House of the Dragon is in its final phase. When the HBO prequel series premiered in 2022, it confirmed that Game of Thrones was here to stay as a franchise. But unlike Game of Thrones, it has a firm ending in sight. Season 3 of House of the Dragon just ended, and Season 4 will be likely be its last, so the Dance of Dragons between the two warring sides of the Targaryen family will have to finish by then.
However, the matter of how this show will end is a lot more confusing. Season by season, House of the Dragon has changed key parts of the source material, George R. R. Martin’s Fire & Blood. All those changes could build up to a wildly different ending, but first, let’s break down how this story ends in the book.