Balerion, known as the “the Black Dread,” was one of the oldest dragons (dying at. He was so large it was said his shadow could swallow an entire town when Balerion took flight. The last rider of Balerion was Prince Viserys Targaryen, who entered the Dragonpit to claim the dragon in 93 AC. The conquest generation got hand-me-down dragons (Meraxes and Vhager were 50+ at the conquest, but their riders not much more than half that), but House Targ seems to be able to have young dragons when Valyria was active. I suppose Iron Man with prep would be able to call in enough missiles, probably aim for the wings which are less armored, but I think you're underestimating just how massive these dragons can get. In 120 AC, though, Laena died, and Vhagar, who was almost as big as Balerion by the time of the Conquest, was claimed by Prince Aemond Targaryen, the youngest son of King Viserys and Lady Alicent. Rhaenys and Meraxes were the first of the trio to die and died together in Hellholt (or not depending on whether Rhaenys survived and was held captive) Visenya and Vhagar were the last of the Conqueror/Dragon trio to go. Balerion Strength Comparison. During the Conquest Balerion was about a hundred years old, maybe a few years older. No one argues that Smaug must be at least as big as Laketown, yet Smaug in his ruin is able to actually destroy the whole town, not merely break it as Ancalagon does to Thangorodrim. Known riders. In fact the top line in Balerion here isn’t high enough as you can see a. Balerion was well over 100 years old before the Conquest even started. Balerion couldn't possibly be as large as the stories say even if he lived to be 200. Spoiler Vhagar was as big as Balerion at the end of his/her life but Drogon is just a few years old in the Books and is said to have towered over his siblings. Balerion was born around 114BC and died around 94AC. Of course, Vhagar was killed in the battle – but there remains a school of thought that, had she not died, the. tikaychullo • 2 mo. Balerion died due to old age so should have gotten as big as possible so you would expect him to be on the level of the Valyrian dragons. • 1 yr. Silverwing is born in 36 (s)he should be the exact same size as Vermithor but sheepstealer is between them we don't really know the exact year this dragon is born but that's a bold claim to think. The dragon in house of are basically house cats compared to them and essentially don’t grow as big. Martin’s universe. Six moons had come and passed. All size of known dragons are compared from Book and series. You can look it up. ago. Vhagar is likely to win a fight against Drogon because he is bigger, stronger, and more experienced. 226. Balerion was over 200. CryptoHow big was Balerion really? A flying fox, one of the biggest bats, is around 10" long with a wingspan of 36". 2. Drogon. He was so big he made the day into night when he was flying over. Drogon is about 105ft by 147ft, while my second attempt at Vhagar is about 460ft by 900ft (220 by 440 first attempt). Even though Vermithor isn’t bigger. Balerion was the mightiest Dragon born so far and was the largest and most powerful for quite some time. A Forum of Ice and Fire A Song of Ice and Fire & Game of ThronesBalerion, or the Black Dread, was one of Aegon the Conqueror 's three Dragons he rode into battle during the War of Conquest and at the historic Aegon's Landing. 0. You have to see in person what titanically large beasts they are! So in that retrospect My interpretation of Balerion like other users have said "Meaning that the real Balerion would probably have been about twice as high, twice as wide and maybe four times as long as the one in this picture. The dragon’s wings were said to be so big that they could cover entire towns in shadow, with teeth the size of swords. Balerion kept growing until the day he died, he was so big that when Viserys was his rider he could barely get up into the sky anymore. ago. Balerion the Black Dread, greatest of all the Targaryen dragons, whom could swallow a mammoth whole and whose fire burned Harrenhal and forged the Iron Throne. The "beginning of the end" could honestly refer to any part of the Targaryen reign because it was so unstable throughout, except maybe for the bulk of Jaehaerys rule which was basically the only "peaceful" time that Westeros ever. There's a reasonable chance that Aurion's dragon would be roughly the same age as Balerion and of a size to inflict damage. 