Game of Thrones: Rhaegar Targaryen Character Study

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[@farazjafari142]

ScreenPrism is it me or does raegar look like Chris Hemsworth in the first image

[@tabishhaider42]

Faraz Jafari same here.

[@oddish2253]

The 3rd rider is gendry baratheon

[@lilangel3034]

Please do a character study on Jon Snow.

[@faisalxd369]

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[@nifty6626]

I believe HBO should make a series about robert's rebellion. Would be fucking epic seeing Robert in his prime.

[@azazel3239]

They are making a prequel series about Robert's Rebellion. But I would want to see Aegon Targaryen (The Conqueror) and his unification of Westoros. But still excited that we're getting more GoT after season 8

[@zikrim1227]

@@azazel3239 no, they didnt. That just a concept, it didnt get greenlight for new series, at least now. They are making a new series about the origin of White Walker in the era of heroes

[@kasinokaiser1319]

Azazel Aegon's Conquest? That would make for a very quick series.. Maybe a sort of anthology series with a season to cover each important event such as Doom of Valyria, the Original Long Night, Aegon's Conquest, the Blackfyre Rebellion, and Robert's Rebellion

[@RiotXfactor]

Nifty66 Gods I was strong then!

[@aamirrazak3467]

I’d also like a series about the rise and fall of the Valyrian Freehold and how the Targaryens escaped the doom

[@jmgf1433]

As it turns out, none of this even mattered in the end. Bravo HBO, bravo

[@SirEriol]

Blame D&D for being unconsiderate assholes.

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

@@SirEriol D&D? More like Dickhead and Dongus

[@Predestinated1]

it mattered. you haven't paid attention

[@darkstar9380]

@@Predestinated1 shh. Don't bothered. Casual don't have the capacity to understand such a complex story.

[@taxabledice9360]

You do know HBO offered to have the shows to have more then just 8 seasons and to have 7 and 8 be upto 10 eps, but nope D and D aka dumb and dumber said fuck it and just grabbed an ending up there arse

[@Brandonhayhew]

Poor Elia martell what did she ever do to deserve, first rheagar humiliation her in front of public and runaway with his lady new wife/love, and hold as a hostage by crazy king/father in law, then she and her kids gets brutally murdered by the mountain who was knighted by her husband, divorced and her kids casted aside and never be heirs, rheagar his such an asshole!

[@malia1287]

No doubt

[@raysha9932]

Question so does that mean theres Rhaegar kids somewhere or did they killed them all

[@Brandonhayhew]

@@raysha9932 Tywin big knight, the Mountain killed them brutally and their father Rhaegar disinherited them and leaves them nothing. Biggest insult to Elia

[@Beforethecredits]

Rhaegar is an interesting character.I bet we see him in one of the spin-offs.

[@noahorakwue2653]

I heard that Rhaegar might appear in season 7 in a flashback.

[@strawberriesncandii]

You think Devin Oliver will play him?

[@jazon345]

The actors name is Wilf Scolding

[@moon2a379]

None of the spinoffs involve any of game of thrones time so yeah no rhaegar in spinoffs

[@Beforethecredits]

Are you sure? I thought one of the possible spinoffs was Robert's rebellion?

[@bangyahead1]

Ned didnt trust Cat enough to tell her the truth, which speaks volumes in itself.

[@rick149ou]

There is a theory, that Jon is the legitimate son of Eddard and Ashara Dayne. But Eddard had to keep quite about his not well known first marriage, because his second, well known marriage was very important at creating an alliance with the Tully's, the rulers of the Riverlands. Making this public would make all his children with Catelyn illegitimate bastards, unable to inherit, unless legitimized by the King of the Iron Throne (as this is the crown law). In turn, Daenerys is the daughter of Rhaegar and Lyanna. E+D=J R+L=D

[@pleidastaurus5908]

Lyanna literally says.. 'he will kill HIM' so the child is a boy Daenerys was born in Dragonstone lol, which is what killed her mother. Also she and Jon are almost a year apart in age... Nice theory though lol

[@Brandonhayhew]

Wrong, ned and cat they hardly know each other, ned married to her in brandon place because they were at war, they needed the tully swords.

[@thatonecooktone]

yeah, you keep living in denial and believe what you will.

[@okalosomylos780]

bangyahead1: Had Ned told Catelyn the truth, perhaps she would have eventually broken from one insult too many, revealed it or let it slip and then Jon would be as good as dead.

[@terematangi8562]

After the game of thrones series finish,they should do a series of rhaegar targareans story and the mad king.

[@Brandonhayhew]

Martin did mention he will finish the books of twow and she-wolves of winterfell first then the dunk and egg tv show, then Robert's rebellions trilogy.

[@surbhijha7496]

@@Brandonhayhew did he?

[@Brandonhayhew]

@@surbhijha7496 just google it and maybe he did mention others author of famous books that are unfinished but people continues to read.

[@abhishekyaduvanshi9635]

Ur wish has come true....they r making house of dragons

[@xplayerx522]

@@abhishekyaduvanshi9635 House of Dragon is about based on the Dance of the Dragons not Robert's Rebellion. So there's no Rhaegar Targaryen as this was set hundreds of years previously to Game Of Thrones.

[@mawhulk]

Azor ahai was said to create 3 swords the first two was a failure and the 3rd sword being successful through killing his own wife. this sword is lightbringer the sword that would save mankind. Rhaegar IS the Prince That Was Promised, the first 2 swords is his first two child, and his 3rd child Jon Snow ended up killing his mother on his birth.

