Hats off to the mind of GRRM who created this fictional world. Which seems like more believable then the real one. Really so intriguing and interesting.

I hope that House of The Dragon will be spread across different timelines following the events around -the doom of Valyria -Aegon’s conquest - Dance -Robert’s rebellion

I like it when someone discusses the history of Valyria, Westeros and all these works of GRR Martin as if it was real part of human history

I think if HBO want to do a spin-off, Valyria is where they should do it. Imagine a Gladiator style story for game of thrones

I’m just trying to imagine the size that Valyria would have to be to be the home of ALL the dragons of 40 families. Who knows how many dragons were actually flying around out there

Interesting. I don't think House Targaryen benefited by becoming the only dragon riders left in the world. I imagine they were comfortable as a smaller less powerful house. For them to be left as the sole family of dragon riders, left them vulnerable to may other power houses attempting to over throw and seize their dragons. They were not accustomed nor prepared to suddenly become the center of power and conflict. I think it's why it was well over 100 years before House Targaryen made a move to become the center of power in Westeros.

I just want to know who that first madman was that said "you know what, I think I'm going to climb on that fire-breathing monstrosities back and ride it."

Return of the Gray Lady

Valyria as an animated series would be to good 👌🏾 I hope HBO does it

I’m looking forward to seeing Lord Corlys “seasnake” Velaryon !! What a legend

The histories of ASOIAF are so much more interesting than are current story, imo. Not even because of all the dragons. Also I think there was too much magic being used in the area causing 'The Doom', overuse of magic.

I'm still heartbroken over how D&D treated my Dragon Queen!! Still say that Drogon flew Daenerys 2 Volantis and the Red Temple of R'hollor where Kinvara is waiting! She deserves her revenge but I would be happy with her just ruling in the East.

I believe the Doom was the same reason Moria died. They dug too deeply into the earth and you simply can't do that on volcanic soil.

There were a few other dragon lords that survived the doom. All died very soon after the doom. One lead a huge army from a free state and none were found again.

It would be great to learn about the names of the other Valyrian dragonlord famlies besides the Targaryens and Baelaeres'. It would be great if there was a prequel show on Valyria and the Dragonlord families.

I’m craving a Valyrian or Asshai/Shadowlands/Yi-Ti book and show so bad. I find it so spectacularly intriguing.

I can tell you really put in so much work in this video that you've been working hard on. Amazing job per usual, keep the juice flowing I'm also convinced the maesters are the reason why the Stone men occupy valyria to prevent people from exploring & learning from them.

Doom of Valyria and Dance of the Dragons would be great HBO series. Would also loved to see a spin off series regarding the most mysterious and otherworldly places in the map like the east or south. Even the Great Empire of the Dawn.

I feel like I should be watching this to help me study for an upcoming history exam. It’s so compelling!

I misssed this kind o videos. GoT history is so cool to listen, especially when the reader is GrayArea!! Thanku 🍕😚

This is one of the best videos I've seen on the history of Valyria. I could listen to you all day!

Lady Gray , great vid as always. Valyria and the Valyrians are certainly one of the most fascinating elements of the narrative and its history , from their origins , the heights of power they reached and their eventual demise via The Doom and one that I always enjoy delving into and discussing. And their descendents make up a key amount of importance in the current ASoIaF narrative. Of course a lot of the particulars are not known with the Valyrians , most aspects of them at any stage from their rise to their fall is mostly conjecture and speculation ; of which you seemed to hit on most of them. Very informative vid and you seemed to discuss many possibilities for the contested topics and theories regarding Valyria at every stage. I personally think the Valyrian's dragon origins came from some outreach or more likely a remnant of the fallen EotD who taught them secrets such as dragon breeding , riding and likely the genetic component that is seemingly necessary to maintain such things as well as likely the recipe for dragon-steel. I just think the Valyrians took it to another level , a twisted one at that which previously probably did not involve blood magic and sacrifice to achieve such ends but the Valyrians were curious and likely implemented such things to push the limits of what they were taught from the EotD. Their governmental structure did seem like a sort of Republic / Empire / Oligarchy hybrid system although the exact particulars are not really known either beyond a few textual clues. But it also can not be ignored that the Valyrians seemed to become a brutal borderline evil empire / regime who ruthlessly conquered , killed , enslaved on a massive scale with torture and seemingly twisted experimentation on many levels along the way ; which of course led to them creating many enemies. Which leads us to The Doom , there are numerous theories , dug to invasively and deep around the Fourteen Flames , in-fighting between the Dragonlords , Lannister gold , the Targs themselves but for me a joint conspiracy between Braavos and the Citadel who likely employed the Faceless Men (eventually based in Braavos) to take out the Fire-mages which initiated The Doom is the most likely imo. Both entities had ample motivation and means to work together towards making that happen. Anyway , look forward to much more content about the book material pertaining to the Valyrians and more so the Targs in the lead up to HotD from you Gray , as a great refresher and discussion resource .

