Finally, a channel that reads the ACTUAL books. Every other dragon video gets the Vhagar/Balerion size comparison wrong. You got it right.
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Twelve Thousand Years
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The Dawn Age
Before men walked Westeros, the Children of the Forest and the Giants ruled. Weirwood trees blanketed the continent. Magic was new.
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~12,000 BC
The Dawn Age
Before men walked Westeros, the Children of the Forest and the Giants ruled. Weirwood trees blanketed the continent. Magic was new.
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~10,000 BC
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~10,000 BC
The Coming of the First Men
First Men crossed the Arm of Dorne carrying bronze blades. The Pact was made at the Isle of Faces. Four thousand years of cold peace.
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~8,000 BC
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Winter that lasted a generation. The Others came. Hardhome burned. The Last Hero walked into the dark with a dragonsteel sword.
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~8,000 BC
The Long Night
Winter that lasted a generation. The Others came. Hardhome burned. The Last Hero walked into the dark with a dragonsteel sword.
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~6,000 BC
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~6,000 BC
The Age of Heroes
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~4,000 BC
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~5,000 BC – 102 BC
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102 BC
The Doom of Valyria
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The Conquest
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The Dance of the Dragons
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153 AC
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153 AC
The Last Dragon
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Balerion— The Black Dread
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Silverwing
The Wall-Refused
RiderGood Queen Alysanne · Ulf the White
Slain by Balerion · Battle Beneath the Gods Eye · 43 AC
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The First to Fall
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