On this episode of the Story Archives Show, Mario and Zach recap season two, episode one of House of the Dragon on HBO. In it, Rhaenyra grieves the loss of her son Luke, Daemon takes matters into his own hands, and the usurper Hightowers plan their next move after several critical strategic errors. Beware of the rats.

House of the Dragon is an American fantasy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_television) drama (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_(film_and_television)) television series created by George R. R. Martin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin) and Ryan Condal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Condal) for HBO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO). A prequel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prequel) to Game of Thrones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones) (2011–2019), it is the second television series in the A Song of Ice and Fire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire) franchise. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Sapochnik) served as the showrunners (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showrunner) for the first season. Based on parts of Martin's 2018 book Fire & Blood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_%26_Blood_(novel))
, the series begins about 100 years after the 
Seven Kingdoms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westeros)
 are united by the Targaryen conquest, nearly 200 years before the events of 
Game of Thrones
, and 172 years before the birth of 
Daenerys Targaryen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daenerys_Targaryen)
. Featuring an 
ensemble cast (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast)
, the show portrays the events leading up to the decline of 
House Targaryen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Targaryen)
, a devastating 
war of succession (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_succession)
 known as the "Dance of the Dragons".

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