He was considered to be the third biggest dragon of his age, after Aegon’s Balerion the Dread. During the Dance of the Dragons, it was clear that Meleys was already quite large as her head was bigger and longer than the entire body of an average-sized human being. Giving it about 10 or more times the mass of this. The reason none of the other dragons matched the Conquest veterans in size is just because they didn’t live as long, and all died in the Dance before they could get big. Named after a Valyrian god, Balerion was massive and powerful; said to be big enough that his shadow while flying swallowed whole towns. Balerion is stated in the books as being the largest of the 3 dragons right, everyone agrees on this including Martin who wrote it. 5*7. But Vhagar was never kept in the Dragonpit so grew large, that is true. in season 6 dany was a little big bigger than drogons head. I still think this accurately portrays a dragon large enough to swallow a mammoth whole. kc522020. [1] The skulls used to hang in long rows on the walls of the throne room of the Red Keep. So, while that leaves a vague estimate for fans, it's likely Balerion is even larger than Smaug, who only covered around a quarter of Lake-town. "In the film trilogy Smaug measures nearly 140 meters (about 460 feet) long with a wingspan of perhaps 150 meters or more. During the War of Conquest, she was already a huge and ferocious dragon. Drogon is described to be a large dragon with black scales and blood red horns, claws, and eyes which is similar to Balerion who was given the title of the black dread. Balerion. What are your thoughts? Also. There's a reasonable chance that Aurion's dragon would be roughly the same age as Balerion and of a size to inflict damage. Vhagar is a female dragon taking its name from one of the gods of old Valyria. He was the largest of the wild dragons, and the oldest, his age being unknown to history. Beware the beast beneath the boards. Balerion fought and protected Aerea from something big and strong enough to hurt a dragon. „By 129 AC, Vhagar had grown nearly as big as Balerion had been during Aegon's Conquest, and had become the largest living dragon of her time. Balerion was employed by Aegon the Conqueror to burn and half-ruin Harrenhal. Chapter 12, Dany I, of Clash of Kings. In 43 AC, Maegor and Balerion killed Aegon the Uncrowned and his dragon, Quicksilver, in the Battle Beneath The God’s Eye; dispatching the Faith’s preferred monarch. Aug 20, 2018. Finally, if dragons truly get bigger with age, we can take the fact that Vhagar only lived 180 years, compared to Balerion’s 200 years, that she just didn’t have the opportunity to grow as big as the Black Dread. •. As to the ice dragons that is just a legend there is no proof they actually existed. The same thing happened to Vhagar. I think it's entirely possible Balerion benefitted from being the largest dragon in the only remaining dragon family in the world. According to Tyrion Lannister, Meraxes was larger than Vhagar but smaller than Balerion, and it is said Meraxes could swallow horses whole. LChris24 • 7 mo. Nosredak • 1 yr. Due to the fact that Vhagar has aged quite a bit by the time Prince Aegon became her rider, Balerion would approximately be the same size, upon his death. Meraxes was the silver dragon of Rhaenys Targaryen, the second sister wife of Aegon the Conqueror. sexmountain. It's been stated that Drogon is Balerion come again, and this would certainly explain his physical characteristics, and add an extra parallel between Daenerys/Aegon and Drogon/Balerion. Known as the Black Dread, Balerion was the biggest and strongest of all of the dragons that set foot on Westeros, as his massive head alone was big enough to swallow at least two horses whole. Vhagar at 180, is noted to be almost as large as Balerion was at the conquest. So by that logic shouldn't vhagar be. Vhagar wasn't in the fight, but Balerion was that big, was 4 times the size of Quicksilver at least, Balerion was. Balerion were all free to fly but he grew bigger a lot faster just because he was bigger. Reyne-TheAbyss. Vermithor was born in the decades immediately following Aegon I’s conquest of the Seven Kingdoms. And while Balerion probably did. By 129 AC, Vhagar had grown nearly as big as Balerion had been during Aegon's Conquest, and had become the largest living dragon of her time. If that hadn’t happened to him it’s entirely possible he could have lived to be older. 