30+ Facts To Know About Arthdal Chronicles Korean Drama

Studio Dragon and tvN produced and created the first of its-kind ancient historical drama in South Korea that encircles deities, tribes, war, and heroes. That left the audience wanting more. The drama ” Chronicles” is based in the land of Arth. The city’s residents of Arthdal and the tribes around the city compete against each other to become legends.

But an ancient prophecy comes true when three babies born at the same time when the blue comet is visible in the sky are destined to be the mirror, bell, and sword, and together, they are destined to destroy the world.

Since the ending of season 1 in 2019, Arthdal Chronicles is back with King Tagon set to conquer the entire world and lead the empire. Ago Union of Eun-seom prepares to wage war to free the people of Arthdal. Learn 30+ Facts To Know About Arthdal Chronicles Korean Drama:

1. The “Most Anticipated Drama of 2019”.

The Arthdal Chronicles brought an incredible storyline, cast, and beautiful visuals. It won the 2019 Korea First Brand Awards as the Most Anticipated Drama of 2019.

2. The first K-Drama set in antiquity.

Set in the Bronze Age, Arthdal Chronicles is the first ancient Korean series based on the version of the story of Dangun, the God-king of Gojoseon, believed to be the first Korean Kingdom in 2333 BC. Dangun is also known as the Grandson of Heaven and the Son of a Bear.

3. The production of two seasons.

Due to COVID-19, the second season’s production was put on a halt. Which was supposed to start in 2020, but in 2023, production is set to release the Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun season two. Some cast members from the first season will reappear, like Jang Dong-gun and Kim Ok-vin as Tagon and Tae Al-ha. We see Lee Joon-gi as older Eun-seom and Shin Se-Kyung as older Tanya.

4. Screenwriters.

Kim Young-hyun collaborated with Park Sang-yeon to write two seasons of the Arthdal Chronicles. Kim Young-hyun is famous for writing many award-winning dramas, such as Jewel In The Palace and Queen Seondeok.

5. Season 1 director.

The director for season 1, Arthdal Chronicles, was Kim Won-Seok, who also directed famous dramas like My Mister, Signal, and Misaeng: Incomplete Life.

6. Season 2 director.

Kim Kwang-sik is the director of the Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun’s second season. He is famous for directing The Great Battle, which placed in the top 11 films at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards. check out all the latest Arthdal Chronicle season 2 updates.

7. Season 1 filming location.

Osan in the Gyeonggi province was set as the location for the first season and Brunei. The set for Arthdal Chronicles in Osan took eight months to create for the shooting of the drama.

8. Season 2 filming location.

Season 2 of Arthdal Chronicles will be filmed on Jeju Island. Jeju Island is one of the most famous vacation destinations in South Korea.

9. Season 1’s impact on tourism.

In 2019, after the Arthdal Chronicles premiered, the City of Osan was reported to be the most visited tourist spot. There were special tours of the city of Arth. Osan’s mayor was awarded the Cultural Tourism Grand Prize at the Korean Wave Awards for increasing tourism in South Korea.

10. Season 1 production cost.

Season 1 cost 45 billion won in production and spent most of its portion on the series’ graphics. The estimate was that each episode cost around 3 billion won.

11. Grand Prize Award.

In 2019, Jang Dong-gun won the Grand Prize for Daesang in the Best Actor of the Year category at the Asia Artist Awards hosted in Vietnam.

12. Blackpink Jisoo’s cameo.

The Blackpink Jisoo staring opposite Saya, the lost twin of Eun-seom. The hashtag #JisooOnArthdalChronicles on Twitter made it viral among fans, and Jisoo also posted pictures from the set of Arthdal Chronicles Season 1.

13. Jang Dong-gun’s transformation.

The Actor Jang Dong-gun transformed and bulked up to play the role of the great warrior Tagon in season 1 of Arthdal Chronicles.

14. Season 1 finale.

Season 1 ends with Tagon conquering the Kingdom of Arthdal and proclaiming himself as the King of Arthdal, commanding his armies to conquer the Ago tribe and the East. Tae Al also tells Tagon that she is pregnant. Tae Al is eager to become the Queen of Arthdal.

