Weirdo Reborn well meraxes took a 1 in a million the shot through the eye, I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure scorpions couldn’t penetrate the dragon scales
@@lamakicker69 oh yeah Rhaegal took 3 .... I think in the books it'll be different. The Dragonbinder might somehow come into play..... Dragons are majestic creatures I hope Drogon gets to live no matter what happens to Dany
That skull is kept in that room for hundreds of years, dusty and old, just like regular human bones, much fragile. But, even with that condition, the scorpion can only pierce as deep only the small tip of the arrow. And by the end of season 8, even Drogon isn't an adult yet. Had Dany wait a bit longer..
Wouldn’t have helped. They made poor Rhaegal get hit by 3 arrows I think it was? Of course, his death was a waste of time. Season 7 & 8 was a waste of time.
Yes , quotes from the books are often false as they are point of view of certain people and often old stories are sourced from lore and songs not at all factual . Even the books in the story are written by maesters and is based on their point of view .
Large enough to swallow a mammoth sounds like propaganda if I ever heard it. The skulls is still 4ish M tall easily 1.5 if not 2x the size of Drogon as we last saw him.
I can forgive her for killing Robert , I can forgive her for killing Missandei and I can forgive her for killing Margaery BUT I CAN‘T FORGIVE HER FOR SHOOTING AT THE MOST POWERFUL DRAGON OF ALL TIME
Balerion wasn't killed though. Going by the books, something like that wouldn't even hurt Balerion. Balerion died of old age and it is said in the books that Drogon is the reincarnation of Balerion.
Not sure how big Balerion is supposed to be but by that skull he should be twice the size of even drogon. Are you sure he's supposed to be bigger than that?
@@tomasshadyhd7051 In the books it is said that he could cover entire cities with his body. That skull definitely doesn't do Balerion justice. The skull should've been the size of the whole room, with Meraxis and (Aegon's other sister's dragon) at a close second.
I'm a Potato didn’t Vhagar grow to be almost the size that balerion was and bigger than Meraxes? Also I think the “covers cites with his body” was definitely an exaggeration...This skull is probably already 3 times the size of drogons head in terms of height, width and length meaning it’s volume is a whopping 27 times bigger than drogon...
@@lamakicker69 I suppose the whole "Balerion covering entire cities" could be an exaggeration. Although try to imagine that Drogon is actually quite young. I think GRRM said that he was 7? Drogon is huge and is said to be the reincarnation of Balerion in the books. Now, since Drogon is huge at 7, Balerion was actually 200 when he died. And GRRM said that dragons don't stop growing until they die. Balerion also outlived his other "family" dragons like Meraxes and Vhaegar. So yes, I'm pretty disappointed that the show didn't make the skull bigger. After all, he was 200 lol. Oh yeah, GRRM also said that Balerion could also swallow a group of elephants. And his name is Balerion THE DREAD. You don't get that nickname from being a young little dragon lol.
Balerion’s skull was actually much bigger than this. (Now proven in House of the Dragon) They mention how Vhagar is too big for the dragon pit and the dragons that already are in there some are significantly larger than drogon such as Caraxes (who isn’t even close to Vhagar’s size and much less so than Balerion.) and this skull size here is about drogons head size so Balerion’s skull was about twice as big as that skull.
@@humanbeing9707 technically u r right it's not balerion but during dance of the dragons there several new and old generation dragons died in the war so this skull would from those fallen dragons and we all know Robert rebellion was lie similar like that old generation maesters possible lied to others that this skull was balerion skull
That is an ancient skull of a great Dragon! a dragon that DID NOT belong to the Lannisters , that Dragon BELONGED to the TARGARYENS and they are just shooting an arrow through it as if it is target practice?! What the fuck dude.
If it is just a skull thats a problem but if it was the hole skeleton there Will be a chance if she can bring jon snow back give birth to a monster that Can fly and kill renly and even brienne of tarth couldint stop him and You now the power from the lord of light thoros of myr did bring beric dondarrion 6 times back it Will just be epic if all the dragons is killed at Winterfell and all hope is gone then sodenly balerion the dread comes in and save the Day
So my theory is that this is Meleys' skull. Right size. Right jaw shape. And the horns are the exact same. Balerion's skull in HotD is also not the skull. Also we know that they took Meleys' head back to King's Landing after she was and Rhaenys were killed by Aegon and Aemond so it makes perfect sense. And I doubt Qyburn would know the difference.