[@otycloaiza3291]

Icanohzyl Interesting

[@alessandromariotti2252]

Never thought about that, Jon as Lightbringer and Lyanna as Nissa Nissa. Interesting indeed, prophecies can be interpreted in many ways, after all

[@sierra750]

huh, I like this theory

[@shivanshsrivastava6481]

Omg

[@victoriaowusuafrane5317]

Never thought of it that way

[@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195]

Are we just going to ignore the fact that Rhaegar basically humiliated his wife, his pregnant wife, in front of the whole aristocracy of Westeros? And imagine you being on your birthbed, the doctors tell you your life is at stake if you have any more children, but your husband tells you there must be one more?

[@PriscinaSkyy]

@@JohnnyDominion yeah but if we look at what the show says, he dissolved his marriage to Elia.. Besides, I don't think there was ever any love between Rhaegar and Elia~ They were a political alliance, to ally Dorne to the Iron Throne more firmly. Rhaegar and Lyanna, however, were a romantic alliance.

[@JohnnyDominion]

@@PriscinaSkyy He still had a responsibility to her and his family. He abandoned them and by annulling his marriage to Ellia he probably denied his children by her their claim to the throne. Love or not he was incredibly selfish.

[@PriscinaSkyy]

@@JohnnyDominion I don't know, I haven't read the books so I cannot be certain, but I feel like it's likely Elia was aware of all of this. I've never seen anything that says she felt slighted, which possibly indicates that she knew and was ok with it all.. Her family took offense, yes - but it's possible they did not know of whatever arrangement Elia had with Rhaegar.. Besides, her children would still be first in line for the throne, not Lyanna's.. and Lyanna's kid would've simply been the 3rd head of the dragon.

[@Melanie-jy2nw]

Priscina Skyy who wouldn’t be humiliated to their husband publicly calling another the queen of love and beauty, to running off with that woman and hiding in the Martell’s, Elia’s, kingdom as well. He leaves her and their children as a hostage to the mad king. His children are dead because of him.

[@barbary13]

@@Melanie-jy2nw Elia just got trolled

[@JugglerBean]

I'd love a mini series about Rhaegar starting from his birth (which is a very interesting part in Westeros history too), up to the battle at the Trident.

[@Brandonhayhew]

Mini series will be about dunk and egg because they have less budget, robert rebellions should be a movie trilogy.

[@annavilavelle632]

@@Brandonhayhew yes to all

[@adw6894]

Rheagar sent to of his most powerful kings guard to defend his mistress, while his wife and kids waS left unguarded think about that

[@cardiacresp]

I hate the fact that all this cool story about rhegal being John snow's dad basically amounted to nothing in the show!

[@andu1854]

Actually Jon Snow telling Dany this drove her more over the edge as she became mad with paranoia, enough to slaughter civilians for having the audacity to live under Cersi... that is how I see it

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

@@andu1854 in reality, we all wanted Jon snow to play the game of thrones.

[@adw6894]

Rheagar sent to of his most powerful kings guard to defend his mistress, while his wife and kids waS left unguarded think about that

[@ryandean9171]

@@adw6894 elia wasn't unguarded she was in the red keep when she was murdered

[@_lia__]

​@@adw6894 She was no longer a wife

[@pper79]

I Wish HBO would make an entire flashback episode to cover Rhaegar and the events leading up to Roberts rebellion!

[@jimmyneutron4329]

That is the Spin Off the world wants... Roberts Rebellion

[@Mo-ef6gz]

least amount of screen time he had no screen time

[@steliosp1770]

Mohammed Chowdhury not until season 7. its rumoured he ll be shown this season.

[@cacaroto1994]

omg I hope!!!

[@lambeflores]

that's the joke.

[@CodDBZ534]

does any one else see Brad Pitt's Achilles from Troy when they see the thumbnail for Rhaegar ( most used image for him it seems)?

[@Drewski1290]

Outlaw Q I see Chris Hemsworth's Thor.

[@john.doe_0007]

"Love is greater than family" Not only Rheagar, Robb Stark also followed this and both of them ended up dead with nothing

[@adw6894]

Selfish people's end. I'm glad those selfish shts are dead like that

[@adw6894]

They don't deserve family.

[@Miuranger1]

robb didnt marry for love. he married jeyne cause he took her virginity and essentially "ruined her" to protect her honor he marries her essentially sacrificing his,he was also in deep grief hearing about the fate of his brothers and injured. this isnt anything like rheagar being a prophecy obsessed weirdo

[@dersuddeutschesumpf5444]

And killed their entire family in the process. Hell even Lyanna lost her father snd brother because of her own actions

[@VitoHoffa]

Rhaegar fulfilled the prophecy. He was doing it for the sake of the world

[@ciuvicamariaemanuela9397]

Dany wasn't born. Of course she can't remember him.

[@baetuandrei]

Rhaegar , death in 281 AC at Trident; Daenerys born in 282 AC.

[@srishtymishra1826]

Dany was not too young she was not born at that tym

[@LaughingOwlKiller]

She was at best a few months old....

[@william41017]

LaughingOwlKiller she was born after they ran away

[@MrLP3xp3rt]

william41017 no, stormborn and then u get it

[@partycitydumpster]

Unborn is technically too young

[@DevDevi]

What is a tym?

[@breezy3392]

I would love to read a prequal about the life of Rhaegar Targaryen, Elia Martell, Lyanna Stark and everything that led to Robert's Rebellion

[@Emma88178]

Actually not all the Targaryen's married their family members. MANY of them married into other noble families as well.

[@1mapee]

Jp

[@kypriee]

THEY NEEED A SPIN OFF for the Mad Kings Era documenting all what happened up until and during Roberts Rebellion

[@DSQueenie]

Littlefinger was spot on with that opening quote. Even if Lyanna ran off with Rhyaegar willingly they had to know that what they did wouldn't just be accepted by everyone. Were all those lives lost worth it?

