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The '''Doom of Valyria''' was the cataclysm that destroyed the [[Valyrian Freehold]], the greatest empire the world had ever known, in a single day roughly a century before [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon's Conquest]]. It shattered the [[Valyria|Valyrian]] peninsula, ended the age of the dragonlords, and reshaped the history of both [[Essos]] and [[Westeros]].

== The Cataclysm ==
On the day of the Doom, the Fourteen Flames, the chain of volcanoes that ringed the Valyrian peninsula, all erupted at once in a convulsion of fire and ruin. The land was torn apart, the great city of [[Valyria]] swallowed, and the dragonlords and their dragons destroyed. Where the peninsula had stood there remained only a scatter of smoking islands and a poisoned, fog-shrouded sea, the Smoking Sea, ever after shunned by sailors.

== Causes ==
The true cause of the Doom is unknown, and the maesters and scholars offer many theories: the natural convulsion of the volcanoes, the failure of the spells the Valyrians used to bind the Fourteen Flames, or a divine judgment upon their pride and cruelty. Whatever its origin, it came without warning and ended five thousand years of Valyrian dominion in an instant.

== Consequences ==
[[House Targaryen]], having abandoned Valyria for the island of [[Dragonstone]] twelve years before the Doom on the strength of a prophetic dream, survived as the last of the dragonlords, preserving dragons that would one day conquer Westeros. The [[Free Cities]] descended into the Century of Blood, warring over the ruins of the empire. The secret of [[Valyrian steel]] and much ancient lore was lost forever, and the Doom remains the great rupture between the ancient world and the present age.

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