Chapter Summaries

Danyla Targaryen reflected on her life as a dragonrider on Dragonstone, where her agricultural knowledge and dragon-derived experiments had improved plants and animals. She had bonded with Dreamfyre and gained a newly formed island, and she continued building her wealth and strength while living apart from the royal court.

• Danyla admired the thriving flowers she had grown using fertilizer made from dragon droppings, volcanic soil, and ash.
• Danyla recalled that she had transmigrated into the world of House of the Dragon after dying in a sandstorm, and that her unusual birth had earned her a reputation as an auspicious blessing.
• Danyla sold the gifts given to her as a child, amassed wealth, and became known across the Seven Kingdoms as a money grubber.
• Danyla bonded with Dreamfyre at seven and helped the dragon grow from more than fifty meters to nearly seventy meters long.
• King Jaehaerys granted Danyla the newly formed island near Dragonstone, and she collected noble gifts before returning there on Dreamfyre.
• Danyla used dragon-derived seasoning on four mastiffs, which grew unusually large and fierce and followed her without fear of dragons.

Danyla learned that Prince Baelon had died and began preparing Dragonstone for his funeral and the arrival of royal guests. As she considered her growing domain and its security, she reflected on how financial trouble and angry mobs had eventually brought down Rhaenyra.

• Danyla fed the dragons on Dragonstone, using roasted sheep and selling their hides to build her savings while training twelve orphan boys as her guards.
• After riding Dreamfyre around Dragonstone, Danyla returned to the castle and heard Maester Gladys announce that Prince Baelon had died.
• Danyla ordered Ser Alfred to increase patrols and screen outsiders, asked Maester Tigris to prepare supplies, and tasked Anne with receiving female guests for the funeral.
• Danyla considered Dragonstone's geography, the growth of White Sheep Town, and how King Jaehaerys had granted her Goat Town and the new island as her domain.
• Danyla thought that Rhaenyra had once won power but was later driven out by King's Landing's mobs after raising taxes to cover a shortage of funds.

Danyla developed Dragonstone and New Island by experimenting with black dragonstone, improving agriculture, and expanding Goat Town, while learning about the castle’s history and layout. She resolved to make Dragonstone a strong base to protect her family’s dragons, though she still needed to learn more about the world and her people.

• Danyla studied her dreams of Valyria stoneworking and organized craftsmen to develop black dragonstone for buildings and roads.
• She expanded Goat Town with orderly streets, thermal baths, sewage pipes, and fertilizer-making, while improved crops yielded abundant harvests and Danyla collected forty percent of the grain as rent.
• The people of White Sheep Town revered Danyla as an incarnation of the Maiden of the Seven, and handicrafts flourished as the townspeople enjoyed greater security.
• Danyla considered Dragonstone’s buildings, towers, Painted Table Chamber, gardens, and sept as she learned about the castle’s features and history.
• After estimating New Island’s farmland and other resources, Danyla resolved to manage Dragonstone carefully to protect her family’s dragons, while continuing to learn about the world.

After bonding with Dreamfyre, Danyla dreamed of flying through a fiery realm and sensed a presence inside her dragon egg. She woke convinced the egg might be close to hatching, then prepared to receive the king and his party for the funeral.

• Danyla fell asleep holding her warmed dragon egg and dreamed of riding Dreamfyre through a realm of fire clouds.
• Danyla discovered she could direct Dreamfyre with her thoughts and share the dragon’s emotions as their mental link grew stronger.
• Danyla followed a sensation to a pink-and-white dragon egg in the dream, then woke after a shock struck her head.
• Danyla noticed a stronger pink sheen on her dragon egg and felt powerful energy within it, wondering whether it was about to hatch.
• Cameron told Danyla that lessons were canceled as the castle prepared to receive the king, and she quietly gave him instructions after breakfast.
• Danyla led the castle household to the gates to await the king and his party for the funeral.

Danyla oversaw preparations for Baelon’s funeral, arranging a royal banquet, dragonbone tableware, dragon food, and small martial contests. After waiting at Dragonstone’s gate, she learned that King Jaehaerys had arrived and was heading to the castle.

• Danyla reviewed the funeral preparations with Maester Tigris and arranged food, drink, and accommodations for the visiting nobles.
• Danyla prepared dragonbone tableware for the royal family and great houses, intending to sell sets to nobles who admired them.
• Danyla arranged for Dreamfyre’s whale meat, Dragonfire liquor, and goats from White Sheep Town to be served at the gathering.
• Danyla ordered Alfred to prepare the training grounds for small contests and rewarded Bronn, her knights, and the Flayed Knights with armor and swords.
• Bronn presented Danyla with a small, jeweled bastard sword he had commissioned for her.
• Harold told Danyla that King Jaehaerys had disembarked and was on his way to the castle.

