The Broken Reign of Aegon the Dragonbane 

Yea he was a coward that didn’t do anything in the war and cried when their was no war because the River lords ended it for him

They just wanna go and chill in Winterfell half the time 😭

@@raphaelostrowski6336 He wasn’t a coward. He explicitly states he needs to make sure the harvest comes in for winter, or else his people will starve

Exactly true Stark thing.n

Those Starks are badass like that! 👑🏰🐺

Can’t say the same for Aerys II and he didn’t even go through that stuff.

@@matthewriley7826anxiety would do that to you

​@@matthewriley7826Bran messed him up

Its interesting that he isn't a "mad Targ" with everything he went through. But the others are labelled guano for less.

yes but he was kidnapped... people psychies are different, some people can endure more than others @@matthewriley7826

Shows how ass backwards westaros is the kings who being peace are dismissed while kings who start unnecessary wars are romanticized.

To be fair, Daeron laid the seeds for Dorne to come into the fold and join the other six kingdoms. His brother would make peace with the Dornish upon Daeron’s death and seal a marriage pact between the Targaryens & Martells.

when in the show Daemon and Rhaenyra introduced Aegon and Viserys to him and he said " now that is a name fit for a king " he was right...Viserys after Aegon was an amazing king....sadly when I read that he produced Aegon the unworthy I just said ..." and here we go again..."

​@thebloodofthedragon I feel that had more to do with Baelor the Blessed, since it was his actions that made Dorne reconsider, since he'd humbled himself

Amazing the difference personality makes. Aegon did his job well but had no interest in charming the nobles or making royal progresses. All he wanted was to bring peace and stability back to the realm but that isn't the stuff that inspires songwriters or storytellers

No god but Allah Islam way for peace and real monotheist Search about the truth with honest heart.,

@@amany247 Bot, this a wendy's

Well, if he hadn't taken he's sweet ol' time getting in his knickers then he would have gotten in time for the good kills.

Everyone else: "Then maybe don't wait until your queen is dead to show up."

@@DM-Ozis it ever stated why he took so long to join the war

Exactly

Yeah, loosing like, 90% of their family is an insanely depressing situation for any kid to live through

Right.

@thalmoragent9344 And not just losing them to random people but literally your family killed your other family till their were only about 4/5 of you left.

@@Argos-xb8ek and having to witness some of those family members grizzly deaths!

I think that titles goes to Viserys the Beggar King

@@VirtualnomadVirtualnomadwas never a king

Vizzy 3 is an amazing character. He has the trauma of Aegon III but he expresses it through the cruelty of Aerys II and the psychosis of Aerion Brightflame. Westeros was definitely lucky that Aegon III just wanted to stay in his room and play Nintendo, cause his reign could have gotten real messy with the amount of trauma he’s packing.

@@CrusaderChris True, Westeros is insanely lucky Aegon III only became seriously depressed rather than going full Maegor-mode.

@@CrusaderChrisyour the first person to acknowledge viserys 3 trauma

​@@wolfsbanealphas617 Well, I technically acknowledged it as well 😅

​@CrusaderChris Yeah, I understand he wasn't exactly an angel in the end, but... when he died, I wasn't exactly happy or relieved so much as I was saddened. He was desperate, traumatic desperate. I pity the poor guy A golden crown, though not one fit for a king. All hail King Viserys "The Beggar" Targaryen, Third of his Name 😓

I agree. I’d love the final episode to be a condensed adaptation of the Regency, ending with either Aegon and Vizzy’s reunion or Aegon and Vizzy dismissing the regents.

@@CrusaderChris Episode 9: The Battle of the Kingsroad Episode 10: The False Dawn Episode 11: The Time of the Wolf Episode 12: The Oakenfist

@KaiHung-wv3ul Sounds great, but I’m pretty sure HBO is allergic to doing more than 10 episodes in a season

@@CrusaderChris Thanks for replying! And yeah, but I really think an exception should be made in this case.

Well, it’s called House of the Dragon- Not Dance of the Dragon for a specific purpose I imagine. Do they can cover more than the dance.

If only we could all be as based as Unwin 😔

Lmao, Unwin got me 😅

@@thalmoragent9344 How about being named "Dickon" instead?! THAT had me laughing so hard I almost puked.

Justice for Lady Turnip!

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True.

