# The Dance of the Dragons, 129–131 AC

> Interactive animated map on Moving Polygons by chrisjager, 3 Mar 129 – 7 Jul 131: 90 keyframes, 62 layers, 24 events.

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- Article: [The Dance of the Dragons on One Map: Every Dragon, Army and Battle of the Targaryen Civil War](https://www.movingpolygons.com/blog/dance-of-the-dragons-map-fire-and-blood-129-131-ac)
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- Last updated: 2026-10-31

## About this map

The Dance of the Dragons, the Targaryen civil war of George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood: the Greens of King Aegon II (green) against the Blacks of Queen Rhaenyra (charcoal), 129–131 AC. Dragons fly as dragon tokens, armies march as discs, fleets sail as ships; pins mark battles and deaths. Coloured land shows who held it, bare cloth is neutral; teal is the Ironborn, gold the realm reunited under Aegon III.

Follows the book, not House of the Dragon. Fire & Blood gives few exact days (Viserys's death, the Gullet, the Gods Eye, Rhaenyra's death, Sunfyre's death); the other dates are reconstructed from its relative cues ('nine days later', 'a nineteen-day march') and travel times, moons read as months. Places missing from the base map are estimated. Sources: Fire & Blood; A Wiki of Ice and Fire.

Map data by cadaei, after Tear, theMountainGoat, Werthead and Other-in-Law; world © George R.R. Martin; CC BY-NC-SA 3.0, non-commercial fan map. Not affiliated with or endorsed by HBO or George R.R. Martin.

## Timeline

The map animates between these keyframes.

