Only. He’d be the size of Vermithor during the Dance. I've calculated the size of Vhagar, and my result was of ~72 meters. He was the largest of the wild dragons, and the oldest, his age being unknown to history. 37. 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. • 1 yr. But when it comes to the more notable dragons, few overshadow the Black Dread. [2] He is filthy and foul-tempered, and has been known to attack ravens in the rookery of the Red Keep. They flew around King's Landing three times, although Viserys later confided to his father that he had originally intended to fly Balerion to Dragonstone. The dragon in house of are basically house cats compared to them and essentially don’t grow as big. Valyria is a weird place and the possibilities are endless. One bite from Balerion's much bigger head (mammoth-swallowing implies 10-15 feet tall at least, Smaug is batting in the 6-8 foot range. Meraxes was the silver dragon of Rhaenys Targaryen, the second sister wife of Aegon the Conqueror. House of the Dragon airs Sundays @ 9pm ET on HBO and streams on HBO Max. Balerion and Drogon are extremely similar in terms of appearance – both were big and black with red details, big red-to-orange eyes, and many spikes covering their chest. Meraxes’s most notable achievement was helping Orys Baratheon take. If you've been a long-time fan of the. The kitten started to look more like a sleek black tomcat. and his jaws were large enough to swallow a hairy mammoth. That is not true . Large. . Vhagar at 180, is noted to be almost as large as Balerion was at the conquest. 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. Balerion died because he was old, not cuz of where he was living. That could be the case since Aenar Targaryen brought FIVE dragons with him to Dragonstone. Balerion was said to have gotten so big that he couldn’t really fly anymore. Balerion was born around 114BC and died around 94AC. The books said she was as big as Balerion was during Aegon's conquest. Aegon has a big army he just refused to divide it and took too long getting across the country. Balerion was the greatest Targaryen dragon who ever lived, the largest since the fall of Valyria. . He's a massive scaly beast that breathes black fire. Meanwhile, Balerion died of old age 94 years after Aegon’s Conquest. Since King Aegon I Targaryen’s Balerion the Black Dread died before Viserys sat the Iron Throne, the oldest and largest. Vhagar is insanely big, but then imagine how big Balerion is. 10. And where additionally there are parasites and/or various maladies that could have infected Aerea. More powerful houses with more powerful dragons is a possibility. Vhagar is a she-dragon who served House Targaryen in the centuries of 52 BC to 130 AC. Dragons grow as long as they live while they are provided with freedom and food, that is one of the reasons Vhagar managed to grow to such a large size. 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. Balerion was 126+ years old since when the Targaryens left Valyria in 126 BC and Balerion was already alive and was one of the five dragons that Aenar Targaryen brought with him to Dragonstone. Drogon was growing rapidly for his age and if Drogon ever reached Balerions age he’d definitely be bigger than him. Maybe underwater volcanoes or something. You have to see in person what titanically large beasts they are! So in that retrospect My interpretation of Balerion like other users have said "Meaning that the real Balerion would probably have been about twice as high, twice as wide and maybe four times as long as the one in this picture. 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. Balerion was the mightiest Dragon born so far and was the largest and most powerful for quite some time. Balerion size is abusurd. Vhagar 90m Vermithor 75m Arrax 18m Tessarion 30m Balerion 120m Syrax 27m Caraxes 45m Meleys 45m Silverwing 50m Dreamfyre 55m Meraxes 60m. 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. HOW BIG WAS BALERION THE BLACK DREAD? (Game Of Thrones Explained) So. He was a legendary gigantic black dragon who served as the personal mount of Aegon I Targaryen. 3. 200-400 feet so he was huge. Balerion is almost longer than Godzilla from snout to tail for reference 2014 Godzilla is 108 meters tall and Balerion is like 115 or 120 meters long, so he's bigger than the male muto. Though big enough to be ridden, Tyraxes was not large enough to be used in combat by the time the civil war thickened. It could simply be that Balerion grew as large as he did before the Conquest and then stayed the same size the remainder of his life. Meleys is ridden by Rhaenys Targaryen. well I hope not. 149. 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. Vermithor was for a short time the largest living tamed dragon, but still, when it comes to size Balerion is still the largest known dragon that ever. #1. 