SAN DIEGO (Reuters) — The approaching prequel to HBO’s “Game of Thrones” will check out the origins of the Targaryen dynasty commencing at the time of the family’s finest power, the cast and creators explained to admirers at the once-a-year Comic-Con pop society conference on Saturday.

“House of the Dragon,” which debuts Aug. 21, normally takes area 200 decades right before the functions of “Game of Thrones,” a medieval fantasy sequence that became a world-wide phenomenon all through an eight-time operate that ended in 2019.

The new 10-episode collection tells the tale of a “generational war” amid the Targaryens, government producer Ryan Condal said.

“It commences at the absolute pinnacle of the dynasty, the height of their power, wealth and influence. They have the most dragons they will at any time have,” Condal explained. “It’s just before the bloom starts to come off the rose.”

Paddy Considine plays King Viserys Targaryen, who the actor explained as “a guy of very good temperament, and a form gentleman, trying to maintain the peace time likely in the kingdom.”

“Doctor Who” star Matt Smith plays Prince Daemon Targaryen, the king’s younger brother. The pair have “quite a intricate connection,” Smith claimed. Emma D’Arcy portrays Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, her father’s picked out successor.

Also in the family members tree is Princess Rhaenys Velaryon (Eve Very best), who was passed more than for the throne.

“She should really have been the queen,” Ideal mentioned of the character. “It’s variety of annoying that she is not. It is also kind of aggravating that people retain reminding her that she is not.”

The new collection is centered on author George R.R. Martin’s ebook “Fire & Blood.” Martin, who had criticized elements of “Game of Thrones,” said he experienced found 9 of the “House of the Dragon” episodes and observed them “pretty remarkable.”

“These publications, these figures, are like my children,” he claimed. “When you give your little ones to people for adoption, you speculate how they will they be treated, will you realize them?”

So significantly, “I’m actually really content,” he mentioned.

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