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House of the Dragon’s Tom Bennett Predicts an Ulf Corruption Arc
“He’s been trodden on and spat on his whole life, and now he is in control of a nuclear warhead.”
In the season-two premiere, House of the Dragon ushered in a group of seemingly random smallfolk whose purpose finally became clear in the penultimate episode: Addam of Hull (Clinton Liberty), Hugh Hammer (Kieran Bew), and Ulf (Tom Bennett) all have Targaryen blood running through their veins and have now been recruited as dragonriders for Rhaenyra’s “army of bastards.” But based on Ulf’s introduction as a good-natured drunk who claims Targaryen heritage to score free drinks in King’s Landing, you’d be forgiven for assuming the character was meant to serve as mere comic relief. Bennett’s biggest moment prior to this week was back in episode three when Ulf introduced the idea of “dragonseeds”: Targaryen bastards scattered across the kingdom owing to the noble family’s profligate ways.
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