6 years later, House of Dragons is re-opening the Game of Thrones inconsistency debate.

Warning spoilers! This article will reveal key plot elements from House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 as well as Game of Thrones Season 7.

Westeros is in complete chaos after the tragic events of the first episode of House of Dragons, which claimed the life of little Jaehaerys. But let’s go back for a few minutes to the beginning of this long-awaited first episode of season 2 and a short dialogue that probably went unnoticed, but revealed the problem of 6 years ago. .

Between the end of the first season and the beginning of the second, we see two opposing camps, the Greens of Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) and the Blacks of Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) in search of allies for the coming war. So Jaegers Velarion (Harry Collette), Rhaenyra’s eldest son, was sent to Winterfell to enlist the support of House Stark, then represented by Cregan Stark (Tom Taylor).

During the negotiations, Cregan offers Rhaenyra a thousand-year-old warrior, the famous Whitebeard, as he needs henchmen to protect the Wall. Seeing that Jace does not understand the reason for this protection, Lord Stark enlightens him on the subject.

“My father brought King Jaehaerys and Queen Alysanna to see the wall. His Highness stood at this very spot and watched as their dragons, the greatest power in the world, refused to cross him. Do you think my ancestors built a 700 foot wall of ice to keep out the snow and the savages?“

And when asked what the famous ice construction protects them from, Lord Stark answers:Death“. We definitely know what’s on the other side of that wall…

So how did Daenerys’ dragons get past her?

If you’re wondering, you’ve reached the point of the discussion! The Wall posed no problem for Daenerys’ (Emilia Clarke) dragons, who crossed it to save Jon (Kit Harington) and his teammates from the White Walkers — but not without paying a high price, remember!

This happened in season 7 of the original series. However, a year after its transmission, a problem arose when George RR Martin published it Fire and blood. In the book, Alisan’s dragon cannot or will not pass through the wall. We now know Vermithor, the dragon that the demon (Matt Smith) sings to in the final episode of season one. Dragon Housealso refused to cross it.

Because of this, many believe that the producers of Game of Thrones made a mistake (ahead of time) with this scene in the seventh season. However, there is a difference between two centuries and everything changes. Since then, the wall may have lost its strength, and the dragons could now cross it without difficulty. The fact is that the final answer to this discussion is in the hands of the author and we will wait for his next books to find out more.

House of the Dragon Season 2 episodes can be watched every Monday exclusively on the Max streaming platform.