In “House of the Dragon,” the much-anticipated prequel to “Game of Thrones,” HBO “has a precious legacy to preserve, a devoted fiefdom, and enormous pressure to not mess it up,” asarahlarson writes.
,” tells the story of House Targaryen in an era well before our old friends showed up—a hundred and seventy-two years before the death of the Mad King, the opening titles inform us, and the birth of his daughter Daenerys Targaryen. Life in year 172 B.D.T., as I call it, looks familiar: dusty-colored cities and palaces, chandeliers that resemble bonfires, eerily towheaded ruling families, the occasional orgy.
“Every time that golden beast brings you back unspoiled, it saves my head from a spike,” he replies.
That relative is Daemon Targaryen , Viserys’s ambitious, ne’er-do-well younger brother. Like Rhaenyra, he’s a dragon rider—not just anybody can pilot those things—and, also like her, he’s a possible contender for the Iron Throne. The Daemon-Rhaenyra dynamic, and Daemon’s flaxen wig and eyes narrowed in constant scheming, recalls the Targaryens we know best: Daenerys and her brother, also named Viserys, whose death in “Thrones” involved our rejoicing while he encountered a faceful of molten gold.
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