Meria better by 100 to mirror Aemon and be played by an old Hispanic woman instead of British unless she’s British Hispanic or something so the accent matches the Dornish. Sounds like Yoda, you do, ahehehehehehe
I want Aegon to be focused on fulfilling his destiny, Visenya to be focused on following the plan, and Rhaenys to be focused on enjoying the experience. Then, I want the friction to develop organically from their different affirmations to the same question. *Q:* "Why are you doing this?" *Aegon:* "Because it is my destiny." *Visenya:* "Because we are the only ones who can." *Rhaenys:* "Because Fire and Blood, Baby. You either get cooking or you get cooked."
the more i think about it Aegon has a good chance to be a very melancholic depressed man who sees his destiny as somewhat he has to do then something he want to do. Its a GRRM thing for sure.
I feel like its worth mentioning that Rhaenys and Visenya never have ONE dispute that the maesters feel is worth mentioning, despite writing in much detail about the Targaryen's civil disputes after. Also Visenya and Aegon actually became quite close after Rhaenys' death and they both torched Dorne three times over. Visenya became incredibly protective over Aegon and was rarely not seen by his side and is when she created the King's Guard. They only became distant after AEGON made peace with Dorne and there's nothing to suggest it wasn't Visenya who chose to seperate, unable to agree with the peace after the death of her sister. I feel like the fandom is very quick to say it was Aegon who had the most autonomy over the dynamic/relationship between the siblings, that what he said was law and he decided who he loved and who he didn't and when to seperate and when to be close. Ancient Valyrians did not have gender roles and the conqueorors were without Westerosi customs or culture. Visenya by all rights would be the one to call the shots and its Aegon and Rhaenys who'd have to follow her lead as the eldest sibling. There's nothing to suggest it was actually her that did not love Aegon, or that it was at least a mutual non-romantic relationship and simply that of two siblings.
I've literally never heard anyone say that Aegon was the strongest sibling dominating the others. All signs point to Visenya being the "older sister" in e very sens e
@@DavidLightbringer I definitely have seen people pointing to Aegon being the head of the family. But I am more so talking about how the fandom is quick to assume the issues between aegon and visenya is rooted in aegon’s inability to love her or that she has somehow wronged him in some way (fan theories that she killed rhaenys, or that for whatever reason she was jealous that he never loved her back or as much as rhaenys). I have seen discussions on reddit that have gone as far to say that she was simply too “masculine” for Aegon. And many assume it was HIS idea for their separation when in actuality it would seem more fitting for her to have initiated it.
I love that you see that Aegon and Rhaegar have that sort of parallel because I remember when first reading about Aegon in TWOIAF, the thought coming like 'It's almost like I've read about this guy before, wonder where...' And then Fire and Blood like confirms it for me. So I wonder if the show happens and we get more on Aegon, then that means we'll also get more glimpses of Rhaegar's character through him as well. But honestly, I'm just all for Balerion😍
yeah i think him and Rheagar might be very similar only that the way people write about Rheagar is more possitive / sympathetic so i could see Rheagar beeing the high charisma version and Aegon the middle to low charisma version. In all the books there is supricingly little positive written about him other then beeing a powerfull conquerer but also no bad stuff. Good chance he has just a sad man who was mostly about what he did then about himself.
Did you enjoy the ending? The show was fantastic until the very end for me. I didn't like how they finished up sauls character but absolutely amazing show.
It is better than Breaking Bad in my opinion. Much more depth and variety. BTW... what is the song that David plays in these videos? Don't tell me Darude Sandstorm?
House of the Dragon took home the award for best drama and beat Better Call Saul. I'd say that the producers and writers working with Martin on all the series to come are doing just fine.
@@willbeard4835 Yeah, I liked the ending for BCS. The character of Saul was a trauma cope to begin with, so the mutual spiralling after Jimmy and Kim's phone call was a believable inciting incident imo, and his guilty plea was believable knowing Kim was pleading guilty regardless. He didn't have much left at that point anyway, and it tracks that he'd have a bunch of friends inside after so much defending of criminals. I thought they tied up Kim's absence real well, and contextualized BB Saul to be more tragic than comedic (also, the BB Jesse dancing in the lab scene is now on top of Howard/Lalo lol). Only thing I thought could have been better was Lalo's death, but it was fun getting there anyway, even if we knew Gus had plot armour.
If I was writing the show I would spend the entire first season on set up before Aegon's decision to invade and REALLY dig into the big players in Westeros, the regional conflicts and power politics of the pre-conquest kingdoms, and doing character development of Aegon, Visenya, Rhaenys and Orys. Id also show Aegon fighting in the alliance against Volantis to add some extra Dragon action and set up Balerion as the flying doom machine that he is. Then season two is the Dragon Trio wrecking the northern 6 kingdoms shit. Season three will be the struggle against Dorne and the efforts to unite the kingdoms, with lots of court politics and council meetings in the rapidly growing KL. You could go into the son's of the Dragon stuff as a season 4 or just end it with Aegon making peace with Dorne.
& There u go,that's how much interesting that era is ,some people look at the shell,l mean they just see from outside,think that interesting things just are unexpected actions in battle or slaughter,what do they expect? we all know westorous will be conquered,we need to look inside,esp. seeing the kingdoms & houses before being united is 1 of the interesting aspects...honestly u described it very well 👍 (ofc if the adaptation is in good hands)
Maybe there’s a danger of too much time spent on something which won't have enough payoff, like Dave mentioned. Though I do like the idea of bonding with- and book readers getting revelations about- house Gardener, before that thing that happens. And this way, Season 1 can also include the warring between House Durrandon and Harren the Black!
You could have the three Targs disagreeing on how best to achieve their aims, with Visenya being the "hawk" who wants to conquer, Rhaenys being the "dove" who wants to build alliances with diplomacy and Aegon swinging from one to the other and back again throughout Season 1. Then the season finale has events push them in the direction of conquest, and the last thing you see before the credits is Aegon planting his fists on the painted table, looking straight into the camera and saying something like, "well conquest it is then..." Expanding on that a bit, the underlying theme of the first season would be "different ways of getting what you want", with the stories in the other kingdoms being riffs on the pros and cons of hawk vs dove that reflect the debates around the painted table. You could also have a smallfolk story that reflects these in microcosm, making them relateable to ordinary people and setting up some characters who can then experience the war "in the trenches" so that it's not just a kings-and-generals story.
