Before the Conquest: Aegon Targaryen’s Life Before Westeros
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2024
- On Dragonstone, the Targaryens were the last remnants of the race of Valyrian dragonlords. During the Century of Blood following the Doom, the Targaryen family cemented itself on Dragonstone, culminating in Aegon the Conqueror in 27 BC, 75 years after the Doom. Before he did his conquesting, Aegon married his sisters, traveled Westeros, goofed on some people in Volantis, and more.
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Aegon by Amok amokdigital...
Aegon & Balerion by Ertaç Altınöz www.artstation.com/ertacaltinoz
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Timestamps:
0:00 - 1:29 Intro
1:29 - 4:44 Aegon's Early Life
4:44 - 7:09 Road to Conquest
7:09 - 9:26 Aegon in Essos
9:26 - 12:58 The Dream
12:58 - 13:39 Last Words
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It kind of makes you wonder how powerful were the highest Dragonlords of High Valyria compared to the Targaryens.
There must have been some great dynasties in the Freehold’s heyday
Probably had like 30 dragons and blood mages in the family
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
@@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.
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
Actually, that's the best thing that could happen to countless in this story.
@@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
@@SherlockHolmesb-kp4ru - Sad but very true!
You can tell Daemon would've fit right in to Old Valyria. A man out of time.
It's said the slaves were tortured to mine gold by the Valarian Dragon Lords. They likely rose up to cause the doom. From there you get the faceless men who trained Arya in Game of Thrones.
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!"
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
@@user-op6kt8pg9yThe Old King really was the perfect balance.
"No thank you, I choose life."
Aegon was into men, he was with Visenya out of duty and with Raeneys (and all “her” lovers) because he could be his true self around her. She was his beard. I think his true love was his half brother and best friend Orys Baratheon.
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..
That would be really cool backstory to see. Would be cool to get a glimpse of the Valyrian freehold before the doom too
Aegon has a knack for building things
The painted table, the iron throne, the red keep
He should be called Aegon the tinkerer
Aegon The Artificer.
Aegon the Architect.
And ageons fort
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...
Aegon the Carpenter
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
Shit that's a good point. Never thought of that.
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.
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
I agreeeeeeeeee
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.
Sounds like a spinoff
The meme "average weakest Valyrians[insert gigachad Aegon Targaryen picture]" unironically is true for the Targaryens lol.
Wow i didn’t expect to laugh this much while learning so about Aegon before the conquest. Amazing editing on this video well done 👏
I appreciate that, thank you
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.
Nah the mystery makes it cooler like Atlantis
I think it would be amazing if they could get great script writers. They could write about all sorts of different dragon lords.
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
@@coleoswald8982 nope
It would have to be animated... don't have the cgi budget for all of that
My favorite targaryens are
Jaeherys the first
Daeron the second
Bryndon rivers
Daenerys targaryen
Baelor breakspear
Viserys targaryen the second
The art used in this is beautiful. The Targaryens are stunning 🤩
If they decide to make a movie about the doom of Valyria then it should play out a bit like Pompeii
No
@@freyasworn2600 I said a bit not all of it
@@OtherworldlyGrey I said No
@@freyasworn2600 doesn't matter unless you're the one making it
By the time of the dance, in terms of number of dragons, the Targaryens were probably equal to the greatest houses of dragon lords
No they weren't.. nowhere near.. the average valyrian house had around 30 dragons.. by the dance the targaryens had like 15 dragons and on top of that they were split in 2 factions.. there was a battle where 40 powerful houses of Valyria sent 300 dragons to fight the largest army at that point (The Rhoynar probably had around 500k soldiers)
@@rias.gremoryyy exactly that was probably majority of their dragonsthey sent . Prince Garin frightened them by killing three dragons already. If it’s around three hundred at that period, divided by 40 that comes down to 7.5 per family. Of course we have no idea of the distribution, but by that calculation they are at least above average
Just found your channel and now I need to binge this whole series. Great stuff, man!
“Your new empire?!” 😂 hilarious
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.
I'm with you on that. Those two series would get more viewers than anything else.
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.
Bruv. It's politics. Of course her detractors would call her so. Also, since no one knew about the secret marriage of Rhaegar and Lyanna, on top of what the mad king did to the Starks, there was enough justification to overthrow the Targaryens. Given that the reason they came to power was because of their dragon force and they had none anymore, at this point, having said all that, it is normal thar their was a rebellion. It's not like rulers have a god-given right to rule. Maybe some did in the show, but they are few. So yeah, Rob Baratheon literally won the crown and is literally king. So yea, technically daenerys is a usurper for all of those reasons. Had the mad king had his way, there would be no more King's Landing and no more iron throne to rule.
Plus… it was also Robert’s ancestors who built and created the throne as well.
Crazy how many parallels there are with the roman empire.
George is such a history buff. The more I learn about history, the more I see how George blends it into his world.
That was deliberate.
u mean he is a copy paster@@CrusaderChris
@@TheThirdManutwat
My new favorite channel
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
Favorite Targaryen is Visenya
Followed by Maegor and Damon
I like blackfyre and rhaegar too
But visenya is the the 🐐 Targaryen
My favorite Targaryens are probably Jaehaerys I and Brynden Rivers
Video on Bloodraven coming soon
@@CrusaderChris nice that should be cool
Brynden Rivers isn't a Targaryen!
