‘House of the Dragon’: George R R Martin Walks Us Through Magic, Dragons, and More!

HBO Max has released a video featuring George R R Martin, who provides a fascinating glimpse into the world and its creation that we are about to enter. The upcoming show is inspired by Martin’s 2018 novel Fire & Blood.

This latest HBO show stars Paddy Considine, Emma DArcy, Matt Smith, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans as showrunners. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik are showrunners for the series that will cover the events set 200 years before the “Game of Thrones.”

The first episode of House of the Dragon will air shortly, focusing on the firey House Targaryen and holding us accountable for the events that resulted in the beginning of the house’s end.

GEORGE R R MARTIN, THE CREATOR OF HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, ON FANTASY WORLD BUILDING

The recent clip featuring George R R Martin is described as part planning, part imagination, and the final product: magic, where we have the celebrated writer talking about the building of the magical world, we have been sucked in once and are ready to divulge in once more.

Martin discusses how presenting the fantasy elements is one of the most important and critical qualities of a fantasy writer. He enthuses people by saying that if you have the right formula to write a fantasy story, you can. He goes into the details about the Valyrians and their blood magic, and how their self and the connection they share with the dragons play a major role in creating magic.

TRAILER FOR ‘THE HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’

House of the Dragon will be released on HBO Max and Disney+ Hotstar on August 21, 2022. You may read the review for the first episode here.