House of the Dragon might not have White Walkers, but the show’s cast is just as sprawling as Game of Thrones‘ was. Houses Targaryen, Hightower, and Velaryon aren’t the only ones destined to find themselves fighting in a civil war of fire and blood. The Dance of the Dragons will ensnare nearly every family in the Realm. Of course, identifying the many characters of Westeros has never been easy, and it remains tricky on House of the Dragon. Fortunately, you don’t need a maester to know who everyone is, not even with all those “new” families popping up. We’re tracking every major new character introduced on House of the Dragon during season one and season two. Here’s everyone we meet, what happens to them, and who’s still around on House of the Dragon….for now.
The Latest Character Additions on House of the Dragon
Lord and Lady Frey
![Lord and Lady Frey sit on their bridge at the Twins with guards behind them on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/15100701/House-Frey-House-of-the-Dragon.jpg)
Jace flew to the Twins, site of the Red Wedding, to meet with the Freys on House of the Dragon. Fortunately for him there was no bloodshed. He made a deal with Lord and Lady Frey. They will allow Cregan Starks’ Northmen soldiers to cross their bridge and will bend the knee themselves to Rhaenyra. That gives the Queen an ever-growing army in the Riverlands. In exchange, Jace said both he and his Uncle Daemon would protect the Twins with their dragons. And at the end of the war, the Blacks will grant the Freys Harrenhal. Allegiance always comes with a big prize for the ambitious Freys.
Dyana
![A young blonde-haired barmaid Dyana looking upset on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/16061106/Dyana-House-of-the-Dragon.jpg)
A minor season-one character is now a major player in the Dance of the Dragons. The barmaid Dyana previously worked in the Red Keep but left after Aegon sexually assaulted her. Queen Alicent helped Dyana get an abortion and politely threatened Dyana if she went public with assault in House of the Dragon season one. Now Elinda, an emissary for Rhaenyra, has arrived in King’s Landing to begin spreading Rhaenyra propaganda to the smallfolk, a plan that involves Dyana. When Elinda knocked on the mystery King’s Landing door in House of the Dragon‘s fifth episode, it was Dyana who answered the summons.
Lord Amos Bracken
![A man in armor on horseback before a giant red dragon on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/16061324/Lord-Amos-Bracken.jpg)
The ancient enemy of House Blackwood preferred to die in dragon flame rather than bend the knee to Daemon. The King Consort realized that’s exactly the type of soldier he needs for his army, so instead of burning the Brackens he instructed Willem Blackwood to do his “worst” to bring the Brackens to heel. After a series of atrocities committed on women and children, Lord Amos Bracken bent the knee.
Ser Willem Blackwood
![A young boy named Willem Blackwood with moppy brown-blonde hair split with his older version, a dark-haired man with a beard in armor on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/16061412/Willem-Blackwood.jpg)
Willem Blackwood appeared during House of the Dragon’s first season as a young man. He was vying for Princess Rhaenyra’s hand in marriage before he slew a Bracken boy in a duel. He’s now the regent for House Blackwood. Willem Blackwood swore his house to Rhaenyra’s cause in exchange for Daemon defeating House Bracken. He committed horrible war crimes against the Brackens, enraging other Riverlands lords and ladies.
Ser Oscar Tully
![A young man looks upset on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/16061606/Ser-Oscar-Tully.jpg)
Ser Oscar Tully is the young grandson of Lord Grover Tully, the old, infirmed Lord Paramount of the Trident. Grover is unable to make any decisions, so Daemon told Oscar, Grover’s heir, to put a pillow over his grandfather’s head so he could rule and swear allegiance to Rhaenyra. The horrified knight said he loved his grandsire and could never.
Hugh Hammer the Blacksmith
![A white haired and white bearded man Hugh on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/14115216/House-of-the-Dragon-Hugh-the-Hammer.jpg)
House of the Dragon has spent much time with the white-haired Hugh Hammer, the blacksmith, a member of King’s Landing’s smallfolk. Hugh believed King Aegon when the monarch said he would pay the blacksmiths quickly, but that never happened. Hugh’s wife wanted them to flee the city with their gravely sick daughter, but new Iron Throne regent Aemond barred the gates before they could leave.