[@cars81434]

Also that fact Lyanna didn’t want to married Robert because he had whole another child in the Vale and believe he’s going to continue to be disloyal to her. Yet she somehow went willingly towards Rhaegar, who was a married man and father. I hate her for being a hypocrite

[@ΣοφοκλήςΤόλε]

If aerys didnt burn neda father and brother i dont think it would matter whether rhaegar married lyanna or whatever.

[@fraudnaldo3873]

Even if Lyanna wanted to be with Rhaegar, she could've just ditched Robert for Rhaegar at the very least, that would probably make house Baratheon and house Martell angry instead of 'literally everyone', taking a piss at 2 kingdoms is better than the whole 7 kingdoms lol that's a dumb move by both of them tbh

[@vz8432]

@@fraudnaldo3873 what do you mean ditch?? Ditch Robert? You genuinely think Robert would've allowed her out of that unscathed? She would've been brutally executed and probably beheaded.

[@CsySnw]

oh they did. fckin hate them, ppl just like self inserting into those characters for their "epic love story" and ignore how selfish they were

[@franciscoancergomez3949]

Girls, I know what you're thinking but do not. I repeat: DO NOT fall in love with Rhaegar. Elia barely survived the first two babies and Lyanna didn't even make it past the first.

[@CsySnw]

being rhaegar's love interest is like getting a death sentence

[@jager4583]

"Least amount of screen time" You mean no screen time?

[@EverybodyLiesd2]

He was onscreen for about 10 seconds.

[@omo-emevorodafe7366]

It hurts we never got to meet rhaegar. I just love the way he got entangled into everyone's life even after his death.

[@belu8217]

Just to clearify, the perfect Rhaegar Targaryen was Heath Ledger may he rest in peace.

[@anja1627]

Belu Ylla Agreed!

[@Stei_n]

What?

[@learntospellpeople]

Yeah, what? Heath Ledger???

[@Emy-fv5ny]

Nah, there was a guy (I don't know his name) who really fit the look. But hey, anything is better than the guy Hbo used.

[@Lite727]

Oh my god dude he looks exactly like Jon Snow’s biological father wtf.

[@Dunamis_010]

I just finished the GoT series and wanted to watch character analysis vids, and this is the first one I came across. Very well done. Hope to see more of these in the future.

[@sophiawilson8696]

If you really wanted to put blame on the war it was the Mad King not Rheagar.

[@devvv4616]

Sophia Wilson yeah, that psycho needed to die sooner or later.

[@madisonxyz9887]

Random Jamie did good.

[@melissacoryatt1772]

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[@hehehehe4204]

Sophia Wilson Rhaeghar is to blame as well,and so is lyanna. Lyanna knew her brother was impulsive and reckless. And rhaghar knew his father was a madman,heck the entire realm knew that. What did they think was going to happen?

[@ms_scribbles]

And Robert, and to a lesser extent Brandon. Robert lied to Brandon that Rhaegar had kidnapped Lyanna because he couldn't admit, even to himself, that Lyanna would choose anyone over himself. Brandon believed it and went running to King's Landing to demand that Rhaegar come out to be killed. (Even though Rhaegar wasn't even there.)

[@thatonemangaguy]

This channel is criminally underrated.

[@cquiroz7874]

Rhaegar was dead before Dany was even born...

[@warmonger9100]

I really enjoyed watching this podcast. For a character, who never appears in the books, Rhaegar, is truly fascinating. Thank you.

[@jfamily4846]

Had I learned the worlds history as much as of Game of thrones!!!

[@NiksMolodijs]

thats some deep shit... more of the same plz and keep em coming

[@jaehaerysitargaryen7923]

Imagine if Aerys accepted the betrothal between Cersei and Rhaegar. They would've been unstoppable. Cersei was already infatuated with the Prince, and even drew herself riding on a dragon with Rhaegar.

[@bellion9143]

I feel so bad for Ned, he lived his whole life with people thinking he cheated on Catlyn and had an affair, when he actually didn’t

[@brodiepie6021]

I just noticed that if Rhaegar and Daenerys were closer in age, Aerys would’ve probably made them marry and have kids.

[@nidohime6233]

I think it would be more likely he would force Daenerys to marry Viserys instead since Rhaegar was already married.

[@cassidyleonards2411]

3:45. Wrong sigil. That's the Blackfyre sigil.

[@Aletheia_soul]

Oh it's true

[@pper79]

Cassidy Leonards "It is known."

[@rickyhunt4075]

Cassidy Leonards Rhaegar is a Blackfyre confirmed

[@bishoplamont4580]

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[@kevlar8847]

True story! the banner is reserved - symbolizing a bastard.

[@the.saunter.experiment]

3:32 dragon age inquisition lol!

[@djentle_jake9314]

xtiechannel haha I'm playing that game right now

[@markuscraig7945]

xtiechannel I saw that to lmao

[@lolablake9196]

xtiechannel I was looking for this comment 😂😂

[@rohitjain1455]

xtiechannel iii

[@KiraKiraSekai1]

I'm pleased to know I was not the only one to catch that.

[@neverplayadcarry5154]

Rhaegar is the Prince who is Promised! Just imagine it, the person who is the key character of all the events in Got is Rhaegar who dies before the series and we know so little about him! That would be so unexpected for most of the people. He had visions of the future (as Targeryens do) and he knew what he has to do in order to protect the seven kingdoms and the realm of men. He alignes almost perfectly with the prophecy of Melissandre, he was born amidst smoke and salt (when he was born, Summerhall burned to the ground, so there was smoke and people were crying, so there is smoke and salt), he combined ice and fire (Rhaegar dragon prince is fire and Lyanna from the North is ice), he tried to create the "sword" (weapon to destroy darkness) three times. First he thought he is the weapon and he died in the river Trident (which is water, as Azor Ahai first tried to temper the sword with water), second he thought that his son Aegon with Elia was the weapon (Aegon was killed by the Mountain who represents house Lannister (lions), as Azor Ahai tried to temper the sword for the second time with lions heart), and the third time he succeeds by sacrificing his beloved wife as Azor Ahai did. Result is Jon or Aegon Targeryen, his third child. Also, Rhaegar is the direct descendant (son) of the Aerys and Rhaella Targeryen, and in the prophecy it is said that from their lineage will come the Prince who is Promised. Also, let's remember Jon's words from when he joins the Night's Watch: I am the sword in the darkness, I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn... Anyways, I really hope that in the end it works out like this. How awesome would be that Rhaegar knew everything that is going to happen and he ensured that he plays his part to protect the seven kingdoms.

