Just about each main character we have met to this point in “Home of the Dragon” dies by the top of “Hearth and Blood.” Princess Rhaenys (Eve Finest) falls after a dragon duel with King Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) and his brother Aemond (Ewan Mitchell). Because the conflict rages, it additionally claims Rhaenyra’s son Jacaerys (Harry Collett) and whiny incel Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel), amongst others.
Late within the conflict, Rhaenyra manages to take King’s Touchdown whereas a wounded Aegon II retreats to Dragonstone. Aemond and his large dragon, Vhagar, the Greens’ best weapon, are defeated by Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) in a battle that additionally claims Daemon’s life. Rhaenyra and her and Daemon’s younger son, additionally named Aegon (and generally known as Aegon the Youthful), are captured by Aegon II, and Rhaenyra is put to dying, fed to her enemy’s dragon, Sunfyre.
Upon his personal return to King’s Touchdown with Aegon the Youthful as a hostage, Aegon II realizes that his personal forces are depleted, however he refuses to yield. In “Hearth and Blood,” the king is killed by an nameless poisoner, and forces led by Rhaneyra’s remaining supporters take town and instill Aegon the Youthful on the throne. A council of advisors guidelines within the younger king’s stead for various years till he comes of age, at which level he cements Rhaenyra’s bloodline because the winner of the conflict. However whereas the Blacks in the end declare victory, they lose as a lot because the Greens ultimately.