1 year ago. “ that are the exact words she is described as . In a behind-the-scenes video on the official Game of Thrones YouTube channel, visual effects Producer Nikeah Forde explained that Vhagar is. Applying the cube law to estimate Drogon's weight currently, we have 160*7. just compare the pictures with dany. One of those would be Balerion's parents. Fun fact: one of Drogon's aliases is 'Balerion, come again', while his rider, Daenerys, is known as 'Aegon the Conqueror with Teats'. Balerion has much better armor, Smaug's bejeweled underbelly is a weak point. 1 Answer. Published Jan 8, 2023 Here's all of Balerion the Black Dread's Targaryen dragon riders and what happens to them in George R. That is not true . So yes just going by age Vaegar should be larger than Balerion during the conquest but smaller than him when he died. Yea he is a bit more than a pup, that pic is when he is flying on S8e4 besides Vyserion, deleted Vyserion for the comparison. On the other hand, Vhagar lived during the time of the Dance of the Dragons, as it was actually almost as big as Balerion during that time. Balerion, famously known as the Black Dread, is a character in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. Balerion later participated, along with the. Balerion died because he was old, not cuz of where he was living. I feel like if you had a dragon as big as balerion it would be damn near impossible to bond with him after 100 years of essentially being a wild dragon. During the War of Conquest, she was already a huge and ferocious dragon. It was told, that his fire could melt steel and stone, and it can even make glass from sand. She’s probably around the size he was when Maegor. Smaug was small compared to other dragons. The largest of which, ancalagon the black, was so large that he destroyed 3 mountains when he fell. September 20, 2021 by Johnny Holland. Posted by u/Hijatha - 2,644 votes and 625 commentsThe Cannibal was one of the four dragons that survived the Dance of the Dragons. To understand just how big Vermithor is, let’s compare him to the other dragons in House of the Dragons. Vermithor was born in the decades immediately following Aegon I’s conquest of the Seven Kingdoms. His scales and wing were black. His wound could have been caused by a dragon, a kraken or a stone man with a Valyrian steel sword. Balerion is the largest dragon that House Targaryen has ever bred or ever will breed. Reply replyBalerion is likely the bigger dragon, being known for swallowing mammoths whole, his shadow can engulf an entire town. So by that logic shouldn't vhagar be. My top guess is Aurion's dragon is alive and living in Valyria. Then the Black Dread fell upon her from above, his jaws closing. The Drogon is male and the elder brother of Rhaegal and Viserion. However, Smaug was far from the largest Dragon in Middle-earth, as some are said to be as big as a mountain. i do love the idea of daenys as the initial rider of big boy balerion, but i think aegon being his first rider is great symbolism too. He was smaller than Balerion but bigger than Vhagar at the time of his demise. Balerion, also known as the Black Dread, is the largest known Dragon to ever live. It is safe to say that there are dragons in the freehold bigger than him. ago. Yet it's stated in the dance that Vhagar was as big as Balerion "During conquest" . Drogon was growing rapidly for his age and if Drogon ever reached Balerions age he’d definitely be bigger than him. So I've just been thinking about this lately. No, Vermithor was the second largest after Vhagar even though multiple dragons like Dreamfyre and the Cannibal were older so age doesn’t always correlate to size always although they do get bigger with age. George Martin's Black Dread was even more of a giant flying mass: Book Smaug: about 25 meters (80 feet) long. Balerion, the largest and oldest Targaryen dragon, was already alive when House Targaryen moved from Valyria to Dragonstone in 114 BC, and died of old age in 94 AC. It makes sense he was much larger since he was around during the Valyrian Freehold whereas Vhagar was born 62 