It kind of makes you wonder how powerful were the highest Dragonlords of High Valyria compared to the Targaryens.

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

There must have been some great dynasties in the Freehold’s heyday

@minatodroger7890

Жыл бұрын

Probably had like 30 dragons and blood mages in the family

@Hubert99999

Жыл бұрын

And how great were their dragons, considering Balerion is the only dragon in the story to have seen old Valyria, they must have been formidable if the black dread is anything to go by

@Alejojojo6

Жыл бұрын

@@minatodroger7890 At some point 300 Dragons from the 40 dragonrider families of Valyria (the top top elite) were sent against the Rhoynar, being the highest number of dragons presented at a single battle. Thats an average of 7-8 dragons per family at that given point.

@justamurse5646

Жыл бұрын

How great they were probably led to their arrogance and downfall as well

"Valyria is gone. We don't belong anywhere" that is so sad

@saymyname2417

Жыл бұрын

Actually, that's the best thing that could happen to countless in this story.

@SherlockHolmesb-kp4ru

4 ай бұрын

​@@saymyname2417They would have founded out eventually that the number of wargs south of the wall has practically became extinct and eventually expanded into westoros .They would have benefitted a whole lot by incorporating it within the empire as westoros is abundant with precious ores that they are so ridiculously fond of and some of the most fertile lands in all the known world . But however for the lords and peoples under the freehold in Westoros life probably wouldn't have been great as under the targaryens, they would have been simply viewed as a renewable resource not living breathing humans .The lords and kings of the continent would have been annihilated and i could go on and on about the atrocities that would have been committed in Westoros by the valyrians

@saymyname2417

3 ай бұрын

@@SherlockHolmesb-kp4ru - Sad but very true!

@concept5631

8 күн бұрын

You can tell Daemon would've fit right in to Old Valyria. A man out of time.

Aegon is probably in my top 3 targs, I love that everytime someone proposed to him or offered a kid to him, he was always like "Nah, Visenya and Raeneys probably wouldn't like that, I choose to live thanks though, we can still all be friends though!"

@user-op6kt8pg9y

Жыл бұрын

My 3 favourites are maegor, baelor and jahaerys all 3 of them show the parts needed to be a king but only jahaerys found that balance between ruthlessness, holiness, and diplomacy whereas maegor and baelor both swing way too far on one side

@thisguy8106

6 ай бұрын

​@@user-op6kt8pg9yThe Old King really was the perfect balance.

@Elizabeth-hc3mi

7 күн бұрын

"No thank you, I choose life."

To be honest, I wanna see Aenar Targaryen leave Valyria and arrive at Dragonstone, see a whole episode of them hopping from one generation to the next, until they reach Visenya, then Aegon and Rhaenys. THEN start Aegon's Conquest..

@aamirrazak3467

Ай бұрын

That would be really cool backstory to see. Would be cool to get a glimpse of the Valyrian freehold before the doom too

One small thing to mention about the table being very accurate, the conqueror had dragons meaning if he wanted to he could fly up and see the outlines of coasts, we see in the show and books that altitude doesn't seem to affect dragon riders

@concept5631

8 күн бұрын

Shit that's a good point. Never thought of that.

@Nickname-ef9tv

4 күн бұрын

The dragons likely radiate enough heat so that their riders don't freeze in the clouds. Only air pressure oxygen might ba a problem, but i doubt dragons can fly that high.

Aegon has a knack for building things The painted table, the iron throne, the red keep He should be called Aegon the tinkerer

@ChaosLierLen

4 ай бұрын

Aegon The Artificer.

@Prodigi50

24 күн бұрын

Aegon the Architect.

@Comet_373

20 күн бұрын

And ageons fort

@isaacmatos297

15 күн бұрын

And Maegor inherited this of Aegon I. If Maegor wasn't a cruel man, he was known like Maegor, the Builder. He made a new project to Red Keep, a castle inside a castle, and the Moat of the Dragons...

I always wished George had gone into a little more detail on the Targaryen’s during the Century of Blood. What were they doing? Aenar brought his wives and kin so they started with a big family, what happened to all them? Why did their dragon population drop? Can’t help but feel there is a good story to be told there

@steefervid5143

Жыл бұрын

I agreeeeeeeeee

@getolde7966

Жыл бұрын

Aenar came with five dragons, most likely the doom of valyria affected the dragons, so eventually only the big three and maybe a few unnamed hatchlings were left. I‘d really love to see what the other 4 dragons Aenar brought with him looked like tho.

@josephpotter7776

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a spinoff

Wow i didn’t expect to laugh this much while learning so about Aegon before the conquest. Amazing editing on this video well done 👏

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that, thank you

The meme "average weakest Valyrians[insert gigachad Aegon Targaryen picture]" unironically is true for the Targaryens lol.

