Drogon is a bigger and stronger dragon than Caraxes. They were hundreds of years old, and were simply too big to fly as fast as younger dragons, which is how Daemon got the drop on Aemond. 1 year ago. Balerion. Balerion was willful and "not a beast to play with" according to the Wiki of Ice and Fire. For comparison, a 25 m blue whale weighs about 180,000 kg. Vhagar is officially 492ft / 150 meters. tikaychullo • 2 mo. However, Vermithor isn’t a lot smaller than Vhagar. Vhagar was born in 52BC and died in 130AC. which means there’s a big gap between the top of his eye socket and the top of the skull (not sure why he measured by the middle of the eye), whereas there is hardly any for Balerion due to the angle. Even though Vhagar wasn’t the. And the moment that Balerion arrived at a battle, no army was able to stand against the might of the dragon regarded as the strongest in the history of Westeros. For comparison, a 25 m blue whale weighs about 180,000 kg. Balerion is actually 91% bigger, almost twice the size of Drogon! Still, I took some subjective hypothesis so my calculations are not perfect. That could be the case since Aenar Targaryen brought FIVE dragons with him to Dragonstone. There's a reasonable chance that Aurion's dragon would be roughly the same age as Balerion and of a size to inflict damage. One could ride a horse down Vhagar's gullet. But the most convincing fact is that Balerion was said to. When Vhagar died it was almost as big as Balerion,(it lived like 150 more years than Meraxes) but during the conquest it was smaller than Meraxes. You’ll see his skull tho so you’ll definitely get a. This is Mi. Old post but Drogon grew so fast bacause he was born out of magic. 2. Meraxes could swallow horses whole. [13] Balerion was the largest of all the Targaryen dragons since Aegon's Conquest. Balerion was over 200, Vhagar was over 180. I imagine you need a ton of energy in order to produce that dragon fire. Is that not the case?Where as smaug is 427ft in the movie. But god damn Balerion and Vhagar are massive lol. Caraxes was described as many things, but he was never described as being. September 20, 2021 by Johnny Holland. the targs where a small family with 4 dragons. Dany has baby Dragons, Dorgon is just large enough to ride. Balerion's fire was used to forge the swords of Aegon's enemies into the Iron Throne. Last edited: Sep 18, 2018. Giving it about 10 or more times the mass of this. [1] Drogon is believed by some to be the reincarnation of. Even if he only got a foot longer each year, that’s about a century of added growth, an extra hundred feet of length. Makes all those people claiming Balerion's skull was too small look dumb. And this was at the end of his life too. Balerion was the mightiest Dragon born so far and was the largest and most powerful for quite some time. Officially Vhagar is bigger than Smaug. HOW BIG WAS BALERION THE BLACK DREAD? (Game Of Thrones Explained) So. For reference, Balerion was roughly 100 years old when Aegon invaded Westeros and died almost 100 years after that. he rode balerion cause he was a big geek and i love that :) Reply replyAnalysis of Dragon Sizes in advance of Game of Thrones Season 7Subscribe to this Channel: Game of Thrones: West. Vhagar at the start of the Dance, is nearly as big as Balerion was during Aegon Conquest*. Vhagar's size. By 75 AC, Meleys resided in the Dragonpit in King's Landing, never ridden before. Balerion was the largest of all the Targaryen dragons, his teeth were as long as swords and his jaws big enough he could have swallowed an auroch whole, or even one of the hairy mammoths. Vhagar is the greatest battle-tested Westerosi dragon of all time. In 43 AC, Maegor and Balerion killed Aegon the Uncrowned and his dragon, Quicksilver, in the Battle Beneath The God’s Eye; dispatching the Faith’s preferred monarch. In the episode we see Balerions skull, if we go off that he could swallow an Aurochs or even a small mammoth, it didnt really look possible as it didnt seem big enough. Balerion was big sure, but he surely wasn’t the only big dragon they had over the course of their time on Dragonstone. She’s probably around the size he was when Maegor. But: the Valyrian dragons might have gotten bigger because of spells and more magic around. "Balerion the Black Dread was two hundred years old when he died during the reign of Jaehaerys the. This is one of the few images I've seen that actually shows how big Balerion is. Published Jan 8, 2023 Here's all of Balerion the Black Dread's Targaryen dragon riders and what happens to them in George R. It was essentially THE symbol of the might of house targaryen, ridden by 3 targaryen kings in its lifetime. By the end of his life, Balerion was so massive that he had a hard time breathing and flying. Dany even thinks so, but decided to give him a new name; Drogon. If the majority of them weren't that big it would explain why their expansion was so limited and, combined with the fact that they apparently needed extremely. Where Game of Thrones. 