No doubt she loved horses among all the other villains....🤔
@bekleedee
2 ай бұрын
Oh boy!
@BlackstreetBoys2Men
11 ай бұрын
This is one of those book stories that should always remain a hidden gem for readers but would be amazing if it got the “last voyage of the Demeter” treatment as a stand alone film
@KevinPendragon
11 ай бұрын
Aerea's life would make for a good movie that could premiere on HBO Max
@mori1bund
10 ай бұрын
I could imagine something like an anthology show called "Tales of Essos & Westeros" - similar to Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - with such standalone stories from GRRM's books. Aerea's fate would be the Halloween episode.
@stevenkunkle3857
8 ай бұрын
@@KevinPendragonI'd absolutely buy a month or two's use of a streaming service to watch it if/when it comes out
@satisfied656
3 ай бұрын
No doubt she loved horses among all the other villains.... 🤔
@youngrootv
3 ай бұрын
@@KevinPendragonthis honestly would work best in animated form like an anime or a Castlevania animated style imo
@jsull81
11 ай бұрын
My headcanon is that Balerion picked up on Aerea's immense desire to go home. Only Balerion took her back to his home, Valyria, instead of King's Landing, where she really wanted to go
@KevinPendragon
11 ай бұрын
That makes the most sense
@jeremyburrows4702
10 ай бұрын
@@KevinPendragon Makes even more sense if you factor in that she was a child who had little experience outside King's Landing. If a bonded rider tells their dragon where to go by feeling, then where could she other then "away". So Balerion got his chance.
@j2398
3 ай бұрын
That's not a bad theory considering dragon. And rider do have some kind of bond despite her just mounting him. He probably could feel her desire and he probably has that same desire thus allowing her to mount him
@gerryfegan3608
2 ай бұрын
Your theory makes the most sense by far and not to mention they don't really control the dragons as much as we think they do
@FlaviusBrocephus
2 ай бұрын
It also makes sense when you think of how old Balerion was and how young Aerea was. I believe Balerion was confused because Aerea looked like Daenys the dreamer and she had taken Balerion as her mount when she lived in Valyria, before her dream of the doom. He might have had the dragon equivalent of Alzheimers disease. And having a young Targaryen girl on his back, set something off in him and he probably reverted back to that time and realized he needed to get who he thought was Daenys, back home to Valyria.
@elketerbentzadik
10 ай бұрын
"...a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural." Thanks for that.
@Laramaria2
10 ай бұрын
To me, it is the most terrifying death in the world of ASOIAF. I remember reading this and crying out of pure despair! 😰
@KevinPendragon
10 ай бұрын
Aerea's story is just overwhelming sad even before her fatal illness. I do not blame you for shedding tears. She had a life full of despair with few glimpses of hope
@antihmota4625
2 ай бұрын
Theon had IT worse :(
@hubertdenise3100
3 ай бұрын
My theory is that Aerea encountered a mutagen of sorts through the doom of Valyria’s magical fallout, that if we follow theories caused the dragon dna in her blood( because a theory says the targaryens and valyrians have actual dragon dna), to activate and go out of control, literally taking over her body.But this was literally killing her and cooking her from the inside, because dragon fire and the transformation into a dragon are things no human can handle, no Targaryen is fireproof.And the worms were actually a result the mutation activating the seemingly present ability of dragons to reproduce asexually( the last dragon could lay eggs even with no male dragons present), creating fire wyrm like monsters which burst out of her.As for Balerion, he was likely attacked by some monsterous deformed dragon mutant, which may have left some kind of crippling effect, like komodo dragon saliva, which would cause a body to shut down overtime and impact his lifespan, healing factor, strength etc.And this is why Balerion suffered such a marked decline after this event, and it wasn’t detected, it wasn’t some venom or infected wound, it was a saliva that was slowly killing Balerion, every time he moved it got worse.
@WippetWzrd
11 ай бұрын
The unimaginable horrors of the freehold strike again!
@Diogolindir
3 ай бұрын
This seems to me like Valyria's blood magic. It always requires some sacrifice to create something. She might have been the host for a hybrid. Damn, the Valyrians were fucked up
@ProperlyGaming
Ай бұрын
I mean, pretty much everybody in the game of thrones universe is fucked up. There's just a few good kind hearted folk surrounded by monsters.
@psevdhome
5 ай бұрын
I don't think Aerea died of xenomorph parasites, or larval fire-wyrms. I think the solution is even more horrific. Two things: Valyrians have loads of miscarriages and stillbirths. Often the unborn are described as hideous human-dragon hybrids and sometimes like worms even. Dany's son Rhaego is an example, he was said to have wings and a tail, and scales and to be full of worms. Secondly: Valyrians did weird hybrid shit with animals, and humans. They invented the sphinx. But to them it wasn't a myth, they actually made them. This gives me the solution to Aerea: She did not get worms. Whatever the Valyrians did to cause hybridization of animals still exists in Valyria. And it accelerated or messed with Aerea's genetics and reproductive organs. The worms had faces, because they were HER face. Because they were her genetic material that was hybridized with dragons and whatever else the Valyrians mixed into their DNA. That material became unstable due to the inherent "magic" (science/radiation) that lingers in Valyria and caused her gametes to start growing into those dragon-worm-human things and grow inside her. Dragons emit heat from their bodies and that's what caused her to cook alive. No natural parasite would do this as parasites by definition need a host to live. They were her mutated genes that created such hideous offspring and grew inside her and killed her. That's my theory and I'm not changing it. The idea of Valyrians being interbred with dragons is an old story from Moorcock, who is one of George's inspirations. He wrote about the Melniboneans, a supernaturally beautiful people who ruled their empire from their volcano-fortress island and rode dragons, called Phroon into battle. They were also genetically linked and interbred with the dragons and they evolved from lizard-bird-creatures to look like humans, whereas all the other humans of that world came from apes.
