“The dragons dance, and men are like dust under their feet,” notes Criston Cole. —HBO/HBO GO We were on the edge of our seat as we watched Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) start consolidating her gains—and dragons—in the Season 2 finale of HBO Go’s “House of the Dragon” (HOTD) last Monday. But as Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) cautions Ser Gwayne Hightower (Freddie Fox) in a very telling confrontation, “The dragons dance, and men are like dust under their feet.
” Indeed, Rhaenyra is very much aware that there are sacrifices to be made even as the stars begin to align for her and Team Black. More than those upheavals, we see Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) finally lowering his ego-driven guard and softening his unbending perspective as he sees the prophecy of what looks like Daenerys (played by Emilia Clarke in “Game of Thrones”) finding her dragon eggs in the future, not to mention a vision of a White Walker. How exciting! As showrunner Ryan Condal aptly describes it, while Season 2 has launched “the fits and starts of an early medieval war,” it will soon be followed by a bloody, all-out battle in the series’ eagerly anticipated third season.
Meanwhile, Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) pays tribute to his fallen wife, Princess Rhaenys (Eve Best), by switching the name of his ship—from Sea Snake to Queen Who Never Was. To commemorate HOTD’s Season 2 finale, we’re sharing our recent one-on-one chat with Steve: The centerpiece of th.