Character: Aegon I Targaryen

From our "Balerion the Black Dread: The Biggest Dragon Ever" episode!

When the Blacks and Greens went to war in the year 129, it had been over 80 years since a dragon had fought a dragon… The hard won lessons learned during the days of the Freehold, Aegon’s Conquest and the...

The First Dornish War was Aegon the Conqueror's last war. For the rest of his reign he was largely concerned with peace.

The deaths of Queen Rhaenys and even moreso, Princess Meria, led to the end of the First Dornish War. But ultimately the final decision was made by Aegon upon receipt of the mysterious letter that he burned immediately afterwards. What...

Most bent the knee to the overwhelming might of the dragons. This may have made Aegon overconfident, as he assumed the submission of Dorne and a few other holdouts. That they defied the Conqueror makes them all the braver, or...

We are back and live this Sunday at 3pm eastern. With Harrenhal a smoking ruin and the largest army ever seen in Westeros defeated with ease, many rulers decide, at last, that they have no choice but to bend the...

The Riverlords kneel to Aegon the Conqueror just outside of still-smoldering Harrenhal, and he bestows new titles and castles while dividing the kingdom of Isles of Rivers. As the Riverlands is reborn again, we take a look back 400 years...

It’s been 5 years… you know what that means! With fresh ideas on Aegon’s dreams and more, we take a second look at perhaps the best fantasy history book ever written - Fire & Blood. Join us as we re-read,...

A king who conquered and then lost Dorne. Then lost his life trying to re-take it... but managed to write a book that is still studied today all before turning 19. A short but intense and compelling reign of only...

The Free Cities, Aegon the Conqueror, Argilac the Arrogant, Harren the Black, refugees, power vacuums, eruptions, and more. The ladders really come out...?