War Dragons, Racing Dragons, Road-Crew Dragons, & more: Extinct Dragon Breeds - House of the Dragon

If the Targaryens dragons were "bred for war," that means other Valyrian dragons were bred for other purposes - of course they were! We'll use logic and what we know about the ways of the Valyrians to resurrect the extinct species of dragons who probably would have once existed in the days of the Freehold, and I'll also discuss the INSANE nature of dragon fights themselves!
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Title image uses "Caraxes" and "Sunfyre" by Acrosaurotaurus

[@wallybonejengles5595]

Some dragons are like Balerion. And then I bet they had dragons so nimble they flew around the volcanoes like hummingbird welders, building the amazing towers and spires of Old Valyria. This is very fun to speculate.

[@ThommyofThenn]

I'm thinking small dragons specially bred for the heat of their fire without becoming too huge. Perhaps different diets/magic rituals could result in a pint-sized dragon that had fire as hot as a large dragon. But since these small dragons had smaller throats/mouths maybe their flame would be focused into more of a "laser beam" to quickly and accurately superheat small pieces of metal. Perfect for spot-welding fine detail

[@fourth-dimensionalbeing9737]

@@ThommyofThenn I wonder what my boy Caraxes was specifically bred for. I'm guessing his species was made for blacksmith/artisan type of work since his long neck would be very helpful in navigating the fire

[@nightforest1693]

@@fourth-dimensionalbeing9737I don’t know if this is true but I saw in a video that Caraxes is a hybrid of a fire wrym the ones that were in the mines and a dragon, maybe dragons like him was bred with a fire wrym and used to go into the mines with their long necks? Sorry for any bad English grammar/spelling

[@matias250]

​@@fourth-dimensionalbeing9737 I like to think of Caraxes being kinda like Dachshund's dogs

[@Shannon-vv6rr]

​​he's more Fire Wyrm than Wyvern that's why Nd where he gets his nickname from. Fire Wyrms and Wyverns were fused and spliced with Targ DNA to make dragons and dragonbonded people. Blood Wyrm

[@Magmafrost13]

Its interesting to think that maybe Caraxes was perfectly normal in appearance for his breed and its just that by the time he hatched that knowledge had been lost. (Of course "normal for his breed" is like... pug levels of messed up)

[@snugglecity3500]

Except caraxes was born alongside standard "war dragons" wasnt he?

[@annacarollina7703]

​@snugglecity3500 yes but I think op means that maybe caraxes build is like meleys speed, a remnant from the old breeds - think a child who inherits a birth mark from a great aunt

[@chriscoleman5655]

Its my theory that Caraxes is a bred rider killer. Once the Dragons enter the bind he could use his long neck as an advantage to bite or knock a ride off possibly neutralizing the dragon.

[@snugglecity3500]

@@chriscoleman5655 yeah but he was bred after the doom wasnt he? That makes it seem unlikely. Maybe he was an experiment in poisoning dragon eggs by the maesters except it just changed him a bit. They would have then perfected this with the birth of "the last dragon".

[@marcneef795]

This would explain, why they cannot create Valyrian steel anymore: they do not have the specialized dragons for that.

[@-AwaleAbdi-]

I'd honestly love to see an Old Valyria where they do this. Lots and lots of different dragon breeds for specific purposes like the ones you outlined and getting to see dragons be such an intricate part of every section of Valyrian life from war to court life to leisure to roadworks and building construction.

[@thalmoragent9344]

I can agree for the most part, but construction Dragons still seem odd to me

[@loganx1039]

I can totally believe this, not too different from what people actually do to dog and horse breeds. Bred specifically for a purpose. It fits in the world of game of thrones where control and ownership is what makes or breaks you.

[@tommypark2522]

Would be cool to get Aegons conquest like a 1 or 2 season show and have a few episodes as a flash back to Valeryia

[@charbo187]

I wonder what a Valyrian dragon funeral was like. I wonder how they mourned and honored their bonded and loved dragons.

