Home Targaryen — and all of Westeros — is on the point of civil battle because the Recreation of Thrones spinoff Home of the Dragon returns for Season 2 on Sunday, June 16, at 9/8c on HBO and Max. In King’s Touchdown, Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) has been topped Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm. However throughout Blackwater Bay at Dragonstone, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) is preventing for her place within the succession.
How did Rhaenyra and her former BFF’s son change into dueling heirs to the Iron Throne? You’ll be able to blame Hightower meddling, Targaryen incest, and one massive dragon chew for this mess. Right here’s a recap of the primary season’s 10 episodes.
Season 1, Episode 1: “The Heirs of the Dragon”
The collection begins with Princess Rhaenys (Eve Greatest) getting handed over for the throne in favor of cousin Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine). However, as everyone knows now, uneasy lies the top that wears a crown, and a flash-forward reveals that Viserys’ reign has its share of challenges. A Free Cities alliance is threatening Westerosi transport lanes; Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), Viserys’ youthful brother and presumptive inheritor, is popping out to be a barbaric Metropolis Watch commander; and Viserys and spouse Aemma (Siân Brooke) haven’t welcomed a male inheritor. When Aemma’s newest childbirth threatens each herself and her little one, Viserys chooses to sacrifice her life for the newborn boy’s however finally ends up shedding each. Daemon mocks the deceased prince as an “inheritor for a day,” so Viserys banishes him from King’s Touchdown and declares daughter Princess Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) as his new inheritor. Viserys entrusts her with a household secret, the “Track of Ice and Fireplace,” Aegon the Conquerer’s imaginative and prescient of a Targaryen ruler saving the world of the dwelling from a lethal winter rising from the distant north.
Season 1, Episode 2: “The Rogue Prince”
Rhaenyra tries to have a voice within the Small Council, however as a substitute she’s relegated to choosing a Kingsguard knight. Instinctively, she picks the strapping Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel). Talking of Daemon, he’s squatting at Fortress Dragonstone, hoarding a purloined dragon egg, and making noises about marrying his mistress. Talking of controversial marriages, Viserys publicizes his intention to marry Alicent (Emily Carey), good friend of Rhaenyra and daughter of his Hand of the King, Sir Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans). This angers Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint), Rhaenys’ husband, who needed him to marry their 12-year-old (!) daughter. And so Corlys resigns as Masters of Ships and aligns himself with Daemon.
Season 1, Episode 3: “Second of His Identify”
By Episode 3, Viserys and Alicent are married with a 2-year-old son, Aegon II. However Viserys assures Rhaenyra that she’s nonetheless his inheritor. What the king doesn’t know is that Otto is secretly plotting to usher Aegon to the throne, which might be an actual boon to Home Hightower. In the meantime, Viserys sends ships and males to the Stepstones archipelago, the place Corlys and Daemon have been struggling to fend off the sadistic Myrish prince-admiral Craghas “Crabfeeder” Drahar (Daniel Scott-Smith). Daemon, desirous to show himself, slays the Crabfeeder singlehandedly and is quickly hailed “King of the Slim Seas.”
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Season 1, Episode 4: “King of the Slim Sea”
However Daemon heads again to King’s Touchdown and swears fealty to Viserys. And in one other reunion, Alicent and Rhaenyra additionally make amends. Rhaenyra, who has up to now been unable to discover a consort, abruptly has two romantic prospects. Certainly one of whom is Daemon — sure, her uncle — who reveals his curiosity in her throughout an evening on a city. The opposite is Criston, whom she seduces after Daemon leaves her wanting extra. Viserys will get wind of Rhaenyra and Daemon’s tryst and banishes his brother as soon as extra, this time to the Vale. The king then orders his daughter to marry Ser Laenor Velaryon (John Macmillan), son of Rhaenys and Corlys, to keep away from scandal and to fix ties with Home Velaryon. And after Rhaenyra lets her father learn about Otto’s ruthless ambition, Viserys removes Otto from his Hand of the King put up.
Season 1, Episode 5: “We Mild the Method”
Episode 5 opens with Daemon ruthlessly killing his first spouse within the Vale. Again in King’s Touchdown, Otto leaves city, however not earlier than warning Alicent that her two sons would pose a menace to a Queen Rhaenyra. For her half, Rhaenyra is able to marry Laenor, however after realizing he prefers the corporate of males, they comply with nonmonogamy, permitting Rhaenyra to proceed seeing Criston. However Criston causes a scene at Rhaenyra and Laenor’s wedding ceremony social gathering, brutally killing Laenor’s lover over a misunderstanding. Queen Alicent additionally makes a scene by carrying inexperienced to the festivities as an indication of Hightower resistance.
