Everything That Happened Before House Of The Dragon Season 1 | Animated History And Lore Explained

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  • @WorldOfWesteros
    @WorldOfWesteros  Год назад +16

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    • @tiffanycameron8772
      @tiffanycameron8772 Год назад

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  • @lyndsaybrown8471
    @lyndsaybrown8471 Год назад +534

    Hearing how the dragons Vhagar, Caraxys, and Melys used to belong to such close siblings makes the dance all the sadder.

    • @thalmoragent9344
      @thalmoragent9344 Год назад +51

      Yep, truly tragic. Not only that, but later on, Caraxes and Vhagar would spend more time together under Daemon and Laena (and I imagine Laena and her mother flew together as well, before her marriage to Daemon, so that means Vhagar also flew with Meleys as well).
      So in the end, Vhagar ends up killing her 2 younger Companions.

    • @TheMightyBlackPearl
      @TheMightyBlackPearl Год назад +21

      Exactly my sentiments as well. When you look at the series and you see all of the dragons in the first or second eps getting along. They're not growling at each other. Not going for each other's throats. Nothing. Everything was peaceful amongst all the Targaryens.
      It's the blood of the dragon. The whole family is out of balance now. So of course the dragons are going to be at each other's throats as well. Such a sad thing. 😔

    • @virgilsierra6007
      @virgilsierra6007 Год назад +10

      @@thalmoragent9344 Caraxys kinda killed Vaghar but I guess it was a double whammy

    • @samellis5300
      @samellis5300 Год назад +2

      ​@@thalmoragent9344 😊😊

    • @rexxdarealest1
      @rexxdarealest1 Год назад +5

      @@thalmoragent9344I didn’t even think about that. Outside of Vermithor and Silverwing we don’t get to see the bond between dragons all that much. Would give a whole new dimension to the magical creatures.

  • @jeffcordova9633
    @jeffcordova9633 Год назад +116

    High praise to this video… this being over an hour I’m sure it can’t be easy…. The realm owes you a debt that can never be payed… keep the great videos coming

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  Год назад +12

      While longer videos need much more work, i do like the fact i can tell the story from start to finish in one hit.

    • @jeffcordova9633
      @jeffcordova9633 Год назад +3

      @@WorldOfWesteros that's what I enjoyed so much About this video... it clearly shows to the view how the seeds of the Dance were sewn ...
      How the precedent was set that no woman would should ever inherit the iron throne..

    • @mariakelly90210
      @mariakelly90210 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@WorldOfWesterosThanks for this background video. It's very interesting.

  • @Onthisjourney409
    @Onthisjourney409 Год назад +152

    Daemon was ready to start a war for viserys. Not making daemon his hand was the first terrible decision viserys made

    • @CR604
      @CR604 6 месяцев назад +5

      Shouldve just made his daughter the hand

    • @aleksanderpopov5060
      @aleksanderpopov5060 6 месяцев назад +7

      Daemon should have been betrothed to Viserys’ daughter from the very beginning, and the histories would have been completely different. The dance would have been avoided all together. Daemons kids both sat the Iron Throne but the way they got there was a painful thing for House Targaryen that they never recovered from.

    • @jeff230394
      @jeff230394 5 месяцев назад

      Her grip is firm nghhh ​@CR604

    • @jasonmendoza2044
      @jasonmendoza2044 5 месяцев назад

      Don’t be hating on my boy, at least show version, of viserys was an awesome lad, nobody’s perfect

    • @hollandc147
      @hollandc147 4 месяца назад

      Hindsight is 20/20. You have to think about why Viserys kept Otto as his hand. Westeros loved Jaehaerys, so imagine how much trust and respect he would’ve lost if he removed the man his father trusted so much. Viserys made the right decision in that moment to make sure the realm stayed at peace.

  • @thalmoragent9344
    @thalmoragent9344 Год назад +54

    The Reign of King Jaehaerys is like, the dream of any Monarch, or even peasant. Granted, there's a few tragedies involved, in regards to personal family matters. But politically, handled like a champ.

