A Song of Ice and Fire: Age of Valyria

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A brief history of Valyrian Freehold, from the early expansion east and later western expansion. Based on the series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.
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@CivilizationEx 6 жыл бұрын

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@concept5631 4 жыл бұрын

One can only imagine how powerful the top-tier Valyrian Dragonlords were.

@concept5631 3 жыл бұрын

@Chris George Sounds powerful.

@admin.slayerenryu5217 3 жыл бұрын

The Others: Yeah were gonna be here in the North. We like the cold.

@concept5631 3 жыл бұрын

@@admin.slayerenryu5217 Valyria: _Wise._

@CommanderOfRussia1 3 жыл бұрын

@Chris George They were nowhere near the Dragonborn from TES lol. The Dragonborn is a walking piece of Akatosh, who is the most powerful god in TES. Their dragons are however bigger.

@dannyn6036 Жыл бұрын

@CK George1989 dragon rend is way too op in this world

@LM-bi5lr 6 жыл бұрын

Valyria reminds me of the empire of Rome. Great civilization, very advanced for their time, big territory, many conquests, started as a small village, great families ruled at least for a time and no sole ruler (king,emperor,etc.) during the time of the republic. I know where the inspiration came from.

@zhengyangwang214 5 жыл бұрын

they are in many ways like the Roman Empire/Republic but they weren't as expansionist as they are, they existed for nearly 5000 years yet they managed to only take over an area about the same size as the Seven Kingdoms, or maybe its written with the perspective of the maesters so perhaps the real history would be the Freehold is bigger with the Sarnori the Ifeqevron, Qarthi as their vassals. The Yi Ti and Jogos Nhai could have been subjected to their rules since they had dragons, lots of them which are the nukes in this story.

@powerist209 2 жыл бұрын

@@zhengyangwang214 As later novels and spin-off, Yi Ti seems to have enough power to put or even defeat Valyria. And Spoiler: There are blackstone buildings dating before Valyria along with white hair, purple eyed people.

@unknownbenefactor8029 Жыл бұрын

@@powerist209 Valyrian is the first Dragon lord in the western hemisphere while Dragon lord was already exist in the East far older than the first men in Westeros. Five Blackstone Citadel was constructed by Dragon lord of the Empire of the Dawn solid Blackstone fortresses so massive it can fit 10 legion of troops inside it. The fortresses almost look like they were carved out of one gigantic black stone, no joint no connection no windows or holes. A feat only a dragon lord or a Deep One can do.

@connerclark3678 Жыл бұрын

The 5 wars with Ghis are certainly reminiscent of Rome’s 3 wars with Carthage, including the turning of regional allies, and ultimate burning of the enemy capital.

@XerTaaL Жыл бұрын

"this is similar to a real historical event" mfs when inspiration 😮

@unhackerthelaziestbastardo6083 5 жыл бұрын

Big shout out to the first Valaryian to figure out how to tame dragons. May they rest in peace.

@CivilizationEx 6 жыл бұрын

Correction: For some reason I called the South Western Free City Tyr, but the actual name is Tyrosh. Correction 2: I also said they extracted bronze and tin, but meant to say copper and tin, which they used to make bronze. :(

@guisseppistrombopolis9082 6 жыл бұрын

CivilizationEx we still love you and your videos don't be too hard on yourself

@frankg2790 6 жыл бұрын

We all make mistakes.

@franken1191 4 жыл бұрын

Just dont let it happen again fool

@byzantineboi8345 4 жыл бұрын

Tyr was actually the name of a real life ancient city and trade hub

@rohaankhan7523 3 жыл бұрын

Its ok

@minatodroger7890 6 жыл бұрын

Gods we need a book about Valyria what are the names of the two strongest familes and how many dragons would a stronger family have?

@AnimeSlaps Жыл бұрын

How big would those dragons be? Bigger than Balaerion for sure.

@badler6145 Жыл бұрын

@@AnimeSlaps Yes, considering that Targaryens weren't the most powerful family.

@leonidasimperialis3513 Жыл бұрын

Bro I could just imagine a Dragon of the Great Clans being so massive that it could cast a shadow on Kings Landing Twice over.