years later, so Balerion would already have a. but what we do know is that Vhagar’s jaw was large enough to swallow a whole horse and she was easily almost as big as Balerion by the time she died. Vermithor isn't as big as Balerion, and the Bronze Fury is a little smaller than select others in Game of Thrones history, but he was the second largest still living dragon in the world. being large enough for Daenerys to ride on his back capable of eating an entire horse, maybe not whole. he rode balerion cause he was a big geek and i love that :) Reply replyAnalysis of Dragon Sizes in advance of Game of Thrones Season 7Subscribe to this Channel: Game of Thrones: West. One could ride a horse down Vhagar's gullet. hanabihyuga1234 • 4 yr. Aurion dragon could be a red herring that GRRM uses so often. What are your thoughts? Also. He's a massive scaly beast that breathes black fire. Ah damn. ago. According to Tyrion Lannister, Meraxes was larger than Vhagar but smaller than Balerion, and it is said Meraxes could swallow horses whole. Balerion was a wild hunter. Hey, thanks so much! About the eye - giving small eyes to a large creature is a design choice proven time and time again by a plethora of artists that the smaller the eyes on a creature, the BIGGER the creature looks. It's noted in the Princess and the Queen novella that when ASOIAF dragons fight they largely forgo their fire-breath and instead fight with teeth and claws, often latching on with the teeth and then kicking with the rear legs, trying to disembowel their opponent. I am pretty sure F&B hints that he could have become older if it weren't for the Aerea fiasco and their vacation in Valyria. Balerion's fire was used to forge the swords of Aegon's enemies into the Iron Throne. Vhagar vs Balerion size. Balerion. Dragons, deceit, and drama -- fans certainly have a lot to look forward to with the upcoming 'House of the Dragon' series. The Dragon and Balerion did exist in two different eras but the Targaryen family. HOW BIG WAS BALERION THE BLACK DREAD? (Game Of Thrones Explained) So. During her youth, she is said to have been faster than both Caraxes and Vhagar. At age 30 plus, Quicksilver was a quarter of Balerion's size: Quicksilver, a quarter the size of Balerion, was no match for the older, fiercer dragon, and her pale white fireballs were engulfed and washed away in great gouts of black flame. This is a place for news and discussions relating to HBO’s "Game of…What big teeth you have, Balerion HBO "It is the most challenging piece that the sculpture department hafs created," Fitzsimons adds. But god damn Balerion and Vhagar are massive lol. It was told that his wingspan was so large it could cast a shadow over entire towns when he was passing- it was a whopping 453 feet or 138 m. 880K subscribers in the HouseOfTheDragon community. 2. Dragons never stop growing, and numerous generations later, Vhagar, one of the other biggest dragons in history was JUST starting to get close to how big Balerion was. Balerion still remains the biggest targaryen dragon while vhagar is right behind him just by a few feet. Citibank shows the space industry is on its way to reach $1T in revenue by 2040. The Bee-Wolf. now drogons head is at least the size of multiple danys. We shindhol shpa chnyeny. When Balerion left Valyria with Aenar the exile, he was only sixteen years old. It was so large it was said his shadow could swallow an entire town when Balerion took flight. Based on that, we can assume their strength would be about the same, provided they were of the same age and size. Balerion is supposed to be the biggest dragon in all fiction. •. Balerion was the last dragon that had lived in Valyria. But it has been made clear that the show House of the Dragon will include up to 17 different dragons. Vhagar was smaller than Balerion, but she was still only 20 years younger when she died. No, Vermithor was the second largest after Vhagar even though multiple dragons like Dreamfyre and the Cannibal were older so age doesn’t always correlate to size always although they do get bigger with age. 75 tons. They can only breathe fire in one direction, and are quite slow on the ground. i think it makes sense for him to be the first to bond. Balerion was the largest of all the Targaryen dragons, his