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This article is about the episode. For the large island, see "Dragonstone (island);" for the
eponymous castle, see "Dragonstone (castle);" for the Histories & Lore special feature,
see "Dragonstone (Histories & Lore)."

"Dragonstone" is the upcoming first episode of theseventh

season of Game of Thrones. It will be the sixty-first episode of Dragonstone
the series overall. It will premiere on July 16, 2017. It was
Season 7 Episode 1
written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and directed by Jeremy
Podeswa.[1]

Contents [show]

Plot
Jon organizes the defense of the North. Cersei tries to even
the odds. Daenerys comes home. Air date July 16,
2017
Runtime 59
Summary minutes
Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss
In the North Directed by Jeremy Podeswa

At King's Landing Episode Guide

At Dragonstone Previous Next

"The Winds of "Stormborn"

Winter"
Appearances

Production
Cast
Starring Guest Starring

Lena Headey as Queen Cersei Lannister

Kit Harington as King Jon Snow
Emilia Clarke as Queen Daenerys Targaryen

Cast notes
Notes
General
As of the end of Season 6,all plotlines have surpassed the current novels in theA Song of Ice
and Fire series. Though the TV series has also drastically changed several of them. Season 6
surpassed the novels on some plotlines when it began, such as Jon Snow's, but others were
holdovers from prior books (the ironborn and Riverrun subplots). Whatever the case, from this
point onwards, no one can know with certainty if any characters will survive from one episode to
the next.
A question arises regarding the Title sequence in Season 7. The production department which
creates its variants every week actually follows a formal set of rules, and the primary one is that
it had to show at least four specific map locations in every episode, even if no scenes are
actually set there in a specific episode: King's Landing, Winterfell, the Wall, and "wherever
Daenerys is at the moment". For example, the second episode of Season 1, "The Kingsroad",
doesn't actually contain any scenes set in King's Landing, but King's Landing still appears in the
credits. The production team explained that they made this rule so that the opening map
sequence can always show just how big the fictional world is - specifically, showing "wherever
Daenerys is" allows them to quickly show that the world is bigger than just the single continent
of Westeros. For the first four TV seasons, Daenerys's storyline was the only major one in the
eastern continent Essos, though in Season 5 both Tyrion and Arya's storylines moved to Essos as
well. In Season 7, however, Daenerys is finally coming to Westeros, as are Tyrion and Arya, and
for the first time there are no storylines set outside of Westeros at all. It remains to be seen if
the opening sequence will still try to show the other continents somehow, or will drastically
change to start showing more locations in Westeros itself. Another rule was that the opening
sequence has a time limit, so the map has never actually shown more than six locations in a
given episode: it would take too long for the camera to zoom from Dorne to the Wall then to
Meereen and back to Volantis, so they don't all appear in the same title sequence in Seasons 5
and 6. No longer having to show Daenerys in the Dothraki Sea or in Meereen might thus free up
time to show every on-screen location from Westeros.

At Dragonstone
"Dragonstone" is the name of both the large island and the eponymous castle which is its ruling
seat.
Dragonstone is the ancestral homeland of House Targaryen, settled centuries ago as the
westernmost outpost of the Valyrian Freehold. Due to its isolation, when the Doom of Valyria
destroyed their vast empire in a single day, the Targaryens survived on Dragonstone with the
world's only remaining dragons. One of the reasons they settled the isle is because it has an
active volcano, a preferred nesting ground of dragons.
Dragonstone is one of the strongest fortresses in all of Westeros, because it was built by the
ancient Valyrians themselves using advanced construction techniques which were lost after their
empire collapsed. The Valyrians were fond of building vast mega-structures by having dragons
literally melt down stone with their flames, then teasing out the black liquid stone into various
fantastic shapes. he island is also decorated with numerous dragon-themed statues and
gargoyles. Its architectural designs seem very strange and foreign to people from mainland
Westeros.
The Targaryens spent a hundred years after the Doom building up their strength, then invaded
Westeros in the Targaryen Conquest. Afterwards, Dragonstone remained their private domain
and final redoubt. Traditionally, the heir to the Iron Throne would rule the island directly as
"Prince of Dragonstone" (comparable to how the real-life heir to the British monarchy is known as
the "Prince of Wales").
During their exile, Daenerys was the nominal heir of her brotherViserys Targaryen - who
made the empty claim to be "King Viserys the Third" in exile. Thus, Daenerys nominally
held the title "Princess of Dragonstone". Given that Viserys dies by the sixth episode of
Season 1, this comes up more frequently in the first novel, i.e. when Illyrio Mopatis
introduces Daenerys to Drogo for the first time, in the book version he lists off her formal
title as "Princess of Dragonstone", but this was omitted from the TV version. The title was
entirely academic of course, given that they were living in exile and upon Viserys's death
she inherited his full title as the Targaryen claimant to the throne itself.

