The new season picks up right after Prince Lucerys' death in the season 1 finale.
Team Black mourns the loss of their prince
Duty is sacrifice.
It eclipses all things, even blood.
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He points out that even the great King Jaehaerys dragon refused to cross the blockade of ice.
When Jace asks what the Wall keeps out, Cregan intones, Death.
Back at Dragonstone, Rhaenyra is notably absent, making her husband Daemon (Matt Smith) restless.
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She councils Daemon that until Rhaenyra has proof of Lukes death, she cannot mourn him properly.
Daemon takes it upon himself to do as his Queen commands.
He wants Blood and Cheese to bring him Aemonds head.
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The Blacks will have a son for a son.
But not of the dragons swooping about.
Aegon looks about for the imaginary rats.
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The queen is an enduring mystery, is she not?
he scoffs before fluttering out of the room.
But by the episodes end, Team Green will see that rats do not always have tails.
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Aemond proposes he fly to Harrenhal to give the Greens a toehold in the Riverlands.
As a ruler, Aegon remains casually cruel and easily swayed.
Larys continues lurking about Alicent as well, sensing her sexual attentions are being given to another.
Although she is the mother of the (disputed) King, Alicent feels disrespected and disregarded.
Her plans to peacefully place Aegon on the throne have not gone as expected.
The situation is unraveling quickly as her sons dream of the fiery glory of the battlefield.
They will soon learn in horrific fashion just how vulnerable they are.
Not finding the Targaryen prince they were looking for, Blood and Cheese decide any Targaryen prince will do.
Unfortunately for the fragile Helaena, the assassins stumble upon the nursery of her two children.
In a horrific Sophies choice moment, she is forced to identify Jaehaerys as the Targaryen son they seek.
To the awful (and unnecessary) sounds of sawing, she escapes with her daughter Jaehaera.
They killed the boy, Helaena murmurs as she clutches her daughter close.
The Dance of the Dragons now begins in earnest.
Notes from the Archmaester
New episodes ofHouse of the Dragonair Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.
