17 dragons, leaps in time and dramatic births – fernsehserien.de

Because those responsible had decided to publish their epic trailer before the performance on Wednesday (trailer), so that there was no new footage to present. At Comic-Con there is also a large area for the immersive fan experience DracARys dedicated, which takes fans to Westeros via scenes and lets them participate in the hatching of young dragons there via an augmented reality (AR) app – the app will only be available outside of the SDCC after the weekend, on July 25th.

Of course, the actors and producers present – including George RR Martin – didn’t want a lot of spoilers before the start of the series and held back with their statements, a lot referred to the basic constellation of “House of the Dragon”, which was also in the book template Fire and Blood – The Rise and Fall of House Targaryen of Westeros is established.

A brief summary of what has recently become known: Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) reigns on the Iron Throne in the series. He is more of a “kind king” who sees duties and responsibilities more than rights in office. The Targaryen are at a peak of their power – a total of 17 dragons appear under their control in the series.

Complicated family relationships

In his good nature, Viserys failed to clarify his successor at an early stage. This conflict is then told in epic length. In the first season alone there should be several leaps in time, including one of a whopping ten years. For the roles of Visery’s daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen as well as his daughter hand of the kingAlicent Hightower, were each hired by two cast members to portray them in the first season when they were younger and when they were adults.

As the daughter of Viserys’s first marriage – his eldest surviving child – Rhaenyra has hopes for the throne, even if the traditional one is not given to women. Alicent Hightower becomes Viserys’ second wife when he grows up, and also gives birth to a son – but he lacks the fact that his mother is not a Targaryen as an “official heir”. However, “Pure Blood” enables members of the Targaryen family to control dragons, allowing Alicent’s children to actually succeed to the throne per Tradition are outside.

That leaves Visery’s younger brother as the heir presumptive, Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith), who has spent the last few years with this knowledge. Smith says that he deliberately sought out the role of the somewhat sinister Daemon because he wanted the universally popular and positive Doctor also wanted to play something different in “Doctor Who”.

Also in the Targaryen mix is ​​Rhaenys Targaryen, played by Eve Best: She was in a similar situation to Visery’s daughter Rhaenyra now – she was denied the throne simply because she was female (her own father predeceased his father, the grandfather then finally named the younger brother of the deceased as heir, instead of his daughter). What’s more, Rhaenys earned the nickname across Westeros the queen that never was (about the uncrowned queen), which reminds her of bad fate again and again. Rhaenys married Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint), a daring seafarer who had amassed a merchant fleet and a vast fortune.

As with most of “Game of Thrones”, none of the main characters should go in gut or angry be: They are all capable of generosity but also of dark deeds. Unlike in the first season of “Game of Thrones”, there is no “Arya” that is suitable as an innocent identification figure for the viewers.

Dramatic births instead of bloody marriages

On the topic succession In the beginning, births are the focus of the series – as weddings were in “Game of Thrones”. In the medieval setting, despite the plot in the nobility, there is only a 50/​50 chance of the newborn surviving at each birth. And the births in the series were so different that they were each given their own dramaturgy.

More Fire and Blood chapters on the horizon?

Unlike Game of Thrones, which lasted eight seasons (but should have gone ten seasons according to reports, Martin would have preferred it), it’s becoming apparent that the initial plot of House of the Dragon (like this conflict in the mentioned book) may last for maybe three or four seasons. It is also possible in the long term that further episodes from the history of Targaryen will be made as part of the series fire and blood would be dealt with.

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The first, ten-part season of “House of the Dragon” will be available on demand via WOW and Sky Q on the night of August 22nd at the same time as the US premiere on August 21st. It will be broadcast linearly on Sky Atlantic on the evening of August 22nd.

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