4. Dany’s 3 were hatched with blood magic. [3][4] This is purely based on canonical material and not the TV show. Balerion, the largest and oldest Targaryen dragon, was already alive when House Targaryen moved from Valyria to Dragonstone in 114 BC, and died of old age in 94 AC. Posted by u/Hijatha - 2,644 votes and 625 commentsThe Cannibal was one of the four dragons that survived the Dance of the Dragons. the targs where a small family with 4 dragons. Fun fact, Vhagar was actually the smallest of the original Targaryen dragons, as Meraxes was larger than Vhagar. His crown was a simple circlet of Valyrian steel, set with big square-cut. Rhaenys and Meraxes were the first of the trio to die and died together in Hellholt (or not depending on whether Rhaenys survived and was held captive) Visenya and Vhagar were the last of the Conqueror/Dragon trio to go. By the end of GoT I'm pretty sure Drogon is at least the size of Caraxes or Meleys. Dragons never stop growing, so when he died he was probably twice as big as when Aegon conquered Westeros. . . He has huge wings and was almost 100 years old when the Dance of the Dragons began. We saw her make her big entrance at Aegon’s (Tom Glynn-Carney) crowning ceremony in Episode 9. So thinking that he's weaker than vhagar is a mistake. r/HouseOfTheDragon. That left Vhagar as the largest dragon in Westeros. So, while that leaves a vague estimate for fans, it's likely Balerion is even larger than Smaug, who only covered around a quarter of Lake-town. Smaug from The Hobbit is a staggering 140 meters long, give or take 15. Smaug was small compared to other dragons. 1. Hope this helps! In House of the Dragon, Vhagar is 150 meters long – that’s 492 feet in length! This was confirmed by Visual Effects Producer Nikeah Forde in a behind-the-scenes video on the official Game of. Might could refer to physical strength, battle prowess, inherent "magical" ability, or any number of other attributes. She had multiple riders over the course of her life; Visenya Targaryen. In the headshot drawings I've already done: Syrax, Caraxes, Seasmoke, Vermithor (x2, I've done 2 versions), Balerion, Meraxes, Vhagar, Silverwing, Dreamfyre, Cannibal, Grey Ghost, and Sheepstealer. To understand just how big Vermithor is, let’s compare him to the other dragons in House of the Dragons. Another harbor lay to his left, a distant sight beyond half-submerged buildings. They say that a dragon that is “born naturally” grow much slower than dragons born of magic. It was told that his wingspan was so large it could cast a shadow over entire towns when he was passing- it was a whopping 453 feet or 138 m. [6] [5] In 132 AC, it was said that during the burial at sea of Lord Corlys Velaryon, the Cannibal took wing and flew to salute the deceased. Is Drogon as Big as Balerion in Game of Thrones Season 7?Please click the link to. 893K subscribers in the asoiaf community. 200-400 feet so he was huge. )A goatherd Drogon is one of the three dragons born in the wastelands beyond Lhazar, along with his brothers Rhaegal and Viserion. However, Vermithor isn’t a lot smaller than Vhagar. Balerion was the dragon that Westeros feared the most during Aegon’s conquest because of how big and powerful it was. Just lean and half the size of another dragon that was almost as big a Balerion. The skulls of Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes are the largest, and the smallest are that of two hatchlings who died a century and a half before the present. 1 year ago. 1 Answer. They start ten miles apart, with the Warbats flying in over the ocean and Balerion rising from the Dragonmont to face them. i_miss_arrow. I imagine you need a ton of energy in order to produce that dragon fire. That was how big Balerion was during the Conquest, he grew a substantial amount later in life. Balerion was willful and "not a beast to play with" according to the Wiki of Ice and Fire. Based on that, we can assume their strength would be about the same, provided they were of the same age and size. Balerion was massive. Balerion - The World of Ice and Fire. David Benioff said that Drogon was about the size of a 747 though, but it doesn’t look like that to me. Similarly, the bone-density required to keep the wings capable of lifting that much weight from being destroyed by the lift force itself make the wings too heavy to be lifted by the air they can move. The show actually did a nice job in season 5 with how big Drogon was. You’ll see his skull tho so you’ll definitely get a. . So for Ancalagon to be as big as people like to draw him, all three assumptions must be true. And where additionally there are parasites and/or various maladies that could have infected Aerea. 0. But god damn Balerion and Vhagar are massive lol. Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next Page 2 of 6 Stannis Eats No Peaches Compulsive Editor Gender:Male Location:England Members 6. IIRC one of Balerion's siblings got murked by a ballista and Drogon himself nearly got killed in the same manner, whereas 2005 kong put up a pretty good fight against planes armed with machine guns. No they not, Vhagar in the dance is said to be as big as balerion during the conquest, I personally believe she was as big as balerion was during Maegor Reign Reply jtbox76 •We don't know how big Balerion was when the Targaryens set out from Valyria, but probably he wasn't the huge beast we come to know in Fire and Blood. Vhagar comes close, but she's not quite as big or fierce as Balerion in his prime. The kitten started to look more like a sleek black tomcat. 1. Forum Posts. As for Drogon, his wingspan is 20 feet from tip to tip, making his actual body fairly small, he wouldn't be much larger then a horse or Dany herself. The lifespan of dragons is many times that of a human, though their maximum natural lifespan is difficult to determine: as beasts of war, most of the known examples died in battle. The Drogon is male and the elder brother of Rhaegal and Viserion. Balerion was a wild hunter. Balerion Size: The Large Creature. By 75 AC, Meleys resided in the Dragonpit in King's Landing, never ridden before. One bite from Balerion's much bigger head (mammoth-swallowing implies 10-15 feet tall at least, Smaug is batting in the 6-8 foot range. 37. The Sun is roughly 490,800,000,000 feet from Earth. Plus, his nickname was The Black Dread. That is not true . Fire and Blood just says Vhagar was approaching the size of Balerion with no time frame of comparison for Balerion Thats where the confusion of Vhagar's size comes from. Balerion lived and grew for 94 years after the conquest. The reason none of the other dragons matched the Conquest veterans in size is just because they didn’t live as long, and all died in the Dance before. Visenya’s dragon, while not quite as big as. You could argue that people have just forgotten how big Balerion, and the rest of the dragons, actually were so they compare Dany’s dragons to the biggest of them because they are just in awe of dragons in. Aerea probably didn't even know how to rule Balerion, who I think was pretty big at the time (he died a bit before the Dance of the Dragons, at around 200yo, and at the time of death probably around twice Drogon if the calculations of some fans are correct). Balerion the Black Dread was the mount of Aegon the Conqueror, the first Targaryen monarch who ruled Westeros. However, later in the Fire and Blood, what was actually stated instead was that Vhagar had almost reached the size of Balerion. He was a legendary gigantic black dragon who served as the personal mount of Aegon I Targaryen. A Forum of Ice and Fire A Song of Ice and Fire & Game of ThronesWhen Balerion returned to Westeros in 56 AC, King Jaehaerys I Targaryen had the dragon confined to the Dragonpit. I think at least in ten years, drogon would be even closer to vermithor. Space investments are taking off with massive private and government funding. Oct 30, 2012. Balerion himself was simply too large to miss, but how had he escaped notice in both Westeros and Essos? The Septon had deduced that the wrong question had been asked. This dragon distinctly does not have teeth that big, so evidently Balerion grew a significant amount between the Conquest and his death. Dragons never stop growing, so when he died he was probably twice as big as when Aegon conquered Westeros. big and small, of diverse origins. Business, Economics, and Finance. My next guess is another dragon who's living in Old Valyria whose rider died. He was so big he made the day into night when he was flying over. Drogon is one of the dragons born in the Dothraki sea. King Aenys I. The exact size of Balerion is not known, but. ivanIVvasilyevich • 6 mo. Vhagar is a she-dragon who served House Targaryen in the centuries of 52 BC to 130 AC. Balerion would be like a fly in comparison. 8 times larger than s7 Drogon (that's just my opinion, it's not fact)Not Balerion. 