House of the Dragon' Season 2

2022 - 10 - 24

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10 Questions <i>House of the Dragon</i> Season 2 Needs to Answer (TIME)

The Dance of Dragons has begun. Rhaenyra Targaryen, the rightful heir to the Iron Throne, briefly considered bending the knee to her half-brother King Aegon ...

Of all the families mentioned in the episode, we have a special place in our hearts for the Starks. House of the Dragon has been playing fast and loose with the children’s ages throughout the series, and at this point it’s unclear who is and isn’t considered a grown-up ready to fight. Perhaps he interprets Viserys keeping the secret of the dream from him as a signal that Viserys never trusted Daemon or considered Daemon a possible heir to the throne. In the Season 1 finale, he tells Rhaenyra that Team Black has more dragons than Team Green. He tells her that Aegon the Conquerer subjugated the people of Westeros in part because he had a dream a Targaryen would need to sit on the Iron Throne when a great winter (i.e. And if her children continue to die, is Rhaenyra doomed to the same fate that Daenerys suffered in [Game of Thrones?](https://time.com/6206772/house-of-the-dragon-connects-game-of-thrones/) But in the final episode, we see a fissure between the Queen and her partner. In both cases, the dream serves largely as a plot device to confuse Alicent into believing her son ought to be crowned king and angering Daemon who never learned the secret prophesy from his brother. The Season 1 finale was named “The Black Queen,” and it seems that Rhaenyra is finally ready to take on that title. Early in the season, Viserys warned Rhaenyra that “the idea that we control the dragons is an illusion. Again, this seems largely to be choice on the part of the writers to complicate the character rather than a plot-driven decision. But the death of Rhaenyra’s son Lucerys at the hands of Aegon’s brother Aemond—mistake or not—enraged Rhaenyra and kicked off a civil war that will play out over several seasons.

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What Might 'House of the Dragon' Season 2 Look Like Based on ... (Collider.com)

The Dance of the Dragons that Martin is referring to is the war of succession between Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) and Rhaenyra Targaryen told in the six ...

He wins an emotional victory for Rhaenyra by taking back the home of [the late Ser Harwin Strong](https://collider.com/house-of-the-dragon-house-strong-larys-harwin-lyonel-explained/), that on his death was passed to his younger brother [Larys Strong](https://collider.com/house-of-the-dragon-larys-strong-game-of-thrones-littlefinger/), and thus the Greens. As it was [the loss of his own eye](https://collider.com/is-alicent-right-eye-for-an-eye-house-of-the-dragon/) many years before that sent Aemond chasing after his nephew and unintentionally kicked off the deaths of so many. This in turn leads to an attempt for retaliation from the Greens which will lead to the duel between brothers and twins Rhaenyra's heir, Prince Jacaerys Targaryen (Harry Collett) will once again prove his worth as a future King of the Seven Kingdoms by flying to the Eyrie, and Winterfell (he also flies to Sisterton and White Harbor in the book) on his dragon Vermax and securing the loyalty of these houses for his mother. [Rhaenyra's King-consort](https://collider.com/house-of-the-dragon-valyrian-weddings-explained/) makes his way to the Riverlands on the back of his blood-red dragon Caraxes to claim Harrenhal castle in the name of his wife. Siding with the Blacks are House Arryn of the Eyrie, House Frey of the Crossing, House Greyjoy of the Iron Islands, House Tarly of Horn Hill, House Stark of Winterfell, and [House Velaryon of Driftmark](https://collider.com/house-of-the-dragon-house-velaryon-explained/) - with Lord Corlys to be named Hand of the Queen. In Fire and Blood they make a big move to remedy this, and we should get to see this early in Season 2. [House Hightower](https://collider.com/house-of-the-dragon-house-hightower-explained/) of Old Town, House Baratheon of Storm's End, House Lannister of Casterly Rock, and what remains of House Strong. Season 1 of House of the Dragon served mostly as an introduction to this by featuring the struggles that both King Jaehaerys I (Michael Carter) and Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine) faced to choose their heirs within the previous chapter of Fire and Blood titled "Heirs of the Dragon - A Question of Succession." The war is going to move from the shoring up of alliances to a ruthless bloodbath, and no one will come out of it unscathed. If Season 1 did the work of introducing audiences to the world, the characters, and the issues that they face then that should allow Season 2 to tell a far more detailed and in-depth story. So what can we look forward to seeing in House of the Dragon Season 2?

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