Warning: This article contains spoilers from theHouse of the Dragonseason 1 finale.
House of the Dragon’s first season ends with a literal dance between dragons.
Only Luke is too late.
Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and her son Lucerys Velaryon (Elliot Grihault) in ‘House of the Dragon.'.Ollie Upton / HBO
The boy finds Aemond “One-Eye” Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) has beaten him there.
What’s going to happen next?
It’s such a great precipice to leave everybody on going into the second season."
Lucerys Velaryon arrives on Arrax to Storm’s End in ‘House of the Dragon.'.HBO
It’s an escape."
“We wanted it to be interesting, complex… not just a foregone conclusion,” Condal continues.
The queen turns to face the fireplace.
Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) is out for vengeance in the ‘House of the Dragon’ season 1 finale.HBO
Her knees begin to buckle.
Rhaenyra’s head then begins to rise turns straight to camera.
Her tear-stained despair is now a fiery rage.
It’s certainly changed her point of view and emotionality.
The takeaway fromHouse of the Dragonseason 1 is clear for Condal, the finale just makes it more apparent.
Aemond, intending to taunt Luke, ends up killing him in a brutal manner.
“He’s not the cowboy in the white hat,” Condal notes.
But Daemon is a prickly pear.
He is a complex individual who has some real darkness and violence in him."
