Burning of Harrenhal | Game of Thrones Fan-Made Video

[@Akiraspin]

Aegon specifically chose to wait till the sun set so that everyone in the Riverlands could see the castle burning from thousands of leagues away. "It's not about the castle, it's about sending a message."

[@aidansmith5346]

Everything burns.

[@seandavidtabuga921]

"Everything burns." - 🃏

[@aamirrazak3467]

Well Aegon sent a message all right

[@grimmywizard]

On top of that, a dark abomination eerily flying across the dimly lit skies and spitting black fire and laying waste to such a famed "impregnable" castle. He wasn't called The Black Dread for nothing

[@DD-nv2vg]

The Riverlands already bend the knee to Aegon. They surrounded Harrenhal with Aegon's forces.

[@Balerion_TBD]

Whoever designed this Balerion truly loves him. Everything from measures to colors is accurate, top notch.

[@fourth-dimensionalbeing9737]

Even down to details like the shape of the horns, the beard, the roar. *chef's kiss

[@johneckleston9826]

The colour of his fire too

[@aamirrazak3467]

Gotta respect the attention to detail and to the source material

[@grimmywizard]

​@@johneckleston9826exactly. His fire was said to be dark too

[@gaizkanov]

i was wondering where is the fire, then i remember that his fire is black with streaks of red

[@darthgibsonlp6631]

Imagine spending decades building a colossal & impregnable fortress then the Black Dread incinerates the whole thing in minutes

[@johnbradshaw2347]

What a beast.

[@FoxyWinterRose]

How very sad. The Targaryens were terrible people.

[@Okattsy_Akarumi]

It wasn't for lack of options, Aegon made it clear that the best option was to surrender. Don't judge him for keeping his promises.​@@FoxyWinterRose

[@FoxyWinterRose]

@@Okattsy_Akarumi The Targaryens were colonizers, nothing more, nothing less. They were terrible people who ultimately brought fire and blood on innocents. Don't act as if defending one's realm against invaders is a bad thing. 🙄 Give colonizers white skin, silver hair, and a few dragons, and the interpretation itself is going to change. Lol 😂

[@FamilyChannel-yv1xv]

​@Yavanna.K and the iron born? Who enslaved the people of the riverlands to make said castle? The andals who killed the first men, took their lands and destr😢their religion? The fiest men who started a war with the children of the Forrest and the giants driving them both nearly to extinction? Everyone is bad and a colonizer, the Targaryen's at least fid it quickly

[@RockSmithStudio]

“When sun sets, your line shall end” Such an awesome line

[@jeremyhalling7741]

Followed by a Hawk Tuah

[@momoftm2116]

@@jeremyhalling7741true

[@niraxlevi9930]

Unless a female says it ,y'all are hypocrites

[@renan_niehaus]

This is beyond incredible. The asoiaf community is very lucky to have someone as talented as you. I’m truly speechless.

[@AmiWhiteWolf]

Very talented i love all the videos!

[@williambaker1003]

The musical cues treating Aegon like a horror villain is so fucking perfect I’ve never cared about seeing his story on screen until now

[@adekunlejosiah2939]

The black dread doesn't play around.

[@Nyxthermite]

It should be scary it’s not a foe you can beat in any plans or numbers

[@ScarlettSpitfyre]

You have to be nuts to have read the books and to not want the story of Aegon the Conqueror on screen. That is even better than the dance.

[@dannyn6036]

@@NyxthermiteDorne laughs in Scorpion bolts

[@missym877]

Why? The doom of old valyria and aegon’s conquest are infinitely more interesting than a dance of dragons or dunk and egg.

[@davidcorruthers78]

This is probably as close as we’re going to get to seeing how Balerion looked

[@toscar22link10]

AEGON's conquest adaptation TV show is currently in HBO production

[@nostoneunturned7641]

​@@toscar22link10 They've been claiming that for a decade now. Fake leaks are all we ever get. It ain't happening

[@aleksandarnikolov3182]

There is a lot of official art of Balerion in the books, namely in "World of Ice and Fire" and in "Fire and Blood"

[@LuminescentMonk]

​@@toscar22link10officially received a full green light recently, it's happening and I'm stoked!

