13 STARS OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS
Your guide to some of the major players introduced in Season 1 of “House of the Dragon” …
King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) is widely considered to be a wise and kind ruler — if a bit too vulnerable to persuasion and hampered by a reluctance to exercise his power.
Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) is the king’s younger brother, a sadistic and cunning sort who plots all manner of revenge after he’s passed over as heir to the throne.
Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock, right, as the teenager princess, Emma D’Arcy a decade later) is the king’s first-born daughter and heir to the throne. She is independent, strong and a fine dragon-rider, but is plagued by her own rash decisions.
Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) is the loyal Hand of King Viserys and a staunch opponent of Prince Daemon.
Alicent Hightower
(Emily Carey, below, in the early episodes and Olivia Cooke in later chapters) is Otto Hightower’s daughter and Rhaenyra’s best friend.
Ser Harrold Westerling (Graham McTavish) is the Commander of the Kingsguard and the moral center of our story.
Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) is a common-born knight who finds himself in a dangerously close relationship with Princess Rhaenyra.
Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) commands the world’s largest navy and is arguably the king’s most valued ally.
Princess Rhaenys Velaryon (Eve Best) is married to Lord Corlys and is cousin to the king. When she was passed over for the Iron Throne at the Great Council, she became known as “The Queen Who Never Was,” and you can imagine how that sits with her.
Mysaria (Sonoyo Mizuno) is a former sex worker who becomes Daemon’s romantic interest and his most trusted adviser.
Lord Lyonel
Strong (Gavin
Spokes) is the head of House
Strong and Master of Laws for King Viserys.
Tyland Lannister (Jefferson Hall) and Lord Jason Lannister (also played by Hall) are the Master of Ships and the Lord of Casterly Rock, respectively. They are the ancestors of Jamie, Cersei and Tywin Lannister.