How Aerys Became the Mad King - Game of Thrones Lore DOCUMENTARY
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Wizards and Warriors animated fantasy documentary lore video series on GRR Martin's world of Ice and Fire starts out with an episode describing the latter years of the reign of the Targaryen dynasty in Westeros. In this episode of the Game of Thrones universe we will learn more about king Aerys II and how he became known the Mad King leading to the Robert's rebellion. The team behind Kings and Generals and the Cold War channels hopes that you will enjoy this video!
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Writer: Frank Ó'hÁinle
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Map: Adam Ellis Charters
Narration: OfficiallyDevin ( / officiallydevin )
Editing: Kamran Maharramli
Producer: Nurlan Karimov
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The Witcher continantue ?
Dude, I'm not wanting to sound demanding or anything, but I really think you should be a bit more focused on this channel.
What I mean is that I think you should make several videos about a particular setting in a row, that way it feels kind of like you're continuing from where you left off the week before.
Because I like your videos and all, but it can feel a bit deflating when you go from one setting to another nearly every week.
And add something to community post
Please make a video about the Battle for Doldrey from Berserk!!!
proving once again that the sudden transformation of Daenerys into the mad queen doesn't make sense at all. Aerys went mad gradually, and he was already a very vain, jealous and arrogant man. daenerys never showed any signs of madness or any of the traits her father had
Proving once again how wrong you are about Dany's whole arc, she did not go mad that is the point. Dany chose fear over love, and became a tyrant. The merciful became the ruthless, there is no excuse for mental health like Aerys. Dany became Maegor the Cruel
She was raised by murderers cut throats and mercenaries of course she didn't do good in westeros
She had been well on her way to being crazy for quite a while. It just doesn’t seem like it because her insane acts usually had a net positive effect for most involved parties.
Except that time she crucified people without a trial for crimes that may have dissented against…
And that time she burned a woman alive for killing the Khal who led the army that raped and destroyed her entire village.
Dany had plenty of arrogance and cruelty.
All that was required was the spark.
I won’t say the show version wasn’t horribly rushed, but there were at least SOME clues there.
Danerys was vain by every definition. And from her statements like 'but we are not man' to the translator she was jealous of privileges of men. And she a girl of 13-15 in books thought she could rule and govern a kingdom (or any territory) That's the height of arrogance.
You guys have no idea what we have in store for you next week :-)
Something amazing hopefully.
If you are planning another video on Westeros, I suggest the Dance of the Dragons. It's in my opinion the most interesting war in that world. I'd love to see you speak of it
I have plenty of ideas they're just probably wrong.
LFG!!!!
Please be Berserk lore!!!
My grandfather didn't participate in this war. Failed to choose between Robert and the Targaryens. And that is how we lost our noble status. Traumatic, really...
How many grandfathers do you have?????
Again?!
A man truly descended form noble legacies
i'll never get tired of these grandfather jokes, I just love them. i like to think it's the same guy too, just switching universes
Hey, dont forget to tell us about your uncles, brothers, aunts, sisters, father, and friends!
Can't wait for the Greyjoy Rebellion
Lol, *which one* ?
@@Toto-95 THE greyjoy Rebellion, which takes place 10 years before the book A Game of Thrones
It happened shortly after Robert was crowned
@@Toto-95
The one that met his end with Stannis, which still leaves up two of them, but it is funny that it happened twice.
They did it on the other channel. Kings and generals. Go watch it.
Meh. Badz Battles (spelling?) did a good one on that, so no need to repeat it. There's plenty more to explore, like maybe the wars of the Ninepenny Kings.
- Tywin try to marriage Cersei with Rhaegar, not Viserys
-Aerys wad kidnapped for months, and was rescue for Ser Barristan
Just a small correction, my lords, Tywin was hoping to marry his daughter Cersei to Rhaegar, the Prince of Dragonstone and heir of King Aerys, not to Viserys who was the second born son.
He wanted to marry Cersei to a prince. When Aerys declined the offer, he proposed a marriage to young Viserys which was also denied. Still, hoping that sickly wife of Rhaegar would soon die, Tywin delayed the marriage of Cersei.
@@puneetmishra4726 The context they brought forth in the video 'Tywin, a king doesn't marry his heir to his servant's daughter' was said by Aerys when Tywin proposed the match between Rhaegar and Cersei
Big correction, not a small thing :P can u imagine Cersei being wed to VISERYS LOL
@@oconnor6456
Damn... a servant? You'd think even Aerys would recognize Tywin as the Warden of the West that he was... oof
@@TheCandiceWang
Lol, especially cause he'd have been rather young at that time too 😅
Imagine a mini-series around this timeline? So epic.
