How are we all feeling after “ The Red Dragon and the amber “ ? installment four ofHouse of the Dragonoffered a searing reminder that no matter how badass or seemingly unreplaceable a character may be , they could still meeta terrible end at any mo . It ’s a lessonGame of Thronesfans have been learning and re - learning since Ned Stark parted direction with his head in season one of that show — and now , with this hebdomad ’s full - on escalation into firedrake - power war , House of the Dragon , which hasalready racked up quite a consistency countin time of year two , has gone and slay one of its core rove members .
In a novel interview withEntertainment Weekly , House of the Dragonshowrunner Ryan Condal , who dubbed episode four ’s Battle of Rook ’s residual the show ’s first “ nuclear conflict ; ” sequence theatre director Alan Taylor ; andcast phallus admit Eve Besttalked about the Draco - on - dragon brawl that terminate with Best ’s fictional character , Princess Rhaenys Targaryen , and her dragon , Meleys , meeting awful deaths . Meleys has her neck chomped by the much declamatory Vhagar — and when she perishes , Rhaenys take a doom plunge from a very great height . It ’s a touching second peculiarly since Rhaenys was one of the fewHouse of the Dragoncharacters with that all - too - rare rare combination of wisdom , experience , and integrity ; Team Black is get going to feel her passing right along with the show ’s fans .
Rhaenys ’ determination to sour back after seemingly crap a getaway mid - battle — you have to have a go at it that little coup d’oeil she share with Meleys when they decide to re - enter the fray — is a callback to a central second at the final stage of time of year one , agree to Taylor . “ It run way back to … her decision not to crisp the Greens when she could have , and to the dying of her grandson [ Elliot Grihault ’s Lucerys Velaryon ] at the hands of this very wildcat . Shehasto go back in , ” the director recount the magazine .
Ewan Mitchell as Aemond Targaryen ©Theo Whiteman/HBO
Best agreed , and admired her character ’s brave choice . “ The honorable affair is that she could have run away , and then she ’s like , ‘ No , we ’ve get to go back . ’ Because there ’s the potentiality to end it , ” she told EW . “ I opine sheknowsshe ’s decease back to go , but she has to examine because if Vhagar can be taken down , then it ’s done . It ’s cauterized . The electric potential for atomic war is cut down . ”
Best also shared her tactual sensation about Rhaenys accepting her portion — and the “ beautiful ” quality she bring to the moment . “ It was a moment of total surrender and letting go of everything she ’d been carrying for two season : never , ever letting anybody see any of her pain sensation , any of her anguish , any of her fear , any of her vulnerability , and just being this rock of wiseness and grace and stoicism and good and badassery at the same meter . I think for her to finally let go was the most wonderful relief . ” ( According to Taylor , shots of Rhaenys dead on the ground were filmed but finally trim down , which feels like the more refined choice ) . move forward , Best knows Team Black is go to dear feel her lineament ’s absence : “ They ’re move to be really screwed without her , ” she say .
manoeuvre to EWto show more fromHouse of the Dragon‘s team , let in some engrossing sixth sense into the proficient and physical try that went into film those “ dragon dogfight . ” New sequence of House of the Dragon arrive Sundays on HBO and Max .
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