“A Woman Has Never Ruled Western Continent” but Rhaenyra tries in “House of the Dragon”

The past of “Game of Thrones” was born with “House of the Dragon”, the spin off that serves as a prequel to the adaptation of A Song of Fire and Ice, the literary saga of George RR Martin. In it, Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) tries to do what no woman has achieved in this universe: reign over Westeros.

The story of ‘House of the Dragon ‘chronicles Rhaenyra Targaryen’s attempt to be the queen of Westeros as a legitimate heir to the Iron Throne. Being a woman will be a great obstacle to reach it, even though she is the direct heir of the crown; Despite this, she will fight with all her strength to be able to claim what belongs to him since birth, even by addressing the stereotypes of his time.

The official trailers for “House of the Dragon” revealed something about its history, but the most recent extended trailer released at San Diego Comic Con 2022 made it clear what Rhanyra Targaryen’s fight is, against who and why.

The young heir to the Iron Throne faces the other heir, her uncle Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith), who will later become her husband. Although the great threat to her is who her friend was in her childhood, Alice Hightower (Olivia Cooke), but later her stepmother; because she would like to give birth to a male heir to the Iron Throne as the wife of King Viserys (Paddy Consedine), father of Rhaenyra.

Despite adversity and protests, Rhanyra Targaryen will do her best to mark the history of her world and do what until then no woman had ever been able to do: inherit the Iron Throne and reign over the whole of Western Continent. having the Seven Kingdoms under his orders.

“House of the Dragon” dragons coming to HBO

Two years after “Game of Thrones” ended on HBO, his legacy continues with the I have the prequel, ‘House of the Dragon’, on the same streaming platform and will be released very soon. After a series of previews that have intrigued the public, the series counts the days to finally arrive at the digital catalog.

‘House of the Dragon’ will debut on August 21 on HBO Max, so far it is not known if all its chapters will arrive at the same time or if, instead, one will be broadcast weekly as has happened with other series of this platform and as has happened with “The Game of Thrones “during its final seasons.