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. 9. Drogon is HUGE in Game Of Thrones Season 7, but is he as big as Balerion the black dread?Balerion, known as Balerion the Black Dread or Balerion the Dread, was the dragon ridden by Aegon the Conqueror during the War of Conquest. Reply replyBalerion is likely the bigger dragon, being known for swallowing mammoths whole, his shadow can engulf an entire town. The dragons (and eggs) seem to like the heat on Dragonstone. Since Drogon is believed to be the reincarnation of Balerion the Black Dread, it’s not that far-fetched to believe that he is the second most powerful (and largest) dragon in the G. Balerion would have been 126 feet long and 453 feet wide with his wings spread. He could swallow horse and rider whole and his flame, black. Balerion was big sure, but he surely wasn’t the only big dragon they had over the course of their time on Dragonstone. Balerion - The World of Ice and Fire. Balerion was over 200. 880K subscribers in the HouseOfTheDragon community. Named after a Valyrian god, Balerion was massive and powerful; said to be big enough that his shadow while flying swallowed whole towns. 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. In the headshot drawings I've already done: Syrax, Caraxes, Seasmoke, Vermithor (x2, I've done 2 versions), Balerion, Meraxes, Vhagar, Silverwing, Dreamfyre, Cannibal, Grey Ghost, and Sheepstealer. It is safe to say that there are dragons in the freehold bigger than him. Aegon The Conqueror Spinoff Means Finally Seeing Balerion In Action (After 25 Years Of Excitement) With an Aegon the Conqueror prequel reportedly in the works, then that would also mean Balerion the Black Drea d coming to screens. Applying the cube law to estimate Drogon's weight currently, we have 160*7. Vhagar vs Balerion size. The reason none of the other dragons matched the Conquest veterans in size is just because they didn’t live as long, and all died in the Dance before they could get big. Vermax's egg does indeed hatch and grows large enough to ride once Jacaerys comes of age. Balerion was employed by Aegon the Conqueror to burn and half-ruin Harrenhal. I don't think so, maybe he can grow as large but dragons grow slower the older they get and Balerion is 2. Balerion was a wild hunter. Drogon. It could be that Balerion was larger than Meraxes and Vhagar both at the Conquest, in 10 AC, at his death in 94 AC, and in 130 AC when Vhagar died. The dragon in house of are basically house cats compared to them and essentially don’t grow as big. well I hope not. So all we can do is look at what we know of Thangorodrim. Due to the fact that Vhagar has aged quite a bit by the time Prince Aegon became her rider, Balerion would approximately be the same size, upon his death. The skulls of Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes are the largest, and the smallest are that of two hatchlings who died a century and a half before the present. Still a dragon but not much compared to the massive beasts that were in the freehold. Since dragons continue to grow until death, he was likely way larger since he died 93 years after the Conquest. For comparison, a 25 m blue whale weighs about 180,000 kg. . 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. In Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire, Balerion the Black Dread was the dragon of King Aegon I Targaryen, known also as Aegon the Conqueror, who helped the king to win the War of Conquest. Later, a septon had infamous answer about why where they went: Valyria because of Balerion, which was young when he once lived in his original home before the Targaryens moved to Dragonstone and also before the Doom that changed the world forever. He continued to live long after Aegon’s Conquest, as he died in 94 AC (After Conquest). Vhagar was a dragon five times as big as Arrax. Lucerys eventually fell into the waters of. According to Tyrion Lannister, Meraxes was larger than Vhagar but smaller than Balerion, and it is said Meraxes could swallow horses whole. He should have taken Rhaena with him she was the better dragon rider and two dragons would have increased their chances immensely. Kills Tomman as Balerion the Cat. A dragon the size of Ancalagon cannot be supported easily. By the end of GoT I'm pretty sure Drogon is at least the size of Caraxes or Meleys. 210 votes, 54 comments. They can only breathe fire in one direction, and are quite slow on the ground. Only. 100 Share. If the majority of them weren't that big it would explain why their expansion was so limited and, combined with the fact that they apparently needed extremely. In the TV series, we’ve seen Balerion’s skull, and he’s a pretty big boy, but you can tell from a glance that he’s a fair bit smaller than Smaug. love this drawing but feel like there's a huge discrepancy between how large Balerion is described in the books and how large he appears in the renderings. 