Genuinely so excited for this. I’ve always wondered if Rhaenys died on impact or not. Hopefully they show us why Aegon flew to Dragonstone right after receiving the letter. I also hope they continue into the sons of the dragon. Then we’ll eventually see Rhaena, Jaehaerys and Alysanne. Might be the only time we get to see those three on tv. (Aside from Jaehaerys small cameo in HotD).
0:55 Just wanted to point out that several male actors also did this, like Jacob Elordi, and it seems more Ike a call for the producers and casting directors’ attention.
"Was their sexual tension between Aegon and Torrhen? Why did Torrhen kneel? Don't think about it too *hard*" But what if I want to? 😄😁 What a masterful double entenderé, I kneel before y-- nvm
@@DavidLightbringeroh wait so does Orys have black hair and blue eyes like the Baratheon family in present times? Idk I always assumed he actually looked more like a Valyrian and then the rest of his descendants took after the blood of the storm kings.. Super fascinating!
I swear to the old gods and the new that you have the driest, most well procured humor within any these RUclipss! PS, I just got a baby dragon... Well, ok, he's a baby mangrove monitor. But he might as well be a tiny wyvern! I have dubbed him Rhaegal.
The drama will be the sibling rivalry. Who is gonna rule in the end? I predict, that Aegon will end up a figurehead, so that the more advanced Targaryans can rule the backwards predominantly white seven kingdoms, who would not accept a woman ruler.
@@DavidLightbringer Thanks for the response and sorry for the edgy cynicism, which hasn’t been earned yet as far as the ASOIAF adaptations goes. In all seriousness I really do think, that it will be about the siblings dynamics. The dragon after all has three heads, so they should be different but equal. But without any tough opposition it will become basically a One Punch Targaryen show. Who knows, they might explore the Doom of Valeria more. It might be, that the Targaryen didn’t flee from the Freehold, because they saw its doom in a dream, but they did it, because they had a hand in it and now, they will fight some survivors.
How long has Visenya been bullying Aegon? I would imagine that she's been strong arming him for a very long time, and that he has learned to live with it or pick his battles with her. I'm excited to see if they flesh out the Ironborn more. Getting to know some of the ruling houses/characters from the Conquest will absolutely serve to enhance the Westerosi backstory. Brandon Snow seems to be very religious, which will give us insight into the wierwood religion, which the main show didn't really provide. We might actually get some Dornish culture instead of what we got in the main series, aka just "the Dornish like to fuck." There is a fantastic opportunity here to make this a truthful telling by including one of the main characters of the series/world as a whole; magic, and to also show that war is never black and white. I'm excited for this!❤
Btw i am new to your channel but i have been completely hooked on your discussions about well, everything ASOIAF. i was revisiting the seriesand a friend encouraged me to check out the books and eventually i came to the world lore book and the empire of the dawn and THAT is my favorite thats what i typed in youtube to find your channel, im very glad i did, its cool to see a stoner buggin on out on the stuff we love, thats literally doing what you love and thats awesome bro. plus idk where your actually from but the streamer tag says VA and im from danville and its not everyday i see people rep VA on stream much love!!!
I wish they wouldn’t call it “AEGON’s Conquest” though. I’m reminded of that Arya quote from GoT: “It was Rhaenys and Visenya too”. It makes me a little worried that it’ll just be all about how good Aegon is doing and Visenya and Rhaenys are basically arm candy and have it basically be a Marvel movie. I hope that’s not the official title of the series because they can do better if House of The Dragon and A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms is anything to go off of
Thank you for using the word "regalia" vs. using the word "costumes" when talking about the world building. Im first nations, and people often end up calling cultural 'dress' as costumes rather than something more serious and rooted in culture & history. All peoples have their own special regalia. I love hearing the word used.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@DavidLightbringer oh oh course! You must dawn the antlers for the ceremonial update/questions and analysis... and your sacred holy commentary 🤭🤣 But in all seriousness, I enjoy and appreciate your videos/content. Thank you for the little joys you bring peoples days 🙏🏻 the night is dark and full of terrors
I have VERY high hopes for how the characters are written. I’m the most worried about Aegon and Visenya, both separately and interacting together. They don’t have a passionate love like Aegon and Rhaenys. It’s usually depicted as a marriage of duty and that’s it, but when Visenya cut Aegon’s cheek it felt like a protective older sister scolding her “idiot” younger brother and I love that dynamic. I mainly hope Visenya isn’t a one-dimensional hot villainess, Aegon isn’t a Marvel hero alpha male, and Rhaenys isn’t just eye candy tagging along for the ride. They all contributed and they are all nuanced characters. We deserve to see characters and not tired tropes.
A few more questions: 1) Casting of Ageon and his sisters - if Caucasian actors are cast, then how does House Velaryon (specifically Valaena Velaryon) factor into this? What they could show is Valaena's dad remarrying someone from House Otherys after Velaena's Targaryen mom passing away, and have that explain why the Velaryons generally possess more melanin in HoTD (just a thought). 2) Valyrian lemur theory - I posted this on one of your other videos, but I think the 3rd head of the dragon is effectively immortal *provided* the deceased dragon skull remains intact (which is why Aegon cooled his heels after Dorne offered to return the skull of Meraxes) and that the third head has the ability to observe its surroundings through a dragon skull AND possibly affect events in the physical world. 3) What Valyrian magic/technology is still at Aegon's disposal during his lifetime that no exists (so far as we know) in the GoT/HoTD timeline? We know that the last of the Valyrian pyromancers hid Aegon's song in the steel of the catspaw dagger prior to his death, and we can assume that they knew how to hatch dragon eggs. But what else? 4) Why so few Targs at the time of the conquest? The only other Targaryen descendant not directly tied to Aerion Targaryen that we know about from this time is a descendant of Gaemon (Aegon the Conqueror's great-great-great grandsire)Targaryen's youngest daughter (who married a petty lord) who makes an appearance at the Great Council of 101 AC. And for that matter, what about the dragonkeepers? Were they descendants of dragonkeepers Aenar brought over (presumably)? And finally 5) Is Aegon's prophecy tied to a specific Prince or Princess, or is Valyrian prophecy the common refrain or chorus in a song with multiple verses (meaning that ANY descendant of Aegon around during the Long Night could be a potential candidate for the prophecy)?
