<P> Exiled prince Viserys Targaryen plots to overthrow King Robert and reclaim his father's throne . To this end, he brokers a marriage between his sister Daenerys and a powerful warlord Khal Drogo, leader of a nomadic horde of Dothraki . </P> <P> Daenerys voices her fear of the barbarian lord, but her brother tells her to marry him . During the wedding ceremony, Daenerys is given two wedding gifts . The first is a collection of books from the Seven Kingdoms, given by Ser Jorah Mormont, an exiled knight loyal to the Targaryens . The second gift is a chest containing three petrified dragon eggs, given by Magister Illyrio Mopatis, the man who helped arrange the marriage . </P> <P> A number of Hollywood studios had contacted George R. R. Martin about possible adaptation of his book series A Song of Ice and Fire into a film, however Martin expressed the opinion the books could not be made into a film as too much would have to be cut from the books, but thought it could be made into a television series . In January 2006, David Benioff spoke to Martin's literary agent about the books he represented for possible adaption, and the agent sent the first four books of A Song of Ice and Fire to David Benioff . Benioff read a few hundred pages of the first book in the series, A Game of Thrones, called D.B. Weiss and said: "Maybe I'm crazy, but I haven't had this much fun reading anything in about 20 years . So take a look because I think it might make a great HBO series ." Weiss, who then read the first book in two days, was very enthusiastic about a possible television project based on the books . They arranged a meeting with Martin, who asked them if they knew who Jon Snow's real mother might be, and was satisfied with their answer . </P> <P> In March 2006, a few weeks after meeting Martin, Benioff and Weiss pitched the show to Showtime and Carolyn Strauss of HBO, who accepted their proposal . HBO acquired the rights to the novels to turn them into a television series, with Benioff and Weiss as writers and executive producers of the series . The series went into development in January 2007 . The series would begin with the 1996 first book of A Song of Ice and Fire, "A Game of Thrones", with the intention that each novel in the series would form the basis for a season's worth of episodes . However, Benioff and Weiss had to resubmit a proposal after Carolyn Strauss stepped down as president of HBO in 2008 . The first and second drafts of the pilot script, written by Benioff and Weiss, were submitted in August 2007 and June 2008 respectively . While HBO found both drafts to their liking, a pilot was not ordered until November 2008 . </P>

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