Chapter Summaries

Danyla fed the three hungry wild dragons, and the little black dragon and little green dragon showed her unusual affection before flying away. She then brought roasted sheep to Dreamfyre, who eagerly ate them all.

• The little black dragon and little green dragon fought over a roast sheep, while Grey Ghost watched warily from a distance.
• Danyla prepared six more sheep, and the young dragons used their fire to cook them before eating; Grey Ghost finally flew in, took a goat, and departed.
• After eating, the little black dragon and little green dragon approached Danyla, sniffed her, and showed affection before flying away.
• Viserys and Rhaenyra suspected both young dragons had nearly accepted Danyla as their rider, despite her bond with Dreamfyre and the possibility that Myracis might also choose her.
• Cameron told Danyla that Dreamfyre's sheep were ready, and Danyla led the Flaying Knights to feed Dreamfyre, who swallowed all six sheep.

Danyla strengthened her family ties, political influence, and dragon guard while raising Dreamfyre and three young dragons on Dragonstone. As the dragons grew and received their names, the chapter left Danyla confident that her protection could keep them from their tragic fates.

• Danyla rode Dreamfyre around New Dragonstone Island with Viserys, Aemma, Rhaenyra, and Daemon, deepening their family bonds.
• King Jaehaerys remained healthy, while Danyla placed Audrey as his attendant and informant to limit Alicent Hightower's influence.
• Daemon recruited nobles and knights with money borrowed from Danyla, who selected twenty men for her own dragon-guard under Bronn.
• Danyla fed the three young dragons daily until they grew comfortable around her and her family.
• Rhaenyra named the black dragon Little Balerion, Viserys named the green one Vhagar, and Aemma named the silver one Grey Ghost.

Danyla took her family and dragons to picnic in the orchard, where Cannibal suddenly appeared. She mounted Dreamfyre to confront him and give the hatchlings time to escape to their cave.

• Danyla rode Dreamfyre to the orchard with Myracis, Viserys and his family, and her attendants.
• Danyla's Dragonkeepers Guard arrived with sheep, and the three hatchlings flew in to join Myracis.
• Cannibal appeared over the orchard, sending the gathering into alarm.
• Danyla ordered Rhaenyra to flee with Syrax and watched the hatchlings lead Myracis toward their cave.
• Danyla mounted Dreamfyre and flew to meet Cannibal while Dreamfyre roared at him.

Danyla rode Dreamfyre to hold Cannibal away from the people and young dragons on Dragonstone, but no help arrived from Dragonmont. An ochre dragon finally attacked Cannibal, and Dreamfyre joined the fight, leaving the old dragon badly wounded as the battle continued.

• The Dragon Guards escorted Viserys, Aemma, and the others into a cave as Cannibal approached Dragonstone.
• Danyla used Dreamfyre to lead Cannibal away from the islands and toward Dragonmont, hoping Vermithor or Silverwing would intervene.
• Viserys blamed Daemon for failing to appear with Quicksilver and resolved to ride a dragon again.
• An ochre dragon burst from Dragonmont and breathed fire at Cannibal, who caught one of its wings in his jaws.
• Danyla sent Dreamfyre diving at Cannibal, and Dreamfyre tore open his back and wounded one of his wings.
• Dreamfyre and Cannibal exchanged claws and dragonfire, with Dreamfyre gaining a slight advantage.

Danyla and Dreamfyre fought Cannibal with help from Sheepstealer until Vhagar ambushed and incapacitated him, after which Danyla had him chained on the beach. Viserys then approached Vhagar to tame her, and the dragon lowered herself before him.

• Sheepstealer joined Dreamfyre in attacking Cannibal, helping Danyla gain the advantage until Cannibal fled toward the Narrow Sea.
• Vhagar ambushed Cannibal by the shore and knocked him unconscious, then stopped attacking when Danyla ordered her not to kill him.
• Danyla arranged roasted goats for Vhagar and Sheepstealer, while the Dragonkeepers chained Cannibal to the beach.
• Viserys approached Vhagar while delivering her goats and attempted to tame her as Danyla watched nervously.
• Vhagar studied Viserys, sniffed him, and slowly lowered her body.

Viserys tamed Vhagar after Danyla and Dreamfyre, aided by Sheepstealer, defeated Cannibal. The family celebrated Dragonstone’s victory with Rhaenys, while Viserys left Daemon bruised after berating him.

