On this episode of the Story Archives Show, Mario and Zach recap season one of House of the Dragon on HBO while looking forward to their predictions of what’s to come in season two.
House of the Dragon is an American fantasy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_television) drama (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(film_and_television)) television series created by George R. R. Martin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin) and Ryan Condal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Condal) for HBO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO). A prequel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prequel) to Game of Thrones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones) (2011–2019), it is the second television series in the A Song of Ice and Fire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire) franchise. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Sapochnik) served as the showrunners (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showrunner) for the first season. Based on parts of Martin's 2018 book Fire & Blood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_%26_Blood_(novel)) , the series begins about 100 years after the Seven Kingdoms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westeros) are united by the Targaryen conquest, nearly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones , and 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daenerys_Targaryen) . Featuring an ensemble cast (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast) , the show portrays the events leading up to the decline of House Targaryen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Targaryen) , a devastating war of succession (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_succession) known as the "Dance of the Dragons".
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