Balerion is the biggest but also was far older than any of the other dragons. He couldn't support his monstrous weight any longer. hanabihyuga1234 • 4 yr. The dragon’s wings were said to be so big that they could cover entire towns in shadow, with teeth the size of swords. 55. Remember though that Balerion was 200 years old when Aegon conquered Westeros, and Drogon is only like 2-ish at this point. Nothing to do with size whatsoever. " During last night's episode of Game of Thrones, we see Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) standing in front of the skull of Balerion the Black Dread, providing a glimpse at just how large the dragon of Aegon the Conqueror actually was, and how it compares in size to. In the TV series, we’ve seen Balerion’s skull, and he’s a pretty big boy, but you can tell from a glance that he’s a fair bit smaller than Smaug. Balerion the Black Dread was a big dragon, even by dragon standards. The Cannibal is supposed to be the size of Balerion very old and lived free. Join. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire"…Look how big and mean he is! He is Balerion the Black, a Targaryen Dragon!" There was laughter and giggles, and the big humans made merry. David Benioff said that Drogon was about the size of a 747 though, but it doesn’t look like that to me. turtlexxi • 5 yr. House of the Dragon airs Sundays @ 9pm ET on HBO and streams on HBO Max. 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. Over the past decade, $272. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. We shindhol shpa chnyeny. In times of tension you might send such a vessel to quell unrest. That was how big Balerion was during the Conquest, he grew a substantial amount later in life. Yet it's stated in the dance that Vhagar was as big as Balerion "During conquest" . 13 m) 3 = 2,376,380 kg. Adult dragons HAVE been killed, but only by lucky scorpion shots to the eye, or by being swarmed by thousands of people while restricted to the ground. His name is Maegor "the Cruel" not Maegor "the Evil" or Maegor "the monster". . He chased after the ravens with long claws in the rookery, the big dogs in the yard, and even the pigs in the Keep’s pigsty. Vhagar at 180, is noted to be almost as large as Balerion was at the conquest. They can only breathe fire in one direction, and are quite slow on the ground. Along with eighteen [1] other Targaryen dragon skulls, Balerion's skull hung on a wall in the Red Keep's throne room. Balerion was massive. So I watched the house that Dragons built episode 1 and there it said that Balerion's skull is 9 meters long and I thought that now since people know how large Balerion's skull is we can finally find out just how much larger he is than Drogon but to do that we need someone to figure out how long Drogon's head is. Plus, his nickname was The Black Dread. The winged shadow. Balerion was the greatest Targaryen dragon who ever lived, the largest since the fall of Valyria. And Balerion, judging by books and show. Drogon so far has a 20 foot wingspan in the booksBalerion was big (and 114) at the conquest, but he was 12 when the doom happened. ago. It is safe to say that there are dragons in the freehold bigger than him. More powerful houses with more powerful dragons is a possibility. love this drawing but feel like there's a huge discrepancy between how large Balerion is described in the books and how large he appears in the renderings. [25] [26] After Robert's Rebellion, King Robert I Baratheon had the skulls removed from the throne room and stored them in a. Nosredak • 1 yr. Instead of wondering where. Balerion was 126+ years old since when the Targaryens left Valyria in 126 BC and Balerion was already alive and was one of the five dragons that Aenar Targaryen brought with him to Dragonstone. 100 Share. Still a dragon but not much compared to the massive beasts that were in the freehold. the targs where a small family with 4 dragons. Cersei reflects on how amazing of a schemer she is and how she got the last laugh. Balerion was born around 114BC and died around 94AC. And this was at the end of his life too. Hey, thanks so much! About the eye - giving small eyes to a large creature is a design choice proven time and time again by a plethora of artists that the smaller the eyes on a creature, the BIGGER the creature looks. Bigger than blue whales. Nuke it again. Is that not the case?Where as smaug is 427ft in the movie. 