149. Balerion couldn't possibly be as large as the stories say even if he lived to be 200. Edit: to be more clear I really meant the people on Dany's side that could actually see the dragons and how big they were getting. Forum Posts. He's a massive scaly beast that breathes black fire. Without magic being involved, the musculature required to move the wings large enough to lift the body make the body heavier than the wings can lift. The dragons have been a big part of the game of thrones. Regarding the size of 180 years old Vhagar: Previously, in the ASOIAF books, it was stated that this Vhagar had almost reached the size of the "Conquest version" of Balerion. 000002% of the way from the ground to the light source. After Balerion's death, Viserys never claimed another dragon. Drogon's current wingspan is 147', so he's 7. Aurion dragon could be a red herring that GRRM uses so often. r/HouseOfTheDragon. but Vhagar was born when Balerion was 62 years old, she would’ve been even bigger if there was no dance. In the scene wherein Rhaenys threatened King Aegon II and the Greens, Meleys could have easily swallowed both the king and his mother. 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. Sean2257. The Cannibal is supposed to be the size of Balerion very old and lived free. Even though Vermithor isn’t bigger. Ancalagon collapses from exhaustion after a week and two tops, and Balerion wins by default. For Vhagar, she was the youngest dragon during the Conquest, so also the smallest. 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. Nothing to do with size whatsoever. [deleted] • 6 mo. And during the later parts of his life, Balerion had grown really weak and sluggish. 5K. Fun fact, Vhagar was actually the smallest of the original Targaryen dragons, as Meraxes was larger than Vhagar. According to PitchBook, VC funding for. During Jaehaerys’s rebellion against Maegor the Cruel in 48 AC, he was already the third biggest dragon in the world, as only Balerion the Black Dread and Vhagar were bigger than him. „By 129 AC, Vhagar had grown nearly as big as Balerion had been during Aegon's Conquest, and had become the largest living dragon of her time. Balerion was said to be over 200 years old so we can definitely rule out seeing Drogon as big as Balerion due to the time scale we have left in the show. Meraxes could swallow horses whole. 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. My top guess is Aurion's dragon is alive and living in Valyria. He eventually proved to be instrumental during the Dance, dwarfing dragons. So by that logic shouldn't vhagar be. Balerion was Smaug sized and could melt steel and stone with his fire breath. Might could refer to physical strength, battle prowess, inherent "magical" ability, or any number of other attributes. 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. At the heart of Aegon’s conquest were the Targaryen family’s three dragons, Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes. So lets estimate Aegon at around 6 feet 4 inches, or a. 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. Apr 10, 2022. Balerion continues to be the largest dragon to have ever inhabited Westeros in terms of size. This dragon distinctly does not have teeth that big, so evidently Balerion grew a significant amount between the Conquest and his death. It just makes more. 5*7. So I've just been thinking about this lately. Vhagar is a female dragon taking its name from one of the gods of old Valyria. Members. 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. Just shows how big dragons are in GoT. At that time, he was right around 453 feet in terms of its size, but that is just a rough estimate because there are no official measurements for just how big the Game of Thrones dragons are. 10. Drogon is a blip on the radar compared to Balerion. It'd be some absurd firewyrm of it was one. ago. Before its death, Vhagar was the closest to. All size of known dragons are compared from Book and series. Firewyrms grow large but I think everyone is forgetting just how absurdly big Balerion was. Another sad part: it‘s implied that Balerion did fly to Valyria when he accidentally abducted Princess Aerea, because he wanted to return to his birthplace but didn‘t know the Doom had happened. But god damn Balerion and Vhagar are massive lol. 2M subscribers in the freefolk community. Impossible to say. Drogon isn't anywhere close to full size. 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. Balerion died because he was old, not cuz of where he was living. Mathash cha yeng we yedhrol. They flew around King's Landing three times, although Viserys later confided to his father that he had originally intended to fly Balerion to Dragonstone. Vhagar, dubbed the Queen of All Dragons, is the dragon who was ridden by Visenya Targaryen during Aegon's Conquest. The largest dragon in the history of Westeros was Balerion the Black Dread, whom Aegon Targaryen rode when he conquered the Seven Kingdoms. When Vhagar died it was almost as big as Balerion,(it lived like 150 more years than Meraxes) but during the conquest it was smaller than Meraxes. Of course, Vhagar was killed in the battle – but there remains a school of thought that, had she not died, the. Balerion was at such a great size it could devour a mammoth whole. He chased after the ravens with long claws in the rookery, the big dogs in the yard, and even the pigs in the Keep’s