Maegor the Cruel Explained ASOIAF Lore
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@loreramble Жыл бұрын
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@connordorman117 Жыл бұрын
Where did you get the tumbnail art?
@Vlad95Chad Жыл бұрын
It's probably Maegor is Balerion son. The Valyrians sorcerers used to create hybrids of half human half beast beings. After that fall of Meraxes and the collapse of Aenys there was the need of a new heir, the lords suggested to replace the supposed barren Visenya, so Visenya used the blood magic to generate Maegor at the age of 41. Visenya was Aegon's wife for 15 years and never got pregnant, it 's strange she suddenly became fertile
@vishalmishra579 Жыл бұрын
Slight correction: he didn't win a trial by combat he won a trial by seven and was the only survivor out of 14 people
@khalidsaiv6613 Жыл бұрын
It is like a battle royale between 14 people? Gladiator style?
@okeh8854 Жыл бұрын
@@khalidsaiv6613 nah i think its 7v7
@josephehlers2007 Жыл бұрын
@@khalidsaiv6613 it’s a seven v seven
@nukegamer6796 Жыл бұрын
@@khalidsaiv6613 it's slightly different. First of all you have to find 6 other fighters for your own side. Otherwise you are wrong in the eyes of the gods. Another rule is that you don't have to actually die fighting in the trial. You can also give up, meaning that the winners side was guided by the seven faced god.
@Viktorreznov1942 Жыл бұрын
It's still a trial by combat, just a type of trial by combat.
@noeltojo5125 Жыл бұрын
If Maegor wasn't cruel, the targaryen line would have ended in 2 generations
@thenops8664 Жыл бұрын
I agree, what Maegor did was necessary
@EB-dz1gd Жыл бұрын
Also his cruelty was for a reason. I think Joffrey is more evil his cruelty was for pleasure.
@khalidsaiv6613 Жыл бұрын
Can u explain why? I'm curious
@thenops8664 Жыл бұрын
@@khalidsaiv6613 Meagor was the one who disarmed the high septon. If Maegor didn't claim the Kingdom from his nephew chances are the high septon would've squeezed they way in, did like they did to Tommen in game of thrones
@priamneville5899 Жыл бұрын
@@thenops8664 That was one thing he did that required strength. Someone like Jaeherys or even Maekar could have done that - his cruelty was essentially 100% bad for the dynasty.
@arcanistthesonofianite249 Жыл бұрын
The cruelest king, but not the worst king
@SpaceViking2000 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. With the amount of enemies he had he either had to man up or get put down. He was a necessary evil to keep his he blood of the dragon going
@arcanistthesonofianite249 Жыл бұрын
@@SpaceViking2000 indeed
@ibrahimolamilekan974 Жыл бұрын
that title would go to Aegon IV the unworthy
@arcanistthesonofianite249 Жыл бұрын
@@ibrahimolamilekan974 yep
@onigiri2032 7 ай бұрын
Yeah Aegon IV is kinda on a whole other pedestal when it comes to awful kings
@SilvX610 Жыл бұрын
He was cruel, but he unknowingly paved the way for Jaehaerys. After Aenys' passing, the succession was unstable anyway because the people didn't want a Targaryen on the throne, and who is to know if they would have accepted Aenys' son. Maegor was evil but did what he had to do, through violence, true, in order to keep the throne for the Targaryens. After his cruel rule, Jaehaerys was a breath of fresh air.
@mehdimoueddene7642 Жыл бұрын
They wouldn't have accepted Aenys' son, Aegon. Cause he married his sister and the Religious fucks didn't want that
@Nenernener123 7 ай бұрын
Jaehaerys had his own faults to be fair. As great as he was after Maegor, the Dance origins began in his reign.
@KingSlayer_. 4 ай бұрын
He never did anything he did to save the dynasty. It's just that his way of ruling was very effective, especially after Aenys. And he unintentionally united the entire realm when everyone turned on him.
@thorfinn_saga Ай бұрын
@@Nenernener123well he never knew viserys would be such a fool
@josephehlers2007 Жыл бұрын
“Died under mysterious circumstances” Yes, impaled on the iron throne is very “mysterious”
@mehdimoueddene7642 Жыл бұрын
Well yeah, it's mysterious, since we don't know how that happened
@maegorbalerion Жыл бұрын
Apparently he killed himself on the throne but this version is suspicious, because maegor moments before he had refused to surrender and after all he still had balerion the black dread and vermithor and silverwing were still young dragons when compared to balerion. Probably the faceless men were involved, without his assassination he was probably invincible thx to his battle prowess and the black dread
@colebresnehen38 Жыл бұрын
It’s symbolic it’s like Tywin dying on the toilet
@SpaceViking2000 Жыл бұрын
After reading about him, I come to realize that he was cruel by necessity. Dude had Opps everywhere. I also feel that some of his stories were made up by the maesters.