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  Год назад +7

      THe only thing i can think to really criticize hims for is allowing the succession crisis to happen in the first place. He was a political savvy king, so must have foreseen damage a succession crisis could do. The Great Council was seen as a president, but Jaehaerys should have put something written in laws regarding how succession works and not leave to interpretation from two sides with clear bias

    • @thalmoragent9344
      @thalmoragent9344 Год назад +6

      @@WorldOfWesteros
      I agree with this, actually. You make a very valid point.
      Once the Great Council had made their decision, he should've enacted that decision as essentially law.
      Basically saying something on the lines of;
      "In regards to inheritance of the Iron Throne, Male Primogeniture is the basis on which Westerosi Succession shall be based upon. Unless there are no other male options, be it by death, disputed heritage (potential bastard), or disinheritance, a woman cannot inherit the Iron Throne above her male family members. However, shall there be a case in which the firstborn son of the Lord or King in question be deemed unfit to rule, a Council of Petitions may be heard for the favor of a male member further down the line of succession"
      So, by the time of Viserys' reign, he'd have no choice but to name Aegon II the heir. Now, if Aegon II still wasn't down with being King, he could request to cite this Law to the Small Council, and abdicate his position to his younger brother Aemond. Which, in all honesty, may have been the best possible outcome for the sake of House Targaryen and a truly decent reign over Westeros if I do say so myself.
      Your thoughts?

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  Год назад +4

      I think this is a case of George having to fit the narrative of fire and blood retroactively around what was already established about the dance of the dragons. If he had Jaehaerys make succestion clear in laws after 101, the narrative of the dance of the dragons just would not work. It makes sense for jaehaerys character to have made male primogeniture law after naming Baelon and later 101, but it doesn't make sense for what was already set up for the dance. The biggest factor the green use to there favor when crowing aegon ii is the ruling of the great council of 101 as it sets male Primogeniture as the precedent. But precedent is not the same as law and without that law the dance was inevitable and at the whim of Viserys Targaryen, who's word is law at this point without a pre-established law. therefore we end up with the black and greens who in my view both have some very strong points when it comes to their claims to the throne. So you need that oversight by Jaehaerys to allow the story to function. At the end of the day, i think Jaehaerys thought setting the precedent was enough and could not predict the situation with Aemma Arryn's death and Vissy T remarrying opening the door to a succession crisis

    • @thalmoragent9344
      @thalmoragent9344 Год назад

      @@WorldOfWesteros
      Agreed on all accounts, I suppose it would make sense to have Jaehaerys essentially believe that "yeah, this precedence has been set so, there we go, all settled", without technically making it law.
      So yeah, in order for the Dance to have happened with the rival parties both having strong claims, then a set Succession Law would've undermined that narrative.
      Or I guess, it would've made it less of a civil war and more so just Rhaenyra starting a Rebellion, cause if the law was set for Male Primogeniture then she and Viserys wouldn't have had as much a leg to stand on, and so there's less nuance cause then you'd have a strong argument that the Greens were following the actual law, and so the Dance isn't as muddled and nuanced. Kind of takes the fun out of the topic of a Civil War, in terms of writing

  • @gerstein03
    @gerstein03 10 месяцев назад +16

    I would honestly love for House of the Dragon to spawn spinoffs about the reigns of various notable Targaryen kings that would be awesome

  • @joseaustin2692
    @joseaustin2692 Год назад +137

    So far, I love the first season of house of the dragon, but I truly think they should’ve started with Aeagon’s conquest then did a time jump to House of the Dragon

    • @hunterhorsehelmsley7315
      @hunterhorsehelmsley7315 Год назад +23

      No... what would be the point ? The earliest it should've gone back to was the reign of Jaehaerys and how happy the realm and his family was with Aemon and Baelon there. As it further shows off how much the dance ruined what he built.

