Season 2, Episode 4: ‘The Red Dragon and the Gold’

From its sobriquet down, George R.R. Martin’s World of Ice and Fire is mostly a bipolar story. Blacks fight Greens. Starks battle Lannisters. In The prophetic Song of Ice and Fire that is the song itself, death battles life.

The dragons that fly by the Targaryen the dynasty stand out as an exception to this. In the source books the maesters and royals believe that dragons are not female or male and capable of switching genders when needed. They are, in fact, the source of fire that turns back the ice of Night King and his undead creatures from “Game of Thrones,” as well as the most stunning and impressive living creatures in the Westerosi bestiary. However, they’re also a form of death and capable of causing destruction among civilians and soldiers on a massive scale.

In the event of need the need arises, they could be compelled to fight each other, in fights that are as bloody as they are stunning. There’s a reason why experts from Martin’s world are referring to the Targaryen civil conflict by the name of Dance of the Dragons: The war is as exciting to witness as it is obnoxious and often occurs within the same scene.

The three-way war with Princess Rhaenys and her red dragon Meleys the King Aegon II as well as his stunningly gold Sunfyre, and Prince Aemond One-Eye as well as the massive monster Vhagar is a of the dragons’ dual nature. The script, written by creator and director Ryan Condal, contains a long exposition leading to the dramatic Battle at Rook’s Rest -an elaborate trap created by the the King Ser Criston Cole and his main allies, Prince Aemond, to draw Black dragons as well as their hounds to their deaths with stunning footage of Meleys and Sunfyre in their quest to battle. Director Alan Taylor, a signature talent from “Game of Thrones,” is clear about the kind of beauty the world would lose if these beasts end up dying.

The author also clarifies what terrors the world is likely to witness should they survive. Rook’s rest is an epic nightmare filled with men burning, men crushed who are who are fleeing their lives from flying nuclear dinosaurs. The players do their best generally speaking however neither dragon feet or dragon fire are specific about the people they take out.

In fact, the most shocking scene occurs when Aemond who was able to delay his own attack after his hated brother Aegon was unable to join the battle in order to avoid appearing weak, turns Vhagar’s back on Rhaenys, not just their foe as well as Aegon as well. Only the quick action of Ser Criston stops Aemond from running through the wrecked corpse of Sunfyre and taking his and burned brother back to his plight after the battle’s conclusion.