"A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones" came before.
, as the former signature of HBO, once conquered countless audiences around the world with its magnificent imagination and unlimited large scale of " Game of Thrones".
Now, with the deep participation of George R.R. Martin, the related spin-off drama "Dragon Family" once again meets all Game of Thrones fans.
after many years, I have to say that it is still the same formula and the same taste.
starts with Wang Zhuang.
If you're still in the dark about the eighth season of Game of Thrones, this show will definitely be your best booster.
So let's talk about the background story of this show today, so that you can have more fun watching the show in the future.
Just as some people commented that " died in the Ming Dynasty, died in Wanli " or "in fact died in Tumubao", the final decline of a dynasty is often buried in the early or middle period of peace. bane.
And "Dragon Family" is also about such a political metaphor, and its level is not inferior to "Game of Thrones".
The show begins with a sloppy few minutes of prologue to tell the root of the whole thing.
As the king of Westeros and the ruler of Targaryen family , King Jaehaerys I originally had two adult sons, so there was no need to worry about heirs.
But the eldest son was assassinated and the second son died unexpectedly, which led to two consecutive discussions in the kingdom regarding the heir. In order to avoid causing a war due to the issue of the heir, King Rui, the final person of
, convened a great council in Harrenhal while he was still alive, and convened all the lords in the country to agree on the issue of the heir.
There are two heirs in total: , the daughter of the eldest son of King Renrui, , Renice,
(the pregnant woman on the left in the picture above, in fact, the main reason why she can be a candidate for heir is also because she is pregnant and is very likely to give birth to The grandson of the current king. However, in the original book, it is already clear that Rhaenys has given birth to a son, and the real candidate is also Rhaenys' son Lannino. Reese. The final result of
was that Viserys was elected king, and the candidate Rhaenys was known as the "uncrowned queen". We can see in the gladiatorial fight in the first episode that knights still refer to her as such decades later.
Of course, calling Rhaenys that in front of the king was a bit of a chore, but Viserys wasn't very careful.
The transition of the heir issue was very smooth, and there were no contradictions, and Viserys also started a prosperous era.
But since this great council, there has also been a consensus on the continent of Westeros that when the king chooses the heir, the priority of women and their descendants is lower than that of men.
(Actually, this is understandable. Their custom is that women who marry should follow their husband's surname. Although this tradition is extremely unfeminine, in real life, no one seems to pick on it, so the married Targaryen does not have a surname. Targaryen, then naturally weak in the competition for the throne) The rule of
also laid the groundwork for the subsequent civil war of " Blood Dragon Dance ".
The mutation of the matter came from the late period of Viserys' reign. Although he relied on the advantage of men to obtain the right of inheritance, it was embarrassing that he himself did not have a male heir. The first episode of
"Dragon Family" basically focused on Viserys' always wanted a son, and even held a gladiatorial meeting to celebrate the queen's birth.
It's a pity that the queen died in childbirth, and the newly born prince died a day later.
This TM is embarrassing.
(In other words, in this traditional society, there is really no feminism, the process of the queen giving birth was forced by caesarean section, and the key director even filmed it,This paragraph makes my scalp go numb. It's more impactful than smashing people's heads in the arena)
Logically, at this time Viserys should pass the throne to his younger brother Damon, which is in the first episode Responsible for welfare, " Prince of the Capital " who likes to party.
He single-handedly created "Golden Robe", and he has been in restaurants and prostitutes all the year round, and his personality is somewhat brutal. After that, he had an affair with his niece, , Renilla, and became one of the powerful forces under his command. In fact, the first episode of
already has a subtle reflection on the relationship between the two.
However, at this time, Damon still has great ideas for the throne, especially since the king has no son. When
met with his brother Viserys, Dimon arrogantly called his son, who died just after birth, " one-day crown prince ", a move that completely angered those who had just experienced the loss of a child and bereavement. The King of Wife Pain.
Afterwards, the king sharply reprimanded his younger brother for being disrespectful, and Damon left the capital angrily.
At this point, Viserys looked around, and it seemed that there was no satisfactory heir, so he set his sights on his favorite only daughter, , Renilla.
Although Renilla's casting is really hard to describe, her acting skills are still very online, and her appearance is indeed very distinctive, which can be remembered at a glance.
In the play, she was not keen on the succession of the throne at the beginning, probably because she was young and ignorant, she yearned for freedom and attached importance to feelings.
She is very puzzled by her mother's insistence on giving birth to a prince, and believes that a woman's life should not be just like this, and she has a deep relationship with her best friend Allison Hightower.
doesn't know how close the two are now, and how brutal they will be in the future.
King Viserys, despite the objections of his ministers, insisted on canonizing his daughter Princess Rhaenyla as his heir, and asked the major nobles to publicly swear allegiance to her.
However, something more embarrassing came.
We see at the end of the first episode that Prime Minister Otto Hightower is already egging on his daughter King Allison Hightower's room to comfort the king.
In fact, the king actually married the Prime Minister's daughter, Allison, his daughter's best friend.
Wow, I think of you as my sister, but you want to be my mother.
And, after marrying his daughter's best friend, Viserys was immortal and soon gave birth to a son, Aegon . The birth of this new prince,
, once again brought the crown prince issue that should have been settled, and it continued to intensify.
After Allison became queen, she didn't save face for her best friend at all, and asked Viserys to re-establish the reserve many times, but Viserys hesitated and never agreed.
is like this, the two former good friends gradually confronted each other, and the conflict once intensified to the point of being out of control.
Because Princess Renilla is the owner of Dragonstone , she lives in Dragonstone, so after the death of King Viserys, in order to avoid the fall of power, Allison, who has become queen, took the necessary measures for power struggle since ancient times. The trick is to keep secret.
followed by the Queen's party and quickly assembled the army in King's Landing , eradicated dissidents, and made all preparations for Aegon's ascension to the throne.
After waiting for everything to be ready, the queen released the raven to inform the vassal kings all over the country that the king had died and that his son had been crowned.
Princess , who learned the news, was very angry and quickly gathered her allies to discuss strategies.
Although Aegon's ascension to the throne took the lead, but when Viserys was alive, the princes and kings of the country had sworn allegiance to the crown prince Rhaenyra. The effect of the
oath is still there. After
weighed the situation between the enemy and the enemy, Renilla also announced the throne on Dragonstone Island. In order to demonstrate rationality, she evenHe also wore his father's crown.
At this point, the civil war belonging to the Targaryen family has officially started, and the battle between dragons and dragons has also engulfed the entire continent of Westeros.
In the end, Aegon the Younger, the only surviving son of Rhaenyla's side, ascended the throne. He married the queen's granddaughter, and the civil war surrounding the two sides ended.
This war left the Targaryens dead and wounded, and lost the advantage of relying on dragons to rule Westeros, They had 20 dragons before the war, only 4 left after the war, and 1 is missing (this It is possible to lay the groundwork for the three dragons of the dragon mother Daenerys ).
"Dance of Blood Dragons" ignited the end of House Targaryen.