100 Share. The house of the dragons showrunner reportedly stated that only 9 of. House of the Dragon airs Sundays @ 9pm ET on HBO and streams on HBO Max. 7K. The black one. I guess that isn't. Vhagar is officially 492ft / 150 meters. However, fast forward to the Dance of the Dragons, and Vhagar was almost as big as him. But he is never described to be as big as for example Vermithor. ago. " How big is Balerion? more guestimates from different places "He could eat a large elephant hole, so pretty friggin big. No matter how big? I replied to the guy above you with a description of just how big Balerion was. Cersei looks back on KL as it explodes, killing thousands of Tyrells. Fun fact: one of Drogon's aliases is 'Balerion, come again', while his rider, Daenerys, is known as 'Aegon the Conqueror with Teats'. There's a reasonable chance that Aurion's dragon would be roughly the same age as Balerion and of a size to inflict damage. And this was at the end of his life too. . . Yet it's stated in the dance that Vhagar was as big as Balerion "During conquest" . So regardless of perspectives, Vhagar is the larger dragon. A dragon the size of Ancalagon cannot be supported easily. Sadly I think Balerion will be dead during the shows run but I think he was probably the same size if not bigger than Smaug before his death. Balerion grew so big because he had food whenever he wanted it and had free range, BUT he was around 200 when he died. The combined forces of Casterly Rock and Highgarden were five times as large as those of the Targaryens. Balerion's scales and wings were black, as was the fire he breathed. kc522020. Just shows how big dragons are in GoT. But rereading the books I came across something interesting. Balerion somewhere around 113-120. Vhagar was as big as Balerion was by the dance of the dragons. While not the largest dragon, Meleys is still a hefty size, and she’s fast, easily outstripping Caraxes and Vhagar. Taking that into account both Balerion and Vhagar were described as being powerful, having large jaws, powerful Dragonfires, and enormous wingspans. However, Archmaester Gyldayn notes this may be a later embellishment of the story, since the Cannibal would be more likely. Asdiri • 4 days ago. there sits Balerion, come again. His scales and wing were black. • 4 days ago. Even though Balerion did live for two centuries as the oldest dragon ever recorded in known history, it might be possible for these creatures to live longer lifespans, depending on the circumstances. Is that not the case?Where as smaug is 427ft in the movie. Balerion was Smaug sized and could melt steel and stone with his fire breath. Before its death, Vhagar was the closest to. [2] The cellar room they are currently stored in is dank, and dark and cavernous. We also know that Dragons live a few hundred years because Balerion was the last creature left alive since the doom of Valariya and lived well after the conquest of king Aegon the 1st. Vhagar’s short scene in Episode 6 speaks for itself. After Balerion passed, Viserys hung his skull in the dragon pit and ordered candles. Composite Book and Show Balerion will face off against the two Warbats seen in Godzilla vs. This does, however, throw up an interesting additional question: How large was Balerion at the time of his death? The dragon finally passed away at the age of around 200, we are told. Drogon was growing rapidly for his age and if Drogon ever reached Balerions age he’d definitely be bigger than him. They were essentially free range dragons and were allowed to roam a lot which helped them grow. One cast member of House of the Dragon will be Michael Carter playing King Jaehaerys, King Viserys' grandfather. I suppose Iron Man with prep would be able to call in enough missiles, probably aim for the wings which are less armored, but I think you're underestimating just how massive these dragons can get. He only lived about 200 years. It's totally possible. They can only breathe fire in one direction, and are quite slow on the ground. Going back to proportions, this would give Balerion a wingspan of a whopping 453 feet (or one-and-a-half football fields). This could also mean that Vhagar in HoTD felt Aemond’s rage at Luke and acted on that, causing the death of Luke. Vhagar is insanely big, but then imagine how big Balerion is. The island was occupied. You have to see in person what titanically large beasts they are! So in that retrospect My interpretation of Balerion like other users have said "Meaning that the real Balerion would probably have been about twice as high, twice as wide and maybe four times as long as the one in this picture. we know that Balerion and Vhagar were really big, and that Caraxes was quite a bit smaller than Vhagar. One of those would be Balerion's parents. Warning: Contains mild SPOILERS for House of the Dragon season 1, episode 2. Balerion is supposed to be the biggest dragon in all fiction. So yes just going by age Vaegar should be larger than Balerion during the conquest but smaller than him when he died. And to your point, Harrenhal is so large that we can’t see the castle in scale with Balerion here. I think it's entirely possible Balerion benefitted from being the largest dragon in the only remaining dragon family in the world. 