Valyrians (A Song of Ice and Fire)

==Summary==
Valyrians are a race originating in Essos, in the eponymous Valyrian peninsula, known for their rare features of silver-gold hair and violet eyes (striking lilac or indigo or violet eyes are typical Targaryen features). Valyrians were originally a civilization of humble shepherds who discovered dragons in the Fourteen Flames, a ring of volcanoes on the Valyrian peninsula. Valyrian stories claim that dragons originated in their lands, although tales from Asshai claim the beasts were brought to Valyria from the Shadow Lands. The Valyrians tamed the dragons with magic—taught by a vanished people according to the Asshai'i—and made the beasts into devastating weapons of war. With the aid of dragons, the Valyrians established the Valyrian Freehold.
The Valyrian Freehold was a great territory that spanned much of the continent of Essos, but has since fallen to ruin, approximately one hundred years before Aegon's Conquest, when it was brought down by a cataclysmic event known as the Doom of Valyria. At its prime, the Valyrian Freehold encompassed most of the eastern continent and reached as far as the current Free Cities and the island of Dragonstone off the coast of Westeros. The Freehold was technically never an empire, however for ease of reference it tends to be referred to as one. The Freehold was an advanced civilization, and the dominant military and cultural power of the known world. Its capital was the city Valyria. The Freehold was ruled by the lords freeholder, powerful noble families. The most powerful of these were the dragonlords.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Civilization Tiering System: Pre-Industrial Civilization
Name: Valyrians, Valyrian Freehold, Dragonlords
Origin: A Song of Ice and Fire
Classification: Republic (the Valyria Freehold was ruled by the lords freeholder, powerful noble families.)
Age: Valyrian freehold existed for 8000 or 6000 yearsThe World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria 
Population: Numbered in the millions, but all those present in Valyria during the Doom are dead
Territory: The Valyrian Freehold encompassed most of the eastern continent of Essos and reached as far as the current Free Cities and the island of Dragonstone off the coast of Westeros. South of the Summer Sea, the Freehold controlled also Gogossos on the Isle of Tears and also had three failed colonies at Basilisk Point in Sothoryos
Technology/Abilities:
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|-|Valyrian physiology=Animal Manipulation (Valyrians have an empathic connection to dragons, and are the only known people in the world who have been able to tame them.Fire & Blood, A Time of Testing - The Realm RemadeThe World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: The Rise of Valyria The Valyrians also controlled dragons with dragons horns.A Feast for Crows, The Drowned ManA Dance with Dragons, Daenerys XA Dance with Dragons, Victarion I), Telepathy (A dragonrider and his dragon have a strong bond, and a dragon might to be able to sense when its current rider is in distress, has died or feels intense pleasure.Fire & Blood, The Dying of the Dragons - Rhaenyra OverthrownA Storm of Swords, Daenerys II Daenerys has also screamed out when Drogon was hit by a spear),A Dance with Dragons, Daenerys IX Minor Resistance to Temperature Manipulation (The author stated that Targaryens can tolerate a little more heat than most ordinary people. Aegon V has been shown to be unaffected by the heat of the sun in hot weather, never sweating),The Sworn Sword
|-|Skills/Equipments/Magical abilities=Skilled Dragon Rider, Magic (It's said that "the dragonlords of the old Freehold were strong in sorcery, and lesser men defied them at their peril"A Feast for Crows, Arya II), Weapon Mastery and Metal Manipulation (Created Valyrian steel A Game of Thrones, Daenerys XA Dance with Dragons, Jon XII), Clairvoyance (Enhanced Sight via glass candle: It is claimed that when the glass candles burn the sorcerers can see across mountains, seas and deserts,and communicate with one another half a world apartA Feast for Crows, Samwell V. Marwyn proved that by following Samwell Tarly from a distance and telling him he knew he would get here. Quaithe has also been shown to be able to appear as a "hologram" in front of Daenerys to communicate with her while being miles away from where Daenerys was A Dance with Dragons, Daenerys II), Dream Manipulation (It is claimed that when the glass candles burn the sorcerers can give men visions and dreams ), Fire Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation and Blood Manipulation (The magic practiced by the Valyrians was rooted in blood and fire magic. Created the dragonbinder, which burn the lungs of the people they use them, and when the horn sounds, the Valyrian glyphs which covers the horn glow red-hot and then white-hot.A Feast for Crows, The Reaver George R.R. Martin said there was a very powerful group in Valyria who were not dragon riders, but they practiced bloodmagicGeorge RR Martin in Conversation: HOW Interviews GRRM!), Sound Manipulation (Created the dragonbinder, and the horn's noise sounds like "the screaming of a thousand souls and it seems to listeners as if their very bones are aflame and searing their flesh from within"), Earth Manipulation (Using magic and dragon flame, the Valyrians could work the stone, turning it into liquid before shaping and fusing it, to make dragonstone. Dragonstone is a building material used by the Valyrians in much of their construction. It is harder than iron, steel, granite or diamond The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach: OldtownThe World of Ice & Fire, The Free Cities: Volantis), Light Manipulation and Resistance to Air Manipulation (Glass candles give off an unpleasantly bright light that does strange things to colors: white becomes as bright as fresh fallen snow, yellow shines like gold, reds turns to flame, and shadows become so black that they look like holes in the world. Air does not affect the flame of a glass candle.), Sealing (According to Barth, the Valyrians had spells that allowed them to overpower and calm the Fourteen Flames to prevent them from exploding The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria), Biological Manipulation with Bloodmagic (Septon Barth, in his Dragons, Wyrms, and Wyverns: Their Unnatural History, speculated that the bloodmages of the Freehold employed wyvern stock to create dragonsThe World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: Sothoryos and mated beasts to slave women to bring forth twisted half-human childrenThe World of Ice & Fire, Beyond the Free Cities: The Basilisk Isles), Precognition (Septon Barth also claimed Valyrians came to Westeros because their priests prophesied that the Doom of Man would come out of the land beyond the narrow sea)
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Attack Potency: Unknown (Learned to tame dragons and make them the most fearsome weapon of that the world ever saw)
Power Source: Valyria sent slaves of a hundred different nations to the mines beneath the Fourteen Flames, searching copper and tin for the bronze of their weapons and later iron for the steel of Valyrian steel.
Industrial Capacity: Unknown
Military Prowess: The Valyrians employed thirty thousand men in their first battle against Garin the Great, one hundred thousand men, one hundred war elephants and three dragons in their third battle, and three hundred or more dragons in the final battle.The World of Ice & Fire, Ancient History: Ten Thousands Ships They also employed one hundred dragons against Quarlton the Great and during the Scouring of Lorath.The World of Ice and Fire, The Free Cities: Lorath
Notable Individuals: Aurion, Jaenara Belaerys, Ayrmidon, Aenar Targaryen, Daenys Targaryen, Gaemon Targaryen
Intelligence: Genius (The Freehold was an advanced civilization, and the dominant military and cultural power of the known world. The Valyrians sorcerers had an unrivaled skill and Valyria was the proudest city in all the world.The World of Ice and Fire, Ancient History: The Doom of Valyria At its apex Valyria was the greatest in the known world, the center of civilization.The World of Ice and Fire, The Reign of the Dragons: The Conquest Valyria is said to have had topless towers.A Game of Thrones, Catelyn VI)
Weaknesses: None notable
Feats:
* Won the five Ghiscari wars and completely destroyed Old Ghis, ensuring that there would be no sixth war.
* Won the most wars of their series of conflicts against the Rhoynar.
==Gallery==
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