The Battle at Rook's Rest was the most spectacular moment of House of the Dragon season 2 so far, with three dragons fighting to the death high in the sky above Lord Staunton's family seat.
As the fourth episode of the new series — title "A Dance of Dragons" — opened, Ser Cristan Cole and the Greens attacked the castle in broad daylight, knowing Rhaenyra Targareyen would likely send a dragon to defend it.
She eventually decided to send Princess Rhaenys and her steed Meleys, yet the dragonrider had no idea she was walking into a trap and that Prince Aemond and his mighty beast, Vhagar, were lying in wait.
What Ser Cristan and Aemond hadn't counted on was the arrival of King Aegon on his dragon Sunfyre and the three beasts did battle over Rook's Rest, in a duel that left Rhaenys dead and Aegon badly injured.
Yet before the dragons arrived on the scene, we saw Ser Cristan and the Green forces attacking Rook's Rest from the cover of a forest on high ground overlooking the castle.
That scene was actually shot in Bourne Wood in the English county of Surrey, however, it wasn't the first time the location had been used as a film set, with the opening scene of hit movie Gladiator also being shot there.
