This is an article about character deaths in House of the Dragon, and is therefore packed to the gills with spoilers. If you’re not up to speed with the series, then consider this your final warning.
This week, House of the Dragon thinned its enormous cast a little. The final third of the most recent episode, The Red Dragon and the Gold, took the form of a vast dragon-on-dragon-on-dragon battle that ended with what seemed like the deaths of two key characters. Rhaenys, played by Eve Best, died when her dragon crashed to the ground with her on its back (also, dragons explode on impact. Who knew?), while Aegon seemed to suffer a similar fate.
