That's a good parallel to the night's watch motto for a valyrians to it's dragon by the freehold by dragon instead of: now his watch is over: Now his conquest is over
@@sapphicgeek24the big question is still what did he face there ? With those many great fresh wounds, I still think that a few dragons escape the doom and still wander there, it has to be a big one, nothing else could wound Balerion
@@clayandros2038 I find it very difficult, because there is nothing there that sustains life, apart from the theory that he found Aurion and his dragon, I imagine that he may have fought a Firewyrm which is the only type of being that is capable of surviving there. But about having dragons there, I would have this as ruled out because dragons need to eat a lot to grow and there is practically no food there.
Balerion: 'Viserys...you're a nice kid but I am over 200 years old. My joints are aching, my back is killing me and its cold up in the air! I just want to sit and relax. Where are my reading glasses?"
A bigger dragon. Valeria still has unclaimed wild dragons who have never experienced captivity. Imagine what size they couldve reached @@jyotirani8187
Balerion imho wasn't just old: he was broken. He saw Valyria, his "home" burnt and destroyed, and he almost died there and suffered terrible injuries and lost his rider. He probably just gave up at that point. He was there physically, but gave up on life
Or poisoned.. it’s kinda suggested that the dragons were messed with by the maesters. Probably to weaken the great house.. but I’d have to go back and find what book I read that in.
well they where locked in the Dragon pits so they got to little movment and to little food - they wheren´t on the volcanoes so they where in to cold surroundings - and they where probalby poisoned - and they did to much incest with way to few acessable mates - and the dragons that did get to mate where more often the not the weak and sicly once becouse thouse didn´t die in stupid wars
”Had become sluggish, heavy and was No longer fearsome beast of the past” my guy it’s a dragon the size of a building that can melt and destroy castles. Claiming it’s not fearsome anymore is just wild.
Of Dragons grow their whole life, then there is a point where they start suffocating because the muscles in their chest aren’t strong enough to support breathing. If Balerion had reached that point, then it is entirely possible that he wasn’t really fearsome in comparison to the younger dragons who could and would kill you if you did a wrong move, simply because he was going out of breath by moving himself. In theory he is still incredibly strong, but his weight limits him both in movement and breathing.
If you’re outside King’s Landing, then a Dragon that was of such an advanced age that it refuses to fly literally anywhere else - you’d think it was less fearsome too… Considering it’s essentially out of the picture in terms of warfare… It can still be respected, but nobody is going to fear it anymore.
They basically caged Balerion after the Aerea incident he was also badly injured during that as well. I think keeping him in the dragon pit caused his demise. They should’ve kept him on dragonstone.
@@Katsu_ragiYeah because they have the means to force us to do something if we refuse to. Balerion was the biggest and most brutal dragon in Westeros’s history, no one had the means to force it to do anything 😂
@@lmfao1314 dragons in got literally choose which reproductive parts they have. “as changeable as flame” it’s described as so they are kinda both. My theory is it depends on the dragon rider but it’s most likely they just choose depending on their mate.
@@ayecae47 Oooh okay! i just always thought Balerion was primarily male and that Meraxes and Vhagar were primarily female but I find that really interesting so thank you for that little tidbit of information and I appreciate you for not coming at my jugular for not knowing that information because you know how some GOT/HOTD fans can be when you don't know every single fact and piece of information so thank you I appreciate you for being kind in your response teaching me something rather than making me feel like I'm stupid lol💯🤝🏻😊
He was fkn wounded, what on earth are you on about... He returned from Valyria with a collection of new scars and one particular huge wound of which nobody ever knew what caused it, but it must've been horrible. That and the age withered Balerion a good chunk before his time. He was as old as Vhagar was during the dance when the dragonkeepers called him sluggish and slow, but Vhagar at that age was still quite mobile. So his visit to Old Valyria must've been the reason he grew old so fast.
Balerion was closer to 250 years old at the time when Viserys “claimed” him. You even said it yourself that he was old. Balerion served the Targaryen’s very well during his lifetime, put some respect on his name
There’s actually nothing in the lore that indicates a dragons life expectancy or if they have a growth cap. We all know they grow larger when free and most of the dragons in this story grew up in the dragon pit or in the caves of dragon stone. It’s very possible he could have grew even bigger and older had he been a wild free dragon like the cannibal. As far as his health decline, he was fine before he was claimed by princess Rhena’s daughter and flew off to no one knows where. Only upon return from the disappearance did he come back changed. For the first time the fierce beast was truly injured and never fully recovered from the injuries indicated to be the worst he’d ever suffered and both external and internally. It is widely speculated that he would have lived longer had he never encountered whatever it was that hurt him. So the theory that he reached his max size and end of his life isn’t actually known. And being that every other Dragon was killed or died young, there is no way of knowing.
Yeah now he just wants to sit in the dragon pits and think of the audacity of them for hurting him, he's literally in the dark in disbelief 😂 he's a Leo 😅
Actually, Viserys did technically ride on another dragon. As an infant his mother took him and Daemon on her dragon at least once. That dragon was Meleys, who later became the dragon of Princess Rhaenys, the Queen Whi Never Was.