[@rena7123]

"artists, all of whom are human" 🖼️🖌️👍🏻

[@ianfurman5503]

allegedly

[@asinussum]

some may be children of the forrest

[@chazblank2717]

11:45 since their fires are the color of their scales, it’s not inconceivable they’d try to breed small show dragons specifically for the color of their scales like fancy show roosters… maybe even for similar purposes of betting on fights between them; since the Valyrians are also awful.

[@GreyWasteTim]

The messenger dragons belonged to the most powerful dragon lord families. "When you control the mail, you control information." - Words of House Newman

[@arnoldrivas4590]

First thing for breakfast is Professor Lightbringer teaching about dragons. Second, pancakes. Not saying pancakes are less important. Never. Knowledge is also important.

[@jayschmidt2196]

Would you trade nobody ever having pancakes forever to have the library of Alexandria reappear as it was? These are the real questions

[@SKRRTCOBAIN00]

@@jayschmidt2196since i learned about that GPS type thing that was in that library i will always pick the library over almost everything

[@andrzejkopalnia]

Living the dream

[@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215]

Now I want pancakes 🥞

[@ThommyofThenn]

This is the perfect time to roll out my new theory on the Valyrian breakfast griddle dragon harness. It uses the fire made flesh ambient heat of the dragon to provide great flapjacks on the go, for the active dragonrider lifestyle. Now, i know what you're thinking, how can the griddle heat THAT quickly especially when the windstream of high speed dragon flight is making you chilly. The entire assembly is 100% pure Valyrian steel alloy. (Up to 0.005% laboratory assayed Vsteel proprietary blend per unit) and is guarnteed to heat up to 1 league in the air. Send a raven now to receive the bonus goblet holder (shade of the evening milkshake not included)

[@ianschmitt4991]

My mind immediately jumps to Attack on Titan and the thought of giant square jawed Cart dragons helping assemble those beautiful valaryan roads.

[@thalmoragent9344]

I dunno, construction Dragons still seems odd

[@ianschmitt4991]

@@thalmoragent9344 I guess think of it less like a construction dragon and more of a logistically focused dragon instead of Fighting

[@serpounce5699]

"Dragons can't pull out" -David Lightbringer

[@serpounce5699]

"Dragons like to take each other from behind"

[@ChesireGreySkies]

Omg...🤣.... this is a merch opportunity if I ever saw one!

[@fulviopontarollo2952]

“They never quit, it doesn’t matter the size”

[@efrent-vr3bm]

Breeding types of dragons like horses. There are Palfreys, coursers, destriers, cart horses, stumpers, etc. makes total sense. Also, once the dragons are engaged, the riders become passengers, the dragons take over. It's one of the things that made sense to me from the show. Explains to me, what happened at Storm’s End and later in the war on at least 2 other battles (Rook’s Rest and Tumbleton)

[@ThommyofThenn]

They might have had something like "combat flight training" courses where rider and dragon learn to work together. The rider learns to trust the dragon when it dives down to roast a target, and the dragon learns to control its wroth and let the rider guide it instead of just burning everything once the situation gets chaotic

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

@@ThommyofThenn Daemon's nickname at Dragon Top Gun Flight School was Rogue, because some douchebag had already taken Maverick.

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@thing_under_the_stairs "That's right seahorse man...i am dangerous!"

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@thing_under_the_stairs then CGI dragon Val Kilmer

[@efrent-vr3bm]

@@ThommyofThenn True, but they could never simulate a dragon against dragon fight. Too risky, a misjudgment and Storm’s End happens

[@Aquilarden]

Kind of amused by the concept of commercial dragon flights, Valyrian airports. I don't think I'm totally sold on Jorah's statement having this much depth to it, but it's fun to think about.

[@thomasj3701]

Yeah, just another "what if" type video... one small statement doesn't mean really anything. I avoid what if videos because really what if blah blah blah, the story would be different! I mean, yeah, it would be a different story all together in "what if" type analysis.