44. Balerion. The tyrant king lived his life religiously, guided by his house words: fire and blood. Vhagar was a she-dragon of House Targaryen. ago. . And the moment that Balerion arrived at a battle, no army was able to stand against the might of the dragon regarded as the strongest in the history of Westeros. Balerion growing large, heavy and slow wasn’t unusual. By the end of his life, Balerion was so massive that he had a hard time breathing and flying. She’s one of the OG3 dragons of Aegon’s Conquest. Diplomats boarded Battleships and toured far flung colonies to show the flag, to show the might of the Empire. Reply reply. My next guess is another dragon who's living in Old Valyria whose rider died. He lived for 220+ years (126BC to 94AC) and according to my knowledge, the only dragon to die of natural causes. Vhagar was smaller than Balerion, but she was still only 20 years younger when she died. Maybe underwater volcanoes or something. According to Tyrion Lannister, Meraxes was larger than Vhagar but smaller than Balerion, and it is said Meraxes could swallow horses whole. It’s not close, she’s suppose to be the same size as balerion is long dead and vhagar caught up in size. 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. To understand just how big Vermithor is, let’s compare him to the other dragons in House of the Dragons. He could swallow horse and rider whole and his flame, black and red as he was, was hot enough to melt stone. Supposedly Balerion could swallow a Mammoth whole. Vhagar was three times as large as Tessarion or Seasmoke. . Balerion, nicknamed the Black Dread, was the mount of Aegon himself and is widely known as the largest dragon to have ever lived. His teeth were as long as greatswords and his mouth was big enough to swallow an aurochs, or even a mammoth, whole. Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane dominates at close to 8 feet, while Robert Baratheon measures up at 6 feet 6 inches. If you've been a long-time fan of the. The house of the dragons showrunner reportedly stated that only 9 of. 75 tons. 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. which means there’s a big gap between the top of his eye socket and the top of the skull (not sure why he measured by the middle of the eye), whereas there is hardly any for Balerion due to the angle. A Forum of Ice and Fire A Song of Ice and Fire & Game of ThronesDaenerys said they were barely eating when they ate like 16 cows and 11 sheeps in a day, so nonetheless they have to eat a shit ton. Balerion was the largest of all Targaryen dragons since Aegon’s conquest, with a wingspan so large that his shadow could engulf entire towns as he flew overhead. This is because Rhaenys loved flying alot and that freedom is what made Meraxes bigger than Vhagar, though Vhagar was probably born earlierBalerion had four-foot long teeth at his death. R. 60. He’d be the size of Vermithor during the Dance. They are the only known species of dragon capable of producing fire and can fly at speeds of up to 200 mph. We know Valyria and surrounding sea are devastated to the point the sea literally smokes. To be honest, it’s not even close either because Vhagar’s size, by the end of her life, was said to rival Balerion the Black Dread, the largest dragon ever to exist. He’s about that big. Balerion, also known as the Black Dread, is the largest known Dragon to ever live. In a behind-the-scenes video on the official Game of Thrones YouTube channel, visual effects Producer Nikeah Forde explained that Vhagar is. Kills Tomman as Balerion the Cat. Even though Vermithor isn’t bigger. So it you take the largest flying bird ever, Argentavis magnificens, it had a wingspan of up to 20 feet and weighed 160 lbs. Balerion would be named like so because it may be reminiscent of "Baler" features i. Literally the entire realm was against him at that point, the entirety of his powerbase eroded to almost nil, and he and Balerion (no matter how big Balerion was, no way in hells he’s winning a 3v1 dragon fight) was about to get ganked by three dragons; one, a boy of mere ten-and-five, and two women. House of the Dragon season 1, episode 2 sets up Vhagar, the dragon in the show most capable of rivaling the size and power of Balerion the Black Dread. Vhagar wasn't in the fight, but Balerion was that big, was 4 times the size of Quicksilver at least, Balerion was. The next biggest was Vermithor, who died in his 90s, barely half. There's a reasonable chance that Aurion's dragon would be roughly the same age as Balerion and of a size to inflict damage. At the heart of Aegon’s conquest were the Targaryen family’s three dragons, Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes. Even though Vhagar wasn’t the. In 93 AC, Prince Baelon’s sixteen-year-old son, Viserys, entered the Dragonpit and claimed Balerion. “ that are the exact words she is described as . 