Aegon’s Conquest: how did the Targaryens take Westeros?
How did Aegon Targaryen conquer Westeros three hundred years before Game of Thrones? Will Daenerys take the Throne?
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I love Dorne’s response to Aegon’s Conquest was just, “No”
Aegon: Ight imma burn you out Dornish: Ight Imma head out
Meria wasn't taking crap from Rhaenys
Aegon: I have a massive army and 3 dragons to use against you. Meria Martell: Nah, it’ll be fine.
They didn't go out more than they looked within
It was like that meme with Christopher Walken. “I don’t wanna.” “But I got dragons!” “I don’t care.”
"She might not wanna remind people, however, that her father was the notoriously cruel and crazy Mad King" Oh my poor child.
Technically, she didn't remind them of the Mad King. She just made it clear that she's actually worse than him. :)
lmao :D
@@SSJ8GokuNot worse, just more successful
actually she is worse. Much worse her dad didn't really care about the people it was about not giving Bobby B what he wants Danny on the other hand specifically targeted people and even children
@@TheHellyeahmen Her father was going to do the same thing as her. (Destroy Kings Landing)
I love that Visenya basically just parked right in Sharra’s yard, took her son out for a fun day, and they had a civil chat probably over tea. Shockingly wholesome… I mean aside from the fact that Visenya definitely kidnapped her son and played nice with him to terrify Sharra into submission.
Because of the implication
women? women.
@@KhoaLe-uc2ny dude she had her son on dragon's back. what else was she going to do besides using diplomacy
@@ashadowintime7305 facts? facts.
@@Noone-we9vb it's in the video.. she takes him for a ride.
The way Aegon's described gives big Rhaegar vibes. "Skilled warrior, but took no joy in it ... Commanding presence, yet few close friends." Plus the way he was willing to ascribe to Westerosi culture and customs, leaving his ego at home, it really does feel like both of them were being driven by something more important than personal interests. Aegon's prophecy from HOTD fits the story really well.
Except Rhaegar never left his ego at home. In fact, he took his ego with him and amplified it to the point of causing a war.
Honestly yeah it rhymes really well
honestly it sounds like basic prince charming propaganda.
@@ItsButterBean1020it’s like poetry, it rhymes
@sam22d The fact that he believed it was about him is sufficiently egoistic.
"From dragon back, Rhaenys saw them coming." Huh, how curious. You're saying she didn't just forget about the Durrandon army while in flight?
We can clearly see now how big and awful the discrepancy between the book and the show has become. GRRM is smart and calculated every background story and context with it. While D&D simply forgot how to write a story
too bad argillac durrandon didnt have big scorpion crossbows like euron
@@abdullahchaudhry9256 Nah, they know how to write a story.... unfortunately for us, the story they know how to write is a Bollywood soap opera.
@@Vebian that wasn't supposed to work either
@@Vebian Apparently Sunspear might have had scorpion crossbows, which is one of the reasons why Aegon never attacked Sunspear after Rhaenys died.
"Her most important assets are her dragons" Yeah, about that..
Tomatoe more like one of her three important assets are he dragon(drogon only now)
I don't think they'll redo season 8, but the petition is cracking me up. Already almost a MILLION signatures! HA HA HA!
@@jojolafrite90 Redo Season 8? Nah, they will remake the entire GOT series after HBO runs out off spin offs and prequels.
there is still one left, she can still do it
gamescomgamer and she did. But then she died. Game over
Tyrells: *serves* *the* *Gardeners* *for* *generations* *to* *get* *The* *Reach* Bronn: *does* *nothing,* *still* *gets* *The* *Reach* Tyrells: 👁👄👁
I love how everyone in the Reach seemed fine with Bronn Whatever strolling in one day and being the Lord of Highgarden. The people in Westeros famously take kindly to strangers taking their land.
It’s even worse when you consider that the other noble houses of the Reach were pissed that the Tyrells inherited Highgarden. Even though the Tyrells were an established house that could claim descent from the Gardeners, houses Florent, Tarly, etc. were upset bc they had a better claim. And we’re just supposed to believe that these great houses are cool with some random ass commoner coming in and becoming their overlord? It’s been 2 years and I’m still salty.
@@LPChipi ‘Bronn Whatever’, more like Bronn Nothing, he’s literally a low-born who becomes Lord Paramount of the Reach
@@LPChipi which is even weirder considering the Reach has always been a turbulent hotbed of rival houses engaging in land grabs and titles, more so than any other kingdom.