[@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195]

Daenerys, waking dragons from the stone: *seriously, that guy?*

[@theary29]

Omgggg that would be amazingg, I love your theory. I hope that could happen in the books.

[@keel1237]

Fans finishing the book for Martin:

[@Brandonhayhew]

I think it was Arya and Danny not Jon snow

[@eltonjohntubola3212]

He has massive Ego and messiah comolex adding to his Targaryen madness, all he did is indirectly killed tens of thousands of people.

[@TheMrgogo360]

Given that Lyana's reasction in season 6 I think she is part of this "plan" as much as Rhaegar. And I want to know more about the witnesses of Jon Snow's birth. Where have they been since this event ? Why only a few people know about that ?

[@TheMrgogo360]

Good video as always by the way, really enjoy when you talk about asoiaf

[@josetato]

Diamond Mamba The only remaining witness is Lord Reed.

[@TheMrgogo360]

What about the nurses ? It's them that i was talking about

[@bangyahead1]

Raegar inspired loyalty. The handmaidens for Lyanna weren't about to spill the beans to anyone.

[@TheMrgogo360]

bangyahead1 it is still surprising to me that in a world like that they managed to keep this secret. I think littlefinger and varys know

[@jomhelmanuel692]

Rhaegar is Jaqen H'ghar.

[@violetstarlight4837]

I want that to be true soooooo bad!!!!! fingers crossed!!!!!!

[@themohamedsh28]

And Arya is The Princess that's promised.

[@naodamdetsyon6929]

Jomhel Manuel would explain that streak of lighter hair

[@shreyas.3861]

Jomhel Manuel a man lies to me

[@cococast8172]

A man is no one.

[@jodie-kaybrown]

I really admire the writing from this channel. I'm gonna subscribe.

[@Rav2277]

Rhaegar is by far my favorite character because he's so important yet never seen. I guess with Season 7's finale we know that him and Lyanna did in fact love each other, perhaps it just makes the "destiny" aspect more fitting for Rhaegar to have the savior child with the woman he loved not just for beauty but for strength and kindness. Would assume such a prophetic child would have the goodness of his parents and the love they both put into bringing him into the world.

[@karthikkr7561]

And finally getting his ribs shattered lol.

[@lucifermorningstar8454]

The series should have started with events before Roberts rebellion, we would have seen more of rhaegar

[@hafsagurey789]

Didn't bran see them get married. She seemed happy. Then there's the whole embarrassing his wife and leaving his children. I don't know...... he interests me. I think he was good tho. The knight Joffrey fired had great things to say about him. Whereas everyone one else was either an enemy or can't be trusted.

[@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195]

Hafsa Gurey Name one good thing Rhaegar was known to do in the books?

[@andai09]

@@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195 Dude we're talking about the series here don't come and flex about "i read the books, books > series" go tell that on a reddit thing or shit, talk about what you've seen in the series or go talk about it a video which is about the books and not the series

[@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195]

andai it is useless to look for logic in the show, but okay then, name one good thing besides giving money to an orphanage that he did based on what we know from the show? If he was all so noble then why not influence the small council to get out more from taxes for orphanages? Seems he cared more to _look_ like he's doing stg good, than to actually do good

[@andai09]

its not useless because thats what we need in the show if people never cared about the chars never talked about them never made theories never did shit then a show would be useless. but then dude here we're talking about game of thrones, the series got a WAY different timeline different culture and different shit from our world, high lords and princes and maybe evenkings there gets force married for political moves and not for love or any thing like that, it was rhaegar's fault cause he was so dumb and lyanna too but the rebellion was going to take place even if rhaegar didnt, the mad king was just so mad, and yall praise jaime cause he killed him lol jaime shouldnt cause the mad king is an old man and jaime already killed that guy who was going to burn all kingslanding so why kill the mad king too? they should have kept him prisoner... (im not in the subject of rhagear now lol sorry but cmon) you realize tywin lannister killed children (he killed all house reyne, babies and children got killed) he killed all houses (the kids too) that revolted against him and he also killed elia martell and her babies... this show is too deep, rhaegar was just a dumb guy thats all lol

[@hypatiakovalevskayasklodow9195]

Dude plunged the kingdom into a civil war, then hid until Arys ordered Gerald to go find him Dude stood aside and did nothing while thousands were dying So much for his _intelligence_

[@Street0yster]

That picture of rhaegar in the thumbnail looks like Chris Hemsworth. He would be a good rhaegar :O

[@jolien_v]

It's official art approved by George R.R. Martin. I feel like the artist was inspired by Chris Hemsworth cause like you said they look really alike.

[@mya9583]

andrew miller how about liam his brother then? He has a softer appearance

[@BoikaForEver]

Casting either of the brothers would break immersion. Better to have fresh blood if we ever get to see Rhaegar.