True, Viserys did accompany his mother and brother on her dragon as an infant. However, in the context of Targaryen tradition, claiming a dragon typically refers to establishing a lifelong bond with one specific dragon, which Viserys didn't do until later in his life.
@@nicksmithnutmilkyes. I wonder why Rhaenyra didn't take her children for a ride on Syrax with her after they were born. That might've prevented the incident.
Balerion was roughly 40 when the Doom struck Valyria. He was almost 150 when the Conquest took place. Dude was almost 250-260 in his age. That isnt to say he was old. It is a statement that when he returned from the ruins of his home something had changed. He had a scar almost 12 feet long (recorded as a 9 foot smoldering black wound that steamed with his blood) which was not there before. Dude was a bred fighter through and through. Respect that title he earned in battle and destruction
Theres a theory that it was the maesters who were responsible for the decline of the dragons, so i wouldnt be surprised if they had poised the black dread which was the greatest symbol and weapon of the targaryens
@@licia_bobishka Dragons are flying nukes that can deliver horrible deaths upon entire cities, are often commanded by insane royalty, and can reproduce. Dragons are cool in a TV show but if I lived in a world like this I'd be all in for poisoning the dragon kind.
@@roddo1955 i dont know much details but one Targaryen princess rode balerion all the way back to the old valyria. And they returned totally messed up. Till to this day there is no good theory on what did such damage to the black dread, the largest dragon known to westeros.
@@roddo1955Balerion encountered a Fire Wyrm supposedly, they were pretty much wingless and legless Dragon/worms, but ofc incredibly strong and can breath fire too
Nope, Balerion died because of his 1st rider Valeryon. He burned some of the valeryon and the others being eaten that's why his color change into black nigga dragon. And died because of black poison.
He didn’t betray him. He was just literally an old ass man and was on death’s door. He literally died like half a year later after this it’s a miracle that he lifted himself in the air and flew around the city even.
Everyone knew how unwell Balerion was after his ride back to the Valyrian ruins with Princess Aerea. I think Visarys intentionally claimed Balerion because he personally wasnt interested in being a dragon rider beyond he felt it was his birth right to claim a dragon. His mother flew him on her dragon with her when he was a baby and he still picked the dragon everyone knew was declining, injured, and hadnt flown in years. It always struck me as a weird choice when there were so many other options for him.
It also that everyone thought Balerion was done for and would never fly again. It is only for Viserys alone, that he flew briefly one last time. Remember, Viserys was chosen by a council and many people still were divided about him and wanted Rhaenys/Laenor instead. And Viserys did not have a dragon. So, Balerion riding with him one last time before dying was him giving Viserys his "blessing" as the rightful king.
@@abyrupus Visarys had claimed Balerion and flown him the one time years before the councel was even thought of. He was no longer a dragon rider when he was chosen. I dont think he was given Balerion's blessing. No one else even made an attempt to claim him after Aerea died, anyone else who thought about it was talked out of it by the dragon pitt masters. If anything Balerion dying immediatly after Visarys claiming him and Visarys being dragonless by the time of the counsel shows he wasnt worthy. Targaryan's health is also directly tired to their dragon's health and he was riddled with a flesh eating virus most of his time as a dragonless king.
@@viceb7 I guess that is a matter if perspective because that just isnt how I see it. Everyone knew Balarion was on the way out the door amd hadnt flown in decades. Even the dragon pit masters convinced his mother into claiming a different dragon over a decade before he was born because they knew he wasnt going to live much longer and she could get a younger healthier dragon. That is how she ended up claiming Maelys. I can see how there is a novelty about claiming him but there is no way Visarys thought he was going to be flying frequently or for long. Visarys 100% knew what he was getting and still said the novelty of claiming a dying dragon with a cool history was better than claiming a different dragon who he could ride regularly. To me is makes him seem weak and lame not badass. It is like going into a boxing match with a former champion for the thrill of saying you beat a champion but the champion you challage is 97 years old and can barely stand anymore. Sure you beat them but it doesnt say anything good about you.
I heard that too. Dragons live as long they have something to eat. And also has no limits to its size. Once it grow big it cannot grow smaller just thinner. And if starves dies like any wild animal which failed to sustain itself. Happens what often with black or brown bears. They eat each other. But only after other options are seemingly out of reach. They fight each other too without their riders commands. Also I heared Dragons doesnt get sick. But who knows for shure. It doesnt has a fixated lifespan. Dies in battle,accidents,and starvation or whatever else is there left for them to end their lives.
Visery’s was an idiot. So many death could’ve been avoided if he didn’t do dumb things. He trusted anyone but his brother and put his daughter life on the line so often… Low-key a terrible King.🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Viserys should have married Daemon to Rhaenyra and named Daemon heir. He should have married Laena and waited for her to grow up. They when they had children, Viserys and everyone else would see any male hier would have a better claim than a sibling. But keep the dragon riders blood close, Hightower should not have been brought into it.
@@movieloverfan18 He obviously didnt want to name Daemon his heir and for good reason. What he should've done was push down Daemon in the line of succession until he was beneath Rheanyra. This way, when he had a male heir, that kid would take first place, Rheanyra second and Daemon third. The dance is avoided.
