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Tyrion

           Theflameofthetorchwasnothingtothem;theyhadbathedintheheatoffargreaterfires.Whenhehadmovedaway,Tyrioncouldhaveswornthatthebeast’semptyeyesocketshadwatchedhimgo.

           Therewerenineteenskulls.Theoldestwasmorethanthreethousandyearsold;theyoungestamerecenturyandahalf.Themostrecentwerealsothesmallest;amatchedpairnobiggerthanmastiff’sskulls,andoddlymisshapen,allthatremainedofthelasttwohatchlingsbornonDragonstone.TheywerethelastoftheTargaryendragons,perhapsthelastdragonsanywhere,andtheyhadnotlivedverylong.

           Fromtheretheskullsrangedupwardinsizetothethreegreatmonstersofsongandstory,thedragonsthatAegonTargaryenandhissistershadunleashedontheSevenKingdomsofold.Thesingershadgiventhemthenamesofgods:Balerion,Meraxes,Vhaghar.Tyrionhadstoodbetweentheirgapingjaws,wordlessandawed.YoucouldhaveriddenahorsedownVhaghar’sgullet,althoughyouwouldnothaveriddenitoutagain.Meraxeswasevenbigger.Andthegreatestofthem,Balerion,theBlackDread,couldhaveswallowedanaurochswhole,orevenoneofthehairymammothssaidtoroamthecoldwastesbeyondthePortofIbben.

           Tyrionstoodinthatdankcellarforalongtime,staringatBalerion’shuge,empty-eyedskulluntilhistorchburnedlow,tryingtograspthesizeofthelivinganimal,toimaginehowitmusthavelookedwhenitspreaditsgreatblackwingsandsweptacrosstheskies,breathingfire.

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