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Season 1, Episode 6: “The Princess and the Queen”
The plot then jumps 10 years into the long run with Episode 6. Rhaenyra (now performed by D’Arcy) now has three kids whose father is probably going Ser Harwin (Ryan Corr), lord commander of the Metropolis Watch and son of present Hand of the King Lyonel Sturdy (Gavin Spokes). Viserys refuses to imagine that the youngsters are usually not of Velaryon inventory, though they’re not platinum-haired. Alicent (now performed by Olivia Cooke) is suspicious, although, and rejects Rhaenyra’s supply of an organized Targaryen-Hightower marriage amongst their youngsters. In the meantime, Alicent’s confidant Larys Sturdy (Matthew Needham) masterminds the murders of each Harwin, his brother, and Lyonel, his father.
Season 1, Episode 7: “Driftmark”
Rhaenyra and her household decamp to Dragonstone, however the loss of life of Daemon’s second spouse brings the household again collectively on the close by island Driftmark. Daemon apparently isn’t too bereaved, although, as a result of he hooks up with Rhaenyra on the seashore. Later, a battle results in certainly one of Rhaenyra’s youngsters poking out the attention of certainly one of Alicent’s. The queen needs blood, and shortly she and Otto are aligned towards Rhaenyra and Daemon, with poor, ailing Viserys caught within the center. Later, Daemon helps Laenor faux his loss of life and escape into self-exile, after which Rhaenyra turns into Daemon’s third spouse, making her declare to the throne even stronger.
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Season 1, Episode 8: “The Lord of the Tides”
Episode 8 begins six years later, and Corlys is severely wounded within the naval battles within the Stepstones. His brother, Ser Vaemond Velaryon (Wil Johnson), petitions to be Corlys’ inheritor, claiming that Laenor will not be the daddy of Rhaenyra’s kids. Viserys rejects the petition on the urging of Rhaenyra, who reminds him of the prophecy. And when an angered Vaemond disparages Rhaenyra within the royal court docket, Daemon beheads him. Later, on his deathbed, Viserys talks to Alicent about Aegon the Conquerer. Alicent, confused, errors his ramblings as a blessing of Aegon II’s declare to the throne.
Season 1, Episode 9: “The Inexperienced Council”
Otto and his Small Council allies plot to make Aegon II king, hanging or imprisoning anybody who will get of their method. Disagreeing about whether or not to kill or exile Rhaenyra, Otto and Alicent race to discover a lacking Aegon. The prince finally ends up below Alicent’s management, and the queen pleads for him to spare Rhaenyra. The citizenry of King’s Touchdown collect on the Dragonpit for Aegon’s coronation, however Rhaenys and her dragon burst by way of the Dragonpit flooring. For a second, it appears as if Rhaenys will make flambé out of Alicent and the newly-crowned King Aegon II, however as a substitute, each princess and beast fly to Dragonstone.
Season 1, Episode 10: “The Black Queen”
Rhaenys brings the information of Viserys’ loss of life and Aegon’s accession to Dragonstone, and a shocked Rhaenyra suffers a stillbirth. Although she has a coronation of her personal on Dragonstone, Rhaenyra considers conceding her crown, pondering that the realm must unite earlier than the occasions prophesied by Aegon the Conquerer. Her perception in mythology angers Daemon, who hits her. In the meantime, a recovering Corlys joins his spouse in supporting Rhaenyra’s “Black” faction towards the Hightowers’ “Inexperienced,” and Daemon units about recruiting extra dragons and dragon riders. Rhaenyra sends her two teenage sons out on dragonback to search out assist from different homes. Her son Lucerys Velaryon (Elliot Grihault) doesn’t discover assist at Home Baratheon, however he does discover Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell), whose eye he gouged out years earlier. In a dragon battle within the wet skies above Borros, Aemond taunts Lucerys, however then his dragon goes rogue and kills each Lucerys and the rival dragon with one mighty chomp. Rhaenyra learns of her son’s loss of life, and as her devastation turns to rage, it’s clear there will likely be no peace between the Greens and the Blacks.
Home of the Dragon Season 2 Premiere, Sunday, June 16, 9/8c, HBO and Max
