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[vaedar]

𝐎𝐎𝐂; 𝙾𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚘𝚝𝙳 𝚂𝟸 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢

Okay, so I wanted more Valyria and dragon lore and that new season 2 opening delivered on both, if only a little bit. Below cut, I will try to break down the first sequences of the opening pertaining Valyria with some theories. As always, a reminder that these things are just my interpretation to be used only in this RP blog, and it is in no way to be considered canon unless so specified.

(Doesn't really contain spoilers about HotD, only the use of the first 3 opening theme scenes to elaborate on dragon lore/valyria theories).

The first one is pretty straightforward. Valyria was built on blood, and so that shows here, which transitions into the next scene, where we see Valyria (particularly, the Anogrion, which we are told was the 'source of power' of the valyrian bloodmages) be formed or 'weaved' from this first sequence of the blood.

We then get the blood continuing the path down to the figure that looks almost like a sphynx, with wings of fire, body of a dragon/lizard creature, and a valyrian head. This is reminiscent to the song Daemon sings to Vermithor, especially with the next sequence:

We see a valyrian seemingly 'offering' themselves to the creature, while apparently being stabbed, with their blood gathered in a bowl. We also see glass candles, three to be specific. Again, the number three, like the song tells of a 'winged leader, fire breather, two heads to a third sing'. In the original english song (not the literal translation) it's more clearly stated:

"One who breathes fire, one who bears wings, but two heads need three, and a spell that sings."

The song is describing a ritual, more specifically, a bloodmagic ritual:

"Follow my voice blood magic old the price has been paid as the fires foretold.

In visions of flame listen to me the spell that needs three is made whole through me."

What I initially take from this all is that we're being shown how the dragon bond was formed. This could also explain why Daemon sings this to Vermithor as a way of 'appeasing' the dragon, as it was once part of the spell/bloodmagic used to bond with the dragons. It would seem that the ritual requires a union of dragon and human blood (DNA?) for the bond to happen, which explains various aspects about Dragonlords and dragons themselves.

The intermarrying to keep the blood pure. GRRM has said that not all valyrians practiced this, only/mostly the Dragonlord or noble families. If only the blood of that original valyrian that was part of the ritual to bond with the dragons is what works then, of course, you would have to preserve that blood as pure as possible. However, does this mean that only certain dragons (from the lineage of that original dragon that bonded with the original family member) can bond with that family? Can this be used as an explanation to why the Cannibal ate other dragons, because he was hatched from an egg that was already there from the original valyrians that founded Dragonstone and not Targaryen bonded dragons? Does this confirm that Dany's eggs are Dreamfyre's? Maybe, maybe it's coincidence. I personally prefer to not take it as coincidence, especially for the sake of lore building.

The miscarriages and 'dragon/lizard babies'. If the dragon bond is through a magical fusion of human and dragon blood, then this means Dragonlords have dragon DNA in them, which of course, would probably not make for a great combination sometimes. And we get the deformities and dragon features in the unborn babies from that dragon DNA overpowering the human. It's no surprise that miscarriages can also be common because of some 'error' or incompatibility on the cellular level (magic can only do so much I guess?).

The creation of dragons. In TWOIAF and F&B both we are given the possibility that dragons were actually created. In the song/spell, I believe we are given a little hint to support that theory in the very first stanza: "One who breathes fire, one who bears wings, but two heads need three."

One who breathes fire = fire wyrms. We are told these are essentially blind, wingless, worm-like lizards that live under the Fourteen Flames. This can be supported with the appearance of Caraxes, the Blood Wyrm (the dragon looks like a winged worm pretty much), and the 'dragon' that hatched to little Laena Velaryon (a wingless wyrm, maggot-white and blind). One who bears wings = wyverns. We are told they are reptiles that look like smaller dragons since they have wings, but they don't breathe fire. They are wild in Sothoryos, where we know Valyrians liked to 'experiment' with creatures (because maybe a certain civilization already did as much? little bit more on that below).

In the rest of the song, we have the "But two heads need three" and "The spell that needs three is made whole through me". That second one is particularly interesting to me with the 'made whole' part. It could simply be symbolic only to the dragon bond, since the literal translation of the song says "To bind the three, to you I sing". I think this can be taken as in a fusion of three DNAs are needed to create the dragon, as much as three 'heads' are needed to forge the original dragon bond of a valyrian Dragonlord lineage.

