How Did King Aegon ii Capture Dragonstone (Dance Of The Dragons) House Of The Dragon History & Lore

[@forispl1]

I remember after reading this in Fire and Blood, Sunfyre became one of my Top 3 Dragons just because of determination and he just had the worst out of all dragons in Dance.

[@BlukeArt]

Baela vs Aegon is going to be so fucking cool omg

[@johnvalentine5917]

Say what you want about Aegon but dude was a solid dragon rider he fought against two dragons against Maleys and now moon dancer not sure if he was there against grey ghost but man I feel bad for sunfyre

[@honeybadger1810]

Sunfyre was a maniac who refused to die. I respect the hell out of that pretty boi

[@janellejulianajoy]

I will take Aegon over Aemond in a second. The show has failed him in so many ways.

[@mansoorahmed1676]

@@janellejulianajoy the first season focuses on the development of viserys daemon rhanerya and the elder hightowers. They humanized aegon a bit in the 9th episode. War will harden his character and him a sense of maturity especially with the scars he bears and learning his sons and wife dying with his city being lost. His time in the shadows may give him time to reflect but also be cruel in the end

[@captainziggy82]

Props for sure, but context matters… both the dragons he killed were much much smaller than him. Mad respect for him flying again though, thats my favorite thing about Sunny boy.

[@Papaty25]

​@@mansoorahmed1676 he didn't become cruel. He just went mad after losing his last bond, Sunfyre.

[@thegreatpage5912]

Poor Sunfyre probably had it the worse out all the dragons in this war. I do wonder how the war would have gone if Maraxes had survived the conquest and lived to see the Dance. She was bigger than Vhagar during the Conquest, so I'm sure Maraxes would have been the Alpha Dragon of the Dance.

[@emperorquinlanix4195]

Maraxes would have been a game changer in this war. Probably would have been the size of Balerion at this point. Quicksilver would have been around Vermithor and Silverwings size.

[@brockstarkey7571]

It is an interesting idea to think on. It’s my opinion that if the blacks had meraxes it would spell victory for them as it would now give them a dragon which could survive and win a battle against Vhagar. Likewise if the greens had meraxes they also would likely win as they’d have two dragons nearly double the size of the next largest.

[@thegreatpage5912]

@@brockstarkey7571 Maraxes vs Vhagar would have been both epic but at the same time really tragic. Two of the dragons that built the Targaryen Dynasty nearly destroying it.

[@brockstarkey7571]

@@thegreatpage5912 totally agree! Alas the dornish had to live by their motto, unbowed, unbent, unbroken

[@WorldOfWesteros]

as others have said Meraxes would have been game changing, i have a feeling that Aemon would have maybe targeted Meraxes over Vhagar. But the question of who would have ridden her before or if she already had a rider would be unknowable. Only issue i see is that we know she was younger than the black bread but by how much is not known. When the black dread got very very old during the reign of Viserys i he became slow and sluggish depending on how much younger Meraxes was i wonder if that would have a impact on her too. However i guess Vhagar is around the same age too and she was fine so who knows really. But it would have been game changing.

[@ardabayer8625]

Man Cannibal really got the sweet end of the stick. It was probably as large as Vhagar if not larger but it's wildness and unwillingness to be tamed let it slip out on this meaningless conflict for Dragons which has temporarily put them into the extinction. A Dragon with the fewest lore became the apple of my eye and I was glad it didn't died but basically dipped from Westeros.

[@verihimthered2418]

With deamon on his back

[@BlitzkriegFeuerFrei]

Nettles ended up dipping out with Sheepstealer aswell so Sheepstealer got a good deal.

[@foxc8646]

God the whole Dance of the Dragons story is badass but so sad I can’t take anymore dead dragons😂

[@michaelyohanes2782]

U must and u will that's the whole point of this series otherwise u wont understand why all dragons are in GoT

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

It'll be interesting to see how/if this is depicted in House of the Dragon. If I had to guess, they might somewhat follow the book in keeping Aegon II's presence on Dragonstone a secret until Rhaenyra arrives on Dragonstone and have it as a surprise reveal to end the episode. And then perhaps have the whole story of his survival be the following episode.

