In a conversation with Variety, “House of the Dragon” showrunner Sara Hess confirmed that the “Blood and Cheese” storyline from the books would get an onscreen depiction in the show’s second season.
In George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, Blood and Cheese are the names of two assassins involved in events that preceded the book. During the Targaryen rule of the Seven Kingdoms, there was a civil war called the Dance Of The Dragons, during which Prince Jaehaerys, the six-year-old firstborn son of King Aegon II Targaryen, was killed by Blood and Cheese. The two acted under orders from Mysaria, on behalf of Prince Daemon Targaryen, to take revenge against Aegon II’s younger brother Aemond Targaryen, who had killed Prince Lucerys Velaryon.
Blood was a butcher with a propensity for violence who lost his position in the Gold Cloaks for fatally beating a prostitute. Cheese, on the other hand, was a ratcatcher with a keen knowledge of the tunnels that led in and out of the Red Keep. He led Blood into the castle, and the two took Queen Helaena Targaryen and her children hostage, forcing her to choose which of her sons would be killed. While Helaena ultimately chose her youngest son, Prince Maelor, Blood killed Prince Jaehaerys instead, beheading him before the two men escaped.
The first season finale of “House Of The Dragon” depicted the death of Lucerys at the hands of Aemond, showing that it was more unintentional on Aemond’s part. Hess, however, confirmed that the consequences of the death would be as gruesome in the show as it is in the books.
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