Viserys was control by a vagina. The oldest ploy in the world. Bad handful the king with ambitions to steal the crown. Funny how quickly he went downhill after the first son was born. He wasn't much older than his brother yet looked a century older. He should have never touched his hands, daughter and especially his daughter's BFF. It was bad enough her mother died trying to birth a son but to have her BFF's life to also be to produce an heir that would rob her crown? Gross. And her BFF willingly seducing the king on the eve of his wife's death? I guess she is lucky he didn't try to keep the blood line lure by marrying her. Perhaps Baleron sensed the moral depravity and weakness of his rider. The dragons are deeply bonded with their riders so he also knew he was ill. It was just another damaged relationship he caused and left to rot and fend for itself.
Leave him guys, he's just a random guy who doesn't like Viserys and who spams the same message copied and pasted on each story where we talk more or less about Viserys.. Sad life 😂
I subscribe to the theory that the Maesters were poisoning the Dragons. Balerion was over 200 at that point but there are so many hints in ASOIAF that the Maesters are unified in trying to rid Westeros of magic.
Imagine going up to your great grandpa that used to be strong and work his ass off, now old, sluggish and dying, and saying “I feel betrayed by your failing health!”. Not far off the same principle.
For people who pay attention to lore… The black dress was heavily wounded during his long disappearance prior. Which never properly healed, and he was weakened from then on spending his last decades staying inside his lair until that day he flew Viserys. And then passed the following year.
Thats crazy that they both ended up losing all they worked for at old age. Balerion was that og dragon that saw the conquest and pretty much saw the last true king, then that king went on to die and the whole kingdom with him.
Balerion’s last rider being the peaceful king in one of the most peaceful eras ever because of his help makes his death not only well deserved and makes complete sense.
Balerion has the best resume out of all the dragons. Witnessed the doom of Valyria and the rise of the Targaryen Dynasty. So much history involved with him. 💪🏿
I saw a theory that when Balerion returned from Valyria he had the same parasites in him as the princess but as a dragon, his blood was hot enough to handle it and they slowly killed him.
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I think that balerion would have lived much longer if they didn't put them in a goddamn cage. I can't even imagine how painful that would be for a dragon to be trapped in a box. I know there were a lot of reasons the targaryens were assholes. But I think it's very appropriate that their empire fell after they started imprisoning dragons in the dragon pit
Have you read the books? Balerion was also hurt prior to that and never recovered from it. So it's natural he didn't have the strength given that he was old, injured and too big to fly. He didn't even come out of the dragonpit in his last years
You’d think there life spans would be longer but it makes sense why it not long since they grow as they age, could you imagine a 500 year old well fed dragon.💀🥶
Balerion; "Viserys I'm old n tired I need somewhere to begin to rest, gotta go out with some of my fire still going, I feel as old n tired as you will look right b4 you die Visy."
“Im old, Im tired, My bones ache, Fetch me a servant who can read so they may tell me a bedtime story, Im Sleepy”- Balerion the black dread enjoying his retirement.
Balerion got pretty jacked up when he flew aerea to old valyria. She got infested with some kind of heat producing parasite worms and balerion had massive wounds on his body. He was possibly infested with those same parasites that killed his rider and it was also possible that he was wounded by a massive firewyrm. He was old and injured.
It was asid in the book Balerion didn't have much strength left in him, Viserys flew him around Kings landing 3 times, but knew he wouldn't have the strength to make it the whole way to dragonstone, Balerion was old and the injury he suffed when he was taken to old valyria weakened him in his twilight years
Balerion was an old boy by that time. Viserys was a calm man with a gentle demeanor. I'm sure it felt good to Balerion in his old age to have a rider that was sympathetic to his old age. It's a shame that Viserys never claimed another dragon after Balerion but it's poetic that possibly the greatest king of Westeros was the last rider of the greatest dragon.
I think it was more symbolic he realised that Balerion was the lynch pin of the Targaryen dynasties centralised authority and realised the power vacuum that would occur after its death.
When he came back from Belaria he wasnt the same. He had a wound that made him weak and he stayed in the dragon pit until he was claimed by visarys. But even by then he had grown old and he wasnt active and he was already dying.
Also maybe cause Balerion never actually recovered from his trip to Valyria when Aerea Targaryen escaped on his back and he took her there. When came back about a year or so later, even he had wounds. Several half healed ones. And one that was still fresh, going down about the quarter length of his body
Using lore alone Vyseris was a very neutral character and as such he could’ve possibly forced Balerion to fly where he wanted but likely satisfied the urge by flying around the red keep and didn’t want to force the issues.
from what i know he got fearsome rider in the past when he feel loving aura from this peacful guy he think yeah this is not my time any more peace out .
It was Viserys who ended up not making Balerion fly to dragonstone- He said he would have liked to, but Balerion was Clearly struggling and was very very old.
