Visenya is QUEEN. Daenerys has Rhaenys' soft beauty and Visenya's strength and ruthlessness.

I always prefer Queen Visenya. She only married Aegon for duty but she was everything a queen should be. It was she not Rhaenys who solidified Aegon reign. She loved her family and became one of the main reasons why westeros was conquered. Personally, I think she could’ve been queen in her own right.

Visenya is a terrifying lady and a very effective decision maker. She would have been a true leader and a ruthless one more akin to a Tywin.

Daemon Targaryen “King of the step stones & Narrow sea, Prince of the city, lord of flea bottom, Founder of the Gold cloaks etc” Wielder of dark sister dragon master to Caraxes who took down Vhagar. I think he’s pretty bloody tough lol. Great videos excited for house of the dragon ! :)

I would put Jaehaerys up there. Not only the best king in the history of the kingdom, but probably the most powerful one as well. He trained himself in combat until he was a match for anyone in the kingdom, and his kingsguard was said to be the greatest of all time. Pretty much the only king there ever was to actually live a long life and die of old age. He was pretty much the only ruler with no apparent weakness. Perfect in combat, perfect guards, excellent dragon+dragon riding skills, perfect relationship, admired and beloved by the kingdom (except for the north maybe) and overall a smart,independent thinker that took advice well but still adjusted his final decisions when he felt strongly about them.

I just pray HBO & George RR Martin one day give us a show on based the Conquest of Westeros. Doesn’t matter whether its animated or live action. I just need it!

Jaehaerys the first needs to be in this list tbh. He saved the Targaryen dynasty from certain ruin after Aenys and Maegor and really brought the roam together by establishing a official law, won every war he fought (even won the 4th dornish war without losing a single man, something even Aegon the conquerer couldn’t do) and rode Vermithor, the third biggest dragon after Balerion and Vhagar. He also ruled the longest out of all the Targaryen Kings. So in my opinion he definitely earns to be on this list. Also Aegon I could be considered over Visenya in my opinion. Still a interesting video tho!

Agree with your list. Dany is only 15 and has the potential to be the 1st. I would add Daemon the Rogue Prince too

Imagine if Daenerys was trained in swordfighting by Baristan, one of the greatest fighters of the Seven Kingdoms...She would have been overpowered...

Westeros: Uh, you can't marry members of your family. Aegon Targaryen: Well i'm gonna, and you can't stop me. Westeros: Ok... Well, you can't marry more than one person at a time! Aegon Targaryen: Well i'm gonna, and you can't stop me. Westeros: Ok...... Well women can't rule, only men. Aegon Targaryen: ... That seems perfectly fine and reasonable and I will respect your culture. Visenya: >:|

At the end of the day. Danny has 3 dragons while everyone before her had 1 dragon. She’s special in her own way

As the top 3 in my book I would put Daemon the Rogue prince simply because he carved out his own kingdom, was above the laws of everyone even he’s brother for the most part, and was the wonder and terror of his age, also he had the most war experience dragon at the time besides Vhagar but unlike Vhagar Aemond one eye was not experienced in war and relied on the size of his dragon alone, which is why he ultimately lost his army to the black as well as kings landing, my other 2 would be Jaeherys the first simply because of what he achieved and for how long he held power with virtually no rebellions from his lords, there was Borris baratheon but he didn’t exactly rise against him, he joined a dornish outlaw so technically he took part in an invasion as a traitor, but the rest of his reign was great and he did ride a formidable dragon who could only be rivalled by Dream fyre at the time, since all the other dragons except silverwing had no riders, and Allysane would never fight him, so he was the absolute power of his day, and my other one would be Aegon the conqueror and the only reason I put him over Visenya, is that to literally everyone else it didn’t matter that Visenya was still around, as soon as aegon died everyone basically revolted, and they were gunning for Aegons sons, even when Maegor, a much crueler version of his father mounted Balerion to stop the rebellions they persisted to the very end when they backed Jaeherys, they would never have done that with Aegon around.

Awesome video! Your defense of each choice is very rational. I think Princess Rhaenyra also deserves honorable mention for the huge increase in dragons during her life that can't be a coincidence.

Quite shocked Daemon Targaryen isn't up there but great video as always!

i love watching these videos, keep it up whycreate!

Maegor and Bloodraven gotta be up here

About the fireproof thing. GRR Martin seems to have made it part of the Valerian package. In recent interviews for house of the dragon (about 2/3 weeks from the moment I make this comment) he said that certain houses in Valyria with blood magic intertwined their DNA with those of dragons to make their taming easier and could be the cause of some rare ones displaying the ability to resist high temperatures.