@@svant3 tbf he does become a minor lord and marries Lolly Stokeworth but even then, I'm pretty sure it was legally a matrilineal marriage and Bronn pretty much disappears after Book III
"Daenerys kinda forgot about the iron fleet"
George R.R Martin should have wrote the books before D&D finished the series...
Patrick Christiansen he is very slow tho, and even if they waited the actors would probably be old to play the characters if the book is finished.
@@daencrys7769 yeah thats a problem i thought about myself
Crappy story writting
@@patrickchristiansen1758 That's true, but if that were the case, we'd still have been waiting, and if Martin's version still had the 'Mad Dragon Queen' ending, the story would have been less well liked and there is a good chance no corporation would elect to spend millions on a high budget Television series. So we may very well have never seen this amazing show. We can thank D&D for this much, though unfortunately they were simply too ignorant of the real Medieval world (on which the GOT world is based), to write an intelligent story after Martin's writing stopped. They're basically just your average Hollywood writers thrust into undeserved greatness on the talents of an extraordinary writer, who will ultimately (I believe) will lose much of his popularity by the time the story is finished by the choices he will probably make.
Aegon is rolling in his grave right now, Dany already lost 2 dragons and now she's planning on burning everyone.
Have u seen the trailer for episode 5 at the end they is a dragon cry
@@stevenlewis7839 lol he been rolling his grave you should follow up on his lineage so many royal fuck ups
She is the least disappointing family member he has.. alot more piece of shit targaryens ruled before her. AND she offered peace and mercy to those who kneel, just like aegon. She also tried suing for peace in ep 4 . She's given the people their chance. I say burn kings landing entirely.. those "innocent" people aren't innocent.. the same crowd that cheered for ned starks head to be chopped off, same crowd that threw shit and spit at Cersei (even though she deserved it) fuck the people.. burn them all baby!
@@thenickfoxx While I do think Dany is one of the better descendants you shouldn't forget king Jahearys I the Old King, nephew of Maegor the Cruel, it os said that there were no better years in Westeros before or after then the his reing. The only real fuck up he did was made during his last years after losing his wife and most of his sons. Instead of making the daughter of his oldest son who was married to a Velaryon (Corlys if I'm not mistaken) and pregnant his heir chose one of his younger son's son all of this led to the famous Dance of Dragons with the Targeryan being split into two sides, both with dragons. By the end there was only two living dragons, a newborn called Morning owned by one of the new kings half-sister and another called something like Sheep Devourer or something, living in a cave near the Vale with his rider Netles.
Guess I was right about burning kings landing lmao I didn't think she'd go that nuts though.
I would have also mentioned the letter the Martells sent to Aegon after Rhaenys died. The letter he held so tight his hands bleed, and nobody knows what it said but that made Aegon abandon his plans to conquer Dorne.
Remy Blas "Dear silver haired pretty boy, Sniped one of your flying lizards with this big ol' crossbow, see you next time Sincerely, The country that just wupped you".
Tyler Baldwin I freaking love Dorne
he should have burned everything in dorne and poisoned all the wells
@@ChristianAuditore14 Calm down Kefka.
@@AseraphsephirothZ if I cant have dorne you wont have dorn :)
The Targaryen origins in Valyria leading up to their escape before the destruction would make an epic prequel series. The rise of the Targaryens. Not mention we'd get a shitload more dragons.
I can’t wait! There’s 5 pre sequels being made
No point in doing those prequels if the writers will be the same.
Renan Nascimento not the same writers lol, D&D are not writing the sequels
@@renannascimento8750 D&D are off to a galaxy far, far away. They aren't involved in GOT anymore.
To give you an idea of how strong the Valyrian freehold of ancient Valyria was; House Targaryen was a minor house. *Minor* . They weren't even a big deal and look how powerful they are in comparison to the Westerosi.
Nice vid, bro... Shame Daenerys did EXACTLY what you said she shouldn't do!
I bet he said, "I hate being right" when she went mad.
@@neilyoungboy Nah, judging by his later videos you can see how ASX has lost all faith in the show and doesn't give a fuck anymore, like pretty much everyone else, for good reasons.
@vin 950 Yeah, a better way to portray that imo would have been to make Dany attack the general population BEFORE they surrendered, which then makes them start to sound the bells, but oops, Daenerys is too caught up in her revenge and keeps killing everyone. The rest of them realize that she's too bloodthirsty and something something Jon Targaryen.
