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Yeah the original conquering trio were gifted tacticians and strategists. One reason why Rhaenys fell was that of the three she liked flying most and was probably too much of an aesthete and daredevil whereas Aegon and Visenya were colder and more rational.

A lot of readers didn't like Dance of the Dragons or the fake-history stuff because a lot of the dragons went down as chumps. I agree. The exception is of course the Duel over God's Eye between Daemon and Aemond One-Eye. I think GRRM fell into temptation for making the prequel too overwhelming. He wanted to make it a big Just-So Story of how the dragons disappeared and made it all go away too quickly...when it should have been a gradual step-by-step process. The storming of the dragonpit was not something I liked especially much.