Ewan Mitchell believes there’s one thing that Aemond simply cannot lose, and that’s his loyal dragon Vhagar. “Vhagar was very much his first friend,” Mitchell tells us in a recent interview .

“I’ve always thought Aemond is Daemon’s biggest stan; so much of the image Aemond has curated over the years, it is almost like a homage to his hero,” Mitchell said in a recent roundtable.

What did the sapphire-eyed Aemond say to Vhagar in House of the Dragon season 1 finale? Enough to kill Lucerys Targaryen, and really kick off the Dance of the Dragons between the Greens and Blacks.

But when Larys (Matthew Needham) tells King Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) that Aemond “has gone in fury to Sharp Point and laid waste to the whole of the town,” there’s no explanation.

Borros Baratheon stops Aemond from following through on his threat, letting Luke leave before blood can be shed, but ever the obsessive psychopath, Aemond follows the boy on dragon’s back.

“I see Michael Myers from Halloween,” Mitchell said, referring to ComicBook interviewer Chris Killian’s background.“He said some inspiration for Aemond … Just through his physicality ...