House Zyran

"'We came from the Dragon lords of old, from the old blood of Valyria. Always remember that we controlled the skies, and I will preseve that legacy until my last breath. Now, Dragons are born again and our house has seen the first born dragon since the death of the last ones. We will overtake the skies again and you will see the old stories come back' - Dying words of Tareon Zyran to her daughter Meara Zyran."House Zyran is a minor house of Lys, currently rising to prominence due to the revival of Dragon lords in Westeros. It is a known house carrying the ancient Valyrian blood in them. The members of House Zyran were one of the 40 houses to rule over Valyria as dragon riders. Most of the House was killed alongside their dragons after the Doom, but some of it's members survived in their colony outpost of Lys as they were there supervising the city when it took place.

Gaen Zyran and his spouse, Tarsya Adeyon as well as their sons and daughter where the only ones to survive. With them, two dragons also survived. Gaen dragon, Hebrilax and Tarsya's dragon, Vidgar, were alongside the five dragons of the Targaryens to survive the doom. However, both dragons failed to produce offspring and their eggs never hatched (till centuries later). They were however preserved as relics of the old days by the House. Both Dragons also died due to the chaos that followed in Lys after the fall.

They have been close ties among House Zyran and the House Targaryen of Lys ever since they rose to prominense in the city.

Origins
House Zyran was neither the most powerful nor the most respected of the great 40 houses that ruled Valyria but still similar in power to the Targaryens or even above them. They were somewhere in the middle of the 40 dragonlord families in power. Just as the other Houses, they were direct descendants of the early shephers that encounted dragons and made blood pacts of mysterious sort to bound themselves and their descendant to them for eternity, and become dragon riders. House Zyran can apparently trace their lineage to Visael Zyran and his spouse Naela, both the first dragon lords of the house and "de facto" founders and ancestors to all living Zyrans in Westeros.

In the far past, the Targaryen and the Zyran were known to have marriages and even alliances but sometimes fighting also took place between them during political struggles. During the fall of Valyria, House Zyran and House Targaryen were seeking dominance over a future expansion over Westeros, which could lead to them becoming a great powerful house among the 40 originals after bringing such glories upon Valyria. This made both houses, previously close to grow distant from each other. However, this conquest was all frozen after the doom and one of the reasons why the Targaryens did not approach the Zyrans after the doom and chose instead to marry the Velaryons, another of the old Valyrian houses (although not Dragon Riders).

The Zyrans decided to abandonned their previous expansionism over Westeros and focus on the politics of Lys instead once the Doom had taken place and their dragons finally died out.

Right after the Doom
When the Fall of Valyria took place, most of the House perished due to the cataclysm that sinked most of the Dragons and their riders. Most of the Zyran family and their dragons, most notably Ausiron, the Great Dragon of house Zyran at the time (Said to be as big as Balerion, the Black Dread, or even bigger) died out. Only the young son of the House, Gaen Zyran and his spouse and children survived as they were on their summer house of Lys, a common summer spot of Dragon riders, dealing with some merchant issued when the doom took place. They were there with their two dragons, Hebrilax and Vidgar and five eggs, three of which came from Hebrilax and Vidgar mating.

During the chaos that followed the doom of Valyria, Lys was in the mist of conflicts for power and Hebrilax and Vidgar were then used to stop uprisings. It was during this time that Vidgar was seriously injured and died soon after. Hebrilax was crippled and was never able to fly since. He remained locked for most of the remaning period, and thus contact with the Targaryens was never brought to the table. Hebrilax consumed as well inmense amounts of the House's money, as feeding was extremely costly but Gaen refused to get rid of the dragon who had belong to his father and granfather before him and was one of the most important sigils of his house. Hebrilax finally died of old age and House Zyran was left without dragons for milennia, but their dragon blood run deep within them for centuries to come.

First years in Lys
The House members were involved ealry in the politics of the Free city state of Lys ever since they had fallen out of grace. They built a little mansion in the outskirts of the city, in a little rock, close to the shore. This island rarely appears at all in most maps. The mansion of the Zyrans clings on the island, facing the shores of the main Island where Lys is located, and is connected to it by a small bridge. Traditionally, this mansion has been their seat of power for generations but sooner or later, they fell out of grace in the politics of Lys and remained a small house of wealthy nobles of Lys. They married selectively within families, obsessed to preserved their ancient Valyrian blood going far and wide to marry people carrying old dragonrider blood. Even at one point they offered to marry a lesser daughter of the Targaryens but they simply were turned down in laughter.

One of the most mysterious caracters in Westeros, Mysaria, might have been connected to the House. It is even speculated that Mysaria was a either a full lesser daughter of the House or a bastard daughter of the Zyran, daughter of Maelon Zyran. This might explain why Mysaria was able to ride on Caraxes with Daemon without her being killed.

Members

 * Gaen Zyran
 * Maelon Zyran
 * Rhogar Zyran: Husband of Daera Targaryen (sister of Megar) and father of several of their sons. Uniting once more both Houses.
 * Aviera Zyran: Spouse of Megar Targaryen (brother of Daera) and mother of many of their sons. Uniting once more both Houses.

Associate Members of the House

 * Tarsya Adeyon. Rider of the dragon Vidgar, said to be as big as Meraxes in the conquest. She was deeply affected by the death of her dragon and became depressed soon after, dying 10 years after her dragon had passed.

Old Dragons (Dead)

 * Ausiron - The Red Death. Known to be the biggest dragon of the house. Died in the doom of Valyria.
 * Hebrilax - The Sky Daga, the Old Dragon. Died over 27 years after the fall of Valyria.
 * Vidgar - The Green Queen. Died 6 years after the fall of Valyria.

Old (Some dead already)
Alive
 * Zuryax - Named after the Dynasty, born from one of the old eggs of Hebrilax and Vidgar. The first dragon to be born in the House after the death of Hebrilax centuries ago. Kept in the relics of the family and awoken after the teachings of the Targayen who successfuly managed to awake theirs.
 * Verex - A Reddish dragon with orange wings. It is believed to be a male, bonded to Meara Zyran and born from the old eggs of Hebrilax and Vidgar.
 * Norsis - A Grey dragon with dark wings, bonded to Beren Zyran, brother of Meara and heir of the Zyran house in 300 A.C. It was born from the old eggs of Hebrilax and Vidgar.
 * Kelarion - a Bronze dragon, one of the hatched eggs of Hebrilax and Vidgar.
 * Shigar - A black female dragon, bonded to the little sister of Beren Zyran and the last to be born of the old five egg relics of Hebrilax and Vidgar.
 * Dhuxis: A Green Dragon female. Bonded in the craddle to Aviera Zyran.
 * Meyagar - The Blue Skyrider, A fast dragon of medium size. It is said to be one of the ones growing the fastests, Bonded to Aeron Zyran, Heir of the House.
 * Obrion: The Black Auspice, called like that due to its color and silence as he approaches, Bonded to Vhelar Zyran.
 * Raindancer - A blue dark dragon
 * Shamithor
 * Dhyros
 * Virya -
 * Firebreather - A Yellow Dragon, recently born from one of the old eggs of Hebrilax and Vidgar.
 * Alaxes - A bronce dragon, bonded to Rhogar Zyran since the craddle.
 * Idilax -A female, yellow-golden dragon with horns, bonded to Saena Zyran, the Beauty of Lys.

TO BE CONTINUED