The art used in this is beautiful. The Targaryens are stunning 🤩

My favorite targaryens are Jaeherys the first Daeron the second Bryndon rivers Daenerys targaryen Baelor breakspear Viserys targaryen the second

By the time of the dance, in terms of number of dragons, the Targaryens were probably equal to the greatest houses of dragon lords

If they decide to make a movie about the doom of Valyria then it should play out a bit like Pompeii

@freyasworn2600

Жыл бұрын

No

@OtherworldlyGrey

Жыл бұрын

@@freyasworn2600 I said a bit not all of it

@freyasworn2600

Жыл бұрын

@@OtherworldlyGrey I said No

@OtherworldlyGrey

Жыл бұрын

@@freyasworn2600 doesn't matter unless you're the one making it

“Your new empire?!” 😂 hilarious

Just found your channel and now I need to binge this whole series. Great stuff, man!

It would be awesome if there were movies or shows about the thriving empire, the Valyrian Free Hold, and it's downfall. In addition, make it all lead into Aegon's conquest starring Henry Cavill as the lead. If George RR Martin and hollywood had a few braincells...they would know that bringing this to life would make them millions if not billions. Then just remake GOT.

@coleoswald8982

Жыл бұрын

Nah the mystery makes it cooler like Atlantis

@janejane6754

Жыл бұрын

I think it would be amazing if they could get great script writers. They could write about all sorts of different dragon lords.

@tackroachmicmoacka2348

Жыл бұрын

As long as GRRM is alive he won't allow the mystery to die. The fans theory crafting and debating is part of what keeps the property alive, if you take away the mystery the real core fan base is on a decay timer

@alexey2901

Жыл бұрын

@@coleoswald8982 nope

@Big_Wamu

Жыл бұрын

It would have to be animated... don't have the cgi budget for all of that

My new favorite channel

Crazy how many parallels there are with the roman empire.

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

George is such a history buff. The more I learn about history, the more I see how George blends it into his world.

@Not-Ap

Жыл бұрын

That was deliberate.

@TheThirdManu

3 ай бұрын

u mean he is a copy paster@@CrusaderChris

@thomasbrennan1038

8 күн бұрын

@@TheThirdManutwat

Ageons conquest show with the white walkers being the motivation and a bad ass actor to play him. Finally see Balerian. This and Jon Snow series is all I want please.

@scottkain8977

5 күн бұрын

I'm with you on that. Those two series would get more viewers than anything else.

8:34 ''Foul Volantine Lords, in search of Old Valyria. Emboldened by the flame of ambition... Someone must extinguish thy flames.'' Aegon I Targaryen, the Omen King

Great video

My favorite Targaryens are probably Jaehaerys I and Brynden Rivers

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

Video on Bloodraven coming soon

@Dell-ol6hb

Жыл бұрын

@@CrusaderChris nice that should be cool

@jaweincosey1891

Жыл бұрын

Brynden Rivers isn't a Targaryen!

@dineshbalu6107

Жыл бұрын

@@jaweincosey1891 Dude, He is a Targaryen Bastard. And he is the 3 eyed raven in GOT. Also he is known as Bloodraven.

It always irritiated me on the show that they called Daenarys a usurper...literally her ancestors built and created the throne...its her LITERAL BIRTHRIGHT.

Excellent💯

Favorite Targaryen is Visenya Followed by Maegor and Damon I like blackfyre and rhaegar too But visenya is the the 🐐 Targaryen

Crusader Chris, were you somewhat inspired by Alt Shift X’s way of making ASOIAF Lore videos? I see similarities and like what you’ve done here. Just curious.

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

I’ve definitely learned a lot from watching Alt Shift X, and even the poser Alt Schwift X. As well as a ton of other non-asoiaf creators. I’m curious where you see the similarities. There’s definitely some inspiration there. I just hope my work stands alone and isn’t TOO similar to anyone else’s.

YEEEESSS YES....I admit...it's Daemon, definately my favorite 👍

I've always thought a show in Valyria and The Shadowlands would be so Epic and Badass.

I honestly doubt Aegon the 4th wanted dragons to return due to prophecy. He wanted them to return so he could use them in his selfish and greedy plans and to keep people from objecting to his corrupt decision making.

@verydangerousalpaca8499

Жыл бұрын

I'm sure he'd crush any dragon he sat on XD

@concept5631

8 күн бұрын

​@@verydangerousalpaca8499 Balerion was said to be so large he could take flight with the Iron Throne on his back. Aegon IV is hefty but not that hefty.

