GRRM Announces Rise of the Dragon, a Pre-Game of Thrones Encyclopedia

The Targaryen dynasty could have died out by the top of Game of Thrones, however hopefully these dragon-riding maniacs can take solace within the truth the individuals of Westeros are fully obsessive about their lengthy rule of the Seven Kingdoms. Hopefully, the individuals of Earth are as nicely, since HBO’s upcoming GoT prequel sequence House of the Dragon covers the Targaryen civil wars, and now a second useful resource guide devoted to the household is on the best way.

The guide is The Rise of the Dragon, which is George R.R. Martin’s follow-up to 2018’s Fire & Blood, which was a chronological historical past of the Targaryens from their first arrival on Westeros a whole lot of years in the past to the aforementioned civil wars which would be the focus of House of the Dragon. Rise, alternatively, shall be extra of an easy useful resource guide, very like 2014’s The World of Ice and Fire. I’ll let George explain:

“For those of you who are wondering: What’s the difference between The Rise of the Dragon and Fire & Blood? Think of The Rise of the Dragon as a deluxe reference book, in which Westeros’ most infamous family—and their dragons—come to life in partnership with some truly incredible artists.”

Martin continued: “Fire & Blood was scribed as a grandmaesters’ account of events from Aegon Targaryen’s conquest of Westeros through to the infamous Dance of the Dragons, the civil war that nearly undid the Targaryen rule. The Rise of the Dragon will cover the same time period, but is written in a more encyclopedic style similar to The World of Ice and Fire. In fact, The World of Ice and Fire authors Elio M. García, Jr. and Linda Antonsson have returned to help with this tome.”

Rise doesn’t look like it’s going to be wholly important studying for followers who learn Fire & Blood, however I actually wouldn’t thoughts having a useful resource that allowed me to simply uncover who the a whole lot of characters mentioned in Fire are, particularly given the truth that half the Targaryens appear to be named Aegon and the Targaryen household tree is so intertwined with itself it would as nicely be a ball of yarn. And it ought to be immensely useful (or at the least attractive) to House of the Dragon viewers who’ll need to dive deeper into the sequence, which I think about is the principle level of the guide. If nothing else, the one image GRRM shared (seen above) is beautiful sufficient to make me marvel if the artwork alone is well worth the cash.

The Rise of the Dragon is due someday in October.

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