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. 25. No, Drogon was smaller than Vhagar. According to Tyrion Lannister, Meraxes was larger than Vhagar but smaller than Balerion, and it is said Meraxes could swallow horses whole. If the majority of them weren't that big it would explain why their expansion was so limited and, combined with the fact that they apparently needed extremely. 7 Meleys: The Red Queen. She had multiple riders over the course of her life; Visenya Targaryen. Dany even thinks so, but decided to give him a new name; Drogon. During last night's episode of Game of Thrones, we see Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) standing in front of the skull of Balerion the Black Dread, providing a glimpse at just how large the. Vhagar is the greatest battle-tested Westerosi dragon of all time. Citibank shows the space industry is on its way to reach $1T in revenue by 2040. the top half of each of the two pictures. The ferocious Hungarian Horntail dragon (No. In the scene wherein Rhaenys threatened King Aegon II and the Greens, Meleys could have easily swallowed both the king and his mother. I think you mean twice the height. SPOILER. . 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. Meraxes could swallow horses whole. To me this seems to be the headcanon that makes the most sense, as if the freehold had 300+ versions of Balerion it would make no sense for them to even need armies and war elephants. ago. sexmountain. [1] Drogon is believed by some to be the reincarnation of. According to PitchBook, VC funding for. Business, Economics, and Finance. "Balerion the Black Dread was two hundred years old when he died during the reign of Jaehaerys the. This could also mean that Vhagar in HoTD felt Aemond’s rage at Luke and acted on that, causing the death of Luke. Giving it about 10 or more times the mass of this. Fit-Jellyfish-6234 • 10 mo. i_miss_arrow. Drogon is also not very old. Balerion kept growing until the day he died, he was so big that when Viserys was his rider he could barely get up into the sky anymore. As such, the rumors of the Cannibal. The last rider of Balerion was Viserys I Targaryen, then still a prince. He was the largest of the wild dragons, and the oldest, his age being unknown to history. Vhagar is a she-dragon who served House Targaryen in the centuries of 52 BC to 130 AC. During last night's episode of Game of Thrones, we see Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) standing in front of the skull of Balerion the Black Dread, providing a glimpse at just how large the. Space investments are taking off with massive private and government funding. Even Balerion could be brought down by enough men with big blades, if unable to fly. He was a legendary gigantic black dragon who served as the personal mount of Aegon I Targaryen. Vermithor was born in the decades immediately following Aegon I’s conquest of the Seven Kingdoms. "Might" is a subjective term, and we have no context with which to measure it. He couldn't support his monstrous weight any longer. His crown was a simple circlet of Valyrian steel, set with big square-cut. ago. So by that logic shouldn't vhagar be. 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. Aegon I and Balerion died of natural causes. #1. In fact, it is estimated that Vhagar is 492 feet. 2. Another harbor lay to his left, a distant sight beyond half-submerged buildings. How big is Balerion? All I know is that it could hold adult mammoths in its jaws. 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. One could ride a horse down Vhagar's gullet. The series has promised to go big on dragons, with a whopping 17 expected to appear throughout the series. At age 30 plus, Quicksilver was a quarter of Balerion's size: Quicksilver, a quarter the size of Balerion, was no match for the older, fiercer dragon, and her pale white fireballs were engulfed and washed away in great gouts of black flame. 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. Dreamfyre, born in 23 and (s)he is older than Vermithor, born in 34. Ancalagon collapses from exhaustion after a week and two tops, and Balerion wins by default. Balerion was employed by Aegon the Conqueror to burn and half-ruin Harrenhal. With just a meow from the Name-Giver, the kitten became Balerion. Reyne-TheAbyss. He was about a century old, maybe a little more, so that places him at about the size of Vermithor during the Conquest. But, what was the scariest was that his fire was also black. 