| Date | What the map shows |
| --- | --- |
| 3 Mar 129 | 129 AC · Death of Viserys I |
| 10 Mar 129 | 129 AC · Aegon II crowned in the Dragonpit |
| 24 Mar 129 | 129 AC · Rhaenyra crowned on Dragonstone |
| 5 Apr 129 | 129 AC · the Velaryon fleet sails from Driftmark |
| 10 Apr 129 | 129 AC · Daemon takes Harrenhal |
| 15 Apr 129 | 129 AC · Lucerys and Arrax killed by Vhagar |
| 23 Apr 129 | 129 AC · Vermax reaches White Harbor |
| 1 May 129 | 129 AC · Blood and Cheese |
| 14 May 129 | 129 AC · Vermax reaches Dragonstone |
| 24 May 129 | 129 AC · Daemon takes Stone Hedge: the river lord… |
| 5 Jun 129 | 129 AC · the Hightower host musters at Oldtown |
| 20 Jun 129 | 129 AC · Cole made Hand; black lords beheaded |
| 1 Jul 129 | 129 AC · The Ironborn declare for the blacks |
| 15 Jul 129 | 129 AC · Duel of the Cargyll twins |
| 15 Aug 129 | 129 AC · the Hightower host raids Three Towers |
| 1 Sep 129 | 129 AC · Cole musters at King's Landing |
| 16 Sep 129 | 129 AC · Cole besieges Duskendale |
| 28 Sep 129 | 129 AC · Cole besieges Rook's Rest |
| 9 Oct 129 | 129 AC · Vhagar flies from King's Landing |
| 10 Oct 129 | 129 AC · Battle at Rook's Rest |
| 18 Oct 129 | 129 AC · Cole leaves Rook's Rest |
| 23 Oct 129 | 129 AC · Cole on the move |
| 28 Oct 129 | 129 AC · Cole reaches King's Landing |
| 8 Nov 129 | 129 AC · Tyraxes reaches Gulltown |
| 20 Nov 129 | 129 AC · The Sowing of the Seeds |
| 1 Dec 129 | 129 AC · Roddy the Ruin on the move |
| 12 Dec 129 | 129 AC · the Lannister host musters at Casterly R… |
| 20 Dec 129 | 129 AC · Lord Rowan musters at Goldengrove |
| 26 Dec 129 | 129 AC · Cole musters at King's Landing |
| 3 Jan 130 | 130 AC · the Triarchy at The Narrow Sea |
| 4 Jan 130 | 130 AC · the Tarly host musters at Horn Hill |
| 5 Jan 130 | 130 AC · Battle of the Gullet |
| 6 Jan 130 | 130 AC · Seasmoke reaches Dragonstone |
| 11 Jan 130 | 130 AC · Caraxes reaches Dragonstone |
| 14 Jan 130 | 130 AC · Vhagar reaches Harrenhal |
| 18 Jan 130 | 130 AC · Tessarion flies from Oldtown |
| 19 Jan 130 | 130 AC · Battle of the Honeywine |
| 29 Jan 130 | 130 AC · the Velaryon fleet sails from The Gullet |
| 1 Feb 130 | 130 AC · Fall of King's Landing |
| 3 Feb 130 | 130 AC · Otto Hightower beheaded |
| 10 Feb 130 | 130 AC · Sunfyre reaches Dragonstone |
| 12 Feb 130 | 130 AC · Battle by the Lakeshore (the Fishfeed) |
| 20 Feb 130 | 130 AC · Vhagar flies from Harrenhal |
| 23 Feb 130 | 130 AC · Aemond burns the riverlands |