• Viserys rode Vhagar through the storm after taming the dragon, and Aemma rejoiced that her family was safer.
• Rhaenyra and Rhaenys arrived on Syrax and Meleys, saw Viserys on Vhagar, and learned that Danyla and Dreamfyre had defeated Cannibal with Sheepstealer’s help before Vhagar wounded him.
• Rhaenys praised Danyla and proposed that one of Viserys’s princesses marry into House Velaryon, but Viserys said they should wait until the girls were older.
• Rhaenyra hugged Danyla and told her how frightened she had been, then celebrated Syrax keeping pace with Meleys.
• Viserys’s family hosted Rhaenys at a feast and fed roasted sheep to Meleys.
• Daemon returned on Quicksilver, and Viserys poured Dragonfire Wine over his head and berated him; Daemon came back from the banquet room bruised and swollen.

Daemon gave Rhaenyra and Danyla Valyrian steel necklaces as gifts after Viserys beat him for his absence during the Cannibal crisis. Danyla offered to forgive Daemon’s million-gold-dragon debt in exchange for five unconditional promises to ride Quicksilver into action for her.

• Daemon returned to the banquet with two Valyrian steel necklaces and gave them to Rhaenyra and Danyla.
• Viserys accepted Daemon’s gifts but warned him not to neglect his duties again.
• Rhaenyra asked Daemon to put on her necklace, while Danyla had Anne bring hers on a tray.
• Danyla reminded Daemon that he had missed the crisis and demanded repayment of the million gold dragons she had provided for him.
• Danyla offered to forgive the debt and cover Daemon’s future Dragonstone expenses if he promised to ride Quicksilver into action for her five times without conditions.

Daemon signed a contract promising to fight on dragonback for Danyla, while Danyla later followed Myracis into a volcanic fissure and discovered a cavern filled with diamonds. The chapter left Danyla delighted by the treasure and the strange power it seemed to hold.

• Daemon signed Danyla’s contract, then mocked his wife and dismissed House Royce’s opinion of him.
• News of Danyla’s victory over Cannibal spread, and nobles prepared to travel to congratulate her.
• After the storm cleared, Danyla flew Dreamfyre to the New Volcano Range to check on Myracis and the other young dragons.
• Myracis brought Danyla a large purple gemstone, whose diamond core seemed to give her a pleasurable sensation.
• Danyla followed Myracis into a volcanic fissure and found a cavern scattered with diamonds of many colors.
• Danyla picked up a large blue diamond, felt a strange power, and celebrated with Myracis.

Danyla discovered that the volcanic cave held vast quantities of magical colored diamonds and mineral-rich soil that dragons could consume. She left with Myracis and a bag of colored soil, while keeping the treasure’s existence secret and recognizing that other dragons might sense it.

• Danyla watched Little Balerion and the other young dragons melt the cave wall with dragonfire, revealing more colored diamonds and soil that the dragons eagerly ate.
• Danyla realized the gems contained magical energy, decided to guard the mountain’s riches from her dragonriding relatives, and explored the cave’s diamond-filled chambers.
• Grey Ghost and the other young dragons warned Danyla away from their chambers, but Myracis defended her and received the diamonds Danyla had collected.
• Danyla kept Myracis’s purple diamond and a deep pink one for Aemma, then filled her bag with colored soil to make seasoning for roast sheep.
• Danyla left the volcano with Myracis, and Dreamfyre’s attention to the bag confirmed her sensitivity to magical materials.

Danyla discovered that Dreamfyre and the young dragons wanted the magical colored soil, so she used it to season their livestock and secretly collected more from their cave. She expanded her livestock operations on New Dragonstone Island while improving animal husbandry and arranging a steady food supply for the dragons.

• Danyla mixed colored soil with fats and seasonings, then taught the Dragon Guards to coat sheep with it before roasting them for Dreamfyre.
• Danyla and twelve Skinning Warriors gathered dozens of sacks of colored soil and collected the colored diamonds, then she ordered the warriors to keep their discovery secret.
• Danyla promised the Skinning Warriors gemstone jewelry for their future brides, and Dreamfyre and the four young dragons ate nearly half again as much livestock as usual.
• Danyla expanded her livestock supplies with Dragon Porcelain income, while Maester Tigris and his apprentices studied her clean, carefully managed pig farm.
• Danyla directed the dragons to relieve themselves at the pig farm, and livestock merchants helped develop New Dragonstone Island’s wasteland into pastures and breeding grounds.

Caravans from across the Seven Kingdoms and the Free Cities brought livestock, grain, wine, and regional goods to Dragonstone, fueling trade and the island’s expansion. King Jaehaerys strengthened the growing port, while Jason Lannister and Tyland Lannister returned to Dragonstone with their house’s caravan.