Shooting a ballista-bolt at an old dried out skull is 1 thing. Shooting it at a monstrosity like Balerion, who's skull is also armored with Dragonscales, which are particularly hárd to penetrate, is a different story. Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion werent nearly matured enough though, and fár from the size of Balerion!
Pedro Arraes De Araujo this needs more attention I’ve also mentioned this because imagine an undead Balerion twice the size of drogon and the shock the characters will have if they see a creature who’s been dead for decades/centuries. Although I think there needs to be proper bone fragments in order for the dead to rise but I’m not sure though
@@magentamomo7150 Yeah, this comment is a bit off to me. I don't think a massive dragon head would be too much to worry about. The Night King would have to cart it around everywhere
“You guys are lucky I’m dead! Had you shot me with that while I was alive, it would tickled me. My flame would then turn you to ash instantly!” -Balerion
What I love about this is that Dance of the Dragons seems to be building to this actually having been Meleys skull. Roughly the right size, same bone structure, a head brought back to King's Landing. Through time, myth assigned it to Balerion. But it's Meleys.
That’s not Balerion. His snout was much bigger as well as his entire skull. If anything that is Meleys but it’s so hard to tell due to the lighting and angles they used.
Using a large weapon that's a static target and slow to reload vs a large but very fast moving napalm breathing tank that can fly at 200ish KM a hour and can dodge easier than you'd think...Yea you need some ungodly luck to nail that shot.
Am I the only one who thinks this skull is too small? Balerion could swallow a mammoth whole, and could cover realms with its shadow, this skull fit more Meraxes or Vermithor skulls than Balerion's, he would surely be much bigger than that and I think it's kind of wrong that a Scorpio can hurt Balerion if it was an attack like against Rhaegal, which was in the neck, I think it would be useless, if not even a Scorpion could cross Balerion's chest, I doubt it would also be in the neck, of such a big animal, I think it would give a nice wound but would not kill much less hurt your skull, yeah, but that wouldn't be Balerion's skull, at least not the right one. If they decide to make a series from the time of Eagon the Conqueror, could they fix that okay it could have been exaggerations of tales and songs, but it would be too much to be true to those tales, Balerion would have been twice if not triple the size of this fake skull. That's counting that Balerion lived for many years, until 200, and until, until his death he was certainly much, much bigger than in his past conquests with Eagon. (just considering, i haven't read the books so i might be talking a lot of shit here, but this is my take on this scene alas, how disrespectful to attack a Scorpion in the skull of the greatest beast that ever lived in Westeros, the Black Terror
That's exactly what I was thinking, it being vermithor or meraxes because balerion had a wingspan of around 600 ft and was 500 ft long so yeah that skull is punny. mabey even it could be caraxes skull because he was around 2x as big as drogon but yea, and he crawled to shore after fighting vhagar and died so I'm possibly thinking of caraxes now. But balerion is way to big for that skull.
@@benparsley3196 worse than that is quite true if you think about it. Caraxes in theory was twice the size of Drogon, compatible with the skull size of ep. and if you think about it too, Vermithor would be even bigger than that, and Balerion was maybe 4 times that size. I really think this skull is more compatible with Caraxes
Generations since the first Targaryen monarchs first conquered Westeros and unified the diversely resilient Seven Kingdoms into a single realm and purged two dynasties, and still the beast of Aegon the Conqueror bears an ominous tone as the creator of the Iron Throne and the one whose dragonfire made subjects out of all Westerosi, nobles and commoners
While this scene is exposition for the wounding of Drogon and the killing of Rhaegal via ballista, surely at least every noble and probably a lot of common folk know that Meraxes was killed the same way during the First Dornish War. Qyburn is hardly inventing the wheel here.