Danyla welcomed King Jaehaerys and the nobles to Dragonstone, where seven dragons gathered for Baelon's funeral. After the pyre burned out, a small pink reptile crawled from the ashes.

• Danyla welcomed Viserys and Aemma, who agreed that Aemma would stay on Dragonstone in hopes of having a healthy child.
• Daemon and Rhaenys arrived on Quicksilver and Meleys, followed by Rhaenyra on Syrax and Danyla on Dreamfyre.
• Vermithor and Silverwing joined the gathering, then Vhagar arrived and mourned beside Baelon's shrouded body.
• Jaehaerys presided over Baelon's funeral and commanded Vermithor to light the pyre.
• A small pink reptile crawled out of the ashes after the pyre burned out.

At Baelon’s funeral, Danyla’s Dragon Egg hatched into a pink dragon, which Jaehaerys named Myracis and celebrated as a hopeful new beginning for House Targaryen. Danyla returned to Aemma and teased Rhaenyra into promising to help care for her, while the funeral rites concluded and the feast began.

• As Jaehaerys watched Baelon’s funeral pyre, a pink dragon hatchling emerged from the ashes and crawled toward Danyla.
• Danyla gathered the hatchling in her arms and told Jaehaerys that it had hatched from the Dragon Egg she had given Baelon.
• Danyla named the dragon Myracis, and Jaehaerys announced her return to House Targaryen as the gathered nobles cheered.
• Danyla returned to Aemma, and Rhaenyra mocked Myracis before agreeing to help Danyla care for her.
• After the funeral ceremonies ended, the feast began in the Painted Table Chamber and Aegon’s Garden.

At the banquet, Danyla introduced Rhaenyra to Laena and Laenor, then won King Jaehaerys over with new desserts and Dragonfire Wine. Ser Samwell promoted the wine to the nobles, who placed orders exceeding White Sheep Town’s annual production.

• Aemma led Danyla and Rhaenyra around the banquet to greet nobles, and Rhaenyra introduced Danyla to Laena and Laenor Velaryon.
• Laena lamented that her dragon egg had not hatched, and Danyla encouraged her to try another egg or tame an adult dragon.
• Danyla brought Rhaenyra to sample new desserts, then offered them and Dragonfire Wine to King Jaehaerys, who praised both and left Otto Hightower and Alicent to inspect Danyla’s inventions.
• Otto urged Alicent to befriend Danyla and Rhaenyra, whom he called House Targaryen’s youngest Dragon Warriors.
• Ser Samwell promoted Dragonfire Wine to the nobles, who placed orders totaling two hundred thousand despite the wine’s high price.

At King Jaehaerys’s banquet, Danyla introduced a potent royal medicinal wine and wagered with Borros that he could not drink a whole bottle without harm. Duke Boremund agreed to back Borros’s wager, setting up a contest over Dragonfire Wine and a million Gold Dragons’ worth of ships.

• Danyla presented Jaehaerys with the stronger, golden dragonfire of House Targaryen, and the king praised its taste and invigorating effects.
• Corlys Velaryon and Rhaenys tried the royal wine, admired it, and learned that each bottle cost ten Gold Dragons and each person could drink only one cup at a time.
• Borros challenged Danyla’s warning that too much medicinal wine could harm him, while Rhaenys and Boremund tried to restrain him.
• Daemon told Viserys he wanted out of his marriage to Lady Royce, and Viserys struck him and demanded that he treat his wife properly.
• Danyla wagered free Dragonfire Wine for Storm’s End if Borros finished a bottle unharmed, against ten fully equipped, fully laden three-masted ships if he failed.
• Boremund agreed to support Borros’s wager after Danyla taunted him about Storm’s End’s wealth.

Danyla forced Duke Boremund to accept a wager of nine warships and one great galley after accusing him of disrespecting House Targaryen, while Dreamfyre intimidated the gathered nobles. The chapter ended with Borros drinking two cups of Dragonfire and suffering a nosebleed.

• Danyla asked King Jaehaerys to witness the wager, and he proposed that Corlys and Robert Redwyne inspect the Stormlands' ships.
• Robert Redwyne argued that the wager should involve warships, and Danyla demanded nine warships and one great galley.
• Duke Boremund offered only merchant ships, so Danyla accused him of insulting her and invoked House Targaryen's power as Dreamfyre roared overhead.
• Corlys restrained Boremund and agreed to provide the large ship, while Viserys asked Danyla to send Dreamfyre away.
• Anne warned Borros about Dragonfire, but he drank two cups and began bleeding from his nose.

