House 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, with 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.

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.

Origins
House Zyran was neither the most powerful nor the most respected of the great 40 houses that ruled Valyria. The Houses were direct descendants of the early shephers that encounted dragons and made blood pacts of mysterious sort to bound themselves to them and become dragon riders. This apparently seemed to have trascend to their descendants as well. In the far past, the Targaryen and the Zyran were known to have marriages and even alliances but sometimes fighting also took place. 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. However, this was all frozen after the doom and one of the reasons why the Targaryens did not approach the House 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.

History
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. So small is it, that is not seen in most maps. The mansion clings on the Rock facing the shores of the main island and 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 even within Lys. They married selectively within families, obsessed to preserved their ancient Valyrian blood. Even at one point they offered to married a lesser daughter of the Targaryens but they simply were turned down in laughter.

One of the most mysterious caracters in Westeros might have been connected to the House. It is even speculated that Mysaria was 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
Maelon Zyran

Known Dragons

 * Ausiron - The Red Death
 * Hebrilax - The Sky knife, the Old Dragon
 * Vidgar - The Green Queen.
 * Zuryax - Named after the Dynasty, born from one of the old eggs of Hebrilax and Vidgar.
 * Firebreather - A Yellow Dragon, recently born from one of the old eggs of Hebrilax and Vidgar.

TO BE CONTINUED