

Martin’s lore (remember House Reyne of Castamere?), the Velaryons didn’t start out as has-beens. More money, more incest-caused problems!ĭespite the long line of disappeared or collapsed houses in George R. And with the latest episode, “Driftmark,” it’s clear no one in this kingdom is having less fun right now than the Velaryons, a house that is rich, powerful, and spends the entirety of the episode named for their ancestral seat absolutely miserable. House of the Dragon has cycled through these themes briskly thanks to those time jumps: King Viserys warns Rhaenyra of a war and winter to come in the premiere Ser Criston Cole murders Ser Joffrey Lonmouth at Rhaenyra and Laenor’s wedding. There are a few general truisms in the Song of Ice and Fire universe: Winter is coming, weddings are not a fun time, and to be anyone but the family in charge is a truly fruitless gig.

Spoilers follow for House of the Dragon episode seven, “Driftmark.”
