King Baelor I Targaryen prayed over his eggs, while other Targaryens sought to hatch theirs with sorcery, and still others had maesters study them. However, the attempt to use their magic to kindle a clutch of eggs proved both a debacle and a failure. King Aegon III Targaryen, the Dragonsbane, sent away for nine mages from Essos at the suggestion of his Hand, Viserys. Īfter the extinction of their dragons in 153 AC, the Targaryens made numerous attempts to hatch the dragon eggs left behind. When King Aegon II Targaryen attempted to hatch a dragon egg, according to Mushroom he sat on one of the eggs for a day and a night.
Some dragon eggs, also on Dragonstone, do not hatch, but instead turn to stone. Grand Maester Benifer believed that far away from Dragonstone, dragon eggs might not hatch. There were dragon hatcheries on the island of Dragonstone under the Dragonmont volcano, where many eggs and young hatchling dragons could be found. Whether an egg has to be fertilized by a male dragon in order to hatch is not known.ĭrogon's black dragon egg in the flames of Khal Drogo's funeral pyre. Although the subject of dragon mating habits is debatable, some maesters believe that if a dragon never laid an egg in its lifetime, it must be male. ĭragons have been known to lay eggs in a clutch of up to at least five, and a dragon may lay several clutches during its lifetime.
To Daenerys Targaryen, the three eggs she later hatches are warm to the touch, although other people do not feel the heat. The color of the eggshell appears to indicate the coloring of the dragon within: from the deep green egg, with burnished bronze flecks hatches Rhaegal, a dragon with jade-green scales and wings, and bronze eyes from the pale cream egg streaked with gold and bronze hatches the dragon Viserion, who has golden eyes and cream-colored and golden-colored scales from the black egg with scarlet ripples and swirls hatches the dragon Drogon, whose scales and teeth are black, and whose horns, spinal plates, and eyes are red. Dragon eggs come in a variety of rich colors. Art by Katherine Dinger, ©FFGĭragon eggs are large eggs with tiny scales, which shimmer like polished metal in the sunlight.
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