The 'three' aspect is the base of a lot of things throughout the whole of ASOIAF, it's not exclusive to just one particular thing, or even the prophecy itself. So I do believe that it's possible it can apply to both the dragon bond and the creation of dragons. I would go as far as to wager that the hidden symbolism behind the Targaryen three-headed dragon is not just to represent the conquerors, but the original recipe of the 'three ingredients' (for lack of a better term) necessary for dragon creation, dragon bonding, and all else that the three symbolism is used for valyrians and bloodmagic. Let us not forget that the 'Fire and Blood' the Targaryens use is also based on Valyrian culture as a whole, not exclusive to the Targaryens alone, as Fire and Blood are what valyrian magic was rooted on.

However, it's important to note that we are also given in books how dragons pre-date Valyrians, and the existence of ancient Dragonlords before the founding of the Valyrian Freehold. What is an even older civilization that started out great but descended into brutality and slavery, that also practiced incest, dark arts (like manipulating DNA of creatures?), necromancy, bloodmagic, etc.? The Great Empire of the Dawn.

It's an old and pretty possible theory that GRRM might be giving us clues through Dany's dream of those 'gemstone eyed kings' that valyrians are either directly descended from this civilization or are its inheritors, and it's from their legacy that valyrians 'learned' how to forge the dragon bond ( and other magical aspects, including valyrian steel, which is also very likely forged through bloodmagic ). It could be valyrians did not create dragons but instead this older civilization ( that, interestingly, occupied the east of Essos, very likely Asshai, which is often used as the place from where dragons 'originate' from).

All of these things tie into the show's theme regarding prophecy but also how dangerous dragons are, because everything that made Valyria powerful is built on bloodmagic. I will not go into details because I don't want to use spoilers, but I believe that opening tapestry was purposely done to support these theories exposing the 'wrongness' of the dragons and their power. And how eventually, bloodmagic always has a price.

[ga1adriel]

no thoughts. just vaguely yule/christmas nails inspired by a certain emerald and gold dress from the first two episodes of season two of trop 😌

[razorfst]

help how is this giant walking thirst trap machine of a man so fucking adorable??? him and his dad are just 😭😭😭

[we-are-a-dragon]

DM: The BBEG begins chanting again. He slices the dagger across the back of his hand and lets his blood run over the wooden eye. The townsfolk start to groan again.

Lyra (playing Hesty): I wonder... Could I try to take the eye off him?

M (playing WA): *eyes light up* God, yes. I was thinking about putting out his candle, but that's even better.

DM: You don't need to make a check to put out the candle, you can just snuff it.

M: I do that, then.

DM: BBEG snarls with displeasure.

Lyra: I make a grab for the eye.

DM: You miss, unfortunately.

M: I also want to grab for the eye.

DM: As he leans away from Hesty, you reach up and snatch it from his hands.

M: Yes! Now what?

Adam (playing Harriet): Throw it to me!

Hamish (playing Hunter): Oh my god, play keep-away with the BBEG.

M: Yes! I throw it to Harriet.

DM: He roars with anger.

Adam: I run to the side door and attempt to leave.

DM: As you run into the corridor, you come face to face with the two Faceless who Gregor locked out earlier, who have circled around the hall.

Adam: Oh, shit! I run back into the hall and use the front doors instead!

DM: Alright, you have left the hall with the main ritual item. That certainly puts a spanner in the BBEG's plans.

[sharkeaten]

i love waking up n scrolling thru my dash like it’s the morning paper. kisses to u all and ur hcs

[lapisdex]

//Rex is just 0 - 3 when it comes to kids accepting his partner

[fragmentmemories]

hey! I saw you’re looking into what happened to lunaescence. I maybe have some info since I was in a khr server with one of the mods who said she was helping to relaunch the site? tbh she fell off the face of the planet though 🥲

omg, just as I thought the trail went cold, there always comes someone up from the woodworks to help....................

