We don't even have enough of an inkling about its possible existence to ask Bloodraven about it, really.
And I say we should get one, there's literally no point not to and the message you mean to send is just too subtle for Westerosi. We just shouldn't go out of our way to be the first unless it's actually easy to do. I suspect it isn't because if it was people would have already hatched some.
@Prince Sheo, you are making a lot of assumptions.
And then there's that, giving Valaena makes us seem a gracious king that shares power with our subordinates, taking it for ourselves, makes us seem as a king who hoard power jealously.
You say that yet for all our desire for dragons, though the entirety of this quest we have only acquired one egg, then there is the fact that having the first dragon rider subordinate to us, is also a good PR move, being a dragon rider shows we have the strength of the old Targaryans, having a dragon rider sworn to us, who clearly believes we are the stronger party, shows that our strength is greater than a mere dragon rider.
We'll see. I just doubt it. I believe if it was easy people would be doing it. When I say people I mean every rich man in Essos with the Valyrian look would be buying all the eggs they could get, and slaves by the tons to sacrifice in giant pyres, because if we're trying to do magic we might as well go big is pretty much the motto of rich Essosi wannabe sorcerers. The fact we haven't heard of any of that tells me that dragon eggs are a bit more scarce than you think.
That's a fair counterpoint, one should never overestimate the idiocy of Westerosi Lords. But we will win in the end, and once we've been ruling for a couple generations, my version of things just makes for a much more fitting Royal history.
If we're lucky. For all we know Tiamat has already taken whatever eggs he has and used them to make Red Dragons using that ritual she tempted us with in Volantis.
Don't forget he possibly owns Blackfyre.
It's just a waste of a 40% of Mike Tyson, when Iron Mike himself can beat me up just fine, and Mike has other people he may need to have go take his 40% double places and beat up someone else.
I don't think it gimmicky at all. That's the point of the Theurge, uniting invocations and spells.
I mean, we can easily rewrite history. Its not even difficult. It is, after all, proverbially written by the victors.
As if Tiamat would let him keep it.
Good point, suppose the gold and other assets of one of the richest men in Pentos will do.
