{"id":51750,"date":"2022-08-21T07:58:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T07:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-who-are-the-characters-in-the-series\/"},"modified":"2022-08-21T07:58:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T07:58:01","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-who-are-the-characters-in-the-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-who-are-the-characters-in-the-series\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217;: Who Are the Characters in the Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Prepare to step back into the world of \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d on Sundays once again.  HBO&#8217;s prequel series, \u201cHouse of the Dragon,\u201d reenters Westeros.  However, instead of telling a sprawling story across various cities, this series mainly follows the Targaryen family about 200 years before Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen were born.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the original \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss are not involved with \u201cHouse of the Dragon.\u201d  Instead, author George RR Martin and Ryan Condal created the prequel series, which is based on Martin&#8217;s book \u201cFire &#038; Blood.\u201d  The novel tells the long history of House Targaryen over several generations \u2014 a second volume of the novels is set to release at some point (first, Martin needs to finish his main \u201cA Song of Ice and Fire\u201d series).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d tells the story of the Dance of Dragons, which is the war of succession within House Targaryen.  Since it was extensively covered in \u201cFire &#038; Blood,\u201d the entire story exists to read, so viewers of the HBO series should beware of spoilers for upcoming storylines.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the original series, \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d introduces viewers to a wide cast of characters right off the bat.  There are lots of complex political, familial and romantic (and sometimes all three!) relationships between everyone, so here&#8217;s a rundown of who&#8217;s who.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d premieres on HBO and HBO Max on Aug.  21.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare to step back into the world of \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d on Sundays once again. HBO&#8217;s prequel series, \u201cHouse of the Dragon,\u201d reenters Westeros. However, instead of telling a sprawling story across various cities, this series mainly follows the Targaryen family about 200 years before Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen were born. Unlike the original &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-who-are-the-characters-in-the-series\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217;: Who Are the Characters in the Series<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14393,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/house-of-the-dragon-showrunners-game-of-thrones-had-no-diversity\/","url_meta":{"origin":51750,"position":0},"title":"&#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; Showrunners: &#8216;Game of Thrones&#8217; Had No Diversity","date":"July 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\"We wanted to find a way to put diversity in the show,\" co-showrunner Ryan Condal said, \"but we didn't want to do it in a way that felt like it was an afterthought or, worse, tokenism.\" \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d is already righting a \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d misstep. 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