Luke has always been my favorite Targaryen. Probably because Sir Harwin Strong is my favorite character

A lot of people already wrote this but man, imagine that massive franchise money if they made quality more close to the story series or film. They could even create a separate pay wall and own platform for that and bring in more money that way. I know that I would subscribe at least. And just like GRRM did when he wrote the fire and blood, the show writers should consult with fan experts and learn how the characters should be portrayed. I love Peter but man they messed up Lord Tyrions characters so bad in last few seasons of GoT.

I love got and hotd but damn we need a show about aegons conquest. Start it with the doom and go from there, it’d be so sick. That and a show about Robert’s rebellion would be amazing. After that I can go happily not needing another got spinoff show xD

11:05 - "He must have aegonized" haha

I want to know how Balerion compares in size to the other 4 dragons that fled Valyria. Also if Aegon was fairly active prior to the conquest and visited a few cities and saw his dragons why would they later oppose him during the conquest? Especially Storm's end should have know what he was capable of.

@concept5631

8 күн бұрын

Balerion was just a hatchling when the Targayens left Valyria, so presumably pretty small.

They really need to make a show based on valyria and Aegons conquest. Do something like what they did with house of the dragon. Show the fall of Valyria and then Segway into aegons conquest. I know people say they there’s no point since he won everything so easily but I think giving this story a show would add a lot more. In the book it’s more like a preview to aegons conquest if they do a show they can really flesh things out. And we’d get to see a LA black dread

I really do like the idea of Aegon’s dream being the kinda backbone of 300 years of Targaryen Dynasty.

Maegor the cool😂

@lyssanch3096

Жыл бұрын

Maegar the chad

The cut scene with rhaenyra and daemon had me dead 😭

Please make this another TV series..

Ok after reading some comments, i really want to know more about valeria . One comment said each top ruling family had about 6 too 8 dragons.

Love the Doofenshmirtz reference

Always wonder why they didn't have purple eyes in the show

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

I believe they tried using purple contacts early in filming season 1 of GoT, but they made Emilia Clarke very uncomfortable. Idk how difficult/expensive it'd be to CGI their eyes purple in HotD for every scene, but I'd definitely appreciate it. It's one of the coolest defining features of Valyrians.

Who was the king of Valeria who was the most powerful house

Were the lords of dragonstone ever a vassal to any of the westerosi kings before the conquest? Even if just nominally? Or were they just purely independent? I’m surprised that no kings attempted to do so through diplomacy. I’m also surprised that even before the Targaryens arrived that no one claimed the island.

@kevinstfort

Күн бұрын

Dragonstone was a Valyrian outpost before the Targaryen’s settled there. I doubt any of the Westerosi kingdoms wanted to mess with the Valyrian freehold.

My favorite Targaryen didn't get the name but had the blood. Daemon Blackfyre. Followed by Aegon III and Maegor.

I would love for Hayden Christensen to portray a middle-aged Aegon Targaryen in a future HBO series.

Ok. I get that summerhall didn't exist when the table was made. But could it not have been modified to include summerhall at a later time?

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

Sure, but Summerhall wasn’t built until 186 AC, which is several decades after House of the Dragon takes place. It’s really not a big deal, though, just kinda funny.

Is the aegon dream a show only thing?

Daemon is fav

Hmm I wonder. Perhaps the Targaryens before Aegon where planning to reclaim Valryria, only they may have waited until they had more dragons. 5 dragons would be nowhere near enough to take and control all of the Valeyrian freehold

I agree that Aegon really agonized over Aegonizing Westeros

You say they were 3 deaths away from final blood of Valeria forgetting their neighbors to the south and north, yes last Dragon riders

So this doom of valyria and the extinction of other dragonlords and their dragons took inspiration from the asteroid hitting earth and volcanic eruptions that killed all the dinosaurs? Just a guess. LMAO Had to give it a try, plus, isn't it ironic the first targaryen that became king was bestfriends with a baratheon and the last targaryen king was succeeded by a baratheon as well?

What about the one true heir to The Iron Throne. The Prince that was promised, Aegon VI Targaryen? Ned promised Jon that he would tell him the next time they met.

King Maegor the Great is my favorite Targ

"Gaemon" Bronn is laughing.gif

12:22 had me laughing so hard

The Queen that never was!!!!

There were other Valaryians that escaped the doom The Velaryons among others....but only the Targaryens emerged with dragons. 😮

@kevinstfort

Күн бұрын

The Velaryons and Celtigars left Valyria way before the doom and the Targaryens.

Very good 😆😆😆🤭🤭🤭

My favorites Targaryen Jon snow Daenerys Aegon the conqueror

My favorite Targaryen is Gaemon Palehair.

