From the Dance of the Dragons to Sunfyre and Vhagar, test your knowledge of the Targaryen civil war. How many can you get right?
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The Targaryens conquered the Seven Kingdoms roughly 300 years before the events of Game of Thrones, using their dragons to forge the Iron Throne from the swords of their defeated enemies.
The Dance of the Dragons was a brutal Targaryen civil war fought over succession, resulting in the deaths of nearly all of the family's dragons and drastically weakening House Targaryen's power.
Viserys's decision to name Rhaenyra his heir was controversial because it broke with Westerosi tradition, as the Great Council had previously passed over female claimants in favour of male ones.
Ser Criston Cole starts the series as Rhaenyra's sworn protector and champion, making his eventual turn against her one of the show's most bitter betrayals.
The colour green became associated with Alicent's faction after she famously wore a green dress to a feast — a signal to her allies that she was declaring her opposition to Rhaenyra.
Rhys Ifans, best known to many as the eccentric flatmate Spike in Notting Hill, brings a steely political cunning to the role of Otto Hightower, one of the most manipulative figures in Westeros.
Sunfyre was renowned as one of the most beautiful dragons in Targaryen history, with shimmering gold scales and pale pink wing membranes — though his glory was short-lived after the brutal battles of the Dance of the Dragons left him grievously wounded.
The death of Lucerys and Arrax at Storm's End was the moment that transformed the succession dispute into all-out war — Rhaenyra's grief and fury upon hearing the news set the Dance of the Dragons truly ablaze.
Daemon's disdain for Rhea Royce was so well known at court that when she died in a suspicious riding accident, few doubted who was responsible — though nothing was ever proven against the rogue prince.
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