[@miseriacanterai]

Boyka agreed 10000000%

[@doesnotexist305]

Kyle I've always pictured Rhaegar as Heath Ledger. Shame he could never portray him

[@Ashen_Sparrow]

I've had theory for a long time that Elia was in on the whole thing with Rhaegar and was the reason Lyanna agreed to be is secret second wife. Elia and Rhaeger did like, if not love one another and I imagine him telling her all about the Prince that was promised and his own ideas that he would need three children. but they both knew she was too weak to carry a third child. so they used the Tournament of Harrenhal to pick who would carry the last child. someone strong but kind. Harrenhal is also the place where Lyanna supposedly hide her identity to take part she also was seen openly crying when Rhaegar played his harp. assuming Rhaeger was able to deduce that she had been the hedge Knight. he chose her. and used the whole queen and love and beauty to pick Lyanna so Elia would know. with all eyes on Rhaeger Mostly Elia could sneak conversation with Lyanna. chatting with her and later they exchanged letters. the couple tell Lyanna about the Prince that was Promised tell her why they need her and ask her if she would be on board with the idea. she agrees and they smuggle her into Dawn. with the way his friends speak of him. Rhaeger doesn't strike meas the kind of person who would leave his wife and children like he did. Elia must have known and agreed to it.

[@Brandonhayhew]

That's a great idea, but there are several problems with that, if elia agreed to that she might have informed her brother for some reason because she is hold as a hostage by the mad king, elia must have asked rheagar why he crowned someone. In every novels its been mentioned of rheagar dozens of times by multiple characters, ned thinks did rheagar ever visits brothels and he never shown any hate to the prince, cersei and Viserys both mentioned rheagar was unhappy with Elia, ser barristan mentioned rheagar was obsessed with books at a young age and trained master at arms as well, ser barristan has happy with rheagar. There are small details about rheagar and Jon snow's origins, did rheagar secretly planned the tourney harrenhall because a member of the kingsguard ser whent's brother was lord whent of harrenhall, rheagar's wanting a third child was a risky move so his left with no choice, mad king went there because of vary's advice, the mystery knight found her out they fell in love, her talk with ned about robert's lustful, lord commander of how he found them? Who saw them runaway, how did ned found out about their secret location of the tower of joy, how did he tore it down, what was the point to go to starfall with wylla and howland, I think he did more then returned dawn he probably returned ser arthur body as well but can't return the other bodies do to the heat of dorne, and why didn't he returned back to get those bodies returned to their families, ned must have made up lies to everyone. The only things we can make sense is rheagar's was obsessed with the tree headed dragon and unhappy with Elia and I bet she brings ashara to try make rheagar happy but he rejects her, lyanna was the knight and they fell in love at harrenhal, the tower of joy was a secret location and rheagar orders his best friends to guard his new wife and soon to be his queen, I bet benjen have helped lyanna with the armour and knew their love when ned arrived he must have told ned about it, and lyanna death with those two nurses one of them convinced ned to go to starfall for some reason, ned must have told lord dayne about the story and they let them go with wylla, the daynes are the most loyal house to the targaryen dynasty, they must have supported the tower of joy with wylla and foods, ned builds statue of her in the crypts and she would have been queen if rheagar won?

[@Ashen_Sparrow]

I did not know this, I'm not very far in the books. thanks! :D

[@shadebladed8]

Sparrow Lyanna would have NEVER agree to be used like that. What would she gain and why would she care about someone else's prophecy? She would never INTENTIONALLY put her family in danger. Her dad and brother were killed because of her decision to go with Rhegar.

[@novoicenoform6761]

Probably coz Lyanna was in love with him

[@joeycash9739]

Sparrow There has never been a second wife in Westeros. No Targaryen king has done that, do you even know of 2nd marriages on the world of ice and fire? The faith of the seven wouldn't allow it, plus annulments never happened either...

[@peppa_jack]

Great video! I'm really enjoying this channel.

[@rick149ou]

Eliah Martell was distantly related to Rheagar, since one of her ancestors was Daenerys Targaryen, daughter of Aegon IV The Unworthy. The Martell may also have valyrian blood through the lyseni noble Drazenko Rogare, uncle of Larra Rogare - who was the mother of Aegon IV The Unworthy and grandmother of Daeron II and Daenerys. The women Daeron II took as his wife was Maria Martell, who was most likely the daughter of Drazenko Rogare & Aliandra Martell, and therefore Daron II's cousin once removed, keeping the valyrian bloodline as pure as possible. Also, the family tree used here is lacking many confirmed family members. I recommend to visit the ASOIAF.Westeros Wikia for anyone who is interested in the family tree. Furthermore, many parts of what is mentioned as fact in this video regarding the parenthood of John Snow and Daenerys Targaryen is NOT confirmed in the books.

[@kateellison5360]

One generation off there, my friend - IF Aliandra and Drazenko had offspring, which isn't confirmed (Drazenko was dead by 134 AC, and Aliandra took her seat "young" at some point between 129 AC and then), they were likely Mariah and Maron's grandparents. Their father was Prince of Dorne in his own right. Considering how historically important the Daeron/Mariah and Daenerys/Maron marriages were, I'd expect the Rogare connection to be mentioned if it was there, just as the Targaryen-Martell connection is mentioned in the main story even though it's obviously more distant at that point.

[@niccolorichter1488]

Larra Rogare was mother of Aegon IV not his wife

[@LaborVoicesInc]

I feel like Ned Stark is the most important character on GoT. Was Ned a character from a different story? If so, what does this say about or inspire in the story since there is time travel on the show and in the books?

[@evo6152]

I'll Defeat you!

[@captainbeefheart6744]

Is the Night King bad though?

