Balerion, known as the “the Black Dread,” was one of the oldest dragons (dying at. but Vhagar was born when Balerion was 62 years old, she would’ve been even bigger if there was no dance. Which is why I'm somewhat reluctant to believe. My next guess is another dragon who's living in Old Valyria whose rider died. In fact, it is estimated that Vhagar is 492 feet. 226. Aegon is tiny on his dragon's back! Compare that to any image we have of Dany riding Drogon and that should give you some perspective. In the books the dragonpit is big enough to where around 80,000 people could be seated in the stadium and 40 dragon cave entrances lined the inner ring of the dragonpit, tunneled deep into the hillside, and each of their entrances had huge doors that opened up on the sand of the dragonpit, and huge doors at each of the exit points for the dragons. Maegor rode balerion, he was the one that ordered construction of the pit, I'm sure at the time, it may have been just large enough to host balerion, but balerion grow older and bigger afterwards. His scales and wing were black. He is named after Daenerys's late husband Khal Drogo. 37. It just says that Balerion was the oldest and largest of the Targaryen dragons that were brought to Westeros, and the largest since then. The exact size of Balerion is not known, but. Valyria is a weird place and the possibilities are endless. 1 Answer. [5] The cat once stole a roast quail served to Tywin Lannister at a dinner with King Robert I Baratheon. This is due to the fact that the Dark Dread is still the biggest and most powerful dragon to have ever existed. Dany’s 3 were hatched with blood magic. Just lean and half the size of another dragon that was almost as big a Balerion. This could also mean that Vhagar in HoTD felt Aemond’s rage at Luke and acted on that, causing the death of Luke. His teeth were as long as greatswords and his mouth was big enough to swallow an aurochs, or even a mammoth, whole. he wasnt confined to a enclosed pit, or basically trained to serve humans the way Arrax was. Drogon is one of the dragons born in the Dothraki sea. Drogon is a blip on the radar compared to Balerion. 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. Later, a septon had infamous answer about why where they went: Valyria because of Balerion, which was young when he once lived in his original home before the Targaryens moved to Dragonstone and also before the Doom that changed the world forever. Balerion growing large, heavy and slow wasn’t unusual. So I've just been thinking about this lately. 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. „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. Drogon's wings are 20 feet tip to tip and he can't even eat a sheep whole. This is the biggest dragon on the show. 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. Final Thoughts I doubt his boy was as big as Balerion. The dragon in house of are basically house cats compared to them and essentially don’t grow as big. This is perhaps five times as large as Tolkien depicted him. 4. This means that Vhagar is much bigger than Drogon, despite the latter being a large size for that age. 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. 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. Balerion was born around 114BC and died around 94AC. I am pretty sure F&B hints that he could have become older if it weren't for the Aerea fiasco and their vacation in Valyria. Although during this time she was the smallest of the trio that included Balerion and Meraxes, Vhagar was still large enough to swallow a horse whole, and her flames could melt armor. just compare the pictures with dany. 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. Large. A dragon the size of Ancalagon cannot be supported easily. There's a reasonable chance that Aurion's dragon would be roughly the same age as Balerion and of a size to inflict damage. 1. • 1 yr. He was so big he made the day into night when he was flying over. Even though Vhagar wasn’t the. We saw her make her big entrance at Aegon’s (Tom Glynn-Carney) crowning ceremony in Episode 9. I think it's entirely possible Balerion benefitted from being the largest dragon in the only remaining dragon family in the world. 730K views 5 years ago. She’s probably around the size he was when Maegor. Then Balerion fell upon Quicksilver from above, grabbed her neck in his jaws, and ripped one of her wings from her body. Vhagar was smaller than Balerion, but she was still only 20 years younger when she died. Balerion, nicknamed the Black Dread, was the mount of Aegon himself and is widely known as the largest dragon to have ever lived. 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. Another sad part: it‘s implied that Balerion did fly to Valyria when he accidentally abducted Princess Aerea, because he wanted to return to his birthplace but didn‘t know the Doom had happened. And during the later parts of his life, Balerion had grown really weak and sluggish. I think at least in ten years, drogon would be even closer to vermithor. He also created a new order of seventy-seven warriors, the Dragonkeepers, to guard the royal dragons. 