Why King Aegon I Started the Targaryen Conquest (Game of Thrones)

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@Spongebrain97
@Spongebrain97 Жыл бұрын
It is pretty amusing in the story how Harren the Black essentially enslaved the Riverlands to build his castle. So when Aegon went out to attack Harren he called upon the Riverlords to defend him they instead rallied around the Tullys who then sided with Aegon lol
@edwinsoto6932
@edwinsoto6932 Жыл бұрын
A slight correction: You got the order wrong. The Tullys sided with Aegon, then the other riverlords followed. Because House Tully was the first to support the Targaryens, it became the leader of the riverlords.
@thalmoragent9344
@thalmoragent9344 Жыл бұрын
@@edwinsoto6932 Yep, 100%
@thomasdaywalt7735
@thomasdaywalt7735 Жыл бұрын
Well it makes sense and he had dragons but the thing is her and hell was built with black stone and perhaps the same black stone that valyria is made with but how did he knew is a good question unfortunately he died with the knowledge But luckily For aegon all he has to do is bring the blackest night dragon and breathe black fire upon heron Hall not only would he destroy the castle but he will do so without getting a scratch
@tiringsarcasm
@tiringsarcasm Жыл бұрын
@@thomasdaywalt7735 That is not the blackstone of Valyria, it’s charred black because of the dragonfire. Stories even say that stone melted with Harren’s family inside. The only blackstone within Westeros would be the Hightower of Oldtown which existed long before the Andals crossed the Narrow sea. That is a much bigger question.
@whossname4399
@whossname4399 Жыл бұрын
@@tiringsarcasm there seems to be two types of black stone: Valerian melted stone and the mysterious oily stone. The later is theorised to have something to do with the deep ones
@patrickjeffers7864
@patrickjeffers7864 Жыл бұрын
Dorne was aegon's Vietnam
@chelseavalyria
@chelseavalyria Жыл бұрын
Aegon truly was the embodiment of conquest. I loved the dynamic between him and his sisters and I could never forget the moment when Visenya cut him in the face to teach him an important lesson. My favorite trio 🔥❤️
@ikaikaotteman7723
@ikaikaotteman7723 Жыл бұрын
you do remember they were really into incest
@thalmoragent9344
@thalmoragent9344 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, and thus was born the Kingsguard 😅
@siam9914
@siam9914 Жыл бұрын
Did they have threesome? Thats the important question
@harrisonbardwell8068
@harrisonbardwell8068 Жыл бұрын
Nnokm
@targaryen7029
@targaryen7029 Жыл бұрын
This will come in handy when House of the Dragon airs. Can't wait.
@Cool_Adam
@Cool_Adam Жыл бұрын
Short version: Cause he could.
@kalebtheherald2947
@kalebtheherald2947 Жыл бұрын
He started the conquest to unite the living against the other.
@pedromenchik1961
@pedromenchik1961 Жыл бұрын
GRRM said recently that Aegon's conquest might have be driven by prophecy and the desire to unite the realm against the threat of the Others
@99Bobson
@99Bobson Жыл бұрын
For some reason, I kinda don't want that to be the case. It takes away from the aspect of "might makes right" that Aegon and his sisters had, and instead gives this "we're actually heroes, saving you all by uniting you"
@stefanciocan1605
@stefanciocan1605 Жыл бұрын
@@99Bobson you have to admit it's weird though..they stayed on Dragonstone for 114 years and now, suddenly they decided to conquer Westeros ? I don't buy it... Something must have happened. Apparently in House of The Dragon, Martin said Viserys will tell Rhaenyra a secret, a secret that has been in House Targaryen since the Conqueror himself. We don't know anything yet however..so we shall see
@99Bobson
@99Bobson Жыл бұрын
@@stefanciocan1605 Aegon didn't wait tho? He claimed Balerion, started getting involved. First with Volantis, a test run, essentially, then he started conquering. It's not like the whole dynasty was warmongers and conquerors. The way it always looked to me was, that Aegon got into the Dragon riding business, fought against Volantis, saw exactly what Dragons could do in a field of battle, and started burning Westeros away.
@stefanciocan1605
@stefanciocan1605 Жыл бұрын
@@99Bobson then why aegon did it ? Why didn't Gaemon the Glorious do it ? Why didn't HIS son..Aegon, or Aerys, or Meagon.. My point is, if this theory is true, it doesn't break the lore and it actually..give us some motivation for his actions. That's why I never believed the fact that Aegon saw Westeros and said "Let's burn shit to the ground and take it ! ".
