The Valyrian Freehold was once the greatest civilisation there ever was. After discovering and bending fire breathing dragons to their control they quickly expanded their borders. Gaining the attention of the Ancient Empire of Old Ghis, who reigned supreme over much of essos. The Ghiscari looked to Valyrian's control over dragons with jealously and desired to claim the power for their own, sparking the Ghiscari Wars. Five Great conflicts followed with Valyria coming out on top each time, until finally they wiped the Ghiscari from the map. Raising their cities, pyrimids and salting the land so that Old Ghis could never grow again. With little contest Valyria expanded into Essos adopting the practice of slavery from their fallen foes, they desired more land and slaves to mine the precious resourced below Valyria. While The Freehold faced little challenge from the Andals and Rhoynar their undoing would come all the same. After a cataclysmic event triggered the eruption of a chain of volcanos on the Valyrian Peninsula. In a single day their great civilisation was sent to the history books. Though other dragon lords survived for a time. Within a few years House Targaryen was left as the old dragon riding family in all of the known world.

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