Episode 2 of Season 1 gives us the long-awaited intro sequence.

Few shows out there have an opening crawl that is itself worth an entire episode or more

of analysis, but that's exactly what we have planned, so stay tuned to History of

Westeros for a full breakdown soon.

The short version is that the blood represents the Targaryen dynasty to date with each individual

line of blood representing a branch of the House of the Dragon.

It starts with Aegon the Conqueror and continues to Rainiera with a side diversion through

House High Tower, thanks to the new marriage development in this episode.

This reminds us that the intro will likely be changed in small amounts from time to time,

just like it did with Game of Thrones, so we'll keep a close eye on that.

All these bloodlines are flowing through Valeria, which King Viserys is attempting to reconstruct

from old drawings and text presented to his stone masons.

For the second time, he mentions that his former dragon, Balarian the Black Dread, was the last

living creature to see Valeria before the doom.

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