Baelor The Blessed Targaryen : Complete Reign | House Of The Dragon | Game Of Thrones History & Lore

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
  • With the death of King Daeron i Targaryen in the sands of Dorne the throne passed to his younger brother Baelor Targaryen. Baelor was not like any other king westeros ever saw, he was devout to his faith to the point you could call him a religious zealot, while many of his choice over his reign would damage westeros and house targaryen forever, they were well intentioned as her truly believed what he was doing was best for the realm. Perhaps the most interesting part of his reign is not the king himself but his three sisters whom he placed in a maidenvault for near ten years in order to protect their virtue, as well as suprisess any destrise he had for them. This was very much against their will, and thus they still managed to protest there brothers rule. None more so than Daena Targaryen whom while trapped in the maiden vault gave birth to a bastard son. Daemon Waters, later known as Daemon Blackfyre, a man whom would near single handedly bring down the house of the dragon in years to come.
    00:00:00 Rise Of King Baelor The Blessed Targaryen
    00:06:11 The Rescue Of Aemon The Dragonknight
    00:12:29 King Baelor The Religious Zealot
    00:19:28 The Death Of King Baelor The Blessed
    00:25:00 Princess Daena The Defiant (Mother Of Daemon Blackfyre)
    00:30:25 The Maidens In The Vault
    Baelor The Blessed Targaryen : Complete Reign | House Of The Dragon | Game Of Thrones History & Lore
    The Dance Of The Dragons will be the focus of the plot of the new HBO spin-off House Of The Dragon coming in 2022. So if you want to learn the story before we see HBO's take on it then this will be a very long-running series. Game Of Thrones / House of the dragon are HBO shows based on George R R Martin's A Song Of Ice And Fire series. The information in this video comes from the books a world of ice and fire as well as fire and blood.
    -----------------------------------------------
    SOCIAL MEDIA
    ------------------------------------------------
    linktr.ee/WorldOfWesteros
    -----------------------------------------------
    ART LINK
    -----------------------------------------------
    The following link is for all the art that I use, if you see an image in this video a link to the source of it will be there, and the name of the artist if it's possible to find.
    docs.google.com/document/d/1V...
    Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen was trapped on Dragonstone by her brother King Aegon ii with no way to escape her fate. What was to come was the final showdown between the two main players of the dance of the dragons and bring the war into its final phase. The House of the dragon was crumbling and the events that was about to follow would only cause more damage to both sides of the war.
    -------------------------------------
    TAGS
    ------------------------------------
    #gameofthrones #asoiaf #houseofthedragon #hbogameofthrones #asongoficeandfire #got #fireandblood #danceofdragons #windsofwinter
  • Розваги

КОМЕНТАРІ • 62

  • @c.w.simpsonproductions1230
    @c.w.simpsonproductions1230 9 місяців тому +134

    Based on all the evidence, I don't think Baelor was one of the "crazy" Targaryens. At least not at first. I think his father likely played a big role in his pacifist nature, which probably led to his turn to religion. But, he definitely went off the deep end after the viper pit. All that venom combined with the intense physical strain likely caused mental damage.

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  9 місяців тому +28

      very true i think should we ever get fire and blood part two how he becomes such a religulous motivated person might be cleared up. At heart unlike a lot of 'bad' kings, i believe Baleor's intentions were good, but that does not mean the actions they resulted in were good.

    • @herbthompson8937
      @herbthompson8937 9 місяців тому +13

      ​@@WorldOfWesteroshopefully George will get TWOW done before anymore of these side books. It's getting ridiculous now

    • @InfamousB9
      @InfamousB9 9 місяців тому +2

      Maidenvault

    • @christianayahweh7632
      @christianayahweh7632 9 місяців тому

      House of The Dragon has nothing to do with The Game of Thrones. We overthrew your evil government with it and that is all we were interested in. Just defeating you. Something is wrong with you, woman.

    • @herbthompson8937
      @herbthompson8937 9 місяців тому +8

      @@christianayahweh7632 to who and what were you trying to say??????