5*7. But it was Balerion's size that was truly a sight to behold. The next biggest was Vermithor, who died in his 90s, barely half. AlphaFPS1 • 4 mo. Only mentioned he is twice the size of 747. They say that a dragon that is “born naturally” grow much slower than dragons born of magic. Remember though that Balerion was 200 years old when Aegon conquered Westeros, and Drogon is only like 2-ish at this point. 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. 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. Wiki Points. He was about a century old, maybe a little more, so that places him at about the size of Vermithor during the Conquest. 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. And to your point, Harrenhal is so large that we can’t see the castle in scale with Balerion here. WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for House of the Dragon season 1! House of the Dragon features Vhagar and the skull of Balerion the Black Dread, but leaves out the third dragon from Aegon’s Conquest. ago. Balerion was wayyyy bigger, Drogon should get there soon enough though Reply reply sebtheweb29 • In about 195 years. [2] Balerion was the greatest Targaryen dragon who ever lived, the largest since the fall of Valyria. As of A Dance with Dragons, Drogon's wing span reach twenty feet from tip-to-tip. Balerion was employed by Aegon the Conqueror to burn and half-ruin Harrenhal. [2] He is filthy and foul-tempered, and has been known to attack ravens in the rookery of the Red Keep. Dragons are said to always be growing and Balerion was about 220 years old. 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. One could ride a horse down Vhagar's gullet. They were essentially free range dragons and were allowed to roam a lot which helped them grow. However, as long as there are mammoth herds, large cattle herds, and whale pods to eat, it may be able to survive. 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. 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. Balerion was big sure, but he surely wasn’t the only big dragon they had over the course of their time on Dragonstone. Vhagar was born in 52BC and died in 130AC. 393. The house of the dragons showrunner reportedly stated that only 9 of. Only. But Drogon isn't even close to be as big as Balerion, he looks more like the smaller generations of dragons that came after. Meraxes’s most notable achievement was helping Orys Baratheon take. She was ridden by Queen Visenya Targaryen during Aegon's Conquest, alongside Aegon the Conqueror's Balerion and their sister Rhaenys's Meraxes. Compared to the Cannibal, Balerion was much bigger because Vhagar was the only dragon that came close to its size. Balerion later participated, along with the. In Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire, Balerion the Black Dread was the dragon of King Aegon I Targaryen, known also as Aegon the Conqueror, who helped the king to win the War of Conquest. September 20, 2021 by Johnny Holland. Vhagar is likely to win a fight against Drogon because he is bigger, stronger, and more experienced. he rode balerion cause he was a big geek and i love that :) Reply replyAnalysis of Dragon Sizes in advance of Game of Thrones Season 7Subscribe to this Channel: Game of Thrones: West. Balerion flew West with Aenar Targaryen before the Doom of Valyria 2, Balerion was the largest skull in the throne room, followed by Meraxes and Vhagar 3, Meraxes' and Vhagar's skulls were no more than ~415 years old at the time of A Game of Thrones 4, Meraxes was no more than 125 years old at the time of its death and yet was. Balerion is actually 91% bigger, almost twice the size of Drogon! Still, I took some subjective hypothesis so my calculations are not perfect. Another harbor lay to his left, a distant sight beyond half-submerged buildings. HotD and RoP spend millions of dollars filming each episode, and yet no dragon or balrog has been able to compete with the sheer epicness of a dying old man determined to sit in a chair. If that hadn’t happened to him it’s entirely possible he could have lived to be older. He obviously continues to grow at a rapid pace, and by the end of the books (end of the show) he'll probably be the size of Seasmoke or Tessarion. 827 votes, 118 comments. The conquest generation got hand-me-down dragons (Meraxes and Vhager were 50+ at the conquest, but their riders not much more than half that), but House Targ seems to be able to have young dragons when Valyria was active. Balerion's scales and wings were black, as was the fire he breathed. . The Sun is roughly 490,800,000,000 feet from Earth. Balerion was the greatest Targaryen dragon who ever lived, the largest since the fall of Valyria. Posted February 21, 2013. 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. Fit-Jellyfish-6234 • 10 mo. Dragons are said to always be growing and Balerion was about 220 years old. 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. Balerion was a wild hunter. 