Qyburn in the show is a wizard. Man just becomes master of whisperers like it's not a biggie, then hand of the king(queen), creates frankenstein's monster, kills dragons. The most valuable person in westeros by far. He even seems to be loyal.
Impressive, only few factors need to consider like distance, air resistance, moving target, and your target was not a 300 year old crunchy bone but a healthy one.
Balerion was bigger than this I hate this scene Lannisters trying to flex.. bruh.. 🙄 that shity weapon wouldn't have done shit to balerion and if drogon truly is the reincarnat of balerion I wonder how big he will get I hope he gets massive wherever he is
Why he acts like it was some brand- new invention? Meraxes was first dragon to be killed by scorpions and it was 300 years before Dany's dragons were even born
When i first watched this scene, i was blown away by the fact that a medieval super crossbow was powerful enough to break through a 200 year old skull. These only work on young dragons and not old ones. Excluding eye shots, the only way to kill a dragon 50 years or older is with another dragon.
Those skulls were definitely not adult dragon size. I think the Lannisters must have been sold a few "legendary" dragon skulls or started lying about which dragon skulls they had.
Remember Robert laid out a plan to take the 7 kingdoms. Cersie can only hold her own fort… if Dany just go sack castle after castle outside of King’s landing… how long does the common folks decide that she is the right ruler and all the lords switching allegiance because their queen is hiding inside her fortress.
Balerion died for old age ... soo he was invincible :) the most powerful dragon :) and now its time to Drogon to die for old age and become BIGGER then Balerion because already at this age it is so big :)
Able to pierce bone thats aged about 300 years old, sure. Now try that on the same thing only it's actually alive and in its prime, with toughened hide and can shoot back.
Do u know, if they started constructing these scorpions back in season 3, could u imagin the lot of them they would have had by Season 8. Strategically that would have been a good investment on the Lannister's behalf sincing they knew Dany was always going to come to Westeros
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But he didn’t specify that you still need to be able to hit the dragon with this weapon. What happened to the second dragon is a waste. The writers specifically removed the dragon. This simply wouldn't happen.
Valerion The Dragon, I was Mad at one point, for me to disappear. Very important scene. To survive, one stays busy, if one chooses one side, that's it, there is nothing. Cersei had children with her brother, Scar never touched her, Cersei used to drug, once he is in the bed, scar fall asleep. Just stay stupid. There are no difference between Dnaryer and Cersei, they both hunt their circle, if they noticed one friend has chosen a side, that friend won't live for long
For anyone saying "they destroyed a historical fossil" Qyburn (just like Maestars) don't like magic. They're glad to be rid of beasts like Dragons. Cersei only cares about herself.
The size of Balerion skull throughout the series is inconsistent. The skull is way bigger in HOTD and given we have seen all the dragons and their mammoth size, This skull is barely barely larger than Drogon in last season
@@centripetal6157 it's not only him who says it's Balerion, The same design is called as Balerion by Viserys as well. The size of the dragons are inconsistent throughout the series
His skull is WAY WAY TOO SMALL. Like 1/10 the size it should be. Even Drogon had a bigger head by the series end. Jon walked up to him in the last ep and Drogon’s head was about 2-3x Jon’s height. Vhagar’s tooth was as big as an average human body. Balerion was like 2x the size of Vhagar so one of his teeth should be at least Cersei’s size. Instead she comes like halfway up his skull.
Balerion was not 2x the size of vhagar…. 0.5x the size at the very end of the show. Not all dragons have the same head shape and likely head size, look at caraxes head vs the body size. Not to mention Drogon grew way faster than Balerion due to the rise/return in magic. It’s why the dragons in Valaryia grew so much larger.
@@Bro-dot- Nope, he is correct. This is likely the skull of Meleys, or a smaller sized dragon. The Lannisters must have bought incorrect skulls or fake ones from Dance of Dragons Battles. Balerions skull was bigger than Vhaegars - and Vhaegar is the size of a tall building.
Seein this after watching house of the dragons dance of the dragons it makes me wonder are those skulls dragons like: Syrax, Caraxes and Vhagar, Maybe Sunfrye or Dreamfrye as well? Hope so!
