Cyrax is growing quickly she seem to be as large as Caris welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the hanging plot threads background details and other unanswered questions from Game of Thrones that were answered or elaborated on in House of the Dragon rarar princess of Dragonstone and heir to the Iron Throne number 20 can fire burn dragons he is no dragon fire cannot kill a dragon given that they're essentially living flamethrowers it would make sense for dragons to be immune to fire in Game of Thrones many of us assumed that
was the case after all Daenerys Targaryen asserts that fire cannot kill a dragon and she herself is magically immune to fire however in House of the Dragon we learn that dragons can be hurt by Flames at the Battle of rook's rest vagar uses her fire breath against Egon and his Dragon Sunfire severely burning both of them it could be that vag's fire is especially strong or it was merely sunfire's wings that were burned and while sunfire's death has yet to be confirmed it's safe to say that fire can in fact kill a dragon is he
alive his grace remains with us for the moment number 19 do people in the South follow the old gods night gathers and now my watch begins it shall not end until my my death when the andal invaded Westeros they brought with them their religion the faith of the seven while many people in the north continued to worship the old gods most of the weirwood trees sacred to the old gods were cut down in the South however some of the trees remain as do a few of their worshippers house Blackwood follows the old gods just one
of the many reasons they and the brackens don't get along their sigil even has a weirwood on it also we wouldn't be surprised if Alice River followed the old gods too Dil all of it the ghost the curses the Blasted weirwood bed I'm done with it a yes it is your way is it not something does not please you you run number 18 did the Seven Kingdoms battle external foes man called karagas Drear has styled himself the prince Admiral of this triak they call him the crab feeder given how much both Game of Thrones and
House of the Dragon are focused on civil wars audiences have probably wondered if the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros ever fight foes from other lands and the answer is yes House of the Dragon depicts a conflict between house valarian and the triarchy an alliance of three of the free cities of esos the free cities in Westeros are in conflict over the stepstones a series of islands that once formed a land bridge between the two continents the triarchy also get involved in the dance of the dragons with the green seeking their aid in Breaking the black's blockade
of King's Landing we will make an alliance with the trii I've had enough of this cursed blocket number 17 how do dragons fight each [Music] other Game of Thrones features only a few dragons so there isn't a lot of dragon versus dragon combat but House of the Dragon sees the Targaryen Dynasty involved in an epic civil war with dragons on both sides each dragon is unique and their sizes can vary quite a bit a smaller Dragon might try to use a agility to its advantage against a bigger foe in battles between large dragons however they'll
lock Claws and attempt to bite burn and tear at each other this terrifying death spiral is a sight to behold from the ground and cannot be comfortable for the Riders either number 16 are all targaryens fire proof Daddy please a crown for King okay look we know this was answered in Game of Thrones however it's a question that still seems to pop up and House of the Dragon makes the answer ever more definitive DA's Targaryen is fireproof in the show in the books she only survives the birth of her dragons as a onetime thing the
show makes her permanently fireproof in contrast her brother viseris and Jon Snow are are both burned on screen somehow some fans have remained convinced that fire is a nonissue for members of House Targaryen hopefully egon's armor getting turned into an oven by vagar gets the message across that targaryens might be heat resistant but not immune just like dragons it's why I'm going to die I'm afraid I cannot say now if you excuse me your grace these next stles are most critical number 15 who cares for Dragons when they're not being ridden once they're fully Bound
to You they will refuse to take instuction from any other Daenerys Targaryen either cared for her dragons personally locked them up or just let them do their own thing however in House of the Dragon we learned that there used to be a specialized order called Dragon Keepers dedicated to keeping dragons happy and fed educated in High Valyrian the dragon Keepers assist in training dragons and hatching eggs although we have to question how useful their staffs are in wrangling these fire breathing beasts there's no questioning their devot to their charges number 14 how were the Knights
watch members chosen before their decline I wanted to be here when you saw it for the first time by the time of Game of Thrones the knight's watch is a shadow of its former self its few recruits are prisoners debtors and bastards with barely enough strength to man a few castles much less bless the whole wall in House of the Dragon CRA and Stark explains that for thousands of years doomed men were sent to the wall however cra's ancestor torrin the last king of the north started a new tradition each winter he would send a
tenth of his men to the watch Egon the Conqueror United Westeros in torren time so perhaps in the piece that followed there were fewer doomed men to go around the Nights Watch is the only thing standing between the realm and what lies Beyond and it has become an army of undisciplined boys and tired old men number 13 why didn't dragons explore Beyond the Wall his grace stood at this very Outlook and watched as their dragons the greatest power in the world refused to cross it given how much ground dragons can cover viewers of Game of
Thrones probably wondered about the targaryens and their dragons exploring north of the wall however in another Revelation delivered by Craig in Stark he recounts that when King jeris the first and his wife Alazan visited the wall their dragons refused to cross the massive fortification some of the most powerful things in the world of Westeros are frightened of what lies beyond the wall and maybe they were right to be scared we all remember what happened when daenerys's dragons first fought the white walkers number 12 can a riderless dragon be reclaimed what do you want to learn
the ways of Dragon Riders and to serve my queen Game of Thrones features only three dragons and only two targaryens ride them but we still wondered especially after the finale could a dragon whose Rider die to be ridden by someone else in House of the Dragon we learn that this is apparently all too common dragons have incredibly long lifespans so they frequently outlive their Riders In fact vagar the oldest living Dragon of that period has had four Riders bonding with a dragon that has lost its Rider can be done though the difficulty in doing so
depends on the dragon and the rider [Music] number 11 where did Danny's dragon eggs come from given that daenerys's three dragons seem to be the last in the world Game of Thrones fans were naturally curious where their eggs came from we find out in House of the Dragon the three eggs were hatched by Cyrax renea's Dragon they're then collected by Damon from The Nest however once the dance of the Dragons heats up rira sends the eggs along with her two youngest children to the veil of a with pentos being their ultimate destination that's fitting since
