House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 premiered on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday, June 16, and lots of viewers want to know what takes place to Jaehaerys Targaryen, son of Aegon II, by the finish. Ryan Condal and George R. R. Martin developed House of the Dragon as a prequel to Game of Thrones. It tells the story of Dance of the Dragons, a brutal civil war in which two factions of the ruling Targaryen dynasty.

Here is a spoilers-filled explanation about the ending of House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 and what takes place to Jaehaerys.

What takes place at the finish of House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1?

House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 ends as the civil war among the Green and Black factions of the House Targaryen becomes unavoidable.

The second season starts in the instant aftermath of the death of Lucerys “Luke” Velaryon (Elliot Grihault), who was killed in the sky above Storm’s End along with his dragon Arrax throughout an encounter with Aemond Targaryen (Ewan Mitchell) and his dragon Vhagar. Since then, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) has set up camp underneath Storm’s End, hoping against hope that her son is nevertheless alive. Lucerys’ physique will in no way be located. However, the neighborhood fishermen uncover a single of Arrax’s wings, with components of the young prince’s clothes nevertheless attached. It offers Rhaenyra the answer she requirements about the fate of her son. She returns to Dragonstone and orders Aemond’s death.

In Rhaenyra’s absence, Daemon (Matt Smith) had develop into impatient. Her orders prompt him to set items in motion by the finish of Season 2 Episode 1. With the assist of Mysaria or White Worm (Sonoya Mizuno), Daemon returns to King’s Landing and hires a member of the Gold Cloaks and a Red Keep ratcatcher to assassinate Aemond. The names of neither of these men and women are provided in the dialogue, although closed captions refer to the Ratcatcher as Cheese.

Does Jaehaerys die in House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1?

Yes, Jaehaerys dies in the House of the Dragon Season 2 premiere episode.

In Season 2 Episode 1, titled “A Son for a Son,” Daemon hires Cheese to assist the Gold Cloak member assassinate Aemond. George R.R. Martin’s book Fire &amp Blood, which serves as the partial inspiration for the series, does not supply the actual names of either of these characters. Cheese is the name the history of Westeros remembers the ratcatcher as, just as it remembers the Gold Cloak as Blood. During their conversation, Cheese asks Daemon what he and Blood are supposed to do if they do not uncover Aemond. The scene shifts prior to Daemon answers. But it is implied that he told them to kill Jaehaerys, the crown prince of the Greens.

At the finish of Season 2 Episode 1, Blood and Cheese break into the Red Keep and uncover their way to the area exactly where Jaehaerys is sleeping along with his sibling. Queen Helaena (Phia Saban) is also there. Blood and Cheese forces her to reveal who Jaehaerys is among the two sleeping youngsters. As they kill the boy and slice off his head to present to Daemon as proof, Helaena rushes to her mother’s area.

The series has drastically toned down the Blood and Cheese scene from how it requires spot in the book. However, its effect on the all round narrative remains the very same. While there was a tiny hope for peace prior to Jaehaerys’ death, it is entirely gone by the finish of Season 2 Episode 1.