| 24 Feb 130 | 130 AC · Tyraxes reaches King's Landing |
| 25 Feb 130 | 130 AC · the Red Kraken sails from Pyke |
| 2 Mar 130 | 130 AC · The Butcher's Ball |
| 8 Mar 130 | 130 AC · Sheepstealer at King's Landing |
| 10 Mar 130 | 130 AC · Caraxes reaches Maidenpool |
| 22 Mar 130 | 130 AC · the Red Kraken raids Kayce |
| 24 Mar 130 | 130 AC · Vhagar raids Stonyhead |
| 27 Mar 130 | 130 AC · Maelor torn apart; Bitterbridge burned |
| 28 Mar 130 | 130 AC · the Hightower host takes Longtable |
| 8 Apr 130 | 130 AC · Hugh Hammer flies from King's Landing |
| 10 Apr 130 | 130 AC · Hugh Hammer reaches Tumbleton |
| 12 Apr 130 | 130 AC · Ironborn sack Lannisport |
| 14 Apr 130 | 130 AC · Tessarion reaches Tumbleton |
| 16 Apr 130 | 130 AC · First Battle of Tumbleton: the Two Betra… |
| 22 Apr 130 | 130 AC · the Red Kraken on the move |
| 24 Apr 130 | 130 AC · Fall of Dragonstone |
| 9 May 130 | 130 AC · Caraxes takes Harrenhal |
| 15 May 130 | 130 AC · the Tully host musters at Riverrun |
| 21 May 130 | 130 AC · Vhagar flies from Sallydance |
| 22 May 130 | 130 AC · Battle Above the Gods Eye |
| 24 May 130 | 130 AC · Storming of the Dragonpit |
| 25 May 130 | 130 AC · Rhaenyra flees: the Moon of the Three Ki… |
| 30 May 130 | 130 AC · Rhaenyra reaches Duskendale |
| 8 Jun 130 | 130 AC · Second Battle of Tumbleton |
| 16 Jun 130 | 130 AC · the Hightower host leaves Tumbleton |
| 22 Jun 130 | 130 AC · the Tully host on the move |
| 28 Jun 130 | 130 AC · Borros Baratheon takes King's Landing |
| 18 Oct 130 | 130 AC · Rhaenyra sails from Duskendale |
| 22 Oct 130 | 130 AC · Rhaenyra fed to Sunfyre |
| 9 Dec 130 | 130 AC · Sunfyre dies |
| 5 Jan 131 | 131 AC · Aegon II sails from Dragonstone |
| 15 Feb 131 | 131 AC · Cregan Stark musters at Winterfell |
| 1 Mar 131 | 131 AC · Cregan Stark on the move |
| 15 Mar 131 | 131 AC · the Tully host leaves Riverrun |
| 29 Mar 131 | 131 AC · Cregan Stark on the move |
| 12 Apr 131 | 131 AC · the Tully host at Crossroads Inn |
| 24 Apr 131 | 131 AC · Cregan Stark on the move |
| 5 May 131 | 131 AC · Borros leaves King's Landing |
| 6 May 131 | 131 AC · the Vale host sails from Gulltown |
| 8 May 131 | 131 AC · Battle of the Kingsroad |
| 14 May 131 | 131 AC · Aegon II poisoned |
| 24 May 131 | 131 AC · the Vale host on the move |
| 28 May 131 | 131 AC · the Vale host reaches Blackwater Bay |
| 10 Jun 131 | 131 AC · Aegon III crowned |
| 24 Jun 131 | 131 AC · Cregan Stark leaves King's Landing |
| 7 Jul 131 | 131 AC · Aegon III weds Jaehaera |

