Everything That Happened Before House Of The Dragon Season 1 | Animated History And Lore Explained

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The Full Complete history & lore of everything that happened before HBO House of The Dragon season 1, the Game Of Thrones spinoff set during in Dance Of The Dragons in the ASOIAF universe. This video adapts the story told in the books into a video format telling the story of the key events that lead up to the first season of the show using the fire and blood to give context to why why what happens in the show happens. This is a great way to learn what happened before the great council 101, the start point og house of the dragon and see all the events that lead up to it. From some of the long reign of Jaehaerys, to the tragedy that befell his heirs.
00:00:00 Who is King Jaehaerys Targaryen
00:01:23 Downfall Of King Aenys Targaryen
00:02:07 The Rise Of King Maegor Targaryen
00:02:34 Surfshark Sponsorship
00:04:04 Escaping Dragonstone
00:04:48 The Black Brides
00:05:14 The Downfall Of King Maegor and Rise Of Rogar Baratheon
00:06:25 Jaehaerys Becomes King
00:07:36 Finding Matches For Jaehaerys and Alysanne
00:08:49 The Secret Wedding Of Jaehaerys and Alyssanne
00:09:34 The Good Queen Alysanne
00:11:02 Prince Aemon (Father Of Rhaenys) and Prince Baelon (Father Of Viserys and Daemon)
00:14:00 Death Of Princess Daenerys Targaryen
00:14:43 Princess Alyssa Targaryen
00:16:15 The Bond Of Aemon and Baelon
00:16:51 Jocelyn Baratheon
00:17:12 The Other 8 Children
00:17:33 Betrothal Of Jocelyn and Aemon
00:18:20 Tourney Of Duskendale in 72AC
00:18:44 Aemon Claims Caraxes
00:19:00 Prince Baelon Claims Vhagar
00:20:10 Birth Of Princess Rhaenys Targaryen: The Queen Who Never Was
00:20:42 Marriage Of Baelon and Alyssa
00:22:32 Birth Of King Viserys Targaryen
00:22:56 Prince Of Dragonstone and Master of Law
00:23:22: Birth Of Prince Daemon Targaryen: The Rogue Prince
00:23:37 The 4th Dornish War
00:27:30 Death Of Princess Alyssa After Childbirth
00:28:28 Jaehaerys Tours Westeros
00:30:45 Wedding Of Corlys Velaryon and Princess Rhaenys
00:31:32 The Declining Health Of Queen Alysanne
00:31:42 The Myrish Bloodbath
00:33:13 Death Of Prince Aemon
00:35:18 The Revenge Of Prince Baelon
00:36:35 King Viserys Claims Balerion The Black Dread
00:37:08 Changing Faces At Court
00:37:44 The Final Years Of Queen Alysanne
00:42:11 The Seed's Of The Dance Of The Dragons
00:44:14 Baelon or Rhaenys: Who Should Be Heir
00:47:05 Birth Of Laena Velaryon & Laenor Velaryon
00:47:47 Wedding Of Viserys and Aemma Arryn
00:48:06 The Great Tourney Of 98ac
00:48:26 Prince Baelon Hand Of The King
00:48:57 Death Of Prince Baelon
00:49:45 The New Succession Crisis
00:51:46 The Great Council Of 101ac
00:53:55 The Sons Of Princess Saera
00:54:52 The Possible Son Of King Maegor
00:55:17 Viserys Targaryen Or Laenor Velaryon
00:58:20 Viserys named heir to the iron throne
00:59:08 The Last Years Of King Jaehaerys
00:59:20 Otto Hightower Named Hand Of The King
00:59:35 Alicent Hightower and The Death Of King Jaehaerys
01:00:28 King Viserys Targaryen First Of His Name
Everything That Happened Before House Of The Dragon Season 1 | Animated History And Lore Explained
This is not a compilation video of old videos but 100% newly animated history and lore video made from scratch, while i do cover some areas i have made videos on before, the content has been curated in such away that only events and people that are 100 relevant to the story we see in house of the dragon are covered in this video. The Dance Of The Dragons will be the focus of the plot of the new HBO spin-off House Of The Dragon coming in 2022. So if you want to learn the story before we see HBO's take on it then this will be a very long-running series. Game Of Thrones / House of the dragon are HBO shows based on George R R Martin's A Song Of Ice And Fire series. The information in this video comes from the books a world of ice and fire as well as fire and blood.
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[@WorldOfWesteros]

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[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Hearing how the dragons Vhagar, Caraxys, and Melys used to belong to such close siblings makes the dance all the sadder.

