The History of Vermithor

[@Destroyer94100]

Vermithor has gotta be the coolest name ever for a Dragon

[@fourth-dimensionalbeing9737]

coolest and badassest

[@13Ixidor]

Named for Vermithrax Pejorative, unless I misremember. I want to say I read that GRRM loved Dragonslayer

[@13Ixidor]

But that could just be the old brain misfiring

[@Dell-ol6hb]

@@13Ixidor no you’re right

[@OriginalMicycle]

I like Grey Ghost. Almost certainly will not see in the show.

[@samreilly8372]

I have always enjoyed the contradiction of Jaehaerys, competent and just ruler with a chaotic family and furious beast of a dragon. It has made me more fond of Vermithor than any of the other dragons.

[@GGregoryDarnley]

Speak softly and ride a big dragon

[@ghostdreamer7272]

It also shows how good of a ruler Jaehaerys was, that he was able to keep his emotions in check as a ruler. It’s one thing to have stoically eliminated those emotions, and it’s another to still have them but never fall to them.

[@3nnik]

@@ghostdreamer7272 no fr like dude had one of the biggest dragons and only used it when necessary and didn't go "mad" and burn a village or something. like gtfoh with the gods toss a coin

[@leykimayri]

@@3nnik Vermithor wasn't one of the biggest dragons while Jaeharys was alive

[@3nnik]

@@leykimayri still a big ass dragon, idc. he's the 3rd largest dragon when he was only 15... after balerion dies (in jahaerys' lifetime) then it's the second largest dragon. so yes... he's considered ONE OF the largest dragons....

[@Terry-d6h]

I wonder if we all know how lucky or fortunate we are to have a great story teller like Robert.

[@d.m.6397]

We do.

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

I wonder if we all know how lucky or fortunate we are to have great stories for Robert to tell

[@OriginalMicycle]

It's worth mentioning that Vermithor is named after the Valyrian God of smiths, crafts, and artisans. Also I know it's not specifically related but... Rest in Peace Nettles. You will be remembered as we cringe through the broken and bleeding shreds of your story that are to be unceremoniously draped upon Rhaena like some kind of twisted Papier-mâché.

[@walterc423]

When silvering tries to lift vermithors wings 😢😢😢😢

[@samreilly8372]

Honestly the saddest moment in a book that covers 130 odd years of death and tragedy

[@willybiggs-rj6qt]

if they put that on the show i’m bawling all over again

[@angieweir3460]

"Keep Cool and Rule", can only be said of a couple kings in Westeros

[@AndrewK23777]

Great vid as usual. Vermithor definitely one of the biggest most iconic dragons we know of in this universe. In my head canon i tend to think Vhagar hatched Vermithor ; they share the "V" in their names and Vermithor seems to be especially huge and ferocious as well. In the text I always felt Vermithor (and Silverwing) deserved better with their successor riders after Jaehaerys and Alysanne , Hugh especially the textual version is quite awful. Also Vermithor (again with Silverwing) provide an interesting seemingly unique dynamic with dragon-bonds and relations between dragons. Quite often we see with new dragon-bonds / new riders abrupt loyalty shifts from the dragons , often quite content to turn on dragons and riders once quite very friendly and familiar with. But the bond between Vermithor and Silverwing seemed to transcend rider bonds given the time together and seemingly love between them. Will make for a heart-wrenching moment on screen on HotD eventually showcasing the level of that bond during a tragic moment. Certainly an interesting insight and dynamic there and seemingly quite a unique one at that, the deep seemingly unbreakable bond between Vermithor and Silverwing.

[@topdeckhelix8450]

Ah nobody is ready for HoD season three, Dragon red wedding

[@MiamiGameHunter]

The moment you realize that technically Vermithor was a King’s dragon longer than Balerion was.

[@aidenharper6013]

Depends. Technically the century the Targaryans spent on Dragonstone before the conquest they were considered kings.

[@sidefack]

@@aidenharper6013 I believe they only held the title of Lord before conquest.

[@katlehomotseki-xp3cb]

@@aidenharper6013kings of???... dragonstone?

[@aidenharper6013]

@@katlehomotseki-xp3cb Dragonstone is literally almost as large as the Iron Islands combined. They also had 100 years where no one in the 7 Kingdoms, which were constantly at war with one another, tried to attack them.

