On Sunday night, August 21, HBO debuted the long-awaited series premiere of its 'Game of Thrones' prequel, 'House of the Dragon.'
prequel takes us a couple of centuries into the past. In Episode 1, there are already whispers of a foreboding, oncoming “winter.” The Targaryen family occupies King’s Landing, and the series begins by showing us how King Viserys came to power.
He seems to spend most of his time on the throne fretting about a lack of male heirs, given that he only has a daughter . Her constant companion is Alicent Hightower, the daughter of Otto Hightower — Hand of the King to Viserys. A production still from “The Heirs of the Dragon,” Episode 1 of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon.” Image source: HBO, Viserys’ wife Aemma goes into labor, but there are complications. The grand maester tells the king, who was desperate for a son, that he can perform an operation to try and save the child. But the ensuing blood loss will kill the mother.’ style, the birth is a disturbing, stomach-churning scene. The queen dies. Shortly thereafter, so does the baby boy.
Viserys eventually decides that, despite the fact that no woman has ever before ruled the realm, the choice of Alcock’s Rhaenyra as his successor is a no-brainer. The last we see, for now, of Daemon is of him riding off on a dragon accompanied by a former prostitute that he’d grown close to. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Life is short, brutal, bloody, and cold in Westeros. And if you’re not fighting to hold on to power, you’re scheming night and day to figure out how to get your hands on it.
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