@godsstreetmessenger2839
3 ай бұрын
Good for you
@sionsidhe9
2 ай бұрын
That actually makes a disturbing sort of sense, how Targaryen miscarriages repeatedly show the not fully formed child as being part dragon like, scales, wings, tales. As if with the progression of the pregnancy the baby developed more human characteristics, but biologically they are still part dragon. The “Blood of the Dragon” literally. And whatever is left in the ruins of Valyria, old horrors and creatures twisted by magic long forgotten, somehow infected poor Aerea. But she was too young, too malnourished, or the magic was just so dark and unnatural it didn’t produce the intended result. That’s deeply disturbing, kind of wish I didn’t see the logic and actual possibility there.
@psevdhome
2 ай бұрын
@@sionsidhe9 Thanks for reading my rather long musings. I am trying to explain how their children could all be such horrors when poorly formed. And why are there worms!? But if the dragons are made by putting wyrms and winged creatures together. And then these dragons are bound to the so called dragon lords by some other genetic/magic trickery then that would explain all these features. Aerea alone could have been attacked by some genetic horror. Or perhaps the valyrians vector for splicing themselves with dragonblood was some sort of sorcerous parasitic worm. But I propose that since other women have birthed half-dragons or worms or worse, then it would be a much more fitting horror that this effect comes simply from the genetics and has nothing to do with any external forces. Dany and Rhaenyra are implied to have horrific children and I cannot recall what others. But the continuous stillbirths could be a sign of this dragonseed mixing and not coming out as fully human. The secret to dragons being born is also sorcery, their eggs do not hatch on their own seemingly. But the missing component could be Valyrian genetics.
@got_glintsp963
2 ай бұрын
I agree. Especially given her mother said “what kind of monster did I give birth to?” when she was upset. Also, there’s a specific comment about how smoke even emitted from Aerea’s “nether regions” and that was very shocking. I’ll bet poor Aerea “gave birth” to something horrible. Maybe the maesters have the dead “parasite” or “stillborn”?
@cerberusisagoodboy6054
2 ай бұрын
There's a chance they're parasites of some kind, some parasites do exit or leave the host to continue their life cycle. Tapeworms will exit the body if they sense the host is in water, as water is one of the things they lay their ages in othe than the host. That how you can get a parasite from drinking dirty wayer
@linzianna
11 ай бұрын
I think they swapped, Rhaella was taken by Balerion really
@cheffdonty
2 ай бұрын
Yup. I guess people just roll with the names used in Westerosi history
@FunkBastid
Ай бұрын
For sure. Just pulled the ol parent trap on the seven kingdoms
@phoebedemontefalcon1423
2 ай бұрын
The magic from those creatures kept Aerea from dying until the creatures met their faith in a cold water
@Liberater4589
11 ай бұрын
As a side point and addition to my other comment it could also be the case that as you say dragons and firewyrms share features but rather than sharing ancestry instead dragons ARE firewyrms or at least used to be and are the the parasite being bred from firewyrm hosts and perhaps crossbred(?) with other animals to give them things like wings and legs while the fire breathing ability and base body is of firewyrm origin and then when the valyrians finally got their flying firewyrms they used sorcery to keep the parasites from needing hosts to being incubated inside stone eggs but needing a significant amount of fire and a blood sacrifice in order to hatch although the exact specifics on how to hatch dragon eggs has yet to be fully revealed so that part is still foggy, this could also be why valyrians have a special connection with dragons; they used sorcery during their creation to mix some of their blood in the process so only those with valyrian blood could ever truly master them
@randoanon4785
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, it’s widely believed in the fandom that dragons are a result of breeding, through a mix of traditional means and blood magic, firewyrms, wyverns, and humans together.
@keittykit
10 ай бұрын
I think Balerion was badly wounded after arriving wherever they went and was unable to fly back so they had to stay. Perhaps Aerea managed to find a good water source but they moved away from it for some reason (like trying to fly home when Balerion's wounds aren't completely healed yet). She found a contaminated source and that happened, forcing Balerion to fly with half-healed wounds because his rider is... not well.
@lgt.jne3
2 ай бұрын
Love this theory....
@rumorcontrol7873
2 ай бұрын
I have a theory and it's not pleasant, which means it's more likely to be true than not: After going off adventuring and eventually getting homesick Balereon accidentally took Aerea back home to Valeria where instead of encountering parasitic worms Aerea became involved in some kind of hideously dark blood and fire magic ritual, possibly the very same one that created the Dragons in the first place and bound them to the Targaryen lineage. Aerea ( in reality her outgoing twin sister Rhaella ) likely encountered this magic around the same time she started getting her period, her moon's blood, and the terrible, salamander-type worms infesting her body and cooking it from the inside while somehow still leaving her alive were not some parasite accidentally consumed but Rhaella's own draconic children. Something caused a uh "mass fertilization" of Rhaella's yet unused eggs within her womb with dragon seed and some dark magic kept her body alive as her children, likely to develop into future dragons over time, developed and grew within her somewhat reminiscent of how Danyeres' firstborn was also draconically malformed. If the Maesters hadn't plunged Rhaella into the ice bath who knows what might have happened to Kings Landing if those things had been allowed to grow...
