As we see in the newly-released promotional stills taken by photographer Ollie Upton, this Sunday’s episode of House of the Dragon, “Lord of the Tides,” takes us several years forward for the last time, as this is the last time jump, not just of the season but of the entire story. This episode is reported to jump forward around six years, which means we have new cast members playing the children characters we met in the last few episodes… except they’re children no more, but teenagers and young adults!
Years might have passed yet we find ourselves again visiting the Velaryon seat at Driftmark, High Tide. Lady Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) sits the Driftwood Throne, which may not bode well for Lord Corlys (this is teased in the preview for the episode as well.) At her side you’ll find someone whose appearance may ring a bell, even if her face does not; that’s Baela Targaryen, eldest daughter of Daemon and Laena and, as we saw last episode, Lady Rhaenys’s choice for inheriting Driftmark. While Shani Smethurst played her as a child, as an adult Baela is played by Bethany Antonia:
In his home at Dragonstone, we find another familiar character with an unfamiliar face: Rhaenyra’s eldest son, Jacaerys Velaryon, is all grown up! Harry Collett has taken over the role from Leo Hart, who played nine-years old Jace the past two episodes:
Several photos show yet another feast at the Red Keep’s throne room. We can only hope this one ends better than the wedding feast a couple of episodes ago… though, judging by the episode trailer, probably not. Thankfully, though it’s been only a few weeks for us, the characters have had about sixteen years to recover. So, you know, maybe they’re itching for another blood-letting. These stills feature Ser Otto (Rhys Ifans) and Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke):
We also see Alicent’s sons, Aegon Targaryen and one-eyed Aemond Targaryen. Prince Aegon, played as a 13-year old by Ty Tennant, is now played by Tom Glynn-Carney; Aemond One-Eye, who Leo Ashton so memorably brought to life as a nine-year old, is now in the able hands of Ewan Mitchell. While Aegon was never truly imposing, he was the taller of the children as a thirteen year old (played by Ty Tennant, who was quite a few years older), but with all of them grown up it seems Aegon’s stalled, and looks quite sulky. Meanwhile, Aemond has grown to be pretty imposing… the eye-patch and the scar help, of course:
It seems we’ll see an even less joyous kind of meeting at the throne room with most of the characters. We see Lady Rhaenys Targaryen addressing the court, accompanied by Prince Consort Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith), Princess and Heiress Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), and their respective younger daughter and son, Lady Rhaena Targaryen and Prince Lucerys Velaryon. Phoebe Campbell has taken over Eva Ossei-Gerning’s role as Rhaena; and Elliot Grihault is now playing Luke, a role performed by Harvey Sadler the last few episodes:
Ser Vaemond Velaryon (Wil Johnson), the younger brother of Lord Corlys who was so memorably nicknamed the ‘Master of Complaints’ by his nephew, arrives in court, probably to complain some more, with Rhaenys and Bela behind him:
Although not released today, we also have these three promo photos from long before the season started airing. Based on the costumes and the scenes we see in the episode preview, they belong to this episode: Daemon retrives a dragon egg at Dragonstone; Daemon stands on the throne room; and Rhaenyra and Alicent face each other again.
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