44. He was very charismatic and commanding. All three of Daenerys Targaryen's dragons—Viserion, Rhaegal, and Drogon—were the only ones to receive significant screen time in the majority of Game of Thrones. George Martin's Black Dread was even more of a giant flying mass: Book Smaug: about 25 meters (80 feet) long. Ah damn. As for Drogon, his wingspan is 20 feet from tip to tip, making his actual body fairly small, he wouldn't be much larger then a horse or Dany herself. And then later on when this is explained, Aggo says; Khaleesi. He has huge wings and was almost 100 years old when the Dance of the Dragons began. 2. By the time of the Dance of the Dragons, Vhagar was nearly as large as Balerion had been at the time of his death. Loving this whole Dragon bond. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. 25 25 comments Best Imperium_Kane • 4 yr. Whereas Smaug is officially listed as 462ft/ 140meters. 827 votes, 118 comments. Smaug doesn't have an official size. Indeed several sources who. aegon was the first to unite (most of) the kingdoms, he was the first to take the targaryens' rule off of dragonstone after generations of them contentedly ruling just the one island. The exact size of Balerion is not known, but. Composite Book and Show Balerion will face off against the two Warbats seen in Godzilla vs. 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. Balerion has much better armor, Smaug's bejeweled underbelly is a weak point. His wingspan was so large that his shadow could engulf entire towns when he passed overhead. Aegon only had two kids, and one could be a bastard while the other could have been created with dark magic (or, more likely, just another bastard). . Balerion was wayyyy bigger, Drogon should get there soon enough though Reply reply sebtheweb29 • In about 195 years. Balerion was employed by Aegon the Conqueror to burn and half-ruin Harrenhal. 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. Remember though that Balerion was 200 years old when Aegon conquered Westeros, and Drogon is only like 2-ish at this point. By the end of GoT I'm pretty sure Drogon is at least the size of Caraxes or Meleys. 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. Any discussion of the story of the books or the show must use an appropriate spoiler tag such as (Spoilers Main) or (Spoilers Published). 20. As with Drogon, there’s not much I can say about Balerion the Black Dread you don’t already know. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire universe. • 6 yr. At age 30 plus, Quicksilver was a quarter of Balerion's size: Quicksilver, a quarter the size of Balerion, was no match for the older, fiercer dragon, and her pale white fireballs were engulfed and washed away in great gouts of black flame. This is perhaps five times as large as Tolkien depicted him. The black one. For reference, Balerion was roughly 100 years old when Aegon invaded Westeros and died almost 100 years after that. Caraxes was described as many things, but he was never described as being. In the books there are a lot of similarities between Daenarys' dragon Drogon and the dragon of Aegon I, Balerion. It was told, that his fire could melt steel and stone, and it can even make glass from sand. Plus, his nickname was The Black Dread. Quicksilver was no match for the older, fiercer dragon, and her pale white fireballs were overcome by Balerion's masses of black flame. The Conquest was mentioned in the context of that being Balerion’s big war- Balerion of the Conquest. Balerion was the dragon that Westeros feared the most during Aegon’s conquest because of how big and powerful it was. He’s about that big. Meraxes's was larger than Vhagar but smaller than Balerion. And due to the fact that Vhagar is a veteran of many wars and battles, she is also stronger than Vermithor. They can only breathe fire in one direction, and are quite slow on the ground. Drogon will be much larger than Balerion the Black Dread when he dies. Before its death, Vhagar was the closest to. Balerion was willful and "not a beast to play with" according to the Wiki of Ice and Fire. I think it's entirely possible Balerion benefitted from being the largest dragon in the only remaining dragon family in the world. Balerion growing large, heavy and slow wasn’t unusual. I am pretty sure F&B hints that he could have become older if it weren't for the Aerea fiasco and their vacation in Valyria. That means that by the time when Aegon conquered Westeros, Balerion was already more than a hundred years old and had already grown to become the largest dragon in the known world at that time. Meraxes was one of the three dragons of the First Generation, along with Vhagar and Balerion. She’d be bigger for sure, maybe around the size of Meleys? The of course, we have Balerion. Last edited: Sep 18, 2018. He trained himself to confront larger foes, learning how to make them hurt and bleed and flee from him. So I watched the house that Dragons built episode 1 and there it said that Balerion's skull is 9 meters long and I thought that now since people know how large Balerion's skull is we can finally find out just how much larger he is than Drogon but to do that we need someone to figure out how long Drogon's head is. He could swallow horse and rider whole and his flame, black. Ancalagon is huge, like far bigger than an mountain range Morgoth had created to protect Angband. 