Although increasing age means increasing size, a larger size does not always show a higher age (e.g., the younger Meraxes was larger than the older Vhagar). Dragons which are locked up, e.g., the Targaryen dragons housed in the Dragonpit in King's Landing, do not grow as large as dragons left free to fly as they wish.

A dragon given such freedom can reach a span width of twenty feet within a year and a half. If it has enough food and freedom, a dragon never stops growing. As young hatchlings, they are around the size of a cat. ĭragons have strong jaws, sharp teeth and claws, leathery wings and long necks and tails, with horns on their heads. Nonetheless, some A Song of Ice and Fire artwork shows them with four legs and a detached pair of wings.Īccording to Martin, the color of the dragons has no bearing on their character. Martin came to his decision as he was bothered by the fact that no animal in nature has ever evolved in such a way (i.e.

Martin's dragons thereby differ from the traditional depiction of dragons as six-limbed creatures. They have four limbs: two wings, which are used as forelegs like bats and pterosaurs, and two rear legs. Dragon skulls in the Red Keep cellars, by Kim Pope ©ĭragons are scaled, reptilian creatures.

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