The High Priestess Asa Tanya unites all the tribes of Arthdal under one country and names the people of the tribes as Subjects. On the other side, Lord Saya finds out about Eun-seom, along with Igutu and Dujeumsaeng, who looks just like him and is actually his twin and is still alive.

In the East, Eun-seom receives the honor that he is Inaishingi, the ruler of the Ago Tribe, who was ready to come back to life and unite the 30,000 tribes of 30 clans to fight and free Arthdal.

15. Season 2 plot.

Arthdal Chronicles begins after Tagon takes over the Kingdom of Arthdal. On the other side, Eun-seom leads the Ago Union to the great war with Tagon to free the people of Arthdal. With each character possessing more power than before, the viewer is anticipating many possible outcomes, but we have to see and find out which of these outcomes will come true.

Will Tagon maintain his power over Arthdal and expand his empire? Will Eun-seom, now more powerful, defeat Tagon and free the people from a heartless tyrant, or will Saya take over his father’s place as the king? And the most awaited meetup of two lost brothers in the Arthdal Chronicles season 2 will be seen. Check the latest Arthdal Chronicles Season 2 Fan Reviews as well

16. Webtoon and games.

The Arthdal Chronicles will be released as a webtoon in 2023 by Studio Dragon, and the massively multiplayer online role-playing game MMORPG of Arthdal Chronicles will also be released.

17. Eun-seom, the hunter.

Eun-seom, played by Song Joong-ki, was born to a Saram (human) and a Neathal father who had blue eyes. Being born on the same day as the blue comet passes over. According to the prophecy, he was titled the “sword” as he was said to bring disaster and war upon the people of Arthdal. Enu-seom is the only one who can ride the legendary horse Kanmoreu. Eun-seom also displays super strength and hunting skills.

Running away with his mother to escape for Arthdal, Eun-seom goes to the Wahan tribe, and the people welcome him there. Eum-seom lived with the Wahan tribe after his mother passed away and accepted Wahan as his tribe, with Tanya as his friend. He was considered unusual in the Wahan tribe due to his abilities. However, things quickly change in the happy and peaceful tribe of Wahan when Tagon’s warrior captures the Wahan village and takes Tanya away to Arthdal.

Eun-seom decides to save the Wahan tribe but faces many failures. But he manages to unite other tribes to his quest to free all of Arthdal and its people from Tagon. The tribes believe that Eun-seom is the reincarnation of Inaishingi, the god of the Ago tribe.

18. Eun-seom, the ruler.

Eun-seom, after eight years, became the ruler of the thirty tribal Ago clans in the East. Lee Joon-gi, playing the role of Eun-seom, will march to Arthdal to fight Tagon and free the city of Arthdal. There, he will meet his twin brother, Saya.

19. Saya, the twin brother.

Born to a human mother and Neanthal father, the twin brothers Saya and Eun-seom separated at birth. Tagon adopted him and kept him locked in the tower. Saya wishes to gain his freedom and become friends with Tanya as she becomes her maid. He gets flashes in his dreams about Tanya and Eun-seom. Saya trains himself by reading and activating his mind, making him wise to lead the Royal Administration. Even though, according to the prophecy, Saya was to be a mirror for the Tagon, he is much like his father after growing up, but his loyalty is still unclear.

20. Saya, the military commander.

Born in the shadow of his tyrant father as the king of Arthdal. Saya is a military commander who gained impressive combat and tactical skills for eight years. He was a prisinoner into the tower to gain his father’s trust. But after being released, he proves to be an asset in his father’s military as the most fearsome warrior. Saya and Eun-seom were also going to meet with each other during the Great War. Both are similar in strength but different in every other sense.

21. Tagon, the war hero.

Tagon is the son of Arthdal Union tribal leader who, over time, became a fearsome warrior and the hero of Arthdal after the war in his teenage. His hunger for power made him take the Kingdom for himself with brute force.