pigsty. Balerion, meanwhile, has long passed on. Valyria is a weird place and the possibilities are endless. Balerion seems to be bigger - just compare the skull of Balerion to the head of Drogon: Cersei next to Balerion skull. Balerion. Meraxes died quite early as it got killed in Dorne after Westeros was conquered. Balerion is the largest dragon that House Targaryen has ever bred or ever will breed. Vhagar is officially 492ft / 150 meters. They start ten miles apart, with the Warbats flying in over the ocean and Balerion rising from the Dragonmont to face them. Big, scary monsters lurk in the lairs of Dragonstone. Vhagar is insanely big, but then imagine how big Balerion is. Drogon's wings are 20 feet tip to tip and he can't even eat a sheep whole. Which is why I'm somewhat reluctant to believe. As does Brienne of Tarth. However, as long as there are mammoth herds, large cattle herds, and whale pods to eat, it may be able to survive. Vermithor was for a short time the largest living tamed dragon, but still, when it comes to size Balerion is still the largest known dragon that ever. 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). 000002% of 300ft (football field) is 0. Balerion, also known as the Black Dread, is the largest known Dragon to ever live. Vhagar 90m Vermithor 75m Arrax 18m Tessarion 30m Balerion 120m Syrax 27m Caraxes 45m Meleys 45m Silverwing 50m Dreamfyre 55m Meraxes 60m. 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. However, Smaug was far from the largest Dragon in Middle-earth, as some are said to be as big as a mountain. Balerion was both bigger and stronger than Vermithor. You’ll see his skull tho so you’ll definitely get a. • 1 yr. Aurion dragon could be a red herring that GRRM uses so often. Similarly, the bone-density required to keep the wings capable of lifting that much weight from being destroyed by the lift force itself make the wings too heavy to be lifted by the air they can move. However, the reliability of both claims is uncertain, since Vhagar is the only dragon described by historical sources as grown almost as big as Balerion, and Meraxes died at least several decades younger than Vhagar. King Ghidorah. Giving it about 10 or more times the mass of this. 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. She has scarlet scales and a crown of bright copper horns. The Black Dread was so large that his shadow could engulf entire towns as he flew overhead, and his teeth were as long as swords. Posted February 21, 2013. Composite Book and Show Balerion will face off against the two Warbats seen in Godzilla vs. And to your point, Harrenhal is so large that we can’t see the castle in scale with Balerion here. 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. R. there sits Balerion, come again. Which is implied possibly to be a contributing factor to Balerion’s death in the books. Balerion may have been whale-sized, but without an accepted size ratio (like X feet of length for every Y foot of wingspan, or whatever), I'm not sure we can have an accurate length. Based on that, we can assume their strength would be about the same, provided they were of the same age and size. Visenya’s dragon, while not quite as big as. 7 in the infographic) is the bane of Eastern European wizards in J. Because Vermithor was incredibly big, he was a proper dragon for a king, as he was King Jaehaerys’s mount for 55 years. That left Vhagar as the largest dragon in Westeros. He can be distinguished by his black and red. Makes all those people claiming Balerion's skull was too small look dumb. „By 129 AC, Vhagar had grown nearly as big as Balerion had been during Aegon's Conquest, and had become the largest living dragon of her time. Still, Drogon’s. For comparison, a 25 m blue whale weighs about 180,000 kg. His wound could have been caused by a dragon, a kraken or a stone man with a Valyrian steel sword. House of the Dragon airs Sundays @ 9pm ET on HBO and streams on HBO Max. 2. Balerion Size: The Large Creature. 13 m) 3 = 2,376,380 kg. The series has promised to go big on dragons, with a whopping 17 expected to appear throughout the series. 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. It was so large that the shadow alone could engulf entire towns when he flew overhead. 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. You may think that Balerion "The Black Dread" or even Drogon is the largest dragon from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, but you'd be wrong about tha. However, Smaug was far from the largest Dragon in Middle-earth, as some are said to be as big as a mountain. But it was Balerion's size that was truly a sight to behold. 