The Targaryens had spent a hundred years on the island since the fall of Valyria. They settled in the castle and slowly assembled their forces and built their reign. Valyrians had built the Dragonstone castle through fire, sorcery and arcane arts.
Ancient dragonlords used magic and dragonflames to liquefy and reshape the stones into beautiful dragons. The castle is full of dragon statuettes, dragon-esque framing gates and dragon claws that hold torches.
The Dragonstone castle is full of salty air which smells like smoke and brimstone. It's premises have a yard and a library too. With rough black walls, dragon motifs and reliefs on the walls throughout the castle, it looks more like a military base than a palace. The Dragonstone castle was designed by the Valyrians through their sorcery and long lost ancient stone-masonry skills. It is very robust and has served as an extremely valuable refuge for all it's residents including the Valyrians, the Targaryens and the Baratheons.
The island and the castle's demography and infrastructure make it extremely difficult to infiltrate and serve as a remarkable defense. The Dragonstone island is very close to King's landing and yet it is a tough spot to attack because it's across waters.
The castle is very tough to breach and doubles up as a strong defense. Daenerys' army returned to Dragonstone because of these factors. It is very easy for her army to move and take King's Landing from Dragonstone island rather than from Winterfell. Right from the start, even before the series began, Dragonstone island has held an immense strategic value. Much before Targaryens got to call it their own ancestral seat, Valyrians settled on the island and shaped it the way it is today.
All the houses which ruled the Seven Kingdoms in their own time entrusted the Dragonstone in capable hands as the island is very strategically located and embedded with harbors.
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Tyrion continues to insist that Daenerys is not her father, and Varys agrees up to a point: Dany may not have her father's madness, but she certainly has a considerable ruthless streak, which -in Varys' view- must be curtailed by Tyrion's more pragmatic counsel. They discuss the sealed scroll containing Bran Stark's message from the North. Tyrion is present and proposes bring a Wight south in order to prove that the Army of the Dead and the White Walkers are real.
Varys opines that it is suicide trying to appeal to Queen Cersei Lannister but Tyrion argues that he can persuade his brother Jaime. Davos also thinks such a mission is risky even for a smuggler like him. Jorah volunteers to go north to help capture a Wight while Jon volunteers to lead such the expedition. Apparently on the verge of tears about the idea of Jon leaving, Daenerys responds that she did not give Jon permission to leave but Jon reminds her that he is the King in the North.
He tells her she has the power of life and death over him but that he trusted her even though she was a stranger.
He pleads with her to return the favor by trusting him. Later, Davos and Tyrion chat about smuggling before embarking on their mission to infiltrate King's Landing. Davos plans to find Gendry while Tyrion wants to secretly meet with Jaime to find a peaceful solution to the war. Davos and Tyrion return with Gendry to Dragonstone. At the dragonglass mines, they meet Jon Snow, who is supervising the diggings and excavations.
Gendry remarks that Jon is a lot short shorter than he expected. Gendry volunteers to accompany Jon on his mission to the North to capture a wight and convince Queen Daenerys and Queen Cersei that the true war lies to the North.
As Jon Snow and his party including Jorah Mormont prepare to depart on boats for Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, Dany and her entourage arrive and bid Jorah farewell. Jorah quips that he is used to saying farewell. Jon warns Daenerys that there is a chance that he might not return and wishes her well in the "wars to come. Beyond Dragonstone castle, Dragonstone island is home to several fishing villages which obtain food from the surrounding waters, but otherwise the small volcanic island is not well-suited to farming crops, raising livestock, or pasturage.
A small number of shepherds and the like operate on the island, but they do not produce enough to feed the entire island's population, which must rely on the sea. One of the few advantages the island itself possesses besides its strategic location is the active volcano known as the Dragonmont - possibly the only large active volcano in the Seven Kingdoms though smaller thermal vents and hot springs are relatively common.
Dragons prefer to nest in caves in the sides of volcanoes, being attracted to the heat. The ancient Valyrians first discovered dragons nesting in the string of volcanoes in Essos known as the Fourteen Fires. Dragonstone island was thus an ideal location for the Targaryens to raise and breed their surviving dragons.
Some dragons were later raised in the massive Dragonpit built in King's Landing, but the main hatcheries remained on Dragonstone in volcanic tunnels. Since the island is volcanic, it can be defined as a place of "smoke and salt" which is mentioned in the prophecies about Azor Ahai and The Prince That Was Promised. Game of Thrones Wiki. Game of Thrones Wiki Explore. Game of Thrones. House of the Dragon. Peterson - linguist.
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