Man i love these videos, really make me fall in love with this universe

Good video bro. Keep the content up i always enjoy your stuff

Before watching (and ranking based on ruling capability, political Suaveness, prowess as a warrior, power/Charisma they most likely exuded) picks off the top of my head: Aegon the conqueror, Visenya sister-wife of the conqueror, and Daemon the Rogue Prince (or Maegor) Edit: I agree with your picks for your videos criteria

Bloodraven and visenya definitely has a spot but daenerys definitely not

Skillshare sounds awesome, maybe IF I were about 30 years younger, but I can't draw a straight line with a ruler ! Visenya had Dark Sister, but I loved the idea of Rhaenys. In our D&D campaign my elven ranger has a Cooshee dog and I named her Visenya!

In my vision of honorable mentions, there should be Jaehaerys the Old King. To be fair his rule took place during no real conflicts, however, if some conflict appeared, he immediately took care of it. Edit: It depends on what you consider as power. To me, it is sort of a combination of wisdom, discipline, experience, and capability, all of which Jaehaerys had.

I think you nailed it perfectly @whycreate . Especially, Visenya. Sure she wasn't as 'strong ' as Aegon but she was a versatile and terrifying ruler. A true queen on the chess board who could do almost anything she wanted

Aegon I, Maegor I, Visenya, Prince Daemon, Jaehaerys I, Daeron I, Daeron II, Daenerys I

This is by far my favorite channel

Brynden Rivers. Best Targaryen isn't even a Targaryen by name

Brynden is 100% up there......but imo I think Daemon The Rogue Prince also deserves a spot

Strongest targ 1 aegon the conquer 2 visenya w vhagar 3 daemon w caraxes 4 rhanesys w meleys and sea snake fleet

Imagine if Rhaegar had a Dragon…he would’ve honestly been OP, he was also said to be one of the greatest fighters of his time.

3:- Visenya 2:-Brynden Rivers 1:- Daemon the Rougue Prince

Great one sir

Perfect choices. Bloodraven is more powerful because he had both the blood of Valyria and Firstmen.

I think Daemon Targaryen “King of the stepstones & Narrow sea, Prince of the city, lord of flea bottom, Founder of the Gold cloaks, Wielder of dark sister, rider of Caraxes, and the rogue prince who took down Vhagar" should be a part of this list. I would definitely vote for him among the top 3.

Perfect list!

A list of most powerful Targaryens without Aegon the conqueror is no list.

Great video

I’d like to see you do more “3 most powerful “(Starks, Lannisters, Baratheons, etc)

Meraxes was larger than Vhagar when they were contemporaries. Vhagar at death had grown larger than Meraxes was & nearly was as large as The Black Dread

I like your videos because they’re short and well done.

2:30 is that World of Westeros who joined the voice chat? lol

I never have been 100% about this but the way I read it, Rhaenys didn't die, she was captured. That's why Dorne managed to maintain their independence - Having her as a hostage

I know the lord commander of the kingsguard is rather important during the Dance of the Dragons. I wouldn’t mind seeing what you think are the most influential and/or noteworthy lord commanders.

Well made list! Interesting that Visenya's tools/artifacts end up with complicated characters. (i.e. Vhagar with Aemond, Dark Sister ending up with Daemon & Brynden). Hopefully we get more material with her

I enjoyed this vid!!! Thank's =-)

1. aemon the dragonknight, possibly the best ever with a sword. 2. Maegor the cruel, the only survivor of the craziest 7v7 trial by combat ever....and had balerion. 3.Bloodraven, who might move up as we learn more about his powers, in both the main series and the dunk and egg series. Tough to rank, you could argue that anyone who didn't ride a dragon shouldn't be considered.

I named my dog "Visenya" because of her....she was such an amazing Targaryen...hopefully "House of the Dragon" will give her more interest and exposure!

Very good list.

Maegor might have saved the Targaryen dynasty. They were on the ropes there for a bit with the Faith, until Meager brought it to them and changed the Faith's stance on Targ marriages. But I like your list. I like that you included the more powerful Targaryens. Some people tend to overlook the women. And honestly you could have had an all female most powerful and most people would agree with your list.

0:20 Visenya Targaryen looks like actress Liz May Brice. I am looking forward to House of the Dragon and seeing Matt Smith in action for the first time as Daemon Targaryen.

Visenya is the Athena of the Targaryens and The Game of Thrones. She gets the job done and doesn't care about anything else but her family and the war. That is also why she lived for a while. I can't believe that all these characters was born from George R.R. Martin's mind. Amazing.

I love this content

Blood raven is so bad ass. One true king.

Totally agree with this list. Some real OGs up here.

Glad to see so many other fans of Visenya in this comments sections.

You know what I don't quite understand, why everybody loves what Aegon did, conquerer 7th kingdoms by fire and blood, and condemn "Daenarys' madness", are the same thing though , both are conquerors not rulers. Rulers were his sisters, Daenarys needs faithful parteners.

I feel like aegon should be on the list

I'm confused to why people would question you listing Visenya as one of the most powerful targs...maybe I'm missing something...