The explanation regarding the Valyrian Wars is that people didn't fight Valyria. They fought one or another House of Valyria. The Ghiscari only fought individual Houses which is why they never felt the full might until the end when all the Houses united against them. The same with the Rhoynar. This is rather suggestive in that it wasn't Valyria which was responsible for all the evil things they did, but individual Houses.

I love any and all Valaryan content!

Lady Gray very often I find myself going back and rewatching hundreds of your videos. They always touch my soul.Thank you

i luv how this feels like actual history lol

Your voice is so soothing I can’t even imagine who else has a better voice than you. Please do more I can’t get enough.😍

This is my first time watching the gray lady and damn...that was probably the best game of thrones lore video I’ve seen! Time to binge these videos!

I remember the first time I came across one of your videos years ago. When I was looking for an news of the games of thrones daily. Back then I spent hours nearly daily listening to your voice and your ideas about what's to come Sadly the television series ruined my interest in games of thrones I said all this to say I'm glad to see your channel is still doing well and still growing All your hard work is paying off.

This is as amazing as I knew it would be! Great work Gray!

LONG LIVE HOUSE TARGARYEN...LONG LIVE MY KHALEESI...

I like that Brightroar theory a lot! I could see both that and Daena’s dream being true. And btw, since you ended this talking about Moqorro, I can’t wait to read more of him in Winds!

I can't believe how late I am to this channel and all of these incredible videos!! I'm definitely making up last time catching up to all of these but I have to say this is my favorite most comprehensive video I've seen on UKposts regarding Valeria!!!!🤩

You have such a cool channel! So much information! It’s really cool to me how passionate and knowledgeable you are about the whole world of Game of Thrones. I am a big fan of the series, I have never read the books but with this channel I feel like I could learn a lot about this world of Game of Thrones and the prequel so cool. ❤🐉

I want a prequel book/show about Valyria.

I'm glad to see Gray taking up this subject. We waited two years for a final season to GOT. And she kept us going all the days and months in between. I'm confident this channel can fill in the wait for House of Dragon (HOD) by a focus on producing vids like these. She is best qualified to give us some 'flames to get us through the valyrian nights' just like the 'juice that got us through the long night'. So I look forward to her chapter by chapter, character by character, dragon by dragon coverage of Fire and Blood over the next two years wait. Thank you Gray!

This is more information that I can usually find in Valyria videos thankyou ❤️

Not all of the Valyrians where dragon Lords. House Valerion weren't dragon lords and not all Targaryans have thecright temperament to tame dragons. It makes sense that some used horns because they didnt have the confidence to tsme them without one.

This vide was supper informative, you did an awesome job putting it together!

I absolutely freaking love your recaps with a mind of someone who is knowledgeable about the subject material, but also with a real life IDGAF mentality. Seriously, you are my fav!!

They should do the start when valeria was still around back when the city flourished. That would be badass

Omg. You've got that best voice😍

Just read us the books, I'll pay for that!

They will be incorporating a Valyrian orientated series, based 1000 years before the events of HOTD. The place seems awe-inspiring.

I love hearing you read the stories

You are such a brilliant writer, I love listening to your essays.

Good job! I can tell you put alot of work into this. Keep em coming

Thanks for this. I can't believe you put this together two years ago. Glad you made it.

in my minds the Valyrians were peaceful sheep rearers who lived in harmony with the more peaceful dragons who migrated from the shadow lands earning there trust similar to nettles feeding them sheep and flew about Valyria heading dragons in peace. As this story reached the empire of geese they thought ha, well, Valyrians are peaceful it would be easy to kill them and tame their dragons. that's when the Valyrians started using there dragons for defence and war against the old empire. but as they had never used them for war before they didn't truly understand it, struggling to command there fire (the command Dracarys wasn't being obeyed). so then that's when they stared to use science, probably infecting dragons blood into themselves and there blood into dragons to form a bond After time this bond became hereditary.

Valyrian’s are descendants of the Great Empire of the Dawn, particularly the Amethyst Empress & her line. Her line became refugees during the Long Night, as did many peoples, they ended up settling down in the Valyrian Peninsula. They eventually rediscovered their draconic connection, & created the Valyrian Freehold.

You don't know how much I needed this today. Bless you 🙏🏽

I wish they did a series about old Valyria

I love your videos. They help with the stories and your voice is super pleasant to go along with the videos.

