How House Of The Dragon's Viserys Targaryen Is Related To Daenerys' Brother
House of the Dragon’s prequel story depicts the first notable Viserys Targaryen, who is a distantly related ancestor to Daenerys’ same-named brother in Game of Thrones. Taking place about 200 years before Game of Thrones’ timeline, House of the Dragon will chronicle a momentous era in House Targaryen’s family history at the height of their reign in Westeros. While the two characters will be wildly different in terms of their personalities and impact, House of the Dragon continues the franchise’s notable name confusions, as the prequel’s King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine) inspired the moniker of Game of Thrones’ antagonistic Viserys Targaryen.
While the Targaryens will make up a significant portion of House of the Dragon’s characters, only three remained during Game of Thrones’ timeline. Game of Thrones’ premiere introduced the last two descendants of House Targaryen, Viserys and his younger sister Daenerys. While Viserys was intent on reclaiming his rightful place on the Iron Throne during Game of Thrones season 1, Daenerys simply wanted to return home, with the elder Targaryen’s cruelty and arrogance landing him an early death by a crown of molten silver, gifted by Daenerys’ husband, Khal Drogo.
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Game of Thrones’ ending suggests that Harry Lloyd’s Viserys Targaryen will be the last figure in Westeros to ever carry that name, though his antagonistic nature certainly didn’t do justice to the more peaceful House of the Dragon figure with the same moniker. Daenerys’ brother in Game of Thrones was the great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandson of House of the Dragon’s King Viserys I Targaryen. Had Game of Thrones’ Viserys successfully
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