House of the Dragon: Promo for episode 3 of fantasy prequel
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Episode three of House of the Dragon – titled Second His Name – saw suitors vying for Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen’s (played by Milly Alcock) hand with the future heir of the Iron Throne having to consider her own matrimony plans after her father Viserys (Paddy Considine) married Alicent Hightower (Emma Carey) in the previous instalment.
Many potential candidates were mentioned including the princess’ young brother Aegon II and Laenor Velaryon (Theo Nate) with Jason Lannister (Jefferson Hall) coming forward and threw his hat in the ring in the hopes of winning over Rhaenyra, however, she was left incensed by any notions of marriage.
WARNING: This article contains major spoilers from House of the Dragon and Fire and Blood
How is Jason and Tyland related to Cersei, Tywin and Tyrion Lannister?
Jason had a twin brother Tyland Lannister (also Hall), who sats on the small council in King’s Landing and served as the king’s master of ships but has remained in the background.
While Tyland was very much involved in the running of the realm, Jason was Lord of Casterly Rock and was seeking a spouse as he promised to built Rhaenyra a dragonpit should she accept his offer a lady wife.
Both Tyland and Jason were born between 89 and 97 After Ageon’s Conquest (AC), years before any of the Lannisters in Game of Thrones.
For instance, Tywin (Charles Dance) was born in 234 AC at Casterly Rock, while Cersei (Lena Headey) and her twin brother Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) were born in 261 AC and Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) in 265 AC.
All of the Game of Thrones Lannisters are essentially distant descendants of Jason and Tyland, who lived 200 years before the events of the original show.
In a World of Ice and Fire, the Game of Thrones companion, House Lannister, which originated with Damon ‘The Grey Lion’ Lannister and his wife Cerissa Brax, who had many children and led to the proliferation of this family.
According to the A Wiki of Ice and Fire, Jason went on to marry Johanna Westerling after his attempts to win over Rhaenrya failed.
They had five children including Tyshara, Cerelle, and Loreon as well as Jason’s bastard daughters with his mistress.
Rhaenyra’s rejection of Jason and also Tyland – who was trying to win the princess over – led them to favour the greens in the Targaryen civil war known as The Dance of the Dragons.
Jason would lead a charge of men in one of the major conflicts during the Dance of the Dragons called the Battle at the Red Fork.
He ended up dying during this battle after sustaining a fatal wound from squire Pate of Longleaf with his death leaving Casterly Rock in disarray.
In the aftermath of Jason’s death, Johanna was forced to defend the west from the Ironborns without much success.
The Greyjoys sacked Lannisport in a catastrophic attack, which saw them taking Jason’s favourite mistress and his daughters as well as hundreds of women.
Meanwhile, it seemed Tyland’s life was less fraught as he stayed close to the politicking of the Red Keep, serving Aegon II as Master of Coin and later still Hand of the King to Aegon III.
After Viserys’ death, he and others discussed the question of succession with the group settling upon Alicent Hightower’s (Emma Carey) son Aegon over Rhaenyra.
In 133 AC, Tyland fell ill after a Winter Fever broke out in King’s Landing and despite attempts to quarantine the illness, he too succumbed.
Tyland died in the presence of Septon Eustace and Aegon III after suffering from the illness for two days.
Unlike his brother, Tyland didn’t have a family or children as he was younger of the twins and therefore the second son who missed out on his father’s lands and titles.
While House of the Dragon broadly seems to be following Fire and Blood, and Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin’s other source material, there could be some deviation from the text to add an extra element of surprise to viewers of the show.
House of the Dragon airs on HBO on Sundays and Sky Atlantic on Mondays and streams on NOW
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