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'House of the Dragon' Fans React to the New Dragonriders and Alicent's Fate as the Finale Looms

Season 2's penultimate episode introduced the two final dragonriders for Team Black -- and previewed next week's epic battle!

- HBO/YouTubeAfter surveying the ranks of all the Targaryen claimants who responded to her call, Rhaenyra set them up for a literal trial by fire -- leaving them weaponless in front of Vermithor, the second-largest dragon behind Vhagar, and she warned, "perhaps the most fierce." Unlike his fellow beast, Silverwing was a bit more playful in claiming his Targaryen descendant, knocking Ulf around with his snout until the man finally breathed a sigh of relief, accepting his fate as a dragonrider. As he gleefully took to the sky on Silverwing, Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) -- ruling in his injured brother's stead -- gave chase on Vhagar, following Team Black's newest threat until he saw the full strength of Rhaenyra's ranks waiting for him at Dragonstone.

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