Roberts Rebellion must be made into a show by HBO... it is the next big event in the history of Westeros after the Dance of the Dragons... just imagine watching the tourney at harrenhal and see rhaegar ride past his wife to crown lyanna... all in the top notch quality production and music that the crew is capable of pulling off....Imagine watching robert vs rhaegar in live action.... I hope to be alive to see it someday
@@oscarbautista4156 It'd be easier to do a show based on Aegon's Conquest or Dunk n' Egg.
I personally think Robert's Rebellion would be preferable as a film.
... and then Arya jumped 50 feet and insta killed the Night King because she swept floors in the house of black and white. The audiences' expectations and suspensions of disbelieve were also slain that day. Although Winter had ended, the world of Westeros faded into oblivion.
It just shit on the whole lore.
Arya didn't, no one did. If only no one had taken the face of an Other first.
She did kill that badass faceless terminator bitch.
Slight mistake, Jon Arryn wasn't Elbert's father but his uncle. I don't know the lore of the show but is how it is in the books.
The show didn't say much about Jon Arryn, despite his death being the trigger for all the events of the books/series.
Also Cersi was meant to be betrothed to Raegar not Viserys
Lore in the show???? You say that as if it exists😂😂😂
@@estevesfilmandgaming3115 It did, up until Season 7...
@@estevesfilmandgaming3115 lmao. Honestly the only reason I thought that was because Dorne and Tyrell Family trees being different in the show. So I thought Dumb and Dumber changed all the major houses.
Gotta appreciate the attention to detail with the "Hear me Roar" Lannister banner. Their House Words are only mentioned once in the books and oft confused with their saying, "A Lannister always pays his debts"
"Hear me Roar" are still the official words of House Lannister in the books
@@the_feedle They are, but they are mentioned only once (except in the appendixes at the end of each volume). Hence my appreciation for detail in this video. It would have been easy to overlook their proper House Words.
@@Darkdaej I think it was mentioned once by Tyrion in A Game of Thrones, and again by Jaime in A Feast For Crows.
Aerys is in the grip of madness and soon the the rest of seven kingdoms will follow.
Can we just take a minute to appreciate how hardcore Robert Baratheon was in his prime? Dude was SCARY
Gods! He was strong.
Killed by a boar 💀
He was a jackass.I hate him.
Robert was literally unstoppable in his prime... imagine a massive tank of a man coming at you with a big ass fucking hammer swinging with full force, with all the intention in the world to shatter every rib you have, and not a single drop of fear of hesitation on him... Only pure, unadulterated fury...
@@oscarbautista4156 I'd say during the Rebellion only Barristan Selmy or Arthur Dayne could have stopped him had they met on the battlefield, and maybe Jaime Lannister as well.
Hey guys, for the people who know me from the LOTR series here on Wizards and Warriors I will also be covering A Song of Ice and Fire for the channel. I hope you enjoy the upcoming series as much as I have in writing it and getting a wonderful opportunity to reread this fantastic series. The one massive thing that writing these scripts has reminded me of and it's useful advice in your every day life, is please don't mess with Ser Barristan Selmy no matter what age he is 🙃
Any suggestions for other series you'd like to see covered are welcome I've read my fair share of great series' over the years but am currently looking for a new fantasy series to read/cover so would love a few recommendations from you.
Please enjoy and I can't wait to share more of our big projects with you all throughout 2022 😁
thank you! if you don't mind, could you guys cover dragon age lore? much complexities and conflicts abound in that series!
u can try Valkiria Chronicles its a Modern fantasy, its not a book but video game, or Berserk the Dark Fantasy Manga
@@geryrespati4242 haven't played the games in years but that is a brilliant suggestion, the Grey Wardens were always a fascinating group to say the least
@@alannolan5126 I have watched the original Berserk anime I found it absolutely incredible, have never really gotten into manga but that is a suggestion that has been sent my way by multiple people so maybe 2022 is a good time to start.
The Elder Scrolls lore could be a cool idea! Or in the case you want to go for a Sci-Fi setting, the Halo franchise is an excelent option!
I love how this sounds exactly like a history video, until you get to the dragons part
George r.r Martin is a big lover of history so he modeled the series after historical events such as the Wars of the roses.
The only difference between fantasy and historical fiction is magic and mythological creatures.
@@tim6454 nah you’re tripping. Magic and gods of nature exist within and outside of the physical world.