19. He could swallow horse and rider whole and his flame, black and red as he was, was hot enough to melt stone. Of course, House of the Dragon is long over before Drogon is even born. It's noted in the Princess and the Queen novella that when ASOIAF dragons fight they largely forgo their fire-breath and instead fight with teeth and claws, often latching on with the teeth and then kicking with the rear legs, trying to disembowel their opponent. She is the mount of Rhaenys Targaryen. At 57, I imagine she would be a bit bigger than Seasmoke, who is in his 30s after the big time jump in the show? Meraxes was the second biggest, maybe in her 80s-90s. Along with eighteen [1] other Targaryen dragon skulls, Balerion's skull hung on a wall in the Red Keep's throne room. I've also found the number 46 kcal/kg, which more or less fits for the 1300 kcal/kg horse meat the cats are fed in captivity. In a behind-the-scenes video on the official Game of Thrones YouTube channel, visual effects Producer Nikeah Forde explained that Vhagar is. He should have taken Rhaena with him she was the better dragon rider and two dragons would have increased their chances immensely. 730K views 5 years ago. Recent news revealed that the last rider of Balerion the Black Dread was Prince Viserys Targaryen, who would eventually rule as King Viserys I. Balerion died because he was old, not cuz of where he was living. While Jaehaerys is very old, his former dragon mount Vermithor will still be a big part of the show. Balerion the Black Dread, greatest of all the Targaryen dragons, whom could swallow a mammoth whole and whose fire burned Harrenhal and forged the Iron Throne. 75 tons. By the time of the Dance of the Dragons, and the deaths of Balerion and Meraxes, Vhagar was one of the largest dragons in existence. Still a dragon but not much compared to the massive beasts that were in the freehold. By the end of his life, Balerion was so massive that he had a hard time breathing and flying. To be fair. His crown was a simple circlet of Valyrian steel, set with big square-cut. 880K subscribers in the HouseOfTheDragon community. Known as the Red Queen for her red scales and many children, Meleys was originally claimed by Alyssa Targaryen and then Rhaenys Targaryen. As of A Dance with Dragons, Drogon's wing span reach twenty feet from tip-to-tip. turtlexxi • 5 yr. (He came from the sky. Nowhere in the text does it ever say that. The Valyrian Freehold was a great territory that spanned much of the continent of Essos, but has since fallen to ruin, approximately one hundred years before. Balerion was the largest of all the Targaryen dragons, his teeth were as long as swords and his jaws big enough he could have swallowed an auroch whole, or even one of the hairy mammoths said to roam the cold wastes beyond the Port of Ibben. My next guess is another dragon who's living in Old Valyria whose rider died. By the end of GoT I'm pretty sure Drogon is at least the size of Caraxes or Meleys. Yet it's stated in the dance that Vhagar was as big as Balerion "During conquest" . However, the reliability of both claims is uncertain, since Vhagar is the only dragon described by historical sources as grown almost as big as Balerion , and Meraxes died at least several decades younger. The Dragon and Balerion did exist in two different eras but the Targaryen family. Dragons keep growing for their entire lives, meaning that Balerion was even larger during the Faith Militant uprising. You may think that Balerion "The Black Dread" or even Drogon is the largest dragon from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, but you'd be wrong about tha. He lived for 220+ years (126BC to 94AC) and according to my knowledge, the only dragon to die of natural causes. Balerion died earlier, Vhagar had many years to catch up. Balerion was 112-114 during Aegon’s conquest and 208 when he died. #1. The skulls of Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes are the largest, and the smallest are that of two hatchlings who died a century and a half before the present. Balerion was roughly 125 years old when the two first. Like thats a stub. The dragons have been a big part of the game of thrones. Drogon was growing rapidly for his age and if Drogon ever reached Balerions age he’d definitely be bigger than him. hanabihyuga1234 • 4 yr. Drogon is one of the dragons born in the Dothraki sea. The next biggest was Vermithor, who died in his 90s, barely half. 8 times larger than s7 Drogon (that's just my opinion, it's not fact)Not Balerion. Vhagar at 180, is noted to be almost as large as Balerion was at the conquest. Size more typically refers to volume, and you could probably