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. ago. He lived for 220+ years (126BC to 94AC) and according to my knowledge, the only dragon to die of natural causes. While not the largest dragon, Meleys is still a hefty size, and she’s fast, easily outstripping Caraxes and Vhagar. 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. Drogon is a blip on the radar compared to Balerion. This makes sense, prolonged sitting on big Balerion is irradiates your balls and makes you sterile. Him growing so fast wasn’t a mistake for just for story purposes. It’s the oldest dragon to fly the skies during House of the Dragon, but it's also the smallest and only surviving member of the original trio of dragons that conquered Westeros (the other two being Balerion and Meraxes). ago. 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. And Balerion, judging by books and show. It just says that Balerion was the oldest and largest of the Targaryen dragons that were brought to Westeros, and the largest since then. Giving it about 10 or more times the mass of this. In times of tension you might send such a vessel to quell unrest. Fun fact, Vhagar was actually the smallest of the original Targaryen dragons, as Meraxes was larger than Vhagar. Really cool though. 1. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Forum Posts. News and discussions relating to George R. Balerion was over 200. Vhagar outgrew him later, as she lived much longer. 299. Perhaps Drogon will live to exceed Balerion in size and power. Still, Drogon’s. By Josh Rosenberg Published: Oct 24, 2022. 393. 7K. 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. 5. Drogon's current wingspan is 147', so he's 7. “ that are the exact words she is described as . Balerion died due to old age so should have gotten as big as possible so you would expect him to be on the level of the Valyrian dragons. Even though Vermithor isn’t bigger. 3. [6] [5] In 132 AC, it was said that during the burial at sea of Lord Corlys Velaryon, the Cannibal took wing and flew to salute the deceased. . 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. Balerion later participated, along with the. He eventually proved to be instrumental during the Dance, dwarfing dragons. Definitely big enough to cover a small town in shadow, but I don't think he could have carried the iron throne that far. Sizes are based on "dragon volume" - not "dragon length". Two Dragons being in Valyria of Balerion's size would come into conflict soon than a year. The last rider of Balerion was Prince Viserys Targaryen, who entered the Dragonpit to claim the dragon in 93 AC. Balerion was at such a great size it could devour a mammoth whole. Balerion lived another 90 some years after. Yet it's stated in the dance that Vhagar was as big as Balerion "During conquest" . As to the ice dragons that is just a legend there is no proof they actually existed. For perspective: 0. Ancalagon is huge, like far bigger than an mountain range Morgoth had created to protect Angband. When he was in the fullness of his power, his flames could melt steel and stone, [12] and fuse sand into glass. Dragons, deceit, and drama -- fans certainly have a lot to look forward to with the upcoming 'House of the Dragon' series. They start ten miles apart, with the Warbats flying in over the ocean and Balerion rising from the Dragonmont to face them. So all we can do is look at what we know of Thangorodrim. The minor details of Balerion aren't important, everyone that mentions him says he's freakin huge! It's the same thing with Kraken's, massive monsters that don't exist in reality. Barth's comments to the contrary are irrelevant. Stannis believes end justifies the means. Drogon isn't anywhere close to full size. Martin's various books that attest to this. Balerion was the largest of all Targaryen dragons since Aegon’s conquest, with a wingspan so large that his shadow could engulf entire towns as he flew overhead. the top half of each of the two pictures. And during the later parts of his life, Balerion had grown really weak and sluggish. And while Balerion probably did. One thing is. I'm leaning more towards some magical demon thingy, as if that's too be found anywhere then it's in the ruins of valyria. There Aemond met with Prince Lucerys Velaryon, at Storm's End. You have to see in person what titanically large beasts they are! So in that retrospect My interpretation of Balerion like other users have said "Meaning that the real Balerion would probably have been about twice as high, twice as wide and maybe four times as long as the one in this picture. Sadly I think Balerion will be dead during the shows run but I think he was probably the same size if not bigger than Smaug before his death. The dragons have been a big part of the game of thrones. I think at least in ten years, drogon would be even closer to vermithor. 