I like rhagar Targaryen a lot Jon snow who is Aegon the 6th I think And probably the original Conquer too

Did he mention what his sources were?

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

You mean my sources? I cited every quote I used, and all the other information about Aegon comes from the books. Any of my own guesses/predictions I believe I made pretty clear, unless there’s something specific you’re talking about.

@slippyclutch

Жыл бұрын

@@CrusaderChris apologies if this came across the wrong way. I didn’t want to listen to the video because of spoilers so I just wanted to know if you mentioned which books you got the info from that’s all, thanks for the reply!

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh, ok. I usually add spoiler warnings but I didn’t this time, so my bad. There aren’t any spoilers for the main ASOIAF books, but I use some footage that would spoil Game of Thrones if you haven’t seen the show. There are minor spoilers for House of the Dragon season 1, but this video doesn’t spoil anything major from the books or the shows. This is just a lore video for what Aegon was doing way before the books or HotD start. Thanks!

God damn do some of the Lords of Dragonstone look like PewDiePie🤣

It just is what it is. Dramond completely broke Poole. He hasn’t been the same since 2022. Wiggins from the championship has disappeared and Clay is definitely not a play the give a lot of money to. All that plus Wiseman being such a bad fit that they didn’t even try to develop and this is how you get here. It was a great run but like so many others it’s at its end.

What about the Celtigars and Velaryons??

@rmellrobinson821

Жыл бұрын

Damn; I was going to make this comment

@ConnorLikesPie

Жыл бұрын

I wish we had more info of the Celtigars, I always felt they had potential to help the Targaryen lineage with some Valarian blood and prevent unnecessary incest

@jisooschrist9717

Жыл бұрын

@@ConnorLikesPie Well unfortunately whatever was used to make dragons and what was done to bond Valyrians with dragons (blood magic) only stay within their specific families. That’s why even before the doom, Valyrian families have been marrying brother to sister for generations. The Targaryens are described as a dragon riding family who specialized in breeding war dragons. The Celtigars and the Velaryons didn’t really have that power. And the Targaryens couldn’t bond with the wild dragons because they didn’t have the specific type of blood magic to do that. But maybe feeding sheep 🐑 was the key. 😂

@alexthelizardking

Жыл бұрын

Targaryens flew. Velaryons sailed. Celtigars...kept the books balanced because fiscal responsibility is also important.

@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215

Жыл бұрын

@@alexthelizardking 😂

So The Targaryens, Celtigars and Valyerions are the only ones left from their ancient empire?"

@badyoutuber1986

12 күн бұрын

And some individuals in essos

@badyoutuber1986

12 күн бұрын

And the lyssane but they are more bastards of velerians.

Aegon: Westeros looking real submissive and conquerable

I'm nearly 💯 percent certain that the Faceless Men. Took out the Valyria on the orders of the Iron Bank or someone else.

@freyasworn2600

Жыл бұрын

Nani

Yeah Aegon’s cool, but Orys Baratheon is a fucking chad. Some dude rejects your marriage proposal, so you kill him, marry his daughter and take his kingdom and his sigil. Orys single-handedly erased his name from the history books.

6:30

Gaemon hehe. poor guy

Something I always wonder about... What significance does "BC" hold in a world where "christ" does not exist....?

@CrusaderChris

Ай бұрын

BC means Before Conquest (Aegon’s Conquest) and AC means After Conquest.

@Elbi93

Ай бұрын

@@CrusaderChris ahhhh i'm an idiot haha thank you for clarifying!

Daemon is not my favorite targ . My favorite targ is danny and Aegon the conqueror.

There are no good targs. Even Jon rejected incest and embraced targ genocide, as Bobby B would have wanted

must have aegonised... I see what you did there

The painted table is made of dragon glass not driftwood

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

It’s carved from wood.

@kevinscroggins2652

Жыл бұрын

@@CrusaderChris Gotcha. I heard in another video it was dragon glass that's how it lights up like that in the show. I had thought it was wood when I heard that so ya your probably right

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

We learn in A Clash of Kings that it’s made from wood when Stannis is on Dragonstone. GRRM calls it a “massive slab of carved wood.” I was just guessing that it’s driftwood; it could be any type of wood. So maybe that other video was just theorizing that the HotD Painted Table is different somehow.

why the BC is used? this is a fairytale, os very weird to use it

@CrusaderChris

Жыл бұрын

BC means Before Conquest (Aegon’s Conquest). It’s a canon term. AC means After Conquest.

@passiflorapassiflora6058

Жыл бұрын

@@CrusaderChris thankyou..I thought is Before Cristh..I just saw the show this week end....I think I am a fan ....I dreamed dragons last night

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aegon is nasty and evil

Aegon's dream was complete bullshit...