Don't Expect To Get The Sea Snake's Coolest Story In House Of The Dragon

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House of the Dragon will highlight the Sea Snake as an important character, but his best stories won’t be featured in the Targaryen-centric Game of Thrones spinoff. Set 200 years before Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon will depict a notable era in House Targaryen’s family history, the Dance of the Dragons, which saw Rhaenyra and Aegon II Targaryen split the realm in half between the “green” and “black” parties. As the families across Westeros choose which child of King Viserys I Targaryen has the better claim to the Iron Throne, House of the Dragon will showcase many important characters in Westerosi history as well as prominent members of formerly great houses that weren’t featured in Game of Thrones, such as House Velaryon’s Lord Corlys.

What’s most remarkable about House of the Dragon's Corlys Velaryon, a.k.a the Sea Snake, isn’t the fact that he’s one of the only characters to survive from the beginning until the end of the Dance of the Dragons, but that he’s one of the most highly accomplished seafarers in the history of the Seven Kingdoms. The fabled past of Corlys Velaryon, who is played by actor Steve Toussaint, will certainly come into play during House of the Dragon, but isn’t likely to be seen on screen. Instead, Corlys Velaryon’s story will largely be associated with his wife Rhaenys Targaryen’s (Eve Best) former claim to the Iron Throne and their children’s political marriages to House Targaryen.

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While Corlys’ story in House of the Dragon is apt to be one of the most compelling of the Game of Thrones prequel series, he’s one of a few characters whose backstories offer even more intriguing adaptations. While a younger version of the Sea