[@alexm6340]

Money talks. If HotD is successful which it seems it is. Wouldn't be surprised if they make a series on Aegons conquest

[@MasterOfTheElements]

How that idiot saw that behemoth and didn't bow down is astounding to me.

[@blackbeard1063]

Harren the black has some massive balls I'll tell you that

[@maggielandrey7232]

​@@blackbeard1063 all balls and no brains! Rip lol

[@devintaylor8267]

Stubbornness

[@黒雪-KuroYuuki]

@@blackbeard1063 "Had". He probably should have used the weight of those "massive balls" to help him bend the knee.

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

It'd make sense he wouldn't if he had some scorpions beside him but nah, who needs them anyway

[@caitlinlebron]

“I did it! I put the last stone in its place Harrenhal is finished! Oh Hey Aegon! What brings you here?”

[@sneezydeezymcdeluxe7015]

"And I turn to the camera and go COME ONNNN. y'know?"

[@u.v.s.5583]

Not what but who. He is the greatest dragon currently alive and he has brought me to accept your surrender.

[@Daniel_Fo77]

And amidst the flames and screams a little voice was heard: “Er, about that proposal of yours…”

[@kingkongchief1177]

What I love the most about Aegon the conqueror is he was a merciful and smart one. He always gave the kings of each kingdom a chance to surrender and he'd reward them with letting them keep everything except being a king and replaced with the kings warden of each kingdom. Your enemies give up faster if you show mercy. Plus Aegon was smart enough to know he'd need each former royal family that's an expert about the land, history and liked by the small folk of each kingdom to help him run the whole place. Like Robert said "One king! Seven kingdoms!"

[@justinv6410]

Genghis Targaryen.

[@majestic8054]

​@@justinv6410 nah Genghis Khan was way more ruthless than Aegon, he used his defeated enemies as meat shields and kidnapped engineers, blacksmiths, and scholars and forced them to work for him.

[@R0GU351GN4L]

"You may Keep your land your riches and your castles, but you shall forsake your titles and henceforth bend the knee in Fealty to me, your King and conqueror." Not a quote from the books, but what I imagine Aegon would say.

[@frankthecat1671]

It's very much possible he didnt show mercy because he was a "good guy". It's just very difficult to keep the people under control if they all hate you because you are a tyrant that just kills everyone he doesn't like. So it's simply smarter to present yourself as just and merciful even if you don't really care

[@user-vd7dw3tl9x]

A perfect example of his mercy is when he reached Highgarden and a steward called Harlen Tyrell kneeled before him voluntarily surrendering Highgarden. Aegon made him lord of Highgarden and warden of the south.

[@vigneshkr7072]

And that night Harren learned something new before he died, that stone indeed doesn't burn, it melts.

[@shadedleafcatdragon4618]

I love this way more than Drogons fire simply exploding the stone walls of kings landing and the red keep. It’s so much more visually stunning to see a dragon MELT stone walls and cook everyone inside like a giant oven than see the fire just break through the rock like some weird version of dynamite.

[@hrishikeshXXV]

Drogon huh

[@tsukopara2054]

The show's explosive dragon breath was most likely a way to speed up dragon conflict instead of requiring a lot of bombing runs to melt stone and scorch enemy troops, but it got absurd during that finale. There's a difference between Lannister wagons full of foodstuffs and gold having a little detonation for visual flair, and the Red Keep just flat out exploding.

[@justicehenrydamian475]

​@@tsukopara2054fair enough

[@frankthecat1671]

@@tsukopara2054 to be fair, drogons fire already worked like that when he was young, you can see it in the scene after daenerys gave him to the slave master of Astapor. Not sure how true that is to the books

[@_justinblizzle]

@@frankthecat1671it’s bcuz of the equipment/flamethrowers they used to create the dragon fire that gives it that affect. Idk if that’s the look they were specifically going for or simply how the equipment works.

[@Drasticboii]

is it weird that I've watched this about 50 times already? The Transition from front to back when Balerion swooped down on Harrenhal was Top tier 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Jeebs544]

Couldn't agree more. It just gave me goosebumps

[@michaelbaumler8527]

At first I was confused on why Balerion's fire was black, but then I read online that his fire was black with a red swirl. Good attention to detail.

