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Season 2 of the famous T.V. show House of the Dragon has started from June 16 on HBO Max. It will be released on weekly basis, every Sunday at 9 PM ET/PT. Sadly Season 2 will consist of only 8 episodes, two episodes shorter than the Season 1, which had 10 episodes.
House of the Dragon Season 2 Release Schedule:
Sunday, June 16: Episode 1
Sunday, June 23: Episode 2
Sunday, June 30: Episode 3
Sunday, July 7: Episode 4
Sunday, July 14: Episode 5
Sunday, July 21: Episode 6
Sunday, July 28: Episode 7
Sunday, August 4: Episode 8 (Finale)
As you can see from this schedule the finale will air in August first week, which means this Season will run for almost 2 months.
Point of this Post:
Honestly speaking I am very excited about this season because in this season we will get to see more battles, more sword fights and obviously more DRAGONS. Because this season will cover the beginning part of the Targaryen civil war which is more commonly known as the ‘Dance of the Dragons’. Those who have read the book ‘Fire & Blood’ already know how bloody this season and following seasons are going to be.
House of the Dragon Season 1 released back in 2022 (August), back then I haven’t started this blog but now that I have, I thought I should share the informations that I have about this show. I don’t know any of you, who follow this blog are a fan or not, so if you comment or contact me, it will be easier for me to know how many of my readers are a House of the Dragon (HOTD) fans, like me.
Offcial trailers and teaser of HOTD Season 2:
Above I have provided you with all the video links related to HOTD Season 2 to get you excited.
The reason for me to create this post is, after the success of Season 1, HOTD has acquired many new fans and ofcourse there is a huge existing fan base who are returning for Season 2. I want to give you all both new and existing fans a summary and key points of Season 1 so you can jump right into Season 2. But also I would request you all to watch the first season because it is epic. and if you don’t watch the first season you won’t be able to connect with characters, because as I say for any type of movie or show its characters are very important. If you don’t like the chracters, you won’t be able to enjoy the show. Now….
Overall Storyline of House of the Dragon Season 1:
The set up of HOTD:
The series begins 200 years before “Game of Thrones” with the death of Old King Jaehaerys I Targaryen. A council is convened to decide who the next Westerosi ruler will be and Viserys I Targaryen is selected over his cousin Rhaenys Targaryen despite her having the stronger claim. Viserys’ rule is largely a peaceful one until his latest attempts at producing a male heir ends with the death of both the son and his wife Aemma Arryn. Rather than announce that his brother Daemon Targaryen would become heir, Viserys controversially decrees his only living child his daughter Rhaenyra Targaryen would succeed him on the throne.
Reasons Dance of the Dragons started:
Following Viserys’ announcement, many powerful houses begin trying to convince the king to remarry and produce a son. Chief among them is Otto Hightower who serves as Hand of the King. He places his daughter Alicent Hightower in Viserys’ path and soon the king begins to fall for the girl he had only seen before as a friend of Rhaenyra’s. Despite the Velaryons also trying to turn the king’s head with a daughter of their own the very young Laena Velaryon eventually Viserys decides on Alicent and the two are wed and produce a son, Aegon II.
Young Rhaenyra is drawn to her uncle Daemon. The two have a bond until a tournament finds Daemon defeated by a young soldier named Criston Cole. Rhaenyra and the new knight begin their own fling even as she’s set to marry Laenor Velaryon. Learning that her planned-betrothed prefers the company of men, Rhaenyra and Laenor agree to see others in secret and her relationship with Cole continues. Eventually, Cole pitches Rhaenyra the idea of her leaving Westeros, throwing away her claim to the throne and living with him across the Narrow Sea. She refuses, which ends their relationship. His feelings are so jilted he ends up becoming obsessive over making sure Rhaenyra never sits the Iron Throne.
Major Time Jump:
A time jump 10 years into the future finds Rhaenyra and Laenor still married but now with three kids. The worst kept secret in King’s Landing is that the kids aren’t actually a product of their marriage but of Rhaenyra and her secret lover Harwin Strong. Alicent becomes suspicious of Rhaenyra’s children after being proposed a Targaryen/Hightower marriage and has Larys Strong Harwin’s brother look into it. Larys responds by having his brother and father both killed.
A short time later, the death of Daemon’s second wife brings the many tangled families to Driftmark for a funeral. It’s there – after a fight between Rhaenyra and Alicent’s kids leaves Alicent’s second son Aemond without an eye that Daemon helps Laenor fake his death and escape across the Narrow Sea. With him out of the picture, Daemon and Rhaenyra are finally free to marry which helps strengthen her claim to the throne right as things are reaching a tipping point between herself and Alicent.