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“Powerful, but not invincible”...we’ll balerion died of old age...so maybe a bit invincible
lamakicker69 you do realize sayin not invincible and maybe a bit invincible, are the same thing right?
Omar Perez I know hahaha it was a small joke because balerion was never killed by anyone or anything
I wish they mentioned how Meraxes died the same pathetic way as Rhaegal
Weirdo Reborn well meraxes took a 1 in a million the shot through the eye, I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure scorpions couldn’t penetrate the dragon scales
@@lamakicker69 oh yeah Rhaegal took 3 .... I think in the books it'll be different. The Dragonbinder might somehow come into play..... Dragons are majestic creatures I hope Drogon gets to live no matter what happens to Dany
This was like destroying a unique piece on a museum.
Like drawing glasses and moustache on Mona Lisa just for shits and giggles
Did they throw an arrow to my buddy Balerion's head ?!
They shot an arrow
That skull is kept in that room for hundreds of years, dusty and old, just like regular human bones, much fragile. But, even with that condition, the scorpion can only pierce as deep only the small tip of the arrow. And by the end of season 8, even Drogon isn't an adult yet. Had Dany wait a bit longer..
Wouldn’t have helped. They made poor Rhaegal get hit by 3 arrows I think it was? Of course, his death was a waste of time. Season 7 & 8 was a waste of time.
Wait how more long? She lost 2 of her 3 dragons and her best friend and counselor because of waiting.
Had the Showrunners wait a bit longer...
The skull’s not big enough to be Balerion. It was said he could swallow mammoths whole. This one looks like he’d have to chew it or he’d choke
lots of things were said. they were propaganda with exaggeration or outright fabrications
Yes , quotes from the books are often false as they are point of view of certain people and often old stories are sourced from lore and songs not at all factual . Even the books in the story are written by maesters and is based on their point of view .
@@toomanyaccounts probably but Balerion could be very big with only 3 dragons roaming and him being able to hunt freely I think it would be pretty big
Large enough to swallow a mammoth sounds like propaganda if I ever heard it. The skulls is still 4ish M tall easily 1.5 if not 2x the size of Drogon as we last saw him.
@@davevd9944 still looks pretty small he’s supposed to be the biggest dragon of them all and he’s barley bigger then a 8 year old dragon
Wow Qyburn, your ballista managed to kill a 300 year old dragonskull.....sitting still......in a basement......wonderful.
I know so impressive 😂
And he’s acting like it’s his invention! 🤡
Surely, the Targaryens didn’t have any scorpions back in their time during the Dance of Dragons!
@@NikhilAditya25or before during the Conquest, when Dorne killed Meraxes.
I hated this scene they damaged that precious skull
Good fella I know I hope 🤞 no more dragons die
Same
They dishonored him
@@thedarkredrose2163 I'm sorry
@@thedarkredrose2163
Sorry to break it to you.
But I think you know already what happened in S8. 😭
I can forgive her for killing Robert , I can forgive her for killing Missandei and I can forgive her for killing Margaery BUT I CAN‘T FORGIVE HER FOR SHOOTING AT THE MOST POWERFUL DRAGON OF ALL TIME
Haha well said
Or for killing Rhaegal
Wasn't that attached
Is your brain rotten?
LONG LIVE BALERION
Balerion wasn't killed though. Going by the books, something like that wouldn't even hurt Balerion. Balerion died of old age and it is said in the books that Drogon is the reincarnation of Balerion.
Does that mean that Drogon is going to be big as Balerion???
Lančana Reakcija yes or bigger
Well drogon is just 6 and estimated half of the size of balerion. So i bet he ll surpass him
Will he come back ?
Lančana Reakcija i mean he’s alive by the end of the series, so he’ll probably grow as big then die of natural causes
Tbh, Balerion should of been bigger.
ilovsapinta no there’s a video about the math it’s about right
Not sure how big Balerion is supposed to be but by that skull he should be twice the size of even drogon. Are you sure he's supposed to be bigger than that?
@@tomasshadyhd7051 In the books it is said that he could cover entire cities with his body. That skull definitely doesn't do Balerion justice. The skull should've been the size of the whole room, with Meraxis and (Aegon's other sister's dragon) at a close second.