fit a dozen Drogons into Balerion. Aegon I and Balerion died of natural causes. Vhagar was three times as large as Tessarion or Seasmoke. It's also likely to just be a story, we've seen how big Balerion is canonically and he's not TOO much longer than Drogon is right now, but a. It was told, that his fire could melt steel and stone, and it can even make glass from sand. Balerion's Age [Spoilers EXTENDED] So in several books and The World of Ice and Fire, it's mentioned that Balerion was one of 5 surviving dragons from Valyria that the Targaryens brought to Dragonstone when they fled. Vermithor isn't as big as Balerion, and the Bronze Fury is a little smaller than select others in Game of Thrones history, but he was the second largest still living dragon in the world. The reason none of the other dragons matched the Conquest veterans in size is just because they didn’t live as long, and all died in the Dance before. •. Nosredak • 1 yr. Since Drogon is believed to be the reincarnation of Balerion the Black Dread, it’s not that far-fetched to believe that he is the second most powerful (and largest) dragon in the G. Meraxes's was larger than Vhagar but smaller than Balerion. They start ten miles apart, with the Warbats flying in over the ocean and Balerion rising from the Dragonmont to face them. The lifespan of dragons is many times that of a human, though their maximum natural lifespan is difficult to determine: as beasts of war, most of the known examples died in battle. The dragons (and eggs) seem to like the heat on Dragonstone. Martin’s universe. As it stands currently though I believe Balerion alone eats all 3 of Daenery’s dragons, but she’s supposed to be the 2nd coming of Aegon and. . She was ridden by Queen Visenya Targaryen during Aegon's Conquest, alongside Aegon the Conqueror's Balerion and their sister Rhaenys's Meraxes. In Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire, Balerion the Black Dread was the dragon of King Aegon I Targaryen, known also as Aegon the Conqueror, who helped the king to win the War of Conquest. He also created a new order of seventy-seven warriors, the Dragonkeepers, to guard the royal dragons. 1. He got so big he struggled to take off flight in his older years lol. Check out our review of "Stormborn. How big do Khaleesi’s dragons get? Khaleesi’s dragons, known as “Dracarys,” can reach lengths of up to 50 feet and weights of up to 10,000 pounds. Smaug is still a huge and devastating beast. Supposedly Balerion could swallow a Mammoth whole. Follow 2434. This makes sense, prolonged sitting on big Balerion is irradiates your balls and makes you sterile. Give Drogon more 100 years and you can compare the two in size. Dragons never stop growing, so when he died he was probably twice as big as when Aegon conquered Westeros. K. 5 = 67,500 lbs, or 33. Balerion, The Black Dread, was a dragon of House Targaryen. This is due to the fact that the Dark Dread is still the biggest and most powerful dragon to have ever existed. 3B of equity has been invested across nearly 1,800 unique SpaceTech companies. I think it's entirely possible Balerion benefitted from being the largest dragon in the only remaining dragon family in the world. Balerion Size: The Large Creature. Balerion himself was simply too large to miss, but how had he escaped notice in both Westeros and Essos? The Septon had deduced that the wrong question had been asked. Ancalagon collapses from exhaustion after a week and two tops, and Balerion wins by default. It’s not close, she’s suppose to be the same size as balerion is long dead and vhagar caught up in size. Scary to think that by the time the Dance starts, she's almost as big as Balerion. Reyne-TheAbyss. To be honest, it’s not even close either because Vhagar’s size, by the end of her life, was said to rival Balerion the Black Dread, the largest dragon ever to exist. Vermithor was the third largest dragon behind Balerion and Vhagar. Then Balerion fell upon Quicksilver from above, grabbed her neck in his jaws, and ripped one of her wings from her body. It was so large that the shadow alone could engulf entire towns when he flew overhead. Vhagar is a she-dragon who served House Targaryen in the centuries of 52 BC to 130 AC. IIRC one of Balerion's siblings got murked by a ballista and Drogon himself nearly got killed in the same manner, whereas 2005 kong put up a pretty good fight against planes armed with machine guns. Balerion was considered a monster in terms of size and likely belonged to another Targaryen before him. Silverwing is born in 36 (s)he should be the exact same size as Vermithor but sheepstealer is between them we don't really know the exact year this dragon is born but that's a bold claim to think. BUT!!! In tolkiens works. 