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 than Vhagar. Ever since. He could eat a large elephant hole, so pretty friggin big. However, fast forward to the Dance of the Dragons, and Vhagar was almost as big as him. This is Mi. 88. The Dragon and Balerion did exist in two different eras but the Targaryen family. I do think that he is still big even by Valyrian standards. Only the dragon in scale with very thin towers. Balerion died because he was old, not cuz of where he was living. Character and Appearance. While not the largest dragon, Meleys is still a hefty size, and she’s fast, easily outstripping Caraxes and Vhagar. Not big enough that Aegon was confident he could defeat the North with Balerion alone Balerion was a 100 years old when Aegon started conquering, and lived another 100 yrs and died at the age of 200. i do love the idea of daenys as the initial rider of big boy balerion, but i think aegon being his first rider is great symbolism too. He lived for 220+ years (126BC to 94AC) and according to my knowledge, the only dragon to die of natural causes. Give Drogon more 100 years and you can compare the two in size. Smaller than her book counterpart, but still massive. Check out our review of "Stormborn. Old post but Drogon grew so fast bacause he was born out of magic. Meraxes’s most notable achievement was helping Orys Baratheon take. He can be distinguished by his black and red. Balerion, The Black Dread, was an absolute ruler of the sky. r/HouseOfTheDragon. Drogon especially is very often compared to Balerion and is said to be Balerion 2. Quicksilver was no match for the older, fiercer dragon, and her pale white fireballs were overcome by Balerion's masses of black flame. What are your thoughts? Also. I therefore give a slight advantage to Balerion, bearing in mind that the environment would likely be the deciding factor of who would end up. 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. Vhagar is likely to win a fight against Drogon because he is bigger, stronger, and more experienced. A dragon the size of Ancalagon cannot be supported easily. Dragons, deceit, and drama -- fans certainly have a lot to look forward to with the upcoming 'House of the Dragon' series. Drogon Daenerys Targaryen’s mount from Game of Thrones, ended up being 50 meters long, plus or minus 10. . And the moment that Balerion arrived at a battle, no army was able to stand against the might of the dragon regarded as the strongest in the history of Westeros. (The Rogue Prince) Vermithor was thrice as large as Tessarion. Vermithor was the third largest dragon behind Balerion and Vhagar. And where additionally there are parasites and/or various maladies that could have infected Aerea. In the books there are a lot of similarities between Daenarys' dragon Drogon and the dragon of Aegon I, Balerion. Balerion. Balerion died in 94 AC, so if we use Vhagar’s size in the show as a marker for Balerion size when we arrived in Westeros, then add 94 years (After Conquest) we can get an idea, ands it’s absolutely terrifying. Speaking of Balerion and Vhagar, as a bonus round, and an incredibly short one I just wanted to bring up Balerion and by extension Vhagar. 21. Well, my opinion as a owner of all 8 Blu-ray seasons of GoT, Fire and Blood, the 100$ GoT collectors chess set, a Longclaw letter opener and all of the GoT books is that Balerion should make an appearance because they are too damn close to. His wingspan was so large that his shadow could engulf entire towns when he passed overhead. Balerion Vs Smaug Size Comparison. Drogon will be much larger than Balerion the Black Dread when he dies. Balerion still remains the biggest targaryen dragon while vhagar is right behind him just by a few feet. 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. 1. If the House of the Dragon show is actually aired eventually then we could see how big Balerion actually is ReplyThe House of the Dragon from Game of Thrones and the Middle Earth Dragons from Tolkien are two of the most popular movie and TV series franchises. e big and strong and dark. Support me at patreon: Bhavisya DahalThe largest of the dragons, big enough to rival even Balerion the Dread, Vhagar grew too large for the dragon pits at King’s Landing and left to make a nest for herself along the Narrow Sea. Vhagar Vs. 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 god damn Balerion and Vhagar are massive lol. Regardless of how large Balerion is, he probably isn't much larger than Smaug, and the latter's feats are quite insane for a creature of that size. EmuVerges. Balerion was said to be over 200 years old so we can definitely rule out seeing Drogon as big as Balerion due to the time scale we have left in the show. While Jaehaerys is very old, his former dragon mount Vermithor will still be a big part of the show. Regarding the size of 180 years old Vhagar: Previously, in the ASOIAF books, it was stated that this Vhagar had almost reached the size of the "Conquest version" of Balerion. Vhagar 90m Vermithor 75m Arrax 18m Tessarion 30m Balerion 120m Syrax 27m Caraxes 45m Meleys 45m Silverwing 50m Dreamfyre 55m Meraxes 60m. Vhagar vs Balerion size. Smaug doesn't have an official size. One thing is. 