@colonelgraff9198
2 ай бұрын
RIP Aerea 51
@Lord_Ivoundy_Creood
4 ай бұрын
Its probably some sort of Valyrian fire wyrm experiment that was melded with human genes... And given this, the whispers that were so horryfying to the septons were probably of how the creature impregnated her...
@peterkoch3777
5 ай бұрын
Balerion most probably died from these parasites too😮
@Fallout3131
2 ай бұрын
😢😢😢
@colleens1107
9 ай бұрын
Nice little Revenge of the Sith reference. But yeah, I really DO hope that we get one real chapter of what Valeria is like in depth in WoW or DOS. If Martin ever finishes his series, that is....🙄 great video and man this was a creepy AF death, poor kid
@meshybb
2 ай бұрын
“Get in loser we are going to Old Valyria” 🐲
@0bskureference
10 ай бұрын
It’s crazy. Aerea begged for the gift of death. Arya learns to give the gift.
@jostockton.
10 ай бұрын
Why is it crazy?
@0bskureference
10 ай бұрын
Unintentional namesakes. Plays on karma or a cycle. Just occurred to me because of the little bit of history we get about Aerea uses the same language as the slaves of the old valyria mines “begging for the gift of death,” and it’s primarily theorized that is Balerion took her.
@antoniovasquez9946
3 ай бұрын
This is whats gonna happen to show Arya for going out and exploring the world.
@JamieBarrington
2 ай бұрын
@@jostockton. The Faceless Men, which Arya is a member of, claimed in the books that they were responsible for The Doom of Valyria. Maybe they brought the gift of death to the suffering slaves that were used to prevent the eruption of the Fourteen Flames volcanos. It's all up to speculation though
@tyrroo
2 ай бұрын
@@JamieBarrington The youtuber "In Deep Greek" has great videos on ASOIAF. One vid suggests that the Maesters used Lannister gold to hire the Faceless Men to kill all the Fire Mages controlling the Fourteen Flames, causing the Doom of Valyria
@jeremyburrows4702
10 ай бұрын
That picture of Septon Barth has a middle finger painted in the between his eyebrows, and I Love that, and I am here for it!
@jeremyburrows4702
10 ай бұрын
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@Lazarus1095
3 ай бұрын
The cannonical welding of ASOIAF and the Alien franchise. Glorious!
@vampire5373
10 ай бұрын
I think it was theorised that since its stated that dragons are bigger than wyverns then whatever they were mixed with to create dragons must have been bigger than a dragon to even things out. So to make it simpler 4 would be the size of a wyvern 8 would be the size of whatever they mixed to make the wyverns breathe fire. If this is true and going by caraxes and sheep stealers mutation the creature that is mixed with the wyvern must be some sort of fire breathing snake or earth worms (i imagine them as dune worms but breathe fire)
@dylanh7600
10 ай бұрын
I like the palpatine line added in
@TheMikepatota
3 ай бұрын
They should do a mini series based on just this incident. This is one of the better offshoot stories in my opinion
@catulusinferni8612
2 ай бұрын
Why not a highly skilled cast of magicians? And the doom is nothing else then a coup d'etat done my maybe a lower cast of powerful magicians, who fear the outside world or rather fear beeing overthrown themselves. So they cast powerful spells at intruders, cursing Aerea with magical parasites and wounding Balerion. Maybe it does not need a huge creature or some flaming desert, just some powerful spells and a magic wall or storm, comparable to the wall in the north. What if there is nothing more terrifying in old valyria than people.
@gp-1542
2 ай бұрын
Considering the lore surrounding old valyria I might make the claim that balerion tried to turn her into a dragon
@void.lawyer
11 ай бұрын
I mean hydrothermal vents on the seafloor are havens for life so I feel like this tracks. I do think balerian got ganked by something though. Well maybe I just like that scenario the most.
@LH74
2 ай бұрын
These are just creatures like face huggers who attach themselves and lay their spawn into their house. Whatever wounded Balerion was probably a very large facehugger.
@Varatil
8 ай бұрын
The WWnet, the worms/wyrms, the dragons, the spacerocks - It's all one thing.
@twoshieldsandsomemilk
2 ай бұрын
Is it known whether The Cannibal was ever killed?
@daneckabargas6690
11 ай бұрын
She had no control but came back on Balerion after how long?
@KevinPendragon
11 ай бұрын
She was gone for a little over a year, I believe
@JagmasterGeneral12374
10 ай бұрын
I think it was fyre wyvrens we know they lived in the volcanos I'm thinking maybe the changes in climate from the volcanos might have allowed them to live outside of it and possibly grow even bigger
@kitkat6959
10 ай бұрын
Awful and I bet this is also what killed Balerion too
@Fallout3131
2 ай бұрын
Didn’t Balerion die of old age?