7 in the infographic) is the bane of Eastern European wizards in J. . Known as the Black Dread, Balerion was the biggest and strongest of all of the dragons that set foot on Westeros, as his massive head alone was big enough to swallow at least two horses whole. He’s about that big. This is perhaps five times as large as Tolkien depicted him. . Vhagar was three times as large as Tessarion or Seasmoke. No, Vermithor was the second largest after Vhagar even though multiple dragons like Dreamfyre and the Cannibal were older so age doesn’t always correlate to size always although they do get bigger with age. Yea he is a bit more than a pup, that pic is when he is flying on S8e4 besides Vyserion, deleted Vyserion for the comparison. So I've just been thinking about this lately. The Cannibal probably didn’t go back to Valyria and come back with a parasitic-wyrm-ridden rider and show signs of chronic parasitic infection himself. Ancalagon is huge, like far bigger than an mountain range Morgoth had created to protect Angband. At 57, I imagine she would be a bit bigger than Seasmoke, who is in his 30s after the big time jump in the show? Meraxes was the second biggest, maybe in her 80s-90s. It makes sense he was much larger since he was around during the Valyrian Freehold whereas Vhagar was born 62 years later, so Balerion would already have a. . Balerion is supposed to be the biggest dragon in all fiction. He is named after Daenerys's late husband Khal Drogo. Balerion Size: The Large Creature. 2M subscribers in the gameofthrones community. Jaehaerys rides Vermithor, Alysanne rides Sliverwing, Aemon rides Caraxes, Baelon rides Vhagar, Alyssa rides Meleys, Balerion and Dreamfyre are in the Dragonpit, but Dreamfyre is called a slender she-dragon, so that implies that it's not that large, Balerion is huge, but slow with age and in canon it dies about twenty years from now from old age. Hope this helps! In House of the Dragon, Vhagar is 150 meters long – that’s 492 feet in length! This was confirmed by Visual Effects Producer Nikeah Forde in a behind-the-scenes video on the official Game of. During the Conquest of Westeros, Balerion came to be called the Black Dread because of his black scales and massive size. Balerion's fire also destroyed the mighty castle of Harrenhal, which was thought to be impregnable. Drogon would grow to be just as massive or perhaps bigger. The "beginning of the end" could honestly refer to any part of the Targaryen reign because it was so unstable throughout, except maybe for the bulk of Jaehaerys rule which was basically the only "peaceful" time that Westeros ever. now drogons head is at least the size of multiple danys. Though big enough to be ridden, Tyraxes was not large enough to be used in combat by the time the civil war thickened. However, Archmaester Gyldayn notes this may be a later embellishment of the story, since the Cannibal would be more likely. Warning: Game of Thrones: Season 7 spoilers below. Dragons are said to always be growing and Balerion was about 220 years old. And Balerion, judging by books and show. Nothing to do with size whatsoever. Even with slower growth he would still be noticably bigger. and then the unlikely description of Nagga (sea dragon) size: feed on leviathans and giant krakens and drown whole islands in her wroth. You can look it up. In fact, it is estimated that Vhagar is 492 feet. He was considered to be the third biggest dragon of his age, after Aegon’s Balerion the Dread. Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane dominates at close to 8 feet, while Robert Baratheon measures up at 6 feet 6 inches. Speaking of Balerion and Vhagar, as a bonus round, and an incredibly short one I just wanted to bring up Balerion and by extension Vhagar. Drogon isn't anywhere close to full size. He was so big he made the day into night when he was flying over. but Vhagar was born when Balerion was 62 years old, she would’ve been even bigger if there was no dance. Even balerion eventually stopped growing once he got old enough. After Balerion passed, Viserys hung his skull in the dragon pit and ordered candles. He was so large that the shadow alone could. These towers are very thin, and Balerion could be hanging from them. "In the film trilogy Smaug measures nearly 140 meters (about 460 feet) long with a wingspan of perhaps 150 meters or more. Balerion is the largest dragon that House Targaryen has ever bred or ever will breed. 