@Att964 Жыл бұрын
still doesn't justify how he wiped the whole House Harroway just because his wife cheated on him.
@thomaschaumeil3878 Жыл бұрын
According to the Maester, Queen Visenya was a Queenslayer who poisoned her nephew Aenys, because she was a witch... in my own view it's more likely that she discovered that the Maester and Septon poison her nephew and she used her knowledge of wortlore to try saving him, and when he died (either by begging her to put an end to his misery, and made his brother Maegor King, or she was helpless to save him) Queen Visenya choose to make Maegor King so that he could killed Aenys murdered.
@MorallyDubiousFrog Жыл бұрын
@@Att964 His wife didn’t even cheat on him. Alys miscarried because Tyanna poisoned her, and Tyanna also claimed Alys was cheating. Her proof of this was a bunch of knight who were tortured into “confessing”.
@Att964 Жыл бұрын
@@MorallyDubiousFrog I know that but Maegor killed her and wiped her whole line on the basis of cheating when she was innocent the whole time. That's how much of a psycho Maegor was
@MorallyDubiousFrog Жыл бұрын
@@Att964 I’m aware that he thought she cheated. But his actions against her and her family are made even worse because she didn’t actually do anything wrong.
@j0hncarp Жыл бұрын
He killed himself when he realized the chadest of chads Jaehaerys was marching against him
@carltonmartin3080 Жыл бұрын
If you believe there is a more Chad king than Maegor then you need to re-read the book fire and blood
@j0hncarp Жыл бұрын
@@carltonmartin3080 okay psychopath
@matthewdiaz2074 Жыл бұрын
@@carltonmartin3080 KING BOBBY B enters the chat
@poggerz6567 Жыл бұрын
@@carltonmartin3080 Maegor will never be as Chad as jae
@tariizm1500 Жыл бұрын
@@matthewdiaz2074 Bobby B didnt have dragons imagine if Rhaegar had dragons Bobby B would shit his pants
@josephmoffatt4696 6 ай бұрын
“6 years and 66 days” Martin realllllly wanted us to know this dude was bad huh?
@randylahey8174 Жыл бұрын
Do a video on Aerea Targaryen and her nightmarish journey to old Valyria atop Balerion
@magicjohnson5733 Жыл бұрын
He was a necessary evil tho, aerys the 2nd is def the most cruel king as he indirectly ended the Targaryen line
@danielhughes5932 Жыл бұрын
It was pretty directly. He burned the man keeping the entire norths fealty alive in front of his child in a manner that the child strangled himself trying to save him. He spent decades undermining the friendship of the man of same influence but in the west in his Hand - Tywin. He brought his fate DIRECTLY on himself with seemingly no care, finally being murdered because he was prepping the order to burn 1 million civilians alive. Its was such a direct blatant and obvious outcome that the world remembers him as must've having had a screw loose - "the mad king"
@neilhannan5112 Жыл бұрын
You know when he cruel when Everyone in game of thrones every ruler is Cruel
@ayanmotha8049 Жыл бұрын
Not at all. A lot of them were good
@davidmalone7069 Жыл бұрын
Jaeharys?
@magicjohnson5733 Жыл бұрын
No lol, this notion that targaryens were mad is overblown. Only 2 targaryen kings you can say were objectively cruel and evil, Maegor and aerys the 2nd
@isaiah8613 Жыл бұрын
@@magicjohnson5733Maegor did what had to be done. He was not evil, but had to act cruelly to secure the throne for his dynasty.
@davidspooner4582 Жыл бұрын
Also at 8 years old he got his first sword and used it to kill a cat
@kuyikabasieffiong664 Жыл бұрын
Secret TUNNNNNNEEEELLLL!
@unknown9zz0 Жыл бұрын
Avatar the last airbender reference? xd
@dineshbalu6107 Жыл бұрын
Ah, The man of Culture, I see...
@willdrew287 Жыл бұрын
The literary allusions made about him are a bit on the nose. Ie. Six wives but no heir (Henry VIII), reigned for the 6 yrs and 66 days (associated with the devil) - they all point to GRRM wanting to portray him as a bad dude, however the author is known for writing characters with ambiguous morals, so I think there's probably a lot more to him than a cartoon villain.
