章節 147: The Origin of the Dragon

Although he had fought hard all night, Arthur's physical strength was still at a high level, but his stomach was already growling.

The Dorne princess, whose life was perfect, stared blankly at the top of the tent, "I'm dying!"

Arthur stood up and said, "It's still early, I'll ask someone to get some food. By the way, what do you want to eat?"

"Just some lamb chops or chicken, I'm hungry and tired now." Arianne said weakly.

The King of Hejian packed up for a while and finally put on casual clothes. When he was about to go out, he was stopped by the Dorne princess.

"What's wrong?"

Arthur looked back and saw Arianne, who was supporting her head with one hand, staring at him with charming eyes.

"Nothing, I just want to say that the little dragon is really great, and I will only be with you Duai in the future."

The King of Hejian held his head high, "After seeing the light of the sun, you will never succumb to the dim light of candles. I believe you made the right choice."

After that, he lifted the curtain and went out to ask Meidan to prepare breakfast for five people.

The abundant physical strength corresponds to the bottomless stomach. Arthur felt that he could eat enough for four people this morning.

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After a big breakfast, the King of Rivers fed the Dorne Princess some nutritious porridge, and then the two began to clean the tray and food scraps on the small table.

"How did your black dragon come from?"

The three major friendships in life are comrades-in-arms, cellmates, and classmates.

Arianne and the King of Rivers already have two major friendships, and their relationship has become very close.

Arthur thought about it and decided to unify the origin of Alduin to the outside world as flying from the Royal Forest.

"Amazing, my uncle Oberyn has traveled to two continents and studied in the Citadel for a few years, but the conclusion he came to is not the same as the truth you said." Arianne lifted her big black waves and sat next to the King of Rivers.

"I am also curious about what the prince thinks?"

Arthur was very interested in the origin of dragons, so he took the Dorne Princess's hand and analyzed the origin of the dragon with her.

"According to the records of the Citadel and the legends on various continents, there are generally two origins of fire dragons, the taming theory and the blood magic stitching theory. My uncle Oberon supports the blood magic stitching theory..."

There are several different theories about the origin of fire dragons and the Valyrian Free Fortress, but after summarizing all the records and legends, they can generally be divided into two or three categories.

The first category is the taming theory. The Valyrians tamed the dragons that could breathe fire, and then began to dominate the entire Essos continent.

The taming theory is divided into two major categories, one is the Fourteen Fire Peaks Discovery Theory, and the other is the Asshai Discovery Theory.

The Fourteen Fire Peaks is a huge volcanic chain connecting the Valyrian Peninsula and the Essos continent, with deep mines buried underneath. Four hundred years ago, the fire peaks erupted, engulfing the entire Valyrian Peninsula, and even turned the peninsula into an island, forming the current sea of smoke.

In the first theory, the extremely backward nomadic Valyrians discovered dragons near the Fourteen Fire Peaks, and mastered the method of taming dragons about five thousand years ago, so they evolved from a nomadic people to a free fortress overnight and began to expand outward.

But this statement has four very obvious loopholes:

First, how did the Valyrians get the method of making Valyrian steel?

Second, how did the Valyrians, who were even more backward than the Dothraki, suddenly change from a tribal state to an enlightened society where free people can discuss and rule?

Third, how were the black stone buildings in Valyria built?

Fourth, if the fire dragons were really tamed, why were only forty dragon king families allowed to ride dragons, and ordinary Valyrians did not receive preferential treatment in front of the dragons?

These loopholes cannot be fixed for the time being, so the advanced version of the taming theory came, and the Asshai discovery theory made a brilliant debut.

In this patched statement, a mysterious race called the "Dragon Breeders" discovered and tamed the dragon in the shadow land east of Asshai, in the far east, and then handed over the method of making Valyrian steel, black stone buildings, and the method of taming fire dragons to the nomadic Valyria, and changed the backward tribal system to a free fortress system where free people can discuss and participate in politics.

Arthur couldn't say whether this "dragon-breeding tribe" was for poverty alleviation, but at least there was a loophole.

Since the dragon-training method was passed down, why was there a difference between ordinary clay people and the forty dragon king families?

So another more cruel, but realistic blood magic stitching theory was sorted out by scholars, monks and knowledgeable nobles.

The forty dragon king families were actually top-level magical creatures stitched together by the "dragon-breeding tribe" using blood magic, and the fire dragons were also stitched together at the same time.

There are basically no ancient legends supporting this view, but many historical relics vaguely point to this amazing truth.