@@jaweincosey1891 Dude, He is a Targaryen Bastard. And he is the 3 eyed raven in GOT. Also he is known as Bloodraven.
Great video
Excellent💯
Slipping in “but it’s weird that it happened twice” was a nice touch lol
YEEEESSS YES....I admit...it's Daemon, definately my favorite 👍
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.
Balerion was just a hatchling when the Targayens left Valyria, so presumably pretty small.
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?
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.
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.
Who was the king of Valeria who was the most powerful house
Maegor the cool😂
Maegar the chad
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.
I'm sure he'd crush any dragon he sat on XD
@@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.
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
Is the aegon dream a show only thing?
I've always thought a show in Valyria and The Shadowlands would be so Epic and Badass.
Luke has always been my favorite Targaryen. Probably because Sir Harwin Strong is my favorite character
11:05 - "He must have aegonized" haha
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.
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.
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.
I really do like the idea of Aegon’s dream being the kinda backbone of 300 years of Targaryen Dynasty.
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
The cut scene with rhaenyra and daemon had me dead 😭
Please make this another TV series..
Daemon is fav
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?
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.
Love the Doofenshmirtz reference
My favorites Targaryen
Jon snow
Daenerys
Aegon the conqueror
You gotta throw Maegor in there..
I assumed Tyrion was the third dragon rider. Being the bastard son of the Mad King.
Always wonder why they didn't have purple eyes in the show
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.
My favorite Targaryen didn't get the name but had the blood. Daemon Blackfyre. Followed by Aegon III and Maegor.
King Maegor the Great is my favorite Targ
Aegon deliberately offered Orys to Argilac in order to goad Argilac into insulting him and giving him a reason to make war on Argilac and conquer the Seven Kingdoms. Aegon is a Targaryen, not some noble milksop to not use such a tactic to get his ends.
What about the Celtigars and Velaryons??
Damn; I was going to make this comment
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
@@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. 😂
Targaryens flew. Velaryons sailed. Celtigars...kept the books balanced because fiscal responsibility is also important.
@@alexthelizardking 😂
Did he mention what his sources were?
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.
@@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!
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!
What stopped Valerians from conquering the whole world?
in case of the east it wasn't worth taking the lands they just took slaves,but westeros is entirely different matter there could many reasons,one of which is a prophecy that the gold of casterly rock will bring valyria's destruction or end theit dynasties something like that
I like rhagar Targaryen a lot
Jon snow who is Aegon the 6th I think
And probably the original
Conquer too
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
The Queen that never was!!!!
12:22 had me laughing so hard
It’d be like if the Kardashians moved to Britain and conquered it with Basketball Players
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.
My favorite Targaryen is Gaemon Palehair.
You say they were 3 deaths away from final blood of Valeria forgetting their neighbors to the south and north, yes last Dragon riders
I would love for Hayden Christensen to portray a middle-aged Aegon Targaryen in a future HBO series.
"Gaemon"
Bronn is laughing.gif
Very good 😆😆😆🤭🤭🤭
I agree that Aegon really agonized over Aegonizing Westeros
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.
No more mr nice dragon 😂😂😂
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.
aegons dream canon?
There were other Valaryians that escaped the doom The Velaryons among others....but only the Targaryens emerged with dragons. 😮
The Velaryons and Celtigars left Valyria way before the doom and the Targaryens.
its funny some people are like the first men deserve the throne, then the andals deserve it, then the targaryans followed by baratheons now etc. well forst men have the best claim but the starks wouldnt want it so really no one deserves to rule everyone should govern themselves as it was in the old days😊
Aegon: Westeros looking real submissive and conquerable
6:30
God damn do some of the Lords of Dragonstone look like PewDiePie🤣
I'm nearly 💯 percent certain that the Faceless Men. Took out the Valyria on the orders of the Iron Bank or someone else.
Nani
There are no good targs. Even Jon rejected incest and embraced targ genocide, as Bobby B would have wanted
Gaemon hehe. poor guy
So The Targaryens, Celtigars and Valyerions are the only ones left from their ancient empire?"
And some individuals in essos
And the lyssane but they are more bastards of velerians.
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.
So we are gonna ignore the fact that one of the lord was gaymon?
must have aegonised... I see what you did there
why aegon,s dream took 300 years to be fulfilled,while daenys dream came true in just 12 years? does anyone think this is interesting
Aegon's dream is not George's. It's the show runners. So, it's not cannon
@@TheMap1997 maybe he uncovered daenys's book of dreams and read TPTWP prophecy like rhaegar did.
Something I always wonder about... What significance does "BC" hold in a world where "christ" does not exist....?
BC means Before Conquest (Aegon’s Conquest) and AC means After Conquest.
@@CrusaderChris ahhhh i'm an idiot haha thank you for clarifying!
why the BC is used? this is a fairytale, os very weird to use it
BC means Before Conquest (Aegon’s Conquest). It’s a canon term. AC means After Conquest.
@@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
Daemon is not my favorite targ . My favorite targ is danny and Aegon the conqueror.
Noi
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The painted table is made of dragon glass not driftwood
It’s carved from wood.
@@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
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.
aegon is nasty and evil
Aegon's dream was complete bullshit...