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"Where Are The Dragons And Where Is The Magic?", The Successor To 'Game Of Thrones' Becomes Much More Realistic
In "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms", magic and dragons are absent in a realistic Westeros, focusing on human struggles instead.
In A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the successor to Game of Thrones, the air is still. There are no more wingbeats, no more roaring dragons above the castles of Westeros. The series takes place fifty years after the death of the last specimen, a deformed creature that could no longer fly. This image of the time forms the foundation of this new tale.
Showrunner Ira Parker sketches a world without wonders. “No one thinks about magic anymore. It’s as if you live in fourteenth-century England,” he says. Reality is harsh and cold. The inhabitants till their land, knights travel without retinue, and belief in fairy tales has sunk into mud and memory.
The absence of magic makes the series nearly historical in tone. Westeros no longer feels like a tale of fables, but instead like a realistic medieval landscape where survival is more important than heroism. This adds weight to every choice, every fight, and every form of honor.
This world is not empty but refined. It is the earth that once felt dragonfire and now only smolders in silence. Parker uses this contrast to demonstrate the transience of power: even myths wither if they are not nurtured.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms chooses firm ground underfoot instead of fire in the sky. In doing so, the series reminds us that Westeros was once a place of people, not monsters.
Showrunner Ira Parker sketches a world without wonders. “No one thinks about magic anymore. It’s as if you live in fourteenth-century England,” he says. Reality is harsh and cold. The inhabitants till their land, knights travel without retinue, and belief in fairy tales has sunk into mud and memory.
From Fantasy To Reality
The absence of magic makes the series nearly historical in tone. Westeros no longer feels like a tale of fables, but instead like a realistic medieval landscape where survival is more important than heroism. This adds weight to every choice, every fight, and every form of honor.
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This world is not empty but refined. It is the earth that once felt dragonfire and now only smolders in silence. Parker uses this contrast to demonstrate the transience of power: even myths wither if they are not nurtured.
A New Silence In Westeros
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms chooses firm ground underfoot instead of fire in the sky. In doing so, the series reminds us that Westeros was once a place of people, not monsters.
