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* [[Laena Velaryon]] is 12 years old in both book and show when she is proposed as a new wife for King Viserys I Targaryen. As the proposition did not lead to anything, she didn't need to be age-up for the show. This means that show-Laena was born in a later year than book-Laena. In the books Laena is older than Rhaenyra but younger than Alicent, but in the show she is younger than both of them.
 
* [[Laena Velaryon]] is 12 years old in both book and show when she is proposed as a new wife for King Viserys I Targaryen. As the proposition did not lead to anything, she didn't need to be age-up for the show. This means that show-Laena was born in a later year than book-Laena. In the books Laena is older than Rhaenyra but younger than Alicent, but in the show she is younger than both of them.
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* [[Corlys Velaryon]] refers to Houses [[House Targaryen|Targaryen]] and [[House Velaryon|Velaryon]] as the "two great surviving Valyrian Houses". In the books, [[House Celtigar]] is another Westerosi noble house with Valyrian ancestry.
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* Scenes from this episode imply Houses Targaryen and Velaryon have not intermarried recently. In the books, the mothers of kings [[Aegon I Targaryen|Aegon the Conqueror]] and [[Jaehaerys I Targaryen|Jaehaerys the Conciliator]] are noblewomen from House Velaryon.
  
 
===Episode 3: Second of His Name===
 
===Episode 3: Second of His Name===
* [[Vaemond Velaryon]] is the eldest nephew of Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] rather than his younger brother.
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* In the book, [[Vaemond Velaryon]] is the eldest nephew of Lord [[Corlys Velaryon]] whereas as in the show he is his younger brother.
 
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Revision as of 19:51, 29 August 2022

This article is about the differences between the novel Fire & Blood and the television adaptation House of the Dragon.

Author George R. R. Martin has written Fire & Blood as an in-world history book by Archmaester Gyldayn. Gyldayn writes long after the events he describes happened and uses different sources—Septon Eustace, Grand Maester Munkun, and the court fool Mushroom—that are often contrary. Ryan Condal and his team of writers are therefore working with bias sources from the start when adapting this story. Condal explained in interviews the show will either favor one of those sources over the others, portray a mix of them, or disregard them completely and create a new interpretation of events.

Season 1

Timeline

Note: This section will be updated as new temporal information comes forth in future episodes.

House of the Dragon was primarly filmed at the Leavesden Studios in England. Under UK filming law, a fictional character can not be portrayed having sex under the age of 16 no matter the age of the actor. This has for consequence that the younger characters have to be age-up and thus move around somewhat the timeline from the source material (it is for this same reason that Daenerys Targaryen was age-up three years from 13 to 16 years old at the start of Game of Thrones, an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire). Rhaenyra and Alicent are 14 years old in the first episode of House of the Dragon,[1] but Rhaenyra is 8 years old when her mother died in Fire & Blood.

The first episode starts with a prologue scene depicting the Great Council of 101 AC. A voice over from the actress playing the older Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) confirms the same date is used in the show. However, the year of the events portrayed in the rest of the premiere is uncertain. The prologue scene is followed by a title card that reads:

It is now the ninth year of King Viserys I Targaryen's reign.
172 years before the death of the Mad King, Aerys, and the birth of his daughter, Princess Daenerys Targaryen.[2]

Book timeline: 112 AC
In the books, the ninth year of King Viserys's reign correspond to the year 112 AC as he succeeded King Jaehaerys I Targaryen in 103 AC. That year correspond to 172 years prior to book Daenerys' birth in 284 AC. Moreover, Rhaenyra was born in 97 AC in the books, meaning she would be fourteen turning fifteen in the year 112 AC.

Game of Thrones timeline: 109 AC
Due to the age-up of characters in Game of Thrones, the TV show timeline was moved by three years compared to the books. Props from Game of Thrones establish that Season 1 takes place in 298 AC and Robert I Baratheon became king in 280 AC. As Daenerys was born in the calendar year after Robert became king, this would place 172 years before her birth in 109 AC.

Known ages of characters

Episode 1: The Heirs of the Dragon

Appearances

  • Rhaenys Targaryen has black hair from her Baratheon mother and not the typical silver hair of House Targaryen as presented in the show.[N 1]
  • Mysaria has a typical Lysene appearance, with skin as pale as milk but she is portrayed by a Japanese actress and has an East Asian appearance.
  • All described members of House Velaryon have fair skin but they are portrayed by blacks actors in the show.

