Aegon I Targaryen
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Sep 12, 2026
RobertHOST
There have been attempts by Frey knights to conquer Greywater Watch, but these have predictably ended in overwhelming failure, with plenty of drownings, diseases, and damaged pride for those lucky enough to survive.
RobertHOST
We don't know when these ill-fated expeditions happened, but they were likely to be prior to Aegon's conquest.
RobertHOST
The Conqueror did not allow private wars, and his dragons ensured that.
RobertHOST
Compared to Aegon, the Storm Kings had a much harder time holding the region.
RobertHOST
We're told that there were rebellions nearly every generation, and a host of houses are listed as leading those uprisings, but never house Frey.
RobertHOST
They appear to have remained loyal to their benefactors at Storm's End.
RobertHOST
Peace times tend to be quite profitable for the Freys.
RobertHOST
Open, safe roads equate to more toll revenues, but that was not the case under Ironborn rule, who had a policy of encouraging their vassals to fight each other.
Lady GwynhyfvarHOST
Yeah, hi there, listeners.
Lady GwynhyfvarHOST
Today we have an episode for you all about one of the central characters of this saga, Daenerys Targaryen.
Lady GwynhyfvarHOST
We first covered Dany way back in 2015 in a single episode that skipped many of her chapters as we tried to cram everything into a two-hour slot.
Lady GwynhyfvarHOST
However, today we're going to begin a fresh analysis in the form of a trilogy of episodes, the first, here and now, covering her arc in A Game of Thrones, then the second, covering Clash and Storm, with the final installment covering her chapters in A Dance with Dragons.
Lady GwynhyfvarHOST
We think Dany is a wonderful character who deserves a full Radio Westeros in-depth treatment, and we're delighted to be back with her.
YolkboyHOST
And in today's analysis, we'll begin with a very quick look at Targaryen history and the background of Dany's ancestors before exploring Dany's past before the books begin.
YolkboyHOST
We'll be highlighting the themes of family, home and loss that shape the foundation of her character.
Lady GwynhyfvarHOST
Next, we'll begin a left-to-right analysis of her arc in A Game of Thrones.
Marq NettlesHOST
Oh no, he, he comes back up after, yeah, with Aegon.
Marq NettlesHOST
I got, you know I got confused with the Aegons.
Marq NettlesHOST
[laughs]
Daniel RomanHOST
Yeah.
Gemma BeckettGUEST
And she had this kind of sense of grandeur that she knew.
Gemma BeckettGUEST
And obviously she's... quite possibly old enough to have lived through Aegon's conquest.
Gemma BeckettGUEST
So, you know, we don't know what her personal memories of that are.
Gemma BeckettGUEST
But if we have more light shed onto her experience of Aegon's conquest, then that is going to be the key to how she reacts to Dany's potential conquest.
QuinnHOST
Yeah, I mean, yeah, she's very sure of herself in the book for the most part.
QuinnHOST
Like she does mention that like the art of seeing in the flames is like an art.
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Gemma BeckettGUEST
I created an online...
Gemma BeckettGUEST
A Song of Ice and Fire family tree.
speaker_4HOST
Just waiting.
speaker_3HOST
Yeah, a tiny outpost of a dead empire watching the Seven Kingdoms bicker until Aegon the Conqueror decides to make his move.
speaker_4HOST
Right.
speaker_3HOST
In what the timeline marks as 2 BC, he launches his invasion, and with just three dragons, he forces six of the seven ancient kingdoms to their knees.
speaker_4HOST
Only the desert kingdom of Dorne manages to bleed them enough to maintain their independence for a while.
speaker_3HOST
Right.
speaker_3HOST
So for generations of readers and fans, the motivation for Aegon's conquest was generally accepted as, well, basic imperialism.
speaker_4HOST
Yeah, pretty standard stuff.
JamesHOST
So I guess his lineage, he kept enough in there to pass on to his bastard kids that they could be dragon riders because, you know.