[@WorldOfWesteros]

It's a tricky part to adapt, i would argue they might retroactively show it after Rhaenrya is captured in order to have it as a big surprises for viewers which you can't do if you show Aegon hiding on dragonstone before that point

[@shikenkanade]

I think it'd be better if they show how Aegon blended in as a commonfolk in Dragonstone. The suspense for the future cat and mouse game would be better built up.

[@myeditsrpeak]

i honestly hope they show us aegons men taking dragon stone and aegon defating beala beforehand. it doesn’t kill suspense infact it adds it. viewers will dread seeing rheanrya arrive at dragon stone bc they know what awaits her.

[@jaieregilmore971]

The dragons are the true victims of the war.

[@TheBaronAmaruPhoenix]

Not the small folks as well

[@danthemancushecan]

The common folk are the true victims

[@hehasnopantswaronpants5496]

Yea the dragons 110% are the victims, definitely not the thousands of small folk burned in their homes or with their crops because of them and their riders

[@detestor420]

That’s why it’s called…The Dying of the Dragons 🐉 😢

[@drfaisalkamal1275]

Poor sunfyre

[@TallJai]

This show is just gonna break my heart

[@AssasiCraftYogUscus]

Yeah this is prolly the biggest tragedy in ASOIAF. So many great characters are gonna die for nothing.

[@redadmiralofvalyria867]

@@AssasiCraftYogUscus especially since there's gonna be 2 seasons, s1 for the beginning (pre-dance) S2 the start of the dance

[@kalahjwinston]

@@redadmiralofvalyria867 there will be alot more than just 2, the first two will just be the beginning.

[@Kunumbah1]

@@redadmiralofvalyria867 There could easily be 4 or 5 seasons

[@amitkenan3878]

@@redadmiralofvalyria867 Maybe four: the third and fourth for the middle, the end and after the war

[@Cersilaria22]

Sun fyre knew Eggy T was going to dragon stone, can’t wait to see them together again as aegon said “my dragon is dead” at the end of S2 ❤❤

[@apacalypsagon3758]

Moondancer and sunfyre. Wonder what that means.

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

I still can’t believe how badly they messed up Aegon in the show he’s probably my favorite character in the dance

[@bobydean1839]

how

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

@@bobydean1839 they made him a r@pist they made him look stupid they had him watch child fighting pits and they made him seem like a coward

[@zato_ecchi]

The actor is playing him wonderfully though.

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

@@zato_ecchi I agree they chose the best actor the fact he was able to power through there bad writing and make Aegon a fan favorite to many is great

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

@@bobydean1839 wdym how they made him a rapist and weak

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Sun versus Moon

[@JustAshleyDanielle]

Poor baby dragons 😢

[@lwilliams7448]

I'm so confused why Baela tried fighting Sunfyre instead of simply fleeing. Moondancer was such a young dragon that she was still a huge underdog vs an injured Sunfyre.

[@LoveToHate89]

I mean do you know who her father is? And it's been said Baela takes after him

[@janellejulianajoy]

​@@LoveToHate89I was going to say the same thing! The show has done a huge disservice to the Black kids, Baela included. She's fierce and basically Daemon in a dress. She also takes after her grandmother, Rhaenys. She didn't run from a fight either.

[@ilbb7055]

In fact, Baela was at a big advantage here. Not only was Sunfyre almost as young as MoonDancer,he was shell of his former self with a broken wing, unable of flying, one eye blind,bleesing and wounds all over, but also a lot slower than the young and swift Moondancer able to outfly Cannibal(said by Baela) Sunfyre was at a significant disadvantage and still came out victorious was because Sunfyre was built differently but for all, MoonDancer had all the advantages

[@lwilliams7448]

@@ilbb7055 Sunfyre was much more powerful than Moon Dancer. He was injured and could barely fly but still managed to kill Grey Ghost. I get that Baela is like Daemon, but it was a dumb decision to challenge Sunfyre.