[@comicmoniker]

Its a pretty different genre from ASOIAF, but the Temeraire books by Naomi Novak have some excellent examples of dragon breeding for different roles and abilities. It's Napoleanic fantasy/alt-history, and we see a lot of how Britain thinks about dragon husbandry and tactics. They have massive heavyweights that can move troops and equipment, small fast messengers, long winged distance flyers, acid spitters, etc. And all battle dragons have whole crews that ride in rigging on their back, with a captain, riflemen to repel boarders, and harnessmen to take care of the dragon in the field. Cool stuff.

[@RielMyricyne]

One more : shipbound dragon. It's a small dragon, just large enough to be ridden. It's bound to a large seagoing ship, the ship has a small pen for it. It's used to feed on fish and sea mammals, so it feeds itself. It is mostly used to scout around, much like modern warships carry an helicopter. It can also assist the ship in battle, seek for help in case the ship is stranded, carry messages, and so on.

[@Schmidtactular]

Because of glass candles, I doubt there were any messenger dragons, but there totally could be amazon delivery dragons. Packages always need to be delivered.

[@XIIconstNvChr]

Funny to think that Alyssa and Rhaenys rode a dragon equivalent of red ferrari 😂

[@henryokoro3140]

All hail “The Red Queen” Maelys 🔴

[@mitth.rawdog.nuruodo]

I love this whole topic, but the idea of road crew dragons in little hard hats and reflective vests with STOP/SLOW signs are endlessly hilarious to me. 100% favorite dragon mental image. 😌👌

[@xavier84623]

I think the ancient great empires had fire mages and possibly partially trained wild dragons, but I think advanced dragon/human genetic experiments were perfected in Valeria. Like, they took it too far and threw off the cycle of fire with their level of magical misuse.

[@ThommyofThenn]

That's an interesting idea. Maybe the Valyrians even bred people to have "King's blood" or however they understood the magic to work. I'm visualising something similar to the Imperium's nasty tradition of sacrificing thousands of psykers per day to fuel the Golden Throne. Perhaps the Valyrians knew certain kinds of human sacrifice could somehow imbue dragons with "desirable" characteristics through some macabre ritual. But they took it too far and either offended the gods themselves, or the families of the people who got sacrificed/worked to death in the mines finally said enough is enough, but that leads directly into the "faceless dragon" theory, a great video that can be found on this channel if you haven't seen it

[@truffelnootje]

Respect for using artist for art and not ai!

[@alyssasowell774]

The fact we're in an age where AI is replacing artists in general is really gross. The fact we have to thank content creators for using real art instead of AI now is just sad. I agree with you though! I also appreciate it haha just a small rant

[@AshtheGreenMan]

This is exactly what I needed on this day. Praise Garth on High

[@cherylbaxter8986]

[@cirruscloud5198]

For my own writing/rpg making purposes, I theorized about dragon breeds a few years back. For my own purposes I only really worked on a split between "war dragons" and what I just called "royal dragons." One thing that I considered for my own stuff but think would be fascinating in a headcanon context, is Targ war dragons bonding to their rider in a different way. That is, a war dragon being bred to be able to bond with a new rider fairly quickly after losing their rider, and bonding through "Dohaeres" rather than through some kind of blood/fire magic. This would be advantageous in battle, as you could take over a riderless dragon a lot faster in a combat situation if you only need to speak the words rather than do a whole ritual.

[@travismcnasty4239]

Forest service dragons. Fly over a massive wild fire and pick a location to do a presribed burn to contain the spread.

[@ThommyofThenn]

Water tanker dragons also??

[@travismcnasty4239]

@@ThommyofThenn water is pretty heavy.

[@mercedescreates]

A bird-eaten book is such a vibe. My bird even got to my college diploma 😂

[@DavidLightbringer]

oh my 😭😭😭

[@amymyers5503]

On the subject of breeding dragons for show and as pets, did anyone else think of Discworld? Lady Sibyl Ramkin bred swamp dragons. She was part of a swamp dragon breeding club. They had dragon shows, kept track of pedigrees, and ran an abandoned dragon rescue. People used swamp dragons in blacksmith shops to heat the metal. I can totally see the Valyrians breeding little dragons for pets.