  • @gabrielsarti310
    @gabrielsarti310 9 місяців тому +63

    Do we all agree that Elaena is underrated? She is such an awesome and interesting character

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  9 місяців тому +7

      Hopefully she gets expanded upon in fire and blood part 2 should we ever get it. Can see ehr become a fan favorite

    • @rexxdarealest1
      @rexxdarealest1 6 місяців тому

      @@WorldOfWesterosshe’s my fave of the daughters of Aegon III

    • @danielnemesio3388
      @danielnemesio3388 5 місяців тому

      A death guy put a child in her

  • @kevinneutzling8267
    @kevinneutzling8267 9 місяців тому +41

    I think Baelor was definitely mad but had the drive and temperament to make some positive choices in his early reign. Without him Dorne may have remained an enemy, and Daeron II naming his heir after him shows his legacy isn’t completely unappreciated.

  • @kentuckyfriedchicken7359
    @kentuckyfriedchicken7359 9 місяців тому +55

    In my opinion, Baelor is one of the worst kings alongside the Mad King and and Aenys. Guy really burnt very much needed books and knowledge that characters in the main series may need. Bro held the Targaryens back no wonder the faith and maesters loved this dude, he was doing their job for them. At least he built the great sept so the faith is now in Kings Landing allowing the Hightowers to have some grand re-awakening

    • @thatoneblackdude3333
      @thatoneblackdude3333 9 місяців тому +12

      Because of him and others dany has to start from scratch in regards to dragon lore .

    • @MeriaMych
      @MeriaMych 9 місяців тому +14

      True but for me Aegon the IV, Maegor & Aerys II are still the worst compared to him. Aenys I, Aerys I, Viserys I & Baelor are on the same level.

    • @jessjess23brooks89
      @jessjess23brooks89 9 місяців тому +10

      ​@@MeriaMychAgreed. He was a middle of the pack king who stands out for his religious zeal. He made some good calls and a few horrifying ones. Didn't leave the world in turmoil, but he did his family few favors.

    • @MeriaMych
      @MeriaMych 9 місяців тому +3

      @@jessjess23brooks89 Exactly!

  • @samalvey8168
    @samalvey8168 8 місяців тому +15

    It's a good thing he died when he did, in my opinion. Eventually he would have provoked the North in some manner, as the last bastion of the Old Gods, and it would have led to war. The Starks and their bannermen (aside from the Manderlys) hold to the Old Gods with firm fervour and to try and forcibly convert them would be disastrous.

  • @jessjess23brooks89
    @jessjess23brooks89 9 місяців тому +11

    I forgot he fasted and starved himself to death 😅. An odd, pious king, but far from the worst. Just not a great family man, for sure. I bet Rhaegar cursed him daily for burning all those important Targaryen texts lol

  • @mysteryjunkie9808
    @mysteryjunkie9808 7 місяців тому +5

    I agree with Jamie Lannister if Baelor had just slept with Daena the Realm would’ve been better off

  • @Hochspitz
    @Hochspitz 9 місяців тому +10

    I really enjoy how you breakdown all these histories. It must be so much work.👏

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  9 місяців тому +3

      I'm glad you enjoy them. To be honest i've been doing it so long now i've really narrowed down the workflow a lot. But what i will say is ever since i got past the era fire and blood covers it has been much more challenging having to use the world book as the main source, it's great to have but lacks the detail fire and blood gives us. For example Aegon iii's Regency took like 50 videos to cover. His actual reign maybe 4. So fleshing out the content post fire and blood has been tricky and taken a lot more work in terms of scripting that it used to.

    • @Hochspitz
      @Hochspitz 9 місяців тому +1

      @@WorldOfWesteros I find Fire & Blood hard enough and haven't even tried the World of Ice & Fire....too hard.

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  9 місяців тому +2

      world of ice and fire is written in a really strange way, it not bad for a quick five minute read, i mainly have it for the wonderful art. If you struggle with fire and blood, it might be worth taking a look at rise of the dragon, it's a bit more condensed and less dense than fire and blood anh has some great art