[@ktgirl-oh9px]

So is Drogon's. They didn't show it😢

[@gipsyavenger3969]

Drogon in the book has the same fire color like Balerion No wonder why they call him the reincarnate of the Black Dread

[@subrahmanyabn]

And that is why King Aegon's Valyrian sword was named "BlackFyre" 🔥🔥 The sign of royalty.

[@Takahashi_Takeda]

Yep, Balerion's fire is stated to be almost pitch black with red streaks. A fact that both GOT and HOTD missed (except for wight Viseryon) was that the color of a dragon's fire matches with the color of their scales, which made them even more unique. Tessarion, for example, had navy blue scales and had a beautiful saphire-colored flame, Vermithor had a powerful bronze-colored flame and Sunfyre's was golden.

[@debasishkalita1529]

I love the small details. Balerion is so big in size he has to fly away some distance in order to take turns and unlike small dragons who can easily take sharp turns. Also if anyone wondering, Balerion’s fire was black

[@lillypharaoh5945]

Considering he managed to flee with aerya undetected and so much faster than everyone else who went looking he's probably a lot faster than he looks

[@KhaliqahAzima]

​@@lillypharaoh5945 Grandpa Balerion loves kids.

[@lillypharaoh5945]

@@KhaliqahAzima I mean true considering aerya survived there longer than entire armies of grown men grandpa balerion was probably protecting her

[@HarrytheHammer-i1i8g]

i love how you added a ladder to Balerions saddle, i always wondered how anyone could have gotten on his back

[@hoerrinho3557]

Vhagar has a Letter on her also. I think Event raenyras dragon has

[@concept5631]

​@@hoerrinho3557 Vhagar has fishnets on her back they use to get on and off her

[@targaryen7029]

I like the idea of Balerion letting his wings down like a ladder support too.

[@Zach1992D]

“When the sun sets, your line shall end”. Easily, one of the coldest lines in ASOIAF. When I first read this passage in Fire and Blood, I knew the Conqueror really was him lol. Also, your Balerion here is excellent. Exactly how I pictured him, and all the details including his black flame. Well done.

[@PistachioDean]

I love that you made the stone melt because that’s how I envisioned it in the books, rather than the bricks exploding like in GoT

[@nunyabiznes33]

Yeah, they're supposed to be melted and twisted.

[@arafat9828]

yeah that's how it was described in the books. "Stone doesn't burn, but it certainly melts" something like that

[@israelcervantes7104]

I hope that if they ever make the Aegon Conquest series into reality, they make Balerion's fire breath look like that or even better to be more unique than the other dragons fire breath.

[@israelcervantes7104]

also wouldn't be awesome to hear Aegon say "Dracarys"

[@RobbinCotran1]

AAand it's actually in the works. Can't wait 🔥

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

In the books all dragons have a unique fire color, balarions is pure black , drogons is black and red .

[@israelcervantes7104]

@@thatoneblackdude3333 I'm hyped to see that in action.😊

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

@@israelcervantes7104 unfortunately we won't the show had all dragon fire be just normal color .

[@bellestarr7504]

Literally the best/most perfect version of Balerion that I’ve seen. Incredible work

[@dewd9327]

Balerion using the same dive that Drogon uses in the show is great way to show that Drogon is “Balerion the Black, come again”.

[@_justinblizzle]

I believe this is what Balerion does in the books; comes straight down on the castle from above and shoots his fire down onto it

[@D34671]

the black fire with hints of red, Balerion descending from high above, even the dripping of melted stone like candlewax....the little details are all on point, BRAVO!

[@pelegsap]

1:13 consequence of not teaching thermodynamics in the iron islands

[@u.v.s.5583]

In the differential equation for entropy there is a dominant source term B(t), which they call Balerion

[@themightyspartan1012]

Harren the Black was an idiot and arrogant. Cost him and his house to be destroyed.

[@alextownsend4766]

Have you thought about showing following battles: Field of fire (featuring Balerion, Meraxes and Vhagar). The last storm (featuring Vhagar). Battle Beneath The Godseye (featuring Balerion and Quicksilver). The Fourth Dornish war (featuring Vermithor, Caraxes and Vhagar).

[@Unity5Games]

Yes, I will try to do Field of fire.