76 m long: 166 kg * (76 m/3. Balerion's scales and wings were black, as was the fire he breathed. Arya sneaks into Cersei's litter while she escapes King's Landing. In times of tension you might send such a vessel to quell unrest. • 1 yr. Apr 10, 2022. (And different kinds of horses can weigh between 800 and 2200 lbs usually, 380-1000kg) That and with comparisons in the books to the Black Dread, I think, if Drogon lives long enough, he will end up being as large as Balerion. They are the only known species of dragon capable of producing fire and can fly at speeds of up to 200 mph. The winged shadow. I do think that he is still big even by Valyrian standards. Film Smaug about 60 meters (200 feet). If that hadn’t happened to him it’s entirely possible he could have lived to be older. ) Vermithor, though old-aged, would still be a massive. Vhagar Vs. This scope covers NO story elements of ASOIAF or "Game of Thrones" per Rule 3. 100 Share. 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. The size of a 747 but I can't quite picture it. Balerion was hard to rouse, and struggled when Viserys urged him into the sky. Though Vhagar has been depicted significantly larger, some fans in the comments section argued Vhagar should be even larger, almost as big as Balerion, the Black Dread. Smaug doesn't have an official size. now drogons head is at least the size of multiple danys. A dragon the size of Ancalagon cannot be supported easily. 000002% of the way from the ground to the light source. Balerion was massive. These towers are very thin, and Balerion could be hanging from them. Vermithor was born in the decades immediately following Aegon I’s conquest of the Seven Kingdoms. 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. #12. And this was at the end of his life too. Final ThoughtsI doubt his boy was as big as Balerion. During Jaehaerys’s rebellion against Maegor the Cruel in 48 AC, he was already the third biggest dragon in the world, as only Balerion the Black Dread and Vhagar were bigger than him. Balerion, nicknamed the Black Dread, was the mount of Aegon himself and is widely known as the largest dragon to have ever lived. In the books, the Dothraki proclaim that Drogon is Balerion reborn due to his size and inky black coloring. Balerion may have been whale-sized, but without an accepted size ratio (like X feet of length for every Y foot of wingspan, or whatever), I'm not sure we can have an accurate length. His wound could have been caused by a dragon, a kraken or a stone man with a Valyrian steel sword. Balerion was roughly 125 years old when the two first. Nothing to do with size whatsoever. The Black Dread was so large that his shadow could engulf entire towns as he flew overhead, and his teeth were as long as swords. David Benioff said that Drogon was about the size of a 747 though, but it doesn’t look like that to me. kc522020. In 93 AC, Prince Baelon’s sixteen-year-old son, Viserys, entered the Dragonpit and claimed Balerion. GRRM said that Vhagar during the dance was the size of Balerion when he arrived in Westeros for the conquest. ago. In fact the top line in Balerion here isn’t high enough as you can see a. Balerion VII The days dragged on, an unending cycle of sorrow for Balerion. and I love it (I think that's Balerion) Edit: Vhagar not Balerion Reply Sensitive_Ad_9664. Balerion was the last dragon that had lived in Valyria. 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 the big stick, that was the biggest stick in the realm. Balerion was, after all, the dragon ridden by the Conqueror himself, and so if the movie and show. 5. Based on George RR Martin's 'Fire & Blood' the show is set 200 years before the events of 'Game of Thrones' and tells the story of House Targaryen, the former rulers of the seven kingdoms. By the time the first Viserys rode Balerion, he was basically the oldest living creature and could barely get up in. He was so big he made the day into night when he was flying over. Vhagar vs Balerion size. One could ride a horse down Vhagar's gullet. Only mentioned he is twice the size of 747. The Drogon is male and the elder brother of Rhaegal and Viserion. You have to see in person what titanically large beasts they are! So in that retrospect My interpretation of Balerion like other users have said "Meaning that the real Balerion would probably have been about twice as high, twice as wide and maybe four times as long as the one in this picture. „By 129 AC, Vhagar