House Of The Dragon Season 2’s Bloody New Title Sequence Is Based On A Real Work Of Art
House Of The Dragon Season 2 is finally here, and in addition to more dragons (and more danger), the Game Of Thrones spin-off’s second season also features a new intro animation that plays during each episode’s opening credits.
Viewers got their first look at Episode 1 (entitled “A Son For A Son”) over the weekend, and the episode naturally kicked off with an intro sequence featuring the series’ iconic theme song. Just like Season 1, Season 2 starts each episode off with a bloody (yet undeniably beautiful) animation sequence, but the visuals have been completely changed for the new season.
Season 1’s intro featured close-up shots of a miniature model of Old Valyria (made by and tended to for years by the late King Viserys) being flooded with blood–an obvious reference to both the importance of bloodlines in the show’s plot, and the blood that would inevitably be spilled in the lead-up to the Targaryen civil war. Known as The Dance Of Dragons, that war is now in full-swing, and the new season’s title sequence is no less bloody than the last. But instead of a three-dimensional model of Old Valyria, the new intro sees a flood of blood soaking into an intricate tapestry that seems to be embroidering itself.