‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2: Meet the New Characters

Ais if the first season of Dragon House didn’t give viewers enough characters to keep up with, the second season of The Game of Thrones The prequel spinoff, premiering June 16, is set to introduce a host of new players with a role to play in the fiery fight to come.

By the time Lucerys Velaryon (played by Elliot Grihault) and her dragon Arrax were killed by Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) and his dragon Vhagar in the final minutes of the Season 1 finale, the growing conflict between the two rival factions of House Targaryen had passed. officially. The point of no return. Now, the Dance of the Dragons – the contest to decide who will rule the Seven Kingdoms after the death of King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine) – is about to become an all-out war.

Such as the factions known as the Blacks – those who support Viserys’ eldest daughter, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), as the rightful heir – and the Greens – those who support her younger half-brother, Aegon II Targaryen ( Tom Glynn- Carney) – both try to strengthen alliances in Westeros, here’s what you should know about some important new additions to the Dragon House to bend.

Note: Since Dragon House is based on the book by George R.R. Martin A song of ice and fire companion romance Fire and Blood, you can always find out more about these characters’ trajectories in the book if you wish. But we’ll avoid any significant spoilers here.

Cregan Stark

Just as Lucerys was on a mission to form an alliance with House Baratheon before being attacked by Vhagar, we last saw her older brother, Jacaerys (Henry Collett), setting out to secure the support of House Arryn and House Stark, dealing with their respective bosses. , Lady Jeyne Arryn and Lord Cregan Stark (Tom Taylor). At the end of Season 1, Rhaenyra told Jace that Cregan was closer to his age than hers and that she hoped they could find some common ground.

Judging by Season 2 Trailer, Jace’s visit to Winterfell will include a trip to the Wall with Cregan, known by his nickname the Wolf of the North. “He’s very powerful,” said showrunner Ryan Condal counted Weekly entertainment by Cregan. “Everyone is competing for his army. He’s a little younger than Ned Stark was, so it’s interesting to see the Young Wolf, the young Lord Stark, and how he behaves in the world, and the burden that’s on his shoulders. being the Northern Director. I’m excited for the audience to see and experience this.

However, Sara Hess, Condal’s main writing partner on Dragon Housewarned fans not to get their hopes up for an extensive Season 2 storyline about House Stark, the focal point of the first The Game of Thrones Series. “Expect very little,” she said EW. “Our point of view is the Targaryens, and our point of view is divided between King’s Landing, Dragonstone and then when Daemon goes to Harrenhal. We just don’t have the eyes to be everywhere at once.”

Alyn and Addam from Hull

Alyn of Hull (Abubakar Salim), a sailor in the Velaryon fleet who served under the command of Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint) in Season 1’s Stepstones campaign, and his older shipbuilder brother, Addam of Hull (Clinton Liberty) , will be officially introduced in Season 2, as House Velaryon moves to strengthen its blockade of the Gullet – the stretch of sea between Dragonstone and Driftmark that connects Blackwater Bay to the Narrow Sea – in order to cut off Port’s supplies. Real in support of the Blacks.

“We’re so used to dealing with the upper echelons of society in this story, and they’re always trying to move up to be part of that society, while Alyn doesn’t care,” Salim said. EW of your character. “He just does his job. He knows what he’s good at and what he wants. He doesn’t care about those people who are sitting on their little thrones because that was destroyed the day he was born.”

However, your relationship with Lord Corlys will be important. “This is certainly a new dynamic,” Toussaint said. “One of the things Corlys is having to deal with are past indiscretions coming back to haunt him.”

See more information: What to remember about the previous war between greens and blacks Dragon House Season 2

Hugh Hammer and Ulf the White

In Martin Fire and Blood, the term “dragonseed” is used to describe illegitimate children of Targaryen descent who, by the nature of their heritage, have the potential to bond with dragons. That’s all we’ll say about Hugh (Kieran Bew) and Ulf (Tom Bennett) for now.

Blood and Cheese

Considering the Season 2 premiere is titled “A Son for a Son,” it’s easy to guess what the Blacks are seeking as retribution for Lucerys’ death. Two villains from King’s Landing, known as Blood (Sam C. Wilson) and Cheese (Mark Stobbart), will play a terrible role in this plot.

“A song of ice and fire It is The Game of Thrones have really conditioned people to expect the unexpected and the horrible,” said Condal EW of this specific plot. “But yeah, that one is horrible. We’ll see what people think of what’s to come.”

Gwayne Torre Alta

After being violently knocked down by Daemon during the Tournament of Heirs in Dragon House Season 1 premiere Gwayne Hightower (played in Season 2 by Freddie Fox) – son of the Hand of the King, Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) and brother of Queen Mother Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) – is set to make a feature-length return delayed to King’s Landing in season 2.

“Gwayne is kind of a posh boarding school kid who’s had all the best riding instructors and combat trainers and things like that, but nobody in this world has been at war, because we’ve been at peace for essentially three-quarters of the time. a century,” he said. Condal on Fox’s character during an appearance on Sky TV’s superfan sister show Dragon House: War Room. “So he brings a lot of his arrogant upbringing into the story and is suddenly thrown into a very real war.”

Simon Forte

Although Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) has served as the Hightowers’ unofficial Master of Whisperers since orchestrating the fire that killed his father, Lionel Strong (Gavin Spokes), and brother, Harwin Strong (Ryan Corr), in Season 1, his Great-uncle, Simon Strong (Simon Russell Beale), is the castellan of House Strong’s headquarters at Harrenhal. This means that Simon is responsible for managing and defending the centrally located and supposedly cursed castle in Larys’ absence.

As Season 2 begins, Daemon (Matt Smith) will head to the Riverlands to try and claim Harrenhal for the Blacks, positioning him to share a series of scenes with Simon.

Alys Rivers

Like Melisandre in The Game of Thrones, Alys Rivers (Gayle Rankin), the supposed illegitimate daughter of Lionel Strong, is a mysterious figure with supernatural abilities. In Harrenhal, Alys is known as a healer with powers of prophecy – or, as some call her, a witch.

“My particular storyline is, at the moment, quite contained… very wild, but contained,” said Rankin City and countryside. “I want to really ground her and find her humanity – I always try to find my way into that, but she also has a lot of power… I think we haven’t seen half of it yet, so that will be fun.”