Really, I wouldn't say he tried to be a good king (not saying he was necessarily a bad one), he just wanted to be alone. And I can respect that. Didn't want all that responsibility, just wanted to live in peace. His Niece-Wife and Bastard Half-Brother getting hit with Poison and later Murder/Suicide pretty much left him alone

No,Aegon III never tried to being a good King. He wasn’t a really good king and raised sh*tty tyrants himself. One warmonger and one sycophant. He didn’t rule. Tyland Lannister did. He is said to have locked himself away depressed. A good King doesn’t hide behind their regent for every move. Aegon III didnt even assisted at councils

⁠@@thalmoragent9344I’d say he was decent to his people considering the trauma “Full bellies and dancing bears shall my policy tonight”

@@thegoat4238 Fr, it's a miracle they suffered through such a melancholy reign full of food from the Red Keep and rebirth.

Yess!! He went through so much 💩 that he EASILY could've had major mental health problems and yet, he was just a sad boy!

That might actually be a good ending. That with a little prologue maybe when he turns of age.

@@SirBallsDeepOfHouseManthrust yess, in my opinion it makes sense for the show to naturally finish at the end point of Fire and Blood

@@asoiaf__ That’s not the ending of Fire and Blood.

And honestly we are tired of fire breathing lizards give us a compelling story

Feelings doesn't translate to effectiveness of the imprint you have on history ask Dearon though

True @@badyoutuber1986

Dawna seems to be a derivative of Daemon. Also why would Aegon care about the uncle that murdured his big brother?

*Daena

That’s probably not the case since his daughter Daena named her own son after Daemon because “he was both the wonder and terror of his age”… Secondly, Aegon also didn’t name any of his kids Rhaenyra either even though he adored his mother. Lastly, Jaehaera’s fam literally caused the death of his entire family, with granny Alicent even motivating her to kill him during her delirious episodes, so that “shame” would have been mutual.

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​@@mirayc451Nah, daemons a pos, allicent at least just wanted to protect her kids.

Cregan's kinda overrated

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@@Aaron_Guest He always felt very....weird? Like at one moment he wanted to massacre the houses that supported Aegon II, and in the next he wanted to execute his murderers. What?

@@KaiHung-wv3ul cragan was a by the book guy like stanness, he may have fought against aegon 2 but he was still a king and to betray him to save themselves was dishonorable and cowardly he also did it to protect aegon 3 as people who kill their own king can't be trusted .

@@thatoneblackdude3333 I guess, essentially "paying the traitors what they're due".

Well, Daemon's daughters lived as well. But yeah, they're the only Targaryens who survived

@@thalmoragent9344yeah all of daemons children survived that says a lot.

@Mcherri Actually yeah that's right, I didn't put them in the same category for some reason, I was just mentally placing Aegon and Viserys as "Rhaenyra's sons" in my head but you're right, they're Daemon's as well. Daemon's children were the only Targaryens to survive the Dance. Granted, Aemond's own bastard son may yet live, which would be cool. Maybe the Hightowers have him in Oldtown somewhere, or the Arbor, and have a secret Targaryen lineage that's just hiding out there, away from the drama. But, that's all speculation of course, and assuming Alys Rivers decides to head down there.

@@thalmoragent9344 yeah probably however all that child will be is a bastard only daemons and rhaenyera’s children are known as royals. I just find it fascinating that out of the dance all the Hightower/targaryen bloodlines pretty much die my guess is as a punishment and yet rhaenyera’s and daemons are the Targaryens that survive however rhaeynera had to suffer so much losing all her first borns expect for aegon the 3rd as he is technically a firstborn from daemon and rhaenyera’s bloodline. I believe rhaenyera actually cursed aegon the 2nd and his bloodline to die so none of the Hightowers/targaryens survived. Aegon the 2nd also made a Marty out of rhaenyera as well most people don’t realise that since even after aegon killed her many still fought for her and her cause which succeeded in getting her bloodline to the throne. The only thing I didn’t like was Cregan leaving all the greens alive when he wanted to kill the traitors which he really should’ve done as it would send a message about traitors and protected aegon the 3rd from anymore backstabbing that might happen. Not to mention if only visenya and maegor could see what became of their house they would be absolutely disgusted since they built it and saved it from annihilation in the pass.

