SUCH A CHARACTER... House Of The Dragon~1x2''The Rogue Prince'' For The FIRST Time 

Daemon has a true dragon temperament, impetuous, hot and rambunctious. He loves his family but doesn't show it. By his actions, he seeks to win the favor of his brother-king. I love this character.

The sept in this episode is actually Visenya's Sept, which was the original Sept in King's Landing. The Sept of Baelor was built generations after the show takes place. The Targaryens are not the only surviving House from Old Valyria, Houses like Velaryon and Celtigar also survivee the Doom, but they are the only dragon riders left standing

The chemistry between uncle and niece when they talk in Valerian is dragon scorching.

4:30 - the Great Sept of Baelor won't be built for another 50 years or so; this is the "Grand Sept", which preceded it - it's in the same location in the city on top of Visenya's Hill. Half a century from now they'll tear down the Grand Sept and in the exact same place built "the Great Sept of Baelor".

The tragedy of Viserys is that he's a kind man who loves his family and keeps his promises, and that makes him unsuitable to be king...

The actor who plays Otto is unbelievable

"Fire & Blood" is the anthology book / collection of prequel novellas that House of the Dragon is adapted from. It's written like an in-universe history book, with unreliable or even conflicting sources. Like the four gospels or....the accounts of the First Crusade, written by different sources: the accounts of crusader knights from northern France are _very different_ from the Alexiad written by the Byzantine emperor's daughter Anna Komnene.

6:30 - they explain that by the end of the episode: *the Targaryens are indeed the only surviving **_dragonlords,_** but the Velaryons were never dragon-riders.* The Targaryens brought some of their vassals with them when they settled on Dragonstone and other nearby islands in Blackwater Bay. Low-ranking vassals, minor noblemen who didn't have dragons. Some histories say the Velaryons were already on Driftmark island (the next island over from Dragonstone) as a trading outpost to the barbarian kingdoms in Westeros. At any rate, the Velaryons became the hereditary admirals of the Targaryens fleets. There's also a third house, Celtigar, that rules Claw Island - they're the hereditary treasurers to the Targaryens. Which is....useful. The TV writers said it's no accident that they speak of "Targaryens and Velaryons are the two surviving major Valyrian families"...it shows how little they think of the Celtigars! (and we do see Lord Celtigar later in season one). Incidentally, this kind of also explains how the Velaryons are black in the TV show - they weren't in the books, but easily could have been. Only the DRAGONLORDS were obsessed with strict blood purity, marrying brother to sister. The low-ranking minor nobles out in the provinces who didn't have dragons simply weren't as strict about that, so in what became the Free Cities etc. they just intermarried with various other peoples. Like how Romans at the fringe of the empire in Armenia or Britain or wherever wouldn't be obsessed with blood purity. It's a change but a plausible one, and highlights how "stratified" the Valyrians were. Basically....the Narrow Sea provinces, far from the core territories, were kind of like THEIR Caribbean. The Jamaica to their England, the Haiti to their France, the Cuba to their Spain.

Viserys is extremely weak. He think he will start a war if he fights the Crabfeeder but fails to realize he invites war by refusing to fight him. If someone can just destroy your ships and merchants without recourse, then you are not a king.

Daemon's Dragon is not just any Dragon, he is the baddest mf Dragon of this time... Caraxes - the Blood Wyrm is a Mutant Psycho Dragon, who is large but very lean and extremely fierce and at his prime at the age of 70, who also has a fierce and similar rider and is battle Hardened. So upon the Combination of all these things, Caraxes can literally beat any Dragon regardless of Size or Speed or Age. Because it is an all in one Dragon - Size, Strength, Speed, Power, Fierce - with high thirst for Fire and Blood. Also he is the most Unique out of all 25 Targaryen Dragons ever.

The Targaryens are the only High Noble Dragonrider family (of the original 40 dragonrider ruling ones) to survive the doom. So just them can ride dragons. The Velaryons are a middle nobility house of Valyria but not dragonriders. It is said that 3 families scaped to westeros, the Targaryens and it's vassal houses the Velaryons and the Celtigars (this last once are low valyrian nobility).

The Hightowers are from Oldtown, the city of the Citadel, where the maesters are trained. In fact, 'Hightower' refers to the bit 'Alexandrian lighthouse' in Oldtown and 'Citadel adjacent'. Anyway, the chain Otto Hightower wears is indeed meant to be referencing the Citadel and his Oldtown origins. Also, as a 2nd son, it's not unlikely that Otto might have had some 'Maester prep' education at the Citadel.