[@Levacque]

​​@@aidenharper6013dude, check your map. It's barely the size of Old Wyk. And they never once have been described as kings before landing on the mainland. The conquest is supposed to be a loose reconstruction of the Normans, and their ranks were conspicuously limited to dukes and below.

[@LadyOfShaIott]

Brilliant content as ever Robert. I’ve been loving these videos on the dragons and their distinct histories and personalities. Poor Silverwing, mourning Vermithor…. It will be tough watching the demise of these magical creatures when we finally come to it in HOTD. Thanks for your wonderful channel.

[@dustinf11]

I listen to all of these ASOIAF videos multiple times while riding my motercycle or working on the land. Just know, if I don't get to hit the thumbs up right away, I will come back to it once I'm home.

[@triciclosonido]

I could literally hear you recite a refrigerator's instructions manual and count me as entertained. Thank you.

[@SweetPotatoDingo]

Its crazy to think that had those knights not tried to kill vermouthor he might have survived the dance of the dragons and could have continued to mate with silver wing to produce more eggs

[@Denzel1916]

I can't help watching these even though i haven't read that book, Robert is such a good story teller i dont mind hearing it this way before the show!

[@delliebb6589]

Same, honestly makes me really want to read the book I'm sure the detail is incredible

[@Anacronian]

The dragon with the best name.

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

Balerion the Black Dread.

[@ZZMonkeysUncleZZ]

@@BrotherHood-xh9sg Trying too hard. Balerion The Black Dread sounds like the kind of name that a twelve year old would think is cool. Vermithor The Bronze Fury sounds better.

[@imperiumbrasiliae]

Baconroar the pink dread

[@TheeJonesss]

@@ZZMonkeysUncleZZno no it doesn’t

[@cow365]

You said "hi im Robert" Hello Robert im High 😂

[@jeffcordova9633]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@The.Nasty.]

Underrated comment

[@SportyMabamba]

Come on peeps we gotta get that comment to 420 likes

[@hnskiyo2784]

I wonder if Vermithor and Silverwing would override their rider’s commands if ever they were pitted against each other. Seeing as how they are the only dragons referred to as mates.

[@cherrybomber69]

Nope :(

[@Ace99e]

Always the best content 👍👍

[@kingerz]

A fantastic account beautifully narrated and thank you for taking the dragon story all the way to the end.

[@pedrojorge1912]

Jaehaerys lived so much (for Westeros standards) that when he died in 103 AC and Vermithor became "available", his three Targaryen grandchildren (Viserys, Daemon and Rhaenys, Aemma was born Arryn) were already old enough and had already claimed their dragons. After, almost everyone bonded with hatchlings (Rhaenyra, Laenor, Aegon, Daeron, Jace, Luke, Joffrey, Aegon, Viserys, Baela, Jaehaerys, Jaehaera and later Rhaena), exceptions being Helaena, that chose Dreamfyre and Laena and Aemond, that chose Vhagar. Point is, right before the Dance the Targaryens had so many dragons and eggs that two large ones, Vermithor and Silverwing, could just stay there unridden in Dragonstone for decades because pretty every Targaryen had their own dragon, they had more dragons than dragonriders.

[@thatsthat2612]

grand maester benifer? you know hes took that from the early 2000s relationship of Ben Affleck and Jenifer Lopez and no one can tell me otherwise

[@SportyMabamba]

I fully expect a High Septon Brangelina to appear in background lore

[@jordanford9320]

They NEED to make a meagor the cruel show

[@jedirayden]

Considering how much backlash GoT and HotD have gotten when they show us gratuitous sex/nudity, extreme violence/brutality, and especially anything to do with r*pe... I don't see how they could give us a Maegor The Cruel show, at least without turning it into something more like "Maegor The Grumpy"

[@jordanford9320]

@@jedirayden I was thinking animated and with shit like that you can write it where you don't see that shit more like the aftermath it's been done with other ventures of media it's hard but with good writing it could be done. Plus they could pull a 180 and show the he was just trying to protect his family. Show it from his POV because he didn't start acting crazy until his blow to the head

[@Levacque]

​@@jordanford9320that's exactly what they should do, because GRRM is always careful to never depict rape, torture, etc firsthand. It's always in secondhand accounts and almost always framed as a clearly awful thing. That's actually why I became so frustrated with GoT's fetishization of violence.

