House of the Dragon’s second season has come to an finish by filling the chess board with items and meticulously shifting each into place. Whereas that didn’t make for the most explosive season finale in Sport of Thrones historical past, it ought to form up for a incredible third season.
To present you a preview of the occasions to come back, right here’s all the pieces we find out about House of the Dragon season 3, which HBO has already greenlit.
Is House of the Dragon season 3 taking place?
It’s positively taking place, and the announcement was made before season 2 even premiered. On high of that, creators Ryan Condal and George R.R. Martin have talked about maintaining the present to a decent 4(ish) seasons, and the present stays one of HBO’s hottest applications, so you may possible count on no less than yet another after season 3 as properly.
When will House of the Dragon season 3 launch?
Whereas we don’t know something official, it appears affordable to count on House of the Dragon season 3 will arrive someday in 2026. The hole between season 1 and season 2 was about two years, which will surely counsel that we may see an analogous hole between seasons 2 and 3. On high of that, HBO is meant to launch the new Sport of Thrones spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms in late 2025, which ought to fill that 12 months’s allotment of Westeros content material.
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What is going to House of the Dragon season 3 be about?
With out going into the e book spoilers, House of the Dragon’s season 2-ending montage actually gave us some huge clues about the future of the collection. As an example, we all know that Daemon is again on Crew Rhaenyra for actual now, and we all know that the pair of them — together with their newly anointed dragon riders — are setting off for King’s Touchdown in the hopes of taking it shortly by way of overwhelming power. In the meantime, Crew Inexperienced is throughout the map. Alicent is committing treason, Aegon is hiding away with Larys, and Aemond is setting fireplace to something in website. All of this whereas each non-Targaryen home in Westeros prepares for open battle.
In different phrases, we’ve acquired the makings of a really thrilling season 3.
Ought to I learn the e book House of the Dragon is predicated on in the meantime?
Certain, why not! On the one hand, studying the Dance of Dragons chapters in Hearth & Blood will show you how to perceive the broad strokes that House of the Dragon goes to hit fairly properly. On the different, it additionally gained’t offer you too many spoilers, as a result of the present is including unbelievable quantities of element to occasions the e book solely sketches out briefly. In different phrases, the e book is mainly like watching an prolonged trailer for the relaxation of the present, which — relying in your preferences — might be an effective way to kill time between seasons.
Will Winds of Winter come out earlier than House of the Dragon season 3?
Nearly actually not. And even when I did imagine it’d, I’d by no means jinx it by saying so out loud. For now, I’m going to proceed to function underneath the assumption that The Winds of Winter will most likely not come out till hell freezes over, or the New York Jets (or a lot much less possible, the Giants) win the Tremendous Bowl, and so do you have to.