Ulf the White
![Ulf the White shushing his table mates on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/01081936/Ulf-House-of-the-Dragon.jpg)
The white-haired, gregarious Ulf told strangers at a tavern-brothel in King’s Landing he is a “dragonseen,” a bastard of House Targaryen. He specifically said he is the bastard brother of the late King Viserys and Daemon Targaryen. Ulf said this even though he believes some would kill him if they knew that. He’s either a liar or not very smart. He’s also definitely a coward. After saying he supported his supposed niece Rhaenyra, Ulf quickly paid tribute to Aegon when he unexpectedly showed up at the bar.
New House of the Dragon Characters—After Extending “Read More,” Jump To: House Targaryen // House Hightower // House Velaryon // House Strong // House Lannister // House Royce // House Stark // Other Major Characters (Baratheons, Coles, Hulls, and More)
House Targaryen
King Viserys Targaryen
![King Viserys talks to Rhaenyra in a tenton House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/02081851/House-of-the-Dragon-Viserys-Rhaenyra.jpg)
King Viserys Targaryen was the king of sat on the Iron Throne when House of the Dragon began. Of all the new House of the Dragon characters, he definitely wanted peace the most. But the matter of succession was of high importance to King Viserys during the end of his reign. He bypassed his brother Daemon and named his daughter Princess Rhaenyra as heir to the Iron Throne. However, that was before Viserys had a son with his second wife, Alicent Hightower, which brought Targaryen civil war into motion. King Viserys died at the end of season one, and this caused the rift in his family to turn into war.
Daemon Targaryen
![Daemon and Rhaenyra getting married on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/03081052/Daemon-and-Rhaenyra-getting-married-on-House-of-the-Dragon.jpg)
Daemon Targaryen is among House of the Dragon‘s most dynamic characters. He seemed volatile and untrustworthy at first, but then seemed to mellow over time. Or so we thought. He and Rhaenyra married after the death of his second wife, Laena Velaryon, and the staged death of her husband Ser Laenor Velaryon. Together, they fight for her place on the throne as we move into House of the Dragon season two, though some question if he truly fights for himself.
Jacaerys (“Jace”) Velaryon
![Jacaerys Velaryon as a young boy training and as a teenager during his mother's war council on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25074734/Jacaerys-Velaryon.jpg)
Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen had three black-haired boys with her first husband Ser Laenor. They named their oldest son Jacaerys, heir to the Iron Throne, after Rhaenyra. However, many believed (correctly) their real father was Ser Harwin “Breakbones” Strong. Jace is Rhaenyra’s heir to the Iron Throne (she doesn’t actually have).
Lucerys (“Luke”) Velaryon
![Little Lucerys Velaryon training nexxxt to his older 14-year-old self on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25075521/Lucerys-Velaryon.jpg)
Rhaenyra and Laenor’s second child was Prince Lucerys Velaryon, his grandfather Ser Corlys Velaryon’s heir as the Lord of Driftmark. Prince Lucerys never got to inherit that seat, though. He died high over Storm’s Landing after his uncle Aemond Targaryen’s dragon Vhagar attacked Luke and his dragon Arrax. His death helped trigger the main events on House of the Dragon.
Joffrey Velaryon
![Little Joffrey Velaryon at his half-sister's funeral/mother's coronation on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25080142/Joffrey-Velaryon-1.jpg)
Joffrey Velaryon was the third, black-haired son of Rhaenyra and Laenor. His lawful father named him after his late paramour, Joffrey Lonmouth, whom Criston Cole murdered years earlier. Joffrey is yet to play a major role on House of the Dragon, but we’re sure we’ll see more of this character in season two.
