Highlights
- House of the Dragon highlights the deadliest weapons in Westeros’ history, with Valyrian steel weapons and unique battle axes taking center stage.
- Lord Corlys Velaryon’s battle axe proves to be a lethal weapon that takes enemies out with a single blow, showcasing his brute strength and efficiency in combat.
- Daemon Targaryen’s Dark Sister and Viserys I Targaryen’s Blackfyre are powerful swords that are skillfully wielded, highlighting the importance of these iconic weapons in the Targaryen dynasty.
The use of lethal weapons is the greatest determining factor of success in warfare. HBO’s Game of Thrones and its prequel series – House of the Dragon, feature a plethora of weapons, but only a few qualify as the deadliest in Westeros’ history.
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The Targaryens of Old Valyria are the focal point of House of the Dragon and the plot takes off about a hundred years after the Targaryen conquest of the continent of Westeros. Members of the House still possess three famed and dangerous Valyrian steel weapons. The Targaryen cousins – the Velaryons, are equally battle-hardened veterans, and Lord Corlys, aka the Sea Snake, wields a peculiar weapon. Another man named Ser Criston Cole, who rises to the position of Lord Commander in the Dance of the Dragons, also carries a deadly weapon with him.
5 Corlys Velaryon’s Battle Axe
The Ax Lord Corlys uses to hack his way through
At the beginning of House of The Dragon, Lord Corlys Velaryon, sits on Viserys I’s Small Council as Master of Ships. He presses the king to act as the growing alliance of the Free Cities, i.e., the Triarchy and its Prince Admiral, Craghas Drahar raid the crown’s most critical shipping lane. He’s continually silenced by Lord Hand, Otto Hightower, and Lord Lyman Beesbury and eventually dismissed by Viserys. Lord Corlys breaks away from the crown and invites Daemon Targaryen to take on the Triarchy:
Waiting in the Stepstones is a chance for you to prove your worth to any who might yet doubt it. We are the realm’s second sons, Daemon. Our right is not given. It must be made.
With that, the Sea Snake and Daemon start their war in the Stepstones, and during the Siege of Bloodstone, the former is dressed in a silver suit of armor and wields a large battle axe. The climax of House of the Dragon season 1, episode 3 “Second of His Name,” boasts this impressive battle in which Daemon sets himself up as bait to Drahar’s men, and lays down his sword to lure them into the open. This allows the axe-wielding Corlys Velaryon’s infantry to rush to the spot and finish off the enemy. Lord Corlys’ lethal axe has no match. In praise of the weapon, actor Steve Toussaint said to EW:
I think with Corlys, that’s a weapon that takes people out with a blow. Whereas the sword fight is a fight. You learn to parry and to twist into all that. [Corlys is] just like, ‘Let’s get all that crap out of the way. I’m going to take you from the shoulders to your navel, and that’ll be the end of it.
4 Ser Criston Cole’s Morningstar
The clubbed weapon with a dangerous spiked ball
Ser Criston Cole wields a rather peculiar weapon that he uses in the Heir’s Tourney melee to defeat Daemon Targaryen. He proves to be a strong combatant, and his Morningstar complements his steady hand movements.
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Although Ser Criston also carries a sword, he prefers his flail weapon to it. The young Lucerys Velaryon had once tried to swing Criston’s Morningstar and put a hole into a wall of the Red Keep’s training yard. “You almost took your own head off,” Jacaerys reminded his younger brother in House of the Dragon. During a practice session, the spiked head of Criston’s flail smashes Aemond Targaryen’s shield and small rocks on the ground, proving it is lethal if used correctly.
3 Valyrian Steel Dagger
The fighting knife doesn’t need honing
The Valyrian steel dagger appears in both House of the Dragon and the original series, Game of Thrones. It is a work of art and a famed weapon in the Game of Thrones universe. The dagger is steeped in legend and history, and King Viserys says it dates back to Aenar’s time. The lore says that Aegon the Conqueror, too, is known to have carried the dagger.
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Aegon, of all things, chose to have this dagger inscribed with his prophecy (The Song of Ice and Fire). This task was achieved by Valyrian pyromancers and the inscription reads:
From my blood… come The Prince That Was Promised and his will be the Song of Ice and Fire.
House of the Dragon shows that the dagger has a pointy end and two sharp edges. As it is fashioned out of Valyrian steel, there is no particular need to hone it from time to time. The dagger offers more functionality than a sword, and it is easy to carry. It remains in Aegon II’s possession, per the latest events of House of the Dragon.
2 Daemon Targaryen’s Dark Sister
The slender blade is sharp
Daemon Targaryen is the wielder of the Targaryen regalia, Dark Sister. It is one of the two Valyrian steel swords in his family, and it originally belonged to Aegon’s sister-wife, Queen Visenya Targaryen. She used it during and after the War of Conquest.
As seen in the show, nothing cuts like Dark Sister. Though Daemon demonstrates his sword prowess throughout, House of the Dragon‘s “Second of His Name” is home to the splendid scene wherein he offers his sword to Drahar’s men to lure them out into the open. Known in lore as the Siege of Bloodstone, Daemon uses the magnificent Dark Sister to cut through Drahar’s men and eventually hacks him into two. He drags half of Drahar’s corpse with one hand while carrying Dark Sister in another, thanks to this light blade.
1 Viserys I Targaryen’s Blackfyre
The Conqueror’s deadly sword
What can be said about the Conqueror’s weapon? This hand-and-a-half longsword looks indestructible and is more famous than its sister blade, Dark Sister. Traditionally, the ruling Targaryen monarchs carried it, starting from Aegon the Conqueror to his second son, Maegor. Aegon’s rightful heir, and the second Targaryen king, Aenys, gave Blackfyre to Maegor:
You are more fit to bear this blade than me. Wield it in my service, and I shall be content.
Maegor was a usurper who set aside his mother’s Dark Sister for Blackfyre. After Maegor’s disgraceful reign, his nephew Jaehaerys I wielded the sword. At the beginning of House of the Dragon, Blackfyre is seen in possession of the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, King Viserys I Targaryen, and in House of the Dragon season 1, episode 9 “The Green Council,” the Greens bestow it upon another usurper king – Aegon II Targaryen. Blackfyre is bigger than Dark Sister, and it is darker in appearance. The iconic sword remains in possession of the unworthy wastrel, Aegon II, so, it is due to reappear in the upcoming House of the Dragon season 2.