[@Aizen2468]

According to GRRM, NOBODY in his books are evil, all are grey! Therefore....The Night King probably rescues puppies on the side when no one is looking (I mean....have you ever SEEN a Wight Puppy?), Joffrey probably left all the orphans in King's Landing a huge sum of money in his will because he felt bad about having some of them.....drowned and killed >_> And deep down, all Ramsay wanted was a friend in Theon, which is why he did all that mean stuff to him :'(He just wanted to show Theon he cared! And all the underage girls Walder raped, he "secretly" loved them all :) And the one dude from the North who raped all his daughters constantly, that's....well I'm sure there's a silver lining SOMEWHERE in there :) I guess he kept them all warm in the Winter nights? .....or the more likely truth.....is that GRRM is full of shit and no one ever calls him out on it XD

[@HappyNBoy]

I always love when various channels use the cover of Dragon Age: Inquisition to depict Azor Ahai.

[@lolablake9196]

Joe Hoffmann I know what's with that 😂😂

[@moomimi]

Joe Hoffmann Plot twist the Inquisitor uses Elvhen Magic! Not the Maker's power. Fenharel's rift magic :).

[@whispersmusic6173]

Hope to see him and the rest of the unseen Targaeryns in House of Dragons

[@Vekk_]

Impressive

[@Rachel_Tensions]

Rhaegar Targaryen 😂😂

[@MallorieMooney]

Rhaegar is alive! Holy crap!

[@Vekk_]

Mallorie Mooney wish I was

[@evo6152]

Hello dad

[@Vekk_]

Jon Snow hello my son

[@reuelavinashpillay1871]

Great video! It's definitely sated my need for more Rhaegar & Targaryen backstory! I hope they do a spinoff of either Rhaegar or Aegon the Conqueror's backstory.

[@rick149ou]

A couple of families in ASOIAF like the Starks, Blackwoods and Targaryens have magical abilities like shapeshifting and prothetic dreams and even looking into the future. The Targaryens have the blood of the Blackwoods (who may be related to the Starks) through Aegon V's wife Betha Blackwood. Rhaegar might have been able to use this magic and prothethic dreams or insight into the future and they were the reason for his actions.

[@runcibusarse-weasel964]

*prophetic.

[@AmiWhiteWolf]

Runcibus Arse-Weasel is your profile pic an ass with a face?

[@moon2a379]

Rick West but betha's son was one of the great bastards aegon V had also betha's son wasn't an ancestor to rhaegar because he wasn't the heir so that debunks that theory

[@katherinatorres4408]

Laurel where do you get all this info from

[@rpproductions6241]

So this was a great video and really enjoyed it but you did get a couple minor things wrong. When Dany has the vision of Rhaegar, he said Aegon was the Prince That Was Promised, not all three children. He said there did need to be another, because "the Dragon must have three heads". Also we don't know if Lyanna was a good swordsman. It's said in the books that jousting is three quarters horsemanship, which we know Lyanna was a very capable rider.

[@zachkoelzer7559]

Such a great video, thank you. I also think that Rhaegar will be brought back to life by the Brotherhood without Banners.

[@odin6667]

Lyanna being a good swordsman has nothing to do with jousting. It's brought up multiple times that she was a great horse rider and jousting is pretty much all how you ride the horse. So I think Rheagar was impressed that it was a lady when he found her I. The woods

[@johnb6546]

Basically he was a kind, giving and loving person. He was a talented singer and an excellent skilled fighter. His one fault was falling in love with a woman who wasn’t his wife thus starting a war that caused his untimely death and the demise of his entire family....your welcome for the short version 😂

[@Proseless]

Rhaegar feels like a main character in his own TV show, and then suddenly the actor dies in a car crash and the studio has to move on. Its like everything after Rhaegar’s death only exists in his shadow.

[@mau345]

I wonder if he really fell in love with lyana, or just a shared admiration with a tinge of “yeah, this is destined”. Rhaegar was always perfect in the books in battle, inteligence and charisma. But he was also portrayed as a sentimental, almost depressed loner who took the prophecy as a non negotiable aspect of his life, like a deity among mortals similar to griffith in berserk

[@priestpega]

A prequel series about Rhaegar & Lyanna and Robert's rebellion would be even more epic than the current series. HBO: PLEASE DO IT!!!

[@Cheezeblade]

If Robert really loved llyanna as he said he did, he would have cared for that child as if it were his own, maybe even humbled him a little. Many are the men who would accept any version of his lost love rather than leave his love lost. Even her child.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

its really impressive from a writing stand point and world building how Rhaegar isn't even alive or directly connected to the characters but is directly and indirectly influencing the events of the story without even being there anyone who's paid attention to the story understands how important this character is it affects Robert, Ned, Oberyn, Doran, Jon, Daenerys, and a whole bunch of others directly and these characters are some of the most important with Daenerys and Jon basically being the main Protagonists of the story, along with Tyrion

[@CoinOpTV]

good stuff

[@renosvoyage]

Based on the thumbnail, Chris Hemsworth should play Rhaegar in the TV Series lol !

[@GregsOrios]

Reno Moshavi who would play Lyanna? Lol

[@moomimi]

Gregorio Sandoval Paige from WWE. Her similarities with Arya is uncanny.

[@swedishzeldafan6121]

He's to muscular

[@arthurpendragon196]

Bradley James = Rhaegar Targaryen

[@hithummah]

Rhaegar needs his own show, videogame, and an anime.

[@exposethetruth3166]

Rhaegar is alive and well. He's the two face God. A skilled killer who's also a scholar. He was so fond of Arya Stark because she reminded him so much of Her Aunt. That's my theory

[@Embarazzing]

GRRM makes all his characters so layered and interesting. Even the ones we never meet like Ashara Dayne, Howland Reed and Rhaeghar.

[@jpool]

would anybody name their future son Rhaegar?