Guilherme Aranha went mad wot bollocks I’ve never seen such a rushed ending to wot was the best show ever televised, there was no sign of dani going mad until misande got be headed with 2 episodes left and that says it all and how rushed it all was and now when I’ve watched it all again from season 1-6 was amazing but 7-8 was so bad it angered me cos it’s so disappointing to all the people who really took a big shine to this series I can only imagine how let down they fell when I felt I’d been conned and let down in a huge way I mean wot can u say apart from the show was cut short I just hope the books don’t let me down as much but I doubt it cos GRRM has a great mind for these books
she wanted to do opposite, fuck tyrion and jon
Aegon: Hey I wanna be King. Other houses: Lol you don't even have a banner. Aegon: ok. I make banner now. Now me King? OH: Yay! You're the king.
Shubham Banerjee Bill Wurtz: Entire History of Westeros (I Guess)
aegon conquest in a nutshell
lmao
Reminds me of the Eddie Izzard bit "do you have a flag???"
Basically the Targaryen’s with their dragons were playing on easy mode
It's like playing SPQR in Rome Total War
@@josey6231 Or the Sassanids in Attila Total War.
Dragons op pls nerf
with aegon,in the ck2 got the conquest doesnt take very long,for me it took 10 years of constant war,but that is mainly because the vale and the reach joined the storm king and that war lasted 6 years,while after the vale and the north surrender,the lannister,gardners,martells took a year each,all it took was going directly for their capital by boats and BURN THEM ALL
Dornes that one level in the game were it takes everything you learnt and throws it out the window
Man, it still blows my mind. How did GRRM come up with all this in depth history and lore for each family and each castle for literally every generation going back like 5000 years from the year Game of Thrones is set in... so crazy...
He's spent the better part of the last 30 years building his world, similar to Tolkien with Middle Earth. Plus, being a good writer helps ;)
Well look at tolkien - creating languages like the elven one.
British history being a big influence as well
Nothing compared to Tolkien.
An important thing to remember is Grrm didn't knew all this when writing the first book. He knew where he wanted the story to go, he knew all important houses, he knew important plot points but not everything we now know. He learned these things while he was writing a chapter and imagined a tiny history detail that would suit the scene or foreshadow something. I think people often forget how little a worldbuilding is done before writing the story compared to how much there is in the final draft.
The Conquest pretty much shows how OP the Dragons are and how difficult to kill. Meanwhile in the show they're getting killed by glorified crossbows.
Dorne also does this in Aegons conquest
@@reubena7854 yeah but that one is specifically pointed out in WOIAF to be a one in a million shot coming from the dozens or hundreds of scorpions they had on the field. The way Euron just randomly bullseyes a dragon several hundred yards away from a boat in the show - meaning he had to not only account for the dragon’s movement but also the swaying of the ship - is complete bullshit
Yep. Valyria was literally unstoppable, no army ever made could pose a threat to the empire. The earth being the only thing that can overpower a dragon truly. If Aegon conquered Westeros with 3 dragons imagine Valyria in its height, thousands of dragons. The Rhoynar thought they could beat the dragons, and how wrong they were.
@@CommanderOfRussia1 The Rhoynar are still around, though. The Valyrians ain't.
@@neolexiousneolexian6079 A scared and sheltered existence. When Valyria went to war with the Rhoynar they leveled their kingdom to the ground, and forced Nymeria and her ships to run. The real Rhoynar that are left get butchered by pirates and worse in the shattered remains of their land, while the Valyrians became kings of Westeros. Dorne is a descendent of the Rhoynar but not truly Rhoynar, and they knelt to Valyrians again after Daeron II. The Rhoynar are a broken people, and Danny (and Jon) is still alive so the Valyrians aren’t done yet.
Probably one of your best videos ever, both visually and informatively. Definitely worth the wait. Well done keep it up and thank you
Thank you! Will do.
>Defiantly
yeah, more like a history of game of thrones.
I feel like the internet has just stopped caring at this point about "Definitely"
Good spellers have been bludgeoned mercilessly by the text written by those who don't care. It's the new normal.
The amount of detail in these stories are amazing, I'd put my money on a GoT spinoff for sure
GRRM have had some help in terms of the backstory and the actual map.
Its like a whole other universe or a different dimension. How can someone make up another world like this? Sometimes I mix the GoT history with our own history lol
We could of had 12 seasons of GoT. It wouldn't be watered down either, the books are massive. We will get spinoffs though. You don't kill a cashcow like GoT. Roberts Rebellion has already been ruled out. They say Dunc and Egg is the front runner for the spinoff. The story of Duncan the Tall and Eygon (or Aegon) the 5th I believe. There are so many things they can go into, from Roberts rebellion 17 years ago to Valeryia 8,000 years ago to unknown and mysterious aspects of the universe that are still rich in lore like Ashia in the Shadow.