@Mcherri I heavily disagree. Visenya and Maegor did far more harm than good. Maegor darn near ended their Dynasty, and notice how Jaehaerys used the Doctrine of Exceptionalism instead of brute force to make peace? As for the Greens, I don't think Cregan had any right to continue the war. Leaving Aegon's supporters alive is totally fine, unless you're saying you think that a war with Casterly Rock, Storm's End, and especially Oldtown would be a good idea. Especially Oldtown, the most well managed city in Westeros, above King's Landing in just about every way other than not being the Capital. All that extra death and destruction, after the main war was already over? Cregan Stark speaks of treason yet Rhaenyra committed treason 3 times over, and even Lyonel Strong didn't agree with what Harwin and Rhaenyra did. As for Aegon making a Martyr of Rhaenyra, well, same would've happened had she killed Aegon. The Civil War had multiple great houses allying with either Side, and both claimants had their own reasons for claiming the Throne as theirs. Not to mention, if the Targaryen dying out somehow is "justice" for the war, doesn't that mean that all of House Strong and its bastards dying out has a meaning too? I always see people say that the Greens died out due to them being "traitors" yet the southern half of the Realm argues that Rhaenyra and her Black Council were the traitors, and her first 3 bastard sons were all killed off as well, so how come that doesn't count for anything? Overall, the Dance shouldn't have happened, and Viserys holds much of the fault, something Team Black or Green fans should be able to acknowledge. That, and Cregan's wish for more war was also foolish, cause no way he'd be able to handle the South Western half of Westeros, not to mention that even if he did succeed, he'd certainly ran into a lot more trouble, and more people would've died for nothing but Cregan's bloodlust and old alliance he made with Jaecerys, who's long dead at this point

how about Fire and Blood Volume 0.5 😂I want to know more about the Targaryens before the conquest too

We need winds of winter for fucksake!

When he first said that I had to replay it to hear that right

Maybe they want to forget the tragedies that happen by not naming their children as their family.

There was no reason to repeat the names. Viserys did name his oldest son Aegon after his brother, though.

Yeah I always wondered why aegon iii named his oldest daeron after his uncle daeron the daring who he probably never met.

@@thechroniccinephile4824that’s not who he named daeron after. aegon’s father in law was daeron velaryon.

It was probably to traumatic but I think aegon the 3rd did mention his mother from time to time in the book I cannot remember.

His happiest moment in life was finding out that his little brother was alive & reuniting with him 😢 Poor guy just needed a break

Bro just couldn’t stop Peaking

@@CrusaderChris yep

@@CrusaderChris Peak performance indeed

True!

You mean Alicent? Nah he aint interested in her and would probably want a younger wife

Id be hard to do since we know little of events during those time periods and they'd have to make up a lot gourge himself would need to directly be involved and basically write the stories himself to make them work .

@@thatoneblackdude3333 Yeah, and George has a lot of his plate when he really needs to focus on Winds.

It was an expense the treasury could not bear, but it does humanize him a bit that he wanted to memorialize his brothers. Even though he was trying to kill his half-sister. Real goofball Aegon II was.

@@CrusaderChris ik lol, and yes i still don’t like him but u don’t have to like someone to respect them (Tywin Lannister is a prime example) and it seems within his character development that he would deplete funds to memorialize his brothers especially towards the end of his life

@@CrusaderChris eh I think he should be given some slack for trying to kill his half-sister considering she was trying to kill him too and had killed like 90% of his family at that point.

​@@CrusaderChriswar is war everyone was trying to kill everyone

Aren’t they simultaneously Aegon’s half-sisters, step-sisters, and cousins? Since they have the same father (making them half siblings), and their parents marry each other (making them step siblings), and since Daemon is Rhaenyra’s uncle, that makes Baela/Rhaena some variation of cousin to Aegon as well - I think first cousin once removed.

@@CrusaderChris they are not step-siblings but yes they are also first cousins once removed on the targ side. you cant be step-siblings with someone you are already siblings to by blood, that's just not how the term works. jace/luke/joff and baela/rhaena are step siblings though! since they were all born before rhaenyra and daemon were married and to completely different parent pairings.

​@@CrusaderChrishalf overrides step. Step siblings are not related at all, they share no biological blood. Half siblings share one biological parent but not both. Two very different things.

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@@CrusaderChris 🙏🙏

Lol I know she's really so annoying

Aegon VI*

N also half cousins cos they were mothered by his mom's cousin

@@jabunzama video called them stepsisters

Can't wait to see him next season.

It is now the outro music 👍