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Rhaenyra will dispatch one of her dragonriders to to help, but King Aegon and the Lord Commander of his Kingsguard Criston Cole have planned for this. By the end of it, one dragon and rider will be dead, and another dragon and rider very badly wounded. Obviously, the show will continue to track the Targaryen lineage about 300 years prior to near-extinction level on Game of Thrones. So, we’ll see the “Dance of the Dragons,” so nicknamed by the civilians of Westeros, take place with mass casualties as a result.
A Clash of Kings
When Jon Snow, King in the North, sought an alliance with Daenerys for her help in defeating the Army of the Dead threatening all of humanity, he initially refused her condition that he bend the knee as he did not know her yet. The Night King reanimated Viserion as a wight, leaving Drogon and Rhaegal as Daenerys's living dragons. Nearly two years after the first season premiere of the first Game of Thrones spinoff, House of the Dragon Season 2 is finally on the horizon for a summer premiere. For as violent as the first season was in setting up the Targaryen civil war, the Blacks vs. Greens dueling trailers are creating even higher stakes for the conflict in the Targaryen family tree.
Robert Baratheon ends Targaryen rule
House Of The Dragon: The Rise And Fall Of The Targaryens, Explained - GameRant
House Of The Dragon: The Rise And Fall Of The Targaryens, Explained.
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It is noted that in the latter case, Daenerys Targaryen is specifically shown to have this trait whilst Viserys is noted as not possessing it. After Khal Drogo died from an infected wound, Daenerys, grown more confident as a khaleesi of the Dothraki, took control of her husband's khalasar by hatching several dragon eggs and emerging unburnt from his funeral pyre. In the aftermath of the Doom, the city of Volantis, formerly a Valyrian colony, attempted to take control of many former Valyrian strongholds. When the cities of Pentos and Tyrosh, also former Valyrian colonies, reached out to the Targaryens for help, young Aegon Targaryen flew across the Narrow Sea and set the entire Volantene fleet on fire.
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Season 2 of House of the Dragon will continue to be based on George R. R. Martin’s novel Fire & Blood. However, the showrunners may take creative liberties and deviate from the source material as we’ve seen done in Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon’s first season. House of the Dragon season 2 will premiere on HBO and Max in the US. The season will run June 16 through August 4, airing every Sunday at 9 PM Eastern Time. HBO’s House of the Dragon dives into the history of House Targaryen and its members way before the events depicted in Game of Thrones. The foundations are based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire and Blood, and while the show is influenced by the novel, ample creative license has been taken in the adaptation.
He filled his court with a new generation of younger, skilled warriors and politicians. Aegon and his two sister-wives, Visenya and Rhaenys, landed with a small force of men at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush. Over the next several years they undertook the Conquest, seizing control of all the lands of Westeros from the Wall to the Red Mountains with the help of their dragons. Only Dorne beyond the southern mountains refused to yield, and in the end Aegon permitted it to remain free. Aegon began construction of a great new capital at King's Landing. House Targaryen was, of old, a noble family of ancient Valyria, far to the southeast of Essos.
House Lannister
Daemon is also something of a mercurial rage monster who believes revenge is best served scalding hot and poured directly down the throat of your enemy. In Fire & Blood, he sets in motion a scheme to kill one of the children of King Aegon II Targaryen and his sister-wife Helaena Targaryen, figuring that it's payback for Luke's death. Before George R.R. Martin’s Westeros endured the Game of Thrones, Aegon the Conquerer set up his House of Targaryen to rule the Seven Kingdoms. Now, HBO is gearing up to show us the mayhem that happened when this house splintered into two sides that each claimed the Iron Throne. In one corner, Rhaenyra Targaryen had been named rightful heir by her father.
Princess Rhaenys’ father, Aemon, was the Prince of Dragonstone and King Jaehaerys’ named heir. When Aemon was killed, some thought his only child Rhaenys would be the next in line for the Iron Throne. Baelon, King Viserys’ father, would also die before ascending to the throne. Alicent is the daughter of Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans), Hand to both King Jaehaerys and King Viserys. At the beginning of the show, she’s a woman of the court who largely keeps Rhaenyra Targaryen company.
Sworn to Daenerys Targaryen
Selmy also revealed that Daenerys's trusted sworn knight had been sending reports on her actions to King's Landing, hoping for a pardon from King Robert. Daenerys felt betrayed by each of them, though both fervently wished to atone for their actions. Having captured Meereen, Dany turned her eyes toward Westeros, but learned that there was much she did not know about ruling. The Targaryen family hails from the fabled city of Valyria on the eastern continent of Essos. Before the Doom of Valyria, the cataclysmic event that destroyed the ancient civilization, the Targaryens departed for the island citadel of Dragonstone off the Westerosi shore, the westernmost outpost in Valyria's vast empire.
Viserys Targaryen
Unfortunately, Laenor’s sexuality seems to be the worst-kept secret in Westeros, so the parentage of his supposed children with Rhaenyra are constantly under scrutiny. Eventually Laenor fakes his death and escapes with Qarl Correy, his lover, to start a new life free of the burdens of nobility. Daenys Targaryen, who came to be known as Daenys the Dreamer, had a vision that the city of Valyria—where all the dragonriders once resided—would be consumed in some apocalyptic event. Her father, Aenar, took this vision to heart and moved his entire family out of Valyria to Dragonstone. Daenys’ vision came to pass, and the Targaryens became the last remaining dragonriders in the world. According to the TV series official pronunciation guide developed for the cast and crew, "Targaryen" is pronounced "Tar-GAIR-ee-in".
At its height, the Valyrian Freehold stretched across most of the eastern continent of Essos, and even crossed the Narrow Sea to the island of Dragonstone, located in the mouth of Westeros' Blackwater Bay. The Valyrians were able to conquer so much land because they had the ability to tame and control dragons. Valyrians claimed to be descendants of shepherds, who discovered dragons living inside Valyrian volcanoes.
Daemon grew into a warrior of formidable and legendary repute, with another of Aegon's bastards, Aegor Rivers or 'Bittersteel' not far behind him in skill. Aegon IV was rumoured to be considering naming Daemon his heir when he died. He was a strong and handsome man, but also friendly and approachable and ruled Westeros well as king for over a quarter of a century.
Millie Alcock and the rest of the first-generation Targaryens and Hightowers will, as far as HBO has indicated, not be returning this season in flashbacks. That doesn’t mean that we won’t see them again someday, but at least Paddy Considine does not have to jeopardize his own health for another stunning performance that the awards circuit decides to ignore. Unlike the final few seasons of Game of Thrones, the showrunners of House of the Dragon still have source material to draw from. Specifically, you can read George R. R. Martin’s novel Fire & Blood to know what will happen in House of the Dragon season 2 in gruesome detail. The Targaryens have some unusual genetic traits, such as their silver-white hair and an apparent ability to withstand higher temperatures than most people.
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