@kitkat6959
2 ай бұрын
@@Fallout3131 no other dragon is said to have died of old age. We don't know what "old" for a dragon even would be. The Cannibal was ancient and still well enough to kill and eat other dragons
@TommyBenjamin217
2 ай бұрын
The thumbnail jokingly says that a Chestburster kills Aerea🤮😂
@lordjask1226
2 ай бұрын
Makes sense, you need big bads after the snow zombies. Big little fire parasite people and whatnots
@lordjask1226
2 ай бұрын
Big giant bot fly things with people faces and hands
@SéaFid
Ай бұрын
They weren't snow zombies, not the originals. Corpses they revived maybe, but the others/whitewalkers are a highly intelligent being. If they are zombies, then what would you call the much less intelligent fandom? No offense.
@brendanmchugh8192
2 ай бұрын
Targaryans are known to have prophetic dreams. I bet she had one and took balerian.
@Svensk7119
Ай бұрын
In fact, the worms from Valyria would ALSO be xenomorphs!
@blacktemplarbrotherlucius1935
2 ай бұрын
What i want to know is, why did they stsy old Valyria for a year, imo it couldn't have taken Balerion more than a few weeks (month at most) to reach Valyria. Did Balerion kill whatever lived there for food an Aerea feed on scraps to survive, why did Balerion stay there for so long? Did he get attacked an returned to kinglanding for help? Could Balerion have been attacked by a much larger dragon? These just so many questions but no answers.
@staytuned2L337
11 ай бұрын
Heck yeah! ❤ great job
@KevinPendragon
11 ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙏🏾
@PantioSegundo
2 ай бұрын
10:20 Palpatine Aproves ahahah
@disgruntleddude6105
Ай бұрын
Balerion took her to Valyria where a demon made sport of her for months on end before he could kill it and reclaim her and take her home. Ugh.
@TOUGHEYES
Ай бұрын
Where would an Isekai of your Fromsoft character into the world of SOIAF end you up? You wanna go to King's Landing? How about Braavos? Or Winterfell? Hell nah, enjoy Valyria! Let's hope the Moon isn't weird there & that there's not fingercreepers crawling about. BTW, can I indulge you in some Winter Lanterns?
@gracehaven5459
2 ай бұрын
I'm sorry for being "that" person, 😭 but it shouldn't be pronounced area, more like ah-ray-ah like a ray of light
@epileptictrees5213
2 ай бұрын
She was killed by her little known other sister, Perimeter
@JayHaram
2 ай бұрын
Yet Tyrion and Ser Friendzone sailed through there with no issues 🙃
@Fallout3131
2 ай бұрын
Yes and no, they sailed around the very very outside, straight in the hell pits of Valyria almost no one has ever returned
@CheerfuEntropy
2 ай бұрын
i saw what you did there
@Tmathh
2 ай бұрын
they were salamanders
@manbearpig9234
2 ай бұрын
Dude stealing lines from Star Wars 🤣
@AncientRylanor69
6 ай бұрын
A
@anypercentdeathless
6 ай бұрын
Learn to read.
@BubblegumCrash332
11 ай бұрын
This is one of the scariest stories in all of ASOIF lore
@FischerNilsA
2 ай бұрын
Eh. George has a knack for that. The rats king and the night queen are _pretty_ horrible too.
@jiggyjongles
2 ай бұрын
Dragon sperm
@jimjohnson6944
Ай бұрын
@@FischerNilsAbro on a first name basis with him
@tanelikauko5662
10 ай бұрын
@ 10:20 "The blood magic and Dark Arts they practiced were a pathway to many abilities, some were considered unnatural." I see what you did there ;D
@monad99
2 ай бұрын
what does it mean?
@axeld2150
2 ай бұрын
@monad99 Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. Shiv Palpatine tells a similar line to Anakin Skywalker in the opera house.
@seihai-kun6726
2 ай бұрын
"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Princess Aerea the Wild? I thought not. It's not a story the Maesters would have told you."
@theozlander4629
2 ай бұрын
Its a Valyrian legend.
@navarroswerus2609
Ай бұрын
" Well yes maester Palpatinus, I had my thesis on Targaryan history. "
@HyperspaceCafe
Ай бұрын
“What happened to her…”
@Dotboii
Ай бұрын
Hello there
@jimjohnson6944
Ай бұрын
Is it possible to learn this power?
@kragary
11 ай бұрын
What if Balerion was infected with the same parasites, but in his case as a dragon he was a perfect host and didn't die, and the fully grown parasites exited in time leaving behind the wound in his side? Because if so... they could still be out there.
@KingaKucyk
11 ай бұрын
Damn, that makes sense. The Targaryens can be human-Dragon hybrids, that's why Aerea's body acted so strange and was able to withstand the heat no normal human could. If I remember correctly, there was an outbreak near Valyria of a similar illness that the one that killed Aerea in one of the Books. Another lore-theory ytber describes some passages from the books that seem to point it out 😊 JRR Martin had created one hell of a universe 😂
@markbrennan212
10 ай бұрын
If Balerion was the perfect host, why would the parasites leave? Parasites don't leave their host until the host dies or is removed by the host. Your theory would only work if you suggest they left Balerion once he died
@kragary
10 ай бұрын
@@markbrennan212 I'm no parasite expert, but aren't there parasites that only spend some stages of their life in a host?