44. Out of the dragons with the largest skulls, Balerion's massive skull was uniquely the largest skull of all, even compared to Vhagar, Caraxes and Vermithor. You’ll see his skull tho so you’ll definitely get a. Jon next to Drogon. Large. now drogons head is at least the size of multiple danys. In season seven of the game of thrones, Cersei Lannister stands in. 730K views 5 years ago. Of course, Vhagar was killed in the battle – but there remains a school of thought that, had she not died, the. How big do Khaleesi’s dragons get? Khaleesi’s dragons, known as “Dracarys,” can reach lengths of up to 50 feet and weights of up to 10,000 pounds. I feel like if you had a dragon as big as balerion it would be damn near impossible to bond with him after 100 years of essentially being a wild dragon. He only became a big dragon as he grew over the hundreds of years (I can't remember how many) between the Doom and the Conquest. 60. Warning: Game of Thrones: Season 7 spoilers below. Balerion was born around 114BC and died around 94AC. Spoiler Vhagar was as big as Balerion at the end of his/her life but Drogon is just a few years old in the Books and is said to have towered over his siblings. He's a massive scaly beast that breathes black fire. First thing of note, he's too builky and his neck is tiny. The Drogon is male and the elder brother of Rhaegal and Viserion. In 48 AC, another claimant to the Iron. Vhagar -- also called the Grandmother of. A Forum of Ice and Fire A Song of Ice and Fire & Game of ThronesThat Drogon is freaking huge, but still nowhere near the size Balerion was when Aegon invaded Westeros, to say nothing of how big Balerion was when he died some 94 years after. The Valyrian Freehold was a great territory that spanned much of the continent of Essos, but has since fallen to ruin, approximately one hundred years before. Their ship docked in one of the harbors, and Balerion didn’t hesitate to follow the man that smelled like Rhae’s family and board his little boat. Balerion was said to have gotten so big that he couldn’t really fly anymore. Like thats a stub. In Fire & Blood, the Cannibal was a coal black dragon with baleful green eyes. versus. Originally the smallest of the three dragons that belonged to House Targaryen at the time of Aegon the Conquer's successful campaign to unify Westeros under his banner, she became the largest of the dragons after the death of Balerion. Its fire was as black as its scales. 2. Only the dragon in scale with very thin towers. It was essentially THE symbol of the might of house targaryen, ridden by 3 targaryen kings in its lifetime. For perspective: 0. Balerion still remains the biggest targaryen dragon while vhagar is right behind him just by a few feet. [deleted] • 6 mo. But Drogon isn't even close to be as big as Balerion, he looks more like the smaller generations of dragons that came after. But it has been made clear that the show House of the Dragon will include up to 17 different dragons. It'd be some absurd firewyrm of it was one. So he could have had no kids. Rowling’s Harry Potter fantasy series. The list begins with a comparison between Vhagar, the largest dragon in Westeros at the time of House of The Dragon, and Drogon from Season 8 of Game of Thrones. 21. Arya sneaks into Cersei's litter while she escapes King's Landing. Balerion may have been whale-sized, but without an accepted size ratio (like X feet of length for every Y foot of wingspan, or whatever), I'm not sure we can have an accurate length. The Dragon and Balerion did exist in two different eras but the Targaryen family. In times of tension you might send such a vessel to quell unrest. He was so large that the shadow alone could. Maybe earlier dragons were more powerful and better-fed, but died. His teeth were as long as greatswords and his mouth was big enough to swallow an aurochs, or even a mammoth, whole. Warning: Game of Thrones: Season 7 spoilers below. Balerion Vs Smaug Size Comparison. Drogon especially is very often compared to Balerion and is said to be Balerion 2. He continued to live long after Aegon’s Conquest, as he died in 94 AC (After Conquest). Balerion was two hundred when he died and Vhagar was close to 180 while Vermithor was less than a century old which suggests he was especially big for his age and had the potential to reach or even surpass Balerion in size. There Aemond met with Prince Lucerys Velaryon, at Storm's End. We know that Drogon is the biggest living dragon and Viserion is the smallest, meaning Rhaegal is. Even if he only got a foot longer each year, that’s about a century of added growth, an extra hundred feet of length. When Vhagar died it was almost as big as Balerion,(it lived like 150 