  • @TheDeadlyKnight
    @TheDeadlyKnight 9 місяців тому +28

    Baelor’s a strange case. Does his Good outweigh the Bad? Set aside his follies like the messenger doves & the touting of low-class faith healers & prophets. Major edicts occurred during his rule. Among them, appeasement of Dorne ultimately led to Its annexation into the kingdom proper; fully & not in style only. One of the greatest achievements of any Targaryen king imo. His charity to the smallfolk & patronage to the Faith of Seven were remarkable endeavors imo. Detaining his innocent sisters for a decade was an outrage. Burning books & oppressing secular intellectuals & intelligencia, was substantive & harmful. A bloody crusade against the Northmen & Ironmen would’ve been an existential disaster. There’s no certain verdict in either direction

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  9 місяців тому +14

      For me Baelor had good intentions, he certainly didn't want to harm anyone or make the kingdom a worse place and he did do some really good things, peace with Dorne being one of them. i genuinely believe he felt like he was doing the right things. But just because he was doing them with good intent does not make his actions good. He's not evil or a tyrant, like Maegor or Aegon iv, but ultimately he is remembered among the bad kings of westeros.

    • @TheDeadlyKnight
      @TheDeadlyKnight 9 місяців тому +1

      @@WorldOfWesteros A shame. Like you, I’m not sure I agree w/ that assessment. The lives of his subjects were better for having him on the iron throne. Gives him a slight nudge into the “Good King” category for this observer

    • @7deEspadas
      @7deEspadas 8 місяців тому +1

      The real question, for me at least, is how much me can atributte to Baelon himself and how much to his clearly capable hand.
      Guess we will know before winds at least

    • @TheDeadlyKnight
      @TheDeadlyKnight 8 місяців тому

      @@7deEspadas I attribute it all, the Good & Bad, to the King. If we credit Prince Viserys w/ negotiating the annexation marriage of his grandson, I think we have to place allowing his Nieces’ 10-YEAR detention at his feet also

  • @mohmmedakrot9663
    @mohmmedakrot9663 9 місяців тому +4

    Amazing video just amazing my brother keep it going big love from Libya

  • @williamdaniels9728
    @williamdaniels9728 29 днів тому +2

    Damon Blackfyre is so obviously Baelor's son that was somehow consummated with Daena. Think about it logically, why would a pious man need to literally "lock up" his sisters if he had no desires of them? Daena's namesake "The Defiant" is literally because she broke out so much and "wanted" to consummate her marriage with Baelor. It's all there in Fire & Blood or the ASOFI wiki if you care to know more. Baelor obviously didn't want to bed his sister and tried his best not to but in the end that's what happened somehow. It seems like he was intentionally trying not to have an "heir" and the only logical reason I can seem to think of is because he has some sort of prophetic dragon vision that his heir-son (if he were the have one) would tear the realm apart so in order to avoid that possible future he tried to make himself celibate, but it didn't work because of Daena's determination and obsession to "consummate". Why else would a pious man fast himself to death over the birth of sister's son if it was some other man's sins or responsibility? It doesn't make sense, and it only makes sense if it was HIS son that was born and he felt guilt for this. Viserys or Daena came up with the plan to pass Damon off as one of Aegon's many bastards. I think she probably slept with Aegon after bedding Baelor to give Aegon The Unworthy the illusion the child was his when in reality she was already pregnant with Baelor's child (Damon Blackfyre) - maybe Aegon The Unworthy always knew the child wasn't his? In addition to all this and to complicate things further Dareon II isn't actually Aegon's son either but the son of Aemon The Dragon Knight and his sister Nerys, that one is more widely known. The end result is Dareon is older, wiser, a smaller framed guy and seemingly a good person & politician is actually a love child bastard doing his best to hold the throne and the kingdom together and all while bringing Dorne into the fold (something not even Aegon The Conqueror could do) and Damon Blackfyre is the younger warrior knight, popular everywhere and liked by all who doesn't know until much later in the story that he is actually the rightful heir to the throne and technically has a higher claim than Dareon. Aegon threatened Dareon multiple times to disinherit him and may have been the motive Dareon needed to kill Aegon and take his place and basically go about the business of putting the kingdom back together after Aegon trashed it. Really Aegon's only sons are the two that hated each other and worked around both Dareon & Damon in the background and that was Bryden Rivers and Aegor Bittersteel.

  • @aegorbittersteel2154
    @aegorbittersteel2154 9 місяців тому +13

    King Daemon Blackfyre Best of the Best 🗡🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

    • @DaBloodRaven
      @DaBloodRaven 9 місяців тому

      That hail of arrows I sent at him says otherwise 😂😂😂

    • @lawrencereid2767
      @lawrencereid2767 9 місяців тому +1

      Jeah!!!!!!