teeth were as long as swords and his jaws big enough he could have swallowed an auroch whole, or even one of the hairy mammoths said to roam the cold wastes beyond the Port of Ibben. Final Thoughts I doubt his boy was as big as Balerion. When we meet Balerion in House of the Dragon, he has sadly passed away, and his skull is. 7 Meleys: The Red Queen. Drogon is one of the dragons born in the Dothraki sea. 6K votes, 104 comments. Drogon is adult size, but dragons never stop growing, balerion was centuries old. 2M subscribers in the freefolk community. During his Conquest he typically wore a shirt of black scales into battle and wielded Blackfyre, a bastard sword made of Valyrian steel. He trained himself to confront larger foes, learning how to make them hurt and bleed and flee from him. Instead of wondering where. LChris24 • 7 mo. Reply reply. Balerion size is abusurd. After the Conqueror’s death, he was ridden by his son Maegor, called the Cruel, who used him to kill the dragon Quicksilver, then by Princess Aerea Targaryen, and King Viserys I Targaryen. Lucerys eventually fell into the waters of. " How big is Balerion? more guestimates from different places "He could eat a large elephant hole, so pretty friggin big. Vermithor was the third largest dragon behind Balerion and Vhagar. Along with eighteen [1] other Targaryen dragon skulls, Balerion's skull hung on a wall in the Red Keep's throne room. "In the film trilogy Smaug measures nearly 140 meters (about 460 feet) long with a wingspan of perhaps 150 meters or more. Vhagar is officially 492ft / 150 meters. Does it really matter if Balerion was the length of a football field or half that size. However, the last time we saw Drogon, he probably wasn’t half the size of Vhagar, who was close to Balerion’s size. Arya sneaks into Cersei's litter while she escapes King's Landing. That left Vhagar as the largest dragon in Westeros. Jaehaerys rides Vermithor, Alysanne rides Sliverwing, Aemon rides Caraxes, Baelon rides Vhagar, Alyssa rides Meleys, Balerion and Dreamfyre are in the Dragonpit, but Dreamfyre is called a slender she-dragon, so that implies that it's not that large, Balerion is huge, but slow with age and in canon it dies about twenty years from now from old age. How big is Balerion? All I know is that it could hold adult mammoths in its jaws. Over the past decade, $272. In season seven of the game of thrones, Cersei Lannister stands in. in world theory, drogon was allowed to do whatever he wanted, eat as much as he wanted. In the second passage, Ancalagon is referred to as 'mightiest', within the context "of the dragon-host". Arya pops out of a stack of blankets and brutally murders Cersei. The Conquest was mentioned in the context of that being Balerion’s big war- Balerion of the Conquest. Space investments are taking off with massive private and government funding. Drogon is a blip on the radar compared to Balerion. The Targaryens have used the dragonpit for different things. In times of tension you might send such a vessel to quell unrest. Loving this whole Dragon bond. Sadly I think Balerion will be dead during the shows run but I think he was probably the same size if not bigger than Smaug before his death. Vhagar -- also called the Grandmother of. Supposedly Balerion could swallow a Mammoth whole. Maybe start towards the beginning of Aerys’ succession / end of Aegons reign, show the Maegor / Visenya dynamics, discuss the faith making a deal with Aegon regarding incest and polyamory, their discontent with Aerys’ decision making, Maegor postponing his dragon claim until Aegons death so he may claim Balerion, etc… season 1 ends with. Whereas Smaug is officially listed as 462ft/ 140meters. This means that Vhagar is much bigger than Drogon, despite the latter being a large size for that age. i can't wait for season 2!! Related Topics House of the Dragon Fantasy TV Television comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. Kong, in the skies over Dragonstone. Balerion was at such a great size it could devour a mammoth whole. Meraxes was the silver dragon of Rhaenys Targaryen, the second sister wife of Aegon the Conqueror. The kitten started to look more like a sleek black tomcat. he wasnt confined to a enclosed pit, or basically trained to serve humans the way Arrax was. Smaug is still a huge and devastating beast, especially compared to little Bilbo Baggins, but Balerion's height comes out victorious. Since King Aegon I Targaryen’s Balerion the Black Dread died before Viserys sat the Iron Throne, the oldest and largest. Based on George RR Martin's 'Fire & Blood' the show is set 200 years before the events of 'Game of Thrones' and tells the story of House Targaryen, the former rulers of the seven kingdoms. 