My name's stephen and i love blowing 3-1 leads got is based somewhat on real medieval history, with the main present plot being based on the war of the roses
How about 5?
Nah. She just burned the entire city to the ground
D&D kind of forgot about good writing.
yea plus some reason balerion a alot larger dragons fire melted stone yet drogons makes it explode and blast out everywhere like tf
Ironic
RainbowSixVegas oberan was one of my favourite characters in season 4 it’s a shame they wasn’t in it longer
It was NECESSARY it’s called WAR. She just gon ask Cersei nicely?
Aegon the Conqueror is one of my favorites because despite the way he took over, he was still a good and wise king afterwards. He made the Iron Throne not to show off but because he thought a king shouldn't rest easy.
Favorite what? King? Targaryen? ASOIAF Character? Which one is it
@@Thrawn23. all of the above
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 Oh cool I can see why. The ideal Targaryen, King, Ruler, Husband and Father unless your Maegor
I thought this was a joke great to have you back man great to have you back I can honestly say we have all missed you
Thanks mate, great to be back!
James Bond ,
Ratticus Finch lol u are right at ,work so had to hurry up .
Well I'm sure you don't like to invite THAT comparison but....
Agreed fucking love this channel. IF there were another project i'd like to be covered it'd be WestWorld season 1 :)
Dorne is badass. Shame about it's depiction in the show.
You want the bad ass but you need the bad poosei
Felipe Montealegre the bad poosei is no longer available my friend
What is happening in dorne right now? The show kind of forgot about them...
@@angelgjr1999 if it isn't kings landing or a stark the show doesn't care about it. why should any of the other houses be a part of this? all the dragons are gone, again, so what's stopping them from declaring independence; the north done it why shouldn't they? should none of the fucking entire continent apart from one city get a say in who is king? does Dorne give a fuck who the tree man is, they probably didn't even know the long night happened cause it only lasted a week. why did the lord of light bring Jon back when he didn't do shit to stop the night king. why did jamie kill the mad king even he didn't care about the people. why did ned stark say the lone wolf dies but the pack survives if it ends with everyone on the far sides of the world. what was the point of staying with this show when this is what it comes down to. D&D didn't want to do the show but they wouldn't give it to anyone else, because they are greedy fuckmonkeys who wanted to be the ones who ruined game of thrones. well good job my boys, you fucking did it, now on to star wars...
Angel Gutierrez The books? Prince Doran Martell of Dorne had three children -- Arianne, Quentyn, and Trystane. Arianne -- the eldest child and heir; she planned to raise Myrcella (who was at Dorne, bethroted to Trystane) as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, using the law of Dornish inheritance as justification, with the help of her close confidants and without her father's knowledge. Eventually, the plot was bestrayed --- Myrcella was almost killed, Ser Arys (the kingsguard knight who went to Dorne with Myrcella to protect her) was slain, her friends exiled, and Arianne chastened. Later, Prince Doran confided her his plan to bring down House Lannister, avenge Elia, and destroy the enemies of House Martell. She was currently on way to Storm's End to treat with Jon Connington and the Golden Company.
13:42 Dorne: “what if we just hid in the mountains?” Everyone else: “ayo? Wtf?” Crabfeeder: (furiously taking notes)
03:40 Lords of Westeros: "we don't want this bro as our king" ~aegon makes a nice banner with dragons~ Lords of Westeros: "damn, this guy is *legit* "
This is hilarious watching in May 2019 after Ep 4 Season 8 of the tv show. The dragons have so far only been a form of transport, and only been in a couple skirmishes in Westeros.
Ryan Borgeson hilarious... painful... antagonizing... 😂
Its not really her fault its the fault of her stupid advisors Tyrion and Varys who keep insisting she appeal to the people and not conquer as her ancestors did and look where it got her. She should have listened to Oleana and BE A DRAGON and just Conquer like she has been doing all over Esos cause once she conquered then she could have worried about creating peace.
homunculus7 There’s are others who are as well at fault. The writers.
if she attacked right when she landed it would have been easy win.But awful writing by D&D ruined everything
I've read the books a long time ago, so my memory is abit hazy on that, but I remember all of Danys "old" advisors always telling her that hew greatest weapons were the Dragons, they always kinda lied to her that the Westerosi lords were supporting her, but I always took it as to push her to invade Westeros.