more years than Meraxes) but during the conquest it was smaller than Meraxes. Old post but Drogon grew so fast bacause he was born out of magic. jacaerion. We don't know whether dragons grow their entire lives or not. So smaug still dwarfs balerion. HOW BIG WAS BALERION THE BLACK DREAD? (Game Of Thrones Explained) So. So all we can do is look at what we know of Thangorodrim. Reply replyBalerion is likely the bigger dragon, being known for swallowing mammoths whole, his shadow can engulf an entire town. If this is how big Balerion was like during the conquest then I had a complete different image in my head. (The Rogue Prince) Vermithor was thrice as large as Tessarion. However, the reliability of both claims is uncertain, since Vhagar is the only dragon described by historical sources as grown almost as big as Balerion , and Meraxes died at least several decades younger. Sort by: MrBoliNica. On the other hand, Vhagar lived during the time of the Dance of the Dragons, as it was actually almost as big as Balerion during that time. His wound could have been caused by a dragon, a kraken or a stone man with a Valyrian steel sword. Balerion continues to be the largest dragon to have ever inhabited Westeros in terms of size. Maybe start towards the beginning of Aerys’ succession / end of Aegons reign, show the Maegor / Visenya dynamics, discuss the faith making a deal with Aegon regarding incest and polyamory, their discontent with Aerys’ decision making, Maegor postponing his dragon claim until Aegons death so he may claim Balerion, etc… season 1 ends with. Dreamfyre, born in 23 and (s)he is older than Vermithor, born in 34. In 93 AC, Prince Baelon’s sixteen-year-old son, Viserys, entered the Dragonpit and claimed Balerion. just compare the pictures with dany. R. By the time of the Dance of the Dragons, and the deaths of Balerion and Meraxes, Vhagar was one of the largest dragons in existence. Even with slower growth he would still be noticably bigger. Even though Vermithor isn’t bigger. She’s probably around the size he was when Maegor. Diplomats boarded Battleships and toured far flung colonies to show the flag, to show the might of the Empire. #1. Vhagar is slightly bigger than Vermithor, as she is older and is said to be the only dragon that came close to Balerion the Black Dread’s size. . In 120 AC, though, Laena died, and Vhagar, who was almost as big as Balerion by the time of the Conquest, was claimed by Prince Aemond Targaryen, the youngest son of King Viserys and Lady Alicent. Drogon is a blip on the radar compared to Balerion. Only Vhagar ever managed to approach Balerion in size, but only many years after his death. Smaug the Golden, mightiest dragon of the Third Age of Middle Earth, whom laid waste to Erebor and Dale, the greatest and chiefest of calamities. However, as long as there are mammoth herds, large cattle herds, and whale pods to eat, it may be able to survive. Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes were all well trained, specifically for battle (this is important), and were way bigger than Dany's dragons. Balerion was the big stick, that was the biggest stick in the realm. and then the unlikely description of Nagga (sea dragon) size: feed on leviathans and giant krakens and drown whole islands in her wroth. The size of a 747 but I can't quite picture it. Now, a big cat (lion, tiger) needs about 2-3% of its body mass in meat every day. He could swallow horse and rider whole and his flame, black. The smallfolk of Dragonstone alleged that the Cannibal was on Dragonstone before the Targaryens. 0. aegon was the first to unite (most of) the kingdoms, he was the first to take the targaryens' rule off of dragonstone after generations of them contentedly ruling just the one island. During the Conquest Balerion was about a hundred years old, maybe a few years older. ReplyBalerion or “the Black Dread” was a dragon of House Targaryen ridden by King Aegon I during the Conquest. Smaller than her book counterpart, but still massive. NinjaStealthPenguin. Probably Viserys means it's too big for an active dragon to live in. At 57, I imagine she would be a bit bigger than Seasmoke, who is in his 30s after the big time jump in the show? Meraxes was the second biggest, maybe in her 80s-90s. He can be distinguished by his black and red. Check out our review of "Stormborn. i think it makes sense for him to be the first to bond. Fit-Jellyfish-6234 • 10 mo. Similarly, Stormcloud was a very young. Vhagar was three times as large as Tessarion or Seasmoke. Balerion was the mightiest Dragon born so far and was the largest and most powerful for quite some time. Does it really matter if Balerion was