‘House of the Dragon’, the Targaryen series 300 years before ‘Game of Thrones’

The the story of the Targaryen family is told ‘House of the Dragon’, the first spin off of’ Game of Thrones’, the successful television adaptation of George RR Martin’s literary saga, A Song of Fire and Ice. Set 300 years before everything that happened in GOT, the prequel seeks to bring the never-before-known realm of the House of Dragons to the screen.

During the transmission of “Game of Thrones”, the Targaryen family aroused a lot of interest because little was known about it: the only connection with that house of Westeros was its latest descendant, Princess Daenerys (Emilia Clarke), who was one of the favorite characters of the series.

Since then, the public has wanted to learn more about the Targaryens and their story finally comes with the prequel of ‘game of Thrones’,’House of the Dragon’. It tells the story of this family that reigned on Westeros for a long time and that three centuries earlier the one they lived in in GOT faced their biggest dilemma: to let a woman sit on the Iron Throne and have the power. to reign

The realm of the Targaryens in “House of the Dragon”

The story of ‘House of the Dragon ‘focuses on Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), born legitimate heir to the Iron Throne as the eldest daughter of King Viserys (Paddy Considine). However, being born a woman has put the rulers of the kingdom in a great dilemma, as never before has a woman had the right to reign over Westeros.

In ‘House of the Dragon’, the kingdom is divided between those who accept that Rhaenyra leads the Seven Kingdoms as the “law” dictates … or, on the other hand, be even more orthodox and follow the “norm” that only a male can lead Westeros and thus wait for the male who should take the Iron Throne, such as the brother of King Viserys and husband of the same queen, Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith), or even the king’s son who is on his Street.

Originally, ‘House of the Dragon’ is based on George RR Martin’s ‘Fire and Blood’, one of the books that are part of the literary saga of A Song of Fire and Ice and therefore of the ‘Game of Thrones’ universe. .

This novel narrates the civil war known as The Dance of the Dragons, where the Targaryens fight each other to decide who will rule; but it is possible that the first season of HOTD only deals with the pre-war conflict.