16:08 "the story would be boring if she doesnt lose at least one" you have no idea how true this is in the show (season 7)
lol Dany won't have much to rule when the Night King comes into Westeros for a visit.
Ah yes season 7, when she loses a dragon, one of her most powerful weapons, when fighting the night king to save the lives of Jon and the rest. Also loses most of her allies to Cersei as she pretty much ends House Tyrell, captures the sand snakes and takes Euron and most of the Greyjoys to her side. Don't you just hate that she never loses? Makes her almost as boring as the perfect Jon Snow.
And yet even after her losses she's still only interesting when she's naked. WAIT hear me out on this I have a reason that isn't muh male anatomy. There are two interesting things about Danny's story line. First is the psychology of just wanting a home but being forced to continue forward by expectations of others and legacy.In the books it's heavily hinted at that she would be much happier throwing away her crown and living as a (very rich) woman with Dario. For evidence look at how often the symbolism of the house with the red door comes up and what it represents. you add in the fact that she's only 13-16 throughout the events also add some questions of agency to the mix how many of Danny's decisions are her own and how many are the results of pressure from those around her? If left to her own devices what would she do? After seeing the cluster that was Season 7, I don't really trust D&D to handle something like that without Dany becoming a screaming angsty teenager crying to the camera about her feelings in long dragon themed monologues. That leaves the second interesting thing about Danny, and that is that she serves as the gate way to the fantastic. Think about the portions of the Show that takes place in Westeros, its a well written character drama set in an analog to medieval England. Ok that's cool, now what do we see in the Danny portions? We see these crazy exotic cities, we see horse lords and warlocks and harpies. Show Danny isn't really interesting because of Danny but instead because of the things that are happening around her. When Danny is on screen that's the reminder that I'm watching a Fantasy show, and the scenes that best incapacitate this idea are her rebirth i.e the scenes when all her clothes are burned off and she's left naked as the day she was born. The books do this too, but it's just not the same as actually seeing it, ya know?
Callie Altair Jon snow was stabbed to death, I don’t think someone who easily gotten tricked into a trap, then stabbed to death, is a perfect character . He’s “lucky” he had the red priest to bring him back, unwillingly I might add
SPOILER ALERT! .... pah, too late lol
I hope we get a trilogy of Aegon’s conquest. That would be awesome!
A 3 - 4 season show
Literally anyone: You are outnumbered Aegon: *ah, but you are outmatched*
Little finger and Rose Bolton both died violent deaths in the show. I guess Harrenhal really is cursed
Tywin too
Well, who didn't die a violent death in the Game of Thrones?
@@StrangeIndeed Maester Aemon, Melisandre, Olenna.
Ser Bonifer Hasty is still alive, actually.... For now. (Confused show watchers - He doesn't exist in the show).
compared to the other deaths in the show I wouldn't call their deaths that violent
Selmy said this about Daenerys with her fire. “She wants fire, and Dorne sent her mud. You could make a poultice out of mud to cool a fever. You could plant seeds in mud and grow a crop to feed your children. Mud would nourish you, where fire would only consume you, but fools and children and young girls would choose fire every time.”
yeah but Quentyn still isn't that good of a King consort. Dorne is the weakest of the kingdoms with the least amount of men. even Jaime's a better choice even though Dany will never go for that.
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 Why think about armies? it IS the safest place to land since its impossible to conquer... Now add dragons
@@pucheta9464 too bad Quentyn is too ugly for Daenerys
@@pucheta9464 that’s a good point, they mention a few times offhandedly a westerosi force just can’t stand the terrain and heat, let alone contest guerrilla forces
17:50 by season 7 she also could have pushed the narrative that she was Robert’s second cousin on their fathers’ side. By season 7 she’s Robert’s closest living paternal relative.
12:00 *Visenya:* I freakin' LOVE your palace! I wish I had one like this! *Sharra:* OMG thank you! Let me show you around real quick.
Man this series really has some amazing lore.
History lesson is so much better with dragons 😂
It would be so cool to live in Westeros.
@@Ahmed-ii7up better in essos there are not ww
Actually its boring, cuz its one sided with one boring solution to everything
they should just add some dragons to real history to make it bearable to listen to. As long as the point gets across accuracy doesnt matter lol
@@CHLOCHLOLP "USA fought alcoholism with prohibition but what they should have used were the dragons"
Thank you for this great summary. I watched all of GoT without ever really understanding this backstory.