the length of a football field or half that size. Smaug doesn't have an official size. Over the past decade, $272. But, what was the scariest was that his fire was also black. In fact, it is estimated that Vhagar is 492 feet. Aegon I and Balerion died of natural causes. The next biggest was Vermithor, who died in his 90s, barely half. Firewyrms grow large but I think everyone is forgetting just how absurdly big Balerion was. but Vhagar was born when Balerion was 62 years old, she would’ve been even bigger if there was no dance. Balerion was both bigger and stronger than Vermithor. This means that Vhagar is much bigger than Drogon, despite the latter being a large size for that age. Balerion was big sure, but he surely wasn’t the only big dragon they had over the course of their time on Dragonstone. By the end of his life, Balerion was so massive that he had a hard time breathing and flying. 20. In a behind-the-scenes video on the official Game of Thrones YouTube channel, visual effects Producer Nikeah Forde explained that Vhagar is. The old dragon had stopped growing at last, but he was sluggish and heavy and hard to rouse, and he struggled when Viserys urged him up into the air. Viserys stated Vhagar was too big for the pit at least in the show, but if Balerion resided in it then it makes no sense why almost all of the wild dragons aren't in the pit. AlphaFPS1 • 4 mo. Balerion, Meraxes and Vhagar were believed to be the last surviving dragons from Valyria, though dragons pop up in cultures all over Essos. what are the chances that a weak family with 4 dragons had the biggest one out of a 1000 balerion would be a baby compared to the big dragons Officially Vhagar is bigger than Smaug. This makes sense, prolonged sitting on big Balerion is irradiates your balls and makes you sterile. hanabihyuga1234 • 4 yr. DARK-Accuracyy985 • 1. 5 times bigger. Bigger than blue whales. But god damn Balerion and Vhagar are massive lol. 88. Balerion was the largest of all the Targaryen dragons, his teeth were as long as swords and his jaws big enough he could have swallowed an auroch whole, or even one of the hairy mammoths said to roam the cold wastes beyond the Port of Ibben. Vhagar was born in 52BC and died in 130AC. Of course, House of the Dragon is long over before Drogon is even born. I've also found the number 46 kcal/kg, which more or less fits for the 1300 kcal/kg horse meat the cats are fed in captivity. Balerion, the Black Dread, was ridden by King Aegon I Targaryen, called the Conqueror. ago. By the time of the Dance of the Dragons, Vhagar was nearly as large as Balerion had been at the time of his death. Balerion has much better armor, Smaug's bejeweled underbelly is a weak point. Dany even thinks so, but decided to give him a new name; Drogon. Film Smaug about 60 meters (200 feet). Since Drogon is believed to be the reincarnation of Balerion the Black Dread, it’s not that far-fetched to believe that he is the second most powerful (and largest) dragon in the G. You may think that Balerion "The Black Dread" or even Drogon is the largest dragon from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, but you'd be wrong about tha. It could be that Balerion was larger than Meraxes and Vhagar both at the Conquest, in 10 AC, at his death in 94 AC, and in 130 AC when Vhagar died. At the heart of Aegon’s conquest were the Targaryen family’s three dragons, Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes. 7 Meleys: The Red Queen. Without magic being involved, the musculature required to move the wings large enough to lift the body make the body heavier than the wings can lift. When we meet Balerion in House of the Dragon, he has sadly passed away, and his skull is. That's the point. Ancalagon collapses from exhaustion after a week and two tops, and Balerion wins by default. being large enough for Daenerys to ride on his back capable of eating an entire horse, maybe not whole. environment and the amount of magic in the environment. The math just doesn't add up, as Balerion, the only dragon who, if the legend was true, could match the Cannibal in age, died of natural causes 35 years prior and we could assume that Cannibal would be even older. (He came from the sky. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. For reference, Balerion was roughly 100 years old when Aegon invaded Westeros and died almost 100 years after that. Only mentioned he is twice the size of 747. The books said she was as big as Balerion was during Aegon's conquest. In the episode we see Balerions skull, if we go off that he could swallow an Aurochs or even a small mammoth, it didnt really look possible as it didnt seem big enough.