[@RobbinCotran1]

​@@Unity5Games Yes pleasee! To see the three conquerors with their dragons would be so epic!

[@sakibsarkerii514]

The last storm (featuring *Merexes) Rhaenys Targaryen and Orrys Baratheon fought against Argilac the Arrogant.

[@MonicaMartinez-fl8gs]

I would love to see The Battle Beneath the God’s Eye! Love your videos! 🫶🏻

[@aengusog3415]

Last storm is Meraxes

[@FrickItsABrick]

That shot of the dive at 2:51 goes so incredibly hard

[@thrillcollectors]

Love this comment the way you said this reminds me of how my brother would say this.

[@ogiejames9110]

Reminds me alot about Daenerys on Drogon attacking Euron Greyjoy's iron fleet

[@LNGD_46]

HARREN: "BUT STONE DOESN'T BURN." AEGON: "YOU WANNA BET?"

[@josephayers7395]

Balerion: *This is where the fun begins*

[@u.v.s.5583]

@@josephayers7395 - It's over, Harren! I have the high ground! - You underestimate the fire resistance of this stone. - Don't try it! - (Spits).

[@josephayers7395]

@@u.v.s.5583 Balerion : *Burns all*

[@bkjeong4302]

To be fair, the stone didn’t burn. It just turned into lava. Which is even worse.

[@targaryen7029]

I know Balerion was eager to melt that castle from the get go lol

[@antiares1684]

This is not only the most detailed accurate portrail of the great dragon, but also the most believable and visually balanced portrail of the castle Harrenhal I've ever found on the internet. And I've searched a lot for Harrenhal as it looked before being ruined. Thank you for your efforts!

[@nerdypythonmedia3343]

Brynden "Blackfish" Tully: "Any baker could've told him fire turns stone walls into an oven. And so Harren the Black finally lived up to his name" 🤣🤣🤣

[@darrylcantre7178]

There's something about the soundtrack that makes you feel just as powerful. Like you're on drangonback.

[@Wearetopp]

This proves a role playing/ open world game in the asoiaf world is possible. I would love to see a game like that in the future. Great work bro, keep it up 💪🏽

[@user-vd7dw3tl9x]

I like the fact that the creator made Balerion’s fire very dark, as it was described like “as dark as coal” in the books

[@wade_west]

Only one word was left to be said that day, and that word was "Dracarys"

[@KikiRockwell]

I love that they finished building Harrenhal the DAY Aegon came and destroyed it🥴

[@olhasum4721]

There is so much love for the Targaryen lore in this work. Thank you.

[@Dinovart]

If this eventually become real ue5 game, it would be best game of thrones game ever. Riding Balerion and even Drogon is still never seen in games. Finally, there are very few games which let dragons burn ships. Burning castles too is just cherry on the cake :)

[@melancoolique]

THISSSSSS

[@vasoline5811]

Def has a lot more potential as a game than a spinoff show like some people mentioned. Id love to play an aegon the conqueror and ride balerion the black dread in a video game that ideas literally on par with webslinging in spiderman ps4 its just too good not to implement

[@Oscar_Wahnn]

1:21: Haren the black;Hawk Tuah!

[@milesskillman256]

Balerion the Black Dread designs look cool as hell!

[@raidenthememer4360]

0:32 always gave me chills

[@aamirrazak3467]

Aegon did give Harren fair warning but he didn’t listen. And the black dread showed him the folly of his actions. Awesome work

[@louwinters508]

The iron islanders don't listen lol.

[@aamirrazak3467]

@@louwinters508 yes and in this case neither do river landers

[@billyguyjoe1858]

@@aamirrazak3467Harren the black was from the iron islands. Most of the river lords joined Aegon in rebellion against the iron born because they had conquered all their land.

[@aamirrazak3467]

@@billyguyjoe1858 oh I see thanks for clarifying. I thought since he ruled Harrenhal in the riverlands he was from there

[@JAYFDAHITTA46]

WE NEED THE QUICKSLIVER BALERION FIGHTTTTTTTT, amazing work though mate

[@kninezbanks]

That would be like a nuclear warhead vs a coughing baby.....Basically Vhagar vs Arrax all over........quicksilver was a bit bigger than arrax......and balerion was a bit bigger than vhagar......just replay that fight.....if you can even call it a fight......more like an unfair skirmish......arrax had a near zero chance of defeating vhagar.....unless arrax had the most skilled rider......maybe, just maybe he could strategically blind vhagar in both eyes, then have her crash into a mountain from great height killing aemond, then rip her wings and scratch her up.......leaving her to die from the impact, infection and blood loss.......that's a one in a thousand chance to go perfectly.