@inGbs Жыл бұрын

House Doomfyre

@leonidasimperialis3513 Жыл бұрын

@@inGbs Valyria didn't have Houses. So I am wondering what they would've called their noble Families and what they ruled over. I have a feeling it'd probably would've been a Archonate.

@sohambanerjee6343 6 жыл бұрын

ASOIAF and LotR needs to be a college subject, and you need to be the professor.

@ethankang3467 6 жыл бұрын

Yes! New video from my favorite KZfaqr!

@sen8610 6 жыл бұрын

Hopefully Fire and Blood gives us even more information.

@coolichka42 6 жыл бұрын

sen lup I seriously cannot wait for it 😭😭

@samschoonhoven4124 6 жыл бұрын

I could watch this all day

@vulcranstorm5609 6 жыл бұрын

So Valyeria was Rome with dragons?

@zhengyangwang214 5 жыл бұрын

yep except that the Valyrians are less expansionist than the Romans, they existed for nearly 8000 years (okay maybe 4700 years after they defeated the Ghiscari) but they never really expanded much, they had dragons which was like the nukes in their world, yet they have overtaken land about the same size as the Seven Kingdoms under the Targaryens, if you asked me they could've expanded more or had more vassals at least. Or did they? (Since GRR Martin specfically said the books about the fictional world is mainly written in perspective of the maesters in westeros) So, it was more like our own real history of Europe in the Middle Ages where the rest of the world is unknown and shrouded in myths and legends.

@roadhigher 3 жыл бұрын

@@zhengyangwang214 Comparing the lands of the Seven Kingdoms and the Valyrian Freehold, both are about the same size but the extremely low population density of the North (Which is like, half of their Territory) means that the Valyrian Freehold would have had a much larger population, holding Eastern Essos which is also the Richest land in the world.

@kekero540 3 жыл бұрын

@@zhengyangwang214 I imagine that the Freehold was specifically the area under direct Valyrian ownership I wouldn’t be surprised if they extracted slaves and tribute from Yi-Ti or Sarnor as vassal states.

@liamjm9278 2 жыл бұрын

@@zhengyangwang214 Besides Trajan, the Romans stopped expanding after Augustus. The first 700 if their 2,000-year history was their expansion period and then they just held on to what they could until they died.

@chauncie8201 6 жыл бұрын

So excited for your ASOIAF vids! Makes my day

@SwfanredLotr 6 жыл бұрын

1:57-2:02 Just like Rome did to Carthage during the Third Punic War.

@xenograd4422 3 жыл бұрын

I am of the belief that Valeria is a representation of Rome in this fantasy world.

@shaunenwright7872 3 жыл бұрын

Carthago delenda est

@Korvinian4601 2 жыл бұрын

The salting was probably an exxageration, why burn farmland when you can use them for yourselves? Besides how did the Romans get so much salt in the first place?

@user-ix1rp9ff3p 2 жыл бұрын

@@Korvinian4601 the sea #duh

@Korvinian4601 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-ix1rp9ff3p lmao

@lewis6138 6 жыл бұрын

The music is enough to know this was another great video!

@cmickey35 5 жыл бұрын

The Lord of Light(one aspect of the Old Gods) manifested the Taaragaryan Dynasty and their Dragons as a counter to the God of Death manifesting the Night King and White Walkers.

@excessiveone9952 4 жыл бұрын

What?

@Blazians 6 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, save my Saturday!

@MrMarinus18 6 жыл бұрын

I kind of expected Valerian steel to not be folded at all. That they can make pure iron that doesn't need folding.

@JamesCourse66 5 жыл бұрын

marinus18 Actually, it is saying that the steel is stronger. The more it is folded, the more brittle normal steel is. Valyrian steel remains stronger than regular steel, lighter than typical steel.

@MrMarinus18 5 жыл бұрын

@@JamesCourse66 Folding doesn't make steel more or less brittle. In fact folding does the opposite and makes steel more soft. Because as you fold hot steel you burn out carbon. It's largely the carbon content that determines hardness.

@JamesCourse66 5 жыл бұрын

marinus18 But soft is what I mean. As far as I understood, it’s risky to keep folding because the sword could just fall apart. Again my point is Valyrian steel is definitely an anomaly because it’s very light but also much stronger than regular steel. Most steels that strong are very heavy.

