House of the Dragon ends season 1 with Rhaenyra ready for war. Here are the biggest burning questions that need to be answered in HOTD season 2.

The Dance of the Dragons will officially begin in House of the Dragon season 2, which has to answer some huge unanswered questions after the season 1 finale. House of the Dragon season 1 spanned over 20 years and two big time jumps as it set up the tragic conflict between Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and her former best friend, Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke). House of the Dragon has also drastically changed or embellished many aspects of George R.R. Martin's Fire and Blood so that the historical text that book readers know has proven to be unreliable.

House of the Dragon episodes 9 and 10 depicted the fallout from the death of King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) from the side of Alicent's faction and then Rhaenyra's. Alicent believed Viserys made their son, Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney), his rightful heir as his dying wish. This fueled a plot already in progress by Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) and the Green Council to usurp the Iron Throne and install Aegon as King. Rhaenyra didn't even learn of her father's death until Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) escaped King's Landing to deliver the news that the Hightowers stole the Iron Throne. Rhaenyra was crowned Queen, but frustrated her husband, Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), by not immediately plunging the Seven Kingdoms into a war over the succession. But when Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) caused the death of Rhaenyra's son, Lucerys (Elliot Grihault), Rhaenyra committed herself to vengeance and war, leading to these burning questions House of the Dragon season 2 must answer.