Aegon Targaryen (Son of Rhaenyra and Daemon)
![Rhaenyra and Daemon's oldest son, Prince Aegon, held by a maid on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25083917/Young-Prince-Aegon-Son-of-Rhaenyra.jpg)
Daemon and Rhaenyra’s first child together was Prince Aegon Targaryen. (Not to be confused with Alicent’s first child, also a House of the Dragon character named Aegon. That much older Aegon is now King, Second of His Name.)
Viserys Targaryen (Son of Rhaenyra and Daemon)
![Young Prince Viserys Targaryen, second son of Rhaenyra and Daemon, on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25083922/Young-Prince-Viserys-Targaryen.jpg)
Rhaenyra and Daemon named their second child after her father, King Viserys. Their third child, a daughter, died during childbirth after Rhaenyra learned her father passed away and Aegon had been crowned King.
Aegon Targaryen (Son of Viserys and Alicent)
![Aegon Targaryen, Second of His Name, first as a teenager training for combat and then at his coronation with his crown on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25083619/Aegon-II-Targaryen.jpg)
Queen Alicent and King Viserys named their oldest child and firstborn son Aegon after the Conqueror. A known rapist and spectator of child fighting rings (where one of his own bastards might be forced to fight), Aegon himself said he is unfit to rule. However, he allowed his grandfather Otto Hightower, the green council, and his mother to crown him King, bypassing Viserys’ named heir, Aegon’s older half-sister Rhaenyra. He wears the crown and holds the Valyrian sword Blackfyre of Aegon the Conqueror.
Helaena Targaryen
![Halaena Targaryen as a young woman and then older before she became Queen on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25085515/Halaena-Targaryen-1.jpg)
Helaena, the first daughter and second child of Queen Alicent and King Viserys, married her older brother Aegon. She became Queen of Westeros after his coronation. They had twins, a son named Jahaerys and a daughter named Jahaera. Blood and Cheese killed Jaeherys in season two’s premiere. (The show did not introduce their third son from Fire & Blood, Prince Maelor.)
![A nursemaid plays with Halaena and Aegon's twins, Jaehaerys and Jaehaera on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25091133/Twins-Jaehaerys-Jaehaera.jpg)
The quiet, kind, strange Helaena also seems to be a dreamer. A number of her cryptic quotes proved prophetic, most notably about her brother Aemond needing to lose an eye to gain a dragon, “the beast beneath the boards,” and her fear of the rats in King’s Landing.
Aemond Targaryen
![Young Aemond Targaryen before he lost his eye and an older Aemond upon Vhagar after the death of Lucerys on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25091447/Aemond-Targaryen-1.jpg)
Aemond, the third child and second son of Alicent and Viserys, lost his eye as a child during a fight with his cousins. Aemond grew up to be a great warrior who resented his bastard-born nephews. He frequently wears an eyepatch over his sapphire eye and, unlike his lazy brother, Aemond takes his duties seriously. He spent his life studying and training. Aemond assured war after his dragon Vhagar killed his nephew Lucerys Velaryon in the finale of House of the Dragon season one.
Season one did not introduce Aemond’s younger brother, Alicent’s fourth child with Viserys, Prince Daeron, as a character on the show. He was finally mentioned early in season two, so we know he exists and is living in Oldtown.
House Hightower
![Olivia Cooke and Rhys Ifans in the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/12204800/house-of-the-dragon-hightowers.jpeg)
Ser Otto Hightower was the first Hand of the King to Viserys (a job Otto filled with the previous king). Viserys eventually relieved Otto of his duties, but Otto returned to the position after the death of Lord Lyonel Strong. He’s also father to Queen Alicent and grandfather to four Targaryens. However, Otto Hightower is not the Lord of his own family. That title belongs to his older, clean-shaven brother, Lord Hobert Hightower, head of one of Westeros’s oldest and most important noble families.
Otto was an instrumental character in crowing Aegon as King on House of the Dragon.
