Every Character Who Died on ‘House of the Dragon’

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Anyone who watched The Game of Thrones knows that it was no easy task to survive in Westeros in the years leading up to the White Walkers’ attack on Winterfell – especially for those who intended to fight for the chance to sit on the Iron Throne. Still in Dragon HouseSet during the Targaryen civil war that took place nearly 170 years earlier, the odds of a peaceful death may be even worse.

Now in its second season, the Thrones‘The prequel spin-off has already featured 24 significant deaths – almost double the number that occurred on its original show at the same time. It’s true that there has yet to be a death with the same revolutionary shock value as Ned Stark’s decapitation. But the Dance of the Dragons has only just begun, which means there’s still plenty of Targaryen-on-Targaryen (i.e., dragon on dragon) violence to come. And as a wise character notes this season, “There is no war so hateful to the gods as a war between kin.”

This week, victims of Battle of the Burning Mill became the latest to join the growing ranks of Dragon Houseis dead. Here are every character who died in Season 2, Episode 3 of the HBO series.

Note: While this list does not include every soldier, peasant, or servant who met their end, it is a comprehensive account (in chronological order) of deceased characters who had some impact on the plot. It has also been compiled according to how this story unfolds in Dragon Housenot by George R.R. Martin Fire and BloodO A song of ice and fire companion novel on which the show is based.

Aemma Arryn

Paper: Queen consort of the Seven Kingdoms, first wife of Viserys I Targaryen, mother of Rhaenyra Targaryen

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 1

Means of death: Forced cesarean section

Baelon Targaryen

Paper: Prince of House Targaryen, son of Aemma Arryn and Viserys I Targaryen, the “Heir for a Day”

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 1

Means of death: Complications from birth

Craghas Drahar

Paper: Prince-Admiral of the Triarchy, known as “Crabfeeder”

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 3

Means of death: Cut in half by Daemon Targaryen

Jerrel Bracken

Paper: Rhaenyra Targaryen’s suitor

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 4

Means of death: Stabbed in the stomach by Willem Blackwood

Rhea Royce

Paper: Lady of Runestone, first wife of Daemon Targaryen

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 5

Means of death: Beaten with a rock by Daemon Targaryen

Joffrey Lonmouth

Paper: Knight of House Lonmouth, sworn sword of House Velaryon, lover of Laenor Velaryon

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 5

Means of death: Spanked by Criston Cole

Laena Velaryon

Paper: Daughter of Rhaenys Targaryen and Corlys Velaryon, second wife of Daemon Targaryen, mother of Baela and Rhaena Targaryen

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 6

Means of death: Burned at her own command by her dragon, Vhagar, after a prolonged labor

Harwin Forte

Paper: Knight of House Strong, heir of Harrenhal, lover of Rhaenyra Targaryen, biological father of Jacaerys, Lucerys and Joffrey Velaryon

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 6

Means of death: Burned in a fire orchestrated by his younger brother Larys Strong at Harrenhal

Lyonel Forte

Paper: Head of House Strong, Lord of Harrenhal, Hand of the King of Viserys I Targaryen, father of Harwin and Larys Strong

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 6

Means of death: Burned in a fire orchestrated by his son, Larys Strong, at Harrenhal

nameless servant

Paper: Servant of High Tide Castle, double for Laenor Velaryon

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 7

Means of death: Neck broken by Daemon Targaryen as part of a plot to fake the death of Laenor Velaryon

Vaemond Velaryon

Paper: Knight of House Velaryon, commander of the Velaryon navy, younger brother of Corlys Velaryon

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 8

Means of death: Beheaded by Daemon Targaryen

Viserys I Targaryen

Paper: King of the Seven Kingdoms, husband of Alicent Hightower, father of Rhaenyra, Aegon II, Aemond, Helaena and Daeron Targaryen

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 8

Means of death: Complications of leprosy

Lyman Beesbury

Paper: Head of House Beesbury, Lord of Honeyholt, Master of Coin to Viserys I Targaryen

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 9

Means of death: Head smashed by Criston Cole

Talya

Paper: Lady-in-waiting to Alicent Hightower, spy for Mysaria (aka White Worm)

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 9

Means of death: Tortured and executed by Larys Strong

Visenya Targaryen

Paper: Daughter of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Daemon Targaryen

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 10

Means of death: Stillbirth

Lucerys Velaryon

Paper: Prince of House Targaryen, heir to Driftmark, son of Rhaenyra Targaryen and (in name) Laenor Velaryon, biological son of Harwin Strong

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 10

Means of death: Bitten by Aemond Targaryen’s dragon, Vhagar

Arrax

Paper: Lucerys Velaryon’s Dragon

Passage time: Season 1, Episode 10

Means of death: Bitten by Aemond Targaryen’s dragon, Vhagar

Jaehaerys Targaryen

Paper: Prince of House Targaryen, son of Helaena Targaryen and Aegon II Targaryen

Passage time: Season 2, Episode 1

Means of death: Decapitated by hired killers known as Blood and Cheese

Blood

Paper: City Watch member, hired killer

Passage time: Season 2, Episode 2

Means of death: Beaten by Aegon II Targaryen

Cheese

Paper: Ratcatcher in the Red Keep, hired killer

Passage time: Season 2, Episode 2

Means of death: Hanging alongside the rest of the Red Keep’s ratcatchers by order of Aegon II Targaryen

Arryk Cargyll

Paper: Knight of House Cargyll, member of Aegon II Targaryen’s Kingsguard, twin brother of Erryk Cargyll

Passage time: Season 2, Episode 2

Means of death: Stabbed in the heart by his twin brother, Erryk

Erryk Cargyll

Paper: Knight of House Cargyll, member of Rhaenyra Targaryen’s Queen’s Guard, twin brother of Arryk Cargyll

Passage time: Season 2, Episode 2

Means of death: Impaled himself on his own sword due to the pain of killing his twin brother, Arryk

Aeron Bracken

Paper: Knight of House Bracken, supporter of Aegon II Targaryen

Passage time: Season 2, Episode 3

Means of death: Killed in the Battle of the Burning Mill alongside many of his relatives and rivals of House Blackwood

Davos Blackwood

Paper: Knight of House Blackwood, supporter of Rhaenyra Targaryen

Passage time: Season 2, Episode 3

Means of death: Killed in the Battle of the Burning Mill alongside many of his relatives and rivals from House Bracken