I'm a Potato didn’t Vhagar grow to be almost the size that balerion was and bigger than Meraxes? Also I think the “covers cites with his body” was definitely an exaggeration...This skull is probably already 3 times the size of drogons head in terms of height, width and length meaning it’s volume is a whopping 27 times bigger than drogon...
@@lamakicker69 I suppose the whole "Balerion covering entire cities" could be an exaggeration. Although try to imagine that Drogon is actually quite young. I think GRRM said that he was 7? Drogon is huge and is said to be the reincarnation of Balerion in the books. Now, since Drogon is huge at 7, Balerion was actually 200 when he died. And GRRM said that dragons don't stop growing until they die. Balerion also outlived his other "family" dragons like Meraxes and Vhaegar. So yes, I'm pretty disappointed that the show didn't make the skull bigger. After all, he was 200 lol.
Oh yeah, GRRM also said that Balerion could also swallow a group of elephants. And his name is Balerion THE DREAD. You don't get that nickname from being a young little dragon lol.
Too bad Balerion wasn’t still alive. I don’t suspect you get the name “The Black Dread” without being pretty savage
0:15 Bold words for a man talking to a skull that can't shoot flames at him.
Balerion’s skull was actually much bigger than this. (Now proven in House of the Dragon) They mention how Vhagar is too big for the dragon pit and the dragons that already are in there some are significantly larger than drogon such as Caraxes (who isn’t even close to Vhagar’s size and much less so than Balerion.) and this skull size here is about drogons head size so Balerion’s skull was about twice as big as that skull.
The skull here is about twice the size of drogon , but it's not balerion, I think it's vermithor Or some other dragon.
@@humanbeing9707 technically u r right it's not balerion but during dance of the dragons there several new and old generation dragons died in the war so this skull would from those fallen dragons and we all know Robert rebellion was lie similar like that old generation maesters possible lied to others that this skull was balerion skull
That is an ancient skull of a great Dragon! a dragon that DID NOT belong to the Lannisters , that Dragon BELONGED to the TARGARYENS and they are just shooting an arrow through it as if it is target practice?! What the fuck dude.
Tbf when Daenerys burned the red keep all them skulls would have been crushed and never seen whole again.
Would love to see melisandre bring that dragon back
Its a skeleton. Not even a whole skeleton, just a skull
If it is just a skull thats a problem but if it was the hole skeleton there Will be a chance if she can bring jon snow back give birth to a monster that Can fly and kill renly and even brienne of tarth couldint stop him and You now the power from the lord of light thoros of myr did bring beric dondarrion 6 times back it Will just be epic if all the dragons is killed at Winterfell and all hope is gone then sodenly balerion the dread comes in and save the Day
Would love to see night king bring back balerion
He’d be super elderly tho
@@KingRogarTheHuntsman no, that's not how it works
So my theory is that this is Meleys' skull. Right size. Right jaw shape. And the horns are the exact same. Balerion's skull in HotD is also not the skull. Also we know that they took Meleys' head back to King's Landing after she was and Rhaenys were killed by Aegon and Aemond so it makes perfect sense. And I doubt Qyburn would know the difference.
Yep, pretty much spot on. Same horns, same design. Poor Meleys.
The props and sets are incredible.
Why'd Qyburn deface Balerion's skull just to test his ballista?
I guess to prove it can pierce dragon bone
@@violetsynthesis8322 yeah bones that are 200-175 years old lol
That's the West(eros) for you.
So all that time that Tywin scoffed at dragons being small and no match for armies Balerions massive skull was in his basement?
The last dragon born, before Danny's, was the size of a pig. He expects that Dragons are not going to be that huge anymore.
that skull is waaay too tiny
Balerion was at least twice that big
If Cannibal is still alive, I am pretty sure he is so hugeeee
James Duque where are dragons such as cannnibal, sheepstealer... from. Are they from books?
I’m sure there are plenty of wild dragons still alive and roaming the skies of undiscovered territory, it’s just that nobody knows about it
Floppyfish288 yeah
that dragon was insane sheesh
Floppyfish288 Yes, he is in the book. He was gone and in the book it wasn’t that he is dead already.