The Velaryons aren't not all Black People, it simple people Corlys's Grandfather married a Summer Isles Princess or Bow Ships Owner's daughter or daughters. Why I said plural just maybe the brother of Corlys's Grandfather did same thing. That why you so many Black members. There are White Velaryons but they aren't in positions of power in family. I suggest you people watch 23 and Ancestry episodes and see how family branches off into races. However what this person says could be possible that Great, Great remarry into Otherys family and had children with them
@@sophiawilson8696 Hey genius - try re-reading what I wrote. You don’t need a 23 and Me test to know that people (at least on this planet) are divided into haplogroups, notions of “race” from a biological perspective are effectively pseudoscience, and that they are more accurately described as ethnic demes and clones. It doesn’t change the fact that certain observable external features are inherited, and HBO would do well to explain that if they’re going to make a show about the conquest. You don’t like mansplaining? Too bad - you got what you asked for.
I hope a lot of the drama comes from the great houses in Westoros at the time , like the Storm King , Harren the black , Maybe see what it was like for Tully's and others in the river lands being under house Hors harsh rule etc.. Learn more and see into the lives of the people in Westoros at the time basically , stuff we haven't read
My idea: the basis of the show is an elderly Daenys is on her death bed, she is surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She wakes and starts telling them about a dragon dream she just had in which she tells them how their descendant will come to rule the entirety of Westeros. She then goes on to tell the story of the conquest. It also allows for the writers to slip in the Doom.
I think some of the drama can come from the relationship between Aegon and his bastard brother Orys. How much did he resent not being allowed to marry one of his half siblings and rule as four heads of the Dragon? It was House Baratheon that eventually topple the Targaryen dynasty. And why doesn’t he get a dragon? I think that could be a rich source of conflict.
What makes it even more interesting is the fact that Robert is also the descendant of the storm kings and obviously the Targaryen’s defeated them. Perhaps Argella prayed for one day getting her revenge and it came true several generations later 😅
I havent gotten to the first question yet but I think the drama of the show will be (assuming its not a mini series) the failure to conquer Dorne, the tumultuous relationship of the siblings and if they do time jumps like hotd maybe even Maegor's rule
10:37 speaking of Signs and Portents: I've just listened to History of Westeros's episode on the Dornish Letter, and one aspect of the mystery is of course "why did Aegon immedately fly to Dragonstone?" I believe the letter is related to the prophecy in some way, perhaps the Dornish claiming that their GEotD bloodline will be necessary for the fight to come. Could it be that Aegon was presented with information that could be verified by finding a particular passage in Signs and Portents, which as an important Targ relic was stored on Dragonstone?
If I were writing the show, I would make Brandon Snow and Torrhen Stark look similar, and do the ole parent swap when talking with Aegon- so Aegon thinks he is talking to Brandon and could either figure it out as it progress or figures it out when he shows up to kneel- there's a lot you could do there- and the real Brandon could be doing schemes while they talk to try and figure out how to avoid a war and kneeling- just a lot of potential there I would think.
Oh, there once was a hero named Rhaegar the Boss, Who came flying from Valyria to old Westeros And the dragon did swagger and brandish his teeth, As he smote all the Dornish and made Starks go to knees But then he went quiet, did Rhaegar the Red When he met the half-centaur Lyanna, who said: "Oh, you poud and you lie and talk of prophecies Now I think it's high time that you put me in the marriage bed to bleed!" And so then came clashing and slashing of steel, As the brave lad Robert charched in full of zeal And the braggart named Rhaegar was no longer at court- When all of his rubies fell into The Fork Skål! :)
All three of them must have claimed their dragons. Vhagar was around 50 years old at the time of the Conquest, Meraxes was was bigger than Vhagar so probably older, and the tradition of placing an egg in the ceadle was started much later by Rhaena when she placed an egg into Jaehaerys's cradle.
It's so hard in this modern time to know what is real or totally made up. Did an AI make the article? Did the writer only have clicks in mind? It can be so frustrating! So thank you for cutting through the crap and bringing us the REAL news. Cheers brother
Random question. Who would win in a free for all war between the 7 kingdoms and the iron islands excluding magic? With the army sizes and military leaders just before the start of the war of 5 kings. No alliances allowed. I thought about this for hours on end trying to come up with a realistic scenario. Ex if the stormlands attack the the reach. Dorne will attack the stormlands in turn since it's less defended. Food for thought. All I can say with this for sure is that the riverlands will wave the white flag first
Can't wait for the Doom of Valyria flashbacks. Getting giddy just thinking about it. Might have to praise Garth. For me, Aegon's Conquest has many parallels with the Roman conquest of Britain under Claudius. Long established contact, alliances with local kings, divide and conquer, ruthless destruction of enemies, post-conquest tolerance of local religions. Alas, though, no dragons.
Birth order gets overlooked. V definitely has eldest child vibes. I’m guessing she can be a bossy pants but 9 times out of 10 she’s right amd her siblings know that which is why they get along ok. A has the middle child go your own way vibe. He strikes me as an introvert too. R is the baby. Everyone loves the baby. The baby makes people laugh. And the baby kind of gets away with stuff sometimes. I’m guessing V was never jealous of R because V saw R as the baby, to be protected and loved, not as a rival.
They could do a montage of Maegor and Aenys growing up until Aegon dies or something. It would show their differences, not waste too much screen time and perhaps not feel as abrupt as the bigger time skips in HotD
Possibility: the prophecy is actually from Rhaenys or at the least the dagger belongs to Rhaenys. Aegon and Visenya both have valyrian steel that we know of but Rhaenys was not really a warrior. If she were to have valyrian steel a dagger would fit her much more
you may have to show the origin of house targyen, why they not like in old valyria, dany the dreamer, the targyen leaving valyria, the building of dragonstone, doom of the valyria, the 100 yrs of blood and what was going on. dream of long night. who is orys baretheon father or mother. plus we can see the history of some of the families in westories. like the building of storm's end. the hightower. how maegor dies.
