George RR Martin says a big dragon question will be answered in The Winds of Winter

Jul. 11, 2024

A dragon mystery could be solved in The Winds of Winter and beyond

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A Song of Ice and Fireauthor George RR Martin has promised answers to a big dragon question is on the way – and we’ll find out more in The Winds of Winter and beyond.

In a lengthy post on hisNot a Blogpage, Martin shared his meditations on various dragon-related topics, and he also slipped in an intriguing tease about what we might learn about these majestic creatures in his future works.

“They bond with men… some men… and the why and how of that, and how it came to be, will eventually be revealed in more detail in THE WINDS OF WINTER and A DREAM OF SPRING and some in BLOOD & FIRE. (Septon Barth got much of it right),” he wrote, fairly cryptically.

Of course, we see plenty of these bonds between dragon and Targaryen (or Velaryon) in theGame of ThronesandHouse of the DragonTV shows, which are adapted from Martin’s works. Blood and Fire seems to be the upcoming second volume of Fire and Blood, the Targaryen history that forms the basis of House of the Dragon. The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring, meanwhile, are the highly (highly, highly,highly) anticipated final two books in the Song of Ice and Fire series, which Game of Thrones is adapted from.

As for Septon Barth, as revealed in The World of Ice and Fire, he thought bloodmages in Old Valyria created dragons from wyverns. In-universe, his theories are pretty derided, but it would seem he’s at least close to the answer.

But,Martin’s most recent update on The Winds of Wintermight be a little disappointing. He confirmed it’s still not done just yet, but did promise that, when it is done, we’ll all hear about it.

House of the Dragon season 2continues weekly on Sky and NOW in the UK and HBO in the US. For more on the show, check out our deep dives on:

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I’m a Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site’s Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.

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