Battle At Rook’s Rest


The Battle of Rook’s Rest will be one of the biggest early battles in House of the Dragon’s Targaryen civil war. Taking place in the crownlands, Rhaenyra’s cousin Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, a.k.a the Queen Who Never Was, arrived on her dragon to aid the blacks’ army as they battled Ser Criston Cole, Aegon II Targaryen, and Aemond Targaryen’s forces. Aegon II Targaryen and his brother Aemond took to the skies with their dragons as they attacked Rhaenys, which ended in the deaths of both Rhaenys and her dragon. However, House of the Dragon’s Princess Rhaenys still managed to severely burn Aegon the Elder and render his dragon flightless before the greens won the battle.

Butcher’s Ball


House of the Dragon’s warfare returns to the riverlands at the Butcher’s Ball, where Matt Smith's Prince Daemon Targaryen had trapped Aemond Targaryen and Criston Cole’s forces between two fronts. Marching his weakened army toward the Blackwater Rush, Criston was met by three prominent lords in Rhaenyra’s army with whom he tried to parley. The blacks refused his surrender, with Red Robb Rivers quickly shooting the new Hand of the King with arrows. Upon Criston’s death, the blacks charged the greens with the Winter Wolves and river knights, killing hundreds as they attempted to flee. House of the Dragon’s Butcher’s Ball is remembered as more of butchery than battle, but remained an important feat for Rhaenyra Targaryen’s fight for the Iron Throne.

Battle Of The Kingsroad


The final battle in House of the Dragon will be the Battle of the Kingsroad in 131 AC, just shortly before the official end of the Dance of the Dragons. The greens and blacks fought on the kingsroad fairly close to King’s Landing, which saw the armies of the riverlands marching toward the capital after Rhaenyra Targaryen’s death. Lord Borros Baratheon took charge of defending the city for King Aegon II Targaryen, choosing to march against Rhaenyra’s remaining forces on the kingsroad. While the Baratheon forces were larger and less exhausted, they were far less experienced than the blacks marching toward the city. Known as the Muddy Mess, House of the Dragon’s final battle was a victory for the blacks, with Lord Kermit Tully (Catelyn Stark’s Game of Thrones ancestor) killing Lord Borros in the rainy and muddy combat.