    • @jeanne6961
      @jeanne6961 Год назад +7

      @@hunterhorsehelmsley7315 Agreed, the conquest was almost 130 years before the Dance. I would very much like to see a few flashbacks of Jaehaerys and Alysanne with their children, young Viserys (and Balerion!) and Daemon with their parents, Rhaenys with her mother, touch on Saera a little, etc

    • @mischr13
      @mischr13 Год назад +3

      it's not needed. they have to streamline for tv. plus they'd be a bunch of extra characters for no reason only to die off after a couple episodes? unless you mean, like narration, which would be an EXTRA bad decision

    • @Bakersmanbakemeacake
      @Bakersmanbakemeacake Год назад +2

      @@hunterhorsehelmsley7315 plus it’s cooler to build up the mythos of agegons conquest before we finally see him in action

    • @avabeth2535
      @avabeth2535 Год назад +2

      Do you think they’ll do the entirety of fire and blood ? I think they’ll do it but not in order. I’m hoping that Egg’s story is done next.

  • @alexandrusighiartau3892
    @alexandrusighiartau3892 Год назад +77

    In the future years i really wanna see a prequel "Westeros" with Aegon The Conqueror Aenys Maegor and Jaeharys and a prequel with Doom of Valyria just to see how the valeryons and targaryens rised from the most unpopular families to the strongest

    • @Nexus-6
      @Nexus-6 5 месяцев назад +5

      In future years, I really want to see GRRM finish The Winds of Winter. 😐

    • @n.speezly1467
      @n.speezly1467 2 месяца назад

      They rose to the strongest Valyrian families bc all of the others died in the doom

  • @rhaenatargaryen8061
    @rhaenatargaryen8061 8 месяцев назад +19

    alyssa saying that about being "made for" childbirth and then dying because of it shortly after is so fucked. george really leaned heavy on the horror of the targ dynasty even at its most surface-level floweryness

    • @lucaseric8679
      @lucaseric8679 5 месяцев назад

      Yes, however many great Knights were made for war and killed in their armour.
      I would see her death in the same vein. She was proud about what she was doing and knew it's risks.

  • @catlamp4135
    @catlamp4135 6 месяцев назад +7

    That was one of the smoothest transitions into a promo topic I’ve seen in a long time. Well done.

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  6 месяцев назад +1

      i had to fight to be allowed to do it like that. They wanted just a hard cut, but if i'm gonna do it, i'm gonna make it fit

    • @mariakelly90210
      @mariakelly90210 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@WorldOfWesterosIt was cool.

  • @hollandc147
    @hollandc147 4 месяца назад +4

    I saw someone say Viserys messed up when he didn’t appoint Daemon as his hand. Hindsight is 20/20. You have to think about why Viserys kept Otto as his hand. Westeros loved Jaehaerys, so imagine how much trust and respect he would’ve lost if he removed the man his father trusted so much. Viserys made the right decision in that moment to make sure the realm stayed at peace.

  • @Truecrime_girlie
    @Truecrime_girlie 5 месяцев назад +2

    I love jaehaerys and alysanne, and theor dragons vermithor and silverwing. I was so happy to see them last Sunday

  • @jasonmendoza2044
    @jasonmendoza2044 5 месяцев назад +2

    “In truth we will never really know what happened”…..unless George writes or tells us about it lol I truly love how we are all so deeply entrenched in this world and lore to the point that it really is an actual alternate reality/universe to us.

  • @sankarkrishnan407
    @sankarkrishnan407 Год назад +16

    If the Old king made Viserys and Rhaenys as husband and wife. No great council. No Dance of the Dragons

    • @hunterhorsehelmsley7315
      @hunterhorsehelmsley7315 Год назад +6

      Rhaenys was already married to Corlys when his eldest son and heir Aemon died.

  • @jrayburn6169
    @jrayburn6169 Год назад +6

    Been looking forward to this one!

  • @gregrobertson5576
    @gregrobertson5576 Год назад +7

    I love the content of this channel. As I have said many times, great video. I have enjoyed watching this channel over the course of nine months. I cannot praise the quality of this channel and videos enough. Excellent video as always. 👍

  • @natanieltiglao540
    @natanieltiglao540 Год назад +22

    Can't wait to see the Good Queen Alyssane Targaryen!