Maybe it really was due to old age, and/or the aftermath of his journey to old Valyria finally caught up to him. He wasn't bonded to anyone since Aerea (if he bonded with her at all) returned with him wounded
To all show-only people, the dragon had previously been claimed by a targ girl who was then taken across the sea by Bel against her will to the Old Valyria ruins where both the dragon and rider suffered injuries. The girl was infected with some horrifying magical insects/monsters that essentially boiled her from the inside, and the dragon was scraped deep by something that must have been formidable and VERY large. The dragon never recovered, and was most likely infected with some sort of magical disease. This also may be an explanation for the health issues of King V, as he was the next and last person to claim/ride Bel after that incident. ”Balerion had wounds as well. That enormous beast, the Black Dread, the most fearsome dragon ever to soar through the skies of Westeros, returned to King’s Landing with half-healed scars that no man recalled ever having seen before, and a jagged rent down his left side almost nine feet long, a gaping red wound from which his blood still dripped, hot and smoking.”
"Dragons never stop growing as long as they live, and they can live for centuries, though many died in combat before reaching such an age." Whatever he fought with when he went back to Valyria is what killed him
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Balerion a war beast having his final rider being a king of peace. He could finally rest. His conquest was over
That's a good parallel to the night's watch motto for a valyrians to it's dragon by the freehold by dragon instead of: now his watch is over: Now his conquest is over
Someone said viserys being the loving guy he is probably made balerion comfortable to finally die that and this comment of urs gets me 😓
King of peace? Or the king who planted the seeds of one of the worst wars that would lead the entire Targaryen dynasty to its weakest.
I think viserys being such a loving guy made balerion feel comfortable enough to die.
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I like this , it’s canon now for me
That is probably the best analysis I've heard so far.
Damn thats cold
@@Blacklla I wouldn't say cold. Just somber... Poor dragon.
Balerion: I'm too old for this shit.
After Aerea, I can't blame him for being done.
@@sapphicgeek24the big question is still what did he face there ? With those many great fresh wounds,
I still think that a few dragons escape the doom and still wander there, it has to be a big one, nothing else could wound Balerion
@@thedarkblackspeedy3140 honestly thats my theory as well there might be wild dragons still on valeria
@@clayandros2038 I find it very difficult, because there is nothing there that sustains life, apart from the theory that he found Aurion and his dragon, I imagine that he may have fought a Firewyrm which is the only type of being that is capable of surviving there. But about having dragons there, I would have this as ruled out because dragons need to eat a lot to grow and there is practically no food there.
Viserys i : Ok
Balerion: 'Viserys...you're a nice kid but I am over 200 years old. My joints are aching, my back is killing me and its cold up in the air! I just want to sit and relax. Where are my reading glasses?"
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I like to think that the keepers read to Balerion
I feel like Balerion would have the same speaking voice as Draco from Dragonheart.
HILARIOUS!!!
@@williepearl278That will be Sir Sean Connery.
Balerion: Look, my last rider wanted to go to Valyria and we both got fucked up. I'm done.
Besides Aerea getting those firewyrms inside her body, who do you think managed to fuck up Balerion?
A bigger dragon. Valeria still has unclaimed wild dragons who have never experienced captivity. Imagine what size they couldve reached @@jyotirani8187
@@jyotirani8187my wife I swear her nagging gave aerrea her fire worms and balerieon a wound help me if you dare!!!!
@@m3r594 just do what she asked the first time without making her get after you like a child.
@jyotirani8187 wait, do you think viserys contracted what she had? From riding him?
No betrayal here, Balerion was just far too old.
Balerion imho wasn't just old: he was broken. He saw Valyria, his "home" burnt and destroyed, and he almost died there and suffered terrible injuries and lost his rider.
He probably just gave up at that point. He was there physically, but gave up on life
Or poisoned.. it’s kinda suggested that the dragons were messed with by the maesters. Probably to weaken the great house.. but I’d have to go back and find what book I read that in.
well they where locked in the Dragon pits so they got to little movment and to little food
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they wheren´t on the volcanoes
so they where in to cold surroundings
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and they where probalby poisoned
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and they did to much incest
with way to few acessable mates
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and the dragons that did get to mate where more often the not the weak and sicly once becouse thouse didn´t die in stupid wars
As far as I know, Balerion's wounds never healed as well it wasn't just old age.
@baronbrummbar8691 your comment hurt my brain
”Had become sluggish, heavy and was No longer fearsome beast of the past” my guy it’s a dragon the size of a building that can melt and destroy castles. Claiming it’s not fearsome anymore is just wild.
Of Dragons grow their whole life, then there is a point where they start suffocating because the muscles in their chest aren’t strong enough to support breathing. If Balerion had reached that point, then it is entirely possible that he wasn’t really fearsome in comparison to the younger dragons who could and would kill you if you did a wrong move, simply because he was going out of breath by moving himself. In theory he is still incredibly strong, but his weight limits him both in movement and breathing.
If it can't get to said castle.. who cares?
Duuude....@@stealthretarius9972
That's what the books said too though so...
If you’re outside King’s Landing, then a Dragon that was of such an advanced age that it refuses to fly literally anywhere else - you’d think it was less fearsome too… Considering it’s essentially out of the picture in terms of warfare… It can still be respected, but nobody is going to fear it anymore.
They basically caged Balerion after the Aerea incident he was also badly injured during that as well. I think keeping him in the dragon pit caused his demise. They should’ve kept him on dragonstone.