[@catshepherd3102]

I missed this broadcast when it came out. Yesterday I had a dream about a Valyrian character that made stuff - and had a dragon. This dragon had a mellow, intelligent personality; she could fight, but was reluctant to do so and usually just fought with her tail, claws and saved the fire for the most implacable of foes. The Valyrian character was descended from the people who made the Iron Throne and she had the bond with her dragon. They just ranged around the world and made “everything from daggers to houses.”

[@squisherking]

Glad you put this video out cause i thought of some more Dragon types since the last live stream. Im basically thinking of any function we use and breed horses for can apply to how valyrians bred dragons as well. 1) Sports: theres got to be some type of sport or game the valyrians played using their dragons. Theyre a highly competitive culture so i think this makes sense. Maybe itd be like a quidditch-esque type of game or something like it🤷🏾‍♂️. This could potentially use multiple classes of dragons big, small, agile, etc depending on what position the player is. The sport of polo, thats played on horseback, is my inspiration for this. 2) I thought the idea of Dressage Dragons was pretty funny. Id guess smaller, agile, more beautiful dragons could fly through some hoops and rings n stuff like in dressage. Similar to the “best in show” dragons you mentioned earlier. 3) Crane Dragons. You would think the valyrians would use dragons to lift heavy structures like steel beams and put them into place like we use big cranes for. Most depictions of valyria have high rise type buildings in it so im thinking thats one way would they could build the structures so high. Surely theres more, id be interested to hear what others you all can come up with.

[@ivandankob7112]

Ah, Sir Twenty Goodmen was a dragon rider as well, what an admirable knight

[@UltraViolet666]

Super interesting. It makes me wonder if The Cannibal was not only from another Valyrion bloodline (so that Targaryens and Valerions cant claim as a rider) but bred for another purpose. Maybe a hunting/scavenging dragon or a guard against other dragons. Or perhaps also always been riderless, and never even bonded with any Valerian bloodline.

[@apelincoln1616]

Bro, your style, humor and knowledge of this lengendarium is impressive. Criminally under subscribed

[@lyssalovee8298]

I love the Cleo eaten book!! Thanks for always pushing out new videos 🎉

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

It looks a lot like my many cat-damaged books!

[@canislunaticus]

Thank you for crediting the artists and not only that only using human made art, I find it rare to see people that make videos actually credit the artists that allow them to make such content

[@WeesanTV]

Thanks David for the meaningful videos and posts. The spouse is away so this cat has lots of things on a "honey do" list to accomplish; videos like this one and the dragon lore from Sunday go a long way to help the task and errands happening seamlessly. Thanks again

[@ThommyofThenn]

Valar Dohaeris buddy

[@ThommyofThenn]

I like to think Grrm was listening to classic Bob Dylan when he wrote that phrase

[@L_B_M_LandDownUnder]

I got into the GOT and HOD worlds because of the dragons. Appreciate all this dragon lore David 💫

[@DavidLightbringer]

are you the same Larissa from the internet? with the dogs? 🤣🤣🤣

[@L_B_M_LandDownUnder]

​@@DavidLightbringer Yes, it is me the mother of dogs 😂❤

[@Henbot]

Remember listening to this really interesting history podcast which talked about how part of the reason(s) for Roman Empire collapse was they lost means to traverse their empire efficiently which then incurred weaker capabilities that helped shatter along with other elements the empire

[@jarebear95]

I laughed too hard at the Nana Vhagar memes 😂

[@xavier84623]

21:25 maybe they had magical or heavily poisoned arrows. Weirwood arrows seem like they might be effective (at least bloodraven thought so) and probably enough venom from a magical creature like a manticore would do the job.

[@ashiaku9864]

I would also add breeding dragons like Dreamfyre and Syrax

[@NeilsonBuntowa]

dragons breed specifically for mass producing eggs/dragons

[@sommer8337]

Love the long live streams, but these bite sized videos are a special treat! Great stuff! I want a dragon!!! 🐉

[@rashelleobey7626]

So much is unknown about old Valyria and there's so much to speculate 😍😍😍 the possibilities are endless!

