Home of the Dragon is getting much more dragons in its second season, based on showrunner Ryan Condal. Throughout a Tuesday awards dinner attended by a number of of the present’s solid members and sequence creator George R.R. Martin himself, Condal confirmed that season 2 of the present will add 5 new dragons to the lineup already on the present.
Whereas Condal didn’t elaborate a lot on the identification or riders of those 5 dragons, his remark should still present a transparent trace at a plotline from Martin’s novels that may very well be related in season 2. Home of the Dragon has been adapting and elaborating on historical past specified by Martin’s Sport of Thrones pre-history guide Fireplace & Blood, which lays out among the backstory of the Tarargyen dynasty. The brand new dragons recommend Condal could be aiming at some particular plotlines from that guide.
[Ed. note: This story contains possible spoilers for season 2 of House of the Dragon and definite spoilers for Fire & Blood.]
Whereas there are actually lots of potentialities for which 5 dragons Condal may very well be speaking about, particularly in the event that they aren’t all preventing dragons, it’s almost certainly that he’s speaking about dragons with key roles within the guide. Those which might be most essential within the story are the wild dragons.
In Fireplace & Blood, Home Targaryen’s ancestral island of Dragonstone options three wild dragons that roam the world, able to pounce on and eat something unlucky sufficient to come back their method. These three dragons are Sheepstealer, Gray Ghost, and the Cannibal — so named as a result of it has eaten so many different dragons, a uncommon factor for his or her species.
Whereas it wouldn’t be honest to the present to disclose how integral these creatures are to the story, what occurs with them, or who does (or doesn’t) wind up using them, it’s price noting that they’re extremely essential to the Martin’s Track of Ice and Fireplace guide sequence. If Condal does plan to incorporate them within the present, it means that he’s going to forge forward with the sequence’ Targaryen civil battle plotline, bringing us nearer to the aerial dragon fight and open warfare often known as the Dance of Dragons. The present’s first season solely depicts a brief part of the guide, leaving the battle’s greatest battles for subsequent seasons.
Different dragons Condal could be referring to incorporate Fireplace & Blood’s Tessario and Moondancer, which might spherical out the entire nicely. These two are each household dragons within the Targaryens arsenal.
Whereas Condal’s “5 new dragons” reference is only a meager tease for Home of the Dragon followers, it’s in all probability pretty much as good as we’re going to get for some time. There’s no official phrase but on a launch date for season 2 of the present, which implies it doubtless received’t arrive till 2024 on the earliest. On the off likelihood you want a bit extra comfort, Martin did point out that he hasn’t been on the Home of the Dragon set in any respect, principally as a result of he’s engaged on a brand new guide you could have heard of.