Danyla won a wager against Borros by serving him House Targaryen’s Dragonfire, securing ten three-masted sailing ships. Afterward, Viserys warned her about the risks of noble politics and discussed using dragons wisely.

• Borros ignored warnings, drank three cups of Dragonfire, and collapsed before he could finish a fourth.
• Duke Boremund had Borros carried away, and Tigris determined that he was only drunk and would recover.
• Danyla won ten three-masted sailing ships, and King Jaehaerys asked Robert Redwyne to help inspect them.
• Boremund ordered ten ships sent from the Stormlands, while Corlys arranged for House Velaryon’s finest three-masted oared galley to be delivered to Dragonstone.
• Viserys advised Danyla to stay vigilant around nobles and use power through control rather than display.
• Danyla and Viserys agreed that dragons were both an advantage and a responsibility that required caution and trust.

Danyla urged Viserys to claim Vhagar and prepare for the possibility that he might inherit the throne, but he resisted, still unwilling to ride any dragon after Balerion. The conversation ended with Danyla continuing to argue that dragons were good for Targaryens, while Viserys took her words as practical concern rather than political ambition.

• Danyla suggested that Viserys tame Vhagar before Laena could claim the riderless dragon, but Viserys refused because he had no intention of riding another dragon after Balerion died.
• Danyla reminded Viserys that he was the oldest male Targaryen and might inherit the throne, warning that he should be prepared and keep power in his own hands.
• Viserys told Danyla not to discuss succession and cautioned her about the trouble her words could cause if someone overheard.
• Aemma and Rhaenyra joined Viserys and Danyla, and Rhaenyra teased Danyla about winning sailing ships from Borros and traveling by sea.
• Danyla again urged Viserys to tame a dragon, claiming dragonriding improved health and suggesting Aemma might benefit from taming one too.

Danyla clashed playfully with Rhaenyra while Dragonfire Wine became a sensation among the nobles, generating huge orders and expanding trade. Danyla’s fleet returned from the Free Cities with valuable cargo, and she planned to join its next voyage on Dreamfyre.

• Rhaenyra accused Danyla of greed, but Danyla teased her until Viserys and Aemma guided the girls back to mingling with the nobles.
• Nobles eagerly ordered Dragonfire Wine after Danyla won ten ships from Borros, bringing Samwell orders worth more than five hundred thousand gold dragons.
• The account described Danyla’s growing holdings on New Dragonstone Island, including livestock, farmland, and rents from her subjects.
• Danyla and Cameron had secretly built a fleet with the Earl of Tarth, using ships captured from pirates and disreputable merchants.
• Danyla’s fleet returned safely from an exploratory circuit of the Free Cities with goods worth at least ten million gold dragons, and Danyla planned to join its next voyage on Dreamfyre.

Danyla used Dreamfyre to hunt over the Narrow Sea while managing her ships, business, and growing network of followers on Dragonstone. Near New Dragonstone Island, she encountered Grey Ghost fleeing alongside two larger young dragons.

• Danyla arranged for ten newly won ships to be refitted in Braavos and ordered Samwell to buy ten more warships.
• Myracis woke Danyla for food, and Danyla later rode Dreamfyre out to hunt over the Narrow Sea.
• Danyla observed Dragonstone’s farms, distillery, and harbor businesses, including the profitable Firekiss Garden and the orphan training program she funded.
• Dreamfyre caught and carried a great white shark back toward New Dragonstone Island.
• Danyla came face-to-face with Grey Ghost and two larger young dragons fleeing in panic.

Danyla and Dreamfyre fought Cannibal to protect three young dragons, until Meleys, Vermithor, and Quicksilver arrived and drove him back to his lair. Danyla then retrieved the great white shark she had dropped, prompting an angry confrontation with Rhaenyra.

• Danyla ordered Dreamfyre to attack Cannibal and used fire and evasive maneuvers to keep him from harming the three young dragons.
• Dreamfyre and Cannibal traded attacks, but Danyla kept her distance and the young dragons escaped into the clouds.
• Daemon ran to Quicksilver, Jaehaerys summoned Vermithor, and Rhaenys and Rhaenyra flew out on Meleys and Syrax.
• Meleys joined Dreamfyre against Cannibal, and Danyla wounded him before Jaehaerys and Daemon arrived and drove him toward his lair.
• Rhaenys, Jaehaerys, and Daemon followed Cannibal until he entered his lair, while Danyla retrieved her great white shark.
• Rhaenyra angrily confronted Danyla for causing trouble and then stopping to catch sharks, but Danyla pretended she could not hear her.