@MrMarinus18 5 жыл бұрын

@@JamesCourse66 Brittle means being too hard. If a sword is too soft it means it will bent too easily. Different kind of steels don't vary much in weight. The differences are caused by composition and structure.

@maliai1278 5 жыл бұрын

I love the backgroundmusic! ❤

@summers1 4 жыл бұрын

Like the Roman Empire but with dragons...what’s not to love

@liamcallahan9693 6 жыл бұрын

THE GOD EMPEROR IS BACK

@Julius_Dayne 5 жыл бұрын

2:00 Rome and Carthage but without dragons ahah

@victoriasantoro6692 6 жыл бұрын

Congratulations for the video

@mramaiahusbandtv4752 Жыл бұрын

targaryen is one of the lower lords in valyria imagine if one of the high lord conquer westeros.

@TheInfamousThey305 6 жыл бұрын

This is great!

@abthedragon4921 6 жыл бұрын

Great video

@jacksonphillips2075 6 жыл бұрын

have you done a video on mystical creatures of ASOIF? If not could you? Very fascinated with this

@poorman7850 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks you for another great video keep it up xD

@Pomerank420 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful video

@hi-am-pat2k176 11 ай бұрын

I want a series on old valyria

@rushabhbhakta7181 6 жыл бұрын

Dope dude, you gonna do more Elder Scrolls Lore vids soon?

@matthewcorum7282 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@guisseppistrombopolis9082 6 жыл бұрын

Kilgyer, first Archon of the Freehold Valyria.

@plumpsmedici7306 6 жыл бұрын

So it was worth it to stay awake all night.

@madambutterfly1997 6 жыл бұрын

Technically isn't Daenerys fulfilling the original MO of the Valyrians before they adopted slavery

@arawn1061 6 жыл бұрын

Hasan Wilson eh kinda, although she is quite a bad ruler

@janeyisSOcursed 3 жыл бұрын

Sol invicta if she was a bad leader, no one would have followed her

@admin.slayerenryu5217 3 жыл бұрын

@@arawn1061 I wouldn't called her a bad ruler. More like she has too many enemies, who are both assholes and cowards.

@QueenDaenerysTargaryen 3 жыл бұрын

@@arawn1061 Bad ruler, really? So you betray me.

@constantinetranos2225 2 жыл бұрын

@Tony Benn (Real) George NEVER said Daenerys was an excellent ruler. I mean he gave credit to a fan website which said that the Meeren storyline's point is to confirm that she is a pure Conqueror, NOT a ruler...

@ariochiv 6 жыл бұрын

A minor nitpick: you can't "extract bronze" from mines, as it's an artificial alloy of copper and tin. I'm assuming you meant copper.

@CivilizationEx 6 жыл бұрын

Yes that's what I meant, they needed copper and tin to make bronze, should have phrased that better.

@Al_the_Phantom 3 жыл бұрын

This Proves why Drogon went back to Valyria because it's home for the Valyrians and the Targaryens

@madambutterfly1997 6 жыл бұрын

My favorite topic in Asoiaf

@thetexan9210 6 жыл бұрын

If you ever go back to elder scrolls could you please do an individual video for each race plz?

@essanance 6 жыл бұрын

Your Vids Rock!!

@ROLOGamingOfficial 6 жыл бұрын

Do you have aney videos about king killer chronicles?

@skelitonking117 6 жыл бұрын

God damn Dragons man; Totally fair lmfao

@bensonfang1868 2 жыл бұрын

No such thing as fighting fair in warfare

@bog7227 6 жыл бұрын

Could you do vids on the Witcher Lore?

@QueenDaenerysTargaryen 3 жыл бұрын

I am the blood of old Valyria, I will take what is mine with fire and blood I will take it! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐉🐲🐉🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@blaykebridge3444 6 жыл бұрын

I always get upset like Daenerys could have gotten more support and not to mention more dragons!! I hope the spin off has dragons so perhaps Aegon conquering Westeros or the Rise of Valyria or something similar

@aegonbreakspear9102 Жыл бұрын

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌 HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 🤜🤛🤜🤛🤜🤛🤜🤛🤜🤛🤜🤛🤜🤛 FOUR YEARS IS SO LONG AGO MAN....