@dantemaddox7088
10 ай бұрын
More so they killed him overtime because vhagar is very old and still moving
@catelyntalks
7 ай бұрын
Such a good comment!!!!!!
@JamieBarrington
2 ай бұрын
Freaking nightmare fuel. What a horrifying death. And even more horrifying, what were those Valyrians doing to those slaves in the Fourteen Flames to cook up something like this? Creepy af
@Sway1177
2 ай бұрын
Theres a recent theory on youtube the Slaves were themselves fire wights. Like Beric Dondarrion not only being resurrected but under control never allowed to die.
@a.r.h9919
Ай бұрын
Those slavess suffered so much they willingly killed themselves than going to the mines, faceless men came from that
@jjs1300000
10 ай бұрын
Honestly, Aerea suffered a horrific fate and Balerion never recovered from her death. Septon Barth and Bennifer were traumatised by what she said, but whatever she said it was terrifying. What if she and Balerion encountered a demonic like creature in Valyria? Similar to that of a balrog?
@Lord_Ivoundy_Creood
4 ай бұрын
Some speculate that since the septon described the wyrms to have HUMAN like faces soecifically that what mightve happaenwd was no ordinary fire wyrm, but rather an experiment of the valyrians. An experiment that impregnated her, and that is what she told the Septon and why he said what she said was sooo horryfying.
@jjs1300000
4 ай бұрын
@@Lord_Ivoundy_Creood That’s just terrifying
@lozpopo
3 ай бұрын
@@Lord_Ivoundy_Creood this fits horribly well with the theory that all Targ babies start out as dragons in the womb due to Valyrian blood magic melding the two species
@Redster3
2 ай бұрын
It is speculated that demons now roam Valyria, so it is possible.
@jjs1300000
2 ай бұрын
@@Redster3 If I was a sailor, I’d stay away from Valyria.
@icholi88
2 ай бұрын
Favorite theory: The worms are the remains of the Valerian people themselves, the blood magic they used to bind them to/create the dragons was corrupted with the doom and those that escaped immediate death were mutated into worms with their own sorcery.
@OldManRiv3r
Ай бұрын
That's dumb
@TheCandyHole
2 ай бұрын
Qyburn would've had a field day, and we'd have a lot more answers
@Fallout3131
2 ай бұрын
True 😂😂😂
@idealmasters
2 ай бұрын
"These abominations may yet prove useful. We'll first need a host..."
@aaronlee5073
10 ай бұрын
there are things in Valyria that men shouldnt mess with
@ProperlyGaming
Ай бұрын
Ive always liked the idea the reason the mighty Valyria fell was because their sorcerer's and sorceress's tapped into some magic that mortals shouldnt mess with and said magic destroyed them or the gods layed down hellfire on them for messing with the stuff.
@Aj-ue4rx
7 ай бұрын
It's also entirely possible that she was infected by a parasite that normally would have infected a dragon. Some parasites don't want to kill the host but instead live out their life in the host or are expelled through fecal matter. It's also possible that valyrian was infected as well, possibly shortening his lifespan.
@jeromeblackmon2329
3 ай бұрын
It would make sense, she was burned from the inside in what I’m assuming is the incubation stage for the wyrm or parasite that probably wouldn’t bother a dragon with how hot they burn but would be excruciating for a human
@alexmartin3143
3 ай бұрын
Balerion? You said valyrian…
@lgt.jne3
2 ай бұрын
That's what I thought too.... I want to see this in live action ngl
@nategraham6946
7 ай бұрын
I still think the Fire Wyrm theory makes more sense. One battled and injured Baleryon and infected Aerea.
@ShimmyFr
2 ай бұрын
I mean if it was large enough to battle Balerion I don’t know how it would infect Aerea. Sounds like her infection was from an unrelated event.
@lgt.jne3
2 ай бұрын
@ShimmyFr or maybe she got infected via consumption 🤔 I mean they somehow survived for a year they have to eat something
@smellyreshala5378
2 ай бұрын
@@lgt.jne3yea fr maybe the water was contaminated or something
@americanandpinay
10 ай бұрын
One of the best side stories. I am sure if GRRMice gets around to fleshing it out it will be something completely different than anything we could theorize. I like the idea she was the vessel for the physical being of R'hllor, or sets in the Temple of Fire waiting for the Great Other to reveal his face. Or he made love to her and this happened to her.
@americanandpinay
10 ай бұрын
I am calling him GRRMice until he sells me a copy of TWOW. Cause he's got feeling as down as Thanos did.
@pg9072
2 ай бұрын
Other Question is what Attacked and wounded Balerion..must be a pretty cool beast or monster lol.
@honeybee.87
11 ай бұрын
He could have taken her to Sothoryos or Ulthos. These jungle continents are home to many horrifying diseases and parasites and also fearsome creatures like giant bipedal lizards and apes the size of King Kong that could have injured Balerion
@chelseasherrell6277
9 ай бұрын
Gogossos, I think in the Basilisk Isles off of Sothoryos, could be an option too. According to the history and lore, the Red Death plague killed 9 of every 10 people, but hey that was a few centuries ago....we don't as of yet know what might have survived. I always think of that every time I read F&B.
