There must have been some great dynasties in the Freehold’s heyday

Probably had like 30 dragons and blood mages in the family

And how great were their dragons, considering Balerion is the only dragon in the story to have seen old Valyria, they must have been formidable if the black dread is anything to go by

@@minatodroger7890 At some point 300 Dragons from the 40 dragonrider families of Valyria (the top top elite) were sent against the Rhoynar, being the highest number of dragons presented at a single battle. Thats an average of 7-8 dragons per family at that given point.

How great they were probably led to their arrogance and downfall as well

Actually, that's the best thing that could happen to countless in this story.

​@@saymyname2417They would have founded out eventually that the number of wargs south of the wall has practically became extinct and eventually expanded into westoros .They would have benefitted a whole lot by incorporating it within the empire as westoros is abundant with precious ores that they are so ridiculously fond of and some of the most fertile lands in all the known world . But however for the lords and peoples under the freehold in Westoros life probably wouldn't have been great as under the targaryens, they would have been simply viewed as a renewable resource not living breathing humans .The lords and kings of the continent would have been annihilated and i could go on and on about the atrocities that would have been committed in Westoros by the valyrians

@@SherlockHolmesb-kp4ru - Sad but very true!

My 3 favourites are maegor, baelor and jahaerys all 3 of them show the parts needed to be a king but only jahaerys found that balance between ruthlessness, holiness, and diplomacy whereas maegor and baelor both swing way too far on one side

​@@user-op6kt8pg9yThe Old King really was the perfect balance.

Aegon The Artificer.

I agreeeeeeeeee

Aenar came with five dragons, most likely the doom of valyria affected the dragons, so eventually only the big three and maybe a few unnamed hatchlings were left. I‘d really love to see what the other 4 dragons Aenar brought with him looked like tho.

Sounds like a spinoff

I appreciate that, thank you

No

@@freyasworn2600 I said a bit not all of it

@@OtherworldlyGrey I said No

@@freyasworn2600 doesn't matter unless you're the one making it

Nah the mystery makes it cooler like Atlantis

I think it would be amazing if they could get great script writers. They could write about all sorts of different dragon lords.

As long as GRRM is alive he won't allow the mystery to die. The fans theory crafting and debating is part of what keeps the property alive, if you take away the mystery the real core fan base is on a decay timer

@@coleoswald8982 nope

It would have to be animated... don't have the cgi budget for all of that

George is such a history buff. The more I learn about history, the more I see how George blends it into his world.

That was deliberate.

u mean he is a copy paster@@CrusaderChris

Video on Bloodraven coming soon

@@CrusaderChris nice that should be cool

Brynden Rivers isn't a Targaryen!

@@jaweincosey1891 Dude, He is a Targaryen Bastard. And he is the 3 eyed raven in GOT. Also he is known as Bloodraven.

I'm sure he'd crush any dragon he sat on XD

Maegar the chad

I’ve definitely learned a lot from watching Alt Shift X, and even the poser Alt Schwift X. As well as a ton of other non-asoiaf creators. I’m curious where you see the similarities. There’s definitely some inspiration there. I just hope my work stands alone and isn’t TOO similar to anyone else’s.

I believe they tried using purple contacts early in filming season 1 of GoT, but they made Emilia Clarke very uncomfortable. Idk how difficult/expensive it'd be to CGI their eyes purple in HotD for every scene, but I'd definitely appreciate it. It's one of the coolest defining features of Valyrians.

Nani

Sure, but Summerhall wasn’t built until 186 AC, which is several decades after House of the Dragon takes place. It’s really not a big deal, though, just kinda funny.

Damn; I was going to make this comment

I wish we had more info of the Celtigars, I always felt they had potential to help the Targaryen lineage with some Valarian blood and prevent unnecessary incest

@@ConnorLikesPie Well unfortunately whatever was used to make dragons and what was done to bond Valyrians with dragons (blood magic) only stay within their specific families. That’s why even before the doom, Valyrian families have been marrying brother to sister for generations. The Targaryens are described as a dragon riding family who specialized in breeding war dragons. The Celtigars and the Velaryons didn’t really have that power. And the Targaryens couldn’t bond with the wild dragons because they didn’t have the specific type of blood magic to do that. But maybe feeding sheep 🐑 was the key. 😂

Targaryens flew. Velaryons sailed. Celtigars...kept the books balanced because fiscal responsibility is also important.

@@alexthelizardking 😂

You mean my sources? I cited every quote I used, and all the other information about Aegon comes from the books. Any of my own guesses/predictions I believe I made pretty clear, unless there’s something specific you’re talking about.

@@CrusaderChris apologies if this came across the wrong way. I didn’t want to listen to the video because of spoilers so I just wanted to know if you mentioned which books you got the info from that’s all, thanks for the reply!

Ohhh, ok. I usually add spoiler warnings but I didn’t this time, so my bad. There aren’t any spoilers for the main ASOIAF books, but I use some footage that would spoil Game of Thrones if you haven’t seen the show. There are minor spoilers for House of the Dragon season 1, but this video doesn’t spoil anything major from the books or the shows. This is just a lore video for what Aegon was doing way before the books or HotD start. Thanks!

It’s carved from wood.

@@CrusaderChris Gotcha. I heard in another video it was dragon glass that's how it lights up like that in the show. I had thought it was wood when I heard that so ya your probably right

We learn in A Clash of Kings that it’s made from wood when Stannis is on Dragonstone. GRRM calls it a “massive slab of carved wood.” I was just guessing that it’s driftwood; it could be any type of wood. So maybe that other video was just theorizing that the HotD Painted Table is different somehow.

BC means Before Conquest (Aegon’s Conquest). It’s a canon term. AC means After Conquest.

@@CrusaderChris thankyou..I thought is Before Cristh..I just saw the show this week end....I think I am a fan ....I dreamed dragons last night