House Of The Dragon , in which Vhagar sinks his teeth into a young Lucerys and his ride, was merely an appetizer. In season two’s , Vhagar’s new victim proves to be another crushing blow to Team Black, led by Rhaenyra Targaryen ( ). “The Red Dragon and the Gold” builds up to a crucial battle and ends with a heartbreaking death.
The hour finds Rhaenys (Eve Best) on a warpath to defend Rook’s Rest. She takes her beloved Meleys along, assuming it’ll be easy to stop Criston Cole’s (Fabian Frankel) army. Instead, she’s met with two dragons: King Aegon’s (Tom Glynn-Carney) Sunfyre and Aemond’s (Ewan Mitchell) Vhagar in an open sky.
A brutal bashing between the beasts then leads to Rhaenys’ sacrifice, but not without Meleys clawing out and burning up her enemies a fair bit. “The Red Dragon and the Gold” is directed by , who returns to this world this season after helming multiple episodes. spoke to him about the nitty gritty of a fiery dragon battle, saying goodbye to Rhaenys, Daemon’s (Matt Smith) haunted visions, and the importance of revisiting important mythology.
When I first read it, I was just glad that we got to do a dragon fight of this scale. And then I started reading through from the characters’ points of view, which is what you always do first. I was very keen on dealing with Rhaenys’ fate, how she handled it, and how she handled herself.
In the first few readings of the script, I saw that the key moment above all else was when she decide.