4:50 - the Hightowers are very religious; they have deep ties with the leadership of the Faith of the Seven. Because the headquarters of the Faith is still in Oldtown, ruled by the Hightowers -- only fifty years AFTER this they move the headquarters of the Faith to the new "Great Sept of Baelor" that will be built in King's Landing itself. So every other generation the High Septon (pope) is a younger Hightower brother or cousin. The Hightowers are a lot like the real life Medicis or Borgias, with deep ties to the papacy.

Gotta love Corlys being completely logical 24/7, and just being absolutely dumbfounded at Viserys making the worst decisions at every turn lol.

People here saying Daemon loves his family, and it's true, he does, that for sure 100% truth. However, he loves his family like only Daemon would, there are different loves, and Daemon loves his family like a dragon would love his family.

The opening credits are a visual representation of the Targaryen line from Aegon the Conqueror to this point. The channels of blood are the lines between relationships, the blood pools in the sigils of various Targaryens and goes down a waterfall with each new generation. The Targaryens are very inbred at this point. The old King Jaehaerys who we saw at the start of episode 1 married his sister Alysanne; they had nine children but only four are significant: Eldest son Aemon married Jocelyn Baratheon; Princess Rhaenys, the "Queen Who Never Was", is their daughter. Hence her claim to the throne as child of the firstborn son (who predeceased the old King) and her mention of the Baratheon in episode 1 as "cousin". Youngest daughter Daella married Rodrik Arryn; their daughter was the late Queen Aemma, Viserys' first wife and Rhaenyra's mother. The old King's remaining significant son and daughter, Baelon (who also predeceased his father) and Alyssa, married each other; Viserys and Daemon are their sons. Therefore Viserys and Daemon have a single set of grandparents and are both first cousins to Rhaenys and Aemma. They are also effectively first cousins as well as brothers. Rhaenyra is the daughter of first cousins Viserys and Aemma; she has four grandparents but her grandmothers were sisters and one of her grandfathers was their brother. Laena Velaryon and her older brother Laenor who we saw briefly in episode 1 are second cousins to Rhaenyra who is effectively also a second cousin to herself. Viserys is the great great grandson of Aegon the Conqueror, part of the fifth generation of the Targaryen dynasty.

Your breakdown of everything at the end.. wow... even made me realise things I hadn't before. Your perceptiveness and smarts are really on another level!

Thank you for covering this series

Rhaenyra is underage, not a member of the council and is there to learn (that incidentaly is why the cupbearer position has always been a highly significant one throughout history). Not only does she speak out of turn here, but she directly and publicly contradicts the king and does so without full political knowledge. So no, this is absolutely not the case of dismissing a girl who dares to speak. Viserys and Otto actually have the right in this situation. And Viserys offering to forget the incident later actually shows his benevolence towards her, not a dismissal. Otto has a chain because he actually did study at the Citadel. Hightowers are lords of Oldtown after all and have deep ties with both the maesters and the Faith since both are headquartered there. Targaryens are the only surviving dragon-riders. But Valyria ruled over vast lands and her scions are scattered throughout the world. So yes, Velaryons are one of the houses hailing from Valyria originally.

I really think Daemon is the best character in the GOT universe

The Velaryons have always existed since Aegon's conquest. Also, Aegon the Conqueror had a Targaryen father and a Velaryon mother, Targaryens used to marry siblings if they could, when there were no members among them to marry, then they would marry into the Velaryon family. In Game of Thrones show they are not mentioned, but in the books they still exist.

Great reaction, Sofie, you read the character's thoughts and intentions really well (especially Otto's). ;)

Daemon is the best character in HOTD and even one of the best in GOT; I won’t hear no arguments 😤

You're so intelligent. I ADORE how quick you are at picking up little things. After seeing this series many times, you notice things immediately that I haven't seen even after a few watches. You're AWESOME!

There are at least 3 surviving houses from Valyria. The Targaryens, the Velaryons, and the Celtigars. The other two were not dragonlords, but lesser nobles who immigrated to the Narrow Sea near Westeros long before the Targaryens. Celtigars came first, then the Velaryons (who had been close allies of the Targaryens), then the Targaryens only 14 years before the Doom Targaryens and Velaryons have often intermarried, whenever they did not have age-appropriate siblings of the opposite sex to marry, but the Targaryens have always refused any attempt by the Celtigars to intermarry with them. One of Aegon's first actions was to take lands away from House Celtigar, so I get the sense that the two families don't really get along. I like to think of the Celtigars relationship with the Targaryens as being similar to the Boltons relationship with the Starks, the Yronwoods to the Martells, or the Casterlies to the Lannisters

I’m a book reader, and I gotta say, I never expected to have a crush on Lord Corlys Velaryon…🤦🏻‍♀️

there were a couple of deleted scenes from this episode. Alicent in a wedding gown arguing with Rhaenyra, Criston being invested as a Kingsguard, etc.

