Looks like they made his skull a bit smaller than it should be.

@angryginger791

3 ай бұрын

Definitely. His teeth were supposedly as long as swords. Those are a daggers at best. Most of the dragons in HOTD have heads bigger than what they show here. If he's significantly bigger than Vhagar, then his skull would have been as big as a decent sized house.

@josephayers7395

3 ай бұрын

​@@angryginger791In game of thrones they made his skull too small I definently agree. House of the dragon made it much bigger though.

@Lone_Wolf_LT

Ай бұрын

I agree

@grimmywizard

24 күн бұрын

Yeah d&d definitely didn't think it through ​@@josephayers7395

@kissmyarbiter

6 күн бұрын

The skulls shrink

Funny how Qyburn explains to Cersei who Balerion was as if she hasn't been living in the red keep for over 10 years and hadn't already seen the skull like a hundred times

@BiigSac

3 ай бұрын

Yea he was bogus as hell for that story! 😂

I really do think the cannibal eventually grew bigger than Balerian. He was the oldest and largest of the wild dragons, and he continued to live as a wild dragon after the dance of the dragons

@reelworld1

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I think it's possible. And we don't know what happened to Cannibal. He just disappeared from Dragonstone, so he likely lived on for many year. I'm very interested in seeing what they do with him on House of the Dragon.

@darianwillis8520

5 ай бұрын

@@reelworld1 I hope they show him, and atleast show where he went after the dance of the dragons ended. Does fire and blood speak about where he went or what happened to him after the dance

@reelworld1

5 ай бұрын

@@darianwillis8520 No in Fire and Blood it's just said that he disappeared. So it gives them some latitude on the show.

@UnfazedPhoenix

4 ай бұрын

It leaves the possibilities open for more dragons in the future too. In the entire series.

@jarrettboyd1136

4 ай бұрын

I totally agree

I REALLY hope they make a show over Aegon the Conqueror

@reelworld1

10 күн бұрын

It's actually in development now at HBO. They have the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms series that will most likely premiere in 2025. And it appears that Aegon's Conquest will then be the follow-up show to House of the Dragon.

I think people were scared of trying to claim Balerion, but Aegon knew he needed major power to conquer the 7 kingdoms (well 6 technically). So he took the risk.

@reelworld1

4 ай бұрын

Always found it interesting too that Viserys only claimed Balerion and never had another. He was leery of dragons after. It's as if he sensed the power, even in and older Balerion, and he shyed away from dragons after.

@JamesDeBall

3 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@reelworld1do you think that Viserys could have claimed another dragon after Balerion died? There’s no documentation of a rider being able to claim more than one dragon.

@reelworld1

3 ай бұрын

@@JamesDeBall As long as the rider's dragon is dead, they can claim another dragon. There was a deleted scene from Season 1 where Daemon was urging Viserys to claim Vhagar.

@JamesDeBall

3 ай бұрын

@@reelworld1 if it was possible to claim another dragon after Balerion, Viserys should’ve claimed Vhagar. He really dropped the ball.

@josephayers7395

3 ай бұрын

​@@JamesDeBallIf not vhagar than vermithor. Considering his grandfather rode vermithor too

The skull they used in GOT is waaaaay too small.

@kissmyarbiter

6 күн бұрын

They shrink

i love to imagine that Balerion is what Shruikan from the Eragon universe would look like if they made the other three books into films

@florians9949

12 күн бұрын

Yeah, not going to happen concidering how badly the first one tanked.

i feel like 200 years for a dragon isnt enough to die of old age. wish GRRM gave them a more lengthy lifespan

@reelworld1

2 ай бұрын

George has left it a little nebulous as to their lifespan. He has pointed out that if they're housed in the dragonpit that it can impact their size and longevity. And that's where Balerion spent his latter days. The Cannibal is the real mystery, a wild dragon that was never claimed, as far as we know. He could have been much older. I'm interested in seeing what they do with him on House of the Dragon.

@Kingoftheworld500

Ай бұрын

I always thought Balerion was also infected with the worms when he went back to Valyria. Maybe he recovered, but it impacted his lifespan.

Just a minor correction. He was big enough that he could swallow an Aurochs, not a cow. Aurochs, now extinct, were far bigger than domestic cattle. They could be up to 1,500kg vs a holstein milk cow (the black and white ones) is maximum 580kg. Aurochs height at the shoulder was up to 220cm vs a Holstein up to 165cm. Finally an Aurochs horns were up to 107cm each, vs a Holstein milk cow, if not dehorned, up to approx 30cm each (other modern breeds of cattle can grow longer horns, eg Highland cattle and Texas longhorn cattle).

And he got reincarnated in Elden Ring…

@seanmurphy7953

Күн бұрын

Blizzard did it first

Yet Danny's dragon laser beamed the red keep

Hope to see them both eventually in the series.

@T0FFII

7 күн бұрын

Aegon's Conquest is a spinoff in development so we shall finally get to see Balerion!

apparently Daenys the dreamer was the first rider of Balerion, that’s how he was transported to dragonstone. However I don’t know what the source for that is

@reelworld1

16 сағат бұрын

It was revealed in a House of the Dragon behind the scenes feature a couple of weeks ago. George hasn't confirmed it as canon, but I would assume he's onboard with it.

