House of the Dragon’s Matthew Needham Doesn’t Know Larys’ End Goal

With House of the Dragon’s return comes more scheming, more political plots, and more dragon fire. The Game of Thrones prequel series bumps up the intensity in their sophomore season but plunges the realm into a civil war among the family members of House Targaryen. Those who support Aegon II Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) call themselves the Greens, while those who support his older half-sister Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) call themselves the Blacks. While much of the war is fought by proxy through other houses and conducted in the Small Council chambers of Rhaenyra and Aegon II, inevitably, as dragonriders, the Targaryens will take to the skies and drag the realm into a bloody war that would go on to be known as the Dance of the Dragons. In the court at King’s Landing, where Aegon II rules from the Iron Throne, there is an influential figure lurking in the shadows. We first met Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) in Season 1 as the younger son of Lord Lyonel Strong (Gavin Spokes) and brother