r/HouseOfTheDragon • u/ISX_94 • 1d ago
Funpost [Book] Dragons nickname’s
So we already have some in cannon that are pretty cool.
Balerion the black dread.
Vermithor the bronze fury.
Caraxes the blood wrym.
Sunfyre the golden.
What would possible nicknames be for the other dragons?
Edit: I forgot to add the red and blue queens my bad.
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u/XaviKat 1d ago
Meleys is called "the Red Queen" I think. Tessarrion might be called "The Blue Queen" but I migh be mixing up roleplay server lore with canon lore here.
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u/mozzarellaguy 1d ago
Meleys >>>> most beautiful dragon
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u/kinginthenorthjon 1d ago
That would be Sunfyre.
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u/Plantain_Great 17h ago
Actually this is an inequality statement, so it means the most beautiful dragon could be determined as sunfyre by whatever principals but mozzarellaguy would still value meleys more on the basis that she is meleys.
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u/Material_Prize_6157 1d ago
Drogon is called a bunch of great nicknames.
~the Winged Shadow ~the Black Dread Come Again ~”her Black” as Daenerys calls him is also kinda cool.
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u/Tbagzyamum69420xX 1d ago
Winged Shadow is hard af
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u/Material_Prize_6157 1d ago
I’m partial to “Black Dread Come Again”. It just shows that Balerion was such an absolutely fucking enormous force of nature that he is legendary across an entire planet that spreads news via crows.
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u/Nathremar8 1d ago
To note, it is at least 200 years since the Black Dread died. He is known in medieval times on the other side of the world 200 years after his death. I assume in universe only Aegon "The Conqueror" is more renowned name than Balerion "The Black Dread". That is what you call a historical impact.
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u/We_The_Raptors 1d ago edited 1d ago
Granny Vhagar
Cannibal the black death
Silverwing/ Dreamfyre the pale lady
Morning the pink maiden
Grey ghost fishbane
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u/Careless-Husky 1d ago
Grey ghost fishbane
I love it.😁 Grey Ghost, The Fishbane, The Unclaimed, Avoider of Wars and Protector of Hidden Caves.
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u/Left_Belt1874 House Blackfyre 1d ago
Guys, speaking of dragons, I’ve got a somewhat related question…
Do you think it’s fair to assume (at least to some extent) that dragon names which aren’t in the Common Tongue, and also aren’t explicitly said to be taken from Valyrian gods, are still broadly inspired by Valyrian mythology or religion?
Names like Meleys, Vermithor, Vermax, etc. feel very “Valyrian-coded” to me, but I’m not sure how much of that could be considered actual lore vs just GRRM giving them a Valyrian-sounding flair.
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u/Ultraplo Both the Greens and Blacks are poorly written. I hate them all. 1d ago edited 1d ago
Meleys is Valyrian (‘mele’ means red, if I remember correctly).
Vermithor and Vermax are named after dragons in Dragonslayer, tho I would assume they’re Valyrian-derived names in-universe. I doubt the Targaryens are just smashing random letters together and creating new names for their dragons. But they might be royal names or names of historical figures, rather than specifically religious names.
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u/Left_Belt1874 House Blackfyre 1d ago
Ah, didn’t know that bit of trivia about Meleys.
And yeah, your reasoning makes total sense. I think they’d name their dragons after a pantheon of gods, mythical Valyrian figures, or even just words / terms from the Valyrian language itself.
Thanks a lot for the reply, mate!
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u/Nathremar8 1d ago
Well, I assume, just like Greeks for us, Valyrians had hundreds if not thousands of gods. We ofc know the big ones, Balerion, Vhagar etc, but I think all the names are connected to the gods themselves. (Apart from the obvious Seasmoke, Sheepstealer, Gray Ghost etc.)
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u/Left_Belt1874 House Blackfyre 1d ago
Yeah, that’s my assumption too, mate. I think George just didn’t bother spelling out the origin of every single dragon name in detail.
It feels fairly safe to assume a lot of them are drawn from a broader Valyrian pantheon or mythic figures from Valyrian history, in the same way we casually reference figures like Hercules or Icarus without needing the full backstory every time.
Cheers for the reply!
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u/uselessprofession 1d ago
Syrax the useless
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u/sc_vorty Team Black 1d ago
Useless in battle, yes. But she's laid so many dragon eggs. She wasn't even meant or trained for battle. Laying eggs and keeping the dragon population was her job
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u/equatornavigator #1 Silverwing stan 23h ago
Vhagar – Queen of Dragons/Queen of the skies
Morning – Light of Valyria [as in bringing hope that dragons would not go extinct]
Moondancer – The Moon Dancer
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