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Dragons are sentient creatures in ASOIAF, one doesn’t command a dragon so I don’t think they could MAKE him do anything.
@@hawk66100 we are sentient creatures and we get told what to do everyday.
@Katsu_ragi difference is he had less of a reason to listen
@@Katsu_ragiYeah because they have the means to force us to do something if we refuse to. Balerion was the biggest and most brutal dragon in Westeros’s history, no one had the means to force it to do anything 😂
Balarion just wanted to enjoy a relaxing retirement.
Nothing fucks you harder than time.
-Sir Davos of House Seaworth
The Onion Knight
Lots things do.
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Amen 🙏🏾
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 but Time is still the biggest of dildos.
He was over 200 yrs old, even Vaghar was slower in Dance of the Dragons and he was younger than the beautiful BLACK DREAD!
I thought vhagar was a she dragon🤷🏻♂️
Vhagar is female but people often think she's a male @@lmfao1314
@@lmfao1314 dragons in got literally choose which reproductive parts they have. “as changeable as flame” it’s described as so they are kinda both. My theory is it depends on the dragon rider but it’s most likely they just choose depending on their mate.
@@ayecae47 Oooh okay! i just always thought Balerion was primarily male and that Meraxes and Vhagar were primarily female but I find that really interesting so thank you for that little tidbit of information and I appreciate you for not coming at my jugular for not knowing that information because you know how some GOT/HOTD fans can be when you don't know every single fact and piece of information so thank you I appreciate you for being kind in your response teaching me something rather than making me feel like I'm stupid lol💯🤝🏻😊
@lmfao1314 Yeah, that's cringe. Don't comment under our hilts hurt channel then. The creators are as bad as the viewers, and they are just kinda dumb.
Imagine coming back half dead after seeing your desolated home and while your in retirement they’re still to work you
He was fkn wounded, what on earth are you on about...
He returned from Valyria with a collection of new scars and one particular huge wound of which nobody ever knew what caused it, but it must've been horrible.
That and the age withered Balerion a good chunk before his time.
He was as old as Vhagar was during the dance when the dragonkeepers called him sluggish and slow, but Vhagar at that age was still quite mobile. So his visit to Old Valyria must've been the reason he grew old so fast.
Balerion was closer to 250 years old at the time when Viserys “claimed” him. You even said it yourself that he was old. Balerion served the Targaryen’s very well during his lifetime, put some respect on his name
208 years old give or take
Put some respec on it! 😂💀
Bruh it’s a fkn book stfu with the respect bullcrap
There’s actually nothing in the lore that indicates a dragons life expectancy or if they have a growth cap. We all know they grow larger when free and most of the dragons in this story grew up in the dragon pit or in the caves of dragon stone. It’s very possible he could have grew even bigger and older had he been a wild free dragon like the cannibal. As far as his health decline, he was fine before he was claimed by princess Rhena’s daughter and flew off to no one knows where. Only upon return from the disappearance did he come back changed. For the first time the fierce beast was truly injured and never fully recovered from the injuries indicated to be the worst he’d ever suffered and both external and internally. It is widely speculated that he would have lived longer had he never encountered whatever it was that hurt him. So the theory that he reached his max size and end of his life isn’t actually known. And being that every other Dragon was killed or died young, there is no way of knowing.
i saw a theory about that was when he flew back to old valyria that he layed eggs
@@jesuschrist9597How would a male lay eggs……
@@a.j.1819carefully! 😂
Yeah now he just wants to sit in the dragon pits and think of the audacity of them for hurting him, he's literally in the dark in disbelief 😂 he's a Leo 😅
@@a.j.1819 The same way Frogs do.
Actually, Viserys did technically ride on another dragon. As an infant his mother took him and Daemon on her dragon at least once. That dragon was Meleys, who later became the dragon of Princess Rhaenys, the Queen Whi Never Was.
Joffrey Velaryon rode on an another dragon besides Tyraxes too ☠️☠️😂😂
@@nicksmithnutmilk He did. I was just pointing out that Viserys himself did actually ride on another dragon besides Balerion.
@@nicksmithnutmilk and that was his last ride
True, Viserys did accompany his mother and brother on her dragon as an infant. However, in the context of Targaryen tradition, claiming a dragon typically refers to establishing a lifelong bond with one specific dragon, which Viserys didn't do until later in his life.
@@nicksmithnutmilkyes. I wonder why Rhaenyra didn't take her children for a ride on Syrax with her after they were born. That might've prevented the incident.
Balerion was roughly 40 when the Doom struck Valyria. He was almost 150 when the Conquest took place. Dude was almost 250-260 in his age. That isnt to say he was old. It is a statement that when he returned from the ruins of his home something had changed. He had a scar almost 12 feet long (recorded as a 9 foot smoldering black wound that steamed with his blood) which was not there before. Dude was a bred fighter through and through. Respect that title he earned in battle and destruction
balerion: im in my prime!!!
balerions knees : the fawk you are!