Hell yes!!! I don't know what program you use, but this looks freakin fantastic!! Thanks Gray❣️✌️

This is wonderful! Fabulous video, you do really good work❤️

Castlevania-style mini-series about the Doom of Valyria would be a dream come true for me.

Excellent clip! You have the voice of an angel. Thank you so much. I am enthralled with dragons and the history of Valyria. How facinating!

This narrator is perfect. That's all I can say. Subscribed !

Awesome video GrayArea!!! Can’t wait for the next one

Love your videos. Hope to see a lot more HOTD stuff!

I am 4 years late but this video is amazing! I am so happy I found your channel!

Thank you for this video. It was far more than I hoped for

Great video. I lean toward the red priests of R'hllor being the cause of the Doom of Valyria. It'd be interesting if Martin tied the magic used there into one of the methods they need to use to stop the Others at the conclusion of the books.

Gray area!!! Thankyou , you were the 1st channel that I ever subscribed too. Your voice, dicussing ASOIAF, just fits so perfectly .. your awesome Gray !! Thankyou

Glad you're back!

You should do some more lore videos on Yi Ti and Asshai. I really want to know when asshai came about/ was founded

Love your storytelling can't wait for this series

I absolutely love this video, as I always love all of your videos! I would say the worst thing that they did was take out all the magic. Then they admitted they took out the magic because they didn't understand it and wanted moms and football players to watch the show also. I'm a mom, my husband is a basketball coach, football coach, qand athletic director for high school and junior high school. Yet we still read and love fantasy!

I loved this! Keep up the good work! ♥️

That's a wonderful reading-- we're getting the emotion as well as the facts.

Love hearing you read. Great vid

A beautiful voice and a masterful narration. Great video and a great channel 👍☺️

Great video! I didn’t realize how much I didn’t know about the old history or GoT

Yesss, juice time! and a Valyrian video!!! ☺️☺️

I know this is an older video, and I'm re-watching it again. It struck me how this Doom is mirrored in real history. How many mighty Dynasties have fallen. From The Great Egyptian historical Pharaohs, The Roman Empire, Even the lore of Atlantis, Greek Mythology, The Myan Empire and the archeological finds of Temples in Cambodia, China ect.. The lost technologies and Civilizations like Easter Island the Celtic history, Persian, Twiwanacu, Turkey, Syria and Iraq Hittite and Assyria Empires. To listen to a fictional world created by an Author with world's in such intricate of histories, geological mapping and lores like Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings series. It makes listening to these stories all the more captivating.

Wow this was a bunch of great info. You are a good storyteller too. 😊

Wow i cant wait to dive in to the book. Just ordered the 5 book series. I binge watched GOT just finished it. It was about the best shoe ive ever seen. I loved it.

This is an excellent voice for audiobooks. 🔥

This was purely amazing!!

I love your voice! So relaxing

Perfect narration! Well detailed and 8th point

Yesss so excited for every vid

Finally more videos about content I like!!!!!!

Luv our sweet summer mama. I check often for posts but only for game of thrones. Thankyou again !

Loved it!!! Thanks for sharing!

You gave me goosebumps!

You made understand the whole story in like 10 seconds. Spank you 😉

The narrator’s voice is perfect…

Great video. Love these and I really love the Atlantis of Goerge’s head.

Thanks For Doing A Song And Ice Fire Again thank you for coming back to your roots your grace 👑

Amazing! I love your readings

To honest I love everything about game of throne especially its history even though I know little about it. But because of you and your videos, I think I love it more now. Please continue to shower us with this kind of videos and am always with you the way and don't what to miss any video by any chance. We love you and your videos because you know exactly what you are saying at that particular moment and anyone could tell that you know more, you have researched about it and I also love your voice projection, it is just amazing to listen to. To be honest, I stop whatever I was doing the moment I receive the notification of your videos and listen to it attentively. Thank you for keeping us entertained.

I. LOVE it More fire in blood Looking Forward for The Show 🐉and 🐺and🦁

this is a really great video, i enjoyed watching this almos half n hour, pls make more out of this, thanks

Great work!

THX GREYAREA, I WAS CURIOUS ABT VALYRIA & IT'S HISTORY PRIOR TO THE CURTAINS OPENING & IS QUITE FASCINATING ~ THIS IS A KEEPER FOR MY TREASURE BOX~ 2 CENTS IN BERKELEY 🐾💜🐾🙋‍♀️ NEW SUBSCRIBER

Wonderfully done. Muh Lady Grey your voice is soothing like a thousand Harps playing... Miss your Wonderful Intro though. Thank you and looking forward to your next tail.

Loved it! You Rock!!

I can watch this all year long

Very well done video I loved this!!!