
Sansa is given a history lesson by Septa Mordane while visiting the throne room in the Red Keep. When Viserys decides to name his daughter Rhaenyra his heir, he tells her a secret known only by the king and his heir since Aegon's time: it was not ambition that led Aegon to conquer the Seven Kingdoms, but a dragon dream he called " The Song of Ice and Fire." In it, Aegon foresaw the return of the White Walkers and the Great War, and that to counter the threat, a Targaryen must unite and rule Westeros. When Daemon is brought before Viserys sitting on the Iron Throne, he tells his brother that he cuts the image of the Conqueror. House of the Dragon: Season 1Īegon is depicted in one of four statues in the Great Hall of the Red Keep. His descendants ruled for a further three centuries.Īegon atop Balerion in battle. Only Dorne managed to successfully resist the Targaryens, using guerrilla tactics started under the command of Meria Martell (commonly known as "The Yellow Toad") that continued for a couple of centuries until Dorne voluntarily joined the Seven Kingdoms when Maron Martell agreed to marry a Targaryen princess, Daenerys Targaryen and Maron's sister, Myriah Martell, married King Daeron II Targaryen.Īfter the Conquest, Aegon founded the city of King's Landing, began construction on the Red Keep, and forged the Iron Throne from the swords of his defeated enemies, melted with dragonfire. He was a warlord and Lord of Dragonstone who, with his two sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, three great dragons and a small army, invaded and unified six of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros in the War of Conquest. " House Lannister, Kings of the Rock & House Gardener, Kings of the Reach"Īegon Targaryen conquered Westeros astride his dragon, Balerion the Black Dread.Īegon I Targaryen was the first king of the Targaryen dynasty. " House Hoare, Ironborn Kings of the Riverlands" " Robert's Rebellion: Petyr Baelish and Varys" " The Sack of King's Landing: House Targaryen"