But a hidden secret that only Tagon and Tae Al-ha know is that he is Igutu, half human and half Neathal. He adopts a son named Saya and Eun-seom.

22. Tagon, the first King of Arthdal.

Tagon, the king of Arthdal, proclaimed himself, and the great Aramun Haesulla, who has come back to life, wants to conquer the entire world, claiming that he is the order and balance in the Kingdom of Arthdal. Prepared to wage war against the East, he confronted the strongest enemy of his Eun-seom.

23. Tanya, the next Great Spiritual Mother.

Born in the Wahan tribe to the next Great Spiritual Mother on the same day as the blue comet crossed over in the sky, Tanya was labeled to be the death and destruction of the Wahan tribe, and she was the symbol of the bell as per the prophecy. Struggling to become the Great Spritual Mother and the Spritual dance, she felt like she was not going to achive her dream, but with her childhood friend Eun-seom, she developed her strengths and powers.

Tanya displayed her skills when, at the time of the conquest of Arthdal by Tagon, she revealed herself by transforming from a lowly maid to a Shaman, proving her connection with the Great Mother Asa Sin. Despite her wish to return to her, people accepted her place as the High Priestess of Arthdal. She spends time with Saya, who looks just like her childhood friend and befriends Saya in hopes of seeing Eun-seom again, even though it is believed that he died.

24. Asa Tanya, the High Priestess of Arthdal.

Shin Se-Kyung, who is playing the older and powerful Tanya, the High Priestess of Arthdal, sets her goal to end all this coming war and bloodshed.

25. Tae Al-ha, the power-hungry politician.

Tae Al-ha, played by Kim Ok-vin, is a calculated and heartless politician aiming to gain power. She is the daughter of one of the tribes in the Kingdom. Although her tribe is famous for science and weapons, Tae Al-ha is more interested in achieving total control of Arthdal. She becomes Tagon’s lover by displaying her beauty and uses her manipulating tactics to form an alliance with Tagon and eventually become the Queen of Arthdal.

26. Tae Al-ha, the Queen of Arthdal.

Queen Tae Al-ha of the Arthdal is still centered after eight years to attain all the power of Arthdal and maintain herself at Tagon’s strongest political alliance.

27. Season 1 ratings.

The rating for Arthdal Chronicles season 1, the ancient historical drama, received an overall rating of 7.373%.

28. Season 1 reception.

The first season of Arthdal Chronicles received mixed reviews. Some said it is executed well and praised it for a gripping storyline and cultural depiction of ancient civilization and impressive acting of Song Joong-ki portraying Eun-seom and Saya, but some negative reviews called it the Asian version of Game of Thrones and marked it as being slow-paced.

29. Lee Joon-gi, the older Eun-seom.

Singer-actor Lee Joon-gi will play the older Eun-seom and Saya in Arthdal Chronicles. Song Joong-ki was not able to match the filming schedule. But Lee Joon-gi is considered one of South Korea’s most handsome actors and starred in many popular and famous dramas.

30. Shin Se-kyung, the older Tanya.

The famous Actress, singer, and model Shin Se-kyung will be playing the older version of Tanya in season two. The Actress Kim Ji-won could not match her schedule with the filming of Arthdal Chronicles season two. Shin Se-Kyung started working as a child star and received many awards for her fantastic performance in many series. She was also twice a Forbes Korea Power Celebrity.

31. Number of episodes.

Arthdal Chronicles season 1 is divided into three parts and 18 episodes.

The Children of Prophecy (Episodes 1-6), part 1, The Sky Turning Inside Out, Rising Land (Episodes 7-12), part 2, and The Prelude to All Legends (Episodes 13-18), part 3.

Arthdal Chronicles season 2 will have 12 episodes, each airing weekly for six weeks.

32. Network and OTT.

Season 1 of Arthdal Chronicles was aired on June 1st and ended on September 22nd. It was also available on Netflix. Arthdal Chronicles season 2 will be released on September 9th on tvN and be available on Disney Plus for international audiences.

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