bro that would be so funny if aegon turns out to be traumatized and completely in over his head caught between two sisters and lovers, plagued by visions of white walkers and prophecy, burdened by destiny and extremely remorseful over the lives hes taken so this whole series will be from the maesters therapy sessions point of view or maybe not the maesters maybe a behind the scenes look at his relationship with his queens like how jaeherys and his daughters drove him mad maybe his queens prophecies, fire and blood are the equivalent to the daughters of king J. i said king J cause i never spell the names right
I just hope Aegon the Conqueror continues the HBO thread of trying to make a hateful character, as they tried with both Jaime the Kingslayer and Daemon the Rogue Prince, only to have most of the fandom find them such compelling characters. 😁
Aegon is a mistery and so little beeing written about him is quite strange. I feel like he could have been a Rheagar type obsessed by the dreamers prophecy and maybe having some glimpses himself as well. He might see the invasion as a duty not beeing what he wanted in life and he might have had the melancholy / depressed streak as well for he remembered his father telling him stories of old Valyria and how their empire crumbled into dust leaving nothing then their family. Could be his older sister has to butkick him all the time to do go shit and he loves his small sister for she does confort him. The way little is written about him surely is done by GRRM to keep him mysterious but maybe there wasnt much to write about him. Sure he had dragons, and conquered but maybe his heart wasnt really in it and yeah he was mediocrity rid large by the fact of beeing a dragonlord. Even as he toured across the land there are no accounts of him having lots of friends or people disliking him. He seemed to be kinda just there beeing mediocre. I also wonder how much impact Balerion had on him potencially making him even more depressed and somber. Good chance the dragon missed Valyria badly. Overall this could make a lot of sense. Viserys in the show is pretty obsessed with Valyria and blood and fire did hint that Aerea had been carried of to old Valyria by Balerion as well. Meagor was a madlad but we dont know if during his exile he wasnt tempted by going there. Seems like our black dread over here might have had a go home agenda.
I hope we get some more clues about the Dornish Letter, but I'll be surprised if we get enough information to fully solve that mystery. (PS - the Pink Letter is a different thing, that's the one to Jon, apparently from Ramsey) 🙂
I think its reasonable to think Aegon was a little melancholic, given the doom of Valyria, and maybe even some dragon dreams. That is of course if Aegon's children arent bastards...
As I said before: The Conquest show will either have to be really cinematic and mythical, or it won't work. And it will probably have to be noticeably shorter than got and hotd. This offers far less political intrigue than got or hotd. That being said, I think it's doable, Dunk'n'Egg stories are also far less about intrigues.
The only real question I have for them is do they actually have a story they want to tell with it, or are they pushing to make this show simply as a cash grab. Don’t get me wrong I love seeing new asoiaf content being made, but Aegon’s conquest was a very brief affair and I’m not quite sure how they could make an entire series about it. Especially when like you mentioned, Aegon & his sisters just absolutely steamrolled everyone. If I recall the only battle where they didn’t immediately unleash hell on the world was the Stormlands and that was simply because Aegon & Visenya were not there. They just sent Rhaenys along with an army led by Orys Baratheon. Their only real struggle in the whole affair was Dorne, who just flat out refused to fight, instead opting to hide and wait out the storm, then come out and kill all the new management.
I am hoping to use the show to have dragon lord culture let’s face That’s the one part of house Targaryen, that’s not show it would be great to show them as outsiders
Aaron Taylor Johnson would be perfect for Aegon I Targaryen he such a fantastic actor. I feel he brings something new, and Annabelle Wallis as Visenya Targaryen, I watch a bit of Peaky Blinders she seems like she can pull it off Lucy Boynton as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen I want an actor who not that famous she famous but like Aaron Taylor Johnson I feel she can pull off but if Aaron taylor johnson doesn't play Aegon I Targaryen Callum Turner would be good and wouldn't mind
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He definitely looks like he could be a Targaryen or Lannister so if he's not Aegon he can be Loren
I'd call it The Dragon's Conquest
Or The Dragon's Prophecy/Dream because of the dream prophecy
Meria better by 100 to mirror Aemon and be played by an old Hispanic woman instead of British unless she’s British Hispanic or something so the accent matches the Dornish. Sounds like Yoda, you do, ahehehehehehe
I'd have Torrhen go treat with Aegon in the night himself, because of Stark honor
My headcanon: Visenya just had a lot of elder sibling energy, meaning very protective and slightly bullying towards both of them.
My headcannon too! I don't want to see the sisters acting catty towards each other.
"Don't think about it too hard"... Well I wasn't thinking about it before, but *now* I'm think about it.
I want Aegon to be focused on fulfilling his destiny, Visenya to be focused on following the plan, and Rhaenys to be focused on enjoying the experience. Then, I want the friction to develop organically from their different affirmations to the same question.
*Q:* "Why are you doing this?"
*Aegon:* "Because it is my destiny."
*Visenya:* "Because we are the only ones who can."
*Rhaenys:* "Because Fire and Blood, Baby. You either get cooking or you get cooked."
Great summation! I agree a lot of intrigue could be grown from the reasons behind the drastic actions The Conquerers partake in
the more i think about it Aegon has a good chance to be a very melancholic depressed man who sees his destiny as somewhat he has to do then something he want to do.
Its a GRRM thing for sure.
The thought of visenya bullying aegon while balerion cowers behind him will no longer leave my head😂😂
lol I could see Vhagar getting in a cheap shot on old Big B too. Can’t let the boys get too big for their britches
indeed actually good chance she bullies him into doing what she wants all the time.
I feel like its worth mentioning that Rhaenys and Visenya never have ONE dispute that the maesters feel is worth mentioning, despite writing in much detail about the Targaryen's civil disputes after.
Also Visenya and Aegon actually became quite close after Rhaenys' death and they both torched Dorne three times over. Visenya became incredibly protective over Aegon and was rarely not seen by his side and is when she created the King's Guard. They only became distant after AEGON made peace with Dorne and there's nothing to suggest it wasn't Visenya who chose to seperate, unable to agree with the peace after the death of her sister.
I feel like the fandom is very quick to say it was Aegon who had the most autonomy over the dynamic/relationship between the siblings, that what he said was law and he decided who he loved and who he didn't and when to seperate and when to be close. Ancient Valyrians did not have gender roles and the conqueorors were without Westerosi customs or culture. Visenya by all rights would be the one to call the shots and its Aegon and Rhaenys who'd have to follow her lead as the eldest sibling. There's nothing to suggest it was actually her that did not love Aegon, or that it was at least a mutual non-romantic relationship and simply that of two siblings.
I've literally never heard anyone say that Aegon was the strongest sibling dominating the others. All signs point to Visenya being the "older sister" in e very sens e
@@DavidLightbringer I definitely have seen people pointing to Aegon being the head of the family. But I am more so talking about how the fandom is quick to assume the issues between aegon and visenya is rooted in aegon’s inability to love her or that she has somehow wronged him in some way (fan theories that she killed rhaenys, or that for whatever reason she was jealous that he never loved her back or as much as rhaenys). I have seen discussions on reddit that have gone as far to say that she was simply too “masculine” for Aegon. And many assume it was HIS idea for their separation when in actuality it would seem more fitting for her to have initiated it.
