King Viserys' daughter, a skilled dragonrider with a headstrong nature and an impatience for courtly duties. Otto Hightower's teenage daughter, a member of the court who is close friends with. Hand of the King, a trusted royal advisor whose studied, imperious nature clashes with Daemon Targaryen's brash impulsiveness. Leader of House Velaryon and admiral of the Royal Fleet. Rhaenys would have been the Seven Kingdom's first Queen - but a council of Westros's lords chose Viserys instead. He fully expects to be next in line for the Iron Throne, but the King's advisors deem him too rash and cruel for the role, and jockey to suggest alternatives.Ī cousin of Viserys and Daemon who came close to inheriting the Iron Throne instead of Viserys. Viserys' younger brother, a skilled soldier with a fiery temperament. King Viserys (Paddy Considine) has got plenty of male hair but no male heir on House of the Dragon. This fact will drive the central conflict of the series, a civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. As House of the Dragon opens, he's aging, and has yet to produce a male heir. The current ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, and the fifth Targaryen to sit on the Iron Throne.
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Do not confuse them with the Kingsguard, aka the White Cloaks these are the noblest knights in the Seven Kingdoms, who serve as the King's bodyguards.Īn alliance between three of the Free Cities of Essos - Myr, Lys and Tyrosh - who, as House of the Dragon opens, have come together with the stated aim of ridding the Stepstones of pirates. They enforce the laws, often in a brutal, thuggish manner. Soldiers tasked with defending the capital city and the Iron Throne, also known as the Gold Cloaks. One of the oldest and most powerful Houses in the Seven Kingdoms, based in Oldtown - home of the Citadel, where advisors, called maesters, are trained in various forms of knowledge. Also platinum-haired, they are seafarers based on the island of Driftmark. Platinum-haired, haughty, given to dragon-riding and intermarriage.Īnother proud family of Old Valyria. Their family seat is the island of Dragonstone. The ruling family of Westeros that has been in power for over 100 years, tracing their heritage back to Old Valyria. That fact will prove important in the series. Two families that figure largely in House of the Dragon trace their bloodlines back to Old Valyria - the Targaryens and the Velaryons. Hundreds of years before the events of House of the Dragon, however, a volcanic upheaval called the "Doom of Valyria" destroyed the Valyrian peninsula - along with the secret to forging Valyrian steel only a handful of these weapons remain in the world. It was once home to a proud people who conquered much of that continent on the backs of their dragons, armed with weapons of Valyrian steel. The ancestral home of House Targaryen, seen often in Game of Thrones.Īn island very near Dragonstone in Blackwater Bay home of House Velaryon.Ī volcanic region of Essos that no longer exists.
They'll figure largely in the opening episodes.Ī forbidding, stony island off of Westeros, located near where Blackwater Bay turns into the Narrow Sea. The Narrow Sea is aptly named, so these islands make for a vital trade route.
Much pointier.Ī string of islands running across the Narrow Sea separating Westeros (the continent of the Seven Kingdoms) and Essos (the continent of the so-called Free Cities). Contains the Tower of the Hand (the King's chief advisor), the High Council chamber (where the King's advisors bicker and plot) and the great hall that houses the Iron Throne - which looks a bit different than you'll recall. The castle of the King of the Seven Kingdoms, looking out over King's Landing. No, that's the Dragonpit, home of House Targaryen's many royal dragons. This is not the Great Sept of Baelor, which figured rather explosively in Game of Thrones - that place won't be built for years to come. Note: In House of the Dragon, the skyline of King's Landing is dominated by an enormous domed structure. All those red tile rooftops? Got fricasseed at the end of Game of Thrones? That place. You remember: The capital of Westeros, the seat of the government, a port city of high culture, great wealth and abject poverty.
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