As the dragons dance throughout the war, the common people pay the price. King’s Landing, in particular, suffers as its inhabitants slide further into poverty thanks to Rhaenyra’s new tax policy. Living in fear of dragonfire, and unwillingly funding the war between Rhaenyra and Aegon II, the smallfolk turn to a new leader — the Shepherd, a religious fanatic similar to the High Sparrow from Seasons 5 and 6 of “Game of Thrones.”
“Fire and Blood” chronicles the Shepherd’s rise to power, as he preaches against the Targaryens and turns the city’s smallfolk against the royal family. When Helaena Targaryen, beloved by the people (and played by Phia Saban in “House of the Dragon”) commits suicide by throwing herself from the Red Keep, a match is struck on the smoldering kindling of King’s Landing, and the city riots.
Led by the Shepherd, an enraged mob descends on the Dragonpit and, against all odds, kills the four dragons caged there: Dreamfyre, Morghul, Shrykos, and Tyraxes. Rhaenyra’s son, Joffrey Velaryon, steals his mother’s dragon, Syrax, and attempts to fly her to the Dragonpit. But a dragon can only accept one rider at a time. Syrax rejects Joffrey, throwing him to his death, before descending on the Dragonpit herself to fight “with tooth and claw.” The golden dragon is eventually overrun by the mob, becoming the fifth dragon to die in the Storming of the Dragonpit, while Rhaenyra is forced to flee the city she formerly conquered.
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