Daenerys Targaryen was actually born on Dragonstone, at the end ofRobert's Rebellion. Right
before the rebel army sacked King's Landing her father the Mad King sent his pregnant wife
away to safety on Dragonstone, where she died in childbirth. Her brother Viserys fled with her
into exile in the Free Cities a few weeks later, so she has no memory of it, but technically it is
still her true home. Daenerys has spent her life living on the sufferance of others or as a foreign
invader in Slaver's Bay, but on Viserys's death, Dragonstone became hers by right.
Of course, much like the Iron Throne, given that Jon Snow is actually the secret son of her
eldest brother, Rhaegar, Jon might have more claim to it than her...but even then, Daenerys
is his closest Targaryen relative, so Dragonstone would still be hers as next in line to the
throne.
Earlier episodes kept this point that Daenerys was technically born in Westeros, on
Dragonstone. In Season 2, when the Spice King in Qarth directly asks her if she's ever even
set foot in Westeros, she responds that she fled when she was just a baby. In Season 6,
Tyrion also remarks to Jorah that Daenerys has never spent "one day of her adult life" in
Westeros.

The new costume style that Daenerys shifts to starting in this

episode is actually not entirely new to the series - she has switched
to the "old Targaryen style" that her brother Viserys was seen
wearing back in Season 1 (as sort of a sign that she has embraced
Daenerys in Season 7 is
her inner Targaryen nature as a conqueror). Costume designer
dressing in the old Targaryen
Michele Clapton explained at the time that because Viserys was style that her brother Viserys
older than Daenerys when the Targaryens were deposed (he was a wore back in Season 1. Note
the short cape pinned to one
child), he still remembers what the fashions at the old Targaryen shoulder.
royal court looked like and dresses in them - thus even though his
one costume didn't appear very often, it was meant to be a window
into what the old Targaryen style looked like: asymmetric cut, peaked shoulder cuffs that are
separate from the undercoat, long form-fitting sleeves, high collar, and a short cape
asymmetrically pinned to one shoulder (as Viserys was seen wearing at her wedding to Drogo in
the first episode). Finally, of course, she has also dramatically shifted from her prior blue or
white color palettes to finally dressing in Targaryen red and black, the colors of their heraldry.
For more information, see "Costumes: King's Landing - Under the Targaryens"
As for the new Costumes of many characters in Season 7 shifting to darker colors, the reason
behind this is simple: the costuming department felt that because "winter" has officially
descended across Westeros, characters should now be wearing dark colors i.e. the time for
wearing brighter colors would have been Renly's camp in Season 2 when they were "the knights
of summer".
Dragonstone island was last held by Stannis Baratheon as his main seat during the war. In the
books, when Stannis took his main force north to save the Night's Watch at the Battle of Castle
Black, he left a small skeleton defense force behind to hold the castle. Given how strong the
fortress is even this small garrison was enough to deter a direct attack by the Lannisters: as a
result much of the remaining Lannister/Tyrell fleet was pinned down encircling and besieging
Dragonstone, trying to wait them out through starvation over time. This prevented the
Lannisters or Tyrells from dealing with the rise of Euron Greyjoy on the west coast. This spurred
Cersei to force a quick end to the siege by storming the castle - and she intentionally sent Loras
Tyrell to command the attack, in hopes he would die in the fighting. Loras takes the castle but
with heavy losses, and after fighting through many defenders despite taking numerous wounds,
he was doused with boiling oil and left clinging to life. Cersei then needlessly gloated to
Margarey about Loras, breaking down the already fragile Lannister-Tyrell alliance. The TV series
omitted all of this and just had Loras burn to death in the Destruction of the Great Sept of Baelor
(in either version, he apparently burns to death - though there is some slim chance he might in
fact survive in the books). As a result, as of the most current novel Dragonstone is weakly held
by a remaining Lannister force after the siege.
Thus, it is unclear how the TV show will address this: no mention was made of the state
Dragonstone was left in since it was last seen in Season 4. Whether it was taken by the
Lannisters off-screen, or if a skeleton force of Stannis's men still hold it.

Dragonstone was Stannis's base of operations seen in Seasons 2 through 4, but several major
locations on it weren't actually shown on screen at the time, probably due to budget constraints.
Most interior scenes focused on the war planning room around the Painted Table - a large table
painted as a large map of Westeros which Aegon I Targaryen himself used when he was planning
his conquest of Westeros. Exterior shots focused on a generic beach with a large dragon statue
in the background as a digital insert. Season 7 depicts all of Dragonstone's exteriors, and several
new major internal locations, including a fully realized throne room, hewn from the volcanic rock.
Stannis sat on this throne in several scenes from the books that were shifted to the council
 room. Historically, many prior Targaryens from Aegon I to Rhaenyra sat on the throne of
Dragonstone.
Dragonstone was a major location in the Dance of the Dragons, the great Targaryen civil
war fought 170 years ago. It was the initial headquarters of Rhaenyra Targaryen and her
faction, while her half-brother Aegon II held King's Landing itself. Several prequel projects
to follow the main series are being discussed, and it is possible that these Dragonstone sets
were introduced with an eye towards being re-used for a prequel series.

As when Stannis held it, Dragonstone isn't worth much in and of itself to Daenerys, as a
comparatively small island - but it has an excellent strategic location controlling the mouth of
Blackwater Bay, and thus threatening all sea travel going to or fromKing's Landing. Additionally,
of course, it is a strong symbolic move for Daenerys to go from being a foreign exile to directing
her invasion of from the ancestral seat of the Targaryens themselves in Westeros.

In the books
[This section will be updated with comparisons after the sixth novel is released.]

Memorable quotes

Gallery

See also

References
1. [1]

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