[@landofalwayswinter666]

I just feel like, is there really enough story there for a TV adaptation? Sure there’s the conflict with the Faith and whatnot but that’s pretty one-dimensional and it doesn’t even get resolved in his lifetime. Other than that it would just be him committing lots of heinous acts which are never avenged in any way. And his story ends pretty pathetically too. Its great backstory I just don’t know if it’d make for good tv

[@loganpeters7543]

Great job, sir.

[@Verm1234]

My favourite Dragon ever I hope we see more of it next season

[@ismailjankara6330]

Hey, Robert. Your videos been fantastic as of late. Am I mistaken or did you have a playlist called, “When in doubt, blame Bloodraven”? I was looking forward to it. Yet, I could not find it.

[@jedirayden]

He has been redoing many of his older videos to bring them up to the quality of his newer videos, I looked for those videos a couple months ago, probably just de-listed right now while he works on them.

[@iamkrohn]

I like the think that Verminthor recognized the barely restrained anger in both Jahareys and Hugh. I think if Jahareys had bent his pride a bit High would have been his favorite Grandson

[@Adam_First]

Great video

[@deogratiusgitarda]

Thank you brother, your videos are awesome as always. How I wish you could do a collab with Nerd of The Rings channel. You guys would have some fun with your theories. And also for some reason I think Lord of the Rings will be a topic as well.

[@aarondemiri486]

Vermithor is a pretty epic dragon

[@jeffcordova9633]

Loved seeing Vermithor behind the Queen... then being able to see the Bronze Fury unleash his breath of fire & cause chaos...while chowing down lol Whats gonna be sad is when all these Beautiful beasts start to die out

[@ThommyofThenn]

1:35 I thought at first this was saying Aenys was the dragon's literal dad 😂

[@laurashortill8623]

Vermithor = Jaceherys’ Id. I hope the show writers pick up on the cool exterior hiding an inner fury when characterizing Hugh next season.

[@1992zorro]

My favorite dragon❤ The Bronze Fury. Seems like a very wise Dragon that's just done with BS

[@brianmoore4240]

Only wish we would get to see virmithor and caraxes on screen together.. would be so cool

[@lomiification]

Hopefully we'll get some beleriand the black dread at some point

[@D2attemp]

I’m guessing since George named him after Vermathrax for his favourite dragon, Thor must be his favourite Marvel character

[@Jebbtube]

The History of Westeros is the history of tragedy and brutality.

[@landofalwayswinter666]

A lot like another world I know

[@HEAVYDIAPER]

Could you please consider doing a video on What it must have LITERALLY felt like to transform from a human champion into a Nazgul? What it must have felt like to become a "finger" on someone else's hand. Thanks for what you do

[@lancemontes]

Vermithor, Caraxes, Drogon are up there for the meanest, angriest.

[@landofalwayswinter666]

Among the bonded dragons, yeah. Otherwise we’ve gotta go with Cannibal!

[@Relic554]

Looking at the direction the show goes I doubt it will be as epic and dramatic as in the book.

[@setheheart4911]

this makes me sad, but i appreciate the content.

[@Wolfeson28]

14:09 So you're saying he was brought down by his...Hugh-bris?

[@imperiumbrasiliae]

Balerion, Drogon, Viserion, Meraxes, Caraxes, Tyraxes, Syrax, Vermax, Seasmoke, Stormcloud, Moondancer, Morning, some Vermithor guy, Silverwing, Quicksilver, Dreamfyre, Sunfyre...

[@jackbelmont4389]

Of all the book changes I do hope that Hugh doesn't become a traitor

[@jurz995]

It's pretty important to Hughs arc. If they didnt i would be upset.

[@HashimThaDream]

If you don’t think that VERMITHOR is the most badass name in all fiction, I can’t help you as a person

[@lawrencereid2767]

First to take the Black 🖤

[@Brysey19]

HOTD spoiler warnings beginning at 12:30

[@ShadeoftheEvening]

GREAT VIDEO 🖤🐉🐦‍⬛

[@hugolouessard3914]

I can't watch the end as I want to remain spoiler free (a warning when you get passed where the series is at would be a nice addition I think), but great video as usual

[@porungadaddy9053]

Poor seasmoke

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

It seems that no matter how great a man you are, dissapointing daughters are still the biggest fear to every man, and the one thing that hurts them most.

