Tag: Aegon I

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

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

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,...

Aegon I, Aenys and Maegor were all crowned at Oldtown, and all of them embroiled the city in the doings of the newly forged Iron Throne. The largest city in the realm and center of the Faith underwent serious changes...

We discuss how the North transitioned from the rule of Kings to the rule of Lords, and how they fit into the scheme of things under the Iron Throne under Aegon the Conqueror and beyond. It was a time of...

On August 18, 2022, we interviewed George RR Martin in person, at his office in Santa Fe. You can watch this episode on YouTube here, or listen to it in podcast form here. We are also including a transcription below,...

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...?