Queen Rhaella perished during a stormy night giving birth to Daenerys Targaryen.Īfter King's Landing fell and Robert Baratheon took the Iron Throne, Stannis Baratheon was sent to deal with what remained of the royal family and their retainers. Prior to the Sack of King's Landing and Following the Battle of the Trident, Queen Rhaella Targaryen and Prince Viserys Targaryen were sent to Dragonstone for their protection. The castle's features and it's geographical position makes it advantageous for its owners in wartime for defence as it is extremely difficult to breach and can be held by a relatively small garrison against a vastly larger force. The castle itself is very robust, due to its advanced Valyrian design, combined with its isolated location making it an ideal redoubt and refuge, for both the House Targaryen and Stannis Baratheon.

Unlike the richly-decorated and extravagant Red Keep in King's Landing, Dragonstone is sparsely decorated and has a rough, austere appearance its function is as a military base, not as a palace. The entire castle is dominated by dragon motifs and reliefs. Resulting in its exhibition of many exotic features unique in all of Westeros, including massive dragon-shaped gargoyles. The castle contains the Chamber of the Painted Table and it was built using advanced Valyrian stonemasonry techniques, long since lost. It is within the Crownlands, the capital region of the Seven Kingdoms.Īt the time the series begins, it is held for King Robert Baratheon by his younger brother, Lord Stannis Baratheon. It is the ancestral seat of House Targaryen and the former stronghold of House Baratheon of Dragonstone, a cadet branch of House Baratheon of Storm's End. strange.' ―Stannis Baratheon ĭragonstone is the castle that stands upon the eponymous island located in Blackwater Bay.

Though admittedly the castle is unlike any in Westeros, foreign and.

Simpletons claim they used ancient Valyrian sorcery, forgetting that the Targaryens brought a small army with them from Essos there's no magic in strong backs. ' But the Targaryens managed to raise a castle here.

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