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'House of the Dragon' Season 2 Premiere Ends With a Shocking Death – What Does It Mean?

Episode 1 of 'House of the Dragon' season 2 kicked off with a death that will rattle Westeros' dueling queens.

Blood and Cheese ask the twins' mother, Helaena Targaryen (Phia Saban), to point out which of her children is the future heir to the Iron Throne. The final shot of the episode shows Alicent's moment of realization as the conflict -- which she was all but happy to try and avoid -- has just been escalated and that an all-out civil war -- known in the books as the Dance of the Dragons -- is on the horizon. As portrayed in the season look-ahead -- and Fire & Blood, the book that the Game of Thrones prequel series is based on -- the death of Prince Jaehaerys will trigger the war between the Greens and the Blacks.

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