Visenya is going to be the character a lot of viewers thought Young Rhaenyra was going to turn into in HOTD
Tbf Viserys also thought young Rhae was "a Visenya."
@@kevaughnmerrill6534 I think Viserys was referencing Daemon when he said that. Rhaenyra in episode 1 is more like Rhaenys.
I love that you see that Aegon and Rhaegar have that sort of parallel because I remember when first reading about Aegon in TWOIAF, the thought coming like 'It's almost like I've read about this guy before, wonder where...' And then Fire and Blood like confirms it for me. So I wonder if the show happens and we get more on Aegon, then that means we'll also get more glimpses of Rhaegar's character through him as well. But honestly, I'm just all for Balerion😍
I will be referring to balerion as Lil Baby B
@@willbeard4835 I've nicknamed my big black cat Balerion, though rather than the Black Dread, he's more of a Black Vexation.
yeah i think him and Rheagar might be very similar only that the way people write about Rheagar is more possitive / sympathetic so i could see Rheagar beeing the high charisma version and Aegon the middle to low charisma version.
In all the books there is supricingly little positive written about him other then beeing a powerfull conquerer but also no bad stuff. Good chance he has just a sad man who was mostly about what he did then about himself.
The producers should study Better Call Saul, honestly. That show was a masterpiece in making an expected outcome highly entertaining
Did you enjoy the ending? The show was fantastic until the very end for me. I didn't like how they finished up sauls character but absolutely amazing show.
It is better than Breaking Bad in my opinion. Much more depth and variety. BTW... what is the song that David plays in these videos? Don't tell me Darude Sandstorm?
@@ModMax69 I really enjoyed breaking bad but they are very close in quality. More gus!
House of the Dragon took home the award for best drama and beat Better Call Saul. I'd say that the producers and writers working with Martin on all the series to come are doing just fine.
@@willbeard4835 Yeah, I liked the ending for BCS. The character of Saul was a trauma cope to begin with, so the mutual spiralling after Jimmy and Kim's phone call was a believable inciting incident imo, and his guilty plea was believable knowing Kim was pleading guilty regardless. He didn't have much left at that point anyway, and it tracks that he'd have a bunch of friends inside after so much defending of criminals. I thought they tied up Kim's absence real well, and contextualized BB Saul to be more tragic than comedic (also, the BB Jesse dancing in the lab scene is now on top of Howard/Lalo lol). Only thing I thought could have been better was Lalo's death, but it was fun getting there anyway, even if we knew Gus had plot armour.
If I was writing the show I would spend the entire first season on set up before Aegon's decision to invade and REALLY dig into the big players in Westeros, the regional conflicts and power politics of the pre-conquest kingdoms, and doing character development of Aegon, Visenya, Rhaenys and Orys. Id also show Aegon fighting in the alliance against Volantis to add some extra Dragon action and set up Balerion as the flying doom machine that he is.
Then season two is the Dragon Trio wrecking the northern 6 kingdoms shit. Season three will be the struggle against Dorne and the efforts to unite the kingdoms, with lots of court politics and council meetings in the rapidly growing KL. You could go into the son's of the Dragon stuff as a season 4 or just end it with Aegon making peace with Dorne.
& There u go,that's how much interesting that era is ,some people look at the shell,l mean they just see from outside,think that interesting things just are unexpected actions in battle or slaughter,what do they expect? we all know westorous will be conquered,we need to look inside,esp. seeing the kingdoms & houses before being united is 1 of the interesting aspects...honestly u described it very well 👍
(ofc if the adaptation is in good hands)
Maybe there’s a danger of too much time spent on something which won't have enough payoff, like Dave mentioned. Though I do like the idea of bonding with- and book readers getting revelations about- house Gardener, before that thing that happens.
And this way, Season 1 can also include the warring between House Durrandon and Harren the Black!
You could have the three Targs disagreeing on how best to achieve their aims, with Visenya being the "hawk" who wants to conquer, Rhaenys being the "dove" who wants to build alliances with diplomacy and Aegon swinging from one to the other and back again throughout Season 1. Then the season finale has events push them in the direction of conquest, and the last thing you see before the credits is Aegon planting his fists on the painted table, looking straight into the camera and saying something like, "well conquest it is then..."
Expanding on that a bit, the underlying theme of the first season would be "different ways of getting what you want", with the stories in the other kingdoms being riffs on the pros and cons of hawk vs dove that reflect the debates around the painted table. You could also have a smallfolk story that reflects these in microcosm, making them relateable to ordinary people and setting up some characters who can then experience the war "in the trenches" so that it's not just a kings-and-generals story.
Excellent idea and setup
Genuinely so excited for this. I’ve always wondered if Rhaenys died on impact or not. Hopefully they show us why Aegon flew to Dragonstone right after receiving the letter.
I also hope they continue into the sons of the dragon. Then we’ll eventually see Rhaena, Jaehaerys and Alysanne. Might be the only time we get to see those three on tv. (Aside from Jaehaerys small cameo in HotD).
What was in that damn letter?!?
0:55 Just wanted to point out that several male actors also did this, like Jacob Elordi, and it seems more Ike a call for the producers and casting directors’ attention.
ahhhhhh interesting okay
Which character did Jacob Elordi do this with?
I'd love to see Argella and Orrys having a grand love story like that of Erinyi and the first durrandon!
I always wondered about that while reading the book. George made such a big deal out of her character only to never mention her again.
I love the way you do these 20-30 minute vids. Been watching for a year and a half. Good stuff my dude.
"Was their sexual tension between Aegon and Torrhen? Why did Torrhen kneel? Don't think about it too *hard*"
But what if I want to? 😄😁
What a masterful double entenderé, I kneel before y-- nvm
it was quite the entendre wasnt it hehehe
@@DavidLightbringer That entendre was at least a triple.
@@DavidLightbringeroh wait so does Orys have black hair and blue eyes like the Baratheon family in present times? Idk I always assumed he actually looked more like a Valyrian and then the rest of his descendants took after the blood of the storm kings.. Super fascinating!
hc that visenya terrorized aegon as kids (sibling style) which explains everything. sources: i have an older sister.
I want a maegor show so bad
I swear to the old gods and the new that you have the driest, most well procured humor within any these RUclipss!