Aegon is a lot like henry tudor. A foreign prince (welsh) who had a dragon sigel and from a minor family. Small force that grew to a larger army
the Targs were only a minor family in Valyria. After the Doom they were the only real dragonlords left and thus the inheritors of Valyria's legacy. the Tudors were part of the royal family, just descending from a slightly junior female line.
4:51 "We're going to build a tremendous castle and make the Riverlanders pay for it, believe me"- King Harren "the Black" at Kingsmoot.
+
George A. Www
If I had a nickel for every time a Tragaryen invaded Westeros from the East with 3 dragons I'd have two nickels... which isn't a lot but it's weird that happened twice
"scout ahead" *ahem* they kinda forgot about that on episode 04/08
Oh I get the name of Kings Landing now! It’s because that’s were Aegon first landed while conquering Westeros!
And Tommen!
@@sunnyilya7876 Got damn, that's an oof right there.
@@S3Cs4uN8 that's probably what he sounded like too
I'm sure it was spelled out in the books.
Another difference between Aegon and Dany: Aegon had two sisters, who were able to control their own dragons. They could attack separately, in different places, etc. Dany can't do that, because she controls only Drogon, and the other follows him (well, at least until Jon's Targ side is revealed). So Dany can't make a strategy about her dragons, can not divide them: one goes with Yara and Theon, the other with the Sandsnakes, etc. It is a huge disadvantage.
worry not, dany managed to circumvent that problem. she lost one against the night king and another against euron who did a 360 no scope from 5000 miles away with his scorpion. if euron had been close enough to shoot that like a normal person dany would´ve seen him, because she was paying close attention since she definately didn´t forget about the iron fleet she was reminded about a few minutes earlier
@@alexanderzack3720 their death is only in the show
Better to be with one group to protect than to sit on Dragonstone and do nothing all season. Actually Since the events of the show didn't happened simultaneously and apparently that dragons are so fast that she can reach and save Jon Snow in the far north in a record time, she could've participated in every battle in season 7 and make Cersei look like the fool she is. But, instead we have nonsense and stupidity with Daenarys taking too many Ls without doing anything about it
Honestly, Daenerys doesn’t need to. Take one seemingly impossible fortress, and the lords of Westeros, who are sick of the fighting, will probably kneel immediately
The Targaryens did some good work in collecting good cards and had the best trap cards in the game then the Dornish had like 3 cards in their deck which just so happened to the only combination that could win the game.
I watched probably a half dozen videos before I found yours, and I still had questions on all of these topics. You effectively summed up everything I wanted to know in one video! Thank you so much!
Aegon and his sisters are some of the most interesting characters. I mean we know little about them, but the little we do know about them doesn't mesh with what they did. So I would be interested to see more of them
Yeah, a lot of space for interpretation and creativity
4:51 WE WILL BUILD A CASTLE AND MAKE THE RIVERLORDS PAY FOR IT
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT!
Holy shit he was the Donald trump of his era!
Anthony Barbosa but he actually got shit done, unlike Trump (who is useless and a fucking moron)
Owen Feye touché
Beat me to to it. By a year
I wish you were the writer of season 8 my man
Just coz he knows about it doesn't mean he'd write it well.
@@dng4679 At least it might make logical sense
Aegon: "Haha! I activate my trap card, dry grassland which lets me play for free-" Loren and Mern: "Yes, yes your bloody dragons."
watching this after season 8 ep 4 , the way he predicted everything xDD
well... this is something aint it. One dragon left alive and i would wager strongly that the last dragon will either be killed or will be John Snow's after Danny dies.
she offered them mercy o they bent the knee and they didnt so she killed them and people are calling her stupid or crazy for that it pisses me off what else is she supposed to do?
Also....it tells that dany has lowest of the chances to win the throne as she hasn't done so many things that aegon I did for conquest....things like straight attack, quick action etc....she just wasted too much time planning and then this bloody idiot jon snow came to distract her
@@homunculus7 Not killing people to sow terror. That part of the story is a paradox by design. The woman who removes chains, but uses terror. Get it
(Basically) TL;DR: Dragons
MsAsh3070 what does thebdr stand for?
Too Long; Didn't Read
Amore Ikotic too long; didn't read
i get that, shouldnt it be TL;DW tho?
NO. Not only dragons, but also military skill and political finesse.
“And hopefully soon in the books.” *Five years later and still no TWOW* Oh my sweet summer child.
5 years ago "hopefully soon in the books" LOL oh man this has aged pretty well and will continue to age even better im sure
15:12 it's actually staggering how little of this happened in the show. The writers really dropped the ball.