• House Manderly brought livestock, pelts, sour wine, and barley ale, while houses of the Reach delivered wine, grain, livestock, and valuable merchandise.
• House Arryn and House Royce led Vale merchants in bringing fruit products, fruit wine, farm produce, and livestock to White Sheep Town.
• King Jaehaerys funded an expansion of Fisherman's Village, sent tax officials and more guards, and stationed fifteen royal ships at Dragonstone.
• Riverlands merchants traded grain, livestock, and freshwater fish products with White Sheep Town, while Stormlands merchants brought timber and wild pelts.
• Westerlands nobles brought gold and silver wares, wine, and livestock, and Jason Lannister and Tyland Lannister returned to Dragonstone with their house's caravan.

Danyla fed the recovering Cannibal in a controlled way, then explored Dreamfyre’s cave and the surrounding caves on New Dragonstone Island. She discovered abundant mineral wealth and found a remarkable ruby that she intended to give to her mother, Aemma.

• Danyla had the Dragon Guards send blindfolded old cattle carrying roasted meat to Cannibal and ordered them to feed him one scrawny ox each week.
• Danyla returned to the barbecue square, woke Dreamfyre, and rode with Myracis and the other young dragons back to the volcanic caves.
• Danyla explored Dreamfyre’s cave and found scattered rubies and a rich gold vein.
• Danyla picked up a warm, fist-sized ruby and put it in her whale-skin bag for her mother, Aemma.
• Danyla explored other caves on New Dragonstone Island and found deposits of gold, gems, obsidian, sulfur, and lithium.

After returning from the Volcanic Mine Cave, Danyla commissioned gifts for her family and spent a fortnight training and studying with them on Dragonstone. Meanwhile, rival factions continued gathering support, and thousands of settlers arrived on New Dragonstone Island to help develop it.

• Danyla gave colored diamonds to White Sheep Town's silversmiths and ordered jewelry for Aemma and Rhaenyra, plus a belt and brooch made with Valyrian steel from Daemon's necklace.
• Danyla resumed her studies and swordsmanship practice with Rhaenyra, who improved quickly under Master Bronn's instruction alongside the twelve Skinning Warriors.
• Danyla took Viserys and Rhaenyra dragon-hunting over the Narrow Sea, refused to hand Myracis and the young dragons to the Dragonkeepers, and later persuaded Viserys to stop objecting.
• Corlys worked to influence the succession while Daemon gathered nobles' younger sons and hedge knights with Danyla's financial support.
• Samwell helped Firekiss Garden branches recruit displaced people, and three to five thousand settlers reached New Dragonstone Island, accelerating its development and farming.

Danyla’s dragons grew quickly as White Sheep Town expanded its livestock grazing, and the family’s quiet on Dragonstone ended when Medrick and Torrhen Manderly arrived with gifts and supplies. Danyla welcomed the brothers and took them flying on Dreamfyre, leaving Medrick visibly smitten with her.

• White Sheep Town kept more than a hundred thousand breeding animals and over two hundred thousand animals for dragon food grazing across New Dragonstone Island.
• Myracis grew rapidly and became an adept fisher, while Grey Ghost, Balerion, and Vhagar grew plumper and stronger on Danyla’s roasted meat.
• Medrick and Torrhen Manderly arrived from White Harbor with ships laden with supplies, silverware, northern sea products, and lavish jewelry for Aemma and Danyla.
• Viserys and his family welcomed the Manderly brothers with a banquet, and Danyla took them flying around Dragonstone on Dreamfyre.
• Torrhen shouted excitedly during the flight, while Medrick apologized for his brother and blushed at Danyla’s relaxed response.

Danyla arranged a lucrative clay trade with House Manderly and developed ties with the Manderly brothers while showing them Dragonstone and its dragons. As youths from Skagos arrived, Cameron Tarth announced the arrival of Jason Lannister and Tyland Lannister.

• Danyla examined white clay from the White Knife River and purple clay from the hills near the Wolf's Den, then offered House Manderly 500 gold dragons per shipload for five shiploads of each kind monthly.
• Danyla took Medrick and Torrhen Manderly around Dragonstone and the orchard, where they watched her dragons obey her and discussed developing New Dragonstone Island.
• Rhaenyra avoided close contact with the Manderly brothers because she feared King Jaehaerys might arrange a marriage between them and her.
• Dax Bagna arrived on Dragonstone with youths from Skagos, and Danyla noticed the tall, blue-eyed leader.
• Cameron Tarth announced that Jason Lannister and Tyland Lannister had arrived, and Viserys ordered them brought in.