20. Any discussion of the story of the books or the show must use an appropriate spoiler tag such as (Spoilers Main) or (Spoilers Published). [SEE FULL LIST] Balerion, known as Balerion the Black Dread, was the dragon ridden by Aegon the Conqueror during the War of Conquest. Vermax's egg does indeed hatch and grows large enough to ride once Jacaerys comes of age. ago. Fun fact: one of Drogon's aliases is 'Balerion, come again', while his rider, Daenerys, is known as 'Aegon the Conqueror with Teats'. AlphaFPS1 • 4 mo. ReplyBalerion or “the Black Dread” was a dragon of House Targaryen ridden by King Aegon I during the Conquest. When he was in the fullness of his power, his flames could melt steel and stone, [12] and fuse sand into glass. Final ThoughtsI doubt his boy was as big as Balerion. Balerion has much better armor, Smaug's bejeweled underbelly is a weak point. (The Rogue Prince) Vermithor was thrice as large as Tessarion. At the time of Balerion’s death, he was at least 208. According to lore, Balerion helped Aegon to craft the Iron Throne his most recent owner will soon sit on. [3][4] This is purely based on canonical material and not the TV show. Applying the cube law to estimate Drogon's weight currently, we have 160*7. ago. A great deal of the dragon’s strength comes from its size and the power of its Dragonfire. I read once, right after Fire & Blood was published, that Balerion had some sort of homing instinct that called him to Valyria. in world theory, drogon was allowed to do whatever he wanted, eat as much as he wanted. Their ship docked in one of the harbors, and Balerion didn’t hesitate to follow the man that smelled like Rhae’s family and board his little boat. Support me at patreon: Bhavisya DahalThe largest of the dragons, big enough to rival even Balerion the Dread, Vhagar grew too large for the dragon pits at King’s Landing and left to make a nest for herself along the Narrow Sea. Maegor rode balerion, he was the one that ordered construction of the pit, I'm sure at the time, it may have been just large enough to host balerion, but balerion grow older and bigger afterwards. That puts Balerion 0. I suppose Iron Man with prep would be able to call in enough missiles, probably aim for the wings which are less armored, but I think you're underestimating just how massive these dragons can get. Balerion was only mentioned as the largest dragon to ever grace the known world. Balerion was Smaug sized and could melt steel and stone with his fire breath. Balerion is the biggest dragon westeros ever seen though it had a common size to the dragonlords dragons in Valyria. The conquest generation got hand-me-down dragons (Meraxes and Vhager were 50+ at the conquest, but their riders not much more than half that), but House Targ seems to be able to have young dragons when Valyria was active. 000072 inches. (Fire and Blood) However, Vhagar was comparable in age to Balerion when he died at the age of around two hundred years. Diplomats boarded Battleships and toured far flung colonies to show the flag, to show the might of the Empire. Stop. We also know that Dragons live a few hundred years because. He could swallow horse and rider whole and his flame, black. First thing of note, he's too builky and his neck is tiny. We don't know how big Balerion was when the Targaryens set out from Valyria, but probably he wasn't the huge beast we come to know in Fire and Blood. 7k. That's the point. The reason none of the other dragons matched the Conquest veterans in size is just because they didn’t live as long, and all died in the Dance before they could get big. Now, a big cat (lion, tiger) needs about 2-3% of its body mass in meat every day. The most used art work of him seems to be this one from the World of Ice and Fire. 0. Business, Economics, and Finance. However, later in the Fire and Blood, what was actually stated instead was that Vhagar had almost reached the size of Balerion. Aug 20, 2018. Perhaps Drogon will live to exceed Balerion in size and power. Smaug the Golden, mightiest dragon of the Third Age of Middle Earth, whom laid waste to Erebor and Dale, the greatest and chiefest of calamities. 2M subscribers in the freefolk community. He has huge wings and was almost 100 years old when the Dance of the Dragons began. Vhagar comes close, but she's not quite as big or fierce as Balerion in his prime. and I love it (I think that's Balerion) Edit: Vhagar not Balerion Reply Sensitive_Ad_9664. " How big is Balerion? more guestimates from different places "He could eat a large elephant hole, so pretty friggin big. Vhagar is slightly bigger than Vermithor, as she is older and is said to be the only dragon that came close to Balerion the Black Dread’s size. House of the Dragon airs Sundays @ 9pm ET on HBO and streams on HBO Max. In the books the dragonpit is big enough to where around 80,000 people could be seated in the stadium and 40 dragon cave entrances lined the inner ring of the dragonpit, tunneled deep into the hillside, and each of their entrances had huge doors that opened up on the sand of the dragonpit, and huge doors at each of the exit points for the dragons. The black one. Vhagar was a she-dragon of House Targaryen. Aerea probably didn't even know how to rule Balerion, who I think was pretty big at the time (he died a bit before the Dance of the Dragons, at around 200yo, and at the time of death probably around twice Drogon if the calculations of some fans are correct). Only mentioned he is twice the size of 747. Balerion growing large, heavy and slow wasn’t unusual. • 1 yr. . I think at least in ten years, drogon would be even closer to vermithor. 