The Dragonstone scene in this episode is great! I always watch it from time to time.

I love how much stuff you remember/know.

Daemon is a great character and my favourite. Matt Smith is exceptional in the role. It is my opinion that Otto never considered Daemon would ever use his dragon. He’s arrogant that way

It's good to see a reactor who is actually knowledgeable about the series. I'm enjoying the videos!

Great reaction again !!! Thank you !

I was waiting for this reaction i need a double upload 🥺❤

OMG Sofie what took you so long? Ive been so hyped for this. yeey

Hightowers rules the land where Citadel located that is why Otto wear a maester-like chain on his clothing

Sept of Baelor wasn't built until the reign of Baelor I, quite some time after HOTD. The Sept they are in is the one that preceded the building of Baelor's Sept, which was simply called the Grand Sept.

That's a viewer ! The perfect attention you put in it ... I love each of your remarks and reactions. Two other houses survived the Doom of Valyria : the Velaryon, the sailors settled in Driftmarck before the Targaryen flewed from Valyria, and a little house called Celtigar.

3 houses escaped Old Valyria: Tagaryens, Velaryons and Celtigars

I'm still confused by it myself but the title sequence shows the bloodlines of the Targaryens and if anyone can elaborate more on that please do.

Good episode. I'm reminded that a lot of people have trouble keeping up with the time jumps. There are always clues and such given at some point in the episode.

I would say u make a great n fair evaluation of Otto , the king, and daemon relationship. I would argue though that Oto doesn’t cause the tension between the brothers but enhances it like fuel to an already existing fire.

I need these eps everyday for my rhaenyra and daemon fix! Lol keep them coming. Glad you are liking show and doing this!

A few Valyrian houses escaped the Doom: Targaryen, Velaryon, and Celtigar? Possibly a couple more. It's just that the Targs were the only dragon riders that survived.

6:33 in fact there are three, the Targaryen, Velaryon, Celtigar and the Qoherys but it is already extinct. not all Valyrians could tame dragons so the Targaryens are the last Dragon Lords.

The Sept of Baelor has not been built yet. As the name implies, it was built during the reign of King Baelor the Blessed, who was Rhaenyra's youngest grandson. He won't be born for quite some time yet.

6:29 there are 2 more houses that originated from Valyria, Houses Velaryon and Celtigar.

An often forgotten bit of information about the Valyrian houses that survived the doom is that there are four major families that are Valyrian to their root: the Targaryens, the Velaryons, the Celtigars and the Qoheryses. The Baratheons are often mentioned as potentially being part of that list, because of Orys Baratheon who founded House Baratheon, who is rumoured to be a bastard half-brother of Aegon the Conqueror by their father Aerion, Lord of Dragonstone. Unfortunately, because his parentage is never confirmed and he is never legitimised in any sense, it is too unclear and so it is generally agreed upon that the claim that the Baratheons are in any way Valyrian is questionable at best. A great way to identify someone of Valyrian descent is by their hair. The silver/white hair of the Targaryens is a trademark of their house but is the trademark of someone with Valyrian ancestry; Targaryens and other Valyrian houses prefer to intermarry as much as possible to preserve their genetics, hence why there are a lot of incestual marriages. Siblings are the purest and best matches in their eyes, but if that isn't an option for whatever reason they will often betrothe cousin to cousin, neice to uncle and so on. In some cases, like what Corlys proposes, Valyrian houses intermarry. The Velaryons and Targaryens have a long history of marriage pacts between members of both houses to each other; Rhaenys and Corlys are an example of this, and before them there were others, such as Aenys I Targaryen and Alyssa Velaryon who went on to have Jaehaerys Targaryen, aka Jaehaerys "the Conciliator", Viserys I's grandfather and Rhaenyra's great-grandfather.

Music composer Ramin Djavadi's Game of Thrones score is like the Star Wars fanfare by John Williams - it doesn't belong to any one "showrunner" - it doesn't belong to Benioff & Weiss. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

daemon targaryen my religion

Houses Targaryen, Velaryon and Celtigar descend from Old Valyria but only the Targaryens were dragonlords. All three houses are located on separate islands all off the east coast of Westeros and all three still existed during the events of A Game of Thrones, but only House Targaryen is a major house by then.

6:24 House Targaryen, House Velaryon, and House Celtigar are founded of and by people who came from Old Valyria.

100 or so years before Aegon's Conquest, Dragonstone, Driftmark and Claw Isle were the farthest outposts of Valyria's empire. The Targaryens fled Valyria because of a prophecy made by Daenys the Dreamer. The Velaryon's and Celtigars had already set up on Driftmark and Claw Isle. When Valyria's Fourteen Fires simultaneously erupted the continent was destroyed and leaving most of the Valyrian families dead. The Velaryons are of Valyrian descent, but only acquired dragons recently.