Lord Hobert Hightower
![Lord Hobert Hightower on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/06141832/Lord-Hobert-Hightower.jpg)
Lord Hightower wanted to ensure his great-nephew became king rather than Aegon’s older half-sister, and House Hightower stands behind the new King.
Ser Gwayne Hightower
![Red-haired Gwayne Hightower atop his horse in armor on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/01123441/Gwayne-Hightower.jpg)
Alicent’s arrogant brother, Ser Gwayne Hightower, reminded Criston Cole of his “modest beginnings” when they first met, as Cole had just replaced Gwayne’s father, Otto Hightower, as Hand of the King. But Gwayne sang a different tune after he foolishly left himself exposed during a march to war. Cole saved Gwayne from a dragonflame bath, earning the smug knight’s thanks.
House Velaryon
Ser Corlys Velaryon
![Steve Toussaint as Lord Corlys Velaryon, Eve Best as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/30081831/house-of-the-dragon-lord-corlys-velaryon-princess-rhaenys-targaryen.jpeg)
Ser Corlys Velaryon, husband to Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (The Queen Who Never Was), abandoned his position as master of ships on the small council to fight in the Stepstones with Daemon Targaryen. Two major characters from House Velaryon—his son and his brother—joined him in this early House of the Dragon battle.
Ser Corlys Velaryon is known as the Sea Snake, the most celebrated and accomplished sailor in the history of Westeros. He controls the most powerful fleet in the world, which he has sworn to Queen Rhaenyra. After debating sitting out the war, he declared for her side to protect his grandchildren. His wife will also fight for Rhaenyra, vowing to use her dragon Meleys for their side.
Princess Rhaenys Targaryen
![Rhaenys Targaryen on her dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/26103933/Rhaenys-Targaryen-on-her-dragon.jpeg)
Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen Who Never Was, should have sat on the Iron Throne long ago, but it was not to be. Instead, Viserys was voted heir by the lords of Westeros.. Rhaenys serves as the Lady of Driftmark and helps her husband to shrewdly navigate the world of Westeros. Rhaenys’ chief allegiance is to the good of her family and she considers her loyalties from that perspective. In House of the Dragon, Rhaenys made a splash when she rode her dragon Meleys through King Aegon II’s coronation. She didn’t kill them (as she should have), but has vowed her loyalty and dragon to Rhaenyra.
Laenor Velaryon
![Ser Laenor Velaryon as a teen in armor, and as an older man at royal court on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/26081024/Laenor-Velaryon-1.jpg)
Corlys and Rhaenys’ oldest son Laenor and his dragon Seasmoke helped defeat the Crabfeeder in his character introduction on House of the Dragon. He then married Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, an arrangement where they both vowed to do their duty while seeking happiness in the bed of another on the side.
Laenor conspired with his wife, her uncle Daemon, and his paramour Ser Qarl Correy to fake his death following a quarrel with Correy. The pair then fled to Essos, allowing Rhaenyra to marry her uncle. We did not see this character again after that and it isn’t clear if he will ever return on House of the Dragon.
Laena (née Velaryon) Targaryen
![Laena Velaryon as a child, teenager, and adult on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/26081425/Laena-Velaryon-1.jpg)
Lord Lyonel Strong suggested Laenor as a strategic suitor for Princess Rhaenyra, just as he had once recommended King Viserys wed Laenor’s older sister, Laena. Ultimately Laena married Prince Daemon Targaryen. The two had twin daughters, Rhaena and Baela, but Laena died after she was unable to deliver their third child. Rather than die in bed, she had her dragon Vhagar bathe her in dragon flame.
Baela Targaryen
![Young Baela Targaryen at a dinner in Pentos and then as a young woman at her step-mnother's black council on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25093634/Baela-Targaryen-1.jpg)
The older daughter of Daemon and Laena’s twins, Baela, rides the dragon Moondancer. She also stayed at Driftmark with her grandmother after the death of her mother, Laena. She is betrothed to Jacaerys Velaryon and fights for her aunt/step-mother, Rhaenyra.
