In the world of Game of Thrones, there are few creatures more powerful and more mysterious than dragons. After years of absence from the world, Daenerys Targaryen walked into the funeral pyre of Khal Drogo holding three dragon eggs, and she emerged still alive with three hatched baby dragons along with her. And that was the start of Dany's quest to conquer the world, using the most powerful forces of fire known to existence to do it.

Although dragons have a huge starring role in Game of Thrones, there are still far more questions about them than there are answers. Since the series has now officially come to it's close, it seems safe to say that answers to these questions are not forthcoming (not until the prequel House of the Dragon, at least). But these are 10 questions we still have about the Game of Thrones dragons that we'd kill to have answers to.

10 Why Did They Die Out?


It seems as if the magic in the world of Planetos ebbs and flows, and it also seems as if the dragons are inextricably linked to that magic. But that seems like an overly simplistic view of these incredibly powerful and mysterious beasts, and we have to wonder if there is something else that sustains them, or conversely diminishes them.

Dragons are exceptionally long lived creatures, and in the times of Old Valyria they were apparently everywhere, so how in the world did they go from flourishing to extinct in a matter of a few generations?

9 Were They Really Extinct?


After the Doom of Valyria and the Targaryen conquest, the dragon species underwent a relatively quick and abrupt end. Or at least, that is what happened to dragons within the known world. However, A Song of Ice and Fire author George RR Martin has been clear that while the known world of Planetos is vast, the unknown edges of the world are even bigger.

So just because the dragons vanished off the face of the known world, that doesn't necessarily mean that they were completely gone. They could have been living in the east of Essos, in the unknown land Sothoryos, or even in whatever is west of Westeros.

8 Why Were They Reborn?


The obvious answer to this question seems to be that the dragons were reborn because Daenerys Targaryen was the super special chosen one, and that her existence and ability to sacrifice herself on an altar of flame is what brought dragons back into the world. That is at least what Dany and her followers all assumed.

However, correlation is not necessarily causation. Could it be that Dany just did the right thing at the exact right time? That she exchanged life for life when she killed Mirri Maz Duur and burned the eggs with her? And since magic was already resurging in the world, the dragons were primed to make their big return?

7 What Was The World Like When They Were Everywhere?


Daenerys Targaryen changed and pretty much conquered the world with her three dragons, the first dragons in the known world for over a century.

However, according to the histories of Essos and Westeros, there was a time in which dragons were found in every corner of the world. And there were forty families of dragon riders in Valyria, all of whom had their dragons too.

So what exactly was the world like when the dragons were so prolific? How did they survive and thrive? Did they just run rampant over the entire world? And how did humans peacefully coexist with them?