Quick Scoop: In Game of Thrones , dragons are tied to the Targaryens and are shown as the last living dragons in the world when Daenerys hatches her three eggs from fire at the end of Season 1. That moment is the story’s main explanation for how dragons “came in” to the show, and later seasons build on it as they grow alongside Daenerys.

How they appear

  • Daenerys receives three petrified dragon eggs as a wedding gift.
  • She places them on Drogo’s funeral pyre.
  • The fire destroys the pyre, but the eggs hatch, and Daenerys emerges unburned with Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion.

What the lore says

In the wider Game of Thrones world, dragons are ancient creatures closely linked to Valyria and the Targaryen bloodline, so their return is treated as a rare and almost mythic event. The show presents them as having been extinct for generations before Daenerys brings them back.

Why it matters

The dragons change the balance of power in the series, because they give Daenerys overwhelming military force and make her one of the most feared figures in Westeros. They also become a major visual and emotional symbol of her claim to power.

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How dragons came into Game of Thrones : Daenerys hatches the last dragons from ancient eggs in fire, reviving a nearly extinct force in the story.

Dragons didn’t “arrive” in Westeros by chance — the show frames them as a long-lost part of the world that returns through Daenerys’ fire ritual.