House of the Dragon
word of advice ! Spoilers ahead for House of the Dragon time of year 2 , installment 2 .
Summary
House of the Dragonshowrunner Ryan Condal explains Sansa Stark ’s connection to the Cargyll fight scene in season 2 , episode 2 . Adapting the issue of George R. R. Martin’sFire & Blood , theGame of Thronesspinoff show returned for season 2 earlier this calendar month , further escalating the conflict between the Greens and the Blacks . House of the Dragonseason 2 , installment 2 , sees Ser Criston Cole ( Fabien Frankel ) send Ser Arryk Cargyll ( Luke Tittensor ) to kill Rhaenyra ( Emma D’Arcy ) at Dragonstone , but Arryk terminate up face off against his duplicate brother , Ser Erryk ( Elliot Tittensor ) , with both perishing .
In a recent audience withTHR , Condal explain Sansa ’s connection to thisHouse of the Dragonfight shot . Sansa recounts and romanticizes the Cargyll twins ' battle in Martin’sA Song of Ice & Firenovel series , and the showrunner explain that they want the show ’s adaptation to feel more real and " gritty . " break out Condal ’s remark below :
" The book depicts a few different versions of that tarradiddle . I was always charm by the Cargyll twins story because that was a tarradiddle that Sansa Stark romanticized — run back to theSong of Ice and Firebooks . And , of track , Sansa has this very Sansa - like romantic vision of what that fight was like and how they dueled for hours as though it was the affaire d’honneur fromThe Princess Bride . But the substantial affair would be much more fell and granulose . We want to test to line up the central job through it .
" There ’s a version where they ’re curse each other ’s name and calling each other ' traitor ' and that just did n’t feel like the character we ’d ready up . We have these two people who found themselves on dissimilar sides of this struggle and not knowing what to do with this curse word . I retrieve that makes it more of a tragedy when you see these two brothers attempt to hold to their swearword but find themselves in literal mortal combat against each other in rescript to carry on it . "
House Of The Dragon Season 2, Episode 2’s Cargyll Fight Could Have Big Repurcussions
How Will Rhaenyra Respond?
House of the Dragonseason 2 has , so far , seen the Greens and the Blacks lease in a " tit - for - tat " back - and - forward . After Lucerys ' ( Elliot Grihault ) shocking execution in the time of year 1 finale , the season 2 premiere get word Daemon ( Matt Smith ) hiringBlood and Cheeseto exact revenge – a " son for a son . " With pedigree and Cheese having murdered Prince Jaehaerys , Ser Criston , seemingly as a way of offload his own guilt feelings , arrange the inculpation on Ser Arryk , pressure him to do his tariff and slay Rhaenyra as payback .
House of the Dragon season 2 , episode 2 sees a bit more natural process and a reference death that will be important to both slope of the Dance of the Dragons .
Though Rhaenyra establish it through the Cargyll twins ' fight unhurt , her sleeping accommodation are still breached by an assassinator send to shoot down her . If sequence 3 and beyond proceed the form set up by episode 1 and 2 , there could stop up being retribution for this seek assassination . After the execution of Jaehaerys , the possibility of peacefulness is now firmly off the table , andthe try on Rhaenyra ’s life will only add fuel to the fire .
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That being said , Rhaenyra was horrified when she learned of Daemon ’s role in Jaehaerys ' demise , and it ’s possible that she will refrain from escalating the conflict in a room that her more trigger-happy uncle would have done . Alternatively , the attempt on her living could see her become more violent and more ruthlessas the billet in Westeros between the Greens and Black further deteriorates . It remains to be seen what the fallout ofHouse of the Dragonseason 2 , episode 2 , will be , but more bloodletting surely seems to be on the visible horizon .
fresh episodes ofHouse of the Dragonseason 2 air on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO .
informant : THR
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