ANYTHING HELPS!!! At this point, I might make that server to gather info from everyone... Everyone, please don't be afraid to contact meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

my discord is desertshrimp

[fairymagicheart1]

Nothing’s more fulfilling than reworking an artwork to work on the quality (that would look less pixelated) and typing up a Rise verse of Leatherhead in a bio ❤️ maybe I would make an art of him but I’ll need to figure out a basis for him 😅

[vaedar]

𝐎𝐎𝐂; It's Vaedar beckoning valyrian muses in their dragon dreams...

But really under cut, appreciate this gif that I think is my all time fave for him.

[ga1adriel]

i am absolutely slow as hell here at the moment, but my time has been super limited (as per usual) and i've been prioritising what's bringing me joy in my writing and development of galadriel on discord. my inner eye of sauron is fixed upon on my drafts box and i have not forgotten anyone, i'm just trying to live, laugh, love between work and home life.

[agenttatiana-slozhno]

Well, then it matters even less then, doesn't it? You never cared about what I wanted. You just cared about making me kill for you, using me as a test subject. I was never a person to you, so why should I have wants?

Tatiana. It Isn't Very Polite To Be A Traitor.

@pokotho-the-singular-voice

No. No, no, no. I left. You can't be here. I'm not yours anymore. Just- just fuck off.

[we-are-a-dragon]

Adam (playing Harriet): I shoot at the gelatinous cube.

DM: Your arrows pierce its goopy form and you have the sense that you have damaged it, before the slime envelops the arrows and sucks them inside.

Marijn (playing Winnifred): I want to... insult it? I can knock it prone.

DM: Though you don't think it understands what you said, your magic does flip it over.

Hamish (playing Hunter): How do you knock a gelatinous cube prone?

DM: I kind of imagine that it has a foot, like a slug or a snail.

Hamish: That makes sense.

M (playing WA): I'm going to stab it again.

DM: Your dagger slashes through a strand of goo and the entire cube denatures. Congratulations, you have slain the gelatinous cube and are now standing in a widening puddle of bright green acidic slime.

Adam: Gross! I don't want to step in that!

M: I go into rubbish bin mode and get out of there asap.

[lapisdex]

//me browsing through tiktok and coming across kids that make perfect fcs of kiddos

[diabloguapo730]

OOC: hey guys! I just wanted to come on here and make a quick post. With recent events, I’ve decided I’m going to have Hook be single. He and Kim will just co-parent with Tati and that’s it on that. Big chance he will just fall back into his fuckboy phase, so feel free to reach out if that’s something you’re interested in.

Also Jey is still technically single. I have no idea what the state of the whole Jey/Rhea thing is since it seems to be on the back burner right now, but if they go back to it then I’ll adjust what needs to be done. As far as him and Mercedes go, they still hook up when they’re on good terms lmao.

And I gotta be better on being active with Tama 🌚

That’s it. Thank you!

[ask-agentscurtandowen]

Uhhhhhh 1956. I believe

This is going nowhere… What year is it?

@digitalintelligigencearchive

the date changes depending on Barbs mood

Someone gave Barb the power to control time. It’s horrible

[wilothewind]

❀*̥˚── 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐥 ────❀*̥˚

(ooc: hi hi, my name's arcana! i'm 22, and this is my oc for a server i share with some of my friends they're all criminally insane help-)

name: Wilodean Marble Covier-Beausoliel

age: 12

ethnicity: i'm of Haitian descent, on my mother's side. don't ask :)

nationality: i was born here in the states, but i don't remember where exactly

gender identity: female

pronouns: they/she/he

occupation: being a little shite? idk i just live here

species: half god, quarter fae

notes:

✾ Arlo, the son of Ares ( @the-wolf-of-ares ) and Orion, the son of Hypnos [ @sweet-dreams-and-sweeter-treats ] are my dads <3

✾ my mom's Eris, the Greek goddess of discord and strife

✾ i'm one of three triplets! my other siblings are children of Neptune and Vulcan

✾ people have told me that i have theater kid energy? i'm not entirely sure what that means, but it's been enough that i'm slightly concerned

✾ my favorite aunt is Tatie Ambrose, solely because she's not insane <3 don't tell any of my father's siblings-

{personal tags: wilothewoods, arcanandays}

{other blogs: @monarcana}