‘Space of the Dragon’ takes the horrific Kargil dual conflict from stores to TV

(This story contains spoilers dragon house Season two, episode two.)

It is no longer easy to detect each personality game of thrones the universe, especially on dragon’s place, All of those Targaryens are named Aegon. Some of them were named Jaehaerys (retinue for both the deceased king and the late heir). And let’s not even get into Rhaenyra and Rhaenys now.

However, except for the show’s first season, there were few more head-turners than the two participants of the Kingsguard, who were primarily named “Eric”, albeit with the lovely George R.R. Martin spelling: Eric and Eric, twin brothers who were a Are similar to others. How to tell more on this planet of ice and fire?

Kristen Cole’s ideas are spot on.

second episode of dragon’s place There are plenty of showdowns involved, none more violent and dramatic than the usual fight between the Kargil twins, portrayed by Elliot Tittensor and Luke Tittensor. After the assassination of Prince Jaehaerys, Ser Kol (Fabian Frankel) decides that Rhaenyra’s reign will end sooner than it actually began. His plan: send King Aegon’s trusted ship Ser Eric to Dragonstone, pretending he is his brother Eric, Queen Rhaenyra’s confidant. If he executes the section like he should, Eric might be like “pretending” and blast her into a clever secret advance – or cause Kristen to. The truth of the project proves more intriguing when Massaria spots “Ser Elric” in a playground where he did not belong, as she had seen him only minutes earlier.

Alerted to his brother’s presence, Elric arrives just a month later to stop his brother from murdering Rhaenyra, though at a terrible price. In the fight both the Kargil brothers die, one of them killed by the other’s sword, the one who survives stabs himself in embarrassment. Which Kargil died first? Suspicion is a big part of the purpose, driving the core issues of season two’s brutal conflict home.

Writer Ryan Condal says of the scene in HBO’s post-episode featurette, “Eric and Elric dueling is a huge moment in Westerosi history,” with executive producer Sarah Hayes chiming in, “We’ve always wanted this moment of these two brothers. Who loved each other too much and are bent on killing each other? Why are they doing this? They’re angry at each other, and now these guys have to fight it out to the death.

According to Tittensor (who plays Eric), the fight between the brothers required “over 30 hours of rehearsal”, lasting just three minutes, give or take away. However, nailing the scene was most important in any experience: Eric and Eric’s death match is one of the standout moments. hearth and bloodBook of Imaginary Historical Past Via Martin That warm Takes cues from. Related passages, as written via Martin:

,Ser Eric came ashore unmolested, hid his armor and whites, and disembarked at the sight of the castle in the guise of his twin brother, as Criston Cole had planned. On the other hand, in the middle of Dragonstone, as he was heading towards the royal quarters, the gods brought him face to face with Ser Eric himself, who immediately knew what his brother’s presence meant. The Singers tell us that Ser Elric said, ‘I love you, brother,’ as he unsheathed his blade, and Ser Elric replied, ‘And I love you, brother,’ as he drew his blade.

Grand Master Munkun says, “The twins fought for the best part of an hour; The clash of steel on steel woke up half the queen’s court, but the spectators could only stand by helplessly, as no one there could tell which brother was which. At last, Ser Elric and Ser Elric inflicted mortal wounds on each other, and died in each other’s arms with tears on their cheeks.

According to the ebook, this is just one model of the opportunities. hearth and blood It contains various conflicting experiences related to the Dance of the Dragons, including the battle between the Kargil brothers. The second approach is “short, salty and downright disgusting”, with Eric and Eric’s encounter lasting “only moments”. Once again, from Martin:

“There was no declaration of brotherly love; When they clashed with each other, each Kargil branded the other a traitor. Standing over his twin brother on the spiral stairs, Ser Elric struck the first fatal blow, a brutal downwards cut that removed his brother’s sword arm from the shoulder, but as he fell Ser Elric met his killer. Grabbed the white robe and pulled her very close. To sink the dagger deep into his stomach. Ser Elric was dead before the first guards arrived, but it took four days for Ser Elric to die from his visceral wound, screaming in terrible pain and cursing his traitor brother the entire time.

Apparently, the display didn’t go with that second model. Even though it deviated from the “happy” story in some ways: Elric got Rhaenyra for one, and only for one brother to fend off the other with a mortal fritter, the surviving Kargil then takes the moments of his private day. took. This is just a basic example of methods dragon’s place It takes cues from Martin’s book, which relies on unreliable narrators, in order to present what the authors see as an extra-objective reality.

Whether or not those changes are pleasant to the book-reading society is a matter to be decided elsewhere, but for now, we’re saying goodbye to the Cargill brothers. Maybe we’ll see you again a month from now in the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring prequel, called “E/Eric.”

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