Rhaena Targaryen
![Young Rhaena holding a dragon egg in Pentos and an older Rhaena at her step-mother's black council on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25093628/Rhaena-Targaryen-1.jpg)
Daemon and Laena’s younger daughter was the only member of the family not to be a dragonrider while they lived in Pentos. She is still without a mount at the start of the Dance of the Dragons and serves as Rhaenyra’s cupbearer. This character was also betrothed to Lucerys Velaryon before his death on House of the Dragon.
Vaemond Velaryon
![Vaemond Velaryon at a war council on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/06142554/Vaemond-Velaryon.jpg)
Ser Corlys’s brother Vaemond was ready to mutiny against Daemon Targaryen before their side’s victory in the Stepstones. He also sought to have himself named as Lord of Driftmark when it looked like Ser Corlys might die. After King Viserys affirmed his grandson Lucerys as the lawful heir to Driftmark, Vaemond called Rhaenyra’s boys bastards and her a whore. Daemon then sliced Aemond’s head in half. (He left him his tongue.)
(Note: In the books, Vaemond is Corlys’ nephew, not his brother.)
New House of the Dragon Characters; Jump to: House Targaryen // House Hightower // House Velaryon // House Strong // House Lannister // House Royce // House Stark // Other Major Characters (Baratheons, Coles, and More)
House Strong
![Lord Strong at the Small Council on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/22091053/House-Strong.jpg)
Lord Lyonel Strong of Harrenhal first served on King Viserys’ small council as master of laws before becoming Hand of the King. He had two sons. The oldest, Harwin, died alongside his father during a fire at Harrenhal started by Lyonel’s youngest son, Larys.
Ser Harwin “Breakbones” Strong
![Ryan Corr as Ser Harwin Strong on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/22125855/Ser-Harwin-Strong.jpg)
Considered “the strongest knight” in the Seven Kingdoms, Ser Harwin “Breakbones” Strong was quite a knight in Westeros. We saw how the character earned his nickname early in House of the Dragon, during Viserys’ royal hunt. He was the only knight to hold the stag with his bare hands. Everyone else rode atop a horse.
Harwin Strong later became Commander of the City Watch in King’s Landing and was the real father of Princess Rhaenyra’s three oldest sons. Harwin died alongside his father at Harrenhal shortly after his banishment from King’s Landing for attacking Criston Cole.
Larys Strong, The Clubfoot
![Matthew Needham as Larys Strong with his cane on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/22125848/Larys-Clubfoot.jpg)
Harwin’s younger brother Larys is known as “The Clubfoot” because he was born with a twisted foot. He cited his foot as the reason he could not go on the royal hunt. Instead, he stayed at the King’s pavilion and quietly sat with the high ladies of the hunt. (That group included Lady Ceira Lannister and Lady Joselyn Redwyne, character created for House of the Dragon.)
Larys proved himself to be far more than just cunning and perceptive, though. He murdered his father and brother to appease his close friend and ally, Queen Alicent. Their deaths also made him Lord of Harrenhal. An unofficial master of whispers for the “Greens,” Larys is an amoral killer with a memorable proclivity.
Ser Simon Strong
![The white-haired, white-bearded Ser Simon Strong in his black robes on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/01122924/Ser-Simon-Strong.jpg)
Ser Simon Strong, uncle to Larys Strong, is an older knight and the castellan of Harrenhal. He willingly gave the enormous castle in ‘disrepair” to Daemon Targaryen and said he does not accept his nephew as Lord because he believes (correctly) that Larys caused the fire at Harrenhal that killed his father and brother.
House Lannister
![Jason and Tyland Lannister eat during the king's royal hunt on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/06144719/Lannister-Twins.jpg)
The widowed Lady Ceira has twin sons, each of whom holds a major position in Westeros.
