Not too long ago, I binge-watched HBO’s House of the Drag­on (hence­forth HOTD), a pre­quel spin­off of its acclaimed tele­vi­sion series, Game of Thrones (hence­forth GOT), itself an inter­pre­ta­tion of George R. R. Mar­t­in’s A Song of Ice and Fire (hence­forth ASOIAF) book series. HOTD fol­lows a spe­cif­ic epoch pre­dat­ing the events of GOT by almost 200 years — that is, it is based large­ly off the events of a civ­il war referred to as the Dance of Drag­ons — the details… Con­tin­ue Reading