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The Targaryen hostility reached its peak, resulting successful the archetypal authoritative nonaccomplishment successful the royal family's civilian war, known arsenic the Dance of the Dragons. Find retired what went down successful the play finale here.
House of the Dragon: Season 1 FINALE Cast Reactions!
(Warning: This nonfiction contains spoilers for the House of the Dragon finale.)
We present cognize wherefore House of the Dragon prima Olivia Cooke told E! News to expect "dread" from the play 1 finale.
During the Oct. 23 finale episode, Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) learned that her younger member Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) usurped her arsenic ruler of the Seven Kingdoms. Though Rhaenyra considered bending the genu to support the bid among the divided Targaryen family, she besides sent her sons, Princes Jacaerys (Harry Collett) and Lucerys (Elliot Grihault), to the different lords of Westeros to spot if they'd enactment her assertion to the Iron Throne.
However, what should've been a peaceful envoy ngo to Storm's End turned disastrous, as Lucerys was confronted by his uncle Aemond (Ewan Mitchell). For those who whitethorn request reminder, Lucerys infamously took out Aemond's oculus during a puerility brawl. So, determination was much than conscionable governmental strife going connected there.
In an effort to intimidate his nephew, Aemond threatened to instrumentality out Lucerys' oculus and aboriginal pursued the young prince connected dragonback. The concern escalated to a dire 1 when Lucerys' dragon Arrax blew occurrence astatine Aemond's dragon Vhagar. This enactment prompted Vhagar to spell after Arrax with each her might, sidesplitting the dragon and Rhaenyra's lad successful the process.
Aemond intelligibly didn't privation for this outcome, arsenic helium shouted astatine the beast, "Vhagar, no. No!"
Though fans of George R.R. Martin's novel Fire & Blood, which inspired the Game of Thrones prequel series, anticipated this ending, Lucerys' decease was inactive devastating to watch. Not lone did Lucerys' passing cement his mother's determination to combat for her crown, confirming the bloody Targaryen civilian war (known arsenic the Dance of the Dragons), but it hinted that any subordinate of the Targaryen household could beryllium astatine risk.
We're besides specified fans of the saccharine young prince that we're simply bittersweet to spot him go.
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As for what comes next? House of the Dragon has already been renewed for a 2nd season by HBO.
Fabien Frankel, who plays Ser Criston Cole, said it champion erstwhile helium told E! News successful July, "I'll accidental it's precise good acceptable up if determination was ever a 2nd season. The archetypal play is precise good acceptable up. They've near the doorway open."
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