sky."

Korakshu is a red dragon famous for its rich combat experience, with a neck as slender as a snake.

In the year 130 of the Conquest Era, the bloodworm killed the first dragon, Vhagar, who was twice its size.

Afterwards, it still had enough energy to climb ashore and died under the walls of Harrenhal.

Several nobles were amazed at this old news. They didn't expect that the individual differences of dragons were so obvious.

Then, the Dragon Queen told how to ride a dragon.

"It was a very wonderful feeling, just like you are intimate with your children. When the dragon lowered its head, I naturally rode it, as easy as riding a horse."

Tyrion shook his head, "It would definitely not be so easy without dragon blood. All the dragon riders in Westeros have Targaryen blood."

Including the three first dragons and the "last dragon", Targaryen had a total of 25 dragons after establishing the kingdom, two of which died before the Dance of the Dragons, and seventeen died during the Dance of the Dragons.

Only four dragons survived the Blood Dragon, and then hatched two dragons. These six dragons died one after another, even the dragon "Sheep Thief" hiding in the Mountains of the Moon was no exception.

"Dragon blood is a very vague concept. I remember there was a female dragon rider named Castor. She didn't seem to have clear Targaryen blood."

Oberyn, who had finished talking to his mistress, rode up and joined the king's discussion.

Tyrion recalled for a while and said with certainty: "Castor is a sheep thief and a dragon rider. She is a typical appearance of the intermarriage between the First Men and the Targaryens."

Castor has black hair and brown eyes, a petite figure, and typical features of the First Men.

From her appearance, it is impossible to tell whether she has the blood of the Dragon King, but since she can ride a dragon, one of her parents must be a Targaryen.

Even the mother can be ruled out, and Castor's father must be a Targaryen.

This also conforms to the so-called first-born law, and when a Targaryen intermarries with an outsider without dragon blood, the first child must follow the mother, the most typical example is Jon Snow.

"Knowing everything" Jon has brown hair and gray eyes, and has the iconic long face of the Stark family.

In other words, Jon Snow completely inherited the characteristics of his mother.

In fact, despite rumors, those who can ride dragons must have dragon king blood, which is limited to the forty dragon king families in Valyria and their descendants.

Even if they do not intermarry with the dragon king family for two or three generations, the purity of their bloodline will not reach the threshold for riding dragons.

Since the fall of Valyria, there are only three dragon kings alive in the world, Targaryen and two other small families.

One of the dragon kings named Orion was stationed in the free trade city of Qohor. After hearing the news, he returned to the ruins of Valyria with his dragon and 30,000 troops, intending to revive Valyria.

The next dragon king, an adult dragon, and tens of thousands of troops were wiped out, leaving no news.

Excluding the factor of his self-proclaimed name, Orion was actually the first Valyrian emperor.

The remaining dragon king family is rumored to have gone to Asshai near the Shadow Land, and no news has been heard for nearly four hundred years.

Combining the above factors, the current ones who can ride dragons must be Targaryen and his descendants.

Some members of the Velaryon family on Tidehead can ride dragons because in the early days of the conquest, the family had a long-term marriage with the Targaryens, which purified the dragon blood of the members to a level similar to that of the Targaryens.

Some civilians on Dragonstone can ride dragons because the right of first night is not prohibited on the territory of Dragonstone. These people have purer dragon blood, so they are also called "dragon seeds".

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