@majicdawg2852
2 ай бұрын
That would not explain the fire and heat aspect of the parasites
@bufongodemdabae308
2 ай бұрын
She was killed by whatever survived the doom…
@ZachDift-kc4nk
4 ай бұрын
If those worm creatures had human like faces and hands then my theory is that she went to Southoryos - and more specifically, she was taken to Gogossos. First, why would she go to Sothoryos? Bc there was a female dragon rider who is claimed to be the only person who flew over Sothoryos farther than anyone else - no doubt a girl like Aerea had heard tales of this adventurous female dragon rider and saw her as her idol and wanted to follow in the footsteps of her idol and hero. Second, why Gogossos? The dragonlords used it as a penal colony for the worst criminals of Valyria and the prisoners were tortured with in various ways including with blood magic where slave women were forced to mate with beasts to produce twisted, half-human offspring. So that’s why I’m curious to know whether those worms’ faces that killed Aerea could in any way be described as humanoid. It would also explain why these religious men treating her aka the Septons immediately eliminated all traces and evidence of this form of evil, sick and twisted blood magic by destroying all traces of those worms - they can’t allow anyone to get any kind of ideas (such as someone like Qyburn) Gogossos grew powerful through slavery and sorcery during the Century of Blood, with some calling it the "Tenth Free City" and its slave markets rivaled those of the cities in Slaver's Bay. However, after the Doom of Valyria, the Red Death emerged from the slave pens of Gogossos and 90% of people died from the plague. This red death disease is different from whatever happened to Aerea but it shows that there’s all kinds of messed up diseases that come out of Sothoryos and especially the region around Gogossos and was one of the reasons the enslaved criminals of Gogossos would rather stay and take their chances with torture, being worked to death and being experimented on with blood magic than risk going out into the wild where even a worse fate awaited them. I think that’s the wilderness that Aerea somehow ended up being dropped off by Balerion into or landing in and then she somehow got infected.
@mayurkharche8491
2 ай бұрын
Where did you read this brother
@blackbackpack3405
2 ай бұрын
I hope they explore the continents but sadly George R.R Martin is slowing down massively I feel like we would get a rushed end or a completed story overall and leave many questions 😭
@blackbackpack3405
2 ай бұрын
*Uncompleted
@ZachDift-kc4nk
2 ай бұрын
@@mayurkharche8491 you should literally be able to google it and read the wiki on gogossos and also read the world of ice and fire and there's a couple of videos on youtube that go in depth into all the details of this place and what GRRM has written about it.
@MoonSystem-They-It
11 ай бұрын
I've recently finished the main series about a month ago, so i've just reached the start of Jaeherys' reign. I cannot wait for, in the middle of "and he was rulling and living and stuff" to get this horror story. Really does make one question how Euron got that Valyrian Steel Armor set though. Like, if Valyria is this FORSAKEN, how likely is it that mad man Euron manged to navigate his way not only into there, but also out, with only the rewards and not a single piece of horror or death visibly scaring/killing him?
@KevinPendragon
11 ай бұрын
It's quite possibly one of the most bizarre and horrific things in this series. And it kinda comes out of nowhere. Fire and Blood is pretty tame otherwise and then Aerea dies in the worst way possible and the story moves on like this totally weird thing didn't just happen. As for how Euron survived, there's a lot of ways I imagine it. Aerea was a reckless child and Euron was an adult with more control of how he traveled so it makes sense he was able to make a better course than she did. Euron also doesnt care about his crew so he could sit off the coast of Valyria and send his crew to find the safest routes on land. He used that guy to blow the dragonhorn and the guy burned up kind of like Aerea did. Not saying there's a connection but it just goes to show Euron treated his crew as expendable in such a way before.
@ajaverill08
8 ай бұрын
I'm guessing euron made his crew explore for him and bring back treasures. And he let the survivors keep the rest of the stuff except the valyrian steel suit of armor
@Boxeard
8 ай бұрын
Or probably never have been there... Rodrik Harlaw, being this literate and esceptic character, had a good point asking in the shield islands when euron was bragging that he went to Valyria "Oh, have You?", and euron is clearly pissed off the response. Maybe he has been like dangerous close but in the literal like center of the valyrian peninsula I don't think so either.
@Diogolindir
3 ай бұрын
I think Euron has this drive that only some crazy careless people has. For some reason I also suspect that Targaryens might more susceptible to Valyria's unstable environment due to their genes
@alexhulea2735
2 ай бұрын
When it comes to euron, i for one believe everything he says is a lie. It's more likely he pillaged the armor from some random location and accidentally found the horn, then tortured its secrets out of someone from Qarth. It's not a matter of going TO Valyria, but a matter of GETTING AWAY FROM Valyria that makes his stories figments of imagination. He could have found the remains of the army of that one dragon lord that disappeared (Aureon or something) for all we know.
@margaretschaufele6502
3 ай бұрын
Very interesting. I think your hypothesis about how Aerea contracted those parasites makes a lot of sense. Also, the theory that Balerion might have suffered his injuries because of an unexperienced rider giving him direction and/or the unfamiliarity of his surroundings. Belerion left Valyria before the doom so how did the doom change Valyria to make it more difficult for a dragon as old and big as Balerion had become to navigate?