He didn’t refuse Viserys said that he didn’t think he’d make it and He does the next day
Theres a theory that it was the maesters who were responsible for the decline of the dragons, so i wouldnt be surprised if they had poised the black dread which was the greatest symbol and weapon of the targaryens
Why did the maesters have it out for the Targs so badly?
@@licia_bobishka Dragons are flying nukes that can deliver horrible deaths upon entire cities, are often commanded by insane royalty, and can reproduce.
Dragons are cool in a TV show but if I lived in a world like this I'd be all in for poisoning the dragon kind.
@@licia_bobishka the hated magic because only the gifted few could accomplish magic
@@licia_bobishka The maesters were probably still terrified after the damage that Aegon I and his sisters did during the Conquest.
Shhh, it was Otto Hightower who killed Black Dread
Balerion was a beaten Dragon ever since what happened to it in its disappearance
What DID happen? Such a fascinating story. What could have harmed him in that way?
@@roddo1955 i dont know much details but one Targaryen princess rode balerion all the way back to the old valyria. And they returned totally messed up. Till to this day there is no good theory on what did such damage to the black dread, the largest dragon known to westeros.
@@roddo1955Balerion encountered a Fire Wyrm supposedly, they were pretty much wingless and legless Dragon/worms, but ofc incredibly strong and can breath fire too
@@roddo1955 It's intentionally left a mystery by GRRM. No one knows what happened there.
Nope, Balerion died because of his 1st rider Valeryon. He burned some of the valeryon and the others being eaten that's why his color change into black nigga dragon. And died because of black poison.
He didn’t betray him. He was just literally an old ass man and was on death’s door. He literally died like half a year later after this it’s a miracle that he lifted himself in the air and flew around the city even.
I still want to see Balerion in a show. I hope they adapt Aegon's conquest in the future
they will it is sooo hugely requested there is no way they dont it will make them a pretty penny
It’s on the works alongside Dunk&Egg
I'd watch the shit out of it and the dunk and egg stories
Aegon's conquest and Robert's Rebellion are what I want to see the most.
Uhhhh the dragon was tired as shit, you even said it yourself "died old". Why make this complicated??
It's a youtube short. Don't expect quality.
Man i just wanna see Balerion The Black Dreead in his full live action form, that would be a sight to behold 🥹♥️😍
Everyone knew how unwell Balerion was after his ride back to the Valyrian ruins with Princess Aerea. I think Visarys intentionally claimed Balerion because he personally wasnt interested in being a dragon rider beyond he felt it was his birth right to claim a dragon. His mother flew him on her dragon with her when he was a baby and he still picked the dragon everyone knew was declining, injured, and hadnt flown in years. It always struck me as a weird choice when there were so many other options for him.
It also that everyone thought Balerion was done for and would never fly again. It is only for Viserys alone, that he flew briefly one last time. Remember, Viserys was chosen by a council and many people still were divided about him and wanted Rhaenys/Laenor instead. And Viserys did not have a dragon. So, Balerion riding with him one last time before dying was him giving Viserys his "blessing" as the rightful king.
@@abyrupus Visarys had claimed Balerion and flown him the one time years before the councel was even thought of. He was no longer a dragon rider when he was chosen. I dont think he was given Balerion's blessing. No one else even made an attempt to claim him after Aerea died, anyone else who thought about it was talked out of it by the dragon pitt masters. If anything Balerion dying immediatly after Visarys claiming him and Visarys being dragonless by the time of the counsel shows he wasnt worthy. Targaryan's health is also directly tired to their dragon's health and he was riddled with a flesh eating virus most of his time as a dragonless king.
I mean, it's pretty badass to say you claimed the largest one ever known and everything tied with him.
@@viceb7 I guess that is a matter if perspective because that just isnt how I see it. Everyone knew Balarion was on the way out the door amd hadnt flown in decades. Even the dragon pit masters convinced his mother into claiming a different dragon over a decade before he was born because they knew he wasnt going to live much longer and she could get a younger healthier dragon. That is how she ended up claiming Maelys. I can see how there is a novelty about claiming him but there is no way Visarys thought he was going to be flying frequently or for long. Visarys 100% knew what he was getting and still said the novelty of claiming a dying dragon with a cool history was better than claiming a different dragon who he could ride regularly. To me is makes him seem weak and lame not badass. It is like going into a boxing match with a former champion for the thrill of saying you beat a champion but the champion you challage is 97 years old and can barely stand anymore. Sure you beat them but it doesnt say anything good about you.
Shortcut: Balerion died of aging when Viserys mounted him for the first time.
The rest is BS
Viserys claiming things he shouldn’t have, Balerion, the Iron Throne
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I heard that too. Dragons live as long they have something to eat. And also has no limits to its size.
Once it grow big it cannot grow smaller just thinner. And if starves dies like any wild animal which failed to sustain itself. Happens what often with black or brown bears. They eat each other. But only after other options are seemingly out of reach. They fight each other too without their riders commands. Also I heared Dragons doesnt get sick.
But who knows for shure. It doesnt has a fixated lifespan. Dies in battle,accidents,and starvation or whatever else is there left for them to end their lives.
Time catches catches up to us all even great dragons !
They can live up to 200 years unlike fragile humans who mostly die around 80
Balerion probably: “I’m too old for this sh**!”
