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New Dragons/Dragonriders in Season 2 of House of the Dragon

I expect Sheepstealer to appear more than anyone else

RHAENA TARGARYEN House of the Dragon (2024) 2.06 «Smallfolk»

I really hope we see Sheepstealer in the last episode of this season

RHAENA TARGARYEN House of the Dragon (2024) 2.07 «The Red Sowing»

RHAENA TARGARYEN and SHEEPSTEALER House of the Dragon (2024) 2.08 «The Queen Who Ever Was»

All dragons in this episode

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2024) 2.08 «The Queen Who Ever Was»

Illustration from Septon Barth’s novel ‘Dragon, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History.’ The image depicts Vhagar proudly presenting her hatchlings to her mate Balerion, circa 35 AC. The hatchlings are identified by Barth as Sheepstealer, Cannibal, Vermithor, and two she-dragons that remained nameless, as they died before bonding and being named by any Targaryen. ‘The Black Dread’, as he was called, invoked fear in the hearts of not only people, but other dragons as well, and his hatchlings are depicted cowering from him, though he meant them no harm. All except Vermithor, who easily became familiar with his father, which greatly pleased Vhagar. This depiction was later called into question for being propaganda for Jaehaerys’s rule and exceptionalism, but the truth remains unknown.

art by: @ra-horakhty-art

Recently, I promised a sweet Balerion, Vhagar, and family artwork and I (and the artist ofc) have delivered! You might have seen the artist post this already, but I wanted to post it on my blog as well because I’m so proud of the piece. My vision going in was for it not to be depicted just as an artwork for us in the real world, but also presented with a storybook feel, with the added lore that it’s supposed to be an illustration from one of the histories in A Song of Ice And Fire. I tried to take into account not just popular depictions of the dragons, nor House of the Dragon, but specifically from the text and from art that GRRM himself has commissioned. Because of this, Vhagar is bronze-greenish instead of her standard green. After hearing @francy-sketches theory that Vhagar, for lack of a better term, oxidized with age and became green as she got older, I decided I liked that interpretation and have depicted her as green in artwork of her once she gets older, and this color when she’s relatively young. I‘m a bit biased but I do think it looks beautiful and exactly how I wanted it, book accurate and something you could imagine actually seeing in a Westerosi history book.

My main motivator in these dragon arts, as I’ve stated before, is to explore the nature of dragons, not as weapons of war or in context of the Targaryens, but as mythical animals. They’re not quite like lizards, but also can’t be held to the same standards as people. In most dragon lore, they often act like mammals but are physically reptiles. Most stories involving dragons have the creatures caring for their young and maintaining a bond with their mate, so for lack of anything on the subject from GRRM, I take it upon myself to feed my headcanons. I find it sweet to depict times where Vhagar was not lonely, nor being used in war. It adds another element of tragedy, that these dragons did not have to fight each other but were made to anyway. On a happier note, is it not so so sweet how the hatchlings here are so comfortable with their mom to protect them, they’re cowering under her and climbing on her wings because they trust her. My favorite is Sheepstealer on her wing, that’s adorable to me. And Vermithor, I did mean for that to be true instead of just propaganda, but I couldn’t help adding a little Jaehaerys slander. But Vermithor is still a very brave boy and wants to be just like his father when he grows big and strong! Cannibal, on the other hand, is scared out of his mind, all these anxieties and being forced around other dragons caused him to fly away and isolate himself (in my mind).

It was such a pleasure to work with @ra-horakhty-art, they were super accommodating and worked easily with my ideas. The process was super fast and easy on my end, he works hard and quickly so I was absolutely impressed.

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON 2 APPRECIATION WEEK day 1 — dragons

Stealer of sheep.

So why not give him ram like horns? I think that’s fits?

Think he was described as ugly? Who h tbh no dragon can be ugly so that’s not my fault.

I do like the way he looks in the show actually especially his weird looking wings and his markings.

Lady Rhaena Targaryen

Nettles moodboard 🐑

Dragon Headcanons for my fic Part 4.

Grey Ghost

Prefers fish to any other food

Given his shy nature, he can only be summoned by soft singing which he likes to hear

Hates loud noises, and this contributes to his avoidance of humans

He actually has white scales with grey coloring under his wings, despite his name

Along with scale color, he is lean and the edge of his wings are worn with holes in them contributing to his supernatural appearance

The Cannibal

Rarely has a consistent meal and can go months without eating, this further terrifies humans and dragons on Dragonstone because no one knows when he'll go hunting

The size of his teeth indicates his true age, the only people who know his real age were his victims

His flames are sometimes mistaken for wildfire

The Dragonpit on Dragonstone has been left alone from his attacks purely due to the fact that he prefers easy prey and larger dragons pose problems

He has a distinct roar that sounds docile but many believe he uses it to lure prey rather than it being his true roar

Sheepstealer

He holds the largest record of sheep thefts in Dragonstone, more so than that of any human criminal

Some clever shepherds have been known to carry slabs of lamb and distract him with it to lead the flock away

His rider, Nettles, is the only one he allows to touch him and further likes to lay his head on her lap (as best as he can without crushing her)

He rarely responds to his name due to his many years as a wild dragon

He has scars along his brown scales, however where he received them from is unclear

Memes that describe the HOTD dragons without spoiling the chapter in my fic

The Dragons of the Dragonseeds in "Madness of Dragons"

Dragon size +oc Katla

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