had grown nearly as big as Balerion had been during Aegon's Conquest, and had become the largest living dragon of her time. This is a place for news and discussions relating to HBO's "Game of Thrones" prequel TV series…Balerion is a old black male cat, with one chewed [4] and torn ear [5] that leads him to appear one-eared. Well Well, this size thing is preeeeeety hard to deal with, you know, some people say that vhagar is 150 meters long, but this doesn't make sense especially when you decide to actually try discover the size of the dragons. Balerion is noted later on in F&B to have finally stopped growing. Warning: Game of Thrones: Season 7 spoilers below. During the Conquest of Westeros, Balerion came to be called the Black Dread because of his black scales and massive size. Dragons are said to always be growing and Balerion was about 220 years old. Give Drogon more 100 years and you can compare the two in size. Also, I seem to remember that the Targaryens were a fairly high-ranking family in Old Valyria, not necessarily the rulers of the Freehold but still up there. Named after a Valyrian god, Balerion was massive and powerful; said to be big enough that his shadow while flying swallowed whole towns. Balerion Size: The Large Creature. clearly he's done some growing, hence a misleading effort to compare the size of drogon and balerion by the first picture. turtlexxi • 5 yr. 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. Drogon is HUGE in Game Of Thrones Season 7, but is he as big as Balerion the black dread?Balerion, known as Balerion the Black Dread or Balerion the Dread, was the dragon ridden by Aegon the Conqueror during the War of Conquest. Balerion later participated, along. Return_of_the_Jedi_ • 22 days ago. Another theory is that Balerion bonded with aerea and felt her deep longing for home and he flew to home, his original home, in Valyria. ago. Balerion still remains the biggest targaryen dragon while vhagar is right behind him just by a few feet. [2] Balerion was the greatest Targaryen dragon who ever lived, the largest since the fall of Valyria. 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. Vermax's egg does indeed hatch and grows large enough to ride once Jacaerys comes of age. 2. 9k Posted February 22, 2013 On 2/21/2013 at 1:24 PM, The Titan said: Bigger than a loaf of bread, smaller than the Moon. From Drogon to Balerion the Black Dread, the dragons in A Song of Ice and Fire have done some major damage. hanabihyuga1234 • 4 yr. . big and small, of diverse origins. So, I imagine Balerion and Vhagar to be about the size of Meraxes during Aegon's Conquest. Whereas Smaug is officially listed as 462ft/ 140meters. versus. He couldn't support his monstrous weight any longer. Balerion was two hundred when he died and Vhagar was close to 180 while Vermithor was less than a century old which suggests he was especially big for his age and had the potential to reach or even surpass Balerion in size. For comparison, a 25 m blue whale weighs about 180,000 kg. The dragon’s wings were said to be so big that they could cover entire towns in shadow, with teeth the size of swords. Bigger than blue whales. R. „By 129 AC, Vhagar had grown nearly as big as Balerion had been during Aegon's Conquest, and had become the largest living dragon of her time. Maegor’s reign lasted six years and six days. It was so large it was said his shadow could swallow an entire town when Balerion took flight. The old dragon had stopped growing at last, but he was sluggish and heavy and hard to rouse, and he struggled when Viserys urged him up into the air. In conclusion, some dragons like 180 year old Vhagar and 200+ year old Balerion were too big for the dragon pit, I'm sure they could squeeze through. Later, a septon had infamous answer about why where they went: Valyria because of Balerion, which was young when he once lived in his original home before the Targaryens moved to Dragonstone and also before the Doom that changed the world forever. Cersei reflects on how amazing of a schemer she is and how she got the last laugh. And the picture may be the most accurate in terms of size, but the body plan isn't accurate to the actual books. She’s probably around the size he was when Maegor. Fun fact: one of Drogon's aliases is 'Balerion, come again', while his rider, Daenerys, is known as 'Aegon the Conqueror with Teats'. Yikes. Giving it about 10 or more times the mass of this. 21. ) So, in a win based mostly on his superior intelligence, Smaug takes it 6/10 in the air. Drogon would grow to be just as massive or perhaps bigger. Vhagar is officially 492ft / 150 meters. 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. Chapter 12, Dany I, of Clash of Kings. . Balerion's fire also forged the Iron Throne. ago. Balerion Vs Smaug Size Comparison. Both sides are in-character, and will fight to the death. 988 votes, 351 comments. 