
To fans of the source material, House of the Dragon Season 2 seemed to be laid out perfectly: it began with the fallout of Lucerys Velaryon’s murder and the Blood and Cheese revenge plot, marked the halfway point with the Battle of Rook’s Rest and the tragic loss of Rhaenys and her dragon Meleys, and would all build to an epic finale: presumedly, the Battle of the Gullet, where the Blacks (freshly bolstered by three new dragon riders) and the Greens would face off over the blockade established by Corlys Verlaryon.