[@ilbb7055]

@@lwilliams7448 Baela did a dumb choice indeed and she paid the consequences. She lost,was burned, got captive to being used as hostage and got her dragon killed and devoured. Daemon is reckless and impusilve too, that's what's Baela took after but Daemon was more skilled fighting and more cunning

[@sankarkrishnan407]

Not the dragons the courage of Riverlanders, Ferocity of Winter Wolves, Naval strength of Velarayons was the advantage of Rhaenarya.

[@stranger1629]

is Aegon II in show done bad or will he turn into this badass in later seasons?

[@shikenkanade]

In the books he was a party boy but during the war, he becomes more and more competent

[@janellejulianajoy]

It happens gradually. He isn't a coward at all. They had better not remove this in favor of the one eyed monster.

[@badyoutuber1986]

His more stupidly fearless than competent

[@stranger1629]

@@badyoutuber1986 I mean even that is more admirable and likeable than show counterpart

[@دمالأسد-ب4ص]

​@@badyoutuber1986 hhhhhh the word IS brave. Not stupid , And he IS powerful also not weak AT all

[@suburbansadboy9668]

Queen Baela man…

[@ShubhamPatil-rl4jk]

yeah bitch that though she has birthright on claiming dragon

[@Rinzackie]

My favourite character Hail King Aegon

[@BeatMedicare]

Keep making more seasons of house of the dragon beyond the dancer. The conquest, the Blackfyre rebellions, and Robert’s Rebellion could all be chapters in house of the dragon.

[@lawrencereid2767]

Yea it's gonna be good

[@myeditsrpeak]

makes no sense how moondancer was doing so much damage to sunfyre 😭😭 we just saw sunfyre devour grey ghost without trouble. grrm must hate sunfyre or somthing

[@miracleyang3048]

Sunfyre reminds me of Proudwing

[@HighPorte]

How the fuck you don't leave a good garrison in your god damn fucking home keep.

[@HighPorte]

rare sloppy writing by grrm

[@nicksmithnutmilk]

Even if the Blacks left their best Knights there , they couldn't do sht against Sunfyre or any other dragon that's big enough to withstand arrows

[@danielsilva-duarte571]

I keep thinking how could Rhaenyra be worst than Aegon II.

[@WorldOfWesteros]

In a lot of ways there both as bad as each other

[@Kunumbah1]

@@WorldOfWesteros Viserys was truly shit he should’ve just made Daemon his heir and never remarried

[@kaloyanmanchev6613]

@@Kunumbah1 You crazy ?

[@amitkenan3878]

@@kaloyanmanchev6613 No

[@KabbalahSherry]

@@kaloyanmanchev6613 - Nah, they're right. Viserys' decisions destroyed his family & made trouble for the realm. 🙄 He was too weak a man to see how Otto played his ass, having his teenage daughter going into his bedchambers constantly to "bring him comfort". What father is comfortable w/that, unless they have ulterior motives?? Viserys was too foolish to see the ruse....

[@theindiancop]

They will turn poor Sunfyre into a wimp in the show. I am sure of it.

[@Doffythegoat]

Unfortunately seems that’s confirmed based on his showing at Rooks Rest

[@cerromeceo]

Why did he jump off the dragon 20 feet in the air lol

[@rafaelluna3564]

Probably in case the dragon landed on him and crushed him but still 20 ft is too high

[@janellejulianajoy]

Aegon already survived terrible injuries before this on the back of Sunfyre. I don't think he wanted to be burned again.

[@titusdaniel3962]

baela😭💔

[@janellejulianajoy]

By this point I felt sorry for them all.

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

Screw Baela

[@AnkitSingh-cd7tw]

​@@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096 you already did, your grace

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

@@AnkitSingh-cd7tw 😂 facts good Ser

[@Najaf-gb3me]

Wanst Sunfyres wing burnt off?

[@WorldOfWesteros]

Not completely, he was very messed up though.

[@Najaf-gb3me]

@@WorldOfWesteros He recovered and able to fly?

