The Game of Thrones universe is vast, and while several spinoffs have already been confirmed, there are many places and times to explore.
The success of the first Game of Thrones spinoff, House of the Dragon, shows the seemingly limitless potential for this universe. To start, I’ll give a brief run-through of every confirmed spinoff up to this point, as well as some likely spinoffs that have been reported to be in development, before stepping into ideas for future series/films.
Confirmed Spinoffs
The Sea Snake/Nine Voyages
The formerly titled Nine Voyages was changed to The Sea Snake due to George R.R. Martin not wanting two series with numbers in the title.
The series will follow the ventures of Corlys Velaryon, who is known as the greatest seafarer in the history of the Game of Thrones universe and is played by Steve Toussaint in House of the Dragon.
The Sea Snake will bring Corlys’ famed ‘Nine Voyages’ to life on the screen, where the Velaryon seafarer traveled to far-flung locations such as Asshai, Yi-Ti, and Leng, further east than anywhere previously seen on screen.
Bruno Heller, creator of The Mentalist, is currently writing the pilot script for the show.
Love Film & TV?
Get the latest Film & TV news, features, updates and giveaways straight to your inbox Learn more
Ten Thousand Ships
This series will follow the legendary Princess Nymeria, who brought ten thousand ships to the Dornish Peninsula and is known as an ancestor of House Martell. The events this show will follow took place roughly 1,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones.
Nymeria fled from the Rhoyne, located in Essos, after the Valyrian Freehold conquered her lands. The events that followed are heralded as legendary even 1,000 years later in Game of Thrones.
George R.R. confirmed that Amanda Segel is the showrunner and has already delivered “a couple drafts” of scripts.
Untitled Jon Snow series
Kit Harington is confirmed to be returning as Jon Snow in this sequel series to Game of Thrones, which will follow the character in the years to follow Bran Stark becoming King of Westeros.
The Tales of Dunk and Egg series/ A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Martin’s novellas following the events of the hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg, who eventually becomes King Aegon V Targaryen, have been reported to be in development by HBO.
The series is set 90 years before the events of Game of Thrones and is currently helmed by Steve Conrad, who will be adapting the first of the three novellas, The Hedge Knight, into the first season of the series.
Martin has confirmed that the current working titles are A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and The Hedge Knight.
The Golden Empire and untitled animated series
HBO is reportedly taking the Game of Thrones universe into the realm of animation. Martin has confirmed that one of the two reported animation projects will focus on the Yi-Ti Empire, which has loose parallels to Imperial China.
This series currently has the working of The Golden Empire, Martin has also said that a “young writer” is working on the show and that early artwork is “stunning.”
“I am not allowed to talk about most of what’s happening, except to say that things are moving very fast, and I love love love some of the concept art I am seeing,” GRRM said on his blog. “The news leaked several months ago that one of the animated shows would be set in Yi Ti. That’s true. Our working title is The Golden Empire, and we have a great young writer on that one too, and I think the art and animation is just going to be beautiful. I would tell you more if I could. I don’t think I can say a word about the other animated shows. Not yet.”
Spinoff series we would like to see
Robert’s Rebellion
This is a series we know has already been talked about by HBO, which increases its likelihood of being made. The possibilities of this are exciting— fans could see legendary characters such as Arthur Dayne and Rhaegar Targaryen in action as well as some more familiar faces that are past their prime by the time of Game of Thrones in the swells of their youth.
The series would likely begin with the reign of the mad king, Aerys II Targaryen, following the exploits of characters such as a younger Barristan Selmy.
This era is full of events that could make up an entertaining series that could easily run 4+ seasons. To name a few: the Tragedy at Summerhall; Barristan Selmy’s daring one-man rescue of the King at Duskendale; the battles against The Smiling Knight, Simon Toyne, and the Kingswood Brotherhood; and Robert’s Rebellion.
The rise and fall of the Valyrian Freehold
A series on the Valyrian Freehold would be extremely exciting yet also tough to pull off. The empire lasted for almost 5,000 years- having started a little over 5,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones- and information about the empire is scattered across that time frame.
