House of the Dragonwill introduce House Velaryon, a storied medieval family just as ancient as the silver-haired dragonriders.
It’s different than 20 years ago when Peter Jackson madeThe Lord of the Rings.
It began withGame of Thronescreator and authorGeorge R.R.
Meet House Velaryon: Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) and his wife Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best).Nadav Kander for EW
Martin hired Condal to developHouse of the Dragon.
House Velaryon maintain prominent roles in the sequence of events.
The Velaryons, like those of House Targaryen, have the blood of Old Valyria in their veins.
Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) and Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) consult by the fire on ‘House of the Dragon.'.Ollie Upton/HBO
Though they don’t generally care to mount dragons, they command the oceans on ships.
It was their fleet that helped Aegon “The Conqueror” Targaryen take over Westeros years earlier.
I just thought, ‘Well, why couldn’t we do a version of that now?'"
Steve Toussaint stars as Lord Corlys Velaryon, the famed seafaring explorer known as the Sea Snake, in ‘House of the Dragon.'.Nadav Kander for EW
InHouse of the Dragon, that would be Lord Corlys.
“It’s not any of that at all,” Condal says.
What’s it like for everybody else?
The change to House Velaryon also enhanced another element of the story.
(Who is whose bastard and who is a legitimate heir?)
“It makes that storytelling even richer in a way,” Condal says.
House of the Dragonpremieres Aug. 21 on HBO.