55. Dragons grow as long as they live while they are provided with freedom and food, that is one of the reasons Vhagar managed to grow to such a large size. Vhagar -- also called the Grandmother of. Even though Vermithor isn’t bigger. Sizes are based on "dragon volume" - not "dragon length". Even though Vermithor isn’t bigger. Another theory is that Balerion bonded with aerea and felt her deep longing for home and he flew to home, his original home, in Valyria. He could swallow. Follow 2434. environment and the amount of magic in the environment. This is evident by Drogon’s head being around the same size as Jon Snow in season 8, compared to. the top half of each of the two pictures. „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 know Valyria and surrounding sea are devastated to the point the sea literally smokes. Vhagar is a she-dragon who served House Targaryen in the centuries of 52 BC to 130 AC. Probably Viserys means it's too big for an active dragon to live in. Smaug doesn't have an official size. . 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. 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. now drogons head is at least the size of multiple danys. (And different kinds of horses can weigh between 800 and 2200 lbs usually, 380-1000kg) That and with comparisons in the books to the Black Dread, I think, if Drogon lives long enough, he will end up being as large as Balerion. Balerion was so massive, that it was said he could black out the sky and his shadow could cover entire towns as he flew over. Definitely big enough to cover a small town in shadow, but I don't think he could have carried the iron throne that far. Still a dragon but not much compared to the massive beasts that were in the freehold. While never being seen on screen in all his glory, there are hints from both shows and descriptions from George R. Because Vermithor was incredibly big, he was a proper dragon for a king, as he was King Jaehaerys’s mount for 55 years. 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. clearly he's done some growing, hence a misleading effort to compare the size of drogon and balerion by the first picture. 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. Which is implied possibly to be a contributing factor to Balerion’s death in the books. He was so large it was said his shadow could swallow an entire town when Balerion took flight. Final ThoughtsI doubt his boy was as big as Balerion. Let me give you an example. Vhagar outgrew him later, as she lived much longer. It could simply be that Balerion grew as large as he did before the Conquest and then stayed the same size the remainder of his life. Some big brained redditor calculated that Vhagar's wingspan is about 500 feet (150 meters). Balerion the Black Dread was the mount of Aegon the Conqueror, the first Targaryen monarch who ruled Westeros. But: the Valyrian dragons might have gotten bigger because of spells and more magic around. Supposedly Balerion could swallow a Mammoth whole. Aegon I and Balerion died of natural causes. Balerion would be like a fly in comparison. Balerion has much better armor, Smaug's bejeweled underbelly is a weak point. No, Cannibal is smaller even than Vermithor who is the third largest dragon after Balerion and Vhagar. Smaug is still a huge and devastating beast, especially compared to little Bilbo Baggins, but Balerion's height comes out victorious. r/HouseOfTheDragon. The same thing happened to Vhagar. 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. They are the only known species of dragon capable of producing fire and can fly at speeds of up to 200 mph. kc522020. One thing is. When we meet Balerion in House of the Dragon, he has sadly passed away, and his skull is. This makes sense, prolonged sitting on big Balerion is irradiates your balls and makes you sterile. That means that by the time when Aegon conquered Westeros, Balerion was already more than a hundred years old and had already grown to become the largest dragon in the known world at that time. He trained himself to confront larger foes, learning how to make them hurt and bleed and flee from him. Forum Posts. (The Rogue Prince) Vermithor was thrice as large as Tessarion. Ah damn. Vhagar vs Balerion size. Ever since. While bonded with King Aegon, Balerion was involved in the war in the Disputed Lands and the conquering of. I read once, right after Fire & Blood was published, that Balerion had some sort of homing instinct that called him to Valyria. CryptoHow big was Balerion really? A flying fox, one of the biggest bats, is around 10" long with a wingspan of 36". But Vhagar was never kept in the Dragonpit so grew large, that is true. (Fire and Blood) However, Vhagar was comparable in age to Balerion when he died at the age of around two hundred years. Balerion's fire was used to forge the swords of Aegon's enemies into the Iron Throne. Arya pops out of a stack of blankets and brutally murders Cersei. By 75 AC, Meleys resided in the Dragonpit in King's Landing, never ridden before. A Forum of Ice and Fire A Song of Ice and Fire & Game of ThronesBalerion, or the Black Dread, was one of Aegon the Conqueror 's three Dragons he rode into battle during the War of Conquest and at the historic Aegon's Landing. turtlexxi • 5 yr. Kills Tomman as Balerion the Cat. R. 5. My next guess is another dragon who's living in Old Valyria whose rider died. 000072 inches. For Vhagar, she was the youngest dragon during the Conquest, so also the smallest. Warning: Contains mild SPOILERS for House of the Dragon season 1, episode 2. ago. His crown was a simple circlet of Valyrian steel, set with big square-cut. You’ll see his skull tho so you’ll definitely get a. The very tip of his snout towered over her and she had to stand up on tiptoe to rub it like she rubbed Drogon’s. And during the later parts of his life, Balerion had grown really weak and sluggish. Maegor famously could not conceive of any children. 