One potential story could be about Valyria’s rise to power and their taming of dragons. Fans could see their magnificent cities rise to heights unseen in Game of Thrones and could witness the Valyrian’s five great wars against the Ghis Empire– the first empire of Essos- across the span of several seasons. Of course, this would leave out one of the most notable events in all of Game of Thrones history— the Doom of Valyria.
To truly cover this massive slice of time, two series, or maybe more, would likely be needed— certainly, one to cover the rise, and another to cover the doom.
Age of Heroes
The Age of Heroes is a legendary time period in Game of Thrones history. The series would follow characters such as Brandon “The Builder” Stark as he directed the raising of legendary structures such as The Wall, Winterfell, Storm’s End, and possibly even the Citadel.
The Age of Heroes came about before even the Valyrian Freehold, starting 10,000 years before GoT and ending 4,000 years later. The series is a little tidier than the Valyrian Freehold’s era though, as many of the heroes performed their great deeds around the same time. These heroes were the founders of many of the great houses such as Lannister, Stark, Baratheon, Greyjoy, and Arryn.
This series would see a version of Game of Thrones when the world was full of magic, with the Children of the Forest still maintaining a strong presence in Westeros before being slaughtered by the Andals during their invasion, marking the end of the Age of Heroes. Examples of heightened and epic fantasy moments would include feats such as The Grey King slaying the great sea dragon Nagga, the Winged Knight battling with giants in the Vale while atop a giant falcon, and Brand the Builder’s formerly mentioned exploits.
The series also has the potential for a nice climactic ending with the coming of the first Long Knight, in which the White Walkers dominated nearly all of Westeros before being defeated.
A series such as this could be a nice turn into high fantasy, pulling away from the machiavellian low fantasy that Game of Thrones has provided us thus far. While that aspect is a major part of what has made GoT great so far, it could become stale as more spinoffs continue to roll out.
Arya’s Voyage
Similar to the untitled Jon Snow spinoff, this series would follow a Game of Thrones character’s ventures post the events of the original series. In the final episode, Arya sets off with a crew of sailors into the Sunset Sea, the ocean that borders the Western edge of Westeros.
Arya’s not the first person, or even the first Stark, whose adventurous spirit led them into the Sunset Sea. Brandon the Shipwright sailed into the Sunset Sea with a large fleet of Stark ships to never return, Rhaenys Targaryen ventured sparingly to the West on dragon back, and Elissa Farman discovered three islands that are now the westernmost marked locations on a Game of Thrones map.
The potential series could see Arya traveling to the Lonely Light– the Iron Island eight days sailing to the West of the rest- before traveling to Aegon, Rhaenys, and Visenya- the three islands discovered by Elissa Farman. There, she could restock food for her crew and make any needed repairs to their ship, similar to Elissa’s course of action.
GRRM has confirmed that the world of Game of Thrones is spherical and also larger than Earth, meaning that a series such as this could lead to Arya and her crew enduring fantastical and treacherous travels throughout the ocean before either discovering a new continent or completely circumnavigating the globe, landing on the Eastern shores of Essos.
The travels of Jaenara Belaerys
Jaenara was a dragonrider of the Valyrian Freehold hailing from the dragon lord family Belaerys and flew on the dragon Terrax. While not much is known of this particular figure, the small bit of her adventures we do know about, seem legendary. She explored the largely unknown continent of Sothoryos for three years, which is massive in scale, and reportedly larger than even Essos.
Jaenara’s story is largely unwritten, leaving for a series that could be open to more creative freedom for its creators.
It is said that she found endless jungles, vast deserts, and some of the largest mountains in the known world, among other geographical features that are not found anywhere else.
This series could center more around the isolation and desperation of a bold adventurer traveling into the unknown. This series could borrow themes from the anime Made In Abyss and could even be an anime itself if a Japanese animation studio would be willing to take it on.