For example, some strange customs popular among the original inhabitants of Qohor and the smelting and forging technology far surpassing other city-states.

This free trade city-state built on a hill has the following famous features: it likes to use fire to perform blood sacrifices; there are small human-like creatures nearby, who are extremely handsome; the forging level is far higher than that of Westeros and most areas of Essos. All well-known blacksmiths are generally from Qohor, and the only blacksmith in the world who can reforge a Vargan sword must be from Qohor; they believe in black goats, but Rohela, the Lord of Light who likes to burn people with fire, also has a certain number of believers here.

"When my uncle was a mercenary in the East Continent, he went to Qohor for a period of time. The unusual customs there aroused his thinking. He thought that if the mysterious nation really performed blood magic stitching there and taught some iron forging skills to the indigenous people, then the strange customs of Qohor would not be difficult to explain." Arianne said.

The River King crossed his arms and thought, "I also think that the fire dragons and the forty dragon king families are the products of blood magic stitching."

In ancient times, blood sorcerers used blood magic to burn people all over the world. The Fourteen Fire Peaks, the Shadow Land, and the Great Forest of Qohor may have been experimental sites, but only the area near the Fourteen Fire Peaks was successful.

Many known facts can match blood magic stitching.

For example, there was a Targaryen princess who rode the peak Black Death Balerion to the Sea of Smoke and the ruins of Valyria, but returned injured.

It is known that all fire dragons at that time were under the control of the Targaryen family, and the Black Death grew to its peak size of 100 meters in length and 300 meters in wingspan, making it the absolute overlord of the sky.

But even under the protection of such a giant dragon, the Targaryen princess was still seriously injured, and the Black Death was also injured.

Strangely, after being injured, blood worms and fire earthworms with human hands and faces began to appear in the princess' body.

Both of these strange creatures have appeared in the records of the Citadel, and both are from the continent of Sothoryos, south of the continent of Essos.

What's more, the indigenous people of Sothoryos and other places have a characteristic. Whenever the women of the place marry other races, they will give birth to non-human monsters, and they are stillborn. This corresponds to the situation of the descendants of "cruel" Maegor.

It is said that Maegor was not born to Visenya and her brother Aegon I, but was created by the two with blood magic.

All these known facts implicitly point to a conjecture: the members of the Valyrian Dragon King family are stitched together from several creatures such as ordinary Valyrians, fire worms, blood worms, and the natives of Sothoryos. Among them, there may be the handsome humanoid creatures in the Great Forest of Qohor mixed in, so that the dragon kings have "inhuman" beauty.

The injury of the Targaryen princess can explain it. She experienced ultra-high temperatures in the ruins of Valyria, which made her body unstable, so the "original shareholders" fire worms and blood worms chose to withdraw.

As for the origin of the fire dragon, it can also be explained by this blood magic stitching theory.

The characteristics of the fire dragon are: it can breathe fire; if the space is not restricted, the body can grow infinitely; human-like wisdom; only forty dragon king families can ride dragons.

There are three kinds of dragon creatures living in Sothoryos: long-winged dragons, spotted long-winged dragons, and swamp long-winged dragons.

Similar to the above, the magic dragon that can breathe fire is stitched together by three kinds of dragon creatures, members of the Valyrian Dragon King family, high-temperature resistant fire worms and other creatures.

This explains why the dragons are only close to members of the Dragon King's family and can understand pure Valyrian.

"At the same time, my uncle believes that purple eyes and white hair may not be the characteristics of Valyrians, but just the marks after the blood magic stitching. For example, the Hightower family of the Towering Tower and the Dayne family of the Falling Star, they all had silver hair and purple eyes, but because of thousands of years of intermarriage with outsiders, it has faded." Princess Dorne said the last guess.

The Dayne family and the Hightower family are both ancient families that have existed since the time of the ancestors. It is certain that these two families are not Valyrians, but quite a few family members have the characteristics of purple eyes and white hair.

The world's number one licker in the game of Thrones, "Big Bear" Jorah Mormont, the Hightower wife he married at the tournament, has white hair and purple eyes.

This is also part of the reason why the big bear assigned by Varys to approach Daenerys immediately returned to Daenerys and rebelled after seeing her.

Because the beautiful Daenerys is the luxurious and advanced diamond-studded version of Jorah Mormont's wife.

Arthur said: "I didn't expect this, but I know there must be some secrets in the towering tower, and this secret may reveal the nature of prehistoric magic civilization, dragon-breeding people, and long winters and long summers."

