Game of Thrones spin-off A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has proved to be one of the TV highlights of the year, meaning fans have been desperately awaiting season 2, which is currently in production. Since it started filming, there have been reports of difficulties due to extreme weather halting production. Now, showrunner Ira Parker has revealed just how challenging season 2 has been to make, while speaking with The Hollywood Reporter. When asked which season of the show was harder to film, Parker said that while “Season 1 was so hard,” season 2 is “somehow 10 times harder”. He continued: “This has been a brutal, brutal season. The biggest part has been this weather. We had to go somewhere for some heat and dryness because Book Two takes place in a drought.” “The place we chose to shoot our drought in got a once-in-a-100-year storm,” he explained. “It kept getting water, and we got rained out of locations. We got flooded. There were national emergencies. We had to put the crew on hiatus. We …

Ever since Game of Thrones, the on-screen world of Westeros hasn’t been lacking in troubled individuals from one particular great family – the Targaryens. First, there was Daenerys and Viserys in Game of Thrones. Then, there was a whole boatload of them in House of the Dragon, the ongoing prequel series approaching its third season. Now, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has introduced us to some more, who come in to contact with Peter Claffey’s Ser Duncan ‘Dunk’ the Tall and Dexter Sol Ansell’s Egg. The series is set roughly 90 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and explores a whole new era of Westeros in which House Targaryen still rules the (largely peaceful) realm, albeit without the terrifying might of dragons. But which Targaryen currently resides on the Iron Throne, and who are entering the tourney as contestants? Here is everything you need to know about the Targaryens in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Who are the key Targaryens in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms? Finn Bennett as Aerion …

Warning: Spoilers ahead for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode 1. The Hedge Knight marks the beginning of a brand-new instalment in HBO’s Game of Thrones universe with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, as the series introduces key characters from George R.R. Martin’s novellas in a brand-new time period in Westerosi history. With Ser Dunk (Peter Claffey) and his young squire Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) navigating the festivities of the Ashford tourney, the hedge knight bumps into a variety of lords, ladies, knights, and squires who are ancestors of key Game of Thrones families along the way. However, the prequel also affords more screen time to some of the more overlooked Houses from the best-selling novels, with House Fossoway given a more prominent role in proceedings. While the House – who are bannermen to House Tyrell of Highgarden – has been mentioned and their banners displayed previously in Game of Thrones, primarily via Symun Fossoway, two members of the family will play a much larger role in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. …