Fire & Blood: what can we decipher about season 8 of Game Of Thrones?

The first book of George R. R. Martin's Fire & Blood - yes, there will be a sequel - makes us think a little about the eighth season of the series Game of Throneswhich will be released in April. The author tells us some of the secrets of the Targaryen family, the reigns of the family over the last 300 years, the fights between them and the sad end of these battles, among many other things. But as I read on, I wondered: could this book reveal some of the secrets of Season 8?

Before I get into the story itself and speculate on the answer, I'd like to talk about the overall impression the book made on me. Physically, the narrative features Doug Wheatley's beautiful illustrations, which also tell the story beautifully, along with the text. It's a very interesting way of making the reader feel at home with the characters. The text is told as if it were a historical document of the Citadel, by Meister Gyldayn. Because it's in the first person, on several occasions the story raises doubts about the veracity of the facts. The meister even makes this very clear, when at various times he says that a given fact has three different versions. It is therefore up to the reader to do an exercise to choose their favorite story.

The book reads reading, in the style of a historical narrative, but at times it becomes confusing because of so many names and families. The author introduced the years of the Targaryen dynasty - from Aegon I to Aegon III - but didn't give an ending, precisely because ending, precisely because, yes, there will be a second part to volume 1, with no release date yet. release date yet.

Let's go to history

The Targaryens were members of one of the 40 families of Valyria, ancestral dragon lords. However, they were not powerful and wealthy. Valyria was a very wealthy city, where the lords vied for power. At a certain point in history Daenys, daughter of Lord Aenar Targaryen, had a premonitory dream about the ruin of the city - which city - which was surrounded by volcanoes - by fire. It was at this moment the family sold all their lands and everyone moved to Pedra do Stone, including their dragons. 12 years later, Valyria was in flames, killing everyone in the city. Some find this gesture of flight undignified. But the fact is the Targaryens became the only dragon lords and the strongest and most powerful in Westeros. strongest and most powerful in Westeros.

Aegon's conquest only happened a century after the ruin of Valyria and the date was so significant that it it became ground zero, referring to the time count in the Bible (BC - Before the Conquest and AD - After the Conquest). - Before the Conquest and AD - After the Conquest). Aegon's motivations to conquer Westeros, there is much speculation. Some say that he knew about the White Walkers and wanted to unify the whole the kingdom for a possible battle in the future. With the seven unified kingdoms - before, each kingdom had its own king - they would have a better chance of of defeating the evil that came from the north. This version may even be pertinent, since Dragon's Stone, there was a cave - discovered by John Snow in the TV series TV series - that had ancestral drawings representing this evil. But the reason reason the book tells us is that Lord Argilac - King of the Storm - had offered Aegon the hand of his maiden daughter, plus some dowries in land, since he wanted the Targaryen wanted the Targaryens as an ally. However, Aegon immediately refused, as he already had two wives, his sisters Visenya and Rhaenya. But he made a the lands, but the lord's daughter would marry his friend and champion - some say friend and champion - some say he was Aegon's bastard brother - Orys Baratheon. Enraged, Argilac sent Aegon's messenger's hands in a box with a note: "These are the only hands you have. note: "these are the only hands your bastard will receive from me". At that moment, Aegon's conquest of the seven kingdoms began.    

Then begins the story of the reign of the Targaryen family in Westeros, beginning with Aegon I (and his two queens, wives and sisters), who was nicknamed Aegon the Conqueror. He and his two sister wives represented the three-headed dragon on the family crest. family crest.

Aegon the Conqueror remained king of Westeros and died a natural death in 37 AD. His first son, together with Queen Rhaenys, Aenys Targaryen, took over his short reign. All his father's conquest was at risk at the time, as people the strength of this son to rule the seven kingdoms, and much battle was to come. Bloodthirsty and cruel moments were about to arise. Then, after the death of Aenys (I won't tell you how it happened so as not to give away any major spoilers), the rise of Maegon Targaryen, who would be later called the Cruel One.  

Throughout the reign of House House Targaryen - in its most diverse generations - they managed to be loved and feared for many years. feared for many years, being the only ones to manage to be the ancestral ancestral lords of dragons. These animals were the great strength of the family. They, who had a tradition of performing marriages between themselves - including between siblings and brothers and other family members in order to maintain the pure race of platinum hair and violet eyes. violet eyes - were sometimes peaceful and sometimes bloodthirsty kings and queens. That idea of "power for power's sake" reigns supreme in many instances where family members the Iron Throne on the grounds that they are the true heirs by right. by right. The end of these conflicts is always a lot of bloodshed and, in many situations, family killing family.

However, there was one moment in the Targaryen reign that was marked by moments of peace: the long reign of Jaehaeris I (descendant of Visenya) and his wife Alysanne (descendant of Rhaenya) - who, by the way, was a queen way ahead of her time, thinking a lot about the situation of women at the time. She even made her husband repeal the law of the First Night, in which the king had the right to lie with maiden brides before their husbands. An interesting passage from this reign shows that the queen went to the wall and, wishing to fly further north to find out what was on the other side, mounted her dragon. But he refused to fly any further north of the wall. In the Chronicles of Ice and Fire series, there is a magic in which the White Walkers can't get through to the other side of the wall. Would this spell also apply to dragons? I can't say and, in the TV series, that wasn't true. We saw Daenerys pass through with the dragons to save John Snow.

Throughout his reign of blood, battles and many family tragedies. There's the famous Dance of the Dragons, an epic battle that Westeros witnessed; great battles in the skies between the family dragons.

Attention to these points

Some moments in the narrative, the story gives you hints of recent things from the Chronicles of Ice and Fire (or from Game of Thrones), such as the origin of Daenerys Targaryen's three Daenerys Targaryen's dragon eggs. At the beginning of the Targaryen reign, there were three eggs that were stolen and are speculated to be in a bank in Bavaros. This could explain the origin of Daenerys Targaryen's three dragons.

And speaking of Daenerys, referring to the dragonborn where she comes out of the fire intact, contrary to what we thought contrary to what we thought, there are many Targaryens who burn to death, including by dragon fire. Some say that some are more resistant to flames than others. than others. Perhaps those who actually hold the right to the Iron Throne. Iron Throne. That would be a plausible explanation.

There's also a passage about a connection I made with the character from the Chronicles of Ice and Fire (and from Game of Thrones) who is over 200 years old, the witch Melisandre. The book Fire & Blood refers to a witch who has the same characteristics as her, which led me to think that it might be the same person. Could it be? There are other theories about Melisandre, including that she is the lost granddaughter of Aegon IV, and therefore a Targaryen. But these are just theories.

As we know, the Targaryens intermarry to maintain the custom of perpetuating the pure race. However, they also kill each other, as we saw happen in the 300 years leading up to the Chronicles of Ice and Fire. The question arises: what will be the fate of Daenerys and John Snow? Love or the fight for the throne?

For those who follow the TV series and read the books, Fire & Blood is a historical document that will reveal many important things about the plot. Well worth a read!