[@Bluedrean]

As almost real as the series😳❤️

[@viIIaneIIe]

2:52 this shot is just, insane.

[@elnuevoo.r.m1915]

Todo en este video estuvo perfecto. La música, las animaciones, el dialogo previo entre Aegon el conquistador y Harren el Negro, la forma de atacar, el tamaño y las llamas de Balerion 10/ 10

[@Fitchy-ke3wz]

(If this ends up in an Aegon Conquest adaptation I will riot) "Send a raven to Lord Tully, inform him to bring his armies here. The attack begins in three days time at sundown." "My king, we will not have enough siege engines nor the men to assail that monstrous castle." "You misunderstand me. No man shall march against Harrenhal. Rest assured the castle shall fall, and I only wish for all the Riverlords to watch as it does."

[@TaeSunWoo]

Is it weird that I think Balerion should be at least 25% bigger? The books said his shadow could cover a whole city as he flew over it

[@psychedelicyeti6053]

This is so amazing! Whenever i say GoT shoulf be animated, some people say no. Nowadays, I'm seeing more people commenting the same thing. I'll definitely be sharing this video! Again, amazing work!

[@ons35]

Thank you for giving us this opportunity to have a grasp of aegon the conquerer and making us experience balerions greatness without waiting years of preparation for a sorrow series

[@cfjermedal1]

When I read the books, Harrenhal was the castle that fascinated me the most. I loved the stories and lore and that go with this cursed place.

[@gamiensrule]

I really hope we get to see Balerion, and in his prime, on screen one day.

[@paveljirgal8143]

Dude did really epic job, that dragon, the aegon speech, music, and that melting harrenhal..... It really looks exactly like i was imagining, even better...... I wish so much that they make series About aegon the conqueror, but I am very worried they screw it like game of thrones or sth....

[@quincysavala1297]

“When the sun sets, your line shall end” -Aegon I Targaryen. Dracarys Balerion!

[@nicoleneville2480]

This is absolutely amazing!! Keep up the good work and I’m looking forward to you hopefully making more!

[@matheusmachalowski8201]

Sinceramente, o que você faz é PERFEITO, por favor não pare nunca

[@GladHeAteHer-bh8ib]

Nice. You got balerions fire colour spot on and the way that the towers begin to melt like candles. Love the attention to detail 👍

[@xeronix9774]

aegon and daenerys are basically the same person

[@trombz2007]

What an amazing video!! the attention to detail such as House Hoare banner flag and the black fire shot through with red flame!

[@Hammam937]

I swear bro you truly saved my life with this, thank you so much this is incredible

[@wtfurlookingat1514]

Need a serie about Aegon the conqueror ASAP

[@mattidado17]

You deserve to be the Art Director of the HBO series of the Conquerer!

[@kurtwidmann09]

You’re the goat for all these videos!! These are insane 🔥🔥

[@foukyng]

Spending ten years to build a castle to have it destroyed on its opening night is some wild stuff

[@anubhavnigam2483]

My brother your talent is unfathomable! You legit just need an HBO sized budget and you'll bring it all to life ❤

[@quailjailss]

This is just perfect. So glad I found this channel

[@shaswatadebnath848]

As crazy as it would sound, but I do think Balerion was even larger than that. It is said he could overshadow entire towns....so during the first dive it would have at least spanned all over Harrenhal.

[@edisonjml]

Harren: "But stone doesn't burn." Aegon: "Do you have an oven? No? Well, you're about to have one."

[@kazekage6903]

Videos like these are why we need a prequel series with Aegon and Balerion 😤

[@u.v.s.5583]

- Guys, I have installed a new heating system for my castle! Wanna have a look? - How do you switch it off? - Damn, I knew I forgot something!

[@lemoncake8044]

Pure epic. Would love to see a game like this!