Shooting a ballista-bolt at an old dried out skull is 1 thing.
Shooting it at a monstrosity like Balerion, who's skull is also armored with Dragonscales, which are particularly hárd to penetrate, is a different story.
Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion werent nearly matured enough though, and fár from the size of Balerion!
Wait... Balerion is dead, and the night king can make wights even from skeletons... oh dear
Edit: you know what, let’s just forget about that now
Pedro Arraes De Araujo this needs more attention I’ve also mentioned this because imagine an undead Balerion twice the size of drogon and the shock the characters will have if they see a creature who’s been dead for decades/centuries. Although I think there needs to be proper bone fragments in order for the dead to rise but I’m not sure though
Hahaha spoke to soon
how the hell would Balerion's head aid the night king? 🤣
@@magentamomo7150 Yeah, this comment is a bit off to me. I don't think a massive dragon head would be too much to worry about. The Night King would have to cart it around everywhere
This experiment does not make any sense. Dragon's armor was its scales. This is just naked skull.
Glad House of the dragon made his skull appropriately bigger
“You guys are lucky I’m dead! Had you shot me with that while I was alive, it would tickled me. My flame would then turn you to ash instantly!”
-Balerion
What I love about this is that Dance of the Dragons seems to be building to this actually having been Meleys skull. Roughly the right size, same bone structure, a head brought back to King's Landing. Through time, myth assigned it to Balerion. But it's Meleys.
A 300 year old brittle skull is not the same as the real thing
It was Balerion who was the real conqueror of westeros
balerion in afterlife: hahahahahahaha 😂drogon; dracarys this bitch please
That’s Meleys 😭
I came back after watching HOD, so crazy to go back and the comparisons
That’s not Balerion. His snout was much bigger as well as his entire skull. If anything that is Meleys but it’s so hard to tell due to the lighting and angles they used.
Using a large weapon that's a static target and slow to reload vs a large but very fast moving napalm breathing tank that can fly at 200ish KM a hour and can dodge easier than you'd think...Yea you need some ungodly luck to nail that shot.
Am I the only one who thinks this skull is too small? Balerion could swallow a mammoth whole, and could cover realms with its shadow, this skull fit more Meraxes or Vermithor skulls than Balerion's, he would surely be much bigger than that and I think it's kind of wrong that a Scorpio can hurt Balerion if it was an attack like against Rhaegal, which was in the neck, I think it would be useless, if not even a Scorpion could cross Balerion's chest, I doubt it would also be in the neck, of such a big animal, I think it would give a nice wound but would not kill much less hurt your skull, yeah, but that wouldn't be Balerion's skull, at least not the right one. If they decide to make a series from the time of Eagon the Conqueror, could they fix that
okay it could have been exaggerations of tales and songs, but it would be too much to be true to those tales, Balerion would have been twice if not triple the size of this fake skull. That's counting that Balerion lived for many years, until 200, and until, until his death he was certainly much, much bigger than in his past conquests with Eagon.
(just considering, i haven't read the books so i might be talking a lot of shit here, but this is my take on this scene alas, how disrespectful to attack a Scorpion in the skull of the greatest beast that ever lived in Westeros, the Black Terror
That's exactly what I was thinking, it being vermithor or meraxes because balerion had a wingspan of around 600 ft and was 500 ft long so yeah that skull is punny. mabey even it could be caraxes skull because he was around 2x as big as drogon but yea, and he crawled to shore after fighting vhagar and died so I'm possibly thinking of caraxes now. But balerion is way to big for that skull.
@@benparsley3196 worse than that is quite true if you think about it. Caraxes in theory was twice the size of Drogon, compatible with the skull size of ep. and if you think about it too, Vermithor would be even bigger than that, and Balerion was maybe 4 times that size. I really think this skull is more compatible with Caraxes
Well it seems like they're retconning this skull since we just got a much better look at Balerion's skull which like 3x bigger than in this video.