[@eldrileka1652]

The thing about troop dragons is that the idea is cool on paper but not exactly in practice. If you need sometging of vhagar's size to transport about 20ish men their loadout is limited but also you have to acknowledge the elephant in the room which is... you have a dragon the size of vhagar... which can slaughter well over tenfold the amount of men it would carry to the battlefield

[@sambucivox]

I think that you would love the Temeraire series, it goes into detailed dragon breed details

[@e.h.4933]

Good luck fighting these people! Lol, I agree. Until the powers against them realize that pitting them against themselves is the way to beat them. Ominous thought in modern times.

[@gregorydeslauriers4636]

I think this is the exact nuance GRRM is talking about when he says “what is Aragorn’s tax policy”.

[@bastisantiago9789]

There's this series of novels called the "Temeraire" series that had different dragons serving in the Napoleonic armies. What I loved there was that the big heavyweight combat dragons had entire harnesses running along their bodies and were crewed by dozens of men with bombs, rifles for when they had to bomb armies below or fight other dragons.

[@magister343]

Why assume that all 5 Targaryen dragons brought to Dragonstone were war dragons? Or that all the eggs they brought were from war dragons?

[@ThommyofThenn]

14:40 what a great image. It kinda reminds me of the ancient mother dragon you find guarding the border of Caelid in ER. But even she is smaller than I how big I visualize Balerion in xis old age. We're talkin' "blot out the sun" big

[@ThommyofThenn]

13:46 that pic on the right is awesome. I wonder if the dragon is young or if that's a real big fish? Either way the idea if dragons fishing is very evocative, quickly and gracefully spearheading into the water and back out again in a heartbeat, but emerging with a great wriggling Ghiscari rainbow halibit in their claws

[@dreamfyre222]

I would love to see like a sort of movie on the doom! Such a huge mystery.

[@Eli-phunt]

Hopefully if they make it, that's how the Aegon's Conquest show will begin.

[@6Mourning6Star6]

13:11 "Poor runty Syrax" sent me

[@andrewburnett8743]

I'm here for the streams but I really appreciate this, watch at work a lot

[@Fathoms09]

Appreciate your work, LmL!

[@maxvain]

Thanks dude, your content is great and gives me my fix until the next episode.

[@dyscalculic]

I like how Valaryan dragonlord houses parallel the Night's Watch orders, stewards, builders, and rangers.

[@herlynnegrace1461]

THIS IS SOOOO INTERESTING! I firmly believe in this idea. For hundreds of years, it's impossible that Valyrians did not breed their dragons. When curiosity meets vanity, they will definitely push their knowledge of dragons to the limit.

[@SaintElsewhere333]

The book Temeraire by Naomi Novik is a good place to go when talking about dragons as troop transportation.

[@GraveKing3473]

Just want to point out something David has mentioned before but not in this video. There is something strange about the fire of black dragons.

[@damnlogics9342]

We already saw the first episode of season two, lucky "sky austria" managed to play it ysterday at an huge cinema in vienna :3

[@joeschmidt6597]

that's awesome! so jealous, im seriously like a crack addict itching for a fix waiting for S2 HOTD. But ill just pray for now that someone over there gets it uploaded to one of the free streaming sites for movies and tv shows, i remember season 1 finale was on there on the Friday before, and happened to another episode too.

[@mr._.mav792]

I just wanna take a moment to talk about Acrosaurotaurus. That man is an absolute master of his work and I follow him religiously on social media. Seriously, if anyone reading this doesn't follow him, you've got to go and follow him.

[@WhoIsCalli]

Nice vid David. Really interested in the ‘different dragons’ theory

[@Hellsing7747]

Thanks for the video ! Keep up the good job

[@RyanBright-wg1yk]

Just imagining those 300 dragons after seeing the affect 1-4 dragons have on a battlefield in the currently available shows. Like could you imagine watching the Vhagar vs the rivermen or Caraxes vs the Crabfeeder pirates, and then going home and seeing 300 war dragons rolling in to what I can only assume was Ancient Valyrian death metal.