730K views 5 years ago. Just shows how big dragons are in GoT. Fire and Blood just says Vhagar was approaching the size of Balerion with no time frame of comparison for Balerion Thats where the confusion of Vhagar's size comes from. Finally, if dragons truly get bigger with age, we can take the fact that Vhagar only lived 180 years, compared to Balerion’s 200 years, that she just didn’t have the opportunity to grow as big as the Black Dread. That was how big Balerion was during the Conquest, he grew a substantial amount later in life. 9k Posted February 22, 2013 On 2/21/2013 at 1:24 PM, The Titan said: Bigger than a loaf of bread, smaller than the Moon. Drogon is described to be a large dragon with black scales and blood red horns, claws, and eyes which is similar to Balerion who was given the title of the black dread. But it was Balerion's size that was truly a sight to behold. Maegor rode balerion, he was the one that ordered construction of the pit, I'm sure at the time, it may have been just large enough to host balerion, but balerion grow older and bigger afterwards. i_miss_arrow. Even though Vermithor isn’t bigger. In the books the dragonpit is big enough to where around 80,000 people could be seated in the stadium and 40 dragon cave entrances lined the inner ring of the dragonpit, tunneled deep into the hillside, and each of their entrances had huge doors that opened up on the sand of the dragonpit, and huge doors at each of the exit points for the dragons. which means there’s a big gap between the top of his eye socket and the top of the skull (not sure why he measured by the middle of the eye), whereas there is hardly any for Balerion due to the angle. It just makes more. Though big enough to be ridden, Tyraxes was not large enough to be used in combat by the time the civil war thickened. Vaegar was 52 during the conquest, 172 when Aemond claimed her and is 181 when the Dance begins. jacaerion. Give Drogon more 100 years and you can compare the two in size. He is named after Daenerys's late husband Khal Drogo. In times of war they would be the big threat. It’s the oldest dragon to fly the skies during House of the Dragon, but it's also the smallest and only surviving member of the original trio of dragons that conquered Westeros (the other two being Balerion and Meraxes). Sort by: MrBoliNica. For reference, Balerion was roughly 100 years old when Aegon invaded Westeros and died almost 100 years after that. [13] Balerion was the largest of all the Targaryen dragons since Aegon's Conquest. By the time Vhagar reached the size of Balerion during Aegon's conquest, he was already old. Meraxes could swallow horses whole. Originally the smallest of the three dragons that belonged to House Targaryen at the time of Aegon the Conquer's successful campaign to unify Westeros under his banner, she became the largest of the dragons after the death of Balerion. Dragons keep growing for their entire lives, meaning that Balerion was even larger during the Faith Militant uprising. BUT!!! In tolkiens works. He has huge wings and was almost 100 years old when the Dance of the Dragons began. But: the Valyrian dragons might have gotten bigger because of spells and more magic around. 5*7. 5 = 67,500 lbs, or 33. To be honest, it’s not even close either because Vhagar’s size, by the end of her life, was said to rival Balerion the Black Dread, the largest dragon ever to exist. the targs where a small family with 4 dragons. 