Rhaenyra the Cruelepisode 2×02 of the dragon house included one of the most anticipated scenes by fans of the book Fire and blood by George RR Martin, the one starring the twins Arryk and Erryk Cargyllpresented in the first season and separated by the confrontation between the Greens and the Blacks.
Don’t read on if you haven’t seen the episode yet. From here on there will be spoilers.
As with all events of the time, Archmaster Gyldayn includes several versions of what happened in the book, so readers were eager to discover. Which one did the series choose?whether the cynical and cruel story of Mushroom or the more romantic one that became a legend.
In the story of Mushroom, the fight “lasted only a few moments and there was no declaration of brotherly love.” According to him, they accused each other of being traitors and Arryk died immediately, while Erryk lay dying with a deep wound in his belly “for four days in which He didn’t stop howling in pain and cursing his brother.“.
According to the bards, they said to each other, “I love you, brother,” “And I to you,” before drawing their swords, and as Grand Maester Munkun tells it, “they mortally wounded each other and died in each other’s arms.” with cheeks streaked with tears.
And it is right here where the dragon house winks at Sansa Stark Game of Thrones.
The brotherly duel in the series
Criston Cole and Arryk Cargyll
Showing off his deepest hypocrisy, Criston Cole He decides to transfer the responsibility for the security breach of the Red Keep to Arryk Cargyll and even dares to accuse him of lack of honor for wearing the bottom of his white cloak stained with mud. He then sends the guard to Dragonstone with the mission of impersonating her twin brother, Erryk, to reach Rhaenyra and kill her.
Arryk He manages to reach the queen’s room, but is interrupted by his brother. Errykleading to an inevitable confrontation in which both are willing to die honoring the oath of loyalty they made, one to Aegon and the other to Rhaenyra.
In the end, as the bards and Grand Master Munkun related, the brothers told each other that they loved each other and They hugged until Erryk killed Arryk. and proceeded to fatally stab himself with his sword after asking the queen for forgiveness.
The connection with Sansa
‘The House of the Dragon’ 2×02
This romantic version of the story that the minstrels turned into legend is the same one that Sansa Stark remembers in the chapter 41 of Clash of Kings:
“Prince Tommen sobbed. ‘You meow like a suckling baby,’ his brother hissed. ‘Princes are not supposed to cry.’
“Prince Aemon the Dragon Knight wept the day Princess Naerys married his brother Aegon,” said Sansa Stark, “and the twins Ser Arryk and Ser Erryk died with tears on cheeks after each mortally wounded the other“.
As revealed Ryan Condal The Hollywood Reporter was always fascinated by the story of these two brothers precisely because it was a story that Sansa idealized in the books. Song of ice and fire:
“Sansa has that romantic vision so typical of how that fight was and how they dueled for hours, as if it were the duel of The engaged princess. We have two people who are on different sides of this conflict and they don’t know what to do with this oath. “I think that makes it all the more tragic to see these two brothers who are trying to keep their oath, but are literally in mortal combat with each other to defend it.”
