Dragonpit

Location from House of the Dragon by George R.R. Martin

Massive domed structure on Rhaenys's Hill in King's Landing, built to house the royal dragons. Stormed and destroyed by a mob during the Dance, marking the beginning of the end for dragons in Westeros.

The Dragonpit is a colossal domed building atop Rhaenys's Hill, built during the reign of Maegor the Cruel to house and confine the Targaryen dragons. Its bronze doors are large enough for dragons to pass through, and its interior is a vast cavern of chains and feeding troughs. The structure is both practical and political — it keeps the dragons contained and the smallfolk reassured, but confinement stunts the dragons' growth compared to their wild-ranging ancestors. During the Dance, when the city turns against Rhaenyra, a mob led by a one-handed prophet called the Shepherd storms the Dragonpit. Five dragons die in the assault — Shrykos, Morghul, Tyraxes, Dreamfyre, and Syrax — and the dome collapses. It is the single greatest loss of dragons in history and the event that ensures the species' eventual extinction in Westeros.

Appearance

Massive domed structure on the Hill of Rhaenys, large enough to house dozens of dragons. Bronze doors. During the Dance, a mob stormed it and killed the dragons within — the beginning of the end for dragonkind.

Also known as: the Dragonpit, the pit, Rhaenys's Hill

What They Know

• The Dragonpit was built by Maegor the Cruel and completed during Jaehaerys I's reign
• Dragons kept in the pit grow smaller than those allowed to range freely — confinement limits their size
• Five dragons died when the smallfolk stormed the pit during Rhaenyra's occupation of King's Landing
• The dome's collapse buried dragons and attackers alike — thousands of smallfolk died alongside the dragons they came to kill

Connections

• part_of — kings_landing
• home_of — syrax
• home_of — dreamfyre

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