“It’s a story of small choices that lead to big things.

“We were like, ‘What if we make it like a secret society?

It’s done under the cover of night,'” says episode 2 directorGreg Yaitanes.

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“It’s almost like he’s joining a secret order, is how we approached it.”

Rhaenyra is also present, looking on proudly.

“That’s the moment really when Cole is initiated into the Targaryen family,” Frankel adds.

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Fabien Frankel stars as Ser Criston Cole in HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ season 1.Ollie Upton/HBO

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