@Korecarnation Жыл бұрын
Henry had heirs.
@willdrew287 Жыл бұрын
@@Korecarnation True, but the Prince died young, and despite his daughters going on to be infamous, he wanted a male heir.
@adamantiiispencespence4012 Жыл бұрын
@@willdrew287 he lived into his teens though. None of Maegor's kids made it out of the crib.
@al-aminakash5829 10 ай бұрын
Even though he had the mighty black dread, dude went 1v1 to prove his strength without dragon is absolutely badass!!!
@adamatlas1449 Жыл бұрын
Maegor the wise
@kitanomotoso1854 Жыл бұрын
As men slander him the Cruel
@arobin6695 7 ай бұрын
He wielded both Targaryan valaryon steel swords, Dark Sister (Daemon's sword on HotD) and Blackfyre (the sword wielded by king Aegon on HotD)
@capricornblack3450 7 ай бұрын
I would love a show based on Aegon the conqueror and then a follow up show on his son Maegor the Cruel.
@spiritwolf5539 10 ай бұрын
Maegor saved his house with his cruelty
@srljedi6790 Жыл бұрын
6 yrs and 66 days….666, kinda ominous lol
@tonyjunior-thefirstgentlem410 Жыл бұрын
6 wives and 0 kids?! The one adversary he couldn't overcome was a woman's fertility. And he had had secret tunnels built and then killed all the people who built and knew about them. That makes him the One-Eyed Willie of "The Goonies" in this "Song Of Ice And Fire". Like I once wrote, "a good fanboy uses anything and everything at his disposal".
@estefanireyes3466 Жыл бұрын
His third wife admitted to giving the other wives moon tea and maegor killed her
@tonyjunior-thefirstgentlem410 Жыл бұрын
@Estefani Reyes Maybe they should do a shameless "Song Of Ice And Fire" prequel and have Schwarzenegger play Maegor and when he kills the wife he says, "Consider that a divorce!"
@DenisGarcia. Жыл бұрын
The Maesters were probably involved, they wanted no heirs of Maegor since he was the only smart and strong Targaryen at the time that was not going to let a uprising from the Faith happen
@tonyjunior-thefirstgentlem410 Жыл бұрын
@Denis García In a deleted scene, Pycelle admits to Tywin that he was faking being old and senile and admits that he only did this to stay alive and above ground. So you know that a maester cannot be trusted.
@AhmadRazaBakhshEEB Жыл бұрын
I think Cersi would be best fit for Maegor 💀💀
@Harry.your.awizard 10 ай бұрын
Maegor wasn’t as bad as other kings he was a evil bastard but not the monster they paint him as. The Westeros nobility are just upset that he burned priests for trying to steal his family’s throne.
@morriswheatley9856 11 ай бұрын
He still did more good than Aegon the Unworthy
@OGthevinci Жыл бұрын
idk man regardless of what he did Maegor just seems like a bad ass to me ngl plus without him there are no more targs right? or was that another king i'm confusing him with?
@joshockenden5705 Жыл бұрын
A necessary evil
@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164 Жыл бұрын
Every dynasty had a few psycho monarchs.
@ahmethakanalincak243 Жыл бұрын
6 and 66 what a coincidence
@Jaime.Lannister 7 ай бұрын
I thought no one would notice. George was just sneaking in some devil reference to paint maegor as such
@ahmethakanalincak243 7 ай бұрын
Yes and I understood it much more before there are so much autors who are referring the myths, history, religion and some satanistic figures. G. R. R. Martin also doing that by creating targaryens and their bloodline. Beautifull targaryens and god of light holywood doing same business every time. It is not a shame. If any other person look at the series from this perspective of view it is holy satanistic.
@forhearts425 Жыл бұрын
From this Video he didnt seem all that cruel. Won by trial of combat. Wanted Six wives to increase chances of producing an heir. Solve shiet thru violence cause why the hell not? He has a dragon so he used it. Just Seems like he had power and was not afraid to use it.
@MorallyDubiousFrog Жыл бұрын
Those six wives were all widows of men he killed, including his nephew. When Aenys wife escaped the red keep with two of her children, Maegor had her oldest son Viserys tortured to death. He slaughtered every builder who worked on the Red Keep, and forced prisoners to build the Dragonpit, working many to death.
@MorallyDubiousFrog Жыл бұрын
Forgot to mention: His second wife miscarried, and his third wife accused her of adultery. So Maegor had the second wife and every man, woman, and child in her family tortured to death.
