Graham McTavish teases more action in House of the Dragon season 2

Speaking with Metro, House of the Dragon star Graham McTavish teased the coming conflict in season 2. “Civil war is that great thing that countries indulge in when they haven’t got anybody else to go and fight, they seem to just like fighting amongst themselves just to keep their hand in, and this is no different, he said. “They’ve had peace for a long, long time, and suddenly they are quite literally destroying the kingdom from within and that’s what makes it so interesting, so I would expect more of that – more division, more taking sides.”

It is unclear which side of the conflict McTavish’s character Harrold Westerling will be on, since he is already dead in the book Fire and Blood at this point in the story.

“He lives! Ser Harrold Lives on,” McTavish exclaimed. “I love the fact that, what happened there, with his decision to walk out like that, is it really established a sense… in a world like House of the Dragon, and a little bit the same in Game of Thrones, a lot of people working for their own agendas.”

Westerling resigned from the Kingsguard after the greens seized power in King’s Landing. He used to be Rhaenyra’s sworn protector, so there is a high probability he will defect to Rhaenyra’s side. This means he will likely participate in the war in some capacity, whether that be leading men into battle or advising the new queen.

Graham McTavish will return in House of the Dragon season 2

“I think it’ll ramp up in terms of action and I think it will move out of just the locations that we’ve been in up until now,” McTavish said. “I think season 1 was a much more domestic experience whereas this one will be much more fractured, and possibly move a little more into the world that people are familiar with, with Game of Thrones, where there were multiple storylines existing at one time.”

This sounds similar to the first couple episodes of Game of Thrones; all of the main characters start in one place and splinter off to engage in their own storylines. In House of the Dragon season 1, the story was mostly focused on King’s Landing, Dragonstone and Driftmark. But now that more Houses are being brought into the story, season 2 will take us back to places like Winterfell, the Vale and the Riverlands.

With all of this new stuff on the way, we likely won’t see House of the Dragon season 2 until 2024.

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