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Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen
Leader of the Blacks, now fighting openly for the throne her father promised her.
ClearStory · HBO · SEASON 3 · EPISODE 8
HOUSEOF THE DRAGON · SEASON 3
The Treasons at Tumbleton
The setup
Aegon has been found with the surviving Sunfyre. The armies around Tumbleton face an uncertain battle, while unrest and religious resistance threaten Rhaenyra’s position in King’s Landing.
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14 peopleThe only names you need
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Prince Daemon Targaryen
Rhaenyra’s husband and most experienced commander; rider of Caraxes.
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Helaena Targaryen
Aegon’s sister-wife, a gentle dreamer whose visions are becoming harder to ignore.
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Alicent Hightower
Aegon and Aemond’s mother, trying to protect her children as the war spreads.
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King Aegon II Targaryen
The injured Green claimant, in hiding with Larys after fleeing King’s Landing.
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Prince Aemond Targaryen
Aegon’s younger brother and rider of Vhagar, feared by both sides.
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Alys Rivers
The mysterious healer of Harrenhal, whose knowledge and motives remain uncertain.
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Lord Corlys Velaryon
The Sea Snake, commander of the Velaryon fleet and Rhaenyra’s Hand.
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Alyn of Hull
Corlys’s capable unacknowledged son and an important Velaryon naval commander.
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Ulf White
A lowborn dragonseed whose bond with Silverwing gives him dangerous power.
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Hugh Hammer
A former blacksmith and the new rider of the enormous dragon Vermithor.
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Lord Ormund Hightower
Commander of the Hightower host advancing for the Greens.
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Prince Daeron Targaryen
Alicent’s youngest son, raised in Oldtown and bonded with Tessarion.
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Ser Gwayne Hightower
Alicent’s brother, marching with Criston while questioning his fatalism.
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Content note: Violence, strong language, death, grief and distress, mass casualties, child endangerment, execution and suicide.
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