[@gennarosavastano9424]

Beautifully made. I love how Balerion is well made with proper colors and his flames too. Not like watered down coloros if dragins in HOTD , they almost invisible

[@aarontaylor6285]

This thing as a concept is just.... wow o.O I'd love to see this made by HBO.

[@danielbro6207]

I really love the design of Balerion, every single detail like shape of head, horns, jaw, teeth, wings, neck, tail, size, length, weight, height, wingspan, characteristic black scales with red highlights as well as the fire. Beautiful animation and dragon. Also, Aegon I Targaryen is one of my favourite Targaryen Kings and dragon riders

[@theRealKelvin]

Is it just me, or did the Black Dread actually look like the Bat Jet when he was ascending from sky?

[@tayvonjeffries849]

Amazing as always

[@grahamman80]

And now Daemon can't get a decent night's sleep. What a dick.

[@Spiffy-sd5ix]

Bloody glorious this felt like an actual episode!

[@dukehouseclothing853]

It would be dope to see a video of maegor using balerion to burn down the sept of remembrance.

[@johnathonclayton6964]

Imagine you're just some random gaurd, just finished your shift and you're off to your quarters, you're about to fall asleep and the f***** walls, STONE WALLS, start melting on top of you.

[@waltertheterrible6062]

Bro very good detail making the towers melt like candles, as that’s exactly how it was described in the books

[@euCelsoX]

LOVE the book accurate black fire from Balerion, really incredible work

[@Rakesh_Maddala]

I'm waiting for this aegon the conqueror series

[@joaovictorbraga6307]

Oh my god, that is so perfect! 😍

[@bonganixalisa4568]

I'm only seeing this now? Damn! This is incredible. Wish you can make a remake of some of s8 - Night King vs Jon fight being one

[@janceldumdum9884]

OMG! Auto subscribe! Dude make more. Pleaseeee this is so amazing. i hope you make more and if you do I can't wait!!!!!!!!!! I just love it. Imagine HBO actually makes a live action. It would be awesome!

[@marieleroy1432]

Thank you from France 🇫🇷, for putting an image on everything we imagined while reading the books! I feel like watching mini episodes of Aegon I's conquest. Thank you for your quality work 🫶🏻

[@karanvirsingh9258]

This is so accurate. Minor details like Opening dialogs are same as described in the book, Aegon's coming from sky with Balerion (looks like a fly on moon); and his black fire melting towers of the Castle like candles burn (as described in 'Fire and blood') This is a Masterpiece!!!

[@JoVicttor49]

That's SIIICKKK. I love you. Do Dany destroying KL now (but make it at night).

[@Unity5Games]

How about Vermithor instead?

[@felixanderfuertes7885]

Ooh I would love to see Vermithor in action!

[@led9413]

Great work as always

[@R0GU351GN4L]

Aegon really went Nuclear didn't he haha.

[@juanatreides95]

He went full on Dracarys yn

[@dijanamandic3559]

I will always deeply love you for creating content Like that.

[@gredbyrne8088]

Amazing 😍 please do Helaena and Dreamfyre next

[@trevorwinn5012]

Love the book accurate flames !! and the holes in his wings cause he's over 100 at this point , the little hanging neck like Vhagar and Vermithor in the show , great attention to detail ! And the music is awesome

[@fourth-dimensionalbeing9737]

1:20 the most fatal hawk tuah in the universe

[@michaelamail4407]

1.36 was so satisfying to watch! The way Balerion kneels down so Aegon can climb on and also his face like “are we about to start some fun shit?” Perfect!😂 your videos are amazing thank you!❤

[@i-cant-think-of-a-handle-guys]

Have you given up on the 1997 volcanoe game?

[@Southern_Crusader]

I can feel the love for the story and craft of cinema in this!

[@jpjboi1]

Is it just me that loves that instrumental that plays once the dragons come to “Dracarys” the place

[@robin791]

Very well made as a fan made video. Dragon movents look really good.

[@felipebrito4656]

Amazing work! Love the book accurate black and red flame! Aegon's armor and presence are so good

[@tellyheadlol4258]

This is great! Would have loved to see the soldiers on the inside reacting and firing back/putting out fires

[@vcasxsnk]

Really liked the neat reference of the color of balerion’s dragon fire