    • @Pixie66.
      @Pixie66. Год назад +1

      In season 2? Sorry this family pretzel is going to give me a stroke… isn’t she already dead? I’m sorta having an aegon moment. Either I got wax in my ears or ur certain the old kings dead wife will be in it ..unless there is more than one alyssane and I mixed someone up?..help my stoke of confusion pls lol

    • @matthewhart9610
      @matthewhart9610 Год назад +5

      @@Pixie66. Alysanne is already dead, so unless they do some flashbacks then she won't show up in House of the Dragon.

    • @Tesssasasasaaasa
      @Tesssasasasaaasa 5 месяцев назад

      She was in it! Haha

  • @lacym9278
    @lacym9278 Год назад +5

    These videos are so well done, thank you!

  • @DDiamond8374
    @DDiamond8374 Год назад +9

    Thank you for all the hard work you put into making these videos.

  • @LorraineVirginie
    @LorraineVirginie Год назад +4

    Great video!!

  • @Adamswisher97
    @Adamswisher97 Год назад +5

    I know that’s right jaehaerys was definitely “ the wise “ he knew that Baratheon and Mom was trying to take his throne

  • @Samanthnyaa
    @Samanthnyaa 8 месяцев назад +4

    Alyssa is such a mood, lived life to the fullest and didn’t take shit from anyone.

  • @hitrapperandartistdababy
    @hitrapperandartistdababy 6 месяцев назад +5

    It’s amazing how much george wrote about this period. Like House of the dragon, the reign of Jaehaerys would make for excellent Television! Could begin with the ascension of Aenys, the usurping by Maegor, then end with the great council, maybe even with future return of Paddy, Eve, Steve, Matt and Sian, as Corlys, Rhaenys and Viserys, Daemon and Aemma.

  • @gandix5516
    @gandix5516 Год назад +2

    Great stuff as always thank you

  • @elizaa3523
    @elizaa3523 Год назад +3

    Love your videos man 👏 the artwork is beautiful as always. 7 blessings 👨‍👦👷‍♀️⚔️👩‍👦👧👵💀

  • @GalaxyWhimsy
    @GalaxyWhimsy Год назад +3

    love your videos! would you ever consider uploading them as a podcast on Spotify or podcast apps? I love listening to these when I'm doing chores and although the videos are lovely the audio alone would be good too!

  • @JoseGonzalez-pn5zl
    @JoseGonzalez-pn5zl Год назад +4

    The north stand with you as you recount the events of the kingdoms ups and downs.

  • @bexmiddletonart
    @bexmiddletonart 5 месяцев назад

    Another wonderful video! I've been making a family tree from The Lord Who Left where the Targaryens leave old valyria just before the doom. I'd love to make a video but I don't have confidence.

  • @melaniedelacruz3206
    @melaniedelacruz3206 Год назад +2

    a blessed holy Wednesday po from the Philippines 😘🌷 watching you often 💛💕🤞💗💖💓❣️🛐🫶😘🌷

  • @nickyroche2486
    @nickyroche2486 Год назад +1

    Where can I find that map in the back ground, I love the detail and would love to see the whole thing

  • @sapphicgeek24
    @sapphicgeek24 Год назад +8

    Too bad Viserys was a fraction of the Targaryen his grandmother and grandfather were. Good Queen Alysanne would have been so damn proud of Rhaenyra though, regardless of her defeat.

  • @AlecsApple
    @AlecsApple Год назад +3

    Thank you so much .. such a quality video

  • @nerdypythonmedia3343
    @nerdypythonmedia3343 4 месяца назад +1

    LMAO Morion Martell went on a suicide mission and Dorne got their asses washed by those dragons 🤣🤣🤣

  • @cleigh113
    @cleigh113 Год назад +2

    most excellent!

  • @kckillakrack9714
    @kckillakrack9714 Год назад +3

    Let's be honest no one gives a damn why maegor died everyone is just glad it happened

  • @natb9919
    @natb9919 Год назад +4

    Imagine how easy this would be for non-book readers to understand if all the characters throughout the Targaryen dynasty just all had different names. I can only imagine the pure bliss of comprehension that would result in. All I ask is for strangely named characters to have very clear distinctions in their names, I don't think that's too much to ask. I'm not particularly a fan of generic names but what I wouldn't give for more Targaryens to think of original names for their children instead of recycling old ones whose stories never ended well anyway. I never got the logic of naming a baby after someone who died early in their life, sounds like an entirely bad omen to me which I guess proved to be true in the end for the Targs.