No betrayal. I can imagine what Balerion thought: "Dude, I'm too old for this, I can't. I going to take a nap😴"
"The black dread" sounds fckng cool
Ageons Conquest deserve another banging show
Visery’s was an idiot. So many death could’ve been avoided if he didn’t do dumb things.
He trusted anyone but his brother and put his daughter life on the line so often…
Low-key a terrible King.🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Viserys should have married Daemon to Rhaenyra and named Daemon heir. He should have married Laena and waited for her to grow up. They when they had children, Viserys and everyone else would see any male hier would have a better claim than a sibling. But keep the dragon riders blood close, Hightower should not have been brought into it.
@@movieloverfan18 He obviously didnt want to name Daemon his heir and for good reason. What he should've done was push down Daemon in the line of succession until he was beneath Rheanyra. This way, when he had a male heir, that kid would take first place, Rheanyra second and Daemon third. The dance is avoided.
@@movieloverfan18 He should have named Aegon II heir.
Viserys was control by a vagina. The oldest ploy in the world. Bad handful the king with ambitions to steal the crown. Funny how quickly he went downhill after the first son was born. He wasn't much older than his brother yet looked a century older. He should have never touched his hands, daughter and especially his daughter's BFF. It was bad enough her mother died trying to birth a son but to have her BFF's life to also be to produce an heir that would rob her crown? Gross. And her BFF willingly seducing the king on the eve of his wife's death? I guess she is lucky he didn't try to keep the blood line lure by marrying her. Perhaps Baleron sensed the moral depravity and weakness of his rider. The dragons are deeply bonded with their riders so he also knew he was ill. It was just another damaged relationship he caused and left to rot and fend for itself.
Leave him guys, he's just a random guy who doesn't like Viserys and who spams the same message copied and pasted on each story where we talk more or less about Viserys.. Sad life 😂
I subscribe to the theory that the Maesters were poisoning the Dragons. Balerion was over 200 at that point but there are so many hints in ASOIAF that the Maesters are unified in trying to rid Westeros of magic.
Bro really saw viserys might be shit and called it time out 😭😭😂😂😂
I think that experience made him realize the dragons have a mind of their own and the control they think they have is a fascade.
are There no giant ships, that cruise the Caribbean...and serve Ice Cream to retired Dragons?
We all have days where we get up out of bed with energy to conquer the day, and other days where we don’t wanna get up at all.
I love his quote “The idea that we control the dragons is an illusion” and Aemond prove it
That first image of him.......... I have trouble sleeping knowing there was something out there like that.
Imagine going up to your great grandpa that used to be strong and work his ass off, now old, sluggish and dying, and saying “I feel betrayed by your failing health!”.
Not far off the same principle.
For people who pay attention to lore…
The black dress was heavily wounded during his long disappearance prior. Which never properly healed, and he was weakened from then on spending his last decades staying inside his lair until that day he flew Viserys. And then passed the following year.
Thats crazy that they both ended up losing all they worked for at old age. Balerion was that og dragon that saw the conquest and pretty much saw the last true king, then that king went on to die and the whole kingdom with him.
Balerion’s last rider being the peaceful king in one of the most peaceful eras ever because of his help makes his death not only well deserved and makes complete sense.
Balerion was just too old at that point and Viserys mourned for him so much he never claimed another dragon.
Balerion has the best resume out of all the dragons. Witnessed the doom of Valyria and the rise of the Targaryen Dynasty. So much history involved with him. 💪🏿
Balerion just thought Vicerys lost his opportunity by never mounting him before. He knew he was fearful
What kind of stupid question is this? I suppose Balerion ‘faked’ his death soon after???
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I saw a theory that when Balerion returned from Valyria he had the same parasites in him as the princess but as a dragon, his blood was hot enough to handle it and they slowly killed him.
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Fajnie że mówisz też o innych, mniej popularnych książkach a nie tylko pozycjach znanych z bookmediów
“It is passed my nap time kid! Screw you imma go home”
I think that balerion would have lived much longer if they didn't put them in a goddamn cage. I can't even imagine how painful that would be for a dragon to be trapped in a box. I know there were a lot of reasons the targaryens were assholes. But I think it's very appropriate that their empire fell after they started imprisoning dragons in the dragon pit
The only way a dragon grows is if it’s allowed to roam freely & eat
Through that dragon bond was the conquerors visions passed on
Have you read the books? Balerion was also hurt prior to that and never recovered from it. So it's natural he didn't have the strength given that he was old, injured and too big to fly. He didn't even come out of the dragonpit in his last years
You’d think there life spans would be longer but it makes sense why it not long since they grow as they age, could you imagine a 500 year old well fed dragon.💀🥶
Now I know "the idea that we control dragon is an illusion" comes from
Balerion; "Viserys I'm old n tired I need somewhere to begin to rest, gotta go out with some of my fire still going, I feel as old n tired as you will look right b4 you die Visy."
“Im old, Im tired, My bones ache, Fetch me a servant who can read so they may tell me a bedtime story, Im Sleepy”- Balerion the black dread enjoying his retirement.