[@samuelschonenberger]

There is no person called Rhaegar who was born after Robert's Rebellion but Rhaegar Frey, a grandson of Walder Frey, was named after him when he was the gallant knight and prince. Rhaegar went North to Winterfell but went missing on the way in the fifth book

[@Zenene-ok5el]

+Samuel Schönenberger His disappearance was probably due to Lord Wyman Manderly's plan to avenge the Starks by causing the Frey's ultimate fall. Rhaegar Frey is speculated to have been killed in a fan theory which has been named as the Frey Pies, which was also referenced in GoT's sixth season finale. Also, Manderly clearly despised Rhaegar in the books, as he described him to Davos as a "worm with a dragon's name".

[@amyra8159]

Ace head Daenerys did. She named her son 'Rhaego' combining the names Rhaegar and Drogo. Not only that, Rhaegal, one of the dany's dragons is named after him.

[@the1nonlyani]

Scorpio Snake rhaegar wasn't a rapist idiot

[@paulmartin5007]

Hopefully nobody. Young mothers who named their daughter Daenerys are starting to regret it. ={P

[@fyvp007]

Did Sean Bean know abt R+L? Bc he plays those scenes in S1 with Robert as though he knew

[@armentopchyan]

Did Rhaegar believe all three of his children would be the 3 heads of the dragon? He named a baby Aegon in the house of the undying then said there must be one more. We assume this was his first son. But now we know Jon's name is Aegon - he probably learned something that convinced him it wasn't his first son but his second son that would be the promised prince. The other? He probably saw Daenrys, he did look right at here saying 'there must be one more' in the house of the undying. I think the the third dragon he sees is the child between Jon and Dany - not his 3 children.

[@ruksharalam173]

Well in the books we have this character Aegon who claims to be the son of Rhaegar and Elia. He has already landed in Westeros with a powerful army.

[@theary29]

But he really is their son? Because I heard aegon could be a blackfire.

[@Lite727]

My theory on Rhaegar: He was in fact the honorable hero Barristan and so many others claimed him to be and did love Ellia and his children however the in the end the Azor Ahai prophecy drove him mad into abducting Lyanna and holding her captive in Dorne. It was almost like Beauty and the Beast where essentially she had the freedom to do anything, go wherever, and anything she needed was granted under the condition she not leave the keep. Rhaegar thoroughly explained to her that none of this will make any practical sense to her and but he believes their child the product of ice and fire will be the prince that was promised. He also explains he will not rape her under no circumstances and only share her bed at her invitation. Of course Lyanna being Lyanna doesn’t surrender that easily, tries to escape on multiple occasions, and the two get fight each other and have a couple sword duals here and there but in the end if two people of the opposite sex spend enough time on their own they will fall in love. Lyanna eventually does start falling for her captor, they marry, conceive Jon and plan on raising him in secret in Dorne. Either way Rhaegar dies on the trident meaning he did fight for his family in the end. He’s clearly not going to meet Robert on the trident for his father’s orders, at this point these two are at odds. He’s doing it to protect Aegon and Rhaenys unknowing of Tywin’s betrayal. I think he envisioned himself raising all three of his children and be with both Ellia and Lyanna much like Aegon did with his two sisters. I know Ellia would be content with this being Dornish and what not, might take Lyanna some getting used to however. Who knows maybe after Robert’s level of infidelity she wouldn’t mind it.

[@Brandonhayhew]

"You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain" is a quote uttered by Harvey Dent in the 2008 DC Comics superhero action film The Dark Knight.

[@vinopandian7107]

If there ever is a series about targaryen I feel like chris hemsworth would fit the character of Rhaegar perfectly 😀 Even the animation of his face is on point!

[@ericasmith6507]

we need to see RHAEGAR AND THE MAD KING'S character and era too..i bet it will be so interesting

[@donnydonadio1185]

The Inquisitor is Azor Ahai.

[@sethshams]

what a great work are your videos !! such deep and subtleties in your interpretation on the events and characters bravo !

[@tjjordan4207]

I like to believe that Rhaegar did indeed want to fulfill the prophecy in the beginning, but would eventually put that aside for a chance at love. When you really think about it, Rhaegar had a bad relationship with his father, maybe an okay one with his mother and a neutral one with this brother. Aside from his friends like Sir Arthur Dayne and Barristan Selmy, that's about it. Even his relationship with Elia is hinted to be one of friendship at best. So for him to fall in love with Lyanna would be a good story-arc of seeing him have a change of hurt, where instead of marrying Lyanna to fulfill a prophecy, he marries her for love. It would be a good character development for him. If they do a Robert's Rebellion prequel series, I really hope they do the character justice. I want to see him brought to life on the screen.

[@myrnacaraig2681]

Tywin said at the Defiance at Duskendale, in front of many people that he didn't care if the rebels (who had Aerys II, Rhaegar's dad) released Aerys II, and proceeded to say that a much better king was waiting, with his actions motioning to Rhaegar.

[@vulcan387]

Ngl i was expecting Rhaegar as the fans wanted to long silver hair but they literally used the same wig Viserys used...

[@rudrakhadye.]

Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, the last Prince of Dragonstone, was the eldest son and heir to King Aerys II Targaryen, the Mad King. He was the older brother of Viserys and Daenerys Targaryen and the husband of Elia Martell, with whom he had two children: Rhaenys and Aegon Targaryen. Secretly, however, Rhaegar annulled his marriage with Elia and married Lyanna Stark in Dorne. Rhaegar's alleged "abduction" of Lyanna sparked Robert's Rebellion as Lyanna was betrothed to Robert Baratheon. Robert killed Rhaegar at the climactic Battle of the Trident, bringing on the deposition of the Targaryen dynasty. Lyanna's brother Eddard Stark found her soon afterward at the Tower of Joy in Dorne, where she was dying in childbirth. She had just given birth to her son with Rhaegar and begged her brother to keep her baby safe. To protect the child from Robert and others who sought the absolute destruction of House Targaryen, Eddard claimed his sister's son as his own bastard child whom he had fathered during the war: Jon Snow.