[@GG-xm2cm]

Weren't there Wild Dragons on Dragonstone? I think that's how they bred so many different types of Dragons

[@vibeyandvibeless]

I considered leaving work early today. This notification sent me on my way 😂 Dave never disappoints

[@jay-t1030]

Imagine how spectacular Sunfyre would have been if he was able to grow another 20 yrs without the injuries and Rook’s Rest and MoonDancer. He would have grew to be at-least the size of Silverwing or Maelys.

[@Manakuuchiha]

For some reason, you being a bird person makes so much sense.

[@mouseinthesinkingship]

Aren't the Valyrian Dragonlords numbered around 40 families. And targeryens who had 5 dragons was far from the most powerful dragonlord house. During the fall of Rhoynar: around 300 dragons were mobilized, which maybe a mass mobiliziation (levee en masse) of most of their dragons because of the previous defeat; Avarage number of dragons per family sould have around 10 dragons. Which is a very limited number for specialized breeding. Considering the rivalry among lords in every time and place, one would think everyone would want to breed them for war. Specializations are likely to come about among the dragons who didn't make the cut as battle dragons. And maybe because of laws, politics, limited resources and alliances among houses: some limits on certain types might have been put and specialized breeding got encouraged in others.

[@nicocoeurdelion9573]

Caraxes for probably for travel and journeys. Long and slender

[@jaylonhale5704]

Don’t kno if you play ck3 but the agot mod team there is in the process of working on dragons there release time is “this summer” so I hope we get them this month

[@tatum_wray]

Got a bit too excited when I read “dragon breeds” 😈 🐉 🔥

[@The88Cheat]

I love listening to your ideas about the game of thrones world.

[@ShelbyOfOldStones]

Yes! I love Wednesday drops so I can listen while I grocery shop . So excited for HotD season two! ❤

[@badpoet3043]

"Ser Jorah shrugged." - A Storm of Swords, Chapter 8, Daenerys I

[@staticdynamic1605]

You're the man

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

Great stuff as usual! Thanks in particular for giving credit to the artists whose work you've used in this video - no art theft or AI crap in this house! (Or are those the same thing?) And now I'm going to spend the day wondering what kind of dragon I'd most like for myself... Probably a hybrid racing dragon/show dragon; I'm not very big, so I don't need a huge dragon for transportation, and style is very important! Having a calm dragon who could even be a house dragon, and down for pets and cuddles would be nice too. A dragon couldn't be that much more destructive than cats, right? Actually, a small road/forge dragon would be a very cool artistic companion as well! I think I need a multi-purpose crossbred mutt, just like my feline owners!

[@Nestle_oficial_br]

17:00 Chat just discussing how to make mead

[@EvanBerkowitz]

As far as troop transport dragons go: how many people climbed aboard in the capture-a-wight mission in GoT?

[@DavidLightbringer]

almost a dozen I think

[@lesliemcmillan2971]

I always thought if you had a dragon, you had a war dragon. Hmm.

[@CrimsonTemplar2]

Excellent video.

[@Pomshka]

Imagine pet dragons like toy poodle size 😮

[@michaelblevins1651]

16:47 depends on the Height because in the books Vhagar died when she impacted the god eye lake while caraxes died on the shore it’s prolly mostly depending on size age and height

[@fang609]

9:41 OH that reminds me of some of the dragon breeds in a book series called "His Majesty's Dragon" basically the Napoleonic Wars, in which dragons not only exist but are used as a staple of aerial warfare in Asia and Europe. With some being so large theirs entire crews of people maning them like a ship, including an on board dragon vet. So I could see the Valyrians having potentially massive dragons with wide bodies, big wings and able to endure alot of weight. But yes this one of my favourite things to speculate about Valyria and all the possible dragon breeds they had. Kinda want to sit down one day and draw what those other breeds could look. And speaking of our favourite fire lizards, I being thinking, you could put toogether a family tree for all the Targaryen Dragons if you looked at which physical traits they share. Example Vermax being Syraxes and Caraxes son, due to the similarities with the latter, and if is adult concept is anything to go by, his proportions look alot like Vhagar, so likely Vermithors grandson given Vermi is likely Vhagars son due to their similar proportions. Tho you could go the extra mile and put them in a metrix system like actual biologists do haha