The mammoth thing is likely an exaggeration
Generations since the first Targaryen monarchs first conquered Westeros and unified the diversely resilient Seven Kingdoms into a single realm and purged two dynasties, and still the beast of Aegon the Conqueror bears an ominous tone as the creator of the Iron Throne and the one whose dragonfire made subjects out of all Westerosi, nobles and commoners
Imagine shooting at the original Mona Lisa just to demonstrate something😂
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Stationary target that gives you the best shot - Yeah... okay, you get lucky once with the right setup.
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While this scene is exposition for the wounding of Drogon and the killing of Rhaegal via ballista, surely at least every noble and probably a lot of common folk know that Meraxes was killed the same way during the First Dornish War. Qyburn is hardly inventing the wheel here.
Yes, with a bolt to the eye. I doubt these would mortally harm the dragon where it has scales, yet season 8 kinda forgot about that.
“Now we just need it to sit still”
Qyburn in the show is a wizard. Man just becomes master of whisperers like it's not a biggie, then hand of the king(queen), creates frankenstein's monster, kills dragons. The most valuable person in westeros by far. He even seems to be loyal.
He was around 450 feet wingspan and 140 feet long
Impressive, only few factors need to consider like distance, air resistance, moving target, and your target was not a 300 year old crunchy bone but a healthy one.
Now that I think about it, the black skull makes much more sense, because dragons' teeth are described as black in the books.
this is meleys skull, not balerion black
Balerion was pretty much larger than this. One single tooth was larger than a person.
0:30 meanwhile the Mountain can be wounded yet cannot die.
Dried out old skull vs alive dragon moving with scales and skin etc.
Balerion was bigger than this I hate this scene Lannisters trying to flex.. bruh.. 🙄 that shity weapon wouldn't have done shit to balerion and if drogon truly is the reincarnat of balerion I wonder how big he will get I hope he gets massive wherever he is
game of thrones would have been so much better if Balerion was still alive, would have been really damn cool
Why he acts like it was some brand- new invention? Meraxes was first dragon to be killed by scorpions and it was 300 years before Dany's dragons were even born
Balerion skull so small😂😂
how did that work out for them?
When i first watched this scene, i was blown away by the fact that a medieval super crossbow was powerful enough to break through a 200 year old skull. These only work on young dragons and not old ones. Excluding eye shots, the only way to kill a dragon 50 years or older is with another dragon.
It’s just the bones, there is no scales hide and flesh. A well placed shot certainly would have that effect.
Those skulls were definitely not adult dragon size. I think the Lannisters must have been sold a few "legendary" dragon skulls or started lying about which dragon skulls they had.
Remember Robert laid out a plan to take the 7 kingdoms. Cersie can only hold her own fort… if Dany just go sack castle after castle outside of King’s landing… how long does the common folks decide that she is the right ruler and all the lords switching allegiance because their queen is hiding inside her fortress.
Balerion died for old age ... soo he was invincible :) the most powerful dragon :) and now its time to Drogon to die for old age and become BIGGER then Balerion because already at this age it is so big :)
Able to pierce bone thats aged about 300 years old, sure. Now try that on the same thing only it's actually alive and in its prime, with toughened hide and can shoot back.
One of Daenerys's dragons was wounded, yes, when it was still a teenager dragon
Shooting an old skull is all that proved to the audience that Rhaegal could be killed by a needle. 😢 Seven hells!
of course, a bolt would penetrate a skull that has been decaying for literally decades.
Do u know, if they started constructing these scorpions back in season 3, could u imagin the lot of them they would have had by Season 8. Strategically that would have been a good investment on the Lannister's behalf sincing they knew Dany was always going to come to Westeros
He is bigger than drogon
and since viserion turned to dust and rhaegal fell in the sea, their skulls won't ever end up in the red keep to be remembered by future generations 😔
Viserion's skull would probably be displayed at Winterfell.
She’s such an icon 😭
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cool. so what?
Haven’t watch any episodes yet, but watching scene by scene, I’ve grown to hate Cersei. If they bitch kills any of dany’s dragons. Ima be pissed
Bullshit. Balerion was a fucking monster of a dragon. Definitely much bigger than that. Black like Drogon and a scary beast, but fucking huge.
This skull would at least be half the size of Balerion's actual skull..