37. . Another harbor lay to his left, a distant sight beyond half-submerged buildings. Aug 20, 2018. No dragon was ever as gargantuan or as fabled. Laiks Stake. Mathash cha yeng we yedhrol. And while Balerion probably did. Balerion was not hurt in Valyria, he flew to Sothoryos where there is known diversity of fauna and enough food to have fed both Balerion and a creature large enough to have attacked it. But Drogon isn't even close to be as big as Balerion, he looks more like the smaller generations of dragons that came after. Balerion the Black Dread was the mount of Aegon the Conqueror, the first Targaryen monarch who ruled Westeros. That is not true . ago Balerion was much bigger, the link someone else provided above me thinks he might of been about twice the size of Drogon. Balerion is the biggest dragon westeros ever seen though it had a common size to the dragonlords dragons in Valyria. Balerion, meanwhile, has long passed on. That could be the case since Aenar Targaryen brought FIVE dragons with him to Dragonstone. If you've been a long-time fan of the. She simply lived long enough to come close to Balerion’s size. Vhagar is a she-dragon who served House Targaryen in the centuries of 52 BC to 130 AC. 7 in the infographic) is the bane of Eastern European wizards in J. A Forum of Ice and Fire A Song of Ice and Fire & Game of ThronesWhen Balerion returned to Westeros in 56 AC, King Jaehaerys I Targaryen had the dragon confined to the Dragonpit. From Drogon to Balerion the Black Dread, the dragons in A Song of Ice and Fire have done some major damage. One bite from Balerion's much bigger head (mammoth-swallowing implies 10-15 feet tall at least, Smaug is batting in the 6-8 foot range. The very tip of his snout towered over her and she had to stand up on tiptoe to rub it like she rubbed Drogon’s. Balerion's Age [Spoilers EXTENDED] So in several books and The World of Ice and Fire, it's mentioned that Balerion was one of 5 surviving dragons from Valyria that the Targaryens brought to Dragonstone when they fled. Drogon is HUGE in Game Of Thrones Season 7, but is he as big as Balerion the black dre. But if you want an example of his size from a first hand account in the book, then all you need to look at is Vhagar's skull in kings landing which is big enough to ride a horse through. By the time of the Dance of the Dragons, and the deaths of Balerion and Meraxes, Vhagar was one of the largest dragons in existence. So regardless of perspectives, Vhagar is the larger dragon. . Like thats a stub. TV Balerion is smaller than books Balerion, but not too much smaller. 13 m) 3 = 2,376,380 kg. And during the later parts of his life, Balerion had grown really weak and sluggish. Let me give you an example. That was quite the feat since Balerion the Black Dread was the largest dragon that ever lived. Named after a Valyrian god, Balerion was massive and powerful; said to be big enough that his shadow while flying swallowed whole towns. Rhaenys rides. environment and the amount of magic in the environment. Drogon was not as large as Balerion was but Drogon was also still growing throughout Game of Thrones. Aurion dragon could be a red herring that GRRM uses so often. Duster. The tyrant king lived his life religiously, guided by his house words: fire and blood. No they not, Vhagar in the dance is said to be as big as balerion during the conquest, I personally believe she was as big as balerion was during Maegor Reign Reply jtbox76 •We don't know how big Balerion was when the Targaryens set out from Valyria, but probably he wasn't the huge beast we come to know in Fire and Blood. [2] He is filthy and foul-tempered, and has been known to attack ravens in the rookery of the Red Keep. 1. He got so big he struggled to take off flight in his older years lol. The smallfolk of Dragonstone alleged that the Cannibal was on Dragonstone before the Targaryens. [2]A size analysis and comparison between Drogon and Balerion the Black Dread. But when it comes to the more notable dragons, few overshadow the Black Dread. so you can imagine how large balerion and vhagar were, and Meraxes was larger than vhagar so just imagine the three dragons together. The size of a 747 but I can't quite picture it. We know Valyria and surrounding sea are devastated to the point the sea literally smokes. Aegon is tiny on his dragon's back! Compare that to any image we have of Dany riding Drogon and that should give you some perspective. We don't know much! The Silmarillion says: Before the rising of the sun Eärendil slew Ancalagon the Black, the mightiest of the dragon-host, and cast him from the sky; and he fell upon the towers of