Not so much a reference to Game of Thrones but rather similarities that pair the two together, House of the Dragon has a few moments and scenes that parallel some from its predecessor. House of the Dragon opens how Thrones ends, with a democratic vote for a new Monarch. There is also an Arryn passing away in the opening episode (John in Thrones Game of Thrones has a long history of skipping the boring bits, and season seven leans into this tendency more than ever.We’ve seen episodes that find Jaime Lannister instantly leaping from King Watching House of the Dragon first would lose some context of the wider world, but the show would make sense by itself. Spoilers are a real danger, but as far as the show's text, skipping Game of The only thing that could tear down the House of the Dragon was itself.Rhaenyra Targaryen House of the Dragon is the second live-action television series of the World of Westeros. It is the second installment of the franchise overall. It was ordered by HBO in October 2019. The prequel goes back approximately 200 years to center on the beginning of the end of the once all-powerful dynasty that As Game of Thrones closes in on its HBO ending, the series is far from over in the novels. Back in Season 7, the show moved beyond the book material — particularly for Jon Snow's story. In the As reported in Vanity Fair, when the episode aired in May 2016, George R.R. Martin told the audience at a book event that in The Winds of Winter, the next instalment in GRRM’s A Song of Ice and By Matt Miller Published: Aug 01, 2017 8:50 AM EST. The timeline of Game of Thrones has always been mildly inconsistent. In Episode Two, Grey Worm and Missandei were having awkward eunuch sex in The Andals crossed the Narrow Sea under the banner of the Faith of the Seven, the major religion known in Westeros at the time that the show and books take place. The First Men and Children of the Forest fought against them as they attempted to conquer Westeros much like the First Men had, and the war went on for centuries as the religion epsHW.