The Rise and Fall of Valyria Explained | House of the Dragon 

I think if HBO want to do a spin-off, Valyria is where they should do it. Imagine a Gladiator style story for game of thrones

Hats off to the mind of GRRM who created this fictional world. Which seems like more believable then the real one. Really so intriguing and interesting.

I like it when someone discusses the history of Valyria, Westeros and all these works of GRR Martin as if it was real part of human history

I hope that House of The Dragon will be spread across different timelines following the events around -the doom of Valyria -Aegon’s conquest - Dance -Robert’s rebellion

I’m just trying to imagine the size that Valyria would have to be to be the home of ALL the dragons of 40 families. Who knows how many dragons were actually flying around out there

I just want to know who that first madman was that said "you know what, I think I'm going to climb on that fire-breathing monstrosities back and ride it."

Interesting. I don't think House Targaryen benefited by becoming the only dragon riders left in the world. I imagine they were comfortable as a smaller less powerful house. For them to be left as the sole family of dragon riders, left them vulnerable to may other power houses attempting to over throw and seize their dragons. They were not accustomed nor prepared to suddenly become the center of power and conflict. I think it's why it was well over 100 years before House Targaryen made a move to become the center of power in Westeros.

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Valyria as an animated series would be to good 👌🏾 I hope HBO does it

I'm still heartbroken over how D&D treated my Dragon Queen!! Still say that Drogon flew Daenerys 2 Volantis and the Red Temple of R'hollor where Kinvara is waiting! She deserves her revenge but I would be happy with her just ruling in the East.

It would be great to learn about the names of the other Valyrian dragonlord famlies besides the Targaryens and Baelaeres'. It would be great if there was a prequel show on Valyria and the Dragonlord families.

I believe the Doom was the same reason Moria died. They dug too deeply into the earth and you simply can't do that on volcanic soil.

I’m looking forward to seeing Lord Corlys “seasnake” Velaryon !! What a legend

The histories of ASOIAF are so much more interesting than are current story, imo. Not even because of all the dragons. Also I think there was too much magic being used in the area causing 'The Doom', overuse of magic.

There were a few other dragon lords that survived the doom. All died very soon after the doom. One lead a huge army from a free state and none were found again.

I’m craving a Valyrian or Asshai/Shadowlands/Yi-Ti book and show so bad. I find it so spectacularly intriguing.

Not all of the Valyrians where dragon Lords. House Valerion weren't dragon lords and not all Targaryans have thecright temperament to tame dragons. It makes sense that some used horns because they didnt have the confidence to tsme them without one.

Doom of Valyria and Dance of the Dragons would be great HBO series. Would also loved to see a spin off series regarding the most mysterious and otherworldly places in the map like the east or south. Even the Great Empire of the Dawn.

I can tell you really put in so much work in this video that you've been working hard on. Amazing job per usual, keep the juice flowing I'm also convinced the maesters are the reason why the Stone men occupy valyria to prevent people from exploring & learning from them.

Your voice is so soothing I can’t even imagine who else has a better voice than you. Please do more I can’t get enough.😍

I feel like I should be watching this to help me study for an upcoming history exam. It’s so compelling!

I love any and all Valaryan content!

i luv how this feels like actual history lol

I misssed this kind o videos. GoT history is so cool to listen, especially when the reader is GrayArea!! Thanku 🍕😚

in my minds the Valyrians were peaceful sheep rearers who lived in harmony with the more peaceful dragons who migrated from the shadow lands earning there trust similar to nettles feeding them sheep and flew about Valyria heading dragons in peace. As this story reached the empire of geese they thought ha, well, Valyrians are peaceful it would be easy to kill them and tame their dragons. that's when the Valyrians started using there dragons for defence and war against the old empire. but as they had never used them for war before they didn't truly understand it, struggling to command there fire (the command Dracarys wasn't being obeyed). so then that's when they stared to use science, probably infecting dragons blood into themselves and there blood into dragons to form a bond After time this bond became hereditary.

This is one of the best videos I've seen on the history of Valyria. I could listen to you all day!

Just read us the books, I'll pay for that!

Omg. You've got that best voice😍

The explanation regarding the Valyrian Wars is that people didn't fight Valyria. They fought one or another House of Valyria. The Ghiscari only fought individual Houses which is why they never felt the full might until the end when all the Houses united against them. The same with the Rhoynar. This is rather suggestive in that it wasn't Valyria which was responsible for all the evil things they did, but individual Houses.