@forhearts425 Жыл бұрын
Ah well then, theres not enough fish in the sea for this guy i guess…
@perrykeel9888 9 ай бұрын
I need an animated series on all the these stories and different characters ❗️💯
@fergalosanchez7675 7 ай бұрын
Adding in a 666 reference, nice😅😂
@pankratos5017 Жыл бұрын
House of the Dragon (what we could have had): Season 1: Aegon's Conquest Season 2: The Sons of the Dragon Season 3: The Long Reign Season 4: Heirs of the Dragon Season 5: The Dying of the Dragons
@TJ-fe7rr 11 ай бұрын
That sounds like alot of work.
@travisgames6608 Жыл бұрын
Well.. Tbf, those religious crazies were trying to overthrow the Targaryns.
@TJ-fe7rr 11 ай бұрын
Only because Maegor provoked them.
@robertmartin9677 Жыл бұрын
He was a cruel Man.
@scottyk1763 21 күн бұрын
His time ruling and 6 wives with no heirs just screams the gods wanted this man to not carry on.
@natemyers4946 7 ай бұрын
*"All that murderin, and all that fuckin, and no sons?"* - The Departed
@maegorbalerion Жыл бұрын
Maegor won the trial by seven the most sacred trial of the seven kingdoms so gods will was on his side since Visenya had said that the trail by seven was meant to prove his right to rule and it was a challenge to opposionists. By the way aegon the conqueror married both of his sisters rhaenys and visenya and while aenys was his first born from rhaenys, visenya was the elder sister and according to valyrian law the one he was supposed to marry, while rhaenys was just his personal wish. So maegor was the son of the elder sister and visenya was the elder sister of aegon himself.
@MorallyDubiousFrog Жыл бұрын
Visenya was the older sister, but Aenys was the older son. And Aenys’ son, Aegon, was the rightful king.
@juliie007 11 ай бұрын
I’m so convinced that the new adaptation of GRR Martin books should have started not with the dance of the dragons but after the death of Aegon the conqueror beginning with his heir the weak Aenys and then to Meagor.
@divinitymiggy6684 Жыл бұрын
Love your vids, 😍
@kitanomotoso1854 Жыл бұрын
Do Daeron the Conqueror and his conquest of drone
@connordorman117 Жыл бұрын
Some say it was necessary but by all accounts Aegon the uncrowned did not take after his fathers weaknesses, nor did his younger brother Jaehaerys thankfully.
@itrrii6582 Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@2teej742 9 ай бұрын
Maegor was the Strength of the dragon needed to forge the kingdom after Aegons passing. Maegor did nothing wrong.
@business_casual_rex Жыл бұрын
You mean the most badass king?
@lokiodinson5455 11 ай бұрын
Robert Baratheon. 😈
@gewalfofwoofia8263 Жыл бұрын
He may be bad, but there were worse kings than him.
@iosifszarvadi3998 9 ай бұрын
Don't forget that he let his wife to torture and kill his other nephew, Viserys.
@crailextv3814 Жыл бұрын
hey how i can read this story?
@CroakAScagBaron 8 ай бұрын
i always wondered how much maegor ACTUALLY lusted for power - i feel like he was possibly pushed to seek power by visenya, and since all accounts of him are written after his rule and death, i've always wondered if this is not just the author (for f&b) or pov character (for asoiaf) reiterating characterizations that fit the commonly accepted narrative. we obviously have a bit of an unreliable narrator issue on many levels throughout the book, which is great how well its down, but makes ya wonder. was maegor actually ruthless before the trial by seven and whatever brought him back to health (or maybe even life) afterwards?
@thetalesofelbek7042 Жыл бұрын
Based 🔥
@TheDevilsJester11 Жыл бұрын
Got yourself a like for adding a draugr crypt 😂
@simonlee4001 Жыл бұрын
He was killed by the iron throne itself
@rebel1717 Ай бұрын
Cruelest king could go to many other Targaryen kings imo. Maegor’s cruelty was largely necessary, for without it, the Targaryen dynasty wouldn’t have survived after Aenys’ rule. Maegor is not shy about spilling blood, but he never enjoyed it either…well until he learned about one of his wives’ affairs. He kinda went downhill after that. And yet this is still nothing compared to the reigns of Aegon the Unworthy and Aeynes The Mad King.
