Balerion

House

Targaryen

Standing

Dead Died of old age in the Red Keep about twenty years before the series opens. His skull is in the cellars.

Riders

Aegon the Conqueror, Viserys I Targaryen

Size

The largest dragon ever ridden. His fire melted the towers of Harrenhal into slag in a single day.

On screen

S1E1

The dragon the dynasty is measured against. Every Targaryen on this page is either riding something smaller or explaining why they cannot ride at all.

Where it turns up

1. S1E1 Viserys shows Rhaenyra the skull under the Red Keep and tells her the idea that they control dragons is a delusion they have been fortunate to survive.

Connected to

• Viserys I Targaryen
• Targaryen

Sources

• S1E1
• Fire & Blood