## Layers

| Layer | First shown | Last keyframe |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Land held: The Greens: King Aegon II | 3 Mar 129 | 10 Jun 131 |
| Land held: The Blacks: Queen Rhaenyra | 3 Mar 129 | 10 Jun 131 |
| Land held: Sworn to Rhaenyra, far from the fighting (the North, the Vale) | 15 Apr 129 | 10 Jun 131 |
| Land held: The Ironborn (nominally for Rhaenyra) | 1 Jul 129 | 24 Jun 131 |
| Land held: The realm under Aegon III | 10 Jun 131 | 24 Jun 131 |
| Vhagar (Prince Aemond) — route | 24 Mar 129 | 8 Jun 130 |
| The Velaryon fleet (Lord Corlys) — route | 10 Apr 129 | 16 Jun 130 |
| Caraxes (Prince Daemon) — route | 10 Apr 129 | 8 Jun 130 |
| Vermax (Prince Jacaerys) — route | 15 Apr 129 | 29 Jan 130 |
| Arrax (Prince Lucerys) — route | 15 Apr 129 | 1 May 129 |
| The black river lords — route | 24 May 129 | 16 Apr 130 |
| The Hightower host (Ormund, then Hobert Hightower) — route | 1 Jul 129 | 18 Oct 130 |
| Ser Criston Cole's host — route | 16 Sep 129 | 2 Mar 130 |
| Sunfyre (King Aegon II) — route | 10 Oct 129 | 22 Mar 130 |
| Meleys (Princess Rhaenys) — route | 10 Oct 129 | 28 Oct 129 |
| Tyraxes (Prince Joffrey) — route | 8 Nov 129 | 22 Mar 130 |
| The Winter Wolves (Roddy the Ruin) — route | 1 Dec 129 | 16 Apr 130 |
| The Lannister host — route | 26 Dec 129 | 12 Feb 130 |
| Lord Rowan's Reach blacks — route | 26 Dec 129 | 19 Jan 130 |
| The Triarchy's fleet — route | 26 Dec 129 | 29 Jan 130 |
| Seasmoke (Addam of Hull) — route | 5 Jan 130 | 28 Jun 130 |
| Vermithor and Silverwing (the Two Betrayers) — route | 5 Jan 130 | 21 May 130 |
| Sheepstealer (Nettles) — route | 5 Jan 130 | 30 May 130 |
| Tarly, Beesbury and Costayne — route | 5 Jan 130 | 19 Jan 130 |
| The Triarchy's southern squadron — route | 6 Jan 130 | 29 Jan 130 |
| Tessarion (Prince Daeron) — route | 19 Jan 130 | 24 May 130 |
| Syrax (Queen Rhaenyra) — route | 1 Feb 130 | 23 Feb 130 |
| Dalton Greyjoy, the Red Kraken — route | 8 Mar 130 | 8 Jun 130 |
| The Tully host (the Lads) — route | 21 May 130 | 7 Jul 131 |
| Rhaenyra's flight — route | 30 May 130 | 18 Oct 130 |
| Borros Baratheon's stormlanders — route | 16 Jun 130 | 8 May 131 |
| Cregan Stark's northern host — route | 1 Mar 131 | 7 Jul 131 |
| The Vale host (Lords Corbray) — route | 24 May 131 | 7 Jul 131 |
| Vhagar (Prince Aemond) | 24 Mar 129 | 24 May 130 |
| The Velaryon fleet (Lord Corlys) | 5 Apr 129 | 8 Jun 130 |
| Caraxes (Prince Daemon) | 10 Apr 129 | 24 May 130 |
| Vermax (Prince Jacaerys) | 15 Apr 129 | 6 Jan 130 |
| Arrax (Prince Lucerys) | 15 Apr 129 | 23 Apr 129 |
| The black river lords | 14 May 129 | 16 Apr 130 |
| The Hightower host (Ormund, then Hobert Hightower) | 5 Jun 129 | 18 Oct 130 |
| Ser Criston Cole's host | 1 Sep 129 | 2 Mar 130 |
| Sunfyre (King Aegon II) | 9 Oct 129 | 5 Jan 131 |
| Meleys (Princess Rhaenys) | 9 Oct 129 | 18 Oct 129 |
| Tyraxes (Prince Joffrey) | 8 Nov 129 | 2 Mar 130 |
| The Winter Wolves (Roddy the Ruin) | 20 Nov 129 | 16 Apr 130 |
| The Lannister host | 12 Dec 129 | 12 Feb 130 |
| Lord Rowan's Reach blacks | 20 Dec 129 | 19 Jan 130 |
| The Triarchy's fleet | 20 Dec 129 | 18 Jan 130 |
| Seasmoke (Addam of Hull) | 4 Jan 130 | 16 Jun 130 |
| Vermithor and Silverwing (the Two Betrayers) | 4 Jan 130 | 16 Jun 130 |
| Sheepstealer (Nettles) | 4 Jan 130 | 15 May 130 |
| Tarly, Beesbury and Costayne | 4 Jan 130 | 19 Jan 130 |
| The Triarchy's southern squadron | 5 Jan 130 | 11 Jan 130 |
| Tessarion (Prince Daeron) | 18 Jan 130 | 16 Jun 130 |
| Syrax (Queen Rhaenyra) | 1 Feb 130 | 10 Feb 130 |
| Dalton Greyjoy, the Red Kraken | 25 Feb 130 | 9 May 130 |
| The Tully host (the Lads) | 15 May 130 | 24 Jun 131 |
| Rhaenyra's flight | 25 May 130 | 22 Oct 130 |
| Borros Baratheon's stormlanders | 16 Jun 130 | 8 May 131 |
| Aegon II's return | 5 Jan 131 | 15 Feb 131 |
| Cregan Stark's northern host | 15 Feb 131 | 7 Jul 131 |
| The Vale host (Lords Corbray) | 6 May 131 | 24 Jun 131 |

