HOUSE OF THE DRAGON’s timeline is no longer in question. This period of history, in chronicling the course of House Targaryen, can be told in two more seasons. Fans will see a third season in 2026 and then a fourth and final season after that. Of course, we know that other tales from Westeros are forthcoming as well and that there are plenty of stories to tell.
That official decree came from series showrunner Ryan Condal during a virtual press conference upon the conclusion of the second season on Sunday, August 04. He stated, “I haven’t had discussions with HBO about it, I would just anticipate the cadence of the show, from a dramatic storytelling perspective, will continue to be the same from Season 2 on.” Plus, he said. “No, I think it ends in four.”
During the presser though, other aspects of the show were broached. Though production value was considered top-notch viewers were not so thrilled with the more mellow conclusion to Season Two. The book readers know of a major battle, called The Battle of the Gullet, to commence and this past season just stopped short of it. Condal had a lengthy defense for that decision. He declared, “One of the challenges of 
making television at any scale [is] nobody has infinite time and resources. When you’re a showrunner, you’re always in the position of having to balance storytelling and the resources that you have available to tell that story. One of the things that came into play in season two is: What is the final destination of the series and where are we going? It was a combination of factors that led us to rebalance the season knowing now where we’re going. We wanted to rebalance the story in such a way that we had three great seasons of television [after season one] to round out and tell this story. When you’re trying to mount the show, which requires a tremendous amount of resources, construction, armor, costumes, and visual effects … we are trying to give The Gullet — which is arguably the second most anticipated action event of Fire & Blood — trying to give it the time and the space that it deserves.”
So, in 2025 the show will be shooting that battle clash and more to flesh out the eight-episode third season. Condal continued, “We are building to that event that will happen very shortly in terms of the storytelling, and it should be the biggest thing to date that we’ve pulled off. We just wanted to have the time and the space to do that at a level that is going to excite and satisfy the fans in the way it’s deserved. We also wanted to build some anticipation toward it. So I apologize for the wait, but … with the team that we have put together, we’re going to pull off a hell of a win with The Battle of the Gullet.”
If you are so inclined to find out what Season Four holds, then you need to read the source material, George R. R. Martin Fire & Blood. If you want to know more about what Ryan Condal stated in that presser, follow the link below.
Source: THR
