Yep: this represents siblings marrying siblings, a grand, gross, Targaryen family tradition: For richer, for poorer, in sickness, and incest. You'll notice a couple of times when two different bloodlines branch off from one pair of sigils and then kinda.
The cool thing: Each of these sigils represents a different member of the royal family - so what the camera's really up to, of course, is following the literal bloodline(s) - get it? - of House Targaryen. The first symbol we see is the Doom of Valyria, the volcanic cataclysm that destroyed the ancestral home of the Targaryens and Velaryons (both Houses only survived because they'd relocated to Westeros years before).īlood flows in rivulets through the machine, gathering in pools around pairs of sigils, then branching off again. Which is to say: These credits very much represent what House of the Dragon is all about, neatly teeing up the central conflicts that drive it. But instead of one that looks out at the wider world, this one looks inward - and to the past. We're back to an elaborate clockwork apparatus, like O.G. (Didn't mention them last week because the episode that was screened for press didn't have 'em, but this one did.) We'll get to it all, but first: A word about those deeply snazzy opening credits. But you can't deny that the pace is quickening, the plot is thickening, and a third dragon gets added to the slooowly growing roster, with a fiery and efficient debut. If you're just joining us, here are recaps of episode one and episode two and a glossary of people and places you may have forgotten.ĭon't get me wrong: House of the Dragon remains as listlessly talky as ever, and is still telegraphing its each and every narrative punch by having different characters make the same point over and over, for our putative benefit. well, for House of the Dragon 's third episode.
This recap of House of the Dragon 's third episode contains spoilers for. Corlys Velaryon (Steve Tousssaint) has an axe, and teeth, to grind in House of the Dragon.