The events take place 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Stormborn, when the incestuous family still controlled an arsenal of nearly 20 dragons and comfortably sat upon the Iron Throne. While Fire & Blood is a fictional history tome that spans generations of Targaryen kings, the events in House of the Dragon singularly focus on the end of the fourth Targaryen king’s peaceful reign. This particular battle of succession is also explored in two novellas, The Princess and the Queen and The Rogue Prince. House of the Dragon will follow the Dance of the Dragons, a Targaryen civil war that took place in Westeros and is referenced in Fire and Blood and The World of Ice and Fire. “The threat of war looms,” says one of those blond, brooding Targaryens in the final promo, below. “(Only to have your heart broken later when … but no, that would be telling).” From the trailer to the cast to the story lines, here’s everything that’s been revealed about the project taking us back to Martin’s universe.

“Ryan and Miguel have done an amazing job, and the cast … just as with GAME OF THRONES, most viewers will only have heard of a few of the actors, but I think you are going to fall in love with a lot of them,” he added. And loved it. It’s dark, it’s powerful, it’s visceral … just the way I like my epic fantasy,” Martin wrote on his blog in December 2021. “I’ve seen a rough cut of the first episode. Although it may be difficult to live up to the expectations set by its epic, record-breaking predecessor, the first episode of House of the Dragon is already George R.R. Starring Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, and Emma D’Arcy, among others, the show is the only GOT prequel currently green-lit despite at least three others reportedly in the works (a moment of silence for the Naomi Watts spinoff that never was). It feels like ages since HBO announced August 21 as the release date for House of the Dragon, a Game of Thrones “successor show” that follows a Targaryen civil war taking place in Westeros 300 years before the events of the original series, but we finally have the full trailer.

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