@FEARSWTOR Жыл бұрын
Well when you name your kid "The Cruel" what did you expect to happen? /s
@hq3bdullah649 Жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who noticed the Skyrim pic at the end? That's a drauger tomb.
@alecstearmiee 2 ай бұрын
Six hundred and sixty six days of rule for the cruel king. lol kinda ironic
@JaidenStark. Жыл бұрын
Maekar The Cruel , Son Of Aegon The Conqueror
@yassinemiri3555 Жыл бұрын
6 years and 66 days the number of the beast which is also a dragon !
@prasanjitsinhvaghela5277 6 ай бұрын
Madking's idol😂
@connordorman117 Жыл бұрын
If anyone knows where to find the thumbnail art I'd be grateful!
@NathTMcC Жыл бұрын
Daemon doesn’t lust for power. He loved his brother. He wanted to protect house Targaryen. He was stronger. He’s much like Visenya in many ways.
@vikingboi8568 Жыл бұрын
Legend
@edwardcohen1184 Жыл бұрын
Nice touch of GRRM with the six years 66 days.. 666 😏😁
@padila176 10 ай бұрын
Maegør is the Greatest Targaryen
@edhipolito6694 Жыл бұрын
He didn't claim it he was convenienced by his mother and didn't wanna kill his nephew until he try to kill him
@MorallyDubiousFrog Жыл бұрын
So Maegor stole his nephew’s throne and then killed him for trying to take it back. He also tortured his other nephew to death because Aenys wife and younger kids fled the Red Keep.
@Piotr12396 8 ай бұрын
Proud maegor stan 🔥 He did nothing wrong except one thing
@DecSteele Жыл бұрын
Is ageon legit or how he’s described? (Bookswise) is there any indication his deeds etc were embellished ? Or was he the conqueror in the greatest sense
@stipesango806 Жыл бұрын
He saved Targaryens..
@Dougghhboy Жыл бұрын
What a coincidence he ruled for 6 years and 66 days… mark of the beast!0
@johnmitchell4043 10 ай бұрын
The hero and savior of house Targaryen!! If it weren't for Maegor the Great all of westeros would be ruled and oppressed by the faith!
@WadeMFilms Жыл бұрын
Could he beeeeeeee SATAN?!
@kitanomotoso1854 Жыл бұрын
If Maegor wasn’t cruel the Targaryen dynasty would’ve ended on a short term. The worst kings were Aegon the Unworthy and Aryes the king scab
@kingkongchief1177 11 ай бұрын
How many kids did Aegon the conqueror have with his two wives/sisters???
@Rhaivanna996 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how he died
@Att964 Жыл бұрын
there's a theory that one of his wife killed him as he killed her ex husband and then married her. There's also a good theory that one of the labour who built the redkeep escaped when he was murdering every other labour and came from the secret passage and murdered Maegor
@Rhaivanna996 Жыл бұрын
@@Att964 interesting!
@laurencote5949 Жыл бұрын
Woooww !
@animeshsingh5347 Жыл бұрын
I found here in comment section that Maegor was cruel for a reason...great thing, comments!
@MorallyDubiousFrog 11 ай бұрын
He wasn’t cruel for a reason. He was a brutal nutjob.
@Emanuel-oo6mc Жыл бұрын
Wait, he took six women as brides and couldn’t produce a single child?
@j0hncarp Жыл бұрын
Sterile as a bottle of gin
@kentuckyfriedchicken7359 Жыл бұрын
He wasn’t sterile, shit he was able to impregnate multiple woman, the faith/maesters were most definitely killing his kids and shit
@ragethewolf Жыл бұрын
@@j0hncarp ouch
@lnstantnoodles Жыл бұрын
They were all being poisoned by a wife who was also a witch
@kentuckyfriedchicken7359 Жыл бұрын
@@lnstantnoodles yeah by tyanna of the tower
@ElectroBronko Жыл бұрын
Lmao why is a Skyrim grave here
@bitterbites3859 Жыл бұрын
😅Hm. He had six wives And six years of power before his death. Had to be AIDs
@BOLT_TF_UP Жыл бұрын
Maegor was right
@drbruiser4605 Жыл бұрын
brother to king anus targaryen xD
@jewels6944 Ай бұрын
Maegor did nothing wrong
@froylanelisan8922 Жыл бұрын
not daemon
@kawi2489 Жыл бұрын
Maegor was based
@mehdimoueddene7642 Жыл бұрын
Maegor the Based
@IronEddie13 Жыл бұрын
6 years 66 days 🤘🏽🤘🏽Hail🤘🏽🤘🏽
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