They have readily available Valyrian steel, for both weapons and jewelry.Īnd the dragons themselves date from Valyria even if the now-dead Balerion was the last actually born there, the dragons come from Valyria’s volcanic Fourteen Flames just as much as the human Targaryens do. Characters speak the language of High Valyrian not just to issue the dracarys command (though that comes, too), but to converse casually. The episode also contains numerous reminders of the Targaryens’ origins in Valyria, their ancestral home-which only the Velaryons, among all other Westerosi powers, share. The immense skull of Balerion the Black Dread-the largest dragon in Westeros, the former mount of both Viserys and Aegon the Conqueror, and thus the symbol and source of Targaryen might-towers over the king and his daughter in a crucial conversation near episode’s end. A more elaborate Iron Throne sprawls in the Red Keep, and dragon statues dot the capital city. Silver hair seemingly fills the screen, and banners bearing the Targaryen sigil drape over every wall. But for now, the Targaryens thrive, and their aesthetics-relatively new to the screen, after families like the Starks and Lannisters dominated Thrones-overwhelm the pilot episode.
War is coming eventually, of course such is the premise of the show. None have known real war,” Rhaenys, the so-called Queen Who Never Was, says during a jousting tournament, calling back to Catelyn Stark’s “knights of summer” jab in Thrones. “These knights are as green as summer grass. The Targaryens’ power is absolute, their ultimate weapons flourishing, their realm at relative peace for decades. Viserys’s reign is “the apex of Targaryen power in Westeros,” featuring more living dragons than any previous or subsequent time, explains Fire & Blood, the historical tome that serves as the basis of the Dragon adaptation. In this age, dragons are not a miraculous rarity, but the reason for an entire infrastructure built up around their unique abilities and needs. And when she lands, the details more fully flesh out the difference from Dany’s day: Rhaenyra has a true saddle with which to ride, and dragon keepers to care for Syrax, and a massive structure-the Dragonpit, thriving and active-for her dragon to call home. In that show, when Daenerys’s dragons take to the skies, crowds watch in wonder and terror because they’ve never viewed a dragon before when Rhaenyra flies above King’s Landing, the masses below scarcely notice the common, if wondrous, occurrence above. Princess Rhaenyra, daughter of King Viserys I, soars atop her mount, Syrax-and the very pattern of her flight reveals plenty of new information about the world these characters inhabit, nearly 200 years before the events of Thrones. Immediately after the family’s logo fades, the camera shoots skyward to track a dragon ride. Introducing Daemon Targaryen, Your New ‘House of the Dragon’ Problematic Fave Well, Well, Well: Turns Out ‘House of the Dragon’ Is Pretty Dang Good What You Need to Know Before Seeing ‘House of the Dragon’ĭragon’s pilot episode showcases the might and majesty of the Targaryen dynasty at its peak, never losing that focus from the jump. Dragon expresses this dynamic from the very beginning: Rather than a large map, its opening title unfolds much more simply, as a three-headed dragon, the Targaryen sigil, appears in the center of the screen. This is a contained story about (mostly) one place and (mostly) one family, and an internal civil war rather than external strife. From the get-go, the series’ canvas spanned continents and vast sets of characters and their families.īut in its first episode Sunday night, House of the Dragon restricts its scope to King’s Landing the entire time, aside from an opening scene heavy with expositional narration.
Martin’s fictional world, fitting for a show that, in its pilot episode, journeyed north to Winterfell, the Wall, and the woods beyond south to King’s Landing and east to Pentos. Thrones’ thrilling title sequence formed a map that zoomed around George R.R. (Or Stark, given the shift in families featured in this new show.)
As early as the opening credits, the differences between Game of Thrones and its prequel spinoff, the newly premiered House of the Dragon, are stark.
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