Aegon became involved in the wars in the Disputed Lands when Pentos and Tyrosh approached him, inviting him to join a grand alliance against Volantis, and he chose to heed their call. After the other four of Aenar's dragons died, Balerion became the last creature to have seen the Freehold in its prime.īalerion was eventually claimed by Lord Aegon Targaryen, some time before he married his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys. He was born in Valyria, and was one of the five dragons Aenar Targaryen brought with him when he fled to Dragonstone to survive the Doom of Valyria. Prince Viserys believed the dragon no longer had the strength to fly from King's Landing to Dragonstone.īalerion was willful, and not a beast to trifle with.īalerion was named after an ancient god of the Valyrian Freehold. When Prince Viserys Targaryen claimed the dragon that year, the dragon struggled to take to the air. He had grown sluggish and heavy and was difficult to rouse. By 93 AC, Balerion had finally stopped growing. His teeth were as long as swords, and his jaws were large enough to swallow an aurochs whole, or even one of the hairy mammoths that are said to roam the cold wastes beyond the Port of Ibben. His wingspan was so large that his shadow could engulf entire towns when he passed overhead. When he was in the fullness of his power, his flames could melt steel and stone, and fuse sand into glass.īalerion was the largest of all the Targaryen dragons since Aegon's Conquest. His fire was black, sometimes with swirls of red. Other known riders of Balerion were King Maegor I Targaryen, Princess Aerea Targaryen and Viserys I Targaryen (although Balerion died before Viserys became king).īalerion died of old age in 94 AC during the reign of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen, around two hundred years old.īalerion's scales and wings were black. He was ridden by King Aegon I Targaryen during the Conquest, alongside his sister Queen Visenya's Vhagar, and his sister Queen Rhaenys's Meraxes. A dragon never stops growing, Your Grace, so long as he has food and freedom." -Arstan Whitebeard to Daenerys Targaryen.īalerion, called the Black Dread, was a dragon of House Targaryen. He was so large he could swallow an aurochs whole. "Balerion the Black Dread was two hundred years old when he died during the reign of Jaehaerys the Conciliator. his fire was as black as his scales, his wings so vast that whole towns were swallowed up in their shadow when he passed overhead." - Daenerys Targaryen to her bloodriders It was said that Vhagar's breath was so hot that it could melt a knight's armor and cook the man inside, that Meraxes swallowed horses whole, and Balerion. Visenya's dragon was Vhagar, Rhaenys had Meraxes, and Aegon rode Balerion, the Black Dread. ![]() "Aegon's dragons were named for the gods of Old Valyria. "The last living creature in all the world who saw Valyria in its glory." -writings of Barth
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