Wait, What Does 'Dracarys' Mean?!
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If you watched Game of Thrones before diving into House of the Dragon, then you've at least encountered the word "dracarys" before, even if you can't remember what it means.
The word—or rather, the command—was memorably involved in one of the most tragic deaths in the entire Game of Thrones series. When Missandei is beheaded by The Mountain atop the walls of King's Landing in Season 8—Daenerys, Tyron, Grey Worm, and other friends from the North looking on—she utters "dracarys" right before she dies.
Given the meaning of "dracarys," which we'll explain in a second, there's a good chance we'll hear it again on House of the Dragon. HBO's new Game of Thrones spin-off follows the Targaryen House (of blond hair, dragon, and unpredictable violence fame) as they navigate a civil war in Westeros roughly 200 years before the events of GoT.
Targaryens? War? The fact that the word "dragon" is in the title of the show? We're probably gonna hear "dracarys" left and right.
What does "dracarys" mean?
"Dracarys" is the nifty command the Targaryens use when they want their dragons to breathe fire.
Dragon fire is one of the deadliest weapons you can get in Westeros, which makes "dracarys" pretty much synonymous with major death and destruction. (By choosing "dracarys" as her last words, Missandei was telling Dany to go ham on King's Landing. F*** s*** up. Burn it to the ground. You get the idea.)
On GoT, we saw "dracarys" used both strategically (RIP Varys) and as an expression of unbridled Targaryen rage (RIP about a zillion innocent people in King's Landing). Which form of the fire-breathing command will we encounter in House of the Dragon? Knowing the Targaryen clan, probably a little bit of column A and a little bit of column B.
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