Others

  • King Jaehaerys I Targaryen is not present at the Great Council of 101 AC as he did not want to influence the election. In the show, he is present. Also the final election is between Viserys and Rhaenys' son, Laenor Velaryon, in the books rather than Rhaenys herself.
  • Lord Corlys Velaryon is not Viserys' master of ships as he has resigned that office in 92 AC after his wife, Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, was passed over in the succession of the Iron Throne.
  • Depending on the timeline (see section above), Grand Maester Mellos on the TV show could be an amalgamation of two Grand Maesters from the books, Runciter and Mellos himself.
  • The office of "Commander of the City Watch" is not automatically given a seat on the small council in the books, though some commanders have been known to have one during their tenure such as Lord Qarl Corbray and Lord Janos Slynt. In the show, Otto Hightower notes that Prince Daemon Targaryen has a seat at the small council as Commander of the City Watch.
  • Rhaenyra Targaryen is nine years younger than Alicent Hightower rather than being the same age.
  • The mother of Alicent Hightower is never mentioned in the books. She is recently deceased at the start of the show.
  • Ser Gwayne Hightower is simply described in the books as Alicent's "youngest brother" (though it is not specified if he is older or younger than her) thus he is Otto's youngest son. In the show, he is Otto's "eldest son".
  • The coat of arms of House Velaryon depicts a real seahorse rather than an heraldic one.
  • The tourney grounds in King's Landing are located outside the city's walls near the King's Gate in the books. They are located within the city in the show.
  • Relatively little is known of House Cole, other than that they have served as stewards to House Dondarrion of Blackhaven in the Dornish Marches in the Stormlands. In the show, Ser Criston Cole is described as being of partial Dornish descent, and having common origins.
  • Lord Hightower's given name is unknown in the books. He is given the name "Hobert" in the show.
  • There is no "Heir's Tournament" for Prince Baelon Targaryen's birth in the books. However, this tourney is heavily influenced by another tourney described in the books, the tourney for King Viserys I's accession at Maidenpool in 104 AC.
  • There is no description of the death of Queen Aemma Arryn in childbirth in the books. The way her death is portrayed in the show is very similar to the description of the death of Queen Alyssa Velaryon (Aemma's great-grandmother), however.
  • The heart tree of the Red Keep's godswood is an oak in the books rather than a weirwood tree.
  • Aegon the Conqueror is never described as having prophetic dreams in the published books, nor that it has played a role in his decision to conquer Westeros. In interviews, Ryan Condal revealed that this idea came directly from George R. R. Martin.[4] However, the way Martin intends to introduce this notion in the books and its effect on the story remain a mystery.
  • The show created a personal arms for Prince Daemon Targaryen by mixing the gold of the City Watch and the traditional Targaryen sigil. No arms are described for him in the books.

Episode 2: The Rogue Prince

  • Laena Velaryon is 12 years old in both book and show when she is proposed as a new wife for King Viserys I Targaryen. As the proposition did not lead to anything, she didn't need to be age-up for the show. This means that show-Laena was born in a later year than book-Laena. In the books Laena is older than Rhaenyra but younger than Alicent, but in the show she is younger than both of them.
  • Corlys Velaryon refers to Houses Targaryen and Velaryon as the "two great surviving Valyrian Houses". In the books, House Celtigar is another Westerosi noble house with Valyrian ancestry.
  • Scenes from this episode imply Houses Targaryen and Velaryon have not intermarried recently. In the books, the mothers of kings Aegon the Conqueror and Jaehaerys the Conciliator are noblewomen from House Velaryon.

Episode 3: Second of His Name

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Episode 4: King of the Narrow Sea

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Episode 5: We Light the Way

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Episode 6: The Princess and the Queen

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Episode 7: Driftmark

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Episode 8: The Lord of the Tides

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Episode 9: The Green Council

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Episode 10: The Black Queen

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Notes

  1. Rhaenys had originally silver hair in the The Princess and the Queen novella published in 2013, but it was retconned in Fire & Blood published in 2018.

References