[@thalmoragent9344]

Yep, truly tragic. Not only that, but later on, Caraxes and Vhagar would spend more time together under Daemon and Laena (and I imagine Laena and her mother flew together as well, before her marriage to Daemon, so that means Vhagar also flew with Meleys as well). So in the end, Vhagar ends up killing her 2 younger Companions.

[@TheMightyBlackPearl]

Exactly my sentiments as well. When you look at the series and you see all of the dragons in the first or second eps getting along. They're not growling at each other. Not going for each other's throats. Nothing. Everything was peaceful amongst all the Targaryens. It's the blood of the dragon. The whole family is out of balance now. So of course the dragons are going to be at each other's throats as well. Such a sad thing. 😔

[@virgilsierra6007]

@@thalmoragent9344 Caraxys kinda killed Vaghar but I guess it was a double whammy

[@samellis5300]

​@@thalmoragent9344 😊😊

[@rexxdarealest1]

@@thalmoragent9344I didn’t even think about that. Outside of Vermithor and Silverwing we don’t get to see the bond between dragons all that much. Would give a whole new dimension to the magical creatures.

[@Onthisjourney409]

Daemon was ready to start a war for viserys. Not making daemon his hand was the first terrible decision viserys made

[@joseaustin2692]

So far, I love the first season of house of the dragon, but I truly think they should’ve started with Aeagon’s conquest then did a time jump to House of the Dragon

[@hunterhorsehelmsley7315]

No... what would be the point ? The earliest it should've gone back to was the reign of Jaehaerys and how happy the realm and his family was with Aemon and Baelon there. As it further shows off how much the dance ruined what he built.

[@jeanne6961]

@@hunterhorsehelmsley7315 Agreed, the conquest was almost 130 years before the Dance. I would very much like to see a few flashbacks of Jaehaerys and Alysanne with their children, young Viserys (and Balerion!) and Daemon with their parents, Rhaenys with her mother, touch on Saera a little, etc

[@mischr13]

it's not needed. they have to streamline for tv. plus they'd be a bunch of extra characters for no reason only to die off after a couple episodes? unless you mean, like narration, which would be an EXTRA bad decision

[@coleoswald8982]

@@hunterhorsehelmsley7315 plus it’s cooler to build up the mythos of agegons conquest before we finally see him in action

[@avabeth2535]

Do you think they’ll do the entirety of fire and blood ? I think they’ll do it but not in order. I’m hoping that Egg’s story is done next.

[@alexandrusighiartau3892]

In the future years i really wanna see a prequel "Westeros" with Aegon The Conqueror Aenys Maegor and Jaeharys and a prequel with Doom of Valyria just to see how the valeryons and targaryens rised from the most unpopular families to the strongest

[@jeffcordova9633]

High praise to this video… this being over an hour I’m sure it can’t be easy…. The realm owes you a debt that can never be payed… keep the great videos coming

[@WorldOfWesteros]

While longer videos need much more work, i do like the fact i can tell the story from start to finish in one hit.

[@jeffcordova9633]

@@WorldOfWesteros that's what I enjoyed so much About this video... it clearly shows to the view how the seeds of the Dance were sewn ... How the precedent was set that no woman would should ever inherit the iron throne..

[@thalmoragent9344]

The Reign of King Jaehaerys is like, the dream of any Monarch, or even peasant. Granted, there's a few tragedies involved, in regards to personal family matters. But politically, handled like a champ.

[@WorldOfWesteros]

THe only thing i can think to really criticize hims for is allowing the succession crisis to happen in the first place. He was a political savvy king, so must have foreseen damage a succession crisis could do. The Great Council was seen as a president, but Jaehaerys should have put something written in laws regarding how succession works and not leave to interpretation from two sides with clear bias

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@WorldOfWesteros I agree with this, actually. You make a very valid point. Once the Great Council had made their decision, he should've enacted that decision as essentially law. Basically saying something on the lines of; "In regards to inheritance of the Iron Throne, Male Primogeniture is the basis on which Westerosi Succession shall be based upon. Unless there are no other male options, be it by death, disputed heritage (potential bastard), or disinheritance, a woman cannot inherit the Iron Throne above her male family members. However, shall there be a case in which the firstborn son of the Lord or King in question be deemed unfit to rule, a Council of Petitions may be heard for the favor of a male member further down the line of succession" So, by the time of Viserys' reign, he'd have no choice but to name Aegon II the heir. Now, if Aegon II still wasn't down with being King, he could request to cite this Law to the Small Council, and abdicate his position to his younger brother Aemond. Which, in all honesty, may have been the best possible outcome for the sake of House Targaryen and a truly decent reign over Westeros if I do say so myself. Your thoughts?

