And why craft a story that had apparently already been told in full in the George R.R.
Martin novel Fire & Blood?
We apparently know all these characters' life stories from beginning to end, after all.
Let’s go on a little journey.
King Viserys skipped the wedding, sending his Hand Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) instead.
So it’s not just a book that we can read.
It’s a book that exists inside the Game of Thrones universe.
And that means there’s plenty more room for surprises than I previously thought.
Aside from this change, the adaptation has stuckveryclosely to the text.
That’s probably why this deviation feels so major.
House of the Dragon could very well be a show that’s built on twists like that one.
And it’s not as though the Fire & Blood version of this tale doesn’t have holes already.
Daemon Tararyen’s death in the text is merely presumed, rather than confirmed.
Think about it like this.
With Fire & Blood, Martin gave us the school textbook version of history.
Now, on House of the Dragon, it’s time to see whatreallywent down.
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