PS, I just got a baby dragon... Well, ok, he's a baby mangrove monitor. But he might as well be a tiny wyvern! I have dubbed him Rhaegal.
don't forget the UV light
@@ModMax69 oh my boy Rhaegal has alllll the lights and warmth lol
The drama will be the sibling rivalry. Who is gonna rule in the end? I predict, that Aegon will end up a figurehead, so that the more advanced Targaryans can rule the backwards predominantly white seven kingdoms, who would not accept a woman ruler.
that's one question I had, yeah. is it "Aegon's dream" and "Aegon's Conquest" or did they decide to use his name for the brand for obvious reasons
@@DavidLightbringer Thanks for the response and sorry for the edgy cynicism, which hasn’t been earned yet as far as the ASOIAF adaptations goes.
In all seriousness I really do think, that it will be about the siblings dynamics. The dragon after all has three heads, so they should be different but equal. But without any tough opposition it will become basically a One Punch Targaryen show. Who knows, they might explore the Doom of Valeria more. It might be, that the Targaryen didn’t flee from the Freehold, because they saw its doom in a dream, but they did it, because they had a hand in it and now, they will fight some survivors.
Almost died praising Garth..."like me...I believe I'm lost in several layers of character..." 🤣
heh heh heh fourth wall? what fourth wall?
How long has Visenya been bullying Aegon? I would imagine that she's been strong arming him for a very long time, and that he has learned to live with it or pick his battles with her.
I'm excited to see if they flesh out the Ironborn more. Getting to know some of the ruling houses/characters from the Conquest will absolutely serve to enhance the Westerosi backstory.
Brandon Snow seems to be very religious, which will give us insight into the wierwood religion, which the main show didn't really provide.
We might actually get some Dornish culture instead of what we got in the main series, aka just "the Dornish like to fuck."
There is a fantastic opportunity here to make this a truthful telling by including one of the main characters of the series/world as a whole; magic, and to also show that war is never black and white.
I'm excited for this!❤
Btw i am new to your channel but i have been completely hooked on your discussions about well, everything ASOIAF. i was revisiting the seriesand a friend encouraged me to check out the books and eventually i came to the world lore book and the empire of the dawn and THAT is my favorite thats what i typed in youtube to find your channel, im very glad i did, its cool to see a stoner buggin on out on the stuff we love, thats literally doing what you love and thats awesome bro. plus idk where your actually from but the streamer tag says VA and im from danville and its not everyday i see people rep VA on stream much love!!!
Dude- prepare to have your mind fucking blown
Va in the building!!!
I wish they wouldn’t call it “AEGON’s Conquest” though. I’m reminded of that Arya quote from GoT: “It was Rhaenys and Visenya too”. It makes me a little worried that it’ll just be all about how good Aegon is doing and Visenya and Rhaenys are basically arm candy and have it basically be a Marvel movie. I hope that’s not the official title of the series because they can do better if House of The Dragon and A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms is anything to go off of
I give them at least that much credit. it won't be a marvel movie
Thank you for using the word "regalia" vs. using the word "costumes" when talking about the world building. Im first nations, and people often end up calling cultural 'dress' as costumes rather than something more serious and rooted in culture & history. All peoples have their own special regalia. I love hearing the word used.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
when you're wearing antlers and shit it's definitely "regalia" hahaha
@DavidLightbringer oh oh course! You must dawn the antlers for the ceremonial update/questions and analysis... and your sacred holy commentary 🤭🤣
But in all seriousness, I enjoy and appreciate your videos/content. Thank you for the little joys you bring peoples days 🙏🏻 the night is dark and full of terrors
I have VERY high hopes for how the characters are written. I’m the most worried about Aegon and Visenya, both separately and interacting together. They don’t have a passionate love like Aegon and Rhaenys. It’s usually depicted as a marriage of duty and that’s it, but when Visenya cut Aegon’s cheek it felt like a protective older sister scolding her “idiot” younger brother and I love that dynamic. I mainly hope Visenya isn’t a one-dimensional hot villainess, Aegon isn’t a Marvel hero alpha male, and Rhaenys isn’t just eye candy tagging along for the ride. They all contributed and they are all nuanced characters. We deserve to see characters and not tired tropes.
Rhaegars wig is an important part of the prophecy. I won’t be watching if they cut it from the show.
THANK YOU
A few more questions: 1) Casting of Ageon and his sisters - if Caucasian actors are cast, then how does House Velaryon (specifically Valaena Velaryon) factor into this? What they could show is Valaena's dad remarrying someone from House Otherys after Velaena's Targaryen mom passing away, and have that explain why the Velaryons generally possess more melanin in HoTD (just a thought).
2) Valyrian lemur theory - I posted this on one of your other videos, but I think the 3rd head of the dragon is effectively immortal *provided* the deceased dragon skull remains intact (which is why Aegon cooled his heels after Dorne offered to return the skull of Meraxes) and that the third head has the ability to observe its surroundings through a dragon skull AND possibly affect events in the physical world.
3) What Valyrian magic/technology is still at Aegon's disposal during his lifetime that no exists (so far as we know) in the GoT/HoTD timeline? We know that the last of the Valyrian pyromancers hid Aegon's song in the steel of the catspaw dagger prior to his death, and we can assume that they knew how to hatch dragon eggs. But what else?
4) Why so few Targs at the time of the conquest? The only other Targaryen descendant not directly tied to Aerion Targaryen that we know about from this time is a descendant of Gaemon (Aegon the Conqueror's great-great-great grandsire)Targaryen's youngest daughter (who married a petty lord) who makes an appearance at the Great Council of 101 AC. And for that matter, what about the dragonkeepers? Were they descendants of dragonkeepers Aenar brought over (presumably)?
And finally 5) Is Aegon's prophecy tied to a specific Prince or Princess, or is Valyrian prophecy the common refrain or chorus in a song with multiple verses (meaning that ANY descendant of Aegon around during the Long Night could be a potential candidate for the prophecy)?
The Velaryons aren't not all Black People, it simple people Corlys's Grandfather married a Summer Isles Princess or Bow Ships Owner's daughter or daughters. Why I said plural just maybe the brother of Corlys's Grandfather did same thing. That why you so many Black members. There are White Velaryons but they aren't in positions of power in family. I suggest you people watch 23 and Ancestry episodes and see how family branches off into races. However what this person says could be possible that Great, Great remarry into Otherys family and had children with them
@sophiawilson8696 thank you ❤.
@@sophiawilson8696 Hey genius - try re-reading what I wrote. You don’t need a 23 and Me test to know that people (at least on this planet) are divided into haplogroups, notions of “race” from a biological perspective are effectively pseudoscience, and that they are more accurately described as ethnic demes and clones. It doesn’t change the fact that certain observable external features are inherited, and HBO would do well to explain that if they’re going to make a show about the conquest.