I don’t think it was that Aegon was “just that likeable” as much as they didn’t want to be Harren Hoare’d 😹

Visenya bloodraven and maegor are the srongest all three were great warriors, commanders and had connections to magic

Daenerys will ALWAYS be the strongest!🔥🔥👌✌️

Honestly I think Aemon the dragon knight should’ve been up there but that’s just me

Aegon’ conquest with Henry Cavill as Aegon and Angelina Jolie as Visenya and Margot Robbie as Rhaenys.

If aegons conquest comes to tv I'd like eva green to play visenya she's got ruthlessness in spades after seeing her in 300 rise of a empire and i could picture her with silver hair

2:29 spooky. I thought I heard a ghost🤣🤣🍺👍

Visenya reminds of many Celtic and English Queens and Catrina OF Aaragon Or Morgana Of Camelot!🤔😱🤗💪👸

1. Aegon +Visenya + Rhaenys 2. Jaehaerys I + Alysanne 3. Bloodraven

Maegor the Cruel not on here? Dude was a perfect mix of Aegon and Viseyna

We don't know much about him other that his name and appellation, but I have a feeling Gaemon the Glorious must have been very powerful to have earned that name.

they should do a show on this given the popularity of house of the dragon

Guess that answers why Visenya is a heroine of Arya Stark

Can’t wait for HOD

Vhagar was actually the 3rd biggest Dragon, Balerion & Maraxes were the bigger two with Vhagar being the smallest of the three.

My list would be #1 Maegor the Cruel #2 Aemon the DragonKnight #3 Daemon the Rouge Prince

Visenya looks nearly identical to Dee in “IASIP” in the art.

I dont know how to feel about Visenya over Aegon... Because if we're including their soldiers/people yada yada yada, Aegon comes with Visenya, ultimately she did serve him (+ he'd also come with the whole of conquered Westeros). Buy 1 get a FUCK-ton for free

1. Aegon I 2. Jaehaerys I 3. Visenya

You’re the smoothest talking person ever dude.

i hope we see a spinoff of the blackfyre rebellion

Visenya looking like Dee Reynolds in the thumbnail

The Three Eyed Raven is show only, in the books, he is the Three Eyed Crow. Great video though

Hi at 2:30 there’s background audio that distracts the viewer from your dialogue for a few seconds.

Daemon should be in the top ten

Lol Jamie coming in to talk over you

Visenya is my girl! I hope we get to see her onscreen at some point. The only cosplay I've ever done was as Queen V at Con of Thrones in 2019.

I think Bloodraven killed the Blackfyre, so he can be sentenced to death/send to the wall. Pretty sure he told Egg that this 'must be', as well.. Seen the glimpse of future.

Good vid. Did not appreciate the long ad in the middle of thevid.

Brynden Rivers was so OP without having a dragon

lord bloodraven needs a series of his own. he is the only Targaryen to have the northmen blood and thus have greenseer abilities. only jonsnow could be more cooler if he gets to ride a dragon along with having green sight

Daemon should he here. Any day.

My top 7 in no order were Aegon, Visenya, Jaeherys, Daemon, Bloodraven, Daenerys, and Aemond.

you forgot about the long lost Targaryan who instead of using dragon iconography he uses a hawk and leads a mercenary band and totally did nothing wrong.........oh wait wrong dark fantasy series.

This is the show i would love to watch so bad i want to see some Targeryan women fighting with a sword

Defining power in this context is kinda tricky. So instead I decided to define power in three different ways and see who is the most powerful in that specific context. Aegon targaryan, for military/political power. The guy was like a westeros Jesus, he just showd up and put the fear of God into everyone on an entire continent. Aemon the dragonknight, for personal power/prowess. I don't know if there is another person who could beat him in single in the history of westeros. He probably surpasses Arthur dayne and barristan selmy in terms of skill. He's still looked up to as the perfect Knight 150 years after his death. Bloodraven for alternative/mystical power. The guy had an insane spy network. His spy network shames varys', on top of that he was certainly magically inclined. Being able to become a Greenseer is something only a handful of people in westeros history have done. Honorable mentions. That lady who saw the destruction of valeria coming. Or maybe blew up valeria herself, she's the only reason the targaryans didn't die with the rest of the dragon riders. Visenya, kinda just a diet aegon? She may have been smarter and whatnot, but historically she's a side character to aegon for a reason, she never wielded the same power as he did. Danaerys, a young up and comer, it'll be hard not to put her in the top three if and when she reclaims westeros. But she's like 15 or something? Do it for longer Danny and we can start talking.

do you think the 3 eyed raven is capable of his feats bc of his blood? bc while he may be formidable, i kinda feel like him being a targaryen is just a cool side thing

Daenerys can resist fire, is one of her abilities and she did it twice in the show, is well know that she is a very magical character.

Bloodraven was most likely in contact with Euron

Aemond 'Dragon knight', Daemon and Aegon I.

Dorne is so badass in the books I wish it was more interesting in the show

Oh wow, is it really true that Daenerys was only able to ride one of her dragons?? I don’t know how I missed this in the show. So she was only able to ride Drogon, but not Rhaegal and Viserion?