[@WorldOfWesteros]

I think this is a case of George having to fit the narrative of fire and blood retroactively around what was already established about the dance of the dragons. If he had Jaehaerys make succestion clear in laws after 101, the narrative of the dance of the dragons just would not work. It makes sense for jaehaerys character to have made male primogeniture law after naming Baelon and later 101, but it doesn't make sense for what was already set up for the dance. The biggest factor the green use to there favor when crowing aegon ii is the ruling of the great council of 101 as it sets male Primogeniture as the precedent. But precedent is not the same as law and without that law the dance was inevitable and at the whim of Viserys Targaryen, who's word is law at this point without a pre-established law. therefore we end up with the black and greens who in my view both have some very strong points when it comes to their claims to the throne. So you need that oversight by Jaehaerys to allow the story to function. At the end of the day, i think Jaehaerys thought setting the precedent was enough and could not predict the situation with Aemma Arryn's death and Vissy T remarrying opening the door to a succession crisis

[@thalmoragent9344]

@@WorldOfWesteros Agreed on all accounts, I suppose it would make sense to have Jaehaerys essentially believe that "yeah, this precedence has been set so, there we go, all settled", without technically making it law. So yeah, in order for the Dance to have happened with the rival parties both having strong claims, then a set Succession Law would've undermined that narrative. Or I guess, it would've made it less of a civil war and more so just Rhaenyra starting a Rebellion, cause if the law was set for Male Primogeniture then she and Viserys wouldn't have had as much a leg to stand on, and so there's less nuance cause then you'd have a strong argument that the Greens were following the actual law, and so the Dance isn't as muddled and nuanced. Kind of takes the fun out of the topic of a Civil War, in terms of writing

[@gerstein03]

I would honestly love for House of the Dragon to spawn spinoffs about the reigns of various notable Targaryen kings that would be awesome

[@natanieltiglao540]

Can't wait to see the Good Queen Alyssane Targaryen!

[@Pixie66.]

In season 2? Sorry this family pretzel is going to give me a stroke… isn’t she already dead? I’m sorta having an aegon moment. Either I got wax in my ears or ur certain the old kings dead wife will be in it ..unless there is more than one alyssane and I mixed someone up?..help my stoke of confusion pls lol

[@matthewhart9610]

@@Pixie66. Alysanne is already dead, so unless they do some flashbacks then she won't show up in House of the Dragon.

[@jrayburn6169]

Been looking forward to this one!

[@rhaenatargaryen8061]

alyssa saying that about being "made for" childbirth and then dying because of it shortly after is so fucked. george really leaned heavy on the horror of the targ dynasty even at its most surface-level floweryness

[@gregrobertson5576]

I love the content of this channel. As I have said many times, great video. I have enjoyed watching this channel over the course of nine months. I cannot praise the quality of this channel and videos enough. Excellent video as always. 👍

[@WorldOfWesteros]

Much appreciated!

[@fanelemabaso2514]

Viserys 1 was stupid. He sought to undo the very precedent that gave him the throne. I always say, by him naming Rhanerys his heir, he invalidated his own claim and shouldve abdicated there and then and Laenor become King

[@lacym9278]

These videos are so well done, thank you!

[@WorldOfWesteros]

Glad you like them!

[@LorraineVirginie]

Great video!!

[@gandix5516]

Great stuff as always thank you

[@stevenskeens7628]

Love these!

[@DDiamond8374]

Thank you for all the hard work you put into making these videos.

[@WorldOfWesteros]

Glad you like them!

[@JoseGonzalez-pn5zl]

The north stand with you as you recount the events of the kingdoms ups and downs.

[@sankarkrishnan407]

If the Old king made Viserys and Rhaenys as husband and wife. No great council. No Dance of the Dragons

[@hunterhorsehelmsley7315]

Rhaenys was already married to Corlys when his eldest son and heir Aemon died.

[@elizaa3523]

Love your videos man 👏 the artwork is beautiful as always. 7 blessings 👨‍👦👷‍♀️⚔️👩‍👦👧👵💀

[@Adam-bw2ch]

I know that’s right jaehaerys was definitely “ the wise “ he knew that Baratheon and Mom was trying to take his throne

[@13dannysantos]

Love this!