At present, it is certain that some black stone buildings existed in this world long before the rise of Valyria, such as the towering tower of the Hightower family, the Seastone Chair of the Iron Islands, the Toad Stone of the Basilisk Islands, and the huge black stone worshipped by the Emperor of Yi Ti.

These black stone buildings are oily and greasy, slightly different from the dry and fat-free black stone buildings built by the Valyrians.

If the "dragon-breeding people" composed of blood sorcerers have performed blood magic all over the world and left their traces, some mysteries of this world can be explained.

As for their motives, it is probably because the gods they believe in can gain power from creatures stitched by blood magic, just like the fish beam wood can provide power to the old gods.

The two were exchanging their views when Podrick suddenly reported outside the tent: "A raven has been sent from Harrenhal with important information."

Arthur had to end the discussion with the Dornish princess first and agreed to discuss this matter in depth later when they had time.

"Come in!"

The round-headed Pod walked in and handed over a rolled-up note.

"What's the matter?" Arianne, who had already put on her clothes, lay on the King of the River and read the contents of the note.

"Lady Riveran is seriously ill and is about to die."

Arthur whispered.

"Is it the Lady Riveran in Harrenhal? Why didn't the curse work on her?" asked the Dornish princess.

"Isn't this already in effect? She is the only member of her family left. Her closest nephew Edmure is also dying, and her two nieces, Lady Stark and Lady Lysa, are not much better."

Arthur replied casually.

The family emblem of the Tully family is the trout, and their most famous feature is their fertility. To put it simply, family members are sure to succeed, and as long as they have a relationship, they can get pregnant.

With such a strong bloodline, after Duke Hoster married a He'an girl as his wife, the Tully family suddenly became extinct. I have to say that the curse of Harrenhal is really powerful.

And now, this curse is about to fall on Sansa Stark, who is about to become the new master of Harrenhal.

Although the weirwood stone has been moved out of the castle, it has not been broken by the First King. If it is not preserved, there will be no curse effect.

"I have to go to the Great Tomb in the North before Mrs. He'an dies. Time is really tight!"

Arthur thought for a moment and decided that the war on the king's side must be resolved quickly before he could take Alduin to the north and raise the ancestor king's grave.

"What are you going there for? I want to go with you," Arianne said coquettishly.

The King of Hejian was most impatient with such delicate female voices, so he replied: "There is something very important for me to do. If you want to go, you can follow me. Now, I have to kill these Hebang people first."

After comforting Arianne, he turned around and walked out of the sleeping tent, ready to start teasing Duke Mace.

Everything went as planned. After Tristan went to the Reach barracks to inform them of Tommen's death, Lord Inflatable Fish was indeed invited to send Matus Rowan to negotiate a temporary truce so that they could retreat outside King's Landing.

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King's Landing, Maegor's Tower in the Red Keep.

Stannis, who frowned even more, stared at the map on the table.

Over the past ten days, the enemy troops outside the city have gradually filled in the gullies, traps and deep pits he ordered to dig. Even several bunkers outside the city were smashed into ruins by huge trebuchets.

In order to block the enemy outside the city as much as possible, Stannis sent people to establish several lines of defense on the outside, including ravines and trap areas built to block the huge cavalry army in the Reach. However, Kevan, who used his troops extremely calmly, used Tens of thousands of soldiers and handymen advanced step by step, filling in all the ravines and traps and destroying all the enemy fortifications outside the city.

Now that the army is approaching the city, it is time to enter the battle for the city wall and the two sides will fight.

The extremely coquettish Melisandre came in and handed the tray in her hand to Stannis.

"The previous four false kings are dead, and you are the only one left to survive until this round. Now that Tommen is dead, let the other three false kings die with the blessing of the King of Light. You will be the only true king."

With a gloomy look on his face, Stannis took the tray, walked to the nearby brazier, and threw three leeches that had absorbed the king's blood and a meager amount of dragon's blood into the brazier.

"Aegon VI Targaryen."

"Arthur Bracken."

"Euron Greyjoy."

The three leeches burned cracklingly in the fire, and then turned into three masses of black solid matter, until three streaks of black smoke were burned out, disappearing into the flames.

"Is this enough? Without a little prophecy in the flames?"

Melisandre pretended to be extremely confident, "That's enough. The Lord of Light is the most powerful god, and no one can escape his curse."

What she didn't say clearly was that it was indeed impossible to escape the curse, but if the enemy was proficient in magic, there were many ways to break it.