The old dude was just knackered and retired. He thought if dragonstone was that close, then the lazy human could go by boat
Helped to conquer a whole kingdom, yet they want more.
Balerion got pretty jacked up when he flew aerea to old valyria. She got infested with some kind of heat producing parasite worms and balerion had massive wounds on his body. He was possibly infested with those same parasites that killed his rider and it was also possible that he was wounded by a massive firewyrm. He was old and injured.
It was asid in the book Balerion didn't have much strength left in him, Viserys flew him around Kings landing 3 times, but knew he wouldn't have the strength to make it the whole way to dragonstone, Balerion was old and the injury he suffed when he was taken to old valyria weakened him in his twilight years
Bro wanted to chill from his old Valyria trip
Belerion: "LET ME DIE ALREADY"
It id known thst Balerion had a fireworm infestation. He was plagued with parasites, which he passed on to the other dragons. Thst ended them.
hoping we get to see this on the show.. like a flash back
Balerion: Aegon you better saved up some good meet for me, because I am coming back to you
Balerion was an old boy by that time. Viserys was a calm man with a gentle demeanor. I'm sure it felt good to Balerion in his old age to have a rider that was sympathetic to his old age. It's a shame that Viserys never claimed another dragon after Balerion but it's poetic that possibly the greatest king of Westeros was the last rider of the greatest dragon.
I don't think it was either one. I think it was the fyre wyrms parasites of Valyra that killed him and robbed him of his strength
Reminds me of Vhagar looking like a tired Godzilla going up into the sky.
He wasn’t just old he was also still suffering from severe wounds when he disappeared to Valaryia
I want to go way back from house of dragon timeline now and see those storylines come to life
Balerion was just over it by the time Viserys arrived on the scene
I’m sure dragons have PTSD too maybe Baleryboo just simply didn’t want no more
I think its a sign that despite everything Visery's was a good enough man to have Balerion's respect.
I just need to see Balerion on screen in an adaptation of Aegon's Conquest
200yrs old, size of a mountain.... Buddy needed a nap
“According to books…”
Well la di da
Can’t wait for the Aegon the Conqueror stories of HOTD to see Balerion in his prime
I think it was more symbolic he realised that Balerion was the lynch pin of the Targaryen dynasties centralised authority and realised the power vacuum that would occur after its death.
When he came back from Belaria he wasnt the same. He had a wound that made him weak and he stayed in the dragon pit until he was claimed by visarys. But even by then he had grown old and he wasnt active and he was already dying.
Balerion: no need to go to dragonstone, lad. You belong on the iron throne, viserys
Also maybe cause Balerion never actually recovered from his trip to Valyria when Aerea Targaryen escaped on his back and he took her there. When came back about a year or so later, even he had wounds. Several half healed ones. And one that was still fresh, going down about the quarter length of his body
Viserys: one last time
Balerion: 🙄.....hawk Tua!
With Gratitude! ! !❤⚜️❤
Blessed Be! ! !❤🙏❤
Viserys being the last rider of Balerion is enough already for the dragon to die in peace
When Veros was young after Damon was born, his mother took him up to fly on Miley’s the fastest dragon in Westeros
Using lore alone Vyseris was a very neutral character and as such he could’ve possibly forced Balerion to fly where he wanted but likely satisfied the urge by flying around the red keep and didn’t want to force the issues.
from what i know he got fearsome rider in the past when he feel loving aura from this peacful guy he think yeah this is not my time any more peace out .
I wonder if Viserys took Baleron to the keep windows to show him his model set of old Valeria? Maybe he thought he could ask his opinion on it?
I never accuse my 15yo hound of betraying me when he doesn't feel like fetching a ball.
It was Viserys who ended up not making Balerion fly to dragonstone- He said he would have liked to, but Balerion was Clearly struggling and was very very old.
Maybe it really was due to old age, and/or the aftermath of his journey to old Valyria finally caught up to him. He wasn't bonded to anyone since Aerea (if he bonded with her at all) returned with him wounded
Balerion actually died from the wound from old Valyria when he traveled there with his old rider and she died after the visit there as well
To all show-only people, the dragon had previously been claimed by a targ girl who was then taken across the sea by Bel against her will to the Old Valyria ruins where both the dragon and rider suffered injuries.
The girl was infected with some horrifying magical insects/monsters that essentially boiled her from the inside, and the dragon was scraped deep by something that must have been formidable and VERY large.
The dragon never recovered, and was most likely infected with some sort of magical disease. This also may be an explanation for the health issues of King V, as he was the next and last person to claim/ride Bel after that incident.
”Balerion had wounds as well. That enormous beast, the Black Dread, the most fearsome dragon ever to soar through the skies of Westeros, returned to King’s Landing with half-healed scars that no man recalled ever having seen before, and a jagged rent down his left side almost nine feet long, a gaping red wound from which his blood still dripped, hot and smoking.”
It was that visit to old valyria that did Balerion in
"Dragons never stop growing as long as they live, and they can live for centuries, though many died in combat before reaching such an age."
Whatever he fought with when he went back to Valyria is what killed him
Raynera's dragon was the mum to her son's Lucas (RIP) dragon that is why they were both crying/screaming on that beach