Top 10 Game of Thrones Questions Answered in House of The Dragon

how until the hand that his King has asked him a question King has asked you a question welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 Game of Thrones questions answered in House of the Dragon look at me your kingdom aren't an answer for this list we're looking at lingering mysteries from Game of Thrones that were followed up on in its prequel series we'll be sticking to the shows so if a question was already answered in the books it still qualifies here also there will be Major Spoilers ahead are there any other Game of Thrones questions you need answers to share your thoughts in the comments number 10 were the targaryens the only house to escape the Doom aren't you afraid of the Doom no the Pirates on we hear about the Doom of valyria several times in Game of Thrones 400 years before the show takes place catastrophic volcanic eruptions destroyed valyria most citizens and Dragons perished but the targaryens knew to flee thanks to one of them having a prophetic dream we assumed while watching the original series that they were the only house to do so but that's not the case how's valarian's Origins reach back to old valyria more ancient even than the House Targaryen According to some texts House of the Dragon features the valoreans another family of old Valeria that fled alongside them although the valarians are mentioned in A Song of Ice and Fire they only play a small role as a house that supports Stannis Baratheon so they were left out of the adaptation they'll bend the nail destroy them number nine why did aegon conquer Westeros many decisions on Game of Thrones are made out of a desire for power we're told that aegon Targaryen who conquered Westeros and became the first ruler of the Seven Kingdoms did so because he wanted to forgive me Khaleesi but your ancestors Reagan the Conqueror didn't see six of the kingdoms because they were his right he had no right to them he sees them because he could and because he had dragons having a few dragons makes things easier yeah that tracks however while that's what westerosi history tells us House of the Dragon provides a different answer our histories they tell us that aegon looked across the black water from Dragonstone so our rich land right for the capture but ambition alone is not what drove him to Conquest it was a dream aegon had a vision of the White Walkers and their long night it made him believe that targaryens and their dragons needed to be in power when the time came he passed the prophecy down to his Heir a tradition that is still in place during House of the Dragon the secret it's been passed from King to where since icon's time now you must promise to carry it number eight who who was raniera Targaryen welcome back princess trust your right was pleasant try not to look to relieve sir we'd like to go ahead and issue an extra spoiler warning for this one we're near a Targaryen and her family Civil War are mentioned a couple of times in Game of Thrones in a spoiler-filled scene in season three Joffrey gives Marjorie a history lesson on the family and discusses renera's fate would you like to see what the Lost targaryens are buried are you sure lady might find all this bit Macabre I know it's quite right here Grace I'd love to see their tombs really the dance of the Dragons is mentioned again in season five by Shireen Baratheon is it about story of the fight between renira Targaryen and her half by the Reagan for control of the Seven Kingdoms both of them thought they belonged on the iron throne when people started declaring for one of them or the other their fight divided the kingdoms in two however we never got any information on the character herself or why she felt entitled to a throne that was traditionally held by men House of the Dragon finally gives insight into their actions showing that she had every right to the Royal seat princess Ramirez I'm Queen raniera now and you all are traitors to the realm number seven is harrenhal really cursed Harren Hall is an incredibly dreary Place introduced in season two of Game of Thrones What kind of fire now started Dragonfire during aegon's Conquest the Future King roasted the castle with his Dragon cooking the Lords who held it after they refused to yield from that day on harrenhal was said to be cursed as multiple families who held it met Nasty Fates it's built in Hebrews by Aaron the blacks and monumentaries and greatness blood mixed into the mortar it is said to be a cursed place despite its appearance and Legacy House of the Dragon shows it isn't cursed at all or at least it probably isn't Laris strong uses the Castle's reputation to his Advantage causing a fire that kills his brother and father who knows what other atrocities have been committed under the guise of the curse I feel certain he will reward me when the time is right number six how many dragons did the targaryens have at their height and we thought three was plenty [Music] prior to the dance of dragons it said the targaryens were at the height of their power with the largest number of dragons Westeros had ever seen for anyone curious as to how many dragons that was exactly Damon spells it out in the season one finale we have Cyrax character has Moon Dancer Damon none of our dragons have been to war there are also unclaimed dragons the blacks hold 13 including some who are writerless while the greens only hold four