'Game of Thrones' director Matt Shakman describes what viewers can expect of Daenerys' dragons on the HBO hit's upcoming season. “The dragons this year are the size of 747s,” Shakman, George R.R. Martin Admits His Dragons Couldn’t Beat Tolkien’s Smaug in a Fight. 'Game of Thrones' creator talks enlisting two superfans to help write new series companion, 'The World of Ice In Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire, Balerion the Black Dread was the dragon of King Aegon I Targaryen, known also as Aegon the Conqueror, who helped the king to win the War of Conquest. Named after a Valyrian god, Balerion was massive and powerful; said to be big enough that his shadow while flying swallowed whole towns. He could swallow horse and rider whole and his flame, black Published on July 20, 2022 04:45PM EDT. "War is afoot" — and so are changes to the Westeros hierarchy. There's no time for peace in the official trailer for HBO's Game of Thrones prequel, House In Season 7, Drogon's comparable to a Boeing 747 plane, Game of Thrones showrunners say. Meanwhile Viserion is roughly three times smaller, according to fan calculations. Dragons also famously Game of Thrones' Lena Headey Set to Star in Short Thriller Long Pork. Tessarion is one of the more unusual dragons in this list, with little known about the extent of its powers. Though of fighting size, the dragon was very young while playing a major role in some of the larger battles in Westeros' history. All of House Targaryen's Dragons beginning from Balerion and the others they brought from Valyria to Dragonstone Game of Thrones / ASoIaFNew Dragon info fro dT3Go.