‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Cast Guide: Meet the Two Factions of the Targaryen Civil War
variety.comJordan Moreau Send a raven and mount your dragon because the Targaryens are back. “House of the Dragon,” the spinoff of HBO’s fantasy mega hit “Game of Thrones,” is returning for Season 2 on Sunday, June 16.
It’s all-out war for the white-haired Targaryens, as Westeros is engulfed in the Dance of Dragons — a bloody civil war from the pages of George R.
R. Martin’s novel “Fire and Blood,” on which “House of the Dragon” is based. In the wake of the Season 1 finale, contentious sides have formed in Westeros: the blacks and the greens.
Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) had been promised the Iron Throne from her father King Viserys (Paddy Considine), but her succession was usurped by her younger half-brother Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) — his mother, Viserys’ queen and Rhaenyra’s childhood best friend.
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