@@versatileduplicity9313 yeah I'm the one trippin lol
Jesus this is so gruesome whoever could come up with this
*smiles in george r.r. martin
You forgot to add that the execution of Lady Darklyn is what inspired Aerys to be committed to using wildfire. She was his first victim, as he ordered her to burn at the stake on suspicion of being a witch who had influenced Lord Darklyn into rebellion. Aerys had the makings of a great king, but the Darklyn Rebellion turned that sour. In addition, Tywin wasn't exactly in a rush to save his king. While citing that if he attacked, Lord Darklyn would kill Aerys, but everyone knew of the tension between the two men, so there were suspicions that Tywin was hoping that Rhaegar would be king sooner than later.
There is also his fascination with the guild of Alchemists who made the wildfire for him. They called Aerys the Wise, or the Blessed, since he became their patron. They didn't care what his reputation was, they just loved to have royal sponsorship after that debacle when Aerys' grandfather's brother, Aerion Targaryen, believing he would become a dragon from drinking a glass of wildfire, didn't survive the ordeal. And they had no idea why he wanted their jars of wildfire placed in strategic locations throughout the city of King's Landing...
I haven’t watched the show in a while; is wildfire the totally-not-Greek-fire?
@@jordinagel1184 Yeah
The Alchemist knew damn well what those caches were for.
@@nunyabiznes33 I agree!
Come brothers gather yourselves.
We shall rid our city of those strange fire lovers!!
Damn do I miss Game Of Thrones... I wish they didn't wrap it up like a student turning in homework, but wrote it one hour earlier.
Really waiting for Aegon's conquest, the rebellion of the Faith against Maegor the Cruel, the Dance of Dragons and the Blackfyre Rebellions
On the kings and generals channel they have 5 videos just search “kings and generals GOT” and you should find it
Magor the cruel will be so epic love to see how he lived start to finish.
One small correction:
Jon Arryn was not Elbert Arryns father.
He was his uncle. But still, Elbert was Jons heir, since Jon had no children of his own.
Aside from that, great video. I love to see some people reviving this masterpiece of fiction.
England's history is really interesting, someone should make a book based on it.
@@BrandonAzzarella you must not know what plagiarism is.
@@BrandonAzzarella while I agree that it may not be as original as Tolkien’s world building, deriding it as “plagiarism” is just plain silly. Even Warhammer, where the map is basically just a distorted version of Earth for the most part, isn’t guilty of that, so Westeros isn’t either. There are still enough unique elements to keep it from being a copy under a different name.
@@jordinagel1184 Tolkiens world building.. What made me kiiinda dislike both got and lotr (which I love) is that always when it seems a fair victory for mordor there's always some cav or hidden ambush. Every freaking battle is like that, there's always some hidden cav or plan or who knows what. It's pissing me off I would rather see it as hey mordor one this battle let's give em land than this guys made a pact with these guys, which is what I love about got. Gosh its to long write about it and state my point
@@magistermilitum1206 I mean… Who would make a pact with Mordor? They’ve made it pretty clear that the “Age of Men” is over, so I don’t think any Gondorian would be stupid enough to side with them. Also, Sauron doesn’t negotiate. He won’t be content with being given a bit of land; if he can, he’ll take it all.
@@BrandonAzzarella By that logic you could accuse LoTR of plagiarism of the Bible, I mean the whole early lore is a one to one copy of the bible and lucifer's/satan's rebellion against god and the creation of the Garden of eden and humanity, and even after Melkor is defeated you can clearly see similarities between Tolkien's lore and real history, but that doesn't mean Tolkien's lore is bad or a straight up copy paste, it has many original elements that separate it from it's inspirations and the same applies to g r r Martin's work
how jaehaery I and Daeron ii would weep if they saw such an unworthy king on their throne
Ive always been curious about learning more about the game of thrones universe. Thanks for making this video!
I listen to the books at work. Ever time thru I hear something new
Considering the title, I expected more about Aerys's reign and less about the rebellion. It would have been nice if you covered Aerys as a prince first, with the birth of Rhaegar and the tragedy at Summerhall.
There was not even any mention that he basically forced his sister to marry him. And yes the events leading to Summerhall would have made for good story.
@@nunyabiznes33 wasn't he forced by his grandpa Aegon 5, no?
Won three battles in one day,Ours is the Fury. Good start on SoIaF lore and cant wait for next one.
This is my favorite fantasy world and there’s not even a close second! Wish he would just finish the damn books so that we all could get some closure though.