Thangorodrim, and they were broken in his ruin. As it stands currently though I believe Balerion alone eats all 3 of Daenery’s dragons, but she’s supposed to be the 2nd coming of Aegon and. Vhagar is the biggest living dragon in House of the Dragon, and the second-largest dragon in Westeros history after Balerion the Black Dread. Chapter 12, Dany I, of Clash of Kings. I still think this accurately portrays a dragon large enough to swallow a mammoth whole. Still would be dwarfed by Monsterverse's King Ghidorah: 800 feet (243 meters). She was ridden by Queen Visenya Targaryen during Aegon's Conquest, alongside Aegon the Conqueror's Balerion and their sister Rhaenys's Meraxes. In the episode we see Balerions skull, if we go off that he could swallow an Aurochs or even a small mammoth, it didnt really look possible as it didnt seem big enough. It's been stated that Drogon is Balerion come again, and this would certainly explain his physical characteristics, and add an extra parallel between Daenerys/Aegon and Drogon/Balerion. Smaug doesn't have an official size. My next guess is another dragon who's living in Old Valyria whose rider died. Unlike the others, Meraxes was as white as snow and was big enough to swallow a horse in one piece. For example, when my research shows that "Quicksilver was a quarter the size of Balerion", I take that to mean that Quicksilver is 1/4 of Balerion's volume, not his length. One thing is. Though Vhagar has been depicted significantly larger, some fans in the comments section argued Vhagar should be even larger, almost as big as Balerion, the Black Dread. )A goatherd Drogon is one of the three dragons born in the wastelands beyond Lhazar, along with his brothers Rhaegal and Viserion. Check out our review of "Stormborn. Even though Vhagar wasn’t the. He was a legendary gigantic black dragon who served as the personal mount of Aegon I Targaryen. After Balerion's death, Viserys never claimed another dragon. #1. The lifespan of dragons is many times that of a human, though their maximum natural lifespan is difficult to determine: as beasts of war, most of the known examples died in battle. . 60. Warning: Game of Thrones: Season 7 spoilers below. Some big brained redditor calculated that Vhagar's wingspan is about 500 feet (150 meters). No, Cannibal is smaller even than Vermithor who is the third largest dragon after Balerion and Vhagar. The books said she was as big as Balerion was during Aegon's conquest. Gyrfalcon. Viserys stated Vhagar was too big for the pit at least in the show, but if Balerion resided in it then it makes no sense why almost all of the wild dragons aren't in the pit. Really cool though. Don't be ridiculous! :P Pretty huge. Fit-Jellyfish-6234 • 10 mo. . Smaug from The Hobbit is a staggering 140 meters long, give or take 15. Dragons grow as long as they live while they are provided with freedom and food, that is one of the reasons Vhagar managed to grow to such a large size. Dreamfyre, born in 23 and (s)he is older than Vermithor, born in 34. A Forum of Ice and Fire A Song of Ice and Fire & Game of ThronesThat Drogon is freaking huge, but still nowhere near the size Balerion was when Aegon invaded Westeros, to say nothing of how big Balerion was when he died some 94 years after. He could swallow horse and rider whole and his flame, black. So I've just been thinking about this lately. Maybe underwater volcanoes or something. so if dragons keep growing with age and food, that would mean he got to a certain size. The most likely option: [Spoilers Extended] bigger than Balerion the Black Dread. Everyone is familiar with Balerion the largest dragon in Valyria ever,. Only the dragon in scale with very thin towers. Nosredak • 1 yr. #12. There Aemond met with Prince Lucerys Velaryon, at Storm's End. well I hope not. Now, a big cat (lion, tiger) needs about 2-3% of its body mass in meat every day. 55. This is evident by Drogon’s head being around the same size as Jon Snow in season 8, compared to. He obviously continues to grow at a rapid pace, and by the end of the books (end of the show) he'll probably be the size of Seasmoke or Tessarion. He eventually proved to be instrumental during the Dance, dwarfing dragons. Balerion, vhagar, and meraxes together are. Drogon would grow to be