@99Bobson
@99Bobson Жыл бұрын
@@stefanciocan1605 except it never says they rode any Dragons though?????
@abandonallhope.1040
@abandonallhope.1040 Жыл бұрын
I wish HoTD would start with Aegon's Conquest. Balerion aside, I would have loved to have seen Visenya slay with Dark Sister. I wouldn't be surprised if Aegon himself had received some sort of prophetic dream leading him to conquer Westeros.
@VictorStarchild
@VictorStarchild Жыл бұрын
George Matin himself has hinted such prophecy in an interview, claiming that Aegon could even have had somehow predicted the great threat that would come from the north 300 years later, and that a united realm would be much better prepared for such an event...
@brandcamacho2899
@brandcamacho2899 Жыл бұрын
@@VictorStarchild thats was just confirmed today in the first HoTD episode
@VictorStarchild
@VictorStarchild Жыл бұрын
@@brandcamacho2899 Yeah, not that I think the TV show can "confirm" anything about book canon, but it was really cool they added it
@thalmoragent9344
@thalmoragent9344 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, would've been dope to see tbh, although maybe it would only need to be 1 season, as it's summed up pretty quickly, all things considered, no?
@SlightlyLarger
@SlightlyLarger Жыл бұрын
@@VictorStarchild Id argue that because GRRM is working closely as a show runner on hotd, stuff that updates (note-not changes, updates) things from the books should be cannon
@Lyndonmaman
@Lyndonmaman Жыл бұрын
He went full Veruca Salt one day and decided "Don't care how, I want it now!"
@morganSnow421
@morganSnow421 Жыл бұрын
Always excited for some whycreate
@ManpreetSingh-sr4yg
@ManpreetSingh-sr4yg Жыл бұрын
Its ironic that Targaryen dynasty started with the defeat of King of Stromland and ended with the victory of lord of Stromland
@uniguy2126
@uniguy2126 Жыл бұрын
3 days later and now you have to update this lmao
@willtidey9720
@willtidey9720 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful production and awesome writing! A content creator truly worthy of Martin’s masterpiece fantasy series.
@anthonyufert8477
@anthonyufert8477 Жыл бұрын
Also, Aegon had some knowledge of the Others/White Walkers & he wanted to unite the kingdoms for the coming fight. Maybe he had visions when he was sleeping, dragon dreams.
@fadillangston9797
@fadillangston9797 Жыл бұрын
Maybe or did he? Please proofread this comment.
@anthonyufert8477
@anthonyufert8477 Жыл бұрын
@@fadillangston9797 I’m saying he had some knowledge of them. I don’t know how whether it was a dream or he read it somewhere. Is that better?
@darkblade10001
@darkblade10001 Жыл бұрын
You’ll find out in the first episode of house of the dragon why
@db4517
@db4517 Жыл бұрын
Not in the books he didn't
@anthonyufert8477
@anthonyufert8477 Жыл бұрын
@@db4517 No, it’s not in the books. However, after Fire & Blood first came out GRRM did many interviews bringing up the idea that Aegon may’ve come to Westeros cos of the pending doom of the Long Night. You can find them on KZfaq.