    • @arvinroidoatienza7082
      @arvinroidoatienza7082 Год назад

      Perhaps but in reality, royalty just love to repeat names to honor their ancestors. And unlike Europeans, some modern day monarchs don't even use ordinals.

  • @13dannysantos
    @13dannysantos Год назад +4

    Love this!

  • @africanjack5094
    @africanjack5094 Год назад +2

    I blame Viserys the peaceful. At every point he got an opportunity to change it, he chose that moment to flex his "strength", his brother would have been better at protecting the house and maybe his heir, the kingdom.

  • @TheReelMcCoySC
    @TheReelMcCoySC 6 месяцев назад +2

    Who’s here after HOTD S2E4?

  • @PackLeader-1990
    @PackLeader-1990 Год назад +1

    There is a lot more dragon blood in House Baratheon than from only Orys. The 3rd head of the dragon could be Gendry or Edric Storm for all we know

  • @mattkent4397
    @mattkent4397 6 месяцев назад

    Every time I get to his part of the book I feel sad for he’s such a well written character and he worked so hard to build a great kingdom only for his great grandchildren to muck it up.

    • @califrmdacarib69242
      @califrmdacarib69242 5 месяцев назад +2

      Do you think is Danayres his first born survived and became “Queen” would it be different?

    • @mattkent4397
      @mattkent4397 5 месяцев назад

      @@califrmdacarib69242 I think if his oldest son survived all of what would have happened wouldn’t have happened.

    • @califrmdacarib69242
      @califrmdacarib69242 5 месяцев назад +1

      True but I meant in the sense of the realm might’ve peacefully crowned a Queen an would’ve made future opinions a lot more slighted in rahneyra being the rightful heir

    • @mattkent4397
      @mattkent4397 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@califrmdacarib69242 oh I understand now, most definitely I think things would of went a whole lot more smoothly for female heirs to take the throne if little Dany didn’t die of the Shivers

  • @someguythatlookslikeme8306
    @someguythatlookslikeme8306 5 месяцев назад

    One little thing on Jahaeris' Heirs, and without reading too many other posts;
    The number 1 reason Princess Raenys, daughter of the firstborn but uncrowned son Aemond, is NOT a viable heir is that to allow her, as a woman, would not even be a question because of the Old Kings Daughter (only 34yrs old) Saera was a valid inheritor if you ignore her being disowned. And, she has sons. . .a bushell of them.
    So, in response to the argument that Raenys is the next heir by oldest from that generation and does not fly as the Kings Daughter is still alive, SHE is the oldest living heir of women are allowed. Forget son #5, he's a Maester and disqualified by vows. But to use Primogeniture to exclude Saera you would have to exclude Raenys as well.
    That leaves. . .Vicerys (the Peaceful? Ooh. Cringe), and Rhaenyra could never be the heir as long as Daemon lived.
    But, they let that snake Otto Hightower be Hand after the death of Baelon. Should have made Vicerys Hand so he can learn the job. Daemon did well as City Watch Commander, creating the goldcloaks. But no, let's just bring in an entirely new batch of people who will be beholding to the New Hand and not the King.

  • @ua24
    @ua24 Год назад +1

    Where can I find this map?

  • @califrmdacarib69242
    @califrmdacarib69242 5 месяцев назад

    There are so many decisions that could’ve easily went the other way that eventually led to the Dance

  • @popunkid
    @popunkid Год назад +2

    I could listen to English folks talk about AOIAF stuff all day 😆

  • @TraciPeteyforlife
    @TraciPeteyforlife 10 месяцев назад +1

    Note to self, Master of Whispers is not trustworthy. Time to get a vpn.

  • @ayiza8511
    @ayiza8511 Год назад

    The saddest fate is Poor Viserys

  • @fanelemabaso2514
    @fanelemabaso2514 Год назад +4

    Viserys 1 was stupid. He sought to undo the very precedent that gave him the throne. I always say, by him naming Rhanerys his heir, he invalidated his own claim and shouldve abdicated there and then and Laenor become King

  • @thechairman74
    @thechairman74 6 месяцев назад

    A "burst belly" is basically appendicitis, right?

