With George R.R. Martin himself coming onboard to helm House of the Dragon alongside Ryan Condal, fans are assuming that the series will be relatively faithful to the events of Fire & Blood, but here’s what most of us are missing apparently; that novel isn’t really a story, and nor is it a matter-of-fact recounting of the events as they happened in Westeros. The book deals with history, as told from the viewpoint of an Archmaester and his numerous, and many a time dubious, sources.

The implication behind that idea highlights all the unreliable narrators who have inherited the legacy of history from the olden days until now. As many facts and truths are distorted in the world we live in today, so were they when the monarchs of yore used an iron fist to keep the people in line, and a steel hammer to beat their enemies senseless.



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