Will the Starks be in House of the Dragon?
Game of Thrones would never have been the massive hit it was without the Starks. Ned Stark and his family gave the story the backbone it needed for eight seasons of TV, which ended with a Stark on the Iron Throne.
Now that Game of Thrones has ended, fans are wondering if the Stark family will return in the upcoming spin-off, House of the Dragon. The first of several planned Game of Thrones spinoffs in the works at HBO, House of the Dragon is set over 100 years prior to the events in the flagship series.
As such, there is no chance that Ned Stark and his descendants will appear in the series, but it’s entirely possible that there could be members of the Stark clan around.
House of the Dragon is a prequel to Game of Thrones
So much of Game of Thrones’ rich storytelling is based on generations of feuds between the ruling families in Westeros, along with pressure from the other families hoping to build and consolidate their own power.
House of the Dragon follows members of the Tagaryen family at a point when they were at the height of their power. Specifically, it covers an event known as the Dance of the Dragons, a brutal civil war fought between different factions within the Targaryen family.
But just because the Targaryens are at the center of the drama doesn’t mean that other families won’t be involved. The Velaryons of Driftmark and Hightowers of Oldtown both play prominent roles, as does Cregen Stark on Winterfell, although he and the rest of the Starks aren’t as big a part of this particular story as Ned Stark and his family were on Game of Thrones.
The Starks are a prominent family in Westeros’ history, so we’ll definitely see some of Ned’s ancestors pop up, but it will be many years before that fateful meeting between Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark would change everything.
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