Games of Thrones may be lifeless and gone, however HBO’s prequel collection Home of the Dragon is simply getting began. In truth, Entertainment Weekly reviews that the collection has discovered its first lead character, King Viserys Targaryen.
Paddy Considine, finest recognized for his position on Netflix’s Peaky Blinders, has reportedly been solid as Viserys Targaryen within the upcoming prequel. Regardless of his household’s repute (and his future namesake all of us knew and hated in Season 1 of Sport of Thrones), Viserys may very well be a good man. His character description reads: “King Viserys Targaryen is chosen by the lords of Westeros to succeed the Outdated King, Jaehaerys Targaryen, on the Nice Council at Harrenhal. A heat, sort, and first rate man, Viserys solely needs to hold ahead his grandfather’s legacy. However good males don’t essentially make for excellent kings.”
In addition to filling us in on a few of our first particulars about this character, that character description additionally clues us in on the world we are able to count on to see on this new collection. Very similar to the unique collection, it appears like Home of the Dragon will kick issues off as a serious shift in management is going on in Westeros. And with new management comes new energy struggles and machinations from the opposite homes. The wheel by no means stops turning, does it?
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Leisure Weekly additionally detailed a couple of different new characters, although none of them have been solid but. Here is what we all know thus far in regards to the 4 different Targaryens we’ll see on this collection…
First is Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, King Viserys’ daughter and chosen inheritor. Not solely will she be a dragon rider, however she can even apparently have grown up anticipating to turn out to be the primary ruling Queen of Westeros. Queen Alicent Hightower, Viserys’ spouse, is one other member of the family to look out for. As Viserys’ second spouse and Rhaenyra’s stepmother, she is described as an ‘bold’ lady with three youngsters of her personal with the king. Hm, we marvel how she feels about Rhaenyra’s declare to the throne?
We think about Alicent’s sons Aegon II Targaryen will play an essential position within the collection, as Viserys’ male inheritor who has been neglected in favor of his firstborn half-sister. Aegon’s character description teases that he’ll problem Rhaenyra’s declare to the throne, igniting a civil struggle. Lastly, we now have Prince Daemon Targaryen, an skilled warrior and Rhaenyra’s uncle. Let’s hope he is on her facet, however contemplating he too may have a declare to the throne, we can’t maintain our breath.
No official premiere date has been set for Home of the Dragon.
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