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. 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. This article contains spoilers from Fire & Blood and videos depicting violence When plans were set into action for House of the Dragon , the creators promised that the show would be very different in comparison to Game of. By the end of his life, Balerion was so massive that he had a hard time breathing and flying. TWOIAF says Vhagar during the dance was almost the size of Balerion during the conquest. GRRM said that Vhagar during the dance was the size of Balerion when he arrived in Westeros for the conquest. Known as the Black Dread, Balerion was a deep ebony color and the largest of all known Targaryen dragons, although Vhagar rivaled him in size towards the end of her life —and we all saw how big she was compared to Arrax . Now, a big cat (lion, tiger) needs about 2-3% of its body mass in meat every day. 2. Drogon especially is very often compared to Balerion and is said to be Balerion 2. the targs where a small family with 4 dragons. Aurion dragon could be a red herring that GRRM uses so often. His teeth were as large as sword. 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. Fun fact: one of Drogon's aliases is 'Balerion, come again', while his rider, Daenerys, is known as 'Aegon the Conqueror with Teats'. This is because Rhaenys loved flying alot and that freedom is what made Meraxes bigger than Vhagar, though Vhagar was probably born earlier Balerion had four-foot long teeth at his death. 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. 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. Balerion is a little too large to be viable. . 0. [25] [26] After Robert's Rebellion, King Robert I Baratheon had the skulls removed from the throne room and stored them in a. Valyria is a weird place and the possibilities are endless. He was Balerion's rider at the time of his death in 94 AC. In season seven of the game of thrones, Cersei Lannister stands in. He was considered to be the third biggest dragon of his age, after Aegon’s Balerion the Dread. being large enough for Daenerys to ride on his back capable of eating an entire horse, maybe not whole. Business, Economics, and Finance. 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. I think it's entirely possible Balerion benefitted from being the largest dragon in the only remaining dragon family in the world. Drogon isn't anywhere close to full size. Balerion was born around 114BC and died around 94AC. #12. 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. Even if he only got a foot longer each year, that’s about a century of added growth, an extra hundred feet of length. Don't be ridiculous! :P Pretty huge. Return_of_the_Jedi_ • 22 days ago. Balerion was massive. Smaug was killed by an arrow and his bejeweled underbelly is a big weak point. Balerion Strength Comparison. . 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. And due to the fact that Vhagar is a veteran of many wars and battles, she is also stronger than Vermithor. Aegon only had two kids, and one could be a bastard while the other could have been created with dark magic (or, more likely, just another bastard). Balerion is the famous dragon of Aegon The Conqueror, the biggest and mightiest dragon that ever lived. He helped his master in his conquest of Westeros as well as in the creation of the iron throne. Perhaps Drogon will live to exceed Balerion in size and power. Balerion's Age [Spoilers EXTENDED] So in several books and The World of Ice and Fire, it's mentioned that Balerion was one of 5 surviving dragons from Valyria that the Targaryens brought to Dragonstone when they fled. She has scarlet scales and a crown of bright copper horns. Martin’s universe. They've been so vague with both series but I was so sure they're cover Aegons conquest based on the limited info. Balerion is the largest dragon that House Targaryen has ever bred or ever will breed. ago. Balerion's dead technically isn't through natural natural causes. He lived for 220+ years (126BC to 94AC) and according to my knowledge, the only dragon to die of natural causes. 9k Posted February 22, 2013 On 2/21/2013 at 1:24 PM, The Titan said: Bigger than a loaf of bread, smaller than the Moon. The last rider of Balerion was Viserys I Targaryen, then still a prince. Drogon is adult size, but dragons never stop growing, balerion was centuries old. Balerion lived another 90 some years after. King Aenys I. The minor details of Balerion aren't important, everyone that mentions him says he's freakin huge! It's the same thing with Kraken's, massive monsters that don't exist in reality. It also leaves us with a big problem: what to. By the time Vhagar reached the size of Balerion during Aegon's conquest, he was already old. For reference, Balerion was roughly 100 years old when Aegon invaded Westeros and died almost 100 years after that. 