So professionally and beautifully made. Just 10/10.
"Hey kid, I'll give you a ride on I'm dragon if you-" "Deal!"
Damn you good bro. I really wish they make this a prequel series keep up the good work man
it's been a while....the north remembers alt shift x
Not sure why but I feel bad for Rhaenys dying in Dorne. For some reason I like her character, even tho there isnt much written about her
@Noble: Maybe because she is a pretty woman? ;)
It is pretty tragic, in a sense. They were the invaders, so it's not like they're the most sympathetic in this story, but apparently Aegon and Rhaenys were very close so losing her was especially difficult for him. And there is something about her being warned not to return, and coming back just to be shot out of the sky.
Plus her son was very young when she died.
@@captainfuture2882 And had a quirky personality? Makes her even prettier
boo hoo she invaded their lands and had burnt and killed thousands beforehand
It’s so funny 5 years ago he was saying “hopefully soon in the books” 😂 oh my sweet summer child😂😂😂
I love the threat Visenya makes to the Arryns, especially Sharra. "Reject our demands or your little son is landing ahead of us at a destination of my choosing... like a nice, hard rock or deep ravine." Pretty hard to argue against someone when she has your only child in her custody and your child is all excited about the big dragon. But he did get that promised ride and the Vale wasn't covered in fire and blood, so I guess they got off easy.
Your vids definately make the wait between seasons a bit easier. Thank you
"The Targaryians activated his trap card: which was dragons ... well ... it was their dragons." LOL
This was posted back in 2017 and just seeing how the GoT show has ended, I am really speechless. A lot of the doubts which you talked about Danny came true, plus more. Not giving away Spoilers.
Great video as always, I love the lore of House Targaryen and the series in general it’s incredible... Aegon sounded like a real boss tbh... I hope we learn more about the lords of dragonstone before his conquest also and what they were doing prior to his invasion of Westeros
Aegon was a beast, Dany hasn't got shit on him. That's why that "break the wheel" line was so stupid. Aegon was intelligent and was open-handed and merciful to those who submitted. He understood that it's better to make allies of your enemies. If Dany wants to know the consequences of pissing off more than two great houses at the same time, she should learn about her father's reign.
Aegon burned harrenhal, he burned armies. Danny’s mistake was surrounding herself with people that sympathised with the enemy.
Dany has one major problem: the Dothraki. The people will rebel if they rape and enslave as they advance. How can she stop them from doing so? There's no real way to do it.
Lol Danny was the only person against enslavement in the east. Dothrakis are wild but they ain't headless. They're loyal, in fact, they're loyal enough to hop on the boat and head west for their queen. They sworn to serve and kill for her. If there is a person could control Dothraki, it is Danny. Lmao.
Zetta they think She is a godess literally.ä surviving fire and riding a dragon not even a normal horse. She could send them back to Essos. The Dothraki are her biggest problem if the she wants to rule. We will look out in season 8 who will survive.
Troll Master Bro how did you know???
Annnnnnnnnd it was super easy for Dany. All she needed was one dragon.
The way you explain things is top tier.
As always, by far the most well-done ASOIAF coverage on KZhead. Bravo.
"how did Daenerys' ancestors take Westeros?" With Fire, and Blood.
13:36 so what i'm hearing is dorne is vietnam.
the have to give us a spinoff about the taragaryens especially because of how season 8 is going :(
RHYS it‘s coming 😍
Fire and Blood is such a great book. Really enjoyable. I recommend it highly.
Well, as Young Griff put it, "If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons."
Wolfeson28 Kinh Daeron said,"Here is your Dragon...."
@@kingjonstarkgeryan8573He said 'You have a dragon he stands before you'
Just imagine the arrow shenanigans of brandon worked. All the other houses who bent the knee the next morning: "Wait what it was this easy, surely that must have been a great effort to get these arrows?" "No actually it was barely an inconvenience"
Very well done. I have not read the books and this was informative and easy to follow. Thank you!
The lesson here: dragons always beats no dragons. Hope Cersei Lannister is paying attention.
Lesson #2: be a Vietnamese
Except for Dorne
She has a bolt firing vehicle. And Night king can enter dragon's mind. Maybe. Though 3 eyed raven told Bran would fly too.. So maybe he also can.
But she wants elephants 🐘..
Yep boi
The way this dude is explaining this, why hasn't this story been made in a show or movie series. It would be fucking Epic!
It woud be kind of boring though. "Aagon wins everything! The end." Isn't a very exciting story.