The Betrayal:
While all this was going on, Viserys was having serious health problems. By the season’s eighth episode, it’s hard for the king to even get out of bed and when he does he’s hunched over, using a cane, and wears a gold mask to hide the fact that his face is falling off. Viserys gives a rousing speech at what would be his last supper about the family coming together. Largely, it seems to work as Alicent and Rhaenyra cheer, the kids dance, and there’s generally a feeling of the hatchet being buried. That night Viserys dies with Alicent in the room, but not before muttering to himself.
All Alicent hears are “Aegon” and “Prince That Was Promised.” She interprets this as the king actually wanting their son Aegon II to sit on the throne instead of Rhaenyra . Alicent informs her father Otto and the two convene The Green Council. In it they plot to place Aegon on the throne, pushing out or outright killing anyone loyal to Rhaenyra and forcing her to flee King’s Landing. They’re successful in placing the son on the Iron Throne but loyalties across the kingdom remain split.
Vhager kills Lucerys and his drgaon:
With Aegon II now seated on the Iron Throne, Rhaenyra continues to claim herself as the Queen backed by the fact that the crown was secreted out of King’s Landing and brought to her on Dragonstone where she and her own council planned their next move. What they need is allies so she sends her two sons the eldest, Jace and the younger, Luke as envoys to Winterfell and Storm’s End respectively. The hope is to get the Starks and Baratheons to side with Rhaenyra and her claim to the throne. When Luke arrives at Storm’s End he finds Aemond and his massive dragon Vhagar already there. Alicent and Viserys’ second born beat Luke to the Baratheons and offered to marry a daughter to secure their alliance.
When Luke sees there’s nothing better for him to offer he leaves but Aemond and Vhagar follow. Aemond and Vhagar begin toying with Luke and his much smaller dragon Arrax in the air but when Arrax burns Vhagar, the larger dragon disobeys Aemond and ends up killing both Luke and his dragon. The season ends with Daemon informing Rhaenyra about the death of her son and her vowing vengeance.
Timeline of each episode of House of the Dragon Season 1:
Before anything else you need to know the timeline of HOTD Season 1. Because each episode has huge time jumps like from 6 months to several years, even in an episode time gap is present.
Episode 1:
HOTD Season 1 starts on 101 A.C. (a B.C./A.D. equivalent called “AC,” an abbreviation for “After the Conquest.” In 1 AC, Aegon I Targaryen sat on the Iron Throne. After his conquest) 197 years before the ‘Game of Thrones’ then another time jump takes us to 112 A.C. 9 years later.
Episode 2:
The time gap between Episode 1 and 2 is roughly 6 months (111 A.C.)
Episode 3:
This episodes starts 3 years later. So at 114 A.C.
Episode 4:
No clear timeline was mentioned for this episode. But my guess is that it happened somewhere between 111 A.C. and 115 A.C.
Episode 5:
There is no time jump or gap between Episode 4 and 5. Perhaps about few days but this is only my guess.
Episode 6:
From Episode 5 to 6 there is a 10 year time jump, so it is set around 124 A.C.
Episode 7:
There is no gap between Episode 6 and Episode 7.
Episode 8:
This episode is set around 130 A.C.
Episode 9:
The gap between Episode 8 and 9 is 1 day (More specifically few hours).
Episode 10:
Same as before time gap between Episode 9 and 10 is 1 day.
Key Characters of Season 1:
Dragons shown in House of the Dragon Season 1:
House of the Dragon Season 1 Recap:
So at the end of Season 1 two sides were born, one is Green led by Alicent and other one is Black led by Rhaenyra. With the start of Season 2, the Dance of the Dragons civil war is beginning in earnest. The back room dealings and shadowed alleyway fightings from the first season are over and people are picking sides as the war takes the main stage for all to see. These are where the main players’ allegiances are when the second season ramps up.
Team Black:
- Rhaenyra Targaryen
- Daemon Targaryen
- Rhaenys Targaryen
- Lord Corlys “The Sea Snake” Velaryon
- Jacaerys “Jace” Velaryon
- Baela Targaryen
- Rhaena Targaryen
- Mysaria – “The White Worm”
- Erryk Cargylle
Team Green:
- Alicent Hightower
- Otto Hightower
- Aegon II Targaryen
- Helaena Targaryen
- Aemond Targaryen
- Ser Criston Cole
- Larys Strong
- Tyland Lannister
- Borros Baratheon
- Arryk Cargylle
So this is it, I hope it will help you navigate through Season 2.
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