George R.R. Martin names November Targaryen appreciation month

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On November 20, A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin will publish Fire & Blood, all about the history of the Targaryen dynasty. In celebration, Martin has officially declared November Targaryen appreciation month. Start appreciating!

To kick things off, Martin released a video discussing one of his favorite “grey” characters from his invented history: Daemon Targaryen, the Rogue Prince. Learn all about him:

“He’s a notorious bad boy, a rogue in every sense of the word,” Martin says. “He switches sides several times, you never know what side he’s going to come down on. He’s a very colorful and unpredictable character, and I think he has to rank up there as my favorite.”

Fire & Blood is the first of two books in Martin’s “imaginary history” of House Targaryen. It covers everything from Aegon Targaryen’s conquest of Westeros, which takes place about 300 years before the events Game of Thrones, through the Dance of the Dragons, the Targaryen civil war that tore the realm apart.

Last week,  Martin’s German publisher released a table of contents and a brief preview of the book, but if you aren’t fluent in German, that may not have meant much to you. Now, Martin himself has released the English table of contents on his Facebook page:

Written out:

• Aegon’s Conquest — 3
• Reign of the Dragon — The Wars of King Aegon I — 27
• Three Heads Had the Dragon — Governance Under King Aegon I — 40
• The Sons of the Dragon — 51
• Prince into King — The Ascension of Jaehaerys I — 107
• The Year of the Three Brides — 49 AC — 124
• A Surfeit of Rulers — 146
• A Time of Testing — The Realm Remade — 178
• Birth, Death and Betrayal Under King Jaehaerys I — 197
• Jaehaerys and Alysanne — Their Triumphs and Tragedies — 231
• The Long Reign — Jaehaerys and Alysanne: Policy, Progeny, and Pain — 274
• Heirs of the Dragon — A Question of Succession — 339
• The Dying of the Dragons — The Blacks and the Greens — 391
• The Dying of the Dragons — A Son for a Son– 412
• The Dying of the Dragons — The Red Dragon and the gold — 427
• The Dying of the Dragons — Rhaenyra Triumphant — 458
• The Dying of the Dragons — Rhaenyra Overthrown — 504
• The Dying of the Dragons — The Short, Sad Reign of Aegon II — 549
• Aftermath — The Hour of the Wolf — 569
• Under the Regents — The Hooded Hand — 591
• Under the Regents — War and Peace and Cattle Shows — 619
• Under the Regents — The Voyage of Alyn Oakenfist — 649
• The Lysene Spring and the End of Regency — 667
• Lineages and Familiy Tree — 709

A lot of these chapters have me excited, but “The Hour of the Wolf” — about Lord Cregan Stark’s one-day rule as Hand of the King — has me hyped beyond hype.

Also helping: Io9 got an advance look at a few of the 86 illustrations by Doug Wheatley. Here’s a quick sampling:

Fire & Blood drops November 20. You can pre-order your copy today.

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