[@cloverazar5315]

Now imagine being the daughter and your misogynist dad tries to tell you who’s going to get to ride and command you like a dragon for the rest of your days. Hell nah

[@Colincamera363]

Do silver wing next 🙏🏻 please

[@joehudson3693]

THE BRONZE FURY!!!!!

[@yayeet7004]

BABE WAKE UP INDEEKGEEK POSTEDD

[@bennetthibner7551]

Random question for the internet. What is the best dragon name in all of fiction? My vote is Ancalagon the Black. But I'd like a list of other youll like

[@MissingScrew27]

we're never getting all this properly adapted into the show lmao

[@SHARKVADERS]

I D G !!!!!!!

[@Tropic_Recon]

High Robert this is everyone

[@sankarkrishnan407]

Hugh was inspired by a prophecy. When the hammer fall on the dragon a new king will born. Like many characters he misinterpreted the prophecy. The prophecy was right but it happened after 150 years at the trident. Robert Baratheon.

[@daniellepedersen5811]

What happened to your “Rhaegar, Robert, Lyanna, and all that” playlist?

[@MrPinkyFunkyMaus]

just noticed there are barley any videos on Xaro Xhoan Daxos or the "Spice King" - is there more to these people in the books than there was in the series?

[@izuna77]

I'd be interested in a video breaking down the likely parentage of the dragon seeds, at least for the show where we get a little more info. You said Hugh's mother is Saera, while most other's I've heard talking about it have speculated that his mother was a bastard of Jaehaerys. My math is that the three possibilities are that Jaehaerys had an illegitimate daughter that became a prostitute, Alysanne had an illegitimate daughter that became a prostitute or that one of their legitimate daughters (most likely Saera) became a prostitute and had a baby that she visited regularly. I can think of strong reasons for and against any of these possibilities so I'd love to hear your thoughts.

[@jorgelongoria1098]

The story is someone wanted to play with Vermithrax pejorative!!! The one true dragon !!!

[@clancymcadams1267]

did you delete your old robert’s rebellion / tower of joy videos?

[@GreenFalcon926]

Ah, so Vermithor was only 15, and yet the third largest dragon, before The Black Dread and Vhagar? Nice. And people moaned than 7 year old Drogon was too big. Lol.

[@gershomtan5879]

15? Wut? He was definitely a lot older than 15.

[@GreenFalcon926]

@@gershomtan5879 Not during the Dance he wasn't, he was much older then. He was 15 when Jaehaerys was king, and the third biggest in the world at that time.

[@sebastianpijov8708]

​@@GreenFalcon926 1. At the time of Jaehaerys's coronation there were only 5 living dragons around, 3 of which( Vermithor, Silverwing and Dreamfire) being of similar age. 2. Drogon is 2 years old in ADOD, NOT 7.

[@ghostdreamer7272]

A video which collects and makes sense of the little we know of Valyria’s gods would be great

[@TheMrstevewalker]

Top 1 dragon

[@Michael-zt9ik]

I like how vermithor kinda has a mousy face (to me at least) and he has vermi- (vermin) in his name.

[@apacalypsagon3758]

Vermithor reminds me of vorrador from legacy of kaine

[@kevinbazarek]

16:00 what's going on with the guy's helmet on the right? is this AI?

[@Adam-s3b]

Steffon Darklyn attempted to mount Seasmoke in both book and show rather than Vermithor.

[@DisparityOfBeliefAndTruth]

I’ve wondered why several dragons or lore have the prefix “vermi” in their name. Sadly, I’ve found no answers.

[@billychops1280]

I thought Dreamfyre was larger than Vermithor, unless he got a growth spurt or something

[@tompetersen9971]

does anyone know the artist who creates the headshot for each character ? or is it just AI?

[@Muertoloco13]

Great summary, now I don’t have to wait two years to see a mediocre max show 😅.

[@Sevenigma777]

"Jaehaerys died at the age of 69" I'll say it for everyone....nice

[@nuhorrorn8985]

Does the book say why Hugh Switched sides?