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. Lucerys eventually fell into the waters of. 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. 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. Drogon especially is very often compared to Balerion and is said to be Balerion 2. Probably Viserys means it's too big for an active dragon to live in. Of course, she was also. Based on that, we can assume their strength would be about the same, provided they were of the same age and size. . No, Vermithor was the second largest after Vhagar even though multiple dragons like Dreamfyre and the Cannibal were older so age doesn’t always correlate to size always although they do get bigger with age. 5*7. He got so big he struggled to take off flight in his older years lol. Balerion was both bigger and stronger than Vermithor. 80 meters (260 feet) long. I guess that isn't. Balerion, Meraxes, and Vhagar. Rhaenys rides. Well Well, this size thing is preeeeeety hard to deal with, you know, some people say that vhagar is 150 meters long, but this doesn't make sense especially when you decide to actually try discover the size of the dragons. Still, Drogon’s. Drogon is adult size, but dragons never stop growing, balerion was centuries old. Balerion was the last dragon descended from Old Valyria before it was destroyed in a volcanic blast. Balerion died in 94 AC, so if we use Vhagar’s size in the show as a marker for Balerion size when we arrived in Westeros, then add 94 years (After Conquest) we can get an idea, ands it’s absolutely terrifying. A hundred years later, during the reign of. They were essentially free range dragons and were allowed to roam a lot which helped them grow. The same thing happened to Vhagar. 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. and his jaws were large enough to swallow a hairy mammoth. 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. Officially Vhagar is bigger than Smaug. He’s just barely gotten big enough to be ridden in the last book, so he’s much, much smaller than most of the dragons in the Dance. His flames forged the Iron Throne itself and united the Seven Kingdoms. However, Smaug was far from the largest Dragon in Middle-earth, as some are said to be as big as a mountain. Aegon was tall, broad-shouldered and powerful in appearance, with purple eyes and short-cut silver-gold hair. It was told, that his fire could melt steel and stone, and it can even make glass from sand. Balerion was wayyyy bigger, Drogon should get there soon enough though Reply reply sebtheweb29 • In about 195 years. (He came from the sky. Balerion grew so big because he had food whenever he wanted it and had free range, BUT he was around 200 when he died. just compare the pictures with dany. 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. Since dragons continue to grow until death, he was likely way larger since he died 93 years after the Conquest. The largest dragon in the history of Westeros was Balerion the Black Dread, whom Aegon Targaryen rode when he conquered the Seven Kingdoms. So all we can do is look at what we know of Thangorodrim. Vhagar is insanely big, but then imagine how big Balerion is. Arya pops out of a stack of blankets and brutally murders Cersei. Balerion's fire also destroyed the mighty castle of Harrenhal, which was thought to be impregnable. Probably Aerea said something like "I want to go home", intending to go her. Now, a big cat (lion, tiger) needs about 2-3% of its body mass in meat every day. Drogon is a blip on the radar compared to Balerion. By the time the first Viserys rode Balerion, he was basically the oldest living creature and could barely get up in. However, as long as there are mammoth herds, large cattle herds, and whale pods to eat, it may be able to survive. She initially wished to claim Balerion, but the dragonkeepers convinced her that he was too old and slow, and that she would prefer a swifter mount. No matter how big? I replied to the guy above you with a description of just how big Balerion was. Balerion fought and protected Aerea from something big and strong enough to hurt a dragon. Composite Book and Show Balerion will face off against the two Warbats seen in Godzilla vs. 