Come on it's big enough, look at drogon skull again and compare it
@@jatintuteja1457 we finally got the accurate skull for Balerion in HOTD, with the exception of the dark bones.
According to books dragon scale is too tough... If only one could pierce the eye of a flying dragon... Only then it would die
BALERION 🔥
Meleys skull
Not even Daenerys’ dragons are close to being that big
aegon and maegor would have their heads on pikes if they seen what they did to balerion’s skull
Dragon meleys skeleton
Vhagar is much bigger than this in house of the dragon and didn't even live as long as Balerion
An upgraded version of the Scorpio
IT IS balerion the Dragon of aegon the conqueror
Balerion is not so pleased...
it is Meleys skull. not Balerion
A ballista
Plot convenient weapon
Can’t forgive how they disrespected my boy Balarion
But he didn’t specify that you still need to be able to hit the dragon with this weapon. What happened to the second dragon is a waste. The writers specifically removed the dragon. This simply wouldn't happen.
That's just a normal scorpion
Looks just like the one in hotd
Valerion The Dragon, I was Mad at one point, for me to disappear. Very important scene. To survive, one stays busy, if one chooses one side, that's it, there is nothing. Cersei had children with her brother, Scar never touched her, Cersei used to drug, once he is in the bed, scar fall asleep. Just stay stupid. There are no difference between Dnaryer and Cersei, they both hunt their circle, if they noticed one friend has chosen a side, that friend won't live for long
For anyone saying "they destroyed a historical fossil" Qyburn (just like Maestars) don't like magic. They're glad to be rid of beasts like Dragons. Cersei only cares about herself.
Just because it can break the bone doesn’t mean it can get through the skin.
Looked pretty small to be Balerion.
There were like 3 levers how did she know which one to pull?
Blake Pipkin who tf cares lol
it's in her blood, she instantly knew which one to pull to shoot.
Given she was shot 3 times by Jaime....
The size of Balerion skull throughout the series is inconsistent. The skull is way bigger in HOTD and given we have seen all the dragons and their mammoth size, This skull is barely barely larger than Drogon in last season
This is the skull of Meleys - it has the same exact horn pattern.
@@centripetal6157 Qyburn literally says Balerion the Dread...
@@pritampandey9519 i know but it must have been another dragon in reality because of the smaller size - likely Maeylis
@@centripetal6157 it's not only him who says it's Balerion, The same design is called as Balerion by Viserys as well. The size of the dragons are inconsistent throughout the series
why is the lighting so bad in this clip
Werent balerions scales impenetrable?
Supposedly yes but this was a skull that was centuries old and easily broken
His skull is WAY WAY TOO SMALL. Like 1/10 the size it should be. Even Drogon had a bigger head by the series end. Jon walked up to him in the last ep and Drogon’s head was about 2-3x Jon’s height. Vhagar’s tooth was as big as an average human body. Balerion was like 2x the size of Vhagar so one of his teeth should be at least Cersei’s size. Instead she comes like halfway up his skull.
Balerion was not 2x the size of vhagar…. 0.5x the size at the very end of the show. Not all dragons have the same head shape and likely head size, look at caraxes head vs the body size. Not to mention Drogon grew way faster than Balerion due to the rise/return in magic. It’s why the dragons in Valaryia grew so much larger.
@@Bro-dot- Nope, he is correct. This is likely the skull of Meleys, or a smaller sized dragon. The Lannisters must have bought incorrect skulls or fake ones from Dance of Dragons Battles.
Balerions skull was bigger than Vhaegars - and Vhaegar is the size of a tall building.
If it bleeds, we can - sorry wrong franchise
Sooo, he invented a ballista? In a medieval setting of castle sieges with catapults, trebuchets and what not? lmao.
It was already invented
@@Bro-dot- exactly my point, lol.
@@NikiK57 how is that your point when you say “he invented a ballista’?’. I’m confused.
Why is it so dark
Seein this after watching house of the dragons dance of the dragons it makes me wonder are those skulls dragons like: Syrax, Caraxes and Vhagar, Maybe Sunfrye or Dreamfrye as well? Hope so!
This was the skull of Meleys.