Jason Lannister
![Jason Lannister talks to King Viserys on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/06141840/Jason-Lannister.jpg)
The older of the twins, the prideful, long-haired Jason Lannister is Lord of Casterly Rock and Warden of the West. Princess Rhaenyra spurned his offer of marriage, which he made after believing Prince Aegon had supplanted her as heir. His assumption also upset King Viserys, who called such talk “treason.” Jason Lannister is head of House Lannister, which supports King Aegon.
Ser Tyland Lannister
![Tyland Lannister looks worried after speaking to the king on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/06141846/Tyland-Lannister.jpg)
Tyland Lannister—who sports a shorter, neater haircut than his older twin brother—replaced Ser Corlys Velaryon on the small council as master of ships. His brother considers Tyland “frightfully dull.”
Tyland Lannister conspired with Otto Hightower and the green council to place Aegon on the Iron Throne. The House of the Dragon character remains on the new King’s small council as master of coin.
New House of the Dragon Characters; Jump to: House Targaryen // House Hightower // House Velaryon // House Strong // House Lannister // House Royce // House Stark // Other Major Characters (Baratheons, Coles, and More)
House Royce
![Gerold Royce and Lady Rhea speak from horseback on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/19085541/Gerold-Royce-Lady-Rhea.jpg)
House Royce of Runestone in the Vale is an old, noble family descended from the First Men. (They also played a meaningful role on Game of Thrones.) Though kings long ago, they are sworn bannermen to House Arryn, Princess Rhaenys’ family (her mother was an Arryn). The Royce sigil features black iron studs and rune markings on a bronze field, which is where Daemon Targaryen got his uncouth nickname for his late wife.
Lady Rhea Royce
![Lady Rhea talks to her husband Daemon Targaryen on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/19085535/Lady-Rhea.jpg)
Prince Daemon hated his wife, Lady Royce, and the feeling was mutual. He killed the skilled rider (who was obviously much prettier than any sheep) after Lady Rhea fell from her horse. She died without an heir, which led Daemon to appeal to Lady Jeyne Arryn directly for the rights to Runestone.
Ser Gerold Royce
![Ser Gerold Royce accuses Daemon of murder on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/19085530/Ser-Gerold-Royce.jpg)
Lady Rhea’s cousin Ser Gerold Royce believes Daemon killed his first wife, an accusation he made during a feast for Rhaenyra and Laenor’s wedding. But he was taken aback by Prince Daemon’s plans to claim Runestone as his own. The castle has been House Royce’s seat of power for thousands of years. It remains to be seen how the altercation between these two characters will play out.
House Stark
Lord Cregan Stark
![Jace and Lord Cregan talk as they walk among the falling snow atop the Wall on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/13110446/House-of-the-Dragon-Cregan-Jace-Wall.jpg)
House of the Dragon‘s second season brought viewers back to the North where we met the Lord of Winterfell Cregan Stark. The head of House Stark promised Prince “Jace” he would honor his family’s oath and support Queen Rhaenyra, but that he was limited in how many men he could send to her cause. Winter has arrived, and Cregan has an even more sacred duty to the Wall.
Other Major New Characters on House of the Dragon
Alyn and Addam of Hull
![Clinton Liberty and Abubakar Salim as Addam and Alyn of Hull on House of the Dragon standing in profile looking at one another near a dock](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/24064922/Addam-Alyn-of-Hull.jpg)
Season two has introduced the brothers Alyn and Addam of Hull. Hull is a recent surname given to bastards born in the town of Hull, which sits on Driftmark, the domain of Corlys Velaryon. The bald, stern, no-nonsense Alyn is a talented seaman and adventurer who saved Lord Corlys’ life in the Stepstones. His gregarious brother Addam is a shipwright (who also makes a mean goat stew). Addam also believes Lord Corlys “owes” the two of them something.
Alys Rivers
![Dark haired Alys Rivers in a purple dress on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/01123437/Alys-Rivers.jpg)
Alys Rivers last name reveals she’s a bastard born in the Riverlands. Her appearance (and jarring American) accent in Daemon’s unsettling vision reveals she’s a mysterious presence. Alys Rivers is the character tells Daemon, “You will die in this place” at Harrenhal.