All hail the rogue prince 👑

waiting for episode 4!

That actually is not the great sept as the Great Sept had not been built yet. Baelor Targaryen was not yet born at this point actually. There was a large sept on Visenya’s Hill before King Baelor built the great sept but the center of the Faith of the Seven and home of the High Septon was actually at the Starry Sept in Oldtown at this point. That is important to remember for this show because Oldtown is the seat of house Hightower, the Hand’s family. And this gave the Hightowers considerable influence over the Faith and many High Septons were Hightower second sons.

To be totally fair, the marriage to little Laena was only going to be on paper for years. It was just to tie the houses together. This was a common thing in the time period in the real world that this fictional world is based off of. Unfortunately, sometimes the marriage wasn't only on paper (for example Henry VII's (not the fat guy, that was his son, Henry VIII) mother was only 13 when she gave birth to him, but a lot of time it was. Heck, Henry VIII's daughter Mary was once betrothed at 2 years old. It was just alliance building.

King Baelor hasn't been born yet, so there's no Great Sept of Baelor for now.

About Alicent's nailbiting: She's an anxious girl and she does it to give herself comfort in uncomfortable situations. We see it the first time when someone brutally dies at the tournament in episode 1 and then again when she's forced by her father to go to the king alone. About her relationship with the king now: She's a very dutiful woman. You picked up on this already but she's a Hightower just like her father(that's what the pattern similar to the maester's chain represents) and the maesters originate from the city of oldtown as well. I didn't read the book but I interpret it as a mix of duty, and also genuinely liking Viserys cause he's a good guy, just not being attracted to him. I also believe she stopped nailbiting when she was around Viserys, showing she's gotten comfortable around him.

Hope your know about the time jumps and the older characters, not really a spoiler I think it was very known before coming out. Smart to let people know that atleast or else you’ll get all messed up 😂😂

In the book Fire and Blood, King Viserys was much younger at this point. I think something like 28 years old? So while Laena was still much too young for him at age 12, it wasn't quite the age difference that they imply in this episode. So this also means that Viserys and Alicent were much closer in age, something like 10-12 years? (something like 28 yo and 18yo, respectively? Or maybe 28yo and 16yo? I can't quite remember.) And Daemon was only in his early 20s at this point in the story when he's acting the petulant child.

Being heir doesn't mean you have any power. Joffrey was Robert's heir. Should Robert have taken his advice?

Classic we can speak of our family as we wish but if someone from outside does it it’s a no no. Daemon an absolute 🐐

Just a heads-up, this episode is not on your House of the Dragon playlist. Thanks for sharing!

hi. unrelated, i just started watching your buffy reactions. commented here. twitter link did not find you. 👏

wait for next ep

Valarian house is a valerian surviving house that exists mostly as sailors they are a naval power that was a vassal to the targarians their is a few offbranch bastard houses that are also vassls of the targarians most get wiped out during roberts rebellion

0:42 That's far from unanimous. To me having something different would have been a better choice, something only related to Targeryan since House of the Dragon will be about their history. There's one out there called "House of the Dragon - Opening Credits Sequence (Alternate theme - "Blood of the Dragon")". I highly suggest you watch it and tell me if it doesn'T fit better.

7:54 Perhaps that dragon is the one who laid Daenerys' dragon eggs?

Sofie did you recognize the Sons of the Harpy mask that the crabfeeder was wearing?

The Sept of Baelor is not yet build. Baelor is Rhaenyra's grandson and thus not yet alive.

Nothing better than a flawed man which we are. Hate when make straight hero characters instead of complicated characters more life like. Minus dragons of course!

Funny, how people all disgusted with the idea of Viserys marrying a 12yo Laena, but completely OK with him marrying a 14-15yo Alicent. Hypocrisy at its finest. He could have married Laena, and consummate the marriage years later. But no, he got an itch in his crotch for a teenage friend of his daughter.

I do blame Alicent. Yes, she had no choice but to go to the King, but in his chambers she could act like his daughter’s friend, making him more like a father figure. Instead, she was too nice, made new statuette for him. She was full aware what she was doing. After what we saw in the first episode, girls friendship, how Raenyra loved Alicent, I can’t imagine how a friend could do that to a friend. 🐍. If she thought that there is no other way, then she should have told Rae everything. Betrayal by two closest people, it’s disgusting

I will not allow Valyria 2 rise again 🐉

alicent didnt do anything wrong. shes in a hard situation and is sworn to secrecy

Marrying children is still common in some parts of the world.

Daemon is so extra.