Throughout “The Black Queen,” each Aemond and Lucerys journey to Storm’s Finish on the order of their respective moms, hoping to sway the highly effective Home Baratheon to their opposing causes. Sadly for Lucerys, he arrives after Aemond, solely to find that the Greens have provided Lord Borros Baratheon (Roger Evans) the hand of Aegon’s daughter in marriage; as a result of Lucerys is already engaged to Baela Targaryen (Bethany Antonia), he has nothing to supply, as Lord Borros factors out. Much more sadly for Lucerys, Aemond’s legendarily huge dragon Vhagar completely dwarfs his personal dragon Arrax, which instantly places him at one more drawback as the 2 fly away from the Baratheon stronghold.
The 2 have interaction in battle, although what occurs subsequent seemingly wasn’t Aemond’s intention. Within the midst of a harmful thunderstorm, Lucerys and Arrax dodge Aemond and Vhagar’s assaults and do their finest to combat again, however they’re desperately outmatched … and the true hassle begins when certainly one of Arrax’s blasts truly manages to burn Vhagar. Livid — and ignoring Aemond’s orders — Vhagar surprises Arrax and Lucerys above the clouds and kills them by biting each the boy and his dragon into items. Aemond seems to be on, surprised and horrified, as his nephew’s physique drops to the earth alongside along with his damaged steed. The entire thing is harrowing, and there is nonetheless one main second left within the episode.