The Batman 2 writer teases two notebooks full of material for his Game of Thrones spin-off Aegon's Conquest

Emma D'Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon season 3
(Image credit: HBO)

The Batman 2 screenwriter Mattson Tomlin is working hard on his Game of Thrones spin-off.

"Always satisfying to finish filling a notebook," he wrote on Twitter, alongside a photo of two notebooks. One is labelled "Conquest/Caine 24/25", while the other is marked "Conquest/Possessor/16 Bars/The Crew."

Set 100 years before House of the Dragon and 200 years before Game of Thrones, the project will follow King Aegon I Targaryen as he conquered and united six of the seven kingdoms of Westeros (Dorne retained its independence for a while longer) and commenced centuries of Targaryen rule on the Iron Throne. He foresaw "the end of the world of men", caused by a long winter from the North (sound familiar?), which could only be defeated if a Targaryen ruled over Westeros – a prophecy that he called the 'Song of Ice and Fire'.

This show follows hedge knight Dunk and his young squire Egg as they seek fame and fortune at a tourney – but not without running into some trouble first. This is Westeros, after all.

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