@imdancingforever5215
@imdancingforever5215 Жыл бұрын
Still waiting for this story to make into the screen
@PharaohRJA
@PharaohRJA Жыл бұрын
i think he helped stop Volantis from conquering essos because they would've been a hassle to deal with if they decided to look at westeros as the next land to conquer
@danieloptun6698
@danieloptun6698 Жыл бұрын
Aegon and his sister wives praying for seven days in the sept to ponder their conquest is probably just propaganda from the faith after the fact. The faith of the seven and Targeryan family fought many times over their incest and right to power, so this to me reads as when the faith had accepted the targs they had to retroactively make the targs faithful to the seven
@billychops1280
@billychops1280 Жыл бұрын
I honestly had no idea that Argelac had killed a gardener king in his youth, that makes him so much cooler in my eyes now, but you’d think that a man like him would try to have sons to secure his lineage, but all he had was a daughter in pretty sure
@thalmoragent9344
@thalmoragent9344 Жыл бұрын
How is it "cooler" he killed a Gardner King? Wasn't Argelac a lot more arrogant and bull headed than most in his time? Maybe not as much a much as King Harron but... if the Gardners are anything like their Tyrell bannermen of the time then, I can only imagine what the fight was over
@billychops1280
@billychops1280 Жыл бұрын
@@thalmoragent9344 the reach has a history of pushing into the stormlands, it was almost 100% a defensive war, not only do the stormlanders not have the men to go on the offensive towards the reach but it would also be a stupid idea considering they’d be leaving their lands open to raiders from dorm and the river lands controlled by the ironborn
@thalmoragent9344
@thalmoragent9344 Жыл бұрын
@@billychops1280 Interesting, wonder what the Reach would want with the Stormlands that they don't already have back home. Fo the Stormlands have a decent amount of fertile ground as well, or was it just a "habit" they had, for some reason? And in that case, yeah I suppose it would be cool he defended, fought off, and killed a King who invaded his lands for seemingly no other reason than just "muh conquest", although surely there was more to it, no?
@billychops1280
@billychops1280 Жыл бұрын
@@thalmoragent9344 the reach wants the land and to vassalize the storm lords because not only would that make the reach the superpower of westeros (which they already were but it would be non disputable after the taking of the storm lands) and also after taking them over they would then have the strongest soldiers (the stromlanders) and most marshal lords (the marcher lords like carron, Selmy, swann and dondarion on their side, which would make them the strongest military forced on the continent, their army would stand at around 130K and they would also cut Dorne off from the rest of the kingdoms which would then make it easier for the reach to conquer them as well later on if they wanted
@thalmoragent9344
@thalmoragent9344 Жыл бұрын
@@billychops1280 So they'd strongest, largest, and most well fed Military, as well as tons of land to mine if needed... Yeah, I can see that. Although it makes you wonder why Dorne wanted to fight the Stormlanders, maybe as retribution for all the times Dorne has been dissed by the other kingdoms for being "a bunch of foreigners", so maybe they wanted to prove themselves.
@talkingthrones3987
@talkingthrones3987 Жыл бұрын
Imagine spending all this time on this video and then having GRRM come out and say in episode 1 of House of The Dragon that Aegon had a dragon dream of the White Walkers effectively ending this theory forever😂😂 that’s tough bro should have waited to release this one haha
@mjisurdad
@mjisurdad Жыл бұрын
Glad they confirmed in the new show. He conquered the seven kingdoms because he had a dream of the long night coming.
@JoshuaHenelyThornhill
@JoshuaHenelyThornhill Жыл бұрын
Idk who rivals Aegon in coolness Harren the black who made Harrenhall come to life or Argillac who literally killed a gardener king ? Bunch of madlads all of them if you ask me
@oliverstegemann3136
@oliverstegemann3136 Жыл бұрын
"King of Garlic"
@TheoneandonlyVaken
@TheoneandonlyVaken Жыл бұрын
My little head canon is that Argilac and Aegon knew each other well, due to the close proximity and wars. The relationship between them would be by far not friends but respected Allies. So when Argilac offered the marriage it was in a genuine desire to save his kingdom.
@mehulmaharaj5015
@mehulmaharaj5015 Жыл бұрын
Would love for them to bring out a series showing Aegon and how everything became to fruition
@chrolloweird7816
@chrolloweird7816 Жыл бұрын
you're channel is amazing man {thanku ,keep going ....
@SpaceHeavy-4
@SpaceHeavy-4 Жыл бұрын
"somehow conquered a continent of people" yeah buddy, with freaking dragons lmao.
@harrywatts9341
@harrywatts9341 Жыл бұрын
Another great video. Where'd you get the artwork?
@Hochspitz
@Hochspitz Жыл бұрын
It is always important to remember the Riverlands.
@sedine2
@sedine2 Жыл бұрын
I love your videos!
@alphagamer9505
@alphagamer9505 Жыл бұрын
Aegon joined the fight against Volantis because he simply didn't want a new Freehold, a new empire in essos that could rival the future seven kingdoms, best to keep the free cities separated
@pedromenchik1961
@pedromenchik1961 Жыл бұрын
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@tagmata1872
@tagmata1872 Жыл бұрын
What Argilac was offering wasn’t actual that bad of a deal, actually historically empires did this pretty often Take down a hostile opponent with outside help Give the help much of the spoils Maintain relationship It generally works pretty well historically at least in the short term
@organic723
@organic723 Жыл бұрын
Seen this 100 times before
@barinwashere
@barinwashere Жыл бұрын
yeah we back!