just as massive or perhaps bigger. Nuke it again. Even balerion eventually stopped growing once he got old enough. Balerion is noted later on in F&B to have finally stopped growing. She’d be bigger for sure, maybe around the size of Meleys? The of course, we have Balerion. Ancalagon is huge, like far bigger than an mountain range Morgoth had created to protect Angband. Now, a big cat (lion, tiger) needs about 2-3% of its body mass in meat every day. Balerion was wayyyy bigger, Drogon should get there soon enough though Reply reply sebtheweb29 • In about 195 years. We saw her make her big entrance at Aegon’s (Tom Glynn-Carney) crowning ceremony in Episode 9. Meleys is ridden by Rhaenys Targaryen. We don't know whether dragons grow their entire lives or not. Aegon I and Balerion died of natural causes. Hope this helps!In House of the Dragon, Vhagar is 150 meters long – that’s 492 feet in length! This was confirmed by Visual Effects Producer Nikeah Forde in a behind-the-scenes video on the official Game of. Out of the dragons with the largest skulls, Balerion's massive skull was uniquely the largest skull of all, even compared to Vhagar, Caraxes and Vermithor. 'Viserys I flew Balerion, I seem to recall. According to Tyrion Lannister, Meraxes was larger than Vhagar but smaller than Balerion, and it is said Meraxes could swallow horses whole. Maybe earlier dragons were more powerful and better-fed, but died. 100 Share. Aerea probably didn't even know how to rule Balerion, who I think was pretty big at the time (he died a bit before the Dance of the Dragons, at around 200yo, and at the time of death probably around twice Drogon if the calculations of some fans are correct). Balerion died because he was old, not cuz of where he was living. I don't think so, maybe he can grow as large but dragons grow slower the older they get and Balerion is 2. Compared to the Cannibal, Balerion was much bigger because Vhagar was the only dragon that came close to its size. However, as long as there are mammoth herds, large cattle herds, and whale pods to eat, it may be able to survive. He should have taken Rhaena with him she was the better dragon rider and two dragons would have increased their chances immensely. Vhagar 90m Vermithor 75m Arrax 18m Tessarion 30m Balerion 120m Syrax 27m Caraxes 45m Meleys 45m Silverwing 50m Dreamfyre 55m Meraxes 60m. I therefore give a slight advantage to Balerion, bearing in mind that the environment would likely be the deciding factor of who would end up. That year, the newly married Princess Alyssa Targaryen decided to become a dragonrider. He was about a century old, maybe a little more, so that places him at about the size of Vermithor during the Conquest. Balerion still remains the biggest targaryen dragon while vhagar is right behind him just by a few feet. Balerion - The World of Ice and Fire. For Vhagar, she was the youngest dragon during the Conquest, so also the smallest. but Vhagar was born when Balerion was 62 years old, she would’ve been even bigger if there was no dance. Members. Balerion would have been 126 feet long and 453 feet wide with his wings spread. However, fast forward to the Dance of the Dragons, and Vhagar was almost as big as him. To be fair. This does, however, throw up an interesting additional question: How large was Balerion at the time of his death? The dragon finally passed away at the age of around 200, we are told. A great deal of the dragon’s strength comes from its size and the power of its Dragonfire. Overview: Balerion Space Ventures Fund. She could theoretically have been descended from Balerion, I suppose, but it’s a 1/5 chance since the Targaryens brought 4 other dragons with them when. He lived for 220+ years (126BC to 94AC) and according to my knowledge, the only dragon to die of natural causes. Balerion died in 94 AC, so if we use Vhagar’s size in the show as a marker for Balerion size when we arrived in Westeros, then add 94 years (After Conquest) we can get an idea, ands it’s absolutely terrifying. Film Smaug about 60 meters (200 feet). It could simply be that Balerion grew as large as he did before the Conquest and then stayed the same size the remainder of his life. 10. Business, Economics, and Finance. But, what was the scariest was that his fire was also black.