House of the Dragon's premiere episode

House of the Dragon is set during the reign of the Targaryens,

[{"selector":"#anim-94ca9ec3-73aa-4f72-b4de-287dbfe2dda7 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-10.50000002949028%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-885e2914-eda8-4a05-8da5-8006f1f5c816","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5905b8a9-bcb3-4466-84f4-b151152d52d6","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(115.43408%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones

[{"selector":"#anim-e5c7b0c7-2bc0-40d5-88bc-920fd65736f3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(2.789338097420231%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-20a0c2d2-671a-4073-b646-86dcd2fd1c83","keyframes":[{"transform":"rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","opacity":0},{"transform":"none","opacity":1}],"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both","iterations":1}] House of the Dragon will tell a more focused tale than Game of Thrones

Fire and Blood. These are the words of House Targaryen, and they were made famous by Game of Thrones

[{"selector":"#anim-fec4248f-9e36-4124-aed2-88714740b39d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-20.52371732914958%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}]

the HBO adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s book series “A Song of Ice and Fire.” Yet part of the appeal.

[{"selector":"#anim-2a6e304f-a103-4921-9897-1046b012f309 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.718749889070086%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ffb44988-f3ae-493d-9528-81944f59ee73","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-108.16901%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2b4c7099-a76c-4ffc-aa3d-487bd4ccf8b0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-08ccee01-2755-41d3-8cd8-2b46e9ac280b","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Fill in some text

the story of House Targaryen is a myth—a legend passed down about a once great dynasty that’s now fallen to ruin

[{"selector":"#anim-b286dbda-c5d5-409d-a1c7-b27cfef1acaa [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-14.678571469797646%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-317eaef4-97b7-4448-a70e-cd9b75570cd2","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(105.67567%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3d58cb70-5bc9-4397-9e10-e73a7d3497ab","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b2f29c4f-7ea7-49df-ad0a-3aa1473ec630","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}]

There aren’t even any dragons for most of the first season, which makes the birth of three such creatures a monumental event during the finale.

[{"selector":"#anim-72a08cd3-4064-4045-890a-a85dbee2f0c7 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-043f37ab-cb26-415e-ae8e-979d81b4df62","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3d67805a-0a5b-4c90-9385-097a88313d0f","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Game of Thrones Spinoff House of the Dragon concept images

[{"selector":"#anim-139b0fa7-1d96-443d-915b-087153913bb3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5dab45c9-569e-455b-a2d0-43ff14e4513c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(105.70652%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4586c297-1e6e-4141-b432-2056ba7c2fa1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b47aee3e-30a9-40cc-86f1-0f719386943c","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}]

The 'Game of Thrones' prequel series takes place 200 years before the original show

[{"selector":"#anim-eda68277-d24c-4535-8599-38200232381f [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-57.774321534529705%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-57cbfa3a-7ed3-4a90-b1de-e02075a6e3ce","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-107.84314%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-29944c3d-8eed-4353-ad26-fba53a2f4a75","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}]

House of the Dragon is an entirely fictional story set in an era inspired by the Medieval Ages

[{"selector":"#anim-ea9c3241-25de-49fc-8afd-4e9db9003aa2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(4.574132216471164%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7721e570-407b-4c19-b817-6e23f1edd86d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(110.58824%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-75c62a99-5dc8-4b41-b715-a00225447811","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}]

the overall success of the Game of Thrones influenced makers to introduce a spinoff prequel titled, House of the Dragon

[{"selector":"#anim-a9ea2c1c-e88b-41a8-bdcb-de3251cdbff4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-20.158837081320165%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8979c843-991d-4b0b-a28f-109df3776ca9","keyframes":[{"offset":0,"transform":"translate3d(0, -561.59851%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.29,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.45,"transform":"translate3d(0, -157.92150101200002%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.61,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.71,"transform":"translate3d(0, -53.688817556000004%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.8,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.85,"transform":"translate3d(0, -20.161386509000003%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":0.92,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"},{"offset":0.96,"transform":"translate3d(0, -8.760936756%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(.5, 0, 1, 1)"},{"offset":1,"transform":"translate3d(0, 0%, 0)","easing":"cubic-bezier(0, 0, .5, 1)"}],"delay":0,"duration":1600,"fill":"both"}]