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. [3][4] This is purely based on canonical material and not the TV show. And during the later parts of his life, Balerion had grown really weak and sluggish. CryptoHow big was Balerion really? A flying fox, one of the biggest bats, is around 10" long with a wingspan of 36". Known riders. Vhagar was pretty much the same size as Balerion by the time she dies. and I love it (I think that's Balerion) Edit: Vhagar not Balerion Reply Sensitive_Ad_9664. This is perhaps five times as large as Tolkien depicted him. Balerion Size: The Large Creature. But god damn Balerion and Vhagar are massive lol. 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. Balerion still remains the biggest targaryen dragon while vhagar is right behind him just by a few feet. This is a place for news and discussions relating to HBO’s "Game of…What big teeth you have, Balerion HBO "It is the most challenging piece that the sculpture department hafs created," Fitzsimons adds. However, as long as there are mammoth herds, large cattle herds, and whale pods to eat, it may be able to survive. EnderMorph. Balerion was the mightiest Dragon born so far and was the largest and most powerful for quite some time. 7K. 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. Balerion is the largest dragon that House Targaryen has ever bred or ever will breed. He trained himself to confront larger foes, learning how to make them hurt and bleed and flee from him. He's introduced as the Prince's mount in season1, episode 6, "The Princess and the Queen. Balerion Strength Comparison. George Martin's Black Dread was even more of a giant flying mass: Book Smaug: about 25 meters (80 feet) long. Balerion. Balerion, famously known as the Black Dread, is a character in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. The dragon in house of are basically house cats compared to them and essentially don’t grow as big. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. Drogon was not as large as Balerion was but Drogon was also still growing throughout Game of Thrones. Forum Posts. Nowhere in the text does it ever say that. Aegon has a big army he just refused to divide it and took too long getting across the country. Dragons never stop growing, so when he died he was probably twice as big as when Aegon conquered Westeros. Maybe earlier dragons were more powerful and better-fed, but died. That could be the case since Aenar Targaryen brought FIVE dragons with him to Dragonstone. To be fair. . It just makes more. So thinking that he's weaker than vhagar is a mistake. ago Balerion was much bigger, the link someone else provided above me thinks he might of been about twice the size of Drogon. Balerion lived and grew for 94 years after the conquest. These towers are very thin, and Balerion could be hanging from them. jacaerion. [2] The cellar room they are currently stored in is dank, and dark and cavernous. Balerion was hard to rouse, and struggled when Viserys urged him into the sky. Balerion size is abusurd. I still think this accurately portrays a dragon large enough to swallow a mammoth whole. The show actually did a nice job in season 5 with how big Drogon was. Balerion was over 200, Vhagar was over 180. To me that suggests a sort of limitation of how big they can actually be. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire universe. Rowling’s Harry Potter fantasy series. However, later in the Fire and Blood, what was actually stated instead was that Vhagar had almost reached the size of Balerion. In times of war they would be the big threat. 210 votes, 54 comments. Valyria is a weird place and the possibilities are endless. Maegor had it built after he burned the Sept that. We don't know whether dragons grow their entire lives or not. By Josh Rosenberg Published: Oct 24, 2022. One of those would be Balerion's parents. Balerion and Drogon are extremely similar in terms of appearance – both were big and black with red details, big red-to-orange eyes, and many spikes covering their chest. And while Balerion probably did. While bonded with King Aegon, Balerion was involved in the war in the Disputed Lands and the conquering of. Really cool though. Vermithor isn't as big as Balerion, and the Bronze Fury is a little smaller than select others in Game of Thrones history, but he was the second largest still living dragon in the world. He was so large that the shadow alone could. . BUT!!! In tolkiens works. Vhagar is the biggest living dragon in House of the Dragon, and the second-largest dragon in Westeros history after Balerion the Black Dread. ivanIVvasilyevich • 6 mo. Balerion later participated, along.