2M subscribers in the freefolk community. Prince Aemond flew on Vhagar to Storm's End, so they could win the support of Lord Borros Baratheon for King Aegon II Targaryen. 7 Meleys: The Red Queen. but what we do know is that Vhagar’s jaw was large enough to swallow a whole horse and she was easily almost as big as Balerion by the time she died. Balerion was only mentioned as the largest dragon to ever grace the known world. Let me give you an example. According to lore, Balerion helped Aegon to craft the Iron Throne his most recent owner will soon sit on. But it has been made clear that the show House of the Dragon will include up to 17 different dragons. Also in fire and blood it is said that Vhagar grew almost as large as Balerion when he died, so during the dance Vhagar was larger than Balerion was. The book gives some lovely prose about his shadow blotting out of the sun and his mouth being big enough to swallow mammoths whole, but that’s not a useful guide. Balerion, nicknamed the Black Dread, was the mount of Aegon himself and is widely known as the largest dragon to have ever lived. As does Brienne of Tarth. Is there any other info out there about how old Balerion was when the Targaryens fled? I. 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. Vermithor was the third largest dragon behind Balerion and Vhagar. Going back to proportions, this would give Balerion a wingspan of a whopping 453 feet (or one-and-a-half football fields). 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. Vhagar comes close, but she's not quite as big or fierce as Balerion in his prime. AlphaFPS1 • 4 mo. Dany’s 3 were hatched with blood magic. 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. . Vhagar is the biggest living dragon in House of the Dragon, and the second-largest dragon in Westeros history after Balerion the Black Dread. Regarding the size of 180 years old Vhagar: Previously, in the ASOIAF books, it was stated that this Vhagar had almost reached the size of the "Conquest version" of Balerion. There's a reasonable chance that Aurion's dragon would be roughly the same age as Balerion and of a size to inflict damage. Another harbor lay to his left, a distant sight beyond half-submerged buildings. Cersei looks back on KL as it explodes, killing thousands of Tyrells. 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. The tyrant king lived his life religiously, guided by his house words: fire and blood. This is one of the few images I've seen that actually shows how big Balerion is. Balerion would have been 126 feet long and 453 feet wide with his wings spread. So regardless of perspectives, Vhagar is the larger dragon. However, as long as there are mammoth herds, large cattle herds, and whale pods to eat, it may be able to survive. The Targaryens have used the dragonpit for different things. 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. Just shows how big dragons are in GoT. He only became a big dragon as he grew over the hundreds of years (I can't remember how many) between the Doom and the Conquest. Without magic being involved, the musculature required to move the wings large enough to lift the body make the body heavier than the wings can lift. 21. She simply lived long enough to come close to Balerion’s size. 7k. That year, the newly married Princess Alyssa Targaryen decided to become a dragonrider. I believe Balerion is past two hundred at this point. 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. Quicksilver fell to her death, along with Prince Aegon. Balerion was over 200, Vhagar was over 180. Follow 2434. •. Everyone is familiar with Balerion the largest dragon in Valyria ever,. He has huge wings and was almost 100 years old when the Dance of the Dragons began. i do love the idea of daenys as the initial rider of big boy balerion, but i think aegon being his first rider is great symbolism too. . During last night's episode of Game of Thrones, we see Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) standing in front of the skull of Balerion the Black Dread, providing a glimpse at just how large the dragon. Smaug was small compared to other dragons. By 75 AC, Meleys resided in the Dragonpit in King's Landing, never ridden before. There's a reasonable chance that Aurion's dragon would be roughly the same age as Balerion and of a size to inflict damage. Dreamfyre, born in 23 and (s)he is older than Vermithor, born in 34. Dreamfyre, born in 23 and (s)he is older than Vermithor, born in 34. ago. 88. 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. 3B of equity has been invested across nearly 1,800 unique SpaceTech companies. Balerion died because he was old, not cuz of where he was living. He only lived about 200 years. Balerion, also known as the Black Dread, is the largest known Dragon to ever live. Balerion was the last dragon descended from Old Valyria before it was destroyed in a volcanic blast.