DaneHOST
So I will say that this show, and not to jump in front of you again, John, but I will say that this show does intrigue me about the origin of, I guess it's Aegon I, the Conqueror, coming, they're supposed to be, they're talking about doing a show for that, how he took over.
DaneHOST
And it makes me a little more intrigued about Seven Kingdoms because we know that that's the Targaryen families, follows them a little bit in that joint after all of this stuff happens.
Doc RockHOST
Following
speaker_0HOST
Mm.
speaker_1HOST
-by her ancestor, Aegon the Conqueror.
speaker_1HOST
If we want to understand Daenerys' odds, we have to extract the strategic, political, and military mechanics from that original Targaryen invasion.
speaker_0HOST
Yeah.
speaker_1HOST
We need to see what worked and, and what didn't.
speaker_0HOST
So let's set the board.
speaker_0HOST
Before the dragons ever take flight, what exactly is Aegon staring at across the Narrow Sea? Because, I mean, Westeros wasn't a unified nation back then.
speaker_0HOST
If you look at the maester's historical records, it was a completely fragmented, perpetually bleeding continent known as the Seven Kingdoms.
SamHOST
you've got elves go to new zealand yeah yeah
LukeHOST
exactly that's the rule um and it worked so yeah that's a good one um on my end uh we discussed this a while ago that there was um alternate bids petitioning to do either a new Game of Thrones series or a Game of Thrones film regarding this particular time in the lore of Game of Thrones, Aegon's Conquest, which is...
LukeHOST
You know, a big part of the lore is this sort of thing that happened and like where some of the characters tie in directly to them and the dragons and all of those sorts of things come from this.
LukeHOST
They were petitioned initially with, it was Mattson Tomlin who did The Batman, who wrote The Batman, had pitched a TV series about it and he was working on something for that.
LukeHOST
And then Bo Wilkinson, I think his name is, who did Andor, pitched a movie and they've officially confirmed, so he'd done Andor and House of Cards.
LukeHOST
And he has, they've officially confirmed Aegon's Conquest film with Bo Wilkinson is in the works.
LukeHOST
It's happening.
LukeHOST
It'll be happening, releasing post-2027.
speaker_2NARRATOR
In reality, it is because of his ambitions to play kingmaker, and once they're secure and isolated, he reveals his plan to them.
speaker_2NARRATOR
He starts by saying how Aegon Targaryen had actually survived the sacking of King's Landing and was smuggled out by Varys.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Cersei responds with disbelief, claiming it is all a hoax, but Jaime's intrigued.
speaker_2NARRATOR
More than that, he almost appears desperate for it to be true.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
Varys also speaks of how your father had served Aerys dutifully for many years, yet it was the Mad King who turned his back on him.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
However, our goals have long since reconnected.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
And how do you figure that? Well, if Aegon is ever to reclaim his throne, then he will need allies in the Seven Kingdoms, and I can think of no one better than the Lannisters of Casterly Rock.
speaker_6VOICE_ACTOR
Your family has the wealth and influence to make all the difference, and in exchange we can offer you an opportunity to return to the Iron Throne.
speaker_1HOST
We're going to see how this massive tome was essentially a happy accident that will chronicle the brutal highs and devastating lows of the Targaryen dynasty.
speaker_2HOST
From Aegon's conquest all the way to the apocalyptic Dance of the Dragons.
speaker_1HOST
And finally, we will examine the massive rift between Martin's original ambiguous text and the hit television adaptation.
speaker_2HOST
Before we can even begin to understand the dragons and the wars, though, we really have to look at the bizarre, brilliant way this book was constructed.
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speaker_2HOST
Leaving the Targaryens completely isolated on the bleak volcanic island of Dragonstone because they were the only ones to survive.
speaker_1HOST
Yeah, and for a century, they just look east at the ashes of their old home.
speaker_1HOST
But then Aegon Targaryen, along with his sister-wives, Visenya and Rhaenys, decide to turn west to Westeros.
speaker_1HOST
It's an act of staggering hubris.
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