The Dance of the Dragons has been a bit of a slow burn, but the Targaryen war of succession burns on. There was minimal bloodshed shown in the “House of the Dragon” Season 2 finale, which aired on Sunday, but the battle lines have been drawn. Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen has fortified her army with more soldiers from supportive houses as well as with new riders for her herd of dragons.
Meanwhile, King Aegon II — who suffered serious burns and a mangled leg at the Battle of Rook’s Rest in Episode 4, “The Red Dragon and the Gold” — has escaped from King’s Landing in hopes of lying low until his ambitious and treacherous brother Prince Aemond is done burning down everything that stands in his way. The Targaryen civil war became inevitable after Aemond (accidentally) slayed his nephew Prince Lucerys at the end of the HBO series’ first season , and there have been plenty of casualties since. As Princess Rhaenys Targaryen plainly stated at the outset of these events, there is “no war so bloody as a war between dragons.
” Here are all the major deaths from “House of the Dragon” Season 2. Jaehaerys Targaryen Aegon II’s young son Jaehaerys was killed by a hired assassin, sent in revenge for the death of Rhaenyra’s son, Lucerys. His mother, Helaena, was forced to point him out to his killer.
Blood and Cheese Blood, hired by Daemon to assassinate Aemond, is killed by Aegon II for killing Jaehaerys instead. Cheese is hanged with all of the other rat catchers afte.