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In the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye, Maegor used Balerion to kill his nephew Prince Aegon and his dragon Quicksilver. After the completion of the Red Keep, Maegor began construction of the Dragonpit to house Balerion, Vhagar, and other dragons. After Maegor's death, Balerion returned to Dragonstone. Princess Aerea
When Maegor's nephew, Prince Aegon Targaryen, attempted to claim the Iron Throne from his uncle, Maegor mounted Balerion to kill Aegon and his dragon Quicksilver during the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye.
While Jon Snow fights his way through Winterfell trying to reach Bran, he is spotted by the dragon and is almost killed by blue fire. As Jon comes out of hiding, Viserion readies himself to kill him, but Arya Stark kills the Night King, severing the magic used to reanimate him and causing the dragon to drop dead instantly.
The Battle Above the Gods Eye was an aerial duel that took place in the skies above Harrenhal and the Gods Eye between two of the most powerful dragons, Vhagar and Caraxes, and their riders, Prince Aemond Targaryen and Prince Daemon Targaryen, during the civil war called the Dance of the Dragons.
At the start of the Dance of the Dragons, Daemon landed Caraxes atop Kingspyre Tower during the assault on Harrenhal. Atop Caraxes later in the civil war, Daemon challenged Aemond Targaryen and Vhagar at Harrenhal. All four were killed in the ensuing Battle Above the Gods Eye.
The Targaryens kept dragons in Westeros for approximately 150 years, roughly half of their dynasty. After the dragons died, their preserved skulls were put on display in the Red Keep.
He later killed the smaller dragon Quicksilver in the Battle Beneath the Gods Eye and his rider Aegon II, Maegor's nephew. After Maegor died (by his own hand or by assassination is not known), Balerion returned to Dragonstone and made his lair there.
