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We whitethorn cognize something astir the Targaryens.
The highly-anticipated Game of Thrones prequel bid House of the Dragon closes retired its archetypal season on HBO Oct. 23, leaving everyone anxious to find retired however the brewing Targaryen civilian warfare (a.k.a. The Dance of Dragons) volition play out.
Based connected the Fire & Blood novel by George R. R. Martin, House of the Dragon takes spot 200 years earlier the events of Game of Thrones when House Targaryen rules implicit Westeros—but things are tenuous. The Targaryen household is divided aft King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) names Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy), the King's first-born kid and daughter, the heir. But her presumption is aboriginal challenged by Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney), the King's lad who is conceived aft Rhaenyra, is declared the heir.
The in-fighting results successful a decades-long civilian war, pitting Rhaenyra's supporters against those of Aegon. And, acknowledgment to a dedicated Game of Thrones re-watch, we've learned a spot astir the outcome.
As Game of Thrones fans volition apt recall, the Targaryens were represented connected the bid by Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) and, successful play 1 anyway, her brother Viserys (Harry Lloyd).
So, what clues did Game of Thrones drop astir the Targaryens of centuries past? Keep speechmaking to find out.
Which members of the Targaryens were featured successful Game of Thrones?
In summation to Daenerys and Viserys, Aemon Targaryen (Peter Vaughan) appeared passim the series. Known arsenic the last known Targaryen successful Westeros, helium was the great-uncle of Daenerys and Viserys.
In the play 7 finale, it is yet revealed that Jon Snow's (Kit Harington) begetter is Rhaegar Targaryen (Wilf Scolding) and that his commencement sanction is Aegon VII Targaryen, making him the heir to the Iron Throne and Daenerys' cousin.
Why is the House Targaryen household histrion truthful intertwined?
Well, simply put, they truly liked to wed each other.
According to Game of Thrones, the household had a estimation for inter-marrying siblings successful an effort to support the bloodline pure.
This tendency for purity caused immoderate problems further down the line, arsenic the inbreeding sometimes produced, err, familial issues, for deficiency of amended words. "Madness and greatness are 2 sides of the aforesaid coin," Lord Varys (Conleth Hill) said of the Targaryens successful play eight. "Every clip a caller Targaryen is born, the gods flip the coin successful the aerial and the satellite holds its enactment to spot however it volition land."
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What astir the dragons?
Though Daenerys is referred to arsenic the "Mother of Dragons" throughout Game of Thrones, determination truly aren't that galore dragons near live successful precocious 200 AC. In the series, Daenerys laments the information that the dragons were held captive successful King's Landing after the Dance of the Dragons astir drove the taxon to extinction.
"A dragon is not a slave. They were terrifying, extraordinary," Daenerys tells Jon astir the dragons successful play seven. "They filled radical with wonderment and awe, and we locked them successful here. They wasted away. They grew small. And we grew small, arsenic well."
You can see the dragons successful their afloat glory successful House of The Dragon. After all, it's successful the name.
Who wins the Dance of the Dragons?
We person King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) to convey for this reveal. During a play 3 scene, Joffrey tells his fiancée Margaery Tyrell (Natalie Dormer), "Rhaenyra Targaryen was murdered by her brother, oregon alternatively his dragon. It ate her portion her lad watched."
While Game of Thrones hints that Aegon yet defeats Rhaenyra, fans of the publication mightiness support that her broadside yet wins. Why? Well, because Rhaenyra's lad with Daemon, Aegon III, inherited the Iron Throne aft his uncle (also named Aegon) died.
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Get acceptable for much fire, much humor and plentifulness much Targaryens erstwhile House of the Dragon—which besides stars Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint and Rhys Ifans—airs its finale at 9 p.m. connected HBO.
(A mentation of this communicative primitively published Aug. 19 astatine 6 a.m. PT.)
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