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. Balerion was 126+ years old since when the Targaryens left Valyria in 126 BC and Balerion was already alive and was one of the five dragons that Aenar Targaryen brought with him to Dragonstone. Six moons had come and passed. The same thing happened to Vhagar. Balerion is a little too large to be viable. Overview: Balerion Space Ventures Fund. That's the point. By Josh Rosenberg Published: Oct 24, 2022. No dragon was ever as gargantuan or as fabled. Still would be dwarfed by Monsterverse's King Ghidorah: 800 feet (243 meters). Did the Targaryen's bring over long dead, heirloom skulls from Valyria ? What about the reference to nineteen dragons, is that just an arbitrary number?. Aegon has a big army he just refused to divide it and took too long getting across the country. Even though Vhagar wasn’t the. That is not true . Balerion's fire also forged the Iron Throne. Vhagar is a she-dragon who served House Targaryen in the centuries of 52 BC to 130 AC. Vhagar vs Balerion size. Along with Balerion and Vhagar, Meraxes was used by Rhaenys to help Aegon the Conqueror take control of Westeros, forging it into the Seven Kingdoms we know so well. Smaug is still a huge and devastating beast, especially compared to little Bilbo Baggins, but Balerion's height comes out victorious. tikaychullo • 2 mo. 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. The reason none of the other dragons matched the Conquest veterans in size is just because they didn’t live as long, and all died in the Dance before. Balerion must have been a nightmare to see flying around spitting black fire. He trained himself to confront larger foes, learning how to make them hurt and bleed and flee from him. Prince Aemond flew on Vhagar to Storm's End, so they could win the support of Lord Borros Baratheon for King Aegon II Targaryen. 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. and his jaws were large enough to swallow a hairy mammoth. #1. Balerion was the last dragon that had lived in Valyria. There's a lot more going on in a dragon's death than just the fall. Balerion was only mentioned as the largest dragon to ever grace the known world. Drogon is a bigger and stronger dragon than Caraxes. . That was how big Balerion was during the Conquest, he grew a substantial amount later in life. I do think that he is still big even by Valyrian standards. Even if he only got a foot longer each year, that’s about a century of added growth, an extra hundred feet of length. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. 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. 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. Drogon will be much larger than Balerion the Black Dread when he dies. Vhagar was a she-dragon of House Targaryen. 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. So yes just going by age Vaegar should be larger than Balerion during the conquest but smaller than him when he died. 393. 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. 7K. 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. They've been so vague with both series but I was so sure they're cover Aegons conquest based on the limited info. They say that a dragon that is “born naturally” grow much slower than dragons born of magic. Him growing so fast wasn’t a mistake for just for story purposes. Balerion was the dragon that Westeros feared the most during Aegon’s conquest because of how big and powerful it was. Based on the horse and elephant scale to the left it appears this is what Dany's dragons' sizes were around season 4. Check out our review of "Stormborn. Along with other Targaryen dragon skulls Balerion's huge skull used to hang on a wall in the Red Keep's throne room. [3][4] This is purely based on canonical material and not the TV show. #1. For reference, Balerion was roughly 100 years old when Aegon invaded Westeros and died almost 100 years after that. Balerion was a wild hunter. Old post but Drogon grew so fast bacause he was born out of magic. Smaug doesn't have an official size. The minor details of Balerion aren't important, everyone that mentions him says he's freakin huge! It's the same thing with Kraken's, massive monsters that don't exist in reality. More powerful houses with more powerful dragons is a possibility. He was a legendary gigantic black dragon who served as the personal mount of Aegon I Targaryen. But: the Valyrian dragons might have gotten bigger because of spells and more magic around. . ago. To be fair. 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. DARK-Accuracyy985 • 1. Balerion is stated in the books as being the largest of the 3 dragons right, everyone agrees on this including Martin who wrote it. Stop. Vhagar. He lived for 220+ years (126BC to 94AC) and according to my knowledge, the only dragon to die of natural causes. 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. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire"…Look how big and mean he is! He is Balerion the Black, a Targaryen Dragon!" There was laughter and giggles, and the big humans made merry. i think it makes sense for him to be the first to bond. SPOILER. A hundred years later, during the reign of. Vhagar at 180, is noted to be almost as large as Balerion was at the conquest. September 20, 2021 by Johnny Holland. Drogon was not as large as Balerion was but Drogon was also still growing throughout Game of Thrones. During the Dance of the Dragons, it was clear that Meleys was already quite large as her head was bigger and longer than the entire body of an average-sized human being. #12. ago. From Drogon to Balerion the Black Dread, the dragons in A Song of Ice and Fire have done some major damage. So, while that leaves a vague estimate for fans, it's likely Balerion is even larger than Smaug, who only covered around a quarter of Lake-town. Maegor was cruel because he believed he has the right to do those horrible things. 