You don’t like mansplaining? Too bad - you got what you asked for.
I wonder how theyll portray what happened to Rhaenys and Meraxes in Dorne. And the letter that was sent to Aegon.
I hope a lot of the drama comes from the great houses in Westoros at the time , like the Storm King , Harren the black , Maybe see what it was like for Tully's and others in the river lands being under house Hors harsh rule etc.. Learn more and see into the lives of the people in Westoros at the time basically , stuff we haven't read
Thank you, David, what a treat in the middle of the week, and how exciting🎉🎉 you are so entertaining and charming, can’t wait for the Sunday stream
My idea: the basis of the show is an elderly Daenys is on her death bed, she is surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She wakes and starts telling them about a dragon dream she just had in which she tells them how their descendant will come to rule the entirety of Westeros. She then goes on to tell the story of the conquest. It also allows for the writers to slip in the Doom.
After watching literally ALL your videos on repeat whilst having the flu in bed I still got excited for a new one! ❤
aww thank you and I hope you're on the mend!
I think some of the drama can come from the relationship between Aegon and his bastard brother Orys. How much did he resent not being allowed to marry one of his half siblings and rule as four heads of the Dragon? It was House Baratheon that eventually topple the Targaryen dynasty. And why doesn’t he get a dragon? I think that could be a rich source of conflict.
What makes it even more interesting is the fact that Robert is also the descendant of the storm kings and obviously the Targaryen’s defeated them. Perhaps Argella prayed for one day getting her revenge and it came true several generations later 😅
I havent gotten to the first question yet but I think the drama of the show will be (assuming its not a mini series) the failure to conquer Dorne, the tumultuous relationship of the siblings and if they do time jumps like hotd maybe even Maegor's rule
10:37 speaking of Signs and Portents: I've just listened to History of Westeros's episode on the Dornish Letter, and one aspect of the mystery is of course "why did Aegon immedately fly to Dragonstone?" I believe the letter is related to the prophecy in some way, perhaps the Dornish claiming that their GEotD bloodline will be necessary for the fight to come. Could it be that Aegon was presented with information that could be verified by finding a particular passage in Signs and Portents, which as an important Targ relic was stored on Dragonstone?
If I were writing the show, I would make Brandon Snow and Torrhen Stark look similar, and do the ole parent swap when talking with Aegon- so Aegon thinks he is talking to Brandon and could either figure it out as it progress or figures it out when he shows up to kneel- there's a lot you could do there- and the real Brandon could be doing schemes while they talk to try and figure out how to avoid a war and kneeling- just a lot of potential there I would think.
Your voice for Princess Meria reminded me of Yoda, which I think would also be a great casting choice. 😂
This is my sister, this is my other sister.
One is for warfare, the other's for fun
love this comment
20:43 - just wanted to correct the art credit, this cool Torrhen Stark is by J Victor Garcia!
Thank you for your thoughts, LmL!
yes that was a mistake that's obv not Meria Martell hahah
Aegon claiming Balerion: first scene before the opening titles! Would mirror/foreshadow the claiming of Westeros.
I would love to see some more about the Iron Bank and Bravos in this series.
it would be cool if the faceless men were lurking around as well.
Wonderful video!!! Rhaegar is the OBVIOUS choice to play Aegon. Geez. He’s got it in the bag. 😂
don't tel him but I forgot to send his tape to HO
Oh the last battle whit Argelac a scene made for screen.
Oh, there once was a hero named Rhaegar the Boss,
Who came flying from Valyria to old Westeros
And the dragon did swagger and brandish his teeth,
As he smote all the Dornish and made Starks go to knees
But then he went quiet, did Rhaegar the Red
When he met the half-centaur Lyanna, who said:
"Oh, you poud and you lie and talk of prophecies
Now I think it's high time that you put me in the marriage bed to bleed!"
And so then came clashing and slashing of steel,
As the brave lad Robert charched in full of zeal
And the braggart named Rhaegar was no longer at court-
When all of his rubies fell into The Fork
Skål! :)
a very biased account but we love the poetry! Skal!
Fun times. Thanks for the video. Feel this will be a great season
Aww I haven’t been here in a while!!! Great vid as always D!
All three of them must have claimed their dragons. Vhagar was around 50 years old at the time of the Conquest, Meraxes was was bigger than Vhagar so probably older, and the tradition of placing an egg in the ceadle was started much later by Rhaena when she placed an egg into Jaehaerys's cradle.
ah yes thank you you're correct
If Reading Rhaegar were king of Madison Avenue, I'd watch a whole lot more adverts. Kudos, Dave :D
It's so hard in this modern time to know what is real or totally made up. Did an AI make the article? Did the writer only have clicks in mind? It can be so frustrating! So thank you for cutting through the crap and bringing us the REAL news. Cheers brother
In my opinion the perfect season one finale would be Harrenhall's fall. Then show the other kings starting to panic as a teaser for S2.
Im so frickin happy for this😂😂😂🎉
What if they do it like vikings? The show could span a few generations and run for several seasons
The show should start of with The Doom of Valyria. How cool would it be to see the living city and then apocalypse.
Just seeing these characters on my screen is enough for me 😭
Random question. Who would win in a free for all war between the 7 kingdoms and the iron islands excluding magic? With the army sizes and military leaders just before the start of the war of 5 kings. No alliances allowed. I thought about this for hours on end trying to come up with a realistic scenario. Ex if the stormlands attack the the reach. Dorne will attack the stormlands in turn since it's less defended. Food for thought. All I can say with this for sure is that the riverlands will wave the white flag first
Thanks Dave!
Fab video 💖💖 can't wait for the Visenya Gecko video shout out 🤣🤣
it's incubating...
Maybe we get the birth of the grand maester conspiracy
It would be really cool if they made this show an animated series
We’ll get to see Balerion! Ooooh I so hope this happens!
I just want to see Balerion in action
Reading Rheagar never ceases to amuse me 😂
This has me really excited about it. Hopefully they use these ideas
🎼🎵 Produced Content! 🎶 Always amazing! Well done well done!!!
Can't wait for the Doom of Valyria flashbacks. Getting giddy just thinking about it. Might have to praise Garth.
For me, Aegon's Conquest has many parallels with the Roman conquest of Britain under Claudius. Long established contact, alliances with local kings, divide and conquer, ruthless destruction of enemies, post-conquest tolerance of local religions.
Alas, though, no dragons.
