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In its hour-long opening episode, the series has already given fans everything they've come to expect — gratuitous violence, political plots, and most importantly: a reference to the prophecy of the A Song of Ice and Fire in an incredible scene.
Despite all these aspects, we cannot forget that The Dragon House is a new series and has only links and some references to the series Game of Thrones. Even with all their differences, we couldn't miss out on so much information or even ignore them.
Come check out what's been shown about the past of the Seven Kingdoms and the characters we love.
A story almost 200 years before Game of Thrones 2co6q
Separated for nearly 200 years, The Dragon House is a story of its own, chronicling one of the most important events in the history of the Seven Kingdoms. Known to fans as The Dance of the Dragons, family civil war Targaryen is carried out by Rhaenyra Targaryen, the Crown Princess of Westeros.
In the initial episode, and even before the clashes, the story introduced the characters that will be fundamental to the development of the war. When meeting the brothers viserys e Daemon, king and prince respectively, we can see the beginning of confrontations regarding the king's lack of male heirs.
In the same plot of the first episode, two characters are presented that, outside the core of the royal family, will be of extreme importance: Alicent and your father, Otto High Tower. This introduction has already shown a portion of what we can expect in the next episodes. To start, the plot is focused on the search for the heir of viserys and how all the other characters follow this chase.
Realizing the risk of not having a child, viserys ends up sacrificing his wife and, unfortunately, his only child. Disbelieving in the future, the king ends up ing the crown to his daughter, Rhaenery. This quest and fall of the king is important for two aspects of the show: the first is for the story of the Rhaenery and for the easter egg most awaited by fans Game of Thrones.
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Despite only being mentioned in The Dragon House and Game of Thrones, Aegon Targaryens never had an interpretation or explanation on screen. Considered by fans as one of the main Targaryen, the character was the conqueror of the Seven Kingdoms, being the one who united them all in a single kingdom, and the first king Targaryen.
However, after the first episode of The Dragon House, the first dragon now has a new milestone. The royal family's secret was revealed by the King Viserys, when telling his daughter about his succession plan rhaenira.
in front of the body of baleon, the dragon of Aegon the conqueror, the king informs that he needs to tell his daughter a secret, considered as the “secret of the crown”. “It is important that you listen to me and understand,” the king says to his daughter. He then confesses to the audience that he was Aegon who predicted that the world of men will end Winter and King of the Night.
Because it was not just a dream, the prophecy was named after The Song of Ice and Fire, which would later be known as A Song of Ice and Fire, referring to one of the main stories of Game of Thrones. ing that this prophecy refers to the two protagonists, Jon Snow e Daenrys Targaryen.
At the end of the scene and the confession, rhaenira confirms the importance by saying: “from my blood comes the Prince that was Promised, from him comes A Song of Ice and Fire”.
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Because it is a The prequel, many years before the family Stark, or the rise of Lannister e Baratheon, as shown in the series, it is normal that The Dragon House some information. For now, the only direct link to Game of Thrones has been the prophecy of the Aegon, but there are still some details.
Thinking about the fans who may not have noticed, and not be as obvious as the secret of the crown, we brought some.
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known in Game of Thrones like the royal city patrol, the golden cloaks had their origin illustrated by the arc of Daemon, the brother of viserys. Presented as a problem by Otto High Tower, the hand of the king, the prince ends up being responsible for the security of the city.
Creating an army that wears golden cloaks, the are shown to be violent and merciless, just like the commander. One of the ages already existing in the books about the violence of the guard was shown to the public, when Daemon march through the city, picking up criminals and executing sentences without court and with great violence.
This fame of golden cloaks can be seen in Game of Thrones, especially when the Queen Cersei Lannister commends them to capture Ned Stark, which was the hand of the King.
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Speech, known to be shouted by Daenerys in the 8 seasons of Game of Thrones, this is an order for the dragon to release fire. And how did we miss seeing a dragon breathing fire for free on the show?
However, this time it was a special and symbolic scene for the protagonist. During her mother's funeral, Rhaerya commands your dragon with the words "Dracarys“. In addition to a demonstration of the series' future dragons, the scene also represents the funeral of the ancestors. Targaryen — where the deceased is incinerated by the flames of a dragon.
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even further than The Dragon House, but mentioned in both series, the valyria's prophecy once again proved to be a landmark in the Targaryen. Because the season is centered around their family, many viewers wonder what it's all about. Valyria, or even why the Targaryen ran away from there?
Valyria It was the most southeastern land in the world from Westeros, closer to the Free Cities. Known for being in a sandy desert and close to 4 volcanoes, it was the original home of the Targaryen. It was from there that the family brought the dragons and also the valyrian steel, much mentioned in the weapons of Game of Thrones.
The prophecy was made by daenys, ancestor of Aegon, more than 400 years before A Song of Ice and Fire. The story tells that daenys dreamed of the destruction of the land, and his family decided to abandon the lands of Valyria to live in Westeros.
years later, Valyria it was destroyed by a catastrophic event from the volcanoes, leaving no other families or dragons. Therefore, the family Targaryen became the only one known to have dragons in her possession and swords with the special steel. both in Game of Thrones or in The Dragon House, this part of the story is mentioned a lot, either by the weapons or by the history of daenys with your visions.
With that reference-filled start, we're looking forward to the next episode of The Dragon House, which will be available on Sunday (28) on the platforms of HBO. While we wait, tell us: what reference or story of GoT what do you most want to see?
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