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They should do the start when valeria was still around back when the city flourished. That would be badass

They will be incorporating a Valyrian orientated series, based 1000 years before the events of HOTD. The place seems awe-inspiring.

Lady Gray very often I find myself going back and rewatching hundreds of your videos. They always touch my soul.Thank you

Lady Gray , great vid as always. Valyria and the Valyrians are certainly one of the most fascinating elements of the narrative and its history , from their origins , the heights of power they reached and their eventual demise via The Doom and one that I always enjoy delving into and discussing. And their descendents make up a key amount of importance in the current ASoIaF narrative. Of course a lot of the particulars are not known with the Valyrians , most aspects of them at any stage from their rise to their fall is mostly conjecture and speculation ; of which you seemed to hit on most of them. Very informative vid and you seemed to discuss many possibilities for the contested topics and theories regarding Valyria at every stage. I personally think the Valyrian's dragon origins came from some outreach or more likely a remnant of the fallen EotD who taught them secrets such as dragon breeding , riding and likely the genetic component that is seemingly necessary to maintain such things as well as likely the recipe for dragon-steel. I just think the Valyrians took it to another level , a twisted one at that which previously probably did not involve blood magic and sacrifice to achieve such ends but the Valyrians were curious and likely implemented such things to push the limits of what they were taught from the EotD. Their governmental structure did seem like a sort of Republic / Empire / Oligarchy hybrid system although the exact particulars are not really known either beyond a few textual clues. But it also can not be ignored that the Valyrians seemed to become a brutal borderline evil empire / regime who ruthlessly conquered , killed , enslaved on a massive scale with torture and seemingly twisted experimentation on many levels along the way ; which of course led to them creating many enemies. Which leads us to The Doom , there are numerous theories , dug to invasively and deep around the Fourteen Flames , in-fighting between the Dragonlords , Lannister gold , the Targs themselves but for me a joint conspiracy between Braavos and the Citadel who likely employed the Faceless Men (eventually based in Braavos) to take out the Fire-mages which initiated The Doom is the most likely imo. Both entities had ample motivation and means to work together towards making that happen. Anyway , look forward to much more content about the book material pertaining to the Valyrians and more so the Targs in the lead up to HotD from you Gray , as a great refresher and discussion resource .

I want a prequel book/show about Valyria.

I can't believe how late I am to this channel and all of these incredible videos!! I'm definitely making up last time catching up to all of these but I have to say this is my favorite most comprehensive video I've seen on RU-vid regarding Valeria!!!!🤩

This is as amazing as I knew it would be! Great work Gray!

This is my first time watching the gray lady and damn...that was probably the best game of thrones lore video I’ve seen! Time to binge these videos!

I remember the first time I came across one of your videos years ago. When I was looking for an news of the games of thrones daily. Back then I spent hours nearly daily listening to your voice and your ideas about what's to come Sadly the television series ruined my interest in games of thrones I said all this to say I'm glad to see your channel is still doing well and still growing All your hard work is paying off.

This vide was supper informative, you did an awesome job putting it together!

You have such a cool channel! So much information! It’s really cool to me how passionate and knowledgeable you are about the whole world of Game of Thrones. I am a big fan of the series, I have never read the books but with this channel I feel like I could learn a lot about this world of Game of Thrones and the prequel so cool. ❤🐉

I'm glad to see Gray taking up this subject. We waited two years for a final season to GOT. And she kept us going all the days and months in between. I'm confident this channel can fill in the wait for House of Dragon (HOD) by a focus on producing vids like these. She is best qualified to give us some 'flames to get us through the valyrian nights' just like the 'juice that got us through the long night'. So I look forward to her chapter by chapter, character by character, dragon by dragon coverage of Fire and Blood over the next two years wait. Thank you Gray!

Awesome video GrayArea!!! Can’t wait for the next one

This is more information that I can usually find in Valyria videos thankyou ❤️

I absolutely freaking love your recaps with a mind of someone who is knowledgeable about the subject material, but also with a real life IDGAF mentality. Seriously, you are my fav!!

I love your videos. They help with the stories and your voice is super pleasant to go along with the videos.

