These are all the deaths from Season 1 of 'House of the Dragon'

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It wouldn't be a 'Game of Thrones' spin-off if there weren't a lot of heartbreaking and/or bloody deaths, and the first three episodes of 'House of the Dragon' have already been delivered on this front. The new series, based on George R.R. Martin's 'Fire and Blood', follows the Targaryen family amid a succession crisis and on the eve of a civil war that will shape their history, known as the Dance of the Dragons. .

Ahead of the show's premiere, showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik told POPSUGAR that the series won't have gratuitous sex or violence. "It's 'Game of Thrones'. There's sex and violence in the story," Condal said. "The particular way we've approached it at this time is to make sure that whenever you're going to have any type of...sex or violence on screen, that there's a compelling reason for that, and that's a story that needs to be told. It's not done for free or to titillate or anything like that."

After seven episodes, there have been quite a few minor character deaths, but nine losses had the biggest impact on the plot so far and the story to come. Ahead, these are all the biggest deaths from the first season of "House of the Dragon".

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