@@noahmay7708 no there can be politics , war visuals, epic battles, epic lines and tension. The epic music when aegon is crowned king officially and the reactions of westeros. If they make series on this i would love to see the changes in westerosi society before and after.
A show about Aegon the Conqueror is what I would love to see.
"hopefully soon" 6 years later, I'm still waiting! Great videos btw
I'm seriously addicted to your content dude ! amazing and super informative as usual!
New Alt Shift vid?! Well, my day is fucking made ❤️
This video is so good , thank you so much. I wonder how much time it took you to write the script for this , very well done and so easy to follow 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Great video. Very informative for me all these years later.
alt shift x is the best thrones KZhead channel but it uploads too few vids
because he does his research properly and gives us a proper presentation of it, which will take a lot of time.... plus he probably has his usual job to go to... who knows...
takeitandgo exactly why he is the best thrones KZheadr
Well... if it's justified, you can't really be saying he uploads "too" few vids. We're all sad that he can't upload more than he does, but if he can't, he can't.
Avran Abraham Radio westeros is good too. They have good asoiaf content
takeitandgo I hope he doesn't have a shitty day job like the rest of us considering he gets 5 grand a month from his patreon page.
I'm in love with this guys voice. I've listened to every single lore by many many people but I have enjoyed this the most. Can you please make more?
I really love how you explained the characters and who there where related to in got I really appreciate that because I kind of get lost thanks for that
15:44 who would've thought that after 5 years Alt Shift X would be right about a possibility to lose control over a dragon
dude, i have watched every vid you made the past 6 months and am little late on commenting on one of these. the content you put up is just insane, extremely high quality. Keep up the great work and i hope your commitment to consistency and quality become inspiriation for content creators to come.
It's kinda funny how the Valeryans all grew up and lived around all this powerful magic, imune to dragonfire, keeping an active volcano habitable through the raw power of their magic, but yet premonitions they don't believe in. I'm sure there was a specific reason for that in which grr had in mind.
This is an excellent presentation in my opinion. Really enjoyed it 😊
Cool video, love learning all the back story stuff, it makes watching the shows that much better.
Thanks man I appreciate it :)
"Dani will probably lose one of her dragons" Is this witchcraft predictions?
He made a lot of predictions over the years, so at least few of them had to be correct
and another one
Also the Guerilla tactics, that shit took down Rhaegal😂
@@zayjivinsmoke2491 Lazy writing though as the bolts aren't meant to be able to pierce Dragon Scales, only the eye.
@@vamparush It's not lazy writing. In the time where dany fought in the Long Night, Qyburn constructted much more powerful scorpions after the prototype Bronn used failed.
I just wanted to take a moment and thank you so very much for all this work you put into this. Re-reading the books and watching your videos go so well together. I'm loving it! Hope George takes his time. It's so worth it.
You have a really good diction! It sounds very clear and invites to pay attention to the video. Thank you! I'm learning english and your videos are very useful to me.
"When the sun sets, your line shall end." Whew. I hope to one day speak these words to mine enemies.
Dany at the end of Season 6: "I have unsullied, dothraki, reachmen, dornish, a fleet of ironborn, Varys, Tyrion and 3 dragons. Westeros, here I come!" Dany at the end of ADWD: "The more I drank the more I shat."
Nefarias Bredd Cuz shes a shit character, shes ment to be a villian in books and a mery sue in the show
@LeadFaun well "villain" is pretty black and white while the books mostly deal with grey characters, so she is no twisting moustache villain more like "you want to be a conqueror so you have to do evil things" villain, but she is definetly set up as some kind of antagonist to some of the westerosi POV characters
@@tommerker8063 It's a portrayal of modern terrorism. There's propaganda spread about her in the west, parents frighten children with stories of her family and their dragons and exaggerate the details of her families wrongdoings all the while leaving out the details of how her people were treated and the history that doesn't skew in their favor.
What’s ADWD?
@@platio101 The fifth book, a dance with dragons. After she flew on Drogon's back for the first time he took her unwillingly to its secret lair in the grass sea where she was stranded for days. She decided to set out to look for a river while all she had was a stinking little stream of water, which prompted her floodgate of diarrhea. The Dothraki found her just like that, lol
Your videos are really worth to wait a while. After watching 7 seasons, this one gave me a complete insight into the history of GoT. Great. Keep it up & Thanks a lot.
I love listening to these. Especially HOD is on.
Love the strategic title and thumbnail change following HotD
damn man I've miss you! welcome back :)