[@Solus94]

Rhaenryra got usurped just like Stannis got usurped in the original series. I love how this prequel is most like the original series just with dragons :D

[@WorldOfWesteros]

there are a lot of mirrors like this i fire and blood, events, names, themes, it seems GRRM is going for the kinda rhyming thing george lucas did with star wars

[@mebarkiimad8999]

Bro Aegon got usurped, he's the oldest male heir.

[@Solus94]

@@mebarkiimad8999 nooo. Rhaenyra is heir. She got usurped.

[@mebarkiimad8999]

@@Solus94 How though?? You're preferring a rash decision from a poor king over the unwritten rules of the realm. Even after Rhaenyra, the common tradition was to choose the oldest male heir still. I think Daemon was the one pushing Rhaenyra to usurp, so he can finally be king.

[@Solus94]

@@mebarkiimad8999 Uhh the ones who did the rash decisions were the Hightowers where they were like. Okey king is dead, so we should put Aegon on the throne as soon as possible. Exactly what the Lannisters did to Ned Stark later. Rhaenyra was heir period, no discussion. Yes against tradition, still heir. Other lords swore fealty to her. Aegon didn't even want the throne or knew what to do with it. If the Hightowers did not act fast and fill his head. No way they could have claimed the throne.

[@JCResDoc94]

not in the play list. _JC

[@CMALL95]

So you are telling me that moondancer loses to sunfyre who is totally broken ? Cmon. That is ridoculous.

[@trifurobert1349]

Moondancer is twice as small in the books and he still will most certainly die to sunfyre in the show , the show changed some stuff but has show time and time again it can t alter important events or make the changes actually matter further along the story. Look at the bias for the blacks at Rook s r Rest , they made sunfure look like a bitch and made Rhaenys "brave" for still fighting even though she had 2 shots at escaping , but the outcome was still like in the books

[@peenoice5176]

​@@trifurobert1349dude didn't you watch the video, it literally said moondancer was only the size of a warhorse.

[@janellejulianajoy]

@@trifurobert1349 Rhaenys WAS brave! In F&B she dives headfirst in that fight knowing she'd lose after Vhagar shows up. What are you talking about? Leaving was NEVER a possibility. Sunfyre was not seen as weak, Meleys is much faster and Rhaenys has much more experience in riding. Aemond decided to torch his own damned brother and his dragon because he's a sociopath.

[@janellejulianajoy]

It's pretty cool that Baela finishes what Rhaenys started. I had to edit this. man this fandom is full of butthurt idiots. Mad at a Targaryen female acting like one when trying to defend herself or her family. Don't get mad because Team Green all died in a war THEY started.

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

Baela is so overrated it’s not even funny

[@Beepbeepbeepbe]

She’s a NPC character who’s irrelevant in the books who’s been giving more scenes than the MVP aegon. Plus she didn’t finish anything except getting herself captured and her dragon got killed and eaten by aegon and sunfyre.

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

@@Beepbeepbeepbe say it louder brother

[@AnkitSingh-cd7tw]

It's pretty dumb actually

[@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096]

@@AnkitSingh-cd7tw true

[@ayiza8511]

Badass Beala and poor Sunfyre that dragon had it worst of all the dragons

[@janellejulianajoy]

I think that I am one of the very few people who also sympathizes with Aegon.

[@Thrawn23.]

​@@janellejulianajoyI to sympathize with Aegon. Neglected by his father, not liked very much by his mother and wife. Still turned out to be the true blood of the Dragon by fighting his own battles and negotiating ways to return to his throne through horrible injuries

[@hazeinheaven]

@@Thrawn23. he wasnt a rapist in the book as well he was just a womanizer. the show butchered him so bad

[@Thrawn23.]

@@hazeinheaven I know the show gave us nothing. I hope they fix that this season. We need to see the perspective of the siblings and how they view each other and the circumstances

[@janellejulianajoy]

​@@hazeinheavenThey overly vilified Aegon and Daemon almost to the point they're unrecognizable. One of the writers had the nerve to say about Aegon, that they expect us to sympathize with him after they chose to destroy him the way they did. Many aren't going to sympathize with a rapist, one of the worst things anyone could ever be. Like, were they high?