@bdavis7801
2 ай бұрын
I believe there were massive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. So perhaps what he remembers is inaccurate. Also it is possible to come up on something when you can't see well in a fog or perhaps even a storm. At some point he would need to land and that makes them potentially vulnerable too. For all we know he may even have taken a hit to keep her safe and get away.
@ProperlyGaming
Ай бұрын
@@bdavis7801he came back with a large wound. And I'd like to think he got that by purposefully putting himself in the way of whatever it was so his new little rider didn't get hit and die.
@saberserpent1134
10 ай бұрын
Fyrewyrms, either from the Slave Pits or Valeria itself, probably from trying to find fresh water.
@Brahimus
6 ай бұрын
Ever since I heard this story I have wondered if this was some blood magic experiment that gave Valerians their dragon blood.
@tobiasash9281
2 ай бұрын
Dragons a fusion of Fire Wurms, Wyverns, and Valyrians
@jjs1300000
2 ай бұрын
@@Brahimus The Valyrians were said to dabble in dark, twisted magic.
@lgt.jne3
2 ай бұрын
Yuppppp that's exactly what it is
@alexandergangaware429
11 ай бұрын
The white hot blade that Azor Ahai stuck into Nissa Nissa was a dracolarva. And that was the Blood Betrayal. Which caused the Long Night, hence the Quartheen legend of the dragons hatching from the moon (moon destruction -> Long Night + emergence of dragons w/in short period of time) Great video, btw!
@elplatanoking4171
2 ай бұрын
Bro casually dropped the hardest Star Wars quote
@Darkmetamorphosis1
2 ай бұрын
It has always been my theory that she was impregnated by some demonic/magical means, like when melisandre gave birth to a shadow fiend.
@Redster3
2 ай бұрын
Old Valyria is so ominous, mysterious, and doomed. Makes me wonder what Eldritch horrors live in the ruins. I feel like it’s one of those mysteries that will never be solved.
@sebastianmunozochoa1485
11 ай бұрын
My theory is that balerion found and fought the dragon of that Valyrian lord who named himself emperor and tried to retake Valyria. But I think that Wyrms interrupted the fight which caused the tragedy.
@KevinPendragon
11 ай бұрын
I had no considered that. But wouldn't that dragon be older than Balerion when he died of old age?
@sebastianmunozochoa1485
11 ай бұрын
@@KevinPendragon some cats and dogs get to live many years, some get to twenty. I guess a dragon with enough experience would thrive in Valyria.
@sac0429
10 ай бұрын
@@KevinPendragonYes that is true!!
@ajaverill08
8 ай бұрын
My head cannon is balerion didn't die of old age, and that dragons were essentially immortal. And would live forever unless killed by weapons or other dragons. Maybe because he was so big and strong the parasites just took much longer to kill him, his wounds never did fully heal, and after that is when he started to become weak and not fly. Pretty sure he only flew once more and that was right before he died(my guess is that the parasites had reproduced so many by then that they had basically taken over his body bu then and he just couldn't fight them off anymore)
@jacobadam6804
2 ай бұрын
Why. Do you talk. Like this. It is. Kind of. Offputting.
@marumae
11 ай бұрын
Fantastic video covering Aerea, excellent ly edited and narrated with great theories. Good job!
@KevinPendragon
11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@seanclothier495
Ай бұрын
My Theory Valyria, where they were captured by blood mages and necromancers who experimented in Aerea and a restrained Balerion. The large smoking rent in his side is where they took his blood and injected/inseminated into Aerea over a manner of time, which caused the things inside her to be born. With all the strength he could muster, Balerion freed himself and Aerea and got them back to Kings Landing
@jacobaimable-lina7285
11 ай бұрын
Palpatine would have thrived in Valeria
@KevinPendragon
11 ай бұрын
True. Exegol is basically Space Old Valyria
@ghirahimlefabuleux8984
10 ай бұрын
The remains of Old Valyria does sound like the type of absolutely horrible place whose very nature has been corrupted by the presence of absolute evil for years a Sith Lord would enjoy as their summer residence. Everything about it screams "Old Sith World from before the Rule of Two".
@jacobaimable-lina7285
10 ай бұрын
@@ghirahimlefabuleux8984 oh absolutely 😂👍
@Volgotha
4 ай бұрын
So she was becoming a stoneman. Would the same thing have happened to Jorah? 🤔
@fimmywa
2 ай бұрын
I worry people are overcomplicating the situation. We are told about Fire Wyrms in the books and how they, like dragons, are effectively capable of growing forever with sufficient space and food. I think Aerea encountered Fire Wyrm larvae or young. Fire Wyrms are said to dig/burrow so it would make sense. My personal theory is that fire wyrms, probably natural hunters pre-Doom in valyria, which is now empty, have had to adapt and take on whatever prey they can find. I think a larger Fire Wyrm injured Balerion and in that encounter, however it happened, Aerea was infected with the 'parasite'-like Fire Wyrm larvae/young. Aside to this theory, I also feel that her final words massively hint at this. "Please. I never." (I never knew? is my theory)" which tells me that she both believed SOMEONE in Westeros knew what was happening in modern post-doom Valyria (my theory being its a volcanic hellscape where the most savage apex predators have risen up the food chain - wyverns, fire wyrms, etc) or that it was explicitly felt to her that what she was receiving was a punishment. And we must take into account Balerions size. Something to wound him would need to be similarly sized or bigger. Think about that. A burrowing (in my head canon, through lava/volcanic matter) predator with what, lets be honest, is probably razor sharp teeth as part of their burrowing mechanism (very sand worm-y) the size of Balerion the black dread. Let's just hope that shit stays in Valyria. Valyria can keep alladat.
