

The Targaryens will dominate the ranks of major characters. Members of the two families most central to Thrones will be present on the new show, but more as peripheral characters than central protagonists or villains.Įarly Thrones was about a civil war between two families Dragon is about a civil war within a family. You’ll note that none of the four characters above are Starks or Lannisters.


This show is about the lead-up to and progression of the Dance of the Dragons, the Targaryen civil war that took place about 170 years before the events of Game of Thrones. That’s two questions in one you’re off to a tricky start, but I’ll allow it. Let’s consider 20 questions that may be on your mind, and I’ll keep my answers spoiler-free beyond what’s already been revealed in trailers. So with Dragon set to premiere this Sunday, you might have some questions about HBO’s new story set in Westeros. (I liked it! But it received significant negative reviews The Verge responded to news about the prequel show by quipping that HBO planned to adapt “George R.R.
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And those who picked up F&B might not have finished, given some fans’ frustration with the lack of progress in the main series or F&B’s history textbook-style narrative structure. Yet Fire & Blood, the 2018 source text for House of the Dragon, is far less widely read, with fewer than 10 percent of the number of Goodreads reviews of any of the five core books. Millions of people read the A Song of Ice and Fire books that formed the basis of Thrones, and millions more watched the show. Most Game of Thrones fans probably don’t know much about what to expect in that show’s first spinoff, the prequel series House of the Dragon.
