On Sunday, HBO aired The Iron Throne, the sixth episode of season 8 and the final ever episode of Game of Thrones. After eight years,…
On Sunday, HBO aired The Iron Throne, the sixth episode of season 8 and the final ever episode of Game of Thrones. After eight years, the Song of Fire and Ice has officially been sung.
We won’t add spoilers here, but at this point it almost goes without saying that the fan base is split on how to feel about Game of Thrones‘ last leg. Some love it, and over a million have petitioned for it to be remade.
If you’re in Camp A, and maybe even if you’re in Camp B, you’ll be happy to hear HBO isn’t done with the Game of Thrones universe. There are many tales from Westeros and Essos left to spin. A Game of Thrones prequel is coming, and the wheels are very much in motion. We don’t have a release date yet, but stars have been cast and a pilot will soon be shot.
Here’s everything we know so far.
The Game of Thrones prequel takes place before Ned Stark’s fateful, fatal trip to King’s Landing. Like, way before.
HBO’s official synopsis of the show has it taking place „thousands of years“ before The Song of Ice and Fire story, and adds that the prequel will chronicle „the world’s descent from the golden Age of Heroes into its darkest hour.“
The Age of Heroes, for those without an encyclopaedic knowledge of Westeros lore, is the era after the First Men and the Children of the Forest forged a peace pact. The Age of Heroes began 10,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones and ended with the Coming of the Andals, which happened either 6,000,4,000 or 2,000 years before Thrones, with different sources within Westeros citing different end markers for the epoch.
So, again, we don’t know exactly when the story will take place.
One hint, though, comes from writer George R. Martin himself, who is involved in the show’s production. Martin said in his Not a Blog that his suggested title for the prequel was The Long Night.