[@michaelsuder3217]

Rhaegar is probably one of the, if not the most popular character and he's only had about 20 seconds of screen time

[@faizahanif9515]

Rhaegar was the amn of prophecy. Aemon targeryean knows the prophecy too. So both these targeryeas men were trying to figure out the prophecy in their own way. Show didn't described who is eventually the prince who is promised or who is the light bringer but let's hope that books do take care of this.

[@CsySnw]

So sorry to burst people's bubbles but even in the show, Jon would still be considered a bastard, just so happens he's not Ned's. No one in relevant society would accept Elia's annulment, the marriage had been consummated, and elia had given Rhaegar an heir and (technically) a spare/queen. With her marriage NOT annulled, Lyanna's would never be relevant, aka, the baby from that union = a bastard. If you take the 2 wives route.... only Aegon (the OG) successfully accomplished that (and only for so long before issues of 2 queens started after his death), and Maegor even wasn't able to practice it without wars every 2-3 business days (even with dragons). Jaehaerys secured incest, but even he couldn't touch the topic of polygamy. Rhaegar has neither the conqueror's respect, nor dragons, nevermind common sense. Lyanna would remain a mistress. And her safety wouldn't be assured cuz, guess what, she's managed to piss off the baratheons, the family known for being stubborn and good with poison (and having a bad history with offsprings of high born mistresses), the insane king, as well as her own family, cuz (assuming he's still alive), her father would be mad abt her running off, nvm the shame of having your daughter be broadcasted as a mistress when she had a huge betrothal waiting for her (spoiling the stark-tully-baratheon-arryn alliance). She and her baby are completely defenseless. And Jon being legitimised (if he wasn't assassinated in the crib) would also face opposition. There's literally no way Rhaegar's plan would've worked without huge conflicts. Nvm the moral bankruptcy. Bro was just as mad as his daddy and that's the tea. (and y'all ain't slick with how y'all treat his woman of colour wife)

[@DanaWhiteFr]

Yeah i have always thought about it after reading the books 😭

[@ryandavid739]

I'm new to this channel and wow, it really helps me as a writer.

[@josephtalksalot9182]

I hope Rhaegar gets a flashback scene on the show.

[@11more40]

yey

[@xSamDGK]

The story of the events leading up to Rhaegar’s death would bean an amazing movie

[@juliak4218]

I hope they make a spinoff about Rhaegar and Robert's Rebellion but after season 8 I hope D&D stay far away from It and just let George handle it

[@chrisstockton7153]

Yup it has to be Tyrion, because they foreshadowed Jon being a Targeryian when the Danys Dragon let Jon touch his face. Tyrion didn't get attacked either when he released the locks on the dragons collars inside that temple she locked them in. Makes sense

[@samuelschonenberger]

Very well done. But you forgot one detail: When Rhaegar and Lyanna met the first time at Harrenhal Lyanna was 14 years old and Rhaegar 21 or 22 years old. Interpret this however you want

[@Curtis006]

I mean, tbh, that's pretty standard ages for pairings in ASOIAF. Nothing unusual about it and no one in-universe would bat an eye at it.

[@sannyoliveira3071]

This age difference is normal in Westeros when it comes to relationships. Daenarys was 13 when she married Drogo who was just under 30, Lysa Tully married when she was 17 with Jon Arryn who was 58. And Sansa married at age 12 with Tyrion who was 24. Welcome to ASOIF world!

[@samuelschonenberger]

Sanny Oliveira Well those are forced marriages The Rhaegar Lyanna relationship is not forced by anyone And Lyanna was a jousting Tomboy with similar behavior as Arya

[@sannyoliveira3071]

Samuel Schönenberger Yes, they were. What I mean is, in Westeros a girl is already a woman after she bleeding for the first time, don't matter if she was 12, 14, or 17 and as you said, Lyanna wasn't like other ladies. She was fearless and independent, which leads me to believe she was more mature than other girls at her age. Then, in the matter of age, there is nothing unusual in Lyanna and Rhaegar's relationship, in Westeros standards.

[@ms_scribbles]

She wasn't 14. She was 16, which is the age of majority in Westeros. She was born in 266 and died in 283, which is 17 years, which means she was pregnant at 16, not 14.

[@lastbaratheon8043]

I wish we saw Rhaegar Targaryen on screen in a flashback or dream.😭 Btw the bullied man being Howland Reed (for those who don't read the books) and at 4:55 that joust spear is long as fuck.

[@notreallyash]

1:45 who's back story became pointless because of how season 8 ended.

[@davicarlson6488]

THANK YOU!!! I've been looking for something like this to explain stuff FOR SURE

[@Duchess-yv8gt]

My name is "Liana" too. They spell it differently but is pronounced the same. :)

[@RogueVideoRaven]

My name is Liana too! Name twins!

[@masterrhythm4596]

so u need a Rhaegar

[@SimonLewis1986]

This is really great. Nice work.

[@badjuju8624]

A part of me hopes that the whole "Prince that was Promised" prophecy is actually hogwash, that might partially be because I really don't like him and his character arc.

[@VidyaSimran]

Can Anyone tell me 2 things : 1. Who gave R the Prophecy scroll? 2. Why did he select Lyanna in perticular & not any other woman?

[@the.saunter.experiment]

its like telepathy againn a moment ago i was playing crusader kings ii with the game of thrones mod anddddd guess what i was playing Rhaegar!

[@TurtleMythic1251]

Something I always find myself wondering about is how Lyanna reacted to the death of her father and Brandon if she really did love Rhaegar when she left with him and set the whole land to war did she still love him when she heard his father had roasted her's alive and laughed while her brother strangled himself to death trying to save him.