Head to head
Balerion vs Vermithor
Size, rider, era and recorded fate side by side — strictly what the source material establishes, with no invented outcome.
Balerion
Balerion the Black Dread — the largest dragon in ASOIAF history. Aegon's mount, born in Valyria before the Doom, whose fire forged the Iron Throne.
- Rider
- Daenys Targaryen (House of the Dragon canon) → Aegon I Targaryen (the Conqueror) → Maegor I Targaryen (the Cruel) → Aerea Targaryen → Viserys I Targaryen
- Size
- Colossal
- Era
- Aegon's Conquest
- House
- Targaryen
- Status
- Dead
Vermithor
Vermithor the Bronze Fury, mount of Jaehaerys the Conciliator and the third-largest dragon in Westeros. Later claimed by the dragonseed Hugh Hammer.
- Rider
- King Jaehaerys I Targaryen 'the Conciliator' → Hugh Hammer
- Size
- Colossal
- Era
- Dance of the Dragons
- House
- Targaryen
- Status
- Dead