<\/figure>\nWho are the assassins in House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1?<\/h2>\n The assassins hired near the end of House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 are unnamed, but in the books, the City Guard officer is nicknamed Blood (Sam C. Wilson) and the ratcatcher is named Cheese (Mark Stobbart).<\/p>\n
It remains uncertain why the writers chose not to reveal the names of this assassin duo in the first episode. It might be because Blood and Cheese are too silly as nicknames or because they want them to remain as mysterious as possible. Perhaps their names aren\u2019t that important at the end of the day.<\/p>\n
Either way, even the books don\u2019t reveal what the actual names are for the assassins, as they have been lost to time. That said, their TV portrayals are rather close to the source material. The novels state that Blood is a tall and muscular swordsman who is a serjeant of the Gold Cloaks who was dismissed after murdering a woman in a drunken rage. We don\u2019t know if he\u2019s a serjeant in the show, but he\u2019s still in the City Watch and recognizes Daemon at the gate, which makes sense as Daemon was once the Commander of the City Watch in Season 1 and created the gold cloaks in the first place.<\/p>\n
As for Cheese, he\u2019s pretty much on point as well. The books say he was a ratcatcher who, according to a court fool, knew the layout of the secret passages running throughout the castle. This remains true in the show\u2019s interpretation of him too, as he easily navigates the labyrinthine tunnels made by King Maegor. The series fills in a few details, like giving him a dog, a gambler\u2019s debt, and an uncanny insight into discerning facial expressions.<\/p>\n
In the novels, despite the pair escaping the castle through the same tunnels, Blood is caught and dies for the murder while Cheese escapes without repercussions. However, the show may handle this differently in the rest of Season 2<\/a>. Either way, it\u2019s clear from what Blood reveals to Queen Alicent that this was \u201ca son for a son\u201d assassination that points to Princess Rhaenyra\u2019s side as the culprit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last scene in the first episode of House of the Dragon Season 2 is harrowing. We imagine that if you\u2019re reading this, you already know what happens; if not, we recommend that you turn back now because many spoilers lay ahead. That said, if you\u2019ve seen the premiere episode of the second season, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":428,"featured_media":11492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[550],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie"],"yoast_head":"\n
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