Mallory Rubin

The Targaryens love a civil war.

They love a challenge from within.

And the rest of the realm is always swept up in that.

So that's... That's a great point.

The Blackfyre Rebellions, like, hang over all of these novellas.

This one, less, just because of, to your point, like...

I don't think George had figured it out yet.

But eventually it will be very important.

It's just like a shadow looming over the realm.

Yeah, Vulture King.

Yeah, you know, I like thinking about the fact that each show now has either prominently, like this is, this show is just set, this first season is set during a tournament, or just early in the runs featured a tourney, like to the hot D point, that was the beginning, you know, Viserys is like, gonna finally have that male heir.

Right.

Let's, it's not too soon to start the tourney, right?

That's a really fun thing at the beginning of Hot D, obviously very intense with the way that's edited and intercut.

But of course, in Game of Thrones, we have, you know, the hands tourney that Ned does not want.

And we get fun little discussions about like, on the one hand, tournaments are incredibly expensive, but on the other hand, they're a source of coin too.

It's this town that you're seeing in this premiere, like the merchants, the puppet show, the whores, right?

Literal cottage industry.

Yeah, it's a bustling area of activity.

and for merchants, and for commerce.