When an enraged Vaemond denounces Rhaenyra as a whore and her children bastards, Daemon beheads him. During a feast, the family appears to mend their differences.

The prequel series was created by Martin and Ryan J. Condal for HBO and is based on portions of Martin’s 2018 novel Fire & Blood. To soothe family tensions, Rhaenyra proposes Jacaerys marry Helaena, Alicent’s daughter, which Alicent rejects. Ser Lyonel Strong offers his resignation as Hand of the King. Viserys refuses it, but permits Lyonel to escort the disgraced Harwin to Harrenhal. Additionally, portions of the first season were filmed in Spain and California, claims Production List. After copying to the same file location, the tv series might play alongside the subtitles without any further settings or configuration. The series is set during King Viserys I Targaryen’s reign, 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and it eventually leads to the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. The project is a revision of the Game of Thrones writer Bryan Cogman’s officially passed-up spin-off plan.Meanwhile, Corlys, his brother Vaemond, and Daemon, accompanied by several House Velaryon soldiers, fight an uphill battle against the Triarchy warriors. The dramatization of the Targaryen family’s beginning and demise, as well as the “Dance of the Dragons” civil war, which took place two hundred years before the events of Game of Thrones, is covered in this series.

King Viserys and his court attend Lady Laena’s funeral in Driftmark. Rhaenyra and Daemon reunite and are physically intimate. Viserys fails to reconcile with Daemon. Late at night, Rhaenyra, disguised as a boy, sneaks out with Daemon to explore King’s Landing; they drink, attend a bawdy play, and visit a brothel. Daemon seduces a willing Rhaenyra, but unable to become fully aroused, abandons his niece there. Returning to the Red Keep, Rhaenyra seduces Ser Criston. Ser Otto’s spy informs him about Daemon and Rhaenyra’s exploits.The Hand of the King, Ser Otto Hightower, proposes that Viserys’ only living child, the young princess Rhaenyra, be named heir to the Iron Throne. Viserys names Rhaenyra as heir.