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HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Season 3 Finale Brings Big Character Deaths

The episode kills Ormund Hightower and other major players as betrayal at Tumbleton drives hundreds, possibly thousands, of deaths.

  • On Sunday, Aug. 9, the Season 3 finale of House of the Dragon featured the Battle of Tumbleton, where Team Black leaders Daemon Targaryen and Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen faced Team Green's Ormund Hightower in a pivotal succession battle.
  • Months of scheming by the Greens left the strategic market town of Tumbleton as the primary site of conflict, as Daemon Targaryen led forces against Ormund Hightower to neutralize Daeron Targaryen.
  • Dragonrider Ulf White betrayed his alliance with Ormund Hightower, directing his dragon Silverwing to incinerate both armies indiscriminately, while Ormund met his end in brutal combat against Ser Roderick Dustin after using children as shields.
  • Queen Helaena Targaryen died by suicide after weeks of captivity, leaving behind a prophetic tapestry that fueled Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen's descent into tyranny and brutal rule.
  • The fourth and final season of House of the Dragon targets a 2028 release, with Aegon planning a reunion with his brother Aemond to march on King's Landing.
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The third season of the HBO series opened and closed with sequences plagued with fire and blood, satiating the appetite of those who were pleased with the previous cycle. Jim Clay, production designer, breaks the back in interview with Culto, revealing his fondness for Harrenhal and the complex creation of the scenes with dragons. He also shares the first clues about the final delivery, which will arrive in 2028.

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Just Jared broke the news on Sunday, August 9, 2026.
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