Birth order gets overlooked. V definitely has eldest child vibes. I’m guessing she can be a bossy pants but 9 times out of 10 she’s right amd her siblings know that which is why they get along ok. A has the middle child go your own way vibe. He strikes me as an introvert too. R is the baby. Everyone loves the baby. The baby makes people laugh. And the baby kind of gets away with stuff sometimes. I’m guessing V was never jealous of R because V saw R as the baby, to be protected and loved, not as a rival.
Eagerly waiting for your illustrated expose about magical Targaryen reproduction. 💚🤓
I think there's no need for more than two seasons of this show 😅
They could do a montage of Maegor and Aenys growing up until Aegon dies or something. It would show their differences, not waste too much screen time and perhaps not feel as abrupt as the bigger time skips in HotD
awesome, we'll get the Winds of Winter around 2030
Exciting!
I’d be so much more interested in a show on the doom of valyria
Possibility: the prophecy is actually from Rhaenys or at the least the dagger belongs to Rhaenys. Aegon and Visenya both have valyrian steel that we know of but Rhaenys was not really a warrior. If she were to have valyrian steel a dagger would fit her much more
you may have to show the origin of house targyen, why they not like in old valyria, dany the dreamer, the targyen leaving valyria, the building of dragonstone, doom of the valyria, the 100 yrs of blood and what was going on. dream of long night. who is orys baretheon father or mother. plus we can see the history of some of the families in westories. like the building of storm's end. the hightower. how maegor dies.
The only think I want to know even is the content of the dornish letter.
OH YEAH THE OLD INTRO MUSIC
Garth be Praised! 🔥🌬🩶
it's too bad it's already taken or they could call the show Three's Company...
would you share your eye glasses frame link?
bro that would be so funny if aegon turns out to be traumatized and completely in over his head caught between two sisters and lovers, plagued by visions of white walkers and prophecy, burdened by destiny and extremely remorseful over the lives hes taken so this whole series will be from the maesters therapy sessions point of view or maybe not the maesters maybe a behind the scenes look at his relationship with his queens like how jaeherys and his daughters drove him mad maybe his queens prophecies, fire and blood are the equivalent to the daughters of king J. i said king J cause i never spell the names right
there's a lot of room to flesh out the character isn't there
And Order of the Greenhand mentions
I just hope Aegon the Conqueror continues the HBO thread of trying to make a hateful character, as they tried with both Jaime the Kingslayer and Daemon the Rogue Prince, only to have most of the fandom find them such compelling characters. 😁
They should start when Balerion hatches and then maybe do a time skip
Aegon is a mistery and so little beeing written about him is quite strange. I feel like he could have been a Rheagar type obsessed by the dreamers prophecy and maybe having some glimpses himself as well. He might see the invasion as a duty not beeing what he wanted in life and he might have had the melancholy / depressed streak as well for he remembered his father telling him stories of old Valyria and how their empire crumbled into dust leaving nothing then their family. Could be his older sister has to butkick him all the time to do go shit and he loves his small sister for she does confort him.
The way little is written about him surely is done by GRRM to keep him mysterious but maybe there wasnt much to write about him. Sure he had dragons, and conquered but maybe his heart wasnt really in it and yeah he was mediocrity rid large by the fact of beeing a dragonlord. Even as he toured across the land there are no accounts of him having lots of friends or people disliking him. He seemed to be kinda just there beeing mediocre.
I also wonder how much impact Balerion had on him potencially making him even more depressed and somber. Good chance the dragon missed Valyria badly.
Overall this could make a lot of sense. Viserys in the show is pretty obsessed with Valyria and blood and fire did hint that Aerea had been carried of to old Valyria by Balerion as well. Meagor was a madlad but we dont know if during his exile he wasnt tempted by going there. Seems like our black dread over here might have had a go home agenda.
You said nothing about the pink letter that he got from Dorne
I hope we get some more clues about the Dornish Letter, but I'll be surprised if we get enough information to fully solve that mystery.
(PS - the Pink Letter is a different thing, that's the one to Jon, apparently from Ramsey) 🙂
Cavill as Aegon pls
Visenya HAS to be played by Jodie Comer.
I hope we learn about, or at the least see, the doom
they should do a whole season about the fight whit Dorne. like season 2 should end whit Rheanys death. and we should get the dragons wroth in season 3
I think its reasonable to think Aegon was a little melancholic, given the doom of Valyria, and maybe even some dragon dreams. That is of course if Aegon's children arent bastards...
As I said before:
The Conquest show will either have to be really cinematic and mythical, or it won't work. And it will probably have to be noticeably shorter than got and hotd.
This offers far less political intrigue than got or hotd. That being said, I think it's doable, Dunk'n'Egg stories are also far less about intrigues.
And on a personal note: I *really, really* hope they don't make this a silly family drama so much
Gotta be the Sam Heughes for Aegon. He's Jamie in olOutlander
Monty Python? That was Yoda lol
the circles overlap on that venn diagram
but yeah yellow toad, Yoda is basically a toad
Blackfyre rebellion ffs, theres tons of drama and characters with so much potential, Aegon's conquest should stay un-adapted.
Blackfyre rebellion one is the best I agree
Let's go!
The only real question I have for them is do they actually have a story they want to tell with it, or are they pushing to make this show simply as a cash grab.
Don’t get me wrong I love seeing new asoiaf content being made, but Aegon’s conquest was a very brief affair and I’m not quite sure how they could make an entire series about it. Especially when like you mentioned, Aegon & his sisters just absolutely steamrolled everyone.
If I recall the only battle where they didn’t immediately unleash hell on the world was the Stormlands and that was simply because Aegon & Visenya were not there. They just sent Rhaenys along with an army led by Orys Baratheon.
Their only real struggle in the whole affair was Dorne, who just flat out refused to fight, instead opting to hide and wait out the storm, then come out and kill all the new management.
First comment!!!!!!!!!!!! love ya david
Bruh forget aegons conquest i want a show covering the rise and fall of valeria
I am hoping to use the show to have dragon lord culture let’s face That’s the one part of house Targaryen, that’s not show it would be great to show them as outsiders
Aaron Taylor Johnson would be perfect for Aegon I Targaryen he such a fantastic actor. I feel he brings something new, and Annabelle Wallis as Visenya Targaryen, I watch a bit of Peaky Blinders she seems like she can pull it off Lucy Boynton as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen I want an actor who not that famous she famous but like Aaron Taylor Johnson I feel she can pull off but if Aaron taylor johnson doesn't play Aegon I Targaryen Callum Turner would be good and wouldn't mind