In A Song of Ice and Fire series, the author devotes a lot of time to carving out the various personalities of Daenerys’ three dragons: • Drogon (named by Khal Drogo) • Rhaegal (named byRhaegar Targaryen) and • Viserion (named by Viserys Targaryen) which was resurrected and now under the control of Night King. HBO’s Game of Thrones has done the same, but focus primarily on Drogon, the largest of the three. In both the books and the television show, Drogon is depicted as the strongest and most aggressive of the three existing dragons - and he is thought to be legendary Balerion the Black Dread reincarnated. Though “bad-tempered”, Drogon is also the most closely connected with Daenerys. Without seeing him, she could easily recognize Drogon just by listening to his sound like we recognize our familiars through their voice. Daenerys sees Drogon as an extension of Khal Drogo, it made sense for the dragon to click and chirp at her in a way that was almost flirtatious. Game of Thrones sound designer Paula Fairfield wanted to incorporate into the noises he makes. “I have sounds I might choose simply by certain personality traits that I want to put forward. So in the case of Drogon-she named that dragon after Khal Drogo, her hot, late husband-and so Drogon is like her lover. He’s whistling at her all the time, he’s looking at her butt and going ‘ooh, baby.’” As Drogon’s grown larger over the seasons, the sounds he makes and the way Daenerys interacts with him have changed drastically-something Fairfield carefully factored into her work. And when Drogon grew up, he no longer chirp much as before. Fairfield made a point of giving Drogon a distinct purr that would manifest during moments with Daenerys to indicate their closeness. And just what real-world noise is a dragon’s purr based on? Fairfield revealed that it was based on the loud noises made by Tortoises during mating. “The groan of the male actually became-with some work and adjustments and stuff-the source for Drogon’s purr with Daenerys. The funny thing about the purr with Drogon was watching people watching [the show] and giggling when they heard it, but not really knowing why. To me it’s because it had that essence-that kind of sensual, sexual essence.” SO FROM NOW ON, WHEN YOU HEAR DROGON’S GROAN, YOU HAD BETTER IMAGINE SOMETHING ELSE …
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