Correction:
Tywin did not ask for cersei to marry viserys. He asked for cersei to marry Rhaegar
Rhaegar was the first child of Aerys and his sister-wife. Viserys was his second surviving son (he had 3 more and a daughter who died prematurely)
Aerys became a monster, but not without reason. No-one tried to douse the fire of his madness until it grew too large for them to smother.
I enjoyed this episode very much. eagerly waiting for the next installment.
Please do episodes on:
Song of Ice and Fire series - THE DANCE OF THE DRAGONS, the Andal invasion, king maegor's battle against the faith militants, king daeron's conquest of Dorne, the Blackfyre Rebellions, war of the ninepenny kings, the greyjoy uprising, and the long night.
Wheel of Time - The war of the shadow, the breaking of the world, the trolloc wars, the Aiel War, the Seanchan Invasion, and the Battle of Dumai's well.
Foundation Series - The Robot wars, Mule's Conquest of the galaxy.
Dune Series - The Butlerian Jihad, Paul's conquest of the imperium, Honored Matres' Wars.
HERE WE GOOOOO!
Nice video. One thing - Aerys did bemoan/joke about not being able to claim the lord's right to the first night from Joanna but it wasn't abolished during Tywin or Aerys' time, it was abolished long before by Good Queen Alysanne.
Elbert was Jon Arryn's nephew, not son ;)
Also; can't wait for THE KING IN THE NORTH!
I am absolutely loving this channel. Please I beg of you do some Wheel of Time episodes. The fall of Manetheren, the battle of the Two Rives, Dumai's Wells, and of course The Last Battle itself. Please I want to see The Last Battle like this
Yes Wheel of Time has the best large-scale fantasy battles. Some other good ones are The Second Battle of Cairhein, Battle of Maradon, Battle of Malden, and the siege and assault on Tar valon.
Amazing as ever! Love the work you guys are doing. Now if only Book 6 ever gets written...
Game of Thrones & Military history/tactics is the mash-up I didn't deserve, but I needed!
Ahh at long last... a GOT episode!
Amazing work. I love seeing you guys treat these fantasy battles with respect, similar to historical ones. Really cool stuff
I already loved kings and generals but this channel is on new level it basically everything I love in one channel fantasy and sci fi worlds combined with epic battles and cool backstorys
Great video as always!! LOVE the ASOIAF series and all the lore surrounding It.
If I may just nitpick at something, I'd say the 3D style depicted kind of shocked me. I really LOVE the classic drawings of your channnels.
Anyways, GREAT STUFF here. Cannot wait to ser the rest of the Rebellion.
Another great vid. I'd REEEAAAALLLLY LOVE to see you take on the Battle of Dumai's Wells from Wheel of Time. IMO the most epic battle of modern fantasy.
This is awesome. A captivating listen for sure if you don't know the specifics of the non televised lore. I'll definitely be watching more.
I am so happy yall have created this channel!! I have been binge watching Kings and Generals and you have now combined my love of historical detail and annulus with my love of fantasy and sci-fi. Thank you thank you thank you so much.
Ps I would love to see some dragonlance or other DnD lore explored if the needed information exisits.
The animation keeps getting better and better
I'm loving all this content. Great work . Keep it coming m8
Let's gooo!! Can't wait for the series to continue! Keep up the great work 👍
Great video! Really well made! One correction it was Rhaegar that Tywin wanted to marry Cersei to not Viserys.
Incredible animations, every video a work of art.
lets goo was just watching your latest vid never fail to amaze looking forward for more!
i think Aerys II had PTSD from the defiance. either that or from the tragedy of summerhall.
He likely had ptsd from both tbh. Summerhall made him paranoid and depressed, the early death of his father made his stressed and over protective of his family and himself, and the defiance of duskendale reinforced his mad beliefs until he went into a spiral
@@chandlerdoeswhatifs9399 agreed
Great stuff, looking forward to this series guys 😊
This is such a deep universe.. Cheers for the vídeos, top quality!
I think the Darklyn kidnapping was planned by Tywin to get rid or Arys but Selmy ruined it.
Finally Asoiaf.. I waited so long.
I was meaning to ask you guys,since you already did several videos on GoT battles on your "Kings and Generals" channel,shouldent you include them over here or are you simply including battles/histories that transpired in ASOFAI books (not the show).Anyways nice.
I hope they use the books exclusively and don't put the bullshit in the show in this channel.
Yeees more of this please!! A song of ice and fire content is the way!
We need a prequel showing the entire era and rise and fall of the max king and roberts rebellion
Aery’s ego and pressure to get an heir/be the best king ever got to him and turned him insane. I think a grain of humility would have helped him.