After her first dragon battle, Danyla returned to Dragonstone with a great white shark and shared its bounty with the castle’s cooks. King Jaehaerys assigned Daemon to remain on the island and arranged for Viserys to adopt Danyla, while Viserys decided to try taming Vhagar to protect her from Cannibal.

• Danyla flew Dreamfyre to Dragonstone Castle, where the cooks butchered her great white shark and prepared its valuable parts for the royal family and castle staff.
• Danyla returned to the main keep and heard that three more wild dragons had appeared on Dragonstone.
• King Jaehaerys warned that Cannibal might attack again and ordered Daemon and Quicksilver to remain on Dragonstone until autumn.
• King Jaehaerys told Viserys to adopt Danyla and take responsibility for her marriage, and Viserys and his wife agreed.
• Viserys decided to try taming Vhagar so the dragon could overpower Cannibal and protect Danyla.

After Cannibal threatened the three wild hatchlings, King Jaehaerys ordered Daemon and Danyla to remain at Dragonstone to help protect them and bring them into Dragonmont. At a banquet where Samwell promoted shark fin and Dragon Porcelain to the assembled nobles, Daemon teased Danyla about her money.

• King Jaehaerys kept Daemon, Bloodworm, Quicksilver, and Danyla at Dragonstone, making Danyla Viserys's daughter and relying on them and Caraxes to help protect the hatchlings from Cannibal.
• House Targaryen celebrated gaining three dragons, while the other great nobles cautiously congratulated the royal family.
• Danyla and Samwell used the brunch banquet to promote their plans for Firekiss Garden, and Samwell presented shark fin in Dragon Porcelain to the nobles.
• King Jaehaerys and Lord Corlys praised the shark fin and porcelain, prompting the nobles to heap on further compliments.
• Prince Daemon asked Danyla how much money she had saved, and Danyla replied that she had no private coffers and reminded him that he should look after his younger relative.

Danyla and Samwell negotiated Dragon Porcelain sales with the great nobles, introducing subscription quotas for White Sheep Town’s limited production. The nobles competed for the rights, and Danyla earned nearly two million Gold Dragons in one day.

• Daemon made an obscene remark about Danyla, prompting Prince Viserys to throw wine at him before Daemon apologized.
• The nobles discussed Dragon Porcelain’s value and offered concessions to gain Samwell’s goodwill and access to the trade.
• Samwell showed the nobles the porcelain shop and explained its limited monthly production and prices.
• Samwell announced a subscription quota system, limiting each non-royal house to one hundred thousand Gold Dragons’ worth of rights per product and reserving thirty percent of each quota for the royal family.
• King Jaehaerys and Lord Corlys led the purchases, the nobles argued over the remaining quotas, and Danyla took in nearly two million Gold Dragons.

Danyla took Viserys, Aemma, and Rhaenyra on an outing through White Sheep Town and its blossoming orchard, where they enjoyed a family picnic. The chapter ended with the family relaxing together as Aemma hoped her unborn child would be born safely.

• Daemon asked Danyla for Dragon Porcelain as payment for helping protect her lands, while Rhaenyra asked for some too, and Danyla said she had commissioned exclusive porcelain for the royal family.
• Danyla invited Viserys, Aemma, Rhaenyra, and Daemon to visit the orchard, but Daemon left to patrol Dragonstone and search for the three young dragons.
• Danyla and her family walked through the expanded White Sheep Town and reached its vast orchard, where Aemma and Viserys praised Danyla's work and Rhaenyra played with her.
• Viserys and Aemma discussed their hopes and fears about the baby Aemma was carrying, and Aemma said she wanted the child to be born safely.
• Danyla arranged a family picnic, had sheep brought from White Sheep Town, and roasted the meat for her family.

Danyla and her family enjoyed a relaxed feast in the orchard before three hungry young dragons followed the smell of roasting meat to Dreamfyre. The dragons cautiously began feeding, leaving Viserys thrilled to witness three healthy dragons for himself.

• Danyla, Rhaenyra, Aemma, and Viserys roasted goats and shared Dragonfire Wine, which eased Aemma's abdominal pain.
• Dreamfyre arrived, ate a goat, and then devoured three more goats roasted with her own dragonfire.
• Three young dragons appeared, having fled Dragonmont after Cannibal discovered their shelter and Dreamfyre rescued them.
• Danyla hid her family and servants in the orchard and placed roast goats in a clearing to coax the young dragons down.
• The charcoal-black dragon landed first and ate, followed by the green dragon, while the third young dragon stayed nearby.
• Viserys watched the young dragons feed and was excited to see three healthy dragons with his own eyes.