Ser Alfred Broome
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Ser Alfred Broome, knight of House Targaryen, is a member of Queen Rhaenyra’s black council. He also politely accused her of ordering the brutal death of young Prince Jaehaerys even after Rhaenyra swore she played no part in the child’s death.
Lord Lyman Beesbury
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Lord Lyman Beesbury served as master of coin under King Jaehaerys. He continued in that role as part of Viserys’s small council, but Criston Cole killed him after Lord Lyman refused to go along with the plan to crown Aegon.
Lord Jasper Wylde
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Lord Jasper Wylde joined King VIserys’s small council as master of laws. He conspired to place Aegon on the Iron Throne. This House of the Dragon character serves on the new King’s small council.
Lord Commander Ser Harrold Westerling
![Lord Commander of the Kingsguard Ser Harrold Westerling sits on his horse on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/22092221/Lord-Commander-Westerling.jpg)
Ser Harrold of House Westerling (House Lannister’s most important bannermen) served as Lord Commander of King Viserys’ Kingsguard. He refused to go along with the green council when it planned to install Aegon as King. We don’t know where this character has ended up as of the finale of House of the Dragon season one.
Ser Criston Cole
![Fabien Frankel in his Kingsguard armor on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/16144928/Ser-Criston-Cole-House-of-the-Dragon.jpg)
Criston Cole called his ascent to the Kingsguard the highest honor anyone in his (minor) family from the Stormlands’ Dornish marches ever achieved. He owed that position to Princess Rhaenyra and was originally her sworn protector. But after they had an affair and she refused to run off with him, he became Queen Alicent’s sworn shield. This House of the Dragon character now hates Rhaenyra and helped usurp her throne.
Criston Cole, Lord Commander of Aegon’s Kingsguard, crowned Aegon at the Dragonpit. He is now Aegon’s Hand of the King, a role he is ill-suited for.
Mysaria
![Sonoya Mizuno as Mysaria](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/30081716/house-of-the-dragon-mysaria-crop.jpeg)
Prince Daemon’s former paramour, sometimes called “Misery,” hails from the Free City of Lys in Essos. Daemon wanted to make Mysaria his second wife, but his brother and the laws of Westeros forbade the marriage. She then became known in King’s Landings as the “White Worm,” a purveyor of secrets. She traded her information to Otto Hightower and also turned Prince Aegon over to him for coin and promises of reform after King Viserys’ death.
Mysaria has so many spies in King’s Landing and not even Larys Strong knows all of them. The Clubfoot and Alicent burned down Mysaria’s manse in season one, but no bodies were shown in the building. She tried to flee, but was intercepted by Daemon, who offered her freedom in exchange for information (which he used to hire Blood and Cheese). She also helped saved Rhaenyra from Ser Arrky Cargyll’s assasination attempt.
Lord Boremund Baratheon
![Lord Boremund Baratheon sits nextx to Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen at Storm's End on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/13062814/Boremund-Baratheon.jpg)
The show’s first Lord of Storm’s End in the Stormlands hosted Princess Rhaenyra during her tour of suitors. Lord Boremund Baratheon was the only son of Lord Rogar Baratheon and former Queen Alyssa Velaryon. (She was first married to King Aenys I Targaryen and was mother to King Jaehaerys I.)
He was also a supporter of his cousin Rhaenys Targaryen’s claim to the Iron Throne before swearing an oath to support Rhaenyra as Viserys’ rightful heir. Boremund had one son of his own, Borros, who followed his father as Lord of Storm’s End after Boremund’s death.
Lord Borros Baratheon
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The new, illiterate, prideful Lord of Storm’s End ignored his late father’s vow to keep Rhaenyra as heir after Aemond Taragryen promised to marry one of his daughters in exchange for Storm’s End’s support in the coming war.
