Before the Conquest: Aegon Targaryen’s Life Before Westeros

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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 & 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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@notyetawomen5257 Жыл бұрын

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

@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215 Жыл бұрын

"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 2 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 Ай бұрын

@@SherlockHolmesb-kp4ru - Sad but very true!

@BrokenXgirl12 Жыл бұрын

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 10 ай 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 4 ай бұрын

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

@thalmoragent9344 Жыл бұрын

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..

@user-op6kt8pg9y 10 ай бұрын

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

@Kyle-qd2sy Жыл бұрын

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

@equusquaggaquagga536 9 ай бұрын

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

@ChaosLierLen Ай бұрын

Aegon The Artificer.

@daddy_1453 Жыл бұрын

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

@dirtysheepdog Жыл бұрын

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

@08MrPancakes Жыл бұрын

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

@angelaholmes8888 Жыл бұрын

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

@JadeSaldana 8 ай бұрын

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.

@Daniboi971 11 ай бұрын

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

@OtherworldlyGrey Жыл бұрын

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

@freyasworn2600 Жыл бұрын

@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

@marywinchester1322 Жыл бұрын

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

@darianwillis8520 Жыл бұрын

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.

@alfredborden5675 Жыл бұрын

My new favorite channel

@xandermarley8552 Жыл бұрын

Excellent💯

@Bakinowskiaaron Жыл бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

u mean he is a copy paster@@CrusaderChris

@ConnorLikesPie Жыл бұрын

Great video

@Dell-ol6hb Жыл бұрын

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.

@bob1562 Жыл бұрын

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

@karlvisconti1159 11 ай бұрын

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

@philippeblais8594 Жыл бұрын

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

@2007VolkswagenJetta 9 ай бұрын

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

@dekuuchiha9990 Жыл бұрын

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.

@theunkownanthony9501 Ай бұрын

The cut scene with rhaenyra and daemon had me dead 😭

@jesselandgraab3386 7 ай бұрын

Love the Doofenshmirtz reference

@jahjackson3196 9 ай бұрын

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

@lukaspersson447 Жыл бұрын

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.

@kingLuu816 Жыл бұрын

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.

@basilrezwan7779 Жыл бұрын

Please make this another TV series..

@felipemldias Жыл бұрын

11:05 - "He must have aegonized" haha

@admiralflynn895 Жыл бұрын

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.

@arielwasham5635 7 ай бұрын

My favorites Targaryen Jon snow Daenerys Aegon the conqueror

@sandycharge3290 Жыл бұрын

Daemon is fav

@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN 3 ай бұрын

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.

@luismcfarland711 6 ай бұрын

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.

@faisalkamal4319 Жыл бұрын

Maegor the cool😂

@lyssanch3096 Жыл бұрын

Maegar the chad

@TraciPeteyforlife Жыл бұрын

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

@King_Steffon_II Ай бұрын

King Maegor the Great is my favorite Targ

@magister343 9 ай бұрын

My favorite Targaryen is Gaemon Palehair.

@Uncle_Sam76 Жыл бұрын

12:22 had me laughing so hard

@elMentity 9 ай бұрын

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 9 ай 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.

@juyoungchang Жыл бұрын

Very good 😆😆😆🤭🤭🤭

@slippyclutch Жыл бұрын

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!

@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215 Жыл бұрын

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 😂

@theannouncer5538 Ай бұрын

Aegon: Westeros looking real submissive and conquerable

@emanuelpiper7037 Жыл бұрын

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

@jelly434 9 ай бұрын

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

@kevinscroggins2652 Жыл бұрын

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.