Both House Targaryen and House Hightower ready themselves for an all-out war after a controversial death in the second episode of House of the Dragon Season 2.
The first season ended with the shocking death of Rhaenyra Targaryen’s (Emma D’arcy) son Lucerys “Luke” Velaryon (Elliot Grihault) and his dragon Arrax from Aemond Targaryen’s (Ewan Mitchell) dragon Vhagar, who killed Luke on his own without being ordered to do so from Aemond.
That death set the stage for the Civil War