Grand Maester Mellos
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The first Grand Maester of King’s Landing under Viserys provided the king and his family with questionable care. His service was bad enough to make us wonder if the Grand Maester Conspiracy theory is absolutely true and House Targaryen should be weary of the order. Mellos also served Princess Rhaenyra Moon Tea, a libation used to end a pregnancy, a vital secret that got out immediately. This character died during Viserys’s reign on House of the Dragon.
Grand Maester Orwyle
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Archmaester Orwyle tried offering King Viserys a different, more effective course of treatment during House of the Dragon‘s fifth episode, but was shut down by his boss, Grand Maester Mellos. Orwyle eventually became Grand Maester of King’s Landing, which earned him a seat in Viserys’ small council. He is a member of the green council that crowned Aegon king.
Maester Gerardys
![Maester Geradys of Dragonstone at Rhaenyra's black council meeting on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25130641/Maester-Gerardys.jpg)
The maester of Dragonstone and member of the black council continues to serve and advise Rhaenyra during the Dance of the Dragons began.
Ser Qarl Correy
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The paramour of Ser Laenor Velaryon helped fake Laenor’s death. The couple then fled to Essos.
Lord Caswell
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Lord Caswell was among the first people to congratulate Rhaenyra and Laenor on the birth of their third son. He asked the couple if there was anyway he could serve the family, which he did when Aegon was about to be named king. He lied about swearing allegiance to Aegon and tried to flee King’s Landing to warn Rhaenyra. Larys Strong had him captured, and Otto Hightower hanged Lord Caswell for treason.
Sers Erryk and Arryk Cargyll
![Sers Erryk and Arryk Cargyll in plain clothes walking through Flea Bottom on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25131106/Arryk-Erryk-Cargyll.jpg)
The identical twin brothers, Sers Erryk and Arryk Cargyll, served on King Viserys’s Kingsguard. Erryk was Aegon’s sworn protector, but refused to help crown him King. He knew Aegon was unworthy of the position, so he stole Viserys’s crown and brought it to Dragonstone for Rhaenyra, whom he swore to protect as a member of her Queensguard.
![Ser Erryk Cargyll on bended knee presents Rhaenyra with her father Viserys's crown on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25131035/Ser-Erryk.jpg)
Arryk Cargyll remained behind in King’s Landing as part of Aegon’s Kingsguard against his brother’s urging. They both died after Criston Cole sent Arryk to impersonate his brother in a failed assassination attempt.
Ser Steffon Darklyn
![Ser Steffon Darklyn of Rhaenyra's Queensguard in his armor listening to Daemon speak Ser-Steffon-Darklyn](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25131041/Ser-Steffon-Darklyn.jpg)
Ser Steffon Darklyn of Viserys’s Kingsguard was with Rhaenyra on Dragonstone when The Dance of the Dragons began. This character joined her Queensguard (under threat of death by Daemon) rather than swear allegiance to Aegon in the final episode of House of the Dragon season one.
Ser Lorent Marbrand
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Ser Lorent Marbrand was also a member of Viserys’s Kingsguard at Dragonstone when The Dance of the Dragons began. And like Ser Steffon he joined Rhaenyra’s Queensguard (under the same threat of death by Daemon).
Lord Bartimos Celtigar
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The Lord of Claw Isle, Lord Bartimos Celtigar, took an immediate and important spot on Rhaenyra’s small council at the start of the Dance of the Dragons.
Lord Simon Staunton
![Lord Staunton of Rook's Rest at a meeting of Rhaenyra's Black council on House of the Dragon](https://legendary-digital-network-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/25131100/Lord-Staunton.jpg)
Lord Simon Staunton of Rook’s Rest was also a member of Rhaenyra’s black council on Dragonstone when war broke out over the Iron Throne.
New House of the Dragon Characters; Jump to: House Targaryen // House Hightower // House Velaryon // House Strong // House Lannister // House Royce // House Stark // Other Major Characters (Baratheons, Coles, and More)
Originally published on September 6, 2022.