[@GalaxyWhimsy]

love your videos! would you ever consider uploading them as a podcast on Spotify or podcast apps? I love listening to these when I'm doing chores and although the videos are lovely the audio alone would be good too!

[@nickyroche2486]

Where can I find that map in the back ground, I love the detail and would love to see the whole thing

[@AlecsApple]

Thank you so much .. such a quality video

[@WorldOfWesteros]

Glad you liked it!

[@cleigh113]

most excellent!

[@Samanthnyaa]

Alyssa is such a mood, lived life to the fullest and didn’t take shit from anyone.

[@africanjack5094]

I blame Viserys the peaceful. At every point he got an opportunity to change it, he chose that moment to flex his "strength", his brother would have been better at protecting the house and maybe his heir, the kingdom.

[@pomegranteappleson1628]

Agree

[@melaniedelacruz3206]

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[@kckillakrack9714]

Let's be honest no one gives a damn why maegor died everyone is just glad it happened

[@sapphicgeek24]

Too bad Viserys was a fraction of the Targaryen his grandmother and grandfather were. Good Queen Alysanne would have been so damn proud of Rhaenyra though, regardless of her defeat.

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

It’s amazing how much george wrote about this period. Like House of the dragon, the reign of Jaehaerys would make for excellent Television! Could begin with the ascension of Aenys, the usurping by Maegor, then end with the great council, maybe even with future return of Paddy, Eve, Steve, Matt and Sian, as Corlys, Rhaenys and Viserys, Daemon and Aemma.

[@popunkid]

I could listen to English folks talk about AOIAF stuff all day 😆

[@ua24]

Where can I find this map?

[@dandeleon2764]

Aemon let his daughter Rhaeny's (16) marry Corly's (36) and died some time later himself at 37... 🤮

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Note to self, Master of Whispers is not trustworthy. Time to get a vpn.

[@natb9919]

Imagine how easy this would be for non-book readers to understand if all the characters throughout the Targaryen dynasty just all had different names. I can only imagine the pure bliss of comprehension that would result in. All I ask is for strangely named characters to have very clear distinctions in their names, I don't think that's too much to ask. I'm not particularly a fan of generic names but what I wouldn't give for more Targaryens to think of original names for their children instead of recycling old ones whose stories never ended well anyway. I never got the logic of naming a baby after someone who died early in their life, sounds like an entirely bad omen to me which I guess proved to be true in the end for the Targs.

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

Perhaps but in reality, royalty just love to repeat names to honor their ancestors. And unlike Europeans, some modern day monarchs don't even use ordinals.

[@PackLeader-1990]

There is a lot more dragon blood in House Baratheon than from only Orys. The 3rd head of the dragon could be Gendry or Edric Storm for all we know

[@ayiza8511]

The saddest fate is Poor Viserys

[@ayiza8511]

Corlys I’m angry and insulted am Quitting and leaving for Driftmark😂 that’s the Sea snake move

[@Toki-Ralte]

Targaryen and their uncreative naming scheme.. very confusing sometimes!!

[@wigglyziggly]

23:48

[@silentservant_]

Ahh! The names! lol how many Aegons are there?! lol it’s so confusing

[@WorldOfWesteros]

five king's and thee princes i think. Aegon The Uncrowned is always a tricky one that people get confused about.

[@silentservant_]

@@WorldOfWesteros yes indeed because I would assume like Aegon the II lol

[@pomegranteappleson1628]

Right 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@TheFunniesss]

Theres 12 altogether. King aerys and rhaella had a son named aegon and so did elia Martell

[@ayiza8511]

Leanor was a baby and a long Regency is a disaster. The show did it better when it was between Rheanys and Viserys

[@williamcecil7173]

Interesting Targaryens had green eyes so does Tyrion Lannister could he be dannys sibling after all

[@JuicebyJay]

No. Targaryens have lilac colored eyes.

[@williamcecil7173]

@@JuicebyJay yes they have the notorious valaryion purple but are know to have multicolored eyes which has included green

[@pomegranteappleson1628]

No

[@fanelemabaso2514]

Viserys 2 was a better King than Jaharys. Prove me wrong

[@WorldOfWesteros]

I think he is up there, hopefully his reign with get fleshed out more in fire & blood volume 2

[@tyronebigum2794]

So dumb they made them black in the show

[@kingoftroy4587]

Aww you and your lady are adorable