5. As of A Dance with Dragons, Drogon's wing span reach twenty feet from tip-to-tip. Dec 10, 2014 #20. Vermithor was the third largest dragon behind Balerion and Vhagar. Caraxes was described as many things, but he was never described as being. One of those would be Balerion's parents. Finally, Maegor died on the throne. She’s one of the OG3 dragons of Aegon’s Conquest. and I love it (I think that's Balerion) Edit: Vhagar not Balerion Reply Sensitive_Ad_9664. 2M subscribers in the gameofthrones community. Vhagar in this gif looks thick, but not what I imagined. For perspective: 0. If you've been a long-time fan of the. I think you mean twice the height. Also, I seem to remember that the Targaryens were a fairly high-ranking family in Old Valyria, not necessarily the rulers of the Freehold but still up there. Balerion was the oldest, then Meraxes, then Vhagar. Or at the very least, didn't just flee when being so grievously wounded, but allowed Aerea to mount him again OR he was wounded while in flight. aegon was the first to unite (most of) the kingdoms, he was the first to take the targaryens' rule off of dragonstone after generations of them contentedly ruling just the one island. I've also found the number 46 kcal/kg, which more or less fits for the 1300 kcal/kg horse meat the cats are fed in captivity. Named after a Valyrian god, Balerion was massive and powerful; said to be big enough that his shadow while flying swallowed whole towns. The Bee-Wolf. David Benioff said that Drogon was about the size of a 747 though, but it doesn’t look like that to me. First thing of note, he's too builky and his neck is tiny. While never being seen on screen in all his glory, there are hints from. 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. ivanIVvasilyevich • 6 mo. ago. Drogon is a blip on the radar compared to Balerion. Dragons never stop growing, so when he died he was probably twice as big as when Aegon conquered Westeros. R. He has huge wings and was almost 100 years old when the Dance of the Dragons began. Drogon is indeed quite big and strong for his age and could end up becoming the biggest. The size of a 747 but I can't quite picture it. Ancalagon collapses from exhaustion after a week and two tops, and Balerion wins by default. Only mentioned he is twice the size of 747. Vhagar was born in 52BC and died in 130AC. Drogon is also not very old. When he was in the fullness of his power, his flames could melt steel and stone, [12] and fuse sand into glass. 0. A great deal of the dragon’s strength comes from its size and the power of its Dragonfire. 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. Martin’s universe. Beware the beast beneath the boards. Balerion is supposed to be the biggest dragon in all fiction. 811K subscribers in the HouseOfTheDragon community. ago. Balerion, Meraxes, and Vhagar. Meraxes could swallow horses whole. We also know that Dragons live a few hundred years because Balerion was the last creature left alive since the doom of Valariya and lived well after the conquest of king Aegon the 1st. The Targaryens have used the dragonpit for different things. His teeth were as long as greatswords and his mouth was big enough to swallow an aurochs, or even a mammoth, whole. 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. Now, a big cat (lion, tiger) needs about 2-3% of its body mass in meat every day. He was so large it was said his shadow could swallow an entire town when Balerion took flight. Balerion was well over 100 years old before the Conquest even started. . When Vhagar died it was almost as big as Balerion,(it lived like 150 more years than Meraxes) but during the conquest it was smaller than Meraxes. This is because Rhaenys loved flying alot and that freedom is what made Meraxes bigger than Vhagar, though Vhagar was probably born earlier Balerion had four-foot long teeth at his death. Martin's various books that attest to this. Balerion. As to the ice dragons that is just a legend there is no proof they actually existed. Balerion, nicknamed the Black Dread, was the mount of Aegon himself and is widely known as the largest dragon to have ever lived. ago. turtlexxi • 5 yr. Vhagar Vs. You can look it up. Drogon especially is very often compared to Balerion and is said to be Balerion 2. And the moment that Balerion arrived at a battle, no army was able to stand against the might of the dragon regarded as the strongest in the history of Westeros. 21. 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. The books said she was as big as Balerion was during Aegon's conquest. A Forum of Ice and Fire A Song of Ice and Fire & Game of ThronesDaenerys said they were barely eating when they ate like 16 cows and 11 sheeps in a day, so nonetheless they have to eat a shit ton. Vhagar -- also called the Grandmother of. Balerion Size: The Large Creature. We know Valyria and surrounding sea are devastated to the point the sea literally smokes.