@CivilizationEx 4 жыл бұрын

House Targaryen Playlist (All Parts): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLV7m7Ccsp62pps.html

@Aki-lw7vw 5 ай бұрын

I imagine valyria to be like Asgard but with dragons

@zedweaver0223 Жыл бұрын

I sometimes wonder if there is a civil war in empire of valyria before the dance of the dragon

@tHeWasTeDYouTh 5 жыл бұрын

forgot to mention Essaria which was one of the free cities but was destroyed by the Dothraki

@omkardhakephalkar2737 6 жыл бұрын

Your voice is comfort when I am drunk

@chriss.g9676 5 жыл бұрын

Omkar Dhakephalkar 😂😂😂😂😂

@caseysheadinkin1461 6 жыл бұрын

More ASOIAF!!! Yay

@thomasdaywalt7735 3 жыл бұрын

Magic

@thomasdaywalt7735 3 жыл бұрын

Whats the music

@nickp7103 3 жыл бұрын

Also the free city of essaria and the colony of gogossos

@davidking6242 6 жыл бұрын

Am I missing something?? Why did you call tyrosh "tyr"

@CivilizationEx 6 жыл бұрын

Not missing anything lol, it was just a silly mistake, definetly called Tyrosh.

@someperson8641 5 ай бұрын

❤

@Rakonax 6 жыл бұрын

wasn't there annother free city east of qohor?

@CivilizationEx 6 жыл бұрын

There was a settlement called Essaria but it was destroyed before it could become a city.

@LoL-mn6dw 4 жыл бұрын

Valyria has the shape of turkey when you tilt your head

@user-ix1rp9ff3p 2 жыл бұрын

does Norvos equate to Kievan Rus'??

@madambutterfly1997 6 жыл бұрын

How did the Ghiscari bewitch the Valyrians into adopting slavery?

@CivilizationEx 6 жыл бұрын

The Valyrians needed a disposable labor force for their mines as they grew larger, plus they were probably eager to take over the lucrative slave trade the Ghiscari had been controlling for so long.

@arawn1061 6 жыл бұрын

Hasan Wilson becuse *Money*

@bensonfang1868 3 жыл бұрын

CivilizationEx it’s quite ironic how Dany abolished slavery then when her ancestors used it.

@bensonfang1868 10 ай бұрын

No bewitching needed-they saw the massive piles of money to be made and wanted in

@filipmihailovic6329 6 жыл бұрын

Oh, that voice...

@neca_diskrecija 6 жыл бұрын

Where is that epic intro theme?

@CivilizationEx 6 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I like to switch it up :)

@neca_diskrecija 6 жыл бұрын

CivilizationEx please, I need that tm tm tr rm tm 😃

@CivilizationEx 6 жыл бұрын

lol it'll be back for the next one :)

@neca_diskrecija 6 жыл бұрын

CivilizationEx this man has no more wishes

@nicbahtin4774 3 жыл бұрын

one does not simply walk into valyria

@SHARKVADERS 6 жыл бұрын

Seven...

@CarlShull 6 жыл бұрын

SHARKVADERS Hells

@dutchvanderlinde5004 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@TeaganJustice 5 жыл бұрын

🌺

@JoniukasVader 6 жыл бұрын

Octagon

@danjordan1 6 жыл бұрын

Eleven

@thaequalizer3539 3 жыл бұрын

The Doom of Valyria to me is also based off the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii. Also, can you do a video on Rhaegar Targaryen?

@gjulianmecaj6915 6 жыл бұрын

What's the song called? It's amazing

@CivilizationEx 6 жыл бұрын

Renaissance, you can find it audionautix.com

@gjulianmecaj6915 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You're awesome

@mistereffyou8050 3 ай бұрын

Dany could have set her sights higher and restored Valeria and then conquer Westeros

@seandivers1 6 жыл бұрын

Real recognize real

@dlteodorian 6 жыл бұрын

source ?

