To reach the Stone Drum from the Sea Dragon Tower, one must cross the gallery and pass through the middle and inner walls. It is named for the booming and rumbling sounds that can be heard during storms. The Stone Drum is a massive tower which serves as the central keep of Dragonstone.Notable locations at Dragonstone include: King Aegon I Targaryen was fond of the salty air of Dragonstone, which smells of smoke and brimstone. There is a fishing village with a port beneath the curtain walls. Dragonstone has a castle yard and a library. Statues in the shape of dragons can be found all over the castle. Designs include basilisks, cockatrices, demons, griffins, hellhounds, manticores, minotaurs, wyverns, and other creatures.

Instead of merlons, gargoyles and grotesques serve as brooding crenellations along the three curtain walls. Doors can be set in the mouths of stone dragons. The citadel of Dragonstone is wrought all of black stone. A pair of great wings cover the armory and smithy, and dragon tails form archways and staircases. ĭragon architecture can be found throughout the castle, such as small dragons framing gates and dragon claws holding torches. Capable of liquefying and reshaping stone with dragonflame, the dragonlords used their magic to shape Dragonstone to look like multiple dragons. ĭragonstone Watchtower by Cristi Balanescu © Fantasy Flight GamesĪ grim place, Dragonstone was built by Valyrians with arcane arts, fire, and sorcery. Other houses sworn to Dragonstone include Celtigar of Claw Isle, who are also of Valyrian descent, Seaworth of Cape Wrath, Bar Emmon of Sharp Point, and Sunglass of Sweetport Sound. A short distance west of Dragonstone is the island of Driftmark, which is the seat of House Velaryon, a Valyrian house and historically a naval power. After Robert Baratheon overthrew the Targaryens in Robert's Rebellion, he gave the castle to his brother Stannis, creating House Baratheon of Dragonstone.ĭragonstone, though old and strong, commands the allegiance of only a few lesser lords whose islands are too thinly populated to provide any great numbers of troops, although they have some naval strength.

Īfter Aegon's Conquest of the Seven Kingdoms, Dragonstone in the newly-created crownlands served as the seat of their heir apparent, known as the Prince of Dragonstone. Shaped from stone to look like dragons, the castle has a dark reputation. It was the original seat of House Targaryen in Westeros, and had been colonized and fortified as the westernmost outpost of the Valyrian Freehold. The crownlands and the location of Dragonstoneĭragonstone is a castle on the island of the same name at the entrance to Blackwater Bay, below the Dragonmont.

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