@operationpridefall9372
@operationpridefall9372 Жыл бұрын
House Celtigar also helped Targaryen take over Westeros
@JasperLane
@JasperLane Жыл бұрын
Because it was there, now let's see how close I am.
@khotunkhan3950
@khotunkhan3950 Жыл бұрын
Aegon's are pretty incredible Targayeans huh
@HyphyJuice916
@HyphyJuice916 Жыл бұрын
I've watched a video on his conquest and how it started a few years back. I was shocked when I found out the Targaryens were in Westeros for about a century before he decided to take over. This made it much more interesting to me. I wish they said this in the show.
@gianniortega5986
@gianniortega5986 Жыл бұрын
Just a little correction to this video, the show and book begin in the year 298 AC
@marwanali4878
@marwanali4878 Жыл бұрын
spoiler : According to George Aegon also had a vision of the white walkers and he wanted the 7 kingdoms to be united against that threat. @Whycreate I would love for you to make a video on the what you think the contents of the letter sent to Aegon by the Martells was
@thomasdaywalt7735
@thomasdaywalt7735 Жыл бұрын
There is a video about that it basically breaks down aegon's character as a free dimensional character
@billychops1280
@billychops1280 Жыл бұрын
Because Argelac said no balls
@invincibleluis
@invincibleluis Жыл бұрын
Power corrupts. And absolutely power corrupts absolutely.
@stomper5432
@stomper5432 Жыл бұрын
So why did he? You literally never answered your question in the episode rather just told us how.... wow
@SHARKVADERS
@SHARKVADERS Жыл бұрын
WC!!!
@thomasdaywalt7735
@thomasdaywalt7735 Жыл бұрын
We make sense what he conquered the stormlands and the riverlands they're the closest to him then taking out the green hand and the lion next and only has to do is take on the North and then run the Erie and Dawn will be the last one but Dawn does not bend break or kneel even was struck by a spear it still remains that way as high as the sun
@someperson8641
@someperson8641 Жыл бұрын
Nice
@eff_gee321
@eff_gee321 Жыл бұрын
Aegon had that CAS tho
@gimmethepinkelephant3685
@gimmethepinkelephant3685 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't want to be a part of House Horre....🤣
@dukehouseclothing853
@dukehouseclothing853 Жыл бұрын
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@jaieregilmore971
@jaieregilmore971 Жыл бұрын
Would Aegon be disappointed on how his decedents turns out and what they done to the kingdom after his death? Probably regretted making the iron throne because to me a king is more than important just a stupid iron chair.
@kauetadaieski3131
@kauetadaieski3131 Жыл бұрын
Symbol and a reminder.
@jaieregilmore971
@jaieregilmore971 Жыл бұрын
@@kauetadaieski3131 And a hindrance at the end.
@dineinunes
@dineinunes Жыл бұрын
Both of his sons were disappointments already, no need to look much further than that.
@kauetadaieski3131
@kauetadaieski3131 Жыл бұрын
@@jaieregilmore971 but not at the beggining when every lord knew how he build that...
@zainh261
@zainh261 Жыл бұрын
Thought you would’ve mentioned Aegons dream. The song of ice and fire
@AlexGordonMusic
@AlexGordonMusic Жыл бұрын
I always pronounced it Argle-ack
@nikolaiwhite4255
@nikolaiwhite4255 Жыл бұрын
What does the year 2 B.C. mean in this world?
@ashleysuhan3694
@ashleysuhan3694 Жыл бұрын
Before conquest
@ocsjc13
@ocsjc13 Жыл бұрын
Before conquest
@robbiciii
@robbiciii Жыл бұрын
Who's Argarlic?
@opiumultra
@opiumultra Жыл бұрын
What did aegon lil sister do?