    • @aegorbittersteel2154
      @aegorbittersteel2154 9 місяців тому

      @lawrencereid2767 Good see support for the true King.

    • @SeviathTheHumanDrago
      @SeviathTheHumanDrago 8 місяців тому +1

      @@aegorbittersteel2154 The King That Was Chosen. He Wielded Blackfyre the sword of Aegon the Conqueror.

  • @rschmidt93
    @rschmidt93 9 місяців тому +1

    Right on time for work

  • @herbthompson8937
    @herbthompson8937 9 місяців тому +5

    Grandfather of the GOAT warrior!

  • @danieltukua4527
    @danieltukua4527 9 місяців тому +10

    It always seems like there’s evidence of the Old Gods existing along with those like Rh’lorr (if I’m spelling it right) yet never the Seven which I find interesting. Maegor killing the Seven Knights, Baelon, The Great Sept getting blown up, ect. Wonder if it’ll play a role

    • @mysteryjunkie9808
      @mysteryjunkie9808 7 місяців тому +3

      The Warrior beheaded Caraxes and The Mother saved Ser Davos at the Battle of Blackwater

  • @jackashmore
    @jackashmore 8 місяців тому +2

    King Daeron was a stud and got killed in a real lame way. Would’ve been cool to see an arc about him.

  • @lawrencereid2767
    @lawrencereid2767 9 місяців тому +5

    First to take the Black 🖤

  • @herbthompson8937
    @herbthompson8937 9 місяців тому +5

    Daemon caused NO trouble!!! Daeron caused the trouble!!!!

  • @johnbotcher8752
    @johnbotcher8752 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you

  • @Simon-A.-Tan
    @Simon-A.-Tan 6 місяців тому +1

    People like to throw the term "mad" around a lot in the ASOIAF-fandom, but, much like in the real world, "madness" doesn't exist in Westeros.
    What we call "madness" or - in our world - "mental illness", is just a throwaway term for "unconventional behaviour".... mostly for an otherwise normal aspect of human behaviour that got pushed to it's extreme: distrusting people you don't like is normal, but Aerys II distrusted everyone who didn't promise him heaven.... people search for higher meaning, but Baelor overused it as a coping mechanism.
    Especially people in positions of power will oftentimes succumb to overdoing such things, since they rarely face people who are "allowed" to pull them straight.
    THIS is Targaryan madness, not some weird inexplicable curse.

  • @Guinnessdrnkr1234
    @Guinnessdrnkr1234 7 місяців тому +2

    The king provided proof the marriage was not consummated?! Do the septon see that poor women's intact hymen?

  • @business_casual_rex
    @business_casual_rex 9 місяців тому +4

    Another long video? Hell yeah

  • @TheDeadlyKnight
    @TheDeadlyKnight 9 місяців тому +6

    Dragonlord Jesus

  • @matro2
    @matro2 9 місяців тому +8

    Baelor the Based.

  • @nategraham6946
    @nategraham6946 2 місяці тому +1

    Probably my favorite king. Does anyone actually know exactly what the Septon’s Vows are?

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  2 місяці тому

      not specifically but there are a few things we can infer, for example they typically only go by there given name and don't seem to marry. A few a speculated they could be similar to a knight's vow. I used to think they gave up lands a titles but as Baelor proves that may not be the case unless he was an exception to the rule

    • @nategraham6946
      @nategraham6946 2 місяці тому

      @@WorldOfWesteros Very good points. I hope they get explored in more detail someday. That and more about the faith in general, including the contents of the Seven Pointed Star.

  • @carastone3473
    @carastone3473 9 місяців тому

    …peace between the SIX kingdoms and Dorne. Dorne WAS the seventh kingdom.

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy День тому

    Oddly enough one of the most annoying kings imo lol. Despite being a pacificst he was so to a sickening level I could only compare to the sickening levels that Aegon IV was greedy

  • @Balon-Breakspear
    @Balon-Breakspear 6 місяців тому +3

    Baelor the blessed?? Psssh more like Baelor the butcher