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We'll be seeing the House Stark in a somewhat different light in HotD Season 2. But some things about the ancient house remain constant.

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A look at the relationship between Rhaenyra and Daemon Targaryen in Season 1.

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Ewan Mitchell (Aemond Targaryen) and Tom Glynn-Carney (Aegon II Targaryen) comment on three clips from the last two episodes of Season 1 of House of the Dragon.

Among other things, they mention costume problems. Ewan said about Elliot Grihault (Lucerys Velaryon), "the wisest kid I've ever met".

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Queen Mary of Denmark is a much nicer person than Cersei Lannister. But I get what the article says about her projecting a certain visual vibe.

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Speculation on which characters will be appearing in the Dunk and Egg series "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight".

Yes, Walder Frey is apparently an infant at the start of Dunk and Egg. 😮

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Rory McCann b. 24 April 1969 Glasgow, Scotland, UK

It would be surprising if he hasn't gotten one of these at some time.

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There's now a House of the Dragon version of the classic board game MONOPOLY.

Pledge loyalty to a house by choosing one of six themed golden tokens, then move around the board to travel through Westeros and across the Narrow Sea to Essos, and take control of strongholds, lands, and bays. The more you own, the more rent you can collect from opponents. Will you secure dragon eggs and fearsome dragons to bring your enemies to their knees? The last player with coins when all others have lost theirs wins! This strategy board game's board, packaging, tokens, money, cards, and game pieces are all inspired by the popular TV series. Looking for fun adult board games for game night? This exciting game for ages 17+ is a great choice, and it makes a beautiful gift for fans of Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon."

I'm not sure why this version of the game is rated 17+. A MONOPOLY based on Disney Stitch, being released around the same time, is rated 8+. Are nudity, incest, and maiming part of the game or is Hasbro just being cautious about the tie-in to the series?

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So what happened to Ned's bones?

In the HBO series Littlefinger presented them to Cat – obviously before the Red Wedding. The next we know of them, they had apparently been interred in the Winterfell crypt sometime after Ramsay's defeat at the Battle of the Bastards.

This vid goes primarily by events in ASoIaF. Several figures not seen in the TV series are mentioned prominently. So if you're in the process of reading the books, be prepared for some middling spoilers.

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Actors who portray members of Team Black and Team Green make their respective cases for power in an amusing video.

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A short vid of Jack Gleeson talking about how people still recognize him as Joffrey.

We hear Jack's natural Irish accent more in this clip.

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« I’m tall, I get recognised all over the place so I just try and keep my head down.

I mean you just get people shouting out, ‘Hey you’re the Hound’ and I tell them to ‘f*** off’ and they seem happy and I carry on. »

— Rory McCann (AKA: Sandor "The Hound" Clegane) from a 2017 interview at the Daily Record.

We can imagine those fans almost immediately posting something like this on social media...

The Hound just told me to fuck off! 😃👍🏼

Extra cred if it happened near a fried chicken outlet. 🍗

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Daemon as a character is not way out of the norm in ASoIaF.

We've seen good people who sometimes do bad things and bad people who sometimes do good things. And there's a lot of ambiguity in between.

One of the reasons Game of Thrones struck a chord was that its characters tended to be less cartoonish. It wasn't all saints vs. orcs.

As for Daemon's popularity, it certainly helps that Matt Smith is brilliant in his portrayal of him.

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On 17 April 2011, exactly 13 years ago today, Game of Thrones Season 1 began.

The encounter of those three rangers of the Night's Watch with a White Walker began a series of events that ended only with Arya Stark's dagger thrust in S08E03.

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Freddie Fox will portray Gwayne Hightower in Season 2 of House of the Dragon. Apparently he landed a gig as Loki in Season 2 of The Sandman.

Production for the second season of Netflix’s hit series The Sandman is still ongoing and we already had the chance to uncover many interesting updates. One of which were the titles of the first six episodes of the new season. One of them hinted at the inclusion of the Norse god Loki. Today we have learned who will play him in The Sandman. We’ve learned that Freddie Fox has been cast as Loki in the second season of Netflix’s The Sandman. It has been known for many months that the character would appear in the new season, but now we can finally put a face to the name.

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Margaret Constance "Maisie" Williams b. 15 April 1997 Bristol, England, UK

I wonder if Arya ever learned of the inscription on Aegon the Conqueror's Catspaw Dagger which she now carries.

"From my blood comes The Prince Who Was Promised, and his will be the Song of Ice and Fire.

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Looking for something to keep you busy between May 7th and June 16th?

GRRM's "MINIONS OF FEVRE RIVER" posted this and another free page from the coloring book which will be available in early May.

All must choose.

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This is the 10th anniversary of the Purple Wedding. You could just about hear people cheering from their homes in 2014.

Rivaled only by Ramsay Bolton and his gruesome affinity for siccing hounds on his victims, Joffrey's predilection for cruelty landed him a proportionate end. Knowing that his claim to the Iron Throne was by all suspicions illegitimate — as he was likely the product of a forbidden relationship between Cersei and her bother, Kingslayer Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) — made his death even more palatable. 

Joffrey's evil nature was apparent all the way back in S01E02. Writer Gabriella Ferrigine lists six reasons in her article why Joffrey had it coming. The first reason was his ordering the death of Mycah, the butcher's boy, on the way from Winterfell to King's Landing. Joff wasn't even king at the time.

It would have been great fun if Arya had finished him off. Though the story would have taken a drastic turn.

Cersei thought she could control Joffrey – but we know how that went. While her influence increased when Joffrey became king, he often went off script and just kept getting worse.