@sh0kwerm
@sh0kwerm Жыл бұрын
Plot 🐉 Rhaegal finds Jon snow beyond the wall where banished in the sequel because they bonded during the ride and becomes king beyond the wall news travels through All the lands and unites the unexplored lands in the series with only goal of defending humanity from future white walkers and creatures who dwell beyond the wall .. now that Jon and Rhaegal are bonded he grows bigger to the size of Balerion due to bond being as strong as balerion had with aegon . 😁 one can only hope lol
@LSK1
@LSK1 Жыл бұрын
King Garlic
@jorgemolina8011
@jorgemolina8011 Жыл бұрын
Because he seen the threat from the North so he and to unite Westeros so when the WW returns they'll be united
@hemsinghpanwar6470
@hemsinghpanwar6470 Жыл бұрын
Why didn't aegon try and conquer essos.
@tibolcb6446
@tibolcb6446 Жыл бұрын
funny how you uploaded this video on couple of days before HOTD droped the real reason why aegon actually started everything
@spencertherren6806
@spencertherren6806 Жыл бұрын
Why is Corlys Valerion being played by a black fellow?
@KaRen-bo6et
@KaRen-bo6et Жыл бұрын
because hbo has a check mark list of adding a certain number of minorities to a family based on ancient Greece. just ridiculous.
@sio88
@sio88 Жыл бұрын
jews
@hendrix7948
@hendrix7948 Жыл бұрын
B/c every other character is played by white fellows
@spencertherren6806
@spencertherren6806 Жыл бұрын
@@hendrix7948 There are black characters in the books that are the basis for these programs. Corlys V. is not one of them. 👌
@manunitedred8912
@manunitedred8912 Жыл бұрын
It’s just a tv show dude he is a good actor with black skin of that makes you uncomfortable to the point of asking why, then I don’t know where your biases which appear to be racially motivated are coming from to be asking such a question
@chuck948
@chuck948 Жыл бұрын
Why not he had dragons is enough of an answer
@newkingscontent8533
@newkingscontent8533 Жыл бұрын
Daenerys is like Aegon, more of a conqueror than a leader. Visenya is the real rule.r
@shadow3d1
@shadow3d1 Жыл бұрын
get a pop filter, its sometimes hard to hear and understand you
@ousmanjallow7866
@ousmanjallow7866 Жыл бұрын
W
@NoBody-kv3yd
@NoBody-kv3yd Жыл бұрын
Arga lack
@xlrcreations1616
@xlrcreations1616 Жыл бұрын
Why did you say Argilac so weird. You said it Ar-guy-lik
@realbabyeater
@realbabyeater Жыл бұрын
Arguylac Durrandon
@masonreith2382
@masonreith2382 Жыл бұрын
Why you whispering bro
@daddy_1453
@daddy_1453 Жыл бұрын
Ffs. Roberts rebellion really was a lie! We were lead to believe the 300 year Valyrian dynasty came to an end in Westeros.... but that's wrong. House Baratheon is a Valyrian/Targaryen house in all but name! Just the bastards branch of the family tree. It's thanks to Cerceis cucking Robert that put Lannisters on the throne (still using the name Baratheon though...). The Targaryens started and ended with incest. And Aegon had a brother? That means his brother watched awkwardly as his siblings f*** each other.
@nicmagtaan1132
@nicmagtaan1132 Жыл бұрын
That brother became sick of it, And just went his normal ways then again Robert's rebellion is mostly a stark centered one, stark men die and the sister kidnapped, Robert's is just the guy who took initiative to rebel
@manga3040
@manga3040 Жыл бұрын
I appreciate what Tolkien created. I have read the books and watched the movies. I also enjoy the new show so far. Sorry not sorry.
@MegaWennieHutJR
@MegaWennieHutJR Жыл бұрын
what do you have to be sorry about? nobody cares or even brought it up
@manga3040
@manga3040 Жыл бұрын
@@MegaWennieHutJR This is the way.
@manga3040
@manga3040 Жыл бұрын
@@MegaWennieHutJR Atleast one person seems too lol. Easy mode. Rent free.
@kotathetragic9738
@kotathetragic9738 Жыл бұрын
@@manga3040 Uhh i think you are in the wrong place buddy. The LOTR reviews are that way 👉🚪
@michakoniecpolski5677
@michakoniecpolski5677 Жыл бұрын
Bruh, these show has nothing common with Tolkien work
@brigedier
@brigedier Жыл бұрын
And all this build up for nothing. Got season 8🥱
@stefanciocan1605
@stefanciocan1605 Жыл бұрын
GoT after season 4 doesn't exist... we still don't know the book ending so..
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