Thinking George has gaps 2 fix with balerion ... Winds of winter coming 😌 patiently i will wait 😀

hes definitely much older than 208 as its mentioned that vhagar is about the size balerion was DURING the conquest which means he must have been alive well before he was brought to dragonstone just before the doom, as its mentioned he was already of a rideable size. imagine how massive balerion was at the end of his life if that is the case, as he wouldve had more time to grow larger than vhagar. as we see in the show vhagar, whilst being massive and lumbering is not slowing down or weakening due to her age in the show or the novels. if her and caraxes hadnt killed each other i reckon she would probably still be alive for at least another 100 years

wow he went out peacefully

It just blows my mind the targarian family was lower middle class. And had balerion. Makes you wonder how big the dragons were with the upper classes of valaria

@reelworld1

2 күн бұрын

Yes, I would love to see a series that covers Old Valyria, the different Houses there, Daenys prophecy, the Targaryens departure and then the Doom.

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We should have got the prequel of aegons conquest! That's a prequel I'd like to see!!

@reelworld1

19 күн бұрын

Aegon's Conquest is moving forward at HBO. The next spinoff will be the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (Dunk and Egg story) which will probably come out next year. With House of the Dragon set for 4 seasons, we should see the Aegon's Conquest right series after it.

@truly_I_say

19 күн бұрын

@@reelworld1 can't wait

I think the notifications problem is over now, got it on two different devices. 👍

6 kingdoms to heel.

Would love to see the series go back to balerions time

@reelworld1

2 ай бұрын

That's going to be one of the next spinoffs. We'll get the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms one in a couple of years, and then after House of the Dragon concludes Aegon's Conquest will be the next series.

i love Balerion

Daenys the Dreamer Is Now Confirmed to Have Been the Rider of Balerion the Black Dread Before Aegon the Conqueror

The latest behind the scenes footage from House of the Dragon season 2 seems to confirm that before Aegon the Conqueror, Daenys the Dreamer was Balerion's rider

@concept5631

11 күн бұрын

Interesting

All that heat should have killed Aegon I. Unless if he was like Daenerys.

@OREO_____

16 күн бұрын

Well a true targaryen can never be burned

Ballroom could swallow an auroch, which is even bigger than a cow.

Is balerion was shown in any series?

@reelworld1

2 ай бұрын

Not yet, but we'll get him in the Aegon's Conquest series that is currently in development at HBO.

My thing is where could a dragon potentially bigger than balerian go how could he just disappear and no one knowing where he went?

@reelworld1

3 ай бұрын

Some think George might pick up this thread in a future novel. I imagine The Cannibal could've flown to Old Valyria, but that didn't work out so well for Balerion.

@SerBarristanSelmy1

3 ай бұрын

@@reelworld1 that’s a good theory and yeah maybe he was killed or maybe he just flew to another part of the world and is just chilling who knows 😂

@Ani66501

8 күн бұрын

What's West of Westeros?

I thought the injury to the blk Dread was substantial.

@reelworld1

4 ай бұрын

He did have an open wound and some scars, but he wasn't diminished by it and was able to fly Aerea back. He lived another 40 years after it, whereas she died shortly after their arrival. What's interesting is what sort of creature could've even gotten any damage in on a dragon like Balerion. Would love to see them do a series on Valyria at some point, where they depict what happened there.

@christainmarks106

4 ай бұрын

@@reelworld1 thats what i was thinking.. something there was so big it injured the black dread. Something down there is big as fuck

@dereka5310

3 ай бұрын

@@christainmarks106some speculate it was a firewyrm... One half of a dragon's blood magic

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Obviously, because of set designs and budgets, they couldn’t make his skull the appropriate size it canonically would be, because Cersei would barely come up to the size of one of his smaller canines if they were being size accurate

The cannibal was bigger as he was there before and after ballerion spanning almost a thousand years and might still be alive for all we know

@reelworld1

2 ай бұрын

I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do with the Cannibal on House of the Dragon.

Is the thumbnail an AI image, or original art? It's really good.

@reelworld1

5 ай бұрын

It is AI, there are few other ones in the video too. There's a limited amount of usable Balerion artwork, and I didn't want to repeat stuff so I made a few of them.

@CoastalColin

5 ай бұрын

@@reelworld1Thanks. I thought so because I'm familiar with the artwork, there were ones I'd never seen.

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@yasin5040

12 күн бұрын

A Song of Ice and Fire

@alexanderterlouw283

12 күн бұрын

@@yasin5040 thnx

Looks more like moondancer's skull. Its shadow covers a village. wat a pitiful representation of a magnificient beast

Why cant anyone simply yeild in this show

@branislavokic652

3 ай бұрын

what does yeild mean

@XxMaddieMalicexX

3 ай бұрын

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@midnightbelle4037

2 ай бұрын

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@michaeldoyle3235

Ай бұрын

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Balerion could defeat him I think

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