I love hearing you read the stories

I wish they did a series about old Valyria

Good job! I can tell you put alot of work into this. Keep em coming

I like that Brightroar theory a lot! I could see both that and Daena’s dream being true. And btw, since you ended this talking about Moqorro, I can’t wait to read more of him in Winds!

Thanks for this. I can't believe you put this together two years ago. Glad you made it.

You are such a brilliant writer, I love listening to your essays.

This is wonderful! Fabulous video, you do really good work❤️

Loved it!!! Thanks for sharing!

Hell yes!!! I don't know what program you use, but this looks freakin fantastic!! Thanks Gray❣️✌️

This narrator is perfect. That's all I can say. Subscribed !

Excellent clip! You have the voice of an angel. Thank you so much. I am enthralled with dragons and the history of Valyria. How facinating!

Glad you're back!

Thank you for this video. It was far more than I hoped for

Gray area!!! Thankyou , you were the 1st channel that I ever subscribed too. Your voice, dicussing ASOIAF, just fits so perfectly .. your awesome Gray !! Thankyou

I love your voice! So relaxing

Great work!

A beautiful voice and a masterful narration. Great video and a great channel 👍☺️

Perfect narration! Well detailed and 8th point

Valyrian’s are descendants of the Great Empire of the Dawn, particularly the Amethyst Empress & her line. Her line became refugees during the Long Night, as did many peoples, they ended up settling down in the Valyrian Peninsula. They eventually rediscovered their draconic connection, & created the Valyrian Freehold.

Love your storytelling can't wait for this series

Wow this was a bunch of great info. You are a good storyteller too. 😊

You don't know how much I needed this today. Bless you 🙏🏽

Love your videos. Hope to see a lot more HOTD stuff!

I loved this! Keep up the good work! ♥️

Love hearing you read. Great vid

This was purely amazing!!

I know this is an older video, and I'm re-watching it again. It struck me how this Doom is mirrored in real history. How many mighty Dynasties have fallen. From The Great Egyptian historical Pharaohs, The Roman Empire, Even the lore of Atlantis, Greek Mythology, The Myan Empire and the archeological finds of Temples in Cambodia, China ect.. The lost technologies and Civilizations like Easter Island the Celtic history, Persian, Twiwanacu, Turkey, Syria and Iraq Hittite and Assyria Empires. To listen to a fictional world created by an Author with world's in such intricate of histories, geological mapping and lores like Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings series. It makes listening to these stories all the more captivating.

Great video! I didn’t realize how much I didn’t know about the old history or GoT

I was hyped for that video for so long. Thank you! :D

What an epic video! Thank you!

Yesss so excited for every vid

That's a wonderful reading-- we're getting the emotion as well as the facts.

I am 4 years late but this video is amazing! I am so happy I found your channel!

Amazing! I love your readings

Great video. Love these and I really love the Atlantis of Goerge’s head.

Very well done video I loved this!!!

This is an excellent voice for audiobooks. 🔥

Loved it! You Rock!!

Fantastic!

Love these art and well told tales very cool

I’m addicted!! Ty.

this is a really great video, i enjoyed watching this almos half n hour, pls make more out of this, thanks

You gave me goosebumps!

Yesss, juice time! and a Valyrian video!!! ☺️☺️

I loved this thank you!!!

Miss u girl so much!! Great video!! 😍👍🏻

Finally more videos about content I like!!!!!!

great as always

Thanks For Doing A Song And Ice Fire Again thank you for coming back to your roots your grace 👑

I. LOVE it More fire in blood Looking Forward for The Show 🐉and 🐺and🦁

The narrator’s voice is perfect…

My guess is that while a strange people from Asshai brought dragons to Valyria and taught them how to tame the dragons, the Valyrians themselves eventually learned or invented blood sorceries to enhance this into something of a psychic bond, binding the dragons to the Blood of Old Valyria.

awesome video please keep it up!

To honest I love everything about game of throne especially its history even though I know little about it. But because of you and your videos, I think I love it more now. Please continue to shower us with this kind of videos and am always with you the way and don't what to miss any video by any chance. We love you and your videos because you know exactly what you are saying at that particular moment and anyone could tell that you know more, you have researched about it and I also love your voice projection, it is just amazing to listen to. To be honest, I stop whatever I was doing the moment I receive the notification of your videos and listen to it attentively. Thank you for keeping us entertained.