@thaequalizer3539 3 жыл бұрын

The World Of Ice & Fire book

@birinderwarraich1179 Жыл бұрын

Revealed in a dream

@snakepliskin23 4 жыл бұрын

Essos is vast. Like Asia

@guisseppistrombopolis9082 6 жыл бұрын

WRITE THE FUCKIN BOOK GEORGE I KNOW YOUR SEEING THIS

@Brandonhayhew 3 жыл бұрын

Valyrian freehold the equivalent of Republic of Rome

@jackguest145 6 жыл бұрын

Tyr? I thought it was called Tyrosh

@CivilizationEx 6 жыл бұрын

Lol wow not sure what I was doing there but your right it's Tyrosh.

@FishBoneD14 6 жыл бұрын

Tyr is the real city which inspired its name.

@corbinskywalker 6 жыл бұрын

@concept5631 4 жыл бұрын

@madambutterfly1997 6 жыл бұрын

So many zealots in Valyria

@coolichka42 6 жыл бұрын

#targaryenmasterrace

@megrimlockmesmart.1200 4 жыл бұрын

THEY HAVE LONG CURVED PAENUSES........

@MatejRRL 6 жыл бұрын

Hello (=

@chromosomejohnny8596 6 жыл бұрын

Shepherd Sheepherd Sheep herder Niga wok

@frantisekhajek6775 6 жыл бұрын

Good video there os more context than in a World of ice and fire, but I really don't like the music that was used. Walyria was powerful and brutal. So the relaxing music from the past is good to Silmarillion but not Walyria.

@MrMarinus18 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Valyria was planning to invade Westeros. After all Dragonstone was a nice outpost and it's quite clear that they could have. I guess the doom came before they really could. One thing about history that I also know is that the larger an empire becomes the more strength it needs to maintain itself. So maybe Valyria was already approaching the maximum size it could be. The Romans also hit their size limit and despite being by far the greatest power on the continent with no nation able to match even a tenth of their army they never expanded further.

@JamesCourse66 5 жыл бұрын

It’s very unlikely that as a whole Valyria would travel west. Their homeland was far more valuable and the cities in Essos have always been much larger and richer than Westeros minus Oldtown.

@zhengyangwang214 5 жыл бұрын

the Valyrians shunned Westeros because of a prophecy that expanding to there would bring about their downfall.

@MrMarinus18 5 жыл бұрын

@@JamesCourse66 That their homeland is valuable only matters if there is a power nearby that can threaten it and there wasn't. I think that profacy and also the fact that westeros is an island. It means it will be fairly cut off and it doesn't have many obvious resources.

@utvara1 5 жыл бұрын

Genghis Khan conquered most of Eurasia in 50 years and Aegon did conquered most of W in 2, but it took Valyrians with 100s of dragons 5000 years to take western Essos. bad worldbuilding -.-

@bestkill6888 3 жыл бұрын

Its not bad worldbuilding lmao. The Valyrians didnt want to expand all that much for a long time. Plus during their time the World wasnt advanced or all that well populated. Most of it was basic land that no one owned. The Valyrians built Volantis, Lys, Lorath etc. and conquered the others and built them up. Unlike with Aegon, the Valyrians werent all that concered with anyone else, thats why they let the Free Cities govern themselves.

@utvara1 3 жыл бұрын

@@bestkill6888 no. Militaristic conquerors with technological supremacy don't stop until they are defeated or the unifying figure dies. The psychological profile of a conqueror does not function like what you wrote. Profound lack of human profiling or history with you.

@aurelian2668 2 жыл бұрын

@@utvara1 Yeah your right. Like if I had dragons, all I see that are easy pickings, I would certainly conquer them. Even if uncivilized.

@AnimeSlaps Жыл бұрын

It would actually be easier because the kingdoms or domains are more centralized. Aegon had to conquer 7 Kingdoms in a world that new jack shit about magic or dragons. Valyrians would have to conquer probably 10's if not a hundred plus smaller settlements (who'd have some knowledge of magic and dragons) and hold them which is somewhat costly. I think it just made more sense for them to build their kingdom to a certain point and if lesser settlements came together they would have sovereignty over them (like what happened with Braavos)

@bensonfang1868 10 ай бұрын

Valyrians actually never attacked another group unprovoked. It seems that they care more about commerce than conquest