The penultimate episode of House of the Dragon delivered on the DRAGON! Team Black apologists are sweating at Rhaenyra’s choices. Alicent has had enough of Team Green. And let’s hear it for Oscar Tully for going toe-to-toe with Daemon and living to tell the tale. Maybe Lord Commander A.Ron and King Jimhaerys should check their family trees for Targ blood…
Welcome to the feedback episode for House of the Dragon known as Raven’s Roost. King Jimhaerys and Lord Commander A.Ron ponder the importance of prophecies. How does dragon bonding work? What does Helaena’s crickets symbolize?
Why is ominous music playing over the Rhaenyra-Mysaria kiss?
Lord Commander A.Ron and King Jimhaerys have returned to the Red Keep with news of the realm. Rhaenyra is making risky decisions. Daemon is trapped with his brother’s grief. The dragons can smell your fear, but they don’t care about that. They have different reasons for eating you.
Pádraig MacCarron stops by to discuss what HOTD has taught us about the Old Gods and Winterfell tradition. Then Steve discusses burning off his nipple (and growing it back).
Lord Commander A.Ron is out on patrol, so joining King Jimhaerys is Maester Anthony from the Double Dragon podcast. The Maester will council the King on the flavors of the sky and the history of tapestries. As the conflict progresses, learn wisdom from the Maester himself.
Steve and Anthony talk about Larys Strong’s tricky ways, the big Rook’s Rest Battle, and Anthony’s love of Dunk and Egg.
Lord Commander A.Ron and King Jimhaerys have received your ravens. Get the lore breakdown you need in this episode of your feedback! Hear from a Chess Master and their take on the battle between the dragons. Meleys is battle-tested, but Rhaenyra is right about 80 years of peace. How is that possible? Who is the Sheep Defeater?
Commander A.Ron and King Jimhaerys have reports from the battlefield. Find out what Milly Alcock as Young Rhaenyra was saying in High Valyrian. Make a claw shape with your left hand, that’s the crownlands. Hear the inside jokes that GRRM included in his books. This podcast has everything you need to know about this episode of House of the Dragon.
The inventor of GoT languages, and co-screenwriter for this episode discusses Aegon’s High Valyrian. We also talk about the ethics of war with a medievalist and a philosopher of ethics. My thanks to David J. Peterson, Thomas Leek, and Jason Eberl.