  • @Toki-Ralte
    @Toki-Ralte Год назад +3

    Targaryen and their uncreative naming scheme.. very confusing sometimes!!

  • @williamcecil7173
    @williamcecil7173 Год назад +1

    Interesting Targaryens had green eyes so does Tyrion Lannister could he be dannys sibling after all

    • @JuicebyJay
      @JuicebyJay Год назад +1

      No. Targaryens have lilac colored eyes.

    • @williamcecil7173
      @williamcecil7173 Год назад

      @@JuicebyJay yes they have the notorious valaryion purple but are know to have multicolored eyes which has included green

    • @pomegranteappleson1628
      @pomegranteappleson1628 7 месяцев назад

      No

  • @jordanbrooks4834
    @jordanbrooks4834 5 месяцев назад

    This could’ve been the perfect set up movie for the HOTD series 😕 it’s so annoying how good the universe could be 😭😭

  • @ayiza8511
    @ayiza8511 Год назад

    Corlys I’m angry and insulted am Quitting and leaving for Driftmark😂 that’s the Sea snake move

  • @silentservant_
    @silentservant_ Год назад +1

    Ahh! The names! lol how many Aegons are there?! lol it’s so confusing

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  Год назад +1

      five king's and thee princes i think. Aegon The Uncrowned is always a tricky one that people get confused about.

    • @silentservant_
      @silentservant_ Год назад

      @@WorldOfWesteros yes indeed because I would assume like Aegon the II lol

    • @pomegranteappleson1628
      @pomegranteappleson1628 7 месяцев назад

      Right 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @TheFunniesss
      @TheFunniesss 6 месяцев назад

      Theres 12 altogether. King aerys and rhaella had a son named aegon and so did elia Martell

  • @wigglyziggly
    @wigglyziggly Год назад

    23:48

  • @ayiza8511
    @ayiza8511 Год назад +1

    Leanor was a baby and a long Regency is a disaster. The show did it better when it was between Rheanys and Viserys

    • @califrmdacarib69242
      @califrmdacarib69242 5 месяцев назад

      They had no need to do that visyres, Daemon, and rhanys were all married off for political reasons

  • @dandeleon2764
    @dandeleon2764 Год назад +4

    Aemon let his daughter Rhaeny's (16) marry Corly's (36) and died some time later himself at 37... 🤮

  • @fanelemabaso2514
    @fanelemabaso2514 Год назад +1

    Viserys 2 was a better King than Jaharys. Prove me wrong

    • @WorldOfWesteros
      @WorldOfWesteros  Год назад

      I think he is up there, hopefully his reign with get fleshed out more in fire & blood volume 2

    • @califrmdacarib69242
      @califrmdacarib69242 5 месяцев назад

      Technically most of the great improvements and choices made by him was while he was hand his reign wasn’t the longest either if I remember correctly

  • @mariakelly90210
    @mariakelly90210 5 месяцев назад

    House Of The Dragon is excellent! I'm really enjoying it. BTW, after watching Matt Smith in HOTD, I'm beginning to think that he might make a good James Bond.

  • @tyronebigum2794
    @tyronebigum2794 6 месяцев назад

    So dumb they made them black in the show

    • @califrmdacarib69242
      @califrmdacarib69242 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yes it was unnecessary but doesn’t really hurt anything Because the main valaryrion in hotd is corlys who could’ve gotten his color from his mother hypothetically

    • @tyronebigum2794
      @tyronebigum2794 5 месяцев назад

      @@califrmdacarib69242 who is not off valerian decent I hear ya

    • @tyronebigum2794
      @tyronebigum2794 5 месяцев назад

      Guess I shouldnt complain when my peoples r s sort off represented by the most honourable the starks & the sexiest the Dornish (sort off Scottish Celtic & sort off Spanish basque but in a dessert setting Pedro pascal is Columbian close enough 2 Mexican he played a Mexican I believe In narcos

  • @kingoftroy4587
    @kingoftroy4587 Год назад

    Aww you and your lady are adorable