House Of The Dragon Season 2 Will Have More Dragons And Higher Stakes

The central conflict of House of the Dragon was always going to lead to war. It was just a question of when. HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series premiered in 2022 and introduced viewers to Rhaenyra Targaryen, the rightful queen of Westeros, and her former best friend, Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke), who married Rhaenyra's father and installed her son, Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney), on the Iron Throne. In a new behind-the-scenes video for House of the Dragon Season 2, Glynn-Carney teased "loads more dragons" when the series returns. And that's just the beginning.

"Season two, there is a war brewing," said showrunner Ryan Condal. "We were excited to get into it because this is the juicy part of the drama. The Dance of the Dragons has fully kicked off. The tension is bubbling, with armies being raised and alliances being formed. There are two warring factions, the Blacks and the Greens. Both are convinced of how right their claim is. Both sides have dragons. The stakes keep going up and up and up. It is a very emotional and very intense ride."

House of the Dragons takes place decades before Game of Thrones, and the storyline of the series explains why the dragons were all but extinct by the timeframe of the original show. HBO also recently announced that a second Game of Thrones spin-off series based on George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas is going forward. Recently, the series was officially titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and it is expected to debut on HBO and Max in 2025.

In the meantime, House of the Dragons Season 2 will premiere on Sunday, June 16.