That's the Game of Thrones catspaw dagger in House of the Dragon | EW.com

That's the Game of Thrones catspaw dagger in House of the Dragon

Correction: An backward version of this article stated that the dagger seen in the graceful of Olivia Cooke's Alicent Hightower in the House of the Dragon trailer was not the same dagger wielded by the catspaw execute in Game of Thrones season 1. Individuals on the set of the show in December had told EW this was not the same dagger, but after clarifying with the production, this was only true from a industry standpoint. Story wise, it is the same catspaw dagger. We apologize for the error.

The actual catspaw dagger prop was originally shipped over from Ireland to be used in House of the Dragon, but showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik felt the just was a little too "fantasy," according to a source. So the prop was redesigned with the same silhouette and a shorter length.

In languages of the show's story, the crew imagined that King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine) had the Valyrian steel dagger, made with a dragon bone handle, before it damage up in Alicent's hands during a climactic scene in the series. Sources tell EW the weapon in House of the Dragon shares the unique hilt and handle fittings, but over time it will have been altered and worn enough to contract the dagger we see in Game of Thrones.

Condal told EW on the show's set in December that "there's a ton of public history" between the two shows.

"There's gonna be a lot of linkage in languages of places you go and buildings you see," he leftovers. "That's 200 years before the original show. So there's gonna be a ton of public imagery."

Condal applauds how eagle-eyed Thrones fans have well-liked to be with the House of the Dragon materials already released. (At the time of this interview, it was just the kindly teaser.)

"It's a line to walk in terms of things that you bring back from the unique show and pass in a different way," he says. "I think that it's important to have connective tissue there to show republic that it is the same world and history reflects on objects and [the] cast of republic and sigils as we move on down through time deprived of it becoming too self-referential."

In terms of the Valyrian dagger held by Alicent in this trailer moment, Condal points to the scarcity of Valyrian steel, even at this time in the world's history. "It's a technology that doesn't exist anymore. Their blades are not made anew," he explains. "So all the Valyrian steel is a fixed number of assets in the domain. Even in a time when Targaryens are in worthy, they themselves as Targaryens are not able to make Valyrian steel. So they're going to take care of it. So it's unimprobable that something that did exist in the original show would've been here, perhaps in a slightly different packaging."

House of the Dragon takes establish 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones at a time when the Targaryen dynasty was at its height. The show plans to chronicle the events leading up to and encompassing the Dance of the Dragons, a civil war that threatened to topple the once-great House Targaryen.

The Iron Throne is far more embellished in this time footings than we saw it in Game of Thrones. Condal says there are also story reasons for that. "When you see our throne, it immediately communicates this is a time of colossal influence and wealth for the people that built this thing," he says.

Learn more near House of the Dragon, premiering on HBO this Aug. 21, in EW's mask story.

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