it was in pentos that Dany first received her dragon eggs dragon eggs dairis from the shadowlands Beyond a Shai the ages have turned them to Stone but they will always be beautiful number 10 were the targaryens the only house to escape the Doom aren't you afraid of the Doom no the Pirates are we hear about the Doom of valyria sever 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 house valarian Origins reach back to Old valyria more ancient even than house Taren According to some texts House of the Dragon features the valarian another family of old valyria who actually arrived in Westeros before the targaryens although the valarian are mentioned in A Song of Ice and Fire they only play a small role as a house that supports Stanis Baratheon so they were left out of the adaptation they'll bend the KNE or I'll destroy them
number nine why did Egon conquer Westeros many decisions on Game of Thrones are made out of a desire for power we're told that Egon Garen who conquered Westeros and became the first ruler of the Seven Kingdoms did so because he wanted to forgive me KY but your ancestor Aon the Conqueror didn't seize six of the kingdoms because they were his right he had no right to them he seized them because he could and because he had dragons well 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 Egon looked across the blackw from Dragonstone saw rich land ripe for the capture but ambition alone is not what drove him to Conquest it was a dream Egon 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 air a tradition that is still in place during House of the Dragon this secret it's been passed from King to
where since egon's time now you must promise to carry it and protect it number eight who was rira Targaryen welcome back princess I 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 when ner Targaryen and her family Civil War are mentioned a couple of times in Game of Thrones in a spoiler filled scene in season 3 Joffrey gives marjerie a history lesson on the family and discusses rira's fate would you like to see with the lost targarian are buried
are you sure lady Margery doesn't find all this a bit maab I know it's quite all right your grace I'd love to see their tombs really the dance of the Dragons is mentioned again in season 5 by Shireen Baratheon what's it about it's the story of the fight between rira 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 self 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 rira I'm Queen rira now and you all are traitors to the realm number seven have other targaryens had prophetic Visions but ambition alone is not what drove him to Conquest it was a dream in a Game of Thrones daer has a series of Visions in the house of the undying while magic is involved Daenerys isn't the only Targaryen to
have experienced powerful Visions the targaryens were known for Dragon dreams that prophesied future events Denise Targaryen foresaw The Doom of valyria prompting the targaryens to leave OS for Dragon Stone Egon the first decided to conquer Westeros after dreaming the song of ice and fire in which the white walkers returned viseris the first foresaw his son being crowned as swords cled flashed and Dragons roared although this did not come to fruition in the way he thought his daughter Helena also possesses the gift of Prophecy and viserys's brother Damon has Visions at heren Hall of both events
past and future but then Damon has always dreamed big do you wish then to learn what is given to you 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 1 finale we have Cyrax caraxes M your sons have Vmax arax and tyes Baya
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 riderless while the greens only hold four unfortunately these numbers have already begun to decrease arax perishes at the end of the episode along with lucerys when vagar Chomps them out of the sky Damon also says they have 20 eggs incubating on Dragon Stone 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 OS following the Doom
although the doom and egon'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 was a period of strife in OS known as the century of blood it concerned the conflicts of Valeria's former colonies which would become the continet free cities as seen in Game of Thrones I've heard marinas become a free City you might run into trouble if you try to fight slaves in the fighting
pits now if you were to fight freed men who would be paid a wage to fight as House of the Dragon tells us volantis attempted to become the ruling City before he'd earned the title of conqueror Egon flew bolon the black dread two OS to turn the tide against the volun team a toast to Egon the Conqueror you exalted forbear you joined our cause against valantis in the century of Blood on the Great Dragon ballaran 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 drais in Game of Thrones Rogan is shown to be a bit temperamental before Danny becomes comes his rider afterwards the two act as one perpetuating the belief that targaryens were Masters over the beasts how the dragon however calls that into question the idea that we control the dragons is an illusion there are power man should never have trifled with viseris believes their sway over the dragons to only be an illusion he's proven right in the finale when neither lucerys nor aund can gain control over their mouths no
no no no no this could vary from Rider to Rider dragons often sense what their Rider is feeling for example Damon seems to have an incredibly strong connection with Caris 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 here it's a mercy he'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 Egon the Conqueror it was anars before that and before that well it is difficult to know it originally belonged to Anar Targaryen The Dragon Lord who fled valyria with his family more more importantly it passed to Egon 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 DS of [Music] dragons why is that a dance it's just what they call it make much sense I think it's poetic as we all know the Targaryen Civil War or dance of dragons was a war of succession between rira and her younger half-brother Egon II knowing it was a war of succession meant that King viseris wouldn't be
making it out of the first season alive but things weren't that simple you hear by name rera targaryan princess of Dragonstone and heir to the iron throne in House of the Dragon rira is all set to inherit the throne until the misunderstanding between viseris and Allison even when the greens lead a coup and Crown Egon riro wants to avoid war and bloodshed at all cost Egon our son his dream the song of ice and F I'm un fortunately the death of her son luceros at the hands or Dragon of aund 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 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 melisandra 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 riro all of Westeros must stand against it and if the world world have menaged 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 dock Egon 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 OS daer storone is the one who was promised from the fire she was reborn to remake the while we don't know how long it's been part of melisandre's religion egon's own dream lends it more weight promise me this [Music] R promise me what questions are you still waiting on answers for tell us in the comments did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from watch Mojo
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