The dragon's blood flows thick in the first episode of the television series "House of the Dragon."
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Spoilers for the first episode of House of the Dragon are included in this recap of the episode. What a recap, I tell you. Do so accordingly.
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House of the Dragon opens about 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones
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The now 100-year-old Targaryen Dynasty is at its height, as the royal family holds the reins to 10 full-grown dragons.
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Take that a signal that House of the Dragon' s chief conflict won't manifest, as GoT 's did, as a sprawling worldwide clash involving numerous far-flung Houses and kingdoms.
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The battle lines will be mostly defined within a single family and in a few well-known places in this case.
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The series adds additional pieces to its chessboard with Queen Aemma's second pregnancy and her dreadful motherly advise to the obstinate Rhaenyra to "lay back and think of Westeros."
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Enter: Daemon Targaryen, the king's cheeky — good, cheeky, anyway — younger brother. He sits on the Iron Throne, looking more jagged and menacing than we remember. That is, the risk of tetanus is the only one.
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The king has a wound on his back that refuses to heal. He says it's from sitting on the Iron Throne — which is something Game of Thrones has taken directly from the books ever;
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