Really enjoying the content you guys are making! I would love to see more witcher though you guys got me hooked!
I think you guys forgot about the Battle of the Bells where Robert was hiding from Jon Connington, and Jon looked in all houses but the people helped Robert hide until the morning when Robert and his men ambushed Connington's forces when the town's bells started ringing. That defeat caused Aerys to exile Connington. And its also the inspiration for the scene in GoT where Dany destroys Kingslanding when the bells were rung to signal their surrender. In books Connington was laminating bout how he did what Tywin would've done at the town but someone told him that Tywin would have burned the town instead
That's going to be in the next video probably, in this Aerys just named Connington his Hand
I've been waiting for this
THANK YOU!! :)
looking forward to next
I'm convinced that Aerys thought the only way to save everybody from becoming an ice zombie was to burn then before they coukd turn & that's why he went nuts.
Big fan of 2 of your channels now. Much love from the Philippines. :)
Yesssssss more GOT please, I miss these! Also keep up the amazing work!!!!!!!
Now this is the kind of content that I go on CZcams for 😍
I am looking forward to this. I just came across this channel from your link on your kings and generals channel. Are the 5 videos of battles the only other videos that have been uploaded so far for got?
This is the normal sounding fantasy battle ive ever heard of
Wow I am intrigued.
Nice animation!
I was looking for this profile and I don’t know why it never came up, and now it randomly pops up in my feed. Finally 😅
Damn amazing episode again!
Hoping battle of the trident comes next
This style plus fantasy and your voice wiunderful
cant wait for the next video on this
Great video
Love this channel, great idea bois. I hope you cover some of the history described in Fire and Blood. Especially the Dance of the Dragons, can get a little confusing imo.
It was re-reading Fire and Blood recently that I couldn't remember Tywin Lannister's first name. I've seen the TV series, many episodes twice, I've read all the books twice, I've listened to the audiobooks twice. My brain is fuct. 😢
Loved it!
I am so excited for this
Game of Thrones is an amazing show! I recommend watching the first five seasons to be inmersed with the lore and the rest of the seasons are optional fanfiction.
Love this stuff.
Looking forward for all the ASoIaF stuff and can’t wait for Stormlight Archive stuff (I hope you’ll make some)
I really love all your content. So thanks for that.
The LOTR an Got content really refueled my interest in all your video.
On the other hand, I want to point out that the advertisings really spoil the fun. I know you guys have contracts or deals with several parties. It's part of the deal I guess.
Thanks again for all the work you put into these video's!
Please consider the Malazan Book of the Fallen. I'd love to see you tackle the Chain of Dogs, the Siege of Capustan, or the Last Siege of Y'ghatan.
Hey guys...I think a little moderation and community response is needed, this is the first video I've seen that had this much corrections under its comments and not discussion of the events in the video.
This is so cool, such a neat channel
There was one survivor of Brandon's retinue, Ethan Glover who somehow managed to not only survive the executions but was able to live to join Eddard in his rescue of Lyanna.
A fun channel, thanks
Very nice video
It's a long shot, but I hope your team would consider two possible universes:
1. Glen Cook's Black Company
2. Steven Erikson & Ian Esslemont's Malazan series
The Black Company is a fantastic storyline. Getting ready to read them all again for probably the 10th time. They would be an outstanding series much like Game of Thrones became. Many dynamic characters, places, & action. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Waiting for the dance of the dragons civil war
I’m eager for more Star Wars videos, you know!
I love it guys 😁👍
Very good! wow!
superb
My missus is a Lady. I thought it would be a hilarious gift a few years back as she already acted like one hahaha
As always great video in general.
Although I must say this 3D artstyle looks really bad. Many of these characters look so much different in their book descriptions and when you use 3D, it is not very simple to implement those changes. My recommendation is if you can ditch this artstyle and replace it with a decent 2D one, this would be a perfect video. Additionally if you can change the iron throne to its book version as well, that would be a great addition.
There I was thinking that I am the only one with the same impression. It looks like a failed porn video game really…
The previous 2d illustrations about got in the kings and generals channel were more vibrant and stylish.
Eek! I can't wait for more GOT videos as all though I haven't watched it or read the books it seems like an interesting world , strangely a few other channels also created a GOT series but abbandonded it so I have faith you guys, as the sister Channel of kings and generals would upload amazing GOT content to youtube!
Need to find out about sir Dunc and Egg. Last I heard, Egg was offering up his ring to some sketchy characters.
"Tywin would remember this." a summary of this entire video XD
Finally finally finally