[@jedirayden]

He had a dragon and he could. That's about as good an answer as the book gives. I suspect that the show introducing Hugh with a wife and (now- deceased) daughter will have something to do with why he turns.

[@AlanOLeary209]

​@jedirayden his wife says she has family in Tumbledton so I'd imagine she probably gets killed there during the blacks attack and it makes him go mad and change sides.

[@Lenemizu]

Shouldn't Dreamfyre actually be larger than Vermithor? Because she is older?

[@awesomehpt8938]

Warning. May be hazardous to your health.

[@JakeJohnson-j8z]

In the show vermithors eyes are so tiny

[@apacalypsagon3758]

Thats a queer tradition of leaving eggs in a baby's crib. The newly hatched dragon would be inclined to on nom on the newborns face.

[@lomiification]

The newly born dragons are probably a bit too small for that. Maybe a finger or toe instead

[@Levacque]

They appear to bond like newborn ducklings, so it doesn't seem dangerous at all. The only risk was the freakish incident with the weird monstrosity (wyrm, maybe?) hatching instead of a dragon.

[@brianhaugh152]

Until I watched this video I just kinda assumed that GRRM dragons were extremely long lived like other fantasy dragons. It appears their life span is roughly equal to a humans?

[@nicolasclermont893]

The dragon Balerion was about 200 years old at his death. They normally live longer than humans.

[@FineImOnYoutube]

I mean. In a way. Mostly because it takes roughly one human between the ages of 12 and 50 to kill a few. Without human intervention they seem to live quite a long time. With a human who, in westeros, seem completely incapable of not warring or doing something incredibly stupid, they live about 50 years give or take lol.

[@WeirwoodNet]

🐲🔥

[@rchr5785]

👍

The dwagon wasn't named after the dwagon he liked. It was named after a god the guy who liked the dragon made up. Oh okay thanks buddy.

[@stephaniefrederick1180]

🌝

[@carlosvalencia5535]

I was in a car crash that totaled my car this morning listening to one of your videos

[@GravesRWFiA]

the story is martin doesn't care enough to finish GoT is contemptuous of his readers and is picking up no new readers because who wants to start a series with no ending? LotR is a classic, a giant in the Genre while GoT is a cautionary tale of how it goes wrong.

[@Levacque]

Give it a rest already.

[@GravesRWFiA]

@@Levacque well, that's what i tell him but he keeps going too. if there wasn't some truth you hear in my words it wouldn't bother you, but it's true what I'm saying martin is NEVER going to finish the book so this is hopeless and useless, the fact i do get some up votes shows I'm not alone in this and note i do not make these comments on house of the dragon videos.

[@_Luluko_]

How about you put a spoiler section for those which only watch the show?

[@Levacque]

His channel has an over-arching policy that any book spoilers are fair game, it's the hazard you take on by watching the videos unfortunately.

[@cherrybomber69]

Are you serious😂

[@naomigallacher7384]

Also: just read the book.

[@_Luluko_]

@@naomigallacher7384 no I still have 4 and half books of ice and fire which I need to finish one day. I am not buying any new ones.

[@RUfor80six]

first

[@F.S92]

STOP AVOIDING THE QUESTION! People have been writing to you and asking, what happened to the GOT and LOTR videos that you had on your channel? You deleted almost 90% of your old LOTR and GOT videos with out any explanation and refuse to answer to your fans why. Very unprofessional!

[@escarglow4261]

Please stop using AI art. Your content is *so* good, it really doesn't need the constant cavalcade of images. A few well chosen ones with credits and some more show stills would be more than enough.

[@savedbybravado4382]

Would apprecaite it if you put levels of spoiler warnings here. Saying you have spoilers for the show makes people think it’s alright if they’ve seen the show. You went beyond and spoiled season 3 without warning.

[@IslandBikeLife]

Implies spoilers of season 3. Calm down.

[@alexlink5836]

1 minute an 0 views, In Deep Geek has really fallen off.

[@boxboxerson991]

History of Westoros are those boring guys with the really cringe music right? Oof

[@abigailhartshorn4855]

First comment

[@SombraCheeks]

He was so hungry, glad he got a buffet!

[@osirisgem]

You started using AI voice over and I hate it. I unsbud because of it.