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. During his Conquest he typically wore a shirt of black scales into battle and wielded Blackfyre, a bastard sword made of Valyrian steel. I still think this accurately portrays a dragon large enough to swallow a mammoth whole. Quicksilver was no match for the older, fiercer dragon, and her pale white fireballs were overcome by Balerion's masses of black flame. Drogon especially is very often compared to Balerion and is said to be Balerion 2. Balerion. When he was in the fullness of his power, his flames could melt steel and stone, [12] and fuse sand into glass. DARK-Accuracyy985 • 1. 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. Reminder - The crow who posted this thread has made it a (No Spoilers) thread. . His big crossbows are just an improved version of these nearly 300 year old. Aurion dragon could be a red herring that GRRM uses so often. Give Drogon more 100 years and you can compare the two in size. We also know that Dragons live a few hundred years because. There's a lot more going on in a dragon's death than just the fall. 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. 210 votes, 54 comments. Rowling’s Harry Potter fantasy series. . Vhagar is a she-dragon who served House Targaryen in the centuries of 52 BC to 130 AC. Meraxes could swallow horses whole. Balerion was over 200, Vhagar was over 180. (The Rogue Prince) Vermithor was thrice as large as Tessarion. Vhagar at the start of the Dance, is nearly as big as Balerion was during Aegon Conquest*. There's a reasonable chance that Aurion's dragon would be roughly the same age as Balerion and of a size to inflict damage. Balerion was considered a monster in terms of size and likely belonged to another Targaryen before him. This is based on the fact that he was a hatchling when they left Valyria. Vhagar is insanely big, but then imagine how big Balerion is. Balerion is noted later on in F&B to have finally stopped growing. Barth's comments to the contrary are irrelevant. Balerion. 893K subscribers in the asoiaf community. [2]A size analysis and comparison between Drogon and Balerion the Black Dread. 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. Vhagar in this gif looks thick, but not what I imagined. . The dragons have been a big part of the game of thrones. As with Drogon, there’s not much I can say about Balerion the Black Dread you don’t already know. e. Drogon is around 8 or 9 years old? When Aegon conquered Westeros Balerion was +100 years old, so he would be much bigger than S8 Drogon. In times of war they would be the big threat. Warning: Game of Thrones: Season 7 spoilers below. And while Balerion probably did slow down with age . The Drogon is male and the elder brother of Rhaegal and Viserion. 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. No, Cannibal is smaller even than Vermithor who is the third largest dragon after Balerion and Vhagar. His wound could have been caused by a dragon, a kraken or a stone man with a Valyrian steel sword. Drogon is indeed quite big and strong for his age and could end up becoming the biggest. 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. The most used art work of him seems to be this one from the World of Ice and Fire. Film Smaug about 60 meters (200 feet). 76 m long: 166 kg * (76 m/3. Alyssa claimed Meleys, and afterwards. 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. 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. Vermithor was born in the decades immediately following Aegon I’s conquest of the Seven Kingdoms. After Balerion passed, Viserys hung his skull in the dragon pit and ordered candles. I am pretty sure F&B hints that he could have become older if it weren't for the Aerea fiasco and their vacation in Valyria. #1. 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. Balerion was the big stick, that was the biggest stick in the realm. . ago Balerion was much bigger, the link someone else provided above me thinks he might of been about twice the size of Drogon. Yikes. And then later on when this is explained, Aggo says; Khaleesi. At the heart of Aegon’s conquest were the Targaryen family’s three dragons, Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes. Though big enough to be ridden, Tyraxes was not large enough to be used in combat by the time the civil war thickened. The black one. She’d be bigger for sure, maybe around the size of Meleys? The of course, we have Balerion. Giving it about 10 or more times the mass of this. 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. [1] Drogon is believed by some to be the reincarnation of. Like thats a stub. 988 votes, 351 comments. But rereading the books I came across something interesting. Balerion lived and grew for 94 years after the conquest. Balerion, vhagar, and meraxes together are. So him dying felt like a signal that Viserys would be the key to bringing about his house's downfall and in the end he was. Balerion died due to old age so should have gotten as big as possible so you would expect him to be on the level of the Valyrian dragons. He's a massive scaly beast that breathes black fire. The Drogon is male and the elder brother of Rhaegal and Viserion. In the scene wherein Rhaenys threatened King Aegon II and the Greens, Meleys could have easily swallowed both the king and his mother. Vermax's egg does indeed hatch and grows large enough to ride once Jacaerys comes of age. 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. Balerion was the mightiest Dragon born so far and was the largest and most powerful for quite some time.