unfortunately these numbers have already begun to decrease arax perishes at the end of the episode along with luceris when vegar Chomps them out of the sky Damon also says they have 20 eggs incubating on Dragonstone though it's anyone's guess as to when and if those will hatch half of them never do you know what hatch number five what happened in essos following the Doom although the doom and aegon's Conquest are spoken of in Game of Thrones there's a period in between that isn't Fire and Blood the targaryens didn't simply go from fleeing the destruction of their home to conquering Westeros following the fall of valyria there was a period of strife in essos known as the century of blood it concerned the conflicts of valyria's former colonies which would become the continent's free cities as seen in Game of Thrones I've heard Marines become a free City you might run into trouble if you try to fight slaves in fighting pits now if you were to fight freed men who would be paid a wage as House of the Dragon tells us volantis attempted to become the ruling City before he'd earned the title of conqueror aegon flew balerion the black dread two essos to turn the tides against the volunteer a toast to egg on the Conqueror you exalted forebear you joined our cause against volantis in the century of Blood on the Great Dragon Valerian he flew to our Aid in lease and burned a fleet of enemy ships thus turning the tide number four how much control did the targaryens have over dragons in Game of Thrones rogon is shown to be a bit temperamental before Dany becomes his writer afterwards the two act as one perpetuating the belief that targaryens were Masters over the beasts House of the Dragon however calls that into question the idea we control the dragons is an illusion there are power men should never have trifled with viserys believes their sway over the dragons to only be an illusion he's proven right in the finale when neither luceris nor Eamonn can gain control over their mouths you know foreign this could vary from Rider to Rider dragons often sense what their writer is feeling for example Damon seems to have an incredibly strong connection with craxies but saying the targaryens could outright control them simply isn't true number three where did the dagger come from all Valyrian steel weapons are rare but one in particular ended up playing a much bigger role than anyone could have guessed you're not supposed to be here no one's supposed to be it's a mercy it's dead already first used in an assassination attempt on bran Stark's life this dagger would go on to be used by his sister Arya to Vanquish the night King [Music] due to its role and to it not being linked to any particular family we wondered about the history of this dagger that dagger once belonged to egg on the Conqueror because they know asked before that and before that it's difficult to know it originally belonged to Anar Targaryen The Dragon Lord who fled Valeria with his family more importantly it passed to aegon who had it inscripted with his prophecy that would only show up in fire in addition to the prophecy the targaryens passed the dagger down from Air to air from my blood come the prince that was promised and his will be the Song of Ice and Fire number two what started the Targaryen Civil War that's dragons why is that a dance it's just what they call it made sense I think it's poetic as we all know the Targaryen Civil War or dance of dragons was a war of succession between rhaenyra and her younger half-brother aegon II knowing it was a war of succession meant that King viserys wouldn't be making it out of the first season alive but things weren't that simple we're near a Targaryen princess of Dragonstone an heir to the Iron Throne in-house of the Dragon renera is all set to inherit the throne until the misunderstanding between viserys and Allison even when the greens lead a coup and Crown egg on renera wants to avoid war and bloodshed at all costs aegon our son his dream sacrifice I'm fine unfortunately the death of her son luceris at the hands or Dragon of aemond seems like the Catalyst for a lot more people dying before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one how did the prophecy survive in the ancient books it's written that a warrior will draw a burning sword from the fire and that sword shall be lightbringer the prophecy of the prince that was promised was a major factor in Game of Thrones first told To Us by Melisandre it told of a mythical Warrior born to stop an impending threat to the Living World however we now know that this prophecy was not just something born from melisandre's religion when this great winter comes runera all of Westeros must stand against it and if the world have managed to survive a Targaryen must be seated on the iron throne a king or queen strong enough to unite the realm against the cold and the dark agon had a similar vision and knew that the prince or princess would be born from his line the prophecy survived by word of mouth while the targaryens passed it down from Air to air the red priests and priestesses preached of it in essos Daenerys Stormborn is the one who was promised from the fire she was reborn to remake the world while we don't know how long it's been part of melizandra's religion aegon's own dream lends it more 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Length: 13min 26sec (806 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 03 2022