

Following the death of his wife Aemma Arryn and their newborn son, Baelon, Viserys Targaryen named his daughter Rhaenyra as his heir, displacing his brother, Daemon Targaryen, from the line of succession. When House of the Dragon begins, Viserys I Targaryen is King of Westeros after a Great Council had voted for him to succeed his grandfather Jaehaerys.

We’ll still go over the bullet points here, though, just in case. The entire show is about House Targaryen, so this is probably the one house you don’t need help keeping straight (or at least we’d hope). Their sigil is a red three-headed dragon over a black field. Their ancestral seat is Dragonstone, though they rule out of King’s Landing. To help you keep track of the various houses - and how they fit into the inevitable Targaryen civil war - we’ll be updating this house and character guide throughout the season. The shifting political alliances and ever-expanding cast of characters can be hard to keep up with, particularly since so many weren’t featured in Game of Thrones. As war looms closer in House of the Dragon, the noble houses of Westeros are already beginning to choose sides in the rivalry for the Iron Throne between Rhaenyra and Aegon Targaryen.
