The seventh season of "Game of Thrones" is set to return to HBO in summer 2017. (Photo : YouTube/GameofThrones)
Speculations are rife that beloved novel character, Prince Aegon Targaryen, may be about to make his screen debut in HBO's "Game of Thrones" Season 7. The second child and only son of Rhaegar Targaryen and Elia Martell is believed to be tasked to complete the Three-Headed Dragon.
The final episode of "Game of Thrones" Season 6, which aired on June 26, revealed that Jon Snow (Kit Harington) is the son of Rhaegar and Lyanna, making him the second head of the Three-Headed Dragon. It also showed the surprising revelation of Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) riding Drogon.
It is said that the Mother of Dragons will be joined by two other Targaryen blood, Aegon and Jon Snow. In George R.R Martin's "A Clash of Kings," Daenerys sees a vision of her older brother Rhaegar with his infant son, Aegon,
In the vision, Rhaegar discusses how the dragon must have three heads and that Aegon is the second head. The former added that the latter is "the prince that was promised."
Adding flame to the fire, it is said that Aegon had actually escaped the Sack of King's Landing, which was one of the closing events of Robert Baratheon's (Mark Addy) rebellion. The gruesome event consisted of a devastating assault on the city of King's Landing and had effectively ended the civil war and the rule of House Targaryen.
In the book "A Dance with Dragons," Aegon will soon meet Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), though the former already dyed his hair blue and now goes by the name, Young Griff. Despite that, the latter seemingly tells the former that he knows his true identity.
News of Aegon's survival eventually reaches King's Landing. Although the former has a major role in "A Song of Ice and Fire" book series, speculations suggest that he will not appear on "Game of Thrones" Season 7.
In a UFC podcast, "Game of Thrones" showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss revealed that the production of Season 7 will begin later than expected. The showrunners said they do not have an air date yet.
"We're starting a bit later because at the end of this season 'Winter is here,' and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes anymore, so we kind of pushed everything down the line," Benioff said. "So we could get some grim, gray weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot."
The showrunners recently revealed to Variety that "Game of Thrones" Season 7 will be shorter than its predecessor. The next season will only consist of seven episodes due to the smaller amount of story content remaining, they said.
"Game of Thrones" Season 7 is expected to premiere around mid-April 2017. Check out the promo for "Game of Thrones" Season 6 finale below:
