Blackfyre Rebellions: House Targaryen’s greatest enemies

In the Game of Thrones books, the Blackfyres were the greatest enemies of House Targaryen for a hundred years. What happened in the Blackfyre Rebellions and the War of the Ninepenny Kings? Why did Daemon Blackfyre rebel against King Daeron II? How were Bittersteel, Bloodraven and Shiera Seastar involved? Is Young Griff a Blackfyre? What do the Blackfyre Rebellions mean for the fate of the Iron Throne and Westeros in the end of ASOIAF? Get a free audiobook with an Audible Premium Plus trial: http://www.audible.com/asx Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCveZqqGewoyPiacooywP5Ig?sub_confirmation=1 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AltShiftX Twitter: https://twitter.com/altshiftx Alt Shift X Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWW6C71HUEN5iBuX8qq5xxw Bloodraven video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oEqnDAbCfE Quaithe video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqvnwo2I0ZM Dunk & Egg videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn6yDpEottdi2O4BDLn-X3rd6sW4jnjLU Images from The World of Ice and Fire used with permission from Random House. Aegon I and Torrhen art by Chase Stone: https://www.chasestoneart.com/ Targaryen kings art by Amok: https://www.facebook.com/amokanet Aegon I art by Magali Villeneuve: http://www.magali-villeneuve.com/ Robert Baratheon, Daenerys Targaryen art by Hongqi Zhang: https://www.artstation.com/hongqizh1437 Prince Daemon Targaryen, Bittersteel, Second Rebellion art by Marc Simonetti: https://art.marcsimonetti.com/ Bloodraven and Shiera art by Bella Bergolts: https://www.deviantart.com/bellabergolts Rohanne of Tyrosh art: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeanne_lamotte_valois.JPG Myriah Martell art by vvHoHvv XX: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oO08qW Redgrass Field and Mystery Knight graphic novel art by Mike S. Miller: https://www.youtube.com/user/UnderdogMike/ Shiera blood bath art by chillyravenart: https://www.deviantart.com/chillyravenart Bittersteel Shiera Bloodraven, “brother I loved…” art by NaomiMakesArt: https://twitter.com/NaomiMakesArt https://www.instagram.com/naomimakesart/ Barbra Bracken Melissa Blackwood, Bloodraven art by ProKrik: https://www.deviantart.com/prokrik Quentyn Ball art by Manre-Art: https://www.deviantart.com/manre-art Redgrass Field, Barristan Maelys art by Jose Daniel Cabrera Peña and Dhian Prasetya: https://www.artstation.com/thrax Gwayne Corbray and Daemon Blackfyre art by Fadly Romdhani: https://www.artstation.com/fadly_romdhani Three-eyed crow art by Katie Hallaron: https://www.artstation.com/katiehallaron Jaehaerys Daeron Duncan the Small art by Karla Ortiz: http://www.karlaortizart.com/ Bittersteel, Maelys, Rickard art by Mike Hallstein: http://mike-hallstein.deviantart.com/ Ninepenny Kings art by drafturgy: https://twitter.com/drafturgy Salladhor Saan art by Oznerol-1516: https://www.deviantart.com/oznerol-1516 Maelys art by Andréa Boloch: https://www.artstation.com/balduck Quellon art by klaradox: https://klaradox.de/en/ Illyrio art by Tiziano Baracchi: https://www.deviantart.com/thaldir Young Griff art by Borja Pindado: https://www.artstation.com/borjap Young Griff art by Paolo Puggioni: https://www.artstation.com/paolopuggioni Myles Toyne art by gaystannis: https://gaystannis.tumblr.com/ Serra: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Charles_Ross_-_Portrait_of_Jane_Digby.jpg Iron Throne art by Enrique Corominas King Bran art by Fredrick Runtu: https://www.artstation.com/fredrickruntu Great Bastards art by l-livas-l: https://www.deviantart.com/l-livas-l Quaithe art by Lauren K. Cannon: https://www.artstation.com/navate References & further reading: History of Westeros: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkaY5buXM-6ODMSJwTLc-oGUsQ3UFFRRY Steven Attewell: https://towerofthehand.com/blog/2015/02/22-blacks-and-reds-part-i/index.html Butterfly: https://nobodysuspectsthebutterfly.tumblr.com/post/177091940868/question-from-a-non-book-reader-ive-been-reading Mythological Weave of Ice & Fire https://sweeticeandfiresunray.com/2017/07/11/house-blackfyre/ Good Queen Aly: https://goodqueenaly.tumblr.com/post/186769519708/half-of-westeros-supported-daemon-blackfyre BryndenBFish on Daenerys and Young Griff: https://warsandpoliticsoficeandfire.wordpress.com/tag/blood-of-the-conqueror/ Westeros.org forums: https://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/86100-aegon-varys-and-serra-the-backfyre-triangle/ Special thanks to Patrons Cameron Weiss, Michael Appell, Ryan Steele, Triangle Wine Company, Harry, Shane Veglia, Ria McDoodle, Brian Sentient, Tim Cunniff, NotGac, Cara Heller. 0:00 Aegon IV and Daemon 2:51 King Daeron 04:37 Bittersteel and Bloodraven 06:29 First Rebellion 08:34 Second Rebellion 10:34 Third Rebellion 12:01 Great Council 15:01 Fourth Rebellion 16:15 Ninepenny Kings 19:11 Young Griff 23:34 Slayer of Lies 25:59 Green King