House of Dragon Season 2 Episode 4 Explained: Finally, we get to witness a boom in episode 4 of House of Dragon season 2. The war is declared and the stakes are higher than ever. In the first 3 episodes of HOD Season 2, we saw lies and betrayals and high-power characters visiting dangerous territories and sneaking here and there. But episode 4 has its tone, it has a stunning battle, a dance of dragons, blood, and the death of Aegon and Rhaenys Targaryen.
Yes, Rhaenys Targaryen, Aegon, and their dragons get killed at the end of episode 4. In this, we see men in armour fighting on the battlefield, dragons have their fight which ends up with the loss of two dragons and the killing of two main characters.
House of Dragon Season 2 Episode 4 Recap
Till the middle of this episode, things were going as usual, everyone is talking about the war and suddenly things escalated. The last few minutes of this episode is where the show hits the highest note of the season till now. Rhaenyra Targaryen tries her best to avoid the war and only fight it when she is left with the only option in front of her.
She even went to King’s Landing to meet Queen Alicent and sue for peace. Jacearys Velaryon seems upset about Rhaenyra as they are all fighting for her and she is not with them and also shows his anger at her careless and shocking decision to go and meet Alicet without informing anyone about it.
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Upon arriving back, she informs everyone that Cole is growing his army and charges against Rosby and Stokeworth taking them in and capturing Duskendale. He has also killed those who stood against him and refused to join. He is now marching towards Rook’s Rest. When Jacearys suggest the council to send the dragons to fight, Rhaenyra says that she will join with them in the war to which Jace opposes as they can’t risk her life because f anything happens to her, that will be the end of it.
He even says that he will be going instead of her and will ensure that Cole and his army are on their knees but she denies his proposal saying he lacks experience. Then Rhaenys says that she can fight with Cole on her largest dragon Meleys. Then comes the scene where Rhaenyra discusses about Aegon the Conqueror’s Dream – ‘The Song of Ice and Fire’, and the battle scenes begin here.
While the battle starts and soldiers are seen swinging swords, a dragon is been spotted and everyone starts running away. It is Rhaenys Targaryen who comes riding Meleys. While she was going against Cole’s army and showering fire on them, a signal is passed by Cole and we can see Aemond sitting on Vhagar. But wait, is he not joining the war yet, he asked Vhagar to stay and wait for a while but what for?
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So this is the time where, as per Cole’s plan, Aegon is being spotted on his dragon going against Rhaenys. What Aemond does is, let Rhaenys defeat Aegon on his dragon Sunfire and while she is battling him, he shows up with Vhagar, and his huge fireball hits Meleys and Sunfire making Sunfire fall along with Aegon.
Then the dragon fight continues between Meleys and Vhagar and at first glance, Meleys hits Vhagar and manages to step away but then for some reason, Rhaenys decides to head back looking for Aemond, and suddenly he appears and Vhagar holds Meley throat in his jaws ending up killing him and then Meleys falls on the ground killing Rhaenys, the Queen who never was. But this is still confusing why she flew back which ended with her death. No doubt, she was one of the wisest and most dignified characters in this show, and her lack of presence will be felt.
So this episode ends with Aemond betraying Aegon. At first, he purposely delayed joining the battle letting Aegon fave Rhaenys all alone and then by hitting him with Vhagar’s dragonfire and making him fall on the ground. But that’s not it, even when the battle is over, we can see him standing next to Aegon’s body with his sword out.
If we talk about the story in Fire & Blood, then episode 4 has taken slightly different turns and leaves the audience in suspense about what might unfold in the upcoming episodes.
