Balerion, the Black Dread, is a historically important dragon, but what made him so special? After one and a half seasons, House of the Dragon depicts the dragon battles that fans cried out for.

Though Balerion survived for almost a hundred years after the conquest of Westeros, he died in 94 AC, which is during King Jaehaerys I reign. At the start of House of the Dragon, ...

What big teeth you have, Balerion HBO "It is the most challenging piece that the sculpture department hafs created," Fitzsimons adds. "There was a lot of sculpture work in Season 7, and time was a ...

During House of the Dragon, Vhagar is the largest dragon in Westeros. Vhagar is the second-biggest dragon in history behind only Balerion, the Black Dread. Vhagar is much bigger than Drogon from ...

Balerion’s scales and wings were black. So was his fire, but there were occasional swirls of red. He was so powerful that his flames could melt steel and stone, as well as fuse sand into glass.

While it’s confirmed that we will see dragons of a comparable scale to Balerion in Game of Thrones by the end of the series, it took the Black Dread at least 100 years to get to the size he did ...

Balerion's fire also forged the Iron Throne. Balerion, Meraxes and Vhagar were believed to be the last surviving dragons from Valyria, though dragons pop up in cultures all over Essos.

Game of Thrones‘ Balerion, who, at the time of his death (at the ripe age of 200), measured an estimated 450 feet long–one and a half times the length of a football field.