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When dragons were first introduced in HBO’s Game of Thrones there was no frame of reference for ‘big vs little’. There were only three dragons in existence and all were owned by Daenerys. Viewers watched as they grew from babies born in a fire to massive sizes but Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion weren’t terribly different in size.
With House of the Dragon, viewers really began to gain an understanding that some dragons were considerably smaller than others. There was one scene in the HOTD ‘Black Queen’ finale where Aemond’s Vhagar was seen in the storm clouds flying above Prince Lucerys ‘Luke’ Velaryon’s immensely smaller Arrax.
The imagery of Vhagar flying above Arrax was a shot that really drove home the massive size discrepancies across the dragons in this world. And since then there have been some great videos and dragon size comparison charts illustrating those discrepancies.
Best Dragon Size Comparison Of Dragons From ‘House of the Dragon’
This Dragon size comparison TikTok from ‘ladydragonjj‘ goes through each known dragon in the House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones world from largest to smallest. Vhagar is the second largest of them all:
@ladydragonjj Replying to @brittanymanwarren #hotd #houseofthedragon #gameofthrones #vhagar #vermithor #baleriontheblackdread #drogon #dragons #dragon #asoiaf ♬ original sound – JJ
Nobody expects you to commit that dragon size comparison to memory but it’s a good jumping off point.
Here is another helpful YouTube video comparing the sizes of all these dragons
If you’re just now ttarting to commit some of those names to memory you’re not alone. Here is another viral tweet dating back to episode 5 that illustrates really well how big/little some of these dragons are:
The sizes of the Dragons going into Episode 5. #HouseOfTheDragon #HOTD pic.twitter.com/UIeO4xaUS1
— out of context house of the dragon (@oochotd) September 15, 2022
Got it? Of course, you do.