Warning: beware spoilers for Game of Thrones: “The Spoils of War”!
The latest Game of Thrones episode “The Spoils of War” featured a surprise attack on the Lannister army as the Dothraki charged on horseback and Daenerys Targaryen flew in on her largest dragon, Drogon. As dragonfire bombing runs lit up the battlefield (and dozens of Lannister soldiers), it looked like it would be an easy victory -- until Bronn manned Maester Qyburn’s scorpion (aka ballista, aka huge freakin’ crossbow) and managed to land a shot in Drogon’s shoulder. That was enough to ground the great beast, but it wasn’t even close to a lethal blow, which begs the question, how do you kill a dragon?
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The latest Game of Thrones episode “The Spoils of War” featured a surprise attack on the Lannister army as the Dothraki charged on horseback and Daenerys Targaryen flew in on her largest dragon, Drogon. As dragonfire bombing runs lit up the battlefield (and dozens of Lannister soldiers), it looked like it would be an easy victory -- until Bronn manned Maester Qyburn’s scorpion (aka ballista, aka huge freakin’ crossbow) and managed to land a shot in Drogon’s shoulder. That was enough to ground the great beast, but it wasn’t even close to a lethal blow, which begs the question, how do you kill a dragon?
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