The choice of omitting the Velaryons from the major events of Game of Thrones is an interesting one, considering that this house has long been one of the more powerful families in the Seven Kingdoms. But the fact that they were given justice in House of the Dragon is a good touch to the storyline, as they were portrayed to be a mighty and TL;DR: HBO’s House of the Dragon serves as a prequel to Game of Thrones.; House of the Dragon takes place 200 years before the original series.; Because of the time period, there’s unlikely to Also the name of season eight's third episode in the Game of Thrones TV series The Long Night was a long-lasting event that took place eight thousand years, even before Aegon Targaryen conquered The island itself was and is nothing. It had no gold or gems to lure Valyrian nobility, all it has is rock.Stannis Baratheon Dragonstone is a volcanic island in the Narrow Sea that guards the entrance to Blackwater Bay and the sea approaches to King's Landing, off the east coast of Westeros. It is the location of the eponymous castle of Dragonstone, the ancestral seat of House Targaryen, the Greyscale, also known as Prince Garin's curse, [1] is a dreaded and usually fatal disease that can leave flesh stiff and dead, and the skin cracked, flaking, and stone-like to the touch. Those who manage to survive a bout with the illness will be completely immune, but the flesh damaged by the ravages of the disease will never heal, and they The Targaryens bred and raised dragons in Westeros for about 150 years. Tyrion states at one point that there are 19 preserved dragon skulls in the Red Keep, which causes a misconception that the At the beginning of House of the Dragon, at least in George R. R. Martin's book universe, 20 dragons are alive and well. During the war, the majority of these died fighting, with only four surviving past 131AC and the end of the Dance. These dragons were Sheepstealer and Cannibal, two of the wild dragons of Dragonstone at the onset of the Dance Dreamfyre. If you watched House of the Dragon Episode 2, you probably remember the name Dreamfyre being mentioned. He was still unhatched, in an egg (spoilers for HOTD Episode 2 ahead) stolen by Prince Daemon to, well, get on his brother’s nerves. Set three hundred years before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon will show Westeros under the Targaryen family’s rule before the dragons went extinct. It will follow the Dance of the Dragons, the Targaryen civil war between siblings Aegon II and Rhaenyra, who fought for the throne after the death of their father, Viserys I. Dragons in Game of Thrones are known to live for hundreds of years, far surpassing the lifespan of any human. While the exact span of a dragon’s life is not explicitly stated in the books or the television adaptation, it is widely believed that dragons can live for several centuries. This longevity is attributed to their magical nature, as Uzkp1Q.