Little Known Game of Thrones Season 7 Facts about Dragonstone to Get You through Another Day of Waiting

The upcoming season of Game of Thrones (Season 7) is just a day away, and we at Happy Daily PH are absolutely giddy about it! To celebrate the return of our beloved series, we’ve rounded up some cool and interesting facts you might want to take note of as you prepare for this coming season. (Warning: Some possible spoilers ahead!)

The first three titles for this season have been released, the first of which is “Dragonstone”. Fans have been speculating on its significance, hence come some theories. Let’s now take a look at what it could possibly mean.

First, Dragonstone is the island where Daenerys sets foot first upon arriving at Westeros, after sailing from Essos in the finale of Season 6. Found at the Blackwater Bay’s mouth, Dragonstone is top class especially when one tries to reach Westeros.

Dragonstone had a fine and memorable history, most especially since this was where Aegon the Conqueror staged grounds to conquer the Seven Kingdoms. And even before Aegon’s rule, the Valyrians already considered this as their westernmost outpost. The Valyrians were known for their fearsome metallurgy and magic – also leading them to create Valyrian steel, then utilized to establish the island’s stronghold, a splendid castle with dragons as decorations.

After 200 years, House Targaryen’s little Daenys (from a minor house in Old Valyria), dreamed about Valyria’s doom through a cataclysmic happening that would destroy the whole empire as well as the dragons. With this, Aenar, her father, decided on their evacuation to Dragonstone to secure their family. True enough, 12 years after, the Doom did occur and damaged Valyria. Fortunately, the Targaryens survived after having relocated at Dragonstone, thus preserving their lineage.

Following six generations, Aegon, a Targaryen prince, traveled to the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and dreamed of uniting them all into one continent. He, together with his sister-wives and their dragons, went to the different kingdoms and were successful in uniting them. Aegon had a stronghold developed at the Blackwater Rush’s mouth, the Aegonfort, to be able to head Westeros from the mainland. Later on, a city was developed from the fort, then constructed into a huge castle – then known to be King’s Landing together with the Red Keep.

As the Targaryen rulers dominated Westeros for the next centuries, the rulers moved to King’s Landing from Dragonstone. Their rule lasted for about 300 years until Robert’s Rebellion took place and when Jaime Lannister pierced the Mad King Aerys’ back.

Prior to King Aerys’ death, he ordered that his sister-wife Queen Rhaella be sent to Dragonstone for safety. During that period, they had two sons and she was pregnant with a daughter. Prince Rhaegar, however, was killed during the Battle of Trident, while Viserys was just a small boy. Upon reaching Dragonstone, on a stormy evening (the strongest one during that time) Rhaella gave birth to a baby girl she named Daenerys (hence, Daeny got the nickname “Stormborn”, also the title of GOT Season 7’s second episode).

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Reparenting Your Inner Child: Healing Old Wounds for a Promising Future

Contrary to many people who believe in ideal childhood, many adults were raised by less than ideal parents in sometimes, less than ideal circumstances. Various adults experience a sense of loss, disconnect and even estrangement from their parents in their childhood years. This collapse of relationship between parent and child is expected from unforeseen situations and factors in the relationship. 

For grown adults, these festering feelings do not help with their psyche and their emotional well-being. Sometimes, it may also lead down the road to a less than ideal relationship with their future children. To prevent and resolve this, reparenting oneself is a solution for any concerned adult.

Causes

Often, the main cause of loss and estrangement from parents is the parents themselves. The parents’ situation before one’s birth might have caused damaging influence to the child, and in extension, their well-being. Parents who were young and those who experienced negative situations like unpreparedness, being overwhelmed, depressed, angry, insecure, anxious, unhappy, stressed, or too burdened for parenthood can place a distance between them and their child. Extreme behavior from parents can also be a cause; if they are too strict, too indulgent too permissive, overprotective, or dysfunctional. Carrying on an ineffectual parenting style can also be a red flag. 

A lot of parents do not realize that their children’s self-esteem is intensely impacted by many things. A child’s exposure to attitudes, behaviors and treatments they receive from their parents have a massive effect on the child, especially their self-esteem and self-worth. Often, children who have negative experiences like being discounted, unsupported, accused, ridiculed, rebuffed, ignored shamed or belittled will create a negative perception.  And this negative impression will stick and grow with them as time passes. 

There is no clamor to be a ‘perfect parent’ because it’s highly unattainable and very subjective. For a child to grow healthy and strong in many areas – physical, mental, emotional and other facets– parents are encouraged to use positive child-rearing practices.

Reparenting the Child Within 

There is a saying that one cannot choose one’s parents; for many children with a distant relationship with their parents, this would definitely apply. In many cases, it is very hard to parent or change the parent.  Often, it is up to the person to start the change. This is the core of Reparenting the Child Within, a series of workshops by RCW Cares Foundation.

Reparenting the Child Within is a “careshop” for people who are nursing childhood injuries for years. The proponents, led by Ms. Harriet Hormillosa, MA, MTS, PD, RGC, PhDc., Founder-President, aim to empower people and enable them to be productive about their past and their future. They believe that developing one's personal power is possible by knowing oneself better.

Participants are encouraged to take charge of their past, present, and future by healing childhood hurts. The workshop also hopes that every participant will feel whole and complete about themselves with the resolution of their issues. 

Reparenting the Child Within is a two to three-day seminar-workshop on healing hurts from childhood. The program features a support group that will also be a guide to the path of grief work, forgiveness and personal completion. Consequently, freedom to enjoy fullness of life is the main endgame.

They say that one cannot change the past. But the future can be changed. Change is always possible but it’s best coming from within. This process is not easy; nonetheless, it’s worth it. Reparenting the Child Within epitomizes not just empowerment but also a positive step to one’s future.

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