@albdamned577
5 ай бұрын
chimeras in mythology are a kind of half-man/half-beast but there exist another type of chimera. In actual science terminology, a chimera is a single animal that has genetic material from 2 people. Think about in utero twin absorption (like with maeyls), it is possible to have sets of DNA because of that. Valyarians (or some at least) are often called the blood of the dragon" and I cant help but think is something like that. That would also explain why sometimes they have half-dragon stillbirths.
@Karadjanov
8 ай бұрын
Very nice video! However it does have the same flaw as most theory videos which is taking records for granted. The ASoIaF record keeping is notoriously unreliable and full of agenda the further back you go. This is not a narration from the author explaining what happened but simply the account of two maesters and the probability of them lying and misrepresenting facts is more than likely. I would really want to hear someone explore the theory that she was pregnant and the maesters deliberately mistreated her in order to kill the baby because it was somehow a threat to their views and/or plans. Aerea was very special in terms of genes (which were not present in her sister) even among the Targaryens and the child could have had super special potential which the maesters did not like. Sure that creates more questions than it answers and does not explain the wounds on Balerion but is still a far better theory than ones out there and is more in line with the writing style of George.
@austintaylor1378
Ай бұрын
I think what makes it so scary is that nobody has seen this before, it’s impossible to verify given where she went, and what else is going on out there in Valyeria/ Southerois? What could possibly have done this and what worse is: what would have emerged fully intact if it gestated?
@lgt.jne3
2 ай бұрын
Am i the only one that's so intrigued by the blood magics, other dark arts the valyrians did before the doom. These mfs truely are something, I want a series about them up until the doom, that'll be cool to see.
@6tiple6ix6afia
9 ай бұрын
Fire and Blood was so fuckin gold on audiobook
@michaelonak3356
3 ай бұрын
What if valyria was destroyed by those worms. The transformation for her sounds alot like ceremorphosis from dnd. Mind flayers.
@acountryboysopinion6001
Ай бұрын
G.O.T. needs to show the WYVERNS & FIREWORMS on screen NOW. I believe the FIREWORMS are the Ancestors of the DRAGONS.. I'm glad to hear they're coming out with a Prequel series of AEGON'S CONQUEST! I Hope they also cast HENRY CAVILL as AEGON The CONQUEROR! They need to do a PREQUEL Series about OLD VALERIA before & up to the DOOM of VALYRIA! I would LOVE to see the DESTRUCTION of VALERIA during THE DOOM on Screen in LIVE ACTION!
@nemanagaurmyrn8758
Ай бұрын
Sounds like a Valyrian equivalent to the acute radiation syndrome.
@Centristlol
Ай бұрын
My personal theory is that Balerion, sensing Area’s homesickness and desire for adventure, took her to Valyria, his and here ancestral homeland. However, when they arrived, they were attacked by Firewyrms and Balerion got that scar protecting Aerea. Aerea then became infected, possibly from water as he suggests.
@Moneykinda5295
Ай бұрын
From the thumbnail i think it was the xenomorph
@ceciliamiiller
Ай бұрын
a Xenomorph? no way!
@zockerking2061
Ай бұрын
Why not? Its now stated that GoT is in the same universe.
@alexandermendeyev35
2 ай бұрын
Imagine for a moment Aerea had been infected by a Facehugger... a Xenomorph infection in Kings Landing sounds horrible. The place would be swarming with Aliens in days!!
@jamesflowers1295
2 ай бұрын
Dragon tape worms is what I had assumed.
@Darchie
Ай бұрын
Xenomorph?
@Seronu
2 ай бұрын
When I was reading this in F & B, I must have re-read the entire story over 6 or 7 times. It was horrifying. I think Balerion took her to Old Valyria. His home. A rider so young, on a dragon so old and large to a place that experienced a doom possibly related to dark magic... I cannot fathom what monstrosities lurk in deep Valyria. I do wonder, though, WTF could have injured Balerion...
@jjs1300000
2 ай бұрын
@@Seronu Another dragon or a balrog.
@Seronu
2 ай бұрын
@@jjs1300000 It is pretty cool to think wild dragons may still be thriving, or at least surviving, in Valyria.
@1607ag
7 ай бұрын
Has anyone thought that perhaps that this minor story could be a cross over of Elden Ring’s world. George RR Martin did also create that story and with many horrors not unlike what Aerea went thru
@garcalej
2 ай бұрын
Another example of GRR Martin being heavily influenced by Lovecraft: the world he creates is one in which the known world is painfully finite while the unknown infinite. And the further one travels into the unknown, the more unnerving yet tantalizing the discoveries. We still know so little about the Freehold, but what we do know both repulses us and entices us to know more.
@abdallaha92
3 күн бұрын
You're right, it likely isn't firewyrms. But I do have one theory. Parasites live in their hosts, and if these specific parasites need high heat to live, maybe they're the type of parasite to live in dragons and firewyrms.
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