The first season of “House of the Dragon,” based on Martin’s “Fire and Blood,” recently ended its 10-episode run with a cliffhanger finale.
The first season of “House of the Dragon,” based on Martin’s “Fire and Blood,” recently ended its 10-episode run with a cliffhanger finale.
fire and blood Writer George R.R. Martin has said that he suggested a different point to begin the story in his novel. dragon house Chain. The author said this during an exclusive interview with fellow fantasy writer David Anthony Durham for Penguin Random House.
When asked about the most difficult creative decision in producing the series, George revealed that the writers had many choices about where to begin the story of the House of Targaryen.
“One of the writers wanted to start it later, with Amma dying. Leave the Great Council, skip the tournament, a scream comes out, Amma is dead, that’s where you start.”
He continued, “It was a possibility. One of the writers wanted to start even more later, with Viserys dying. But what happens there? Then you have to present all that material in flashbacks or dialogue, which is challenging. But we discussed all these possibilities.”
Revealing what he himself would have preferred the starting point of, the American writer said, “I would have started it like 40 years ago, with an episode I would have called ‘The Heir and the Spare.’ The sons, Amon and Belon, are alive, and we see friendship but also rivalry between the two sides of the great house. Then Amon dies suddenly when a Mirish crossbowman shoots him by accident on Tarth. Jahries has to decide who will be the new heir. Is it the daughter of a son who just died, or another son who has kids of his own and where he’s a teenager? You could have presented all that stuff But then you would have 40 more years, and even more.”
Ultimately, the TV series begins with the great council convened by King Jahrys Targaryen, to decide whether his successor should be Princess Ranies, the daughter of his eldest son, or Prince Viserys, the son of his second son. Martin, who has long experience in film and television, said there is no right or wrong answer to where to start. “There are so many ways you can approach these things and if you do it well, it can work.”
dragon houseWhich ended with a cliffhanger finale on October 23, is a prequel to HBO’s hit fantasy series game of Thrones and Martins. based on fire and blood Novel. The second season of the series is expected to air in 2024.