## Events

- **3 Mar 129, Death of Viserys I**: The old king dies in his sleep. Queen Alicent and the green council hide his death for seven days and crown his son Aegon instead of Rhaenyra, his named heir.
- **10 Mar 129, Aegon II crowned in the Dragonpit**: Ser Criston Cole crowns Aegon II in the Dragonpit. Rhaenyra, on Dragonstone, goes into labour at the news and loses her daughter.
- **24 Mar 129, Rhaenyra crowned on Dragonstone**: Daemon crowns Rhaenyra with the Conqueror's crown smuggled out by Ser Steffon Darklyn. The black council sends her sons to win the great houses.
- **10 Apr 129, Daemon takes Harrenhal**: Caraxes lands on Kingspyre Tower and Ser Simon Strong yields the largest castle in Westeros without a fight: the first blow of the war and the rallying point of the black river lords.
- **15 Apr 129, Lucerys and Arrax killed by Vhagar**: Aemond chases his nephew out of Storm's End into a storm; Vhagar, five times Arrax's size, kills dragon and rider. The kinslaying turns a quarrel of heirs into a war of revenge.
- **1 May 129, Blood and Cheese**: Two hirelings sent by Daemon's friends murder Aegon's heir, little Prince Jaehaerys, in the Red Keep, 'a son for a son'. Queen Helaena never recovers.
- **10 Oct 129, Battle at Rook's Rest**: Rhaenys on Meleys attacks Cole's host; Aegon on Sunfyre and Aemond on Vhagar fall on her. Rhaenys and Meleys die, Aegon is burned and broken for a year, Sunfyre is crippled. Aemond becomes Protector of the Realm.
- **20 Nov 129, The Sowing of the Seeds**: Jacaerys offers knighthood to anyone who can mount a riderless dragon. Hugh Hammer (Vermithor), Ulf the White (Silverwing), Addam of Hull (Seasmoke) and Nettles (Sheepstealer) succeed: the blacks now have eight dragons in the air.
- **5 Jan 130, Battle of the Gullet**: Ninety Triarchy warships attack the Velaryon fleet at sunrise. Five black dragons break them, but Vermax crashes into the sea and Jacaerys, the heir, is killed. Spicetown is sacked and High Tide burns.
- **19 Jan 130, Battle of the Honeywine**: Ormund Hightower, trapped between two black armies, is saved when Prince Daeron arrives on Tessarion. The Reach blacks are crushed; Daeron is knighted 'the Daring'.
- **1 Feb 130, Fall of King's Landing**: With Cole, Aemond and Vhagar away at Harrenhal, Rhaenyra on Syrax and Daemon on Caraxes appear over the city while the Velaryon fleet lands an army. The gold cloaks open the gates; the city falls in less than a day and Rhaenyra takes the Iron Throne.
- **12 Feb 130, Battle by the Lakeshore (the Fishfeed)**: Roddy the Ruin's Winter Wolves, the Freys and the black river lords trap the Lannister host against the Gods Eye. The bloodiest land battle of the Dance; the westerland army ceases to exist.
- **2 Mar 130, The Butcher's Ball**: Cole's column, marching south past 'corpse feasts', is ambushed at Crossed Elms by river lords and northmen. Cole falls and his men are cut down by the hundreds: the high point of Rhaenyra's fortunes.
- **27 Mar 130, Maelor torn apart; Bitterbridge burned**: Aegon's last son, smuggled out of King's Landing, is found at Bitterbridge and torn to pieces by a mob of Rhaenyra's supporters. Daeron burns the town in revenge.
- **16 Apr 130, First Battle of Tumbleton: the Two Betrayers**: Hugh Hammer and Ulf the White turn their cloaks; Vermithor, Silverwing and Tessarion burn Tumbleton. Ormund Hightower and Roddy the Ruin are killed; the road to King's Landing lies open.
- **24 Apr 130, Fall of Dragonstone**: Aegon II, hidden on the island with the crippled Sunfyre, takes Dragonstone with turncoats from its garrison. Sunfyre kills Baela's Moondancer; Aegon's legs are shattered.
- **22 May 130, Battle Above the Gods Eye**: Daemon waits thirteen days at Harrenhal. On the fourteenth Vhagar comes; locked together, the dragons fall into the lake. Daemon and Aemond both die, and so do Caraxes and Vhagar.
- **24 May 130, Storming of the Dragonpit**: The Shepherd's mob storms the Dragonpit: Dreamfyre, Tyraxes, Shrykos and Morghul are killed and the dome falls. Joffrey, Rhaenyra's last grown son, dies trying to reach it on Syrax, and Syrax dies too.
- **8 Jun 130, Second Battle of Tumbleton**: Addam on Seasmoke and 4,000 rivermen fall on the camp at night. Daeron and Hugh Hammer are killed; Seasmoke, Vermithor and Tessarion die. The green army retreats and the capital is saved from it.
- **28 Jun 130, Borros Baratheon takes King's Landing**: Lord Borros ends the Moon of the Three Kings and holds the city for Aegon II; Corlys Velaryon is freed and joins the king's council.
- **22 Oct 130, Rhaenyra fed to Sunfyre**: Returning to Dragonstone to hatch a new dragon, Rhaenyra is seized and fed to Sunfyre before her son Aegon the Younger. Her cause outlives her.
- **8 May 131, Battle of the Kingsroad**: Borros Baratheon charges the rivermen at dusk; Black Aly's archers and Bloody Ben's flank attack break him, the Duskendale knights change sides, and Kermit Tully kills Borros. The last green army is gone.
- **14 May 131, Aegon II poisoned**: Refusing to yield, Aegon orders his nephew mutilated; he is found dead in his litter with poisoned wine on his lips. The greens' council sues for peace.
- **10 Jun 131, Aegon III crowned**: Rhaenyra's last son, eleven years old, is crowned. Aegon the Dragonbane will never ride one; the dragons are almost extinct.
- Plus 24 smaller events, shown as dots on the map.