37. The combined forces of Casterly Rock and Highgarden were five times as large as those of the Targaryens. Balerion would have been 126 feet long and 453 feet wide with his wings spread. 10. what are the chances that a weak family with 4 dragons had the biggest one out of a 1000 balerion would be a baby compared to the big dragons Reply reply. Balerion - The World of Ice and Fire. This is based on the fact that he was a hatchling when they left Valyria. They are the only known species of dragon capable of producing fire and can fly at speeds of up to 200 mph. He chased after the ravens with long claws in the rookery, the big dogs in the yard, and even the pigs in the Keep’s pigsty. In 48 AC, another claimant to the Iron. No they not, Vhagar in the dance is said to be as big as balerion during the conquest, I personally believe she was as big as balerion was during Maegor Reign Reply jtbox76 •We don't know how big Balerion was when the Targaryens set out from Valyria, but probably he wasn't the huge beast we come to know in Fire and Blood. Drogon is indeed quite big and strong for his age and could end up becoming the biggest. That was how big Balerion was during the Conquest, he grew a substantial amount later in life. Whereas Smaug is officially listed as 462ft/ 140meters. And due to the fact that Vhagar is a veteran of many wars and battles, she is also stronger than Vermithor. . Spoiler Vhagar was as big as Balerion at the end of his/her life but Drogon is just a few years old in the Books and is said to have towered over his siblings. When we meet Balerion in House of the Dragon, he has sadly passed away, and his skull is. So by that logic shouldn't vhagar be. According to Tyrion Lannister, Meraxes was larger than Vhagar but smaller than Balerion, and it is said Meraxes could swallow horses whole. Rhaenys and Meraxes were the first of the trio to die and died together in Hellholt (or not depending on whether Rhaenys survived and was held captive) Visenya and Vhagar were the last of the Conqueror/Dragon trio to go. And to your point, Harrenhal is so large that we can’t see the castle in scale with Balerion here. jacaerion. 210 votes, 54 comments. Does it really matter if Balerion was the length of a football field or half that size. Compared to the final size of Drogon in Season 8 of Game of Thrones, Vhagar is more than double his size. If we assume a steady rate of growth, this means by the time of Balerion’s death, roughly 100 years after the events of the picture, he may have been in excess. Over the past decade, $272. Arya sneaks into Cersei's litter while she escapes King's Landing. The Targaryens have used the dragonpit for different things. A Forum of Ice and Fire A Song of Ice and Fire & Game of ThronesThe Cannibal is a wild dragon residing on Dragonstone during the Dance of the Dragons. Kills Tomman as Balerion the Cat. Balerion couldn't possibly be as large as the stories say even if he lived to be 200. After the Conqueror’s death, he was ridden by his son Maegor, called the Cruel, who used him to kill the dragon Quicksilver, then by Princess Aerea Targaryen, and King Viserys I Targaryen. 7K. It's totally possible. You could argue that people have just forgotten how big Balerion, and the rest of the dragons, actually were so they compare Dany’s dragons to the biggest of them because they are just in awe of dragons in. But Vhagar was never kept in the Dragonpit so grew large, that is true. Aegon has a big army he just refused to divide it and took too long getting across the country. Just lean and half the size of another dragon that was almost as big a Balerion. The Bee-Wolf. According to Tyrion Lannister, Meraxes was larger than Vhagar but smaller than Balerion, and it is said Meraxes could swallow horses whole. Drogon's wings are 20 feet tip to tip and he can't even eat a sheep whole. Whereas Smaug is officially listed as 462ft/ 140meters. Balerion, the Black Dread, was ridden by King Aegon I Targaryen, called the Conqueror. The Drogon is male and the elder brother of Rhaegal and Viserion. in season 6 dany was a little big bigger than drogons head. In season seven of the game of thrones, Cersei Lannister stands in. He couldn't support his monstrous weight any longer. Arya pops out of a stack of blankets and brutally murders Cersei. Unlike the others, Meraxes was as white as snow and was big enough to swallow a horse in one piece. Balerion. She had multiple riders over the course of her life; Visenya Targaryen. Balerion is the famous dragon of Aegon The Conqueror, the biggest and