Danyla welcomed young nobles from across Westeros and treasured the unicorn foals Dax Bagna brought her, while learning that he might be a warg. The gathering turned tense when a Lannister-backed party clashed with Dax’s men at the perimeter of her pasture.

• Young nobles and their followers arrived at Dragonstone, bringing lavish gifts for Viserys and his family.
• Danyla favored Dax Bagna’s gift of two unicorn foals and arranged a pasture for them.
• Danyla fed the listless foals seasoned goat meat mixed with grass, and they ate eagerly while remaining wary.
• Dax asked Danyla about wargs, and she said she believed in them and compared their power to House Targaryen’s command of dragons.
• The Lannister twins and Mund Hightower led a group of nobles toward Danyla, but the Dragon Guards and Dax’s men blocked their way.
• A Westerlands lord called Dax’s men wildlings, and Tyland Lannister signaled a young man to provoke the gathering with three barking hounds.

A clash between the Skagosi boys and the mainland nobles broke out when Skagosi youths killed three dogs, prompting Danyla to demand that her guests follow Dragonstone’s rules. Rhaenyra summoned Danyla to investigate Sheepstealer’s damage at a breeding farm, while Dax urged his companions to answer future provocations with violence.

• Tyland Lannister taunted the Skagosi boys and had his handler release three dogs toward them.
• The Skagosi youth called Bear knocked down all three dogs, and Wolf One and Wolf Two killed them and drank their blood.
• Danyla arrived and rebuked the boys, while Dax explained their island tradition and asked her not to hold it against them.
• Rhaenyra arrived on Syrax and told Danyla that Sheepstealer had damaged a breeding farm in White Sheep Town.
• Danyla warned Dax to obey Dragonstone’s rules and urged the mainland nobles to show true nobility before leaving with her guards.
• After Danyla and Rhaenyra departed, Dax told his companions to tear out the throats of anyone who provoked them.

Danyla discovered that Sheepstealer had attacked her breeding-ewe farm, drawn by the faint magic in the specially raised sheep. She and Rhaenyra rode to Sheepstealer’s cave to confront her, with Syrax and the young dragons entering while Dreamfyre guarded the entrance.

• Danyla arrived at the damaged farm and learned that Sheepstealer had burned nearly half the breeding ewes, though no one had been hurt.
• Danyla realized the specially fed ewes had attracted Sheepstealer and was pleased that her experiment had imbued their flesh with magic.
• Danyla and Rhaenyra fed the dragons the charred sheep, and Myracis blasted Syrax with dragonfire before fleeing with part of a sheep.
• Danyla and Rhaenyra flew to Sheepstealer’s cave, where Rhaenyra led Syrax inside and Little Balerion and the other young dragons followed.

Rhaenyra, Danyla, and their dragons defeated Sheepstealer and brought her to Dragonmont, where Danyla recruited more Dragonkeepers. Danyla then found two surviving dragon eggs in Sheepstealer’s cave and took them to her own dragon lair, while Myracis followed nervously.

• Rhaenyra and Syrax joined Little Balerion and the other young dragons in attacking Sheepstealer, who fled the cave and was badly wounded by Dreamfyre.
• Dreamfyre carried the defeated Sheepstealer to Dragonmont, where she was imprisoned.
• Danyla offered twenty Dragonkeeper positions to the families on Dragonmont and arranged for their wages to be paid by Anne.
• Danyla returned to Sheepstealer’s cave and found Myracis asleep atop two surviving dragon eggs after apparently eating at least three others.
• Danyla gathered the emerald-and-silver egg and the white egg with star-shaped markings, then flew with them to her own dragon lair as Myracis followed.

Danyla secured two Dragon Eggs in Dreamfyre’s cave and warned Dreamfyre and Myracis not to harm any more eggs. Back at Dragonstone Castle, she joined Viserys, Aemma, and Rhaenyra in planning a tourney and offered to fund and staff it in exchange for most of its revenue.

• Danyla buried two Dragon Eggs in rubies near a volcanic fissure and warned Dreamfyre and Myracis to protect any eggs they found.
• Rhaenyra told Viserys and Aemma how she and Danyla had captured Sheepstealer, and Viserys praised them while warning them against fighting dragons.
• Rhaenyra suggested holding a tourney for the visiting young noblemen, and her family agreed to plan one.
• Viserys raised concerns about the manpower and expense, so Danyla offered to provide both in exchange for eighty percent of the tourney’s revenue.
• Danyla proposed charging different prices for spectator seats and secretly organizing bets, and Viserys accepted the betting plan.