[@owli-wankenobi3727]

In regards to road crew dragons, I think you would probably select for individuals with the hottest flames, so that would ultimately result in a breed that has hotter flames at a younger age than most other dragons. In fact their fire breathing capabilities may be more well-developed than most breeds and the cone of flame perhaps a bit more compressed or perhaps the dragons have more control over the size of the cone of flame that they produce so as to reduce accidents and at least have the possibility of being more precise if need be. And I think that you would select for dragons that not only are more docile but more willing to follow orders. A potential side effect of selecting for more docile individuals might also result in a breed that's smaller than other breeds, if testosterone is a thing for dragons.

[@Mako64121]

The field of fire & Harrenhal was so cool

[@bradpoursartip2940]

I would love to see the reaction of Valyrians if they were to meet Falkor the luck dragon from Neverending story

[@Kolby-x2w]

Spicy noodle he’s crazy

[@SpiderLynk]

Another breed definitely could have been, well, breeding dragons. Valyria would have prized fertile dragons

[@gregvalentin1954]

I wanna see a prime Balerion in a flash back so bad

[@kat1722]

So not linked to the video but a question, do you think the reason grrm is taking so long with wow is because he’s writing dream of spring at the same time? And maybe that’s also why he’s writing off shoots because there’s so much back info/ extra tidbits/ lore that will come into play?

[@dastellarnapster1652]

Amazing thanks David!

[@Randomyoutubecommenter]

Idk why but daemons dragon looks like the most violent, atleast thats the vibes ive got since the first season when i heard its distorted shreak

[@AnnabelTheGoldsmith]

Whatwhat ANOTHER VIDEO!? 🎉 🐉 🐲

[@LunaMoon0]

my fav dragon is silverwing

[@khalzoro-bl4kl]

super excited for this season can’t wait, also supper excited to the unhinged trio to be back at it after the episodes, if you missed out last season make sure you tune in and enjoy 3 hours of extra content each episode lol

[@zachtan]

I'm wondering - Could they not load smaller, faster dragons onto Vhagar to get some kind of flying aircraft carrier?

[@briennesfatsister4788]

I think this is brilliant. The same way dogs were bred for different purposes. I like the idea of troop transport dragons. They could put big carriers on their backs. Poor Papa Balerion, poor cows.

[@bridgetofold5645]

Just wanted to ask what happened to the HOTD rewatches? Were they not gathering enough views? I was hoping for the rest to lead into Season 2? Still love your content.

[@DavidLightbringer]

I think we're going to do a season preview stream on Saturday but no they were not. people didn't want to go that deep on a rewatch apparently, which makes sense to be honest

[@aatmadevvadakkedath9703]

Can you do a new series of chapter by chapter analysis of asoiaf please

[@pmhcare]

The biggest hole in this theory is the assumption that there were so many dragons that there would be this many types. We don't know how many dragons the Valerian empire had, but when they say they were bred for war, that means that they took wild dragons and bred to be more obedient for the purpose of war. Dragons were probably far too valuable to be wasted for things like entertainment or racing. Battle dragons were probably used to build the roads. If a dragon is tame enough to be ridden and used in combat, it's tame enough to be used to build a road. And glass candles would make dragon couriers obsolete

[@Eli-phunt]

I know it looks visually cool to have a dragon sitting on a pile of bones after a meal but I would think a dragon would eat their food whole. I can't imagine a dragon going at a cow like a dude gnawing on some chicken wings. Not to mention, reptiles usually eat their food whole and dragons are pretty much based on reptiles. I guess they could be regurgitating the bones but then where would they get their calcium?