HBO’s House of the Dragon, which premiered its first season in 2022, has set record-breaking viewership for its Season 1. This series, a prequel to HBO’s biggest hit, Game of Thrones, features many characters and events mentioned in Game of Thrones. This prequel particularly features the houses of Westeros once again vying for the Iron Throne, which hasn’t been destroyed yet. **

Matt Smith, the series’ lead actor, said that House of the Dragon’s second season is expected to air in early summer this year. More characters and locations are set to appear in Season 2. Particularly, locations that appeared in Game of Thrones will appear again, and story lines that weren’t picked up in the main series are being mentioned again.

Dance of The Dragons

Dragons are like nuclear weapons in the world of the series. The Targaryen house, which possesses this dragon, has an overwhelming influence in Westeros. But as hinted at in the Season 1 finale, the Targaryen house, which possesses this dragon, is set to split into two and wage a civil war.

This civil war is what the characters in the story call the ‘Dance of the Dragons’. This event was mentioned several times in Game of Thrones, and the fifth volume of the original novel, A Song of Ice and Fire, ‘A Dance with Dragons’, was inspired by this event. This event, the most famous for both Westeros people and fans in the real world, can now be seen soon.

The Dance of the Dragons is expected to include some of the biggest action sequences in the franchise. It also foretells the most tragic betrayals and deaths.

Winter is Coming BACK

The Stark family and Winterfell are set to appear in earnest in Season 2 of House of the Dragon. The Stark family was practically the protagonist in Game of Thrones. However, in Season 1 of House of the Dragon, Rickon Stark appeared for a very short time, and he didn’t have much weight. However, in the Season 1 ending, Jacaerys Velaryon rode a dragon and went to receive the Stark family’s oath of allegiance.

Cregan Stark, the ancestor of Jon Snow, will appear in Season 2. Tom Taylor, a 2001-born British actor, will play Cregan Stark. He is set to join the war in House of the Dragon, helping Rhaenyra Targaryen.

The Stark family’s home, Winterfell, and the Wall, located at the northern end, are also set to appear again in the series.

A Song of Ice and Fire

‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ is the title of the original novel of Game of Thrones. However, what this Song of Ice and Fire is has not been revealed in the original novel, nor in the TV series. This is because the original novel has not yet been completed.

What the Song of Ice and Fire is was revealed in House of the Dragon Season 1 of 2022. It is a prophecy passed down among the Targaryen heirs, saying that a promised prince will be born among their descendants and will stop the end of the world.

In fact, this content should have been revealed in Game of Thrones. But Game of Thrones is already over, and House of the Dragon may pick up this story line. Especially, since news has come out that the Wall and the White Walkers were spotted on the set, I think they will tell a related story.

House of the Dragon Season 2 will be released in eight episodes on HBO Max in the summer of 2024.