5 ‘Home of the Dragon’ Season 3 predictions

Home of the Dragon Season 2 is over, and the lengthy await Season 3 — which is able to reportedly be going into manufacturing early subsequent 12 months — begins.

However with so many cliffhangers on the finish of that abrupt finale, the place can we go from right here? What can we count on to see subsequent?

From some extra dragon claiming to an enormous naval battle, listed below are our predictions for Home of the Dragon Season 3.

1. Rhaena will declare her dragon.

After spending the whole thing of the Season 2 finale climbing cross-country, Rhaena (Phoebe Campbell) lastly discovered the wild dragon that is been snacking on sheep within the the Vale. We did not see what occurred subsequent, nevertheless it’s fairly apparent the place this one will go in Season 3, is not it? Poor previous Rhaena has put the work in to seek out this dragon, so we’re guessing subsequent season will open with one more scaly recruit for Staff Black.

2. We’ll lastly get the Battle of the Gullet.

Be prepared, Lord Corlys.
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This one is not actually a prediction, as a result of showrunner Ryan Condal himself has confirmed it. Speaking concerning the present in a post-finale press convention, Condal confirmed that the Battle of the Gullet will happen in Season 3. “That event will happen very shortly in terms of the storytelling of House of the Dragon,” Condal mentioned, implying it will be one of many earlier episodes subsequent season.

This battle revolves across the stretch of water that is been blockaded by Staff Black all through Season 2, resulting in the scarcity of meals in King’s Touchdown. The Gullet basically covers the opening of Blackwater Bay, and it is the place Lord Corlys (Steve Toussaint) and his son Alyn (Abubaker Salim) are rowing to within the closing montage. They’re going to be arising in opposition to Tyland Lannister (Jefferson Corridor) and his new Triarchy mates once they get there.

3. We’ll get to fulfill Alicent’s third son, Daeron.

There’s one other!
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As we realized again in episode 6, Alicent’s (Olivia Cooke’s) third son Daeron is every part his brothers aren’t (not a whole psychopath, in different phrases). And now his dragon has taken to wing, too! The Hightowers of Oldtown have not featured a lot within the present to this point — excepting Alicent’s brother Gwayne (Freddie Fox) — nevertheless it appears seemingly that Daeron might be a brand new character launched within the present’s third season. Who else goes to battle again these pesky Beesburys and rescue poor previous Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) from his jail cell? Not Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), as a result of he is allegedly heading off to Harrenhal. Which brings us to our subsequent level…

4. There’s be some kind of Riverlands battle — however possibly not the large one.

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There’s received to be some form of battle within the Riverlands, hasn’t there? At this level it appears inevitable. Aemond is planning to go there on his dragon Vhagar to hitch Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel), Daemon (Matt Smith) has amassed a military at Harrenhal, and different varied factions are marching off to hitch them each as we communicate.

You can be forgiven for considering that this would be the conflict between Daemon and Aemond the present is constructing in the direction of — the God’s Eye second prophesised by Helaena (Phia Saban) and presumably glimpsed in Daemon’s weirwood tree imaginative and prescient — however we’re not so certain about that. Within the beforehand talked about press convention, Condal described the Battle of the Gullet as “maybe the second-most-anticipated” motion occasion in Fireplace and Blood. If we’ll assume God’s Eye is the primary, then absolutely we can’t get each of those battles in Season 3? It appears extra seemingly that some form of smaller skirmish will happen within the Riverlands in Season 3, however the God’s Eye battle will not occur till Season 4.

5. Rhaenyra and Alicent’s plan will go incorrect.

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On the finish of Season 2, Alicent involves Rhaenyra with a stunning proposal: As soon as Aemond leaves for Harrenhal, she’ll let Rhaenyra enter King’s Touchdown to assert the Iron Throne — and even let her kill her eldest son, Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Crney), as a method of ending the battle. Clearly it is not going to be that straightforward although, is it? For one, Aegon is not in King’s Touchdown — he is en path to Essos with Larys (Matthew Needham), who had the foresight to see issues have been about to go south rapidly. Our wager? Both Alicent will cancel the association when she realises Aegon is gone, or Rhaenyra will arrive and suppose she’s been tricked. Possibly if she does enter King’s Touchdown, although, Aemond might be compelled to divert his consideration away from Harrenhal and focus on successful again Westeros’ capitol?

Home of the Dragon Season 2 is now streaming on Max.