Tag: Aegon I Targaryen

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

In May 2024, ahead of House of the Dragon season 2, we interviewed Ryan Condal, showrunner for House of the Dragon! You can watch this episode on YouTube here, or listen to it in podcast form here. You can find...

Aegon and Visenya faced no true threats to their reign from the outside, but the biggest problems can start from within, and even the first House of the Dragon was troubled by such. An abundance of Targaryen births late in...

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...

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,...

In August 2022, we interviewed Ryan Condal, showrunner for House of the Dragon! You can watch this episode on YouTube here, or listen to it in podcast form here. You can find Ryan's podcast, The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of,...

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...