(Viserys): The days of the Andals were numbered.
One by one, their so-called kings were bending the knee
or facing the wrath of Aegon Targaryen.
Aegon of old Valyria, Aegon who was blood of the dragon.
After defeating the lronmen at Harrenhal
and slaying the last of the Storm Kings,
Aegon and his sisters, Rhaenys and Visenya,
set their sights on other prizes -
the gold mines of the Rock
and the fertile lands of the Reach.
King Loren Lannister of the Rock
and King Mern Gardener of the Reach
foolishly thought their combined armies
could beat back the Targaryen host.
They rode forth together,
their proud banners flapping in the wind,
and faced off against Aegon in a vast golden field of wheat.
The two kings commanded a massive force of nearly 60,000,
and it appeared the day was theirs.
Until Aegon unleashed all three of his dragons,
for the first and only time.
Each beast was named after the Valyrian gods of Aegon's forefathers.
Visenya rode Vhagar,
whose fiery breath could melt armor.
Rhaenys rode Meraxes,
whose jaws were big enough to swallow a horse whole.
The greatest of all... was Balerion the Black Dread,
with fire dark as night and wings so huge,
whole towns were covered in shadow when he flew overhead.
This magnificent creature was ridden by Aegon himself.
4,000 men were bathed in glorious dragon flame that day,
on what came to be known as the Field of Fire.
King Mern was among the dead,
and House Gardener died with him.
His stewards, the Tyrells,
surrendered his ancestral stronghold of Highgarden to Aegon,
and were appointed Lords Paramount of the Reach
and Wardens of the South.
When Loren Lannister witnessed Mern's fate,
he wisely bent the knee.
Aegon spared Loren's life
and the Lannisters were made Lords Paramount of the Westerlands
and Wardens of the West.
After his triumph on the Field of Fire,
Aegon's conquest was assured.
In a short time, the so-called Seven Kingdoms
were melted down in the heat of the dragons' flame
and transformed into a single realm.
Aegon would forever be known...
as Aegon the Conqueror.