mightiest dragon that ever lived. The smallfolk of Dragonstone alleged that the Cannibal was on Dragonstone before the Targaryens. Vhagar outgrew him later, as she lived much longer. So him dying felt like a signal that Viserys would be the key to bringing about his house's downfall and in the end he was. Balerion is a little too large to be viable. Dany’s 3 were hatched with blood magic. Yikes. The Drogon is male and the elder brother of Rhaegal and Viserion. So thinking that he's weaker than vhagar is a mistake. Due to the fact that Vhagar has aged quite a bit by the time Prince Aegon became her rider, Balerion would approximately be the same size, upon his death. Because Vermithor was incredibly big, he was a proper dragon for a king, as he was King Jaehaerys’s mount for 55 years. Edit: to be more clear I really meant the people on Dany's side that could actually see the dragons and how big they were getting. However, as long as there are mammoth herds, large cattle herds, and whale pods to eat, it may be able to survive. Ever since. Drogon is about 105ft by 147ft, while my second attempt at Vhagar is about 460ft by 900ft (220 by 440 first attempt). Balerion was at such a great size it could devour a mammoth whole. Ah damn. Of course, she was also. You can look it up. They were essentially free range dragons and were allowed to roam a lot which helped them grow. 25. He obviously continues to grow at a rapid pace, and by the end of the books (end of the show) he'll probably be the size of Seasmoke or Tessarion. 60. Along with Balerion and Vhagar, Meraxes was used by Rhaenys to help Aegon the Conqueror take control of Westeros, forging it into the Seven Kingdoms we know so well. Analysis of Dragon Sizes in advance of Game of Thrones Season 7Subscribe to this Channel: Game of Thrones: West. Still would be dwarfed by Monsterverse's King Ghidorah: 800 feet (243 meters). Balerion was so massive, that it was said he could black out the sky and his shadow could cover entire towns as he flew over. So regardless of perspectives, Vhagar is the larger dragon. The skull was so large Balerion could have swallowed their entire party whole. In the TV series, we’ve seen Balerion’s skull, and he’s a pretty big boy, but you can tell from a glance that he’s a fair bit smaller than Smaug. That left Vhagar as the largest dragon in Westeros. The largest dragon in the history of Westeros was Balerion the Black Dread, whom Aegon Targaryen rode when he conquered the Seven Kingdoms. The Conquest was mentioned in the context of that being Balerion’s big war- Balerion of the Conquest. On the other hand, Vhagar lived during the time of the Dance of the Dragons, as it was actually almost as big as Balerion during that time. 0. Meanwhile, Balerion died of old age 94 years after Aegon’s Conquest. [25] [26] After Robert's Rebellion, King Robert I Baratheon had the skulls removed from the throne room and stored them in a. Meleys is ridden by Rhaenys Targaryen. #12. Drogon Daenerys Targaryen’s mount from Game of Thrones, ended up being 50 meters long, plus or minus 10. Plus, his nickname was The Black Dread. He can be distinguished by his black and red. R. His teeth were as long as greatswords and his mouth was big enough to swallow an aurochs, or even a mammoth, whole. SPOILER. So for Ancalagon to be as big as people like to draw him, all three assumptions must be true. The Targaryens have used the dragonpit for different things. what are the chances that a weak family with 4 dragons had the biggest one out of a 1000 balerion would be a baby compared to the big dragons Officially Vhagar is bigger than Smaug. Still, Drogon’s. Meraxes was one of the three dragons of the First Generation, along with Vhagar and Balerion. It's been stated that Drogon is Balerion come again, and this would certainly explain his physical characteristics, and add an extra parallel between Daenerys/Aegon and Drogon/Balerion. Similarly, Stormcloud was a very young. 811K subscribers in the HouseOfTheDragon community. Drogon especially is very often compared to Balerion and is said to be Balerion 2. EnderMorph. Fire and Blood just says Vhagar was approaching the size of Balerion with no time frame of comparison for Balerion Thats where the confusion of Vhagar's size comes from. Only the dragon in scale with very thin towers. “ that are the exact words she is described as . r/HouseOfTheDragon. This could also mean that Vhagar in HoTD felt Aemond’s rage at Luke and acted on that, causing the death of Luke. 1. And where additionally there are parasites and/or various maladies that could have infected Aerea. The list begins with a comparison between Vhagar, the largest dragon in Westeros at the time of House of The Dragon, and Drogon from Season 8 of Game of Thrones. Drogon especially is very often compared to Balerion and is said to be Balerion 2.