Because no intellectual property shall go unexploited, HBO is back at the “Game of Thrones” well and hoping a lot of viewers follow along for “House of the Dragon,” a prequel series that takes place nearly 200 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen.
Ah yes, Daenerys the dragon whisperer — she of the white-blonde hair and grim, single-minded pursuit to take back the Iron Throne. The character sort of fell apart there at the end of “Game of Thrones,” leaving a sour aftertaste. Hers was a destiny that would go unfulfilled for a number of reasons, namely Jon Snow fatally shanking her in the gut in the finale. There was also her increasingly unhinged behavior before all that. But she’s a Targaryen, whaddya gonna do?
Well, perhaps a closer look at the people who begot her might give us a few clues. And so here we are, scrolling back a couple of centuries to get a bead on her great-great-great whoevers in the House Targaryen.
