House of the Dragon: Battle of the Twin Brothers – that’s why Erryk and Arryk Cargyll are still important

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Westeros has a new king! In episode 9 of “House of the Dragon”, the Small Council overrode the wishes of the late King Viserys and crowned not his daughter Rhaenyra, but Aegon II, Viserys’ son with Alicent.

After the king’s death, Otto Hightower sent the two twin brothers Erryk and Arryk Cargyll from the Kingsguard to find Aegon in King’s Landing. At the same time, Kriston Kraut and Aemond were looking for Aegon for Alicent and ultimately there was a dispute between the two groups when they found Aegon.

Erryk helps Rhaenys escape from King’s Landing

Arryk fought with Kriston Kraut, while Aemond grabbed his brother and brought him to Alicent. Erryk, on the other hand, ran away to free Rhaenys, who had been imprisoned the whole time so that she could not inform Rhaenyra about the events in King’s Landing.

Here Erryk already shows that he is on Rhaenyra’s side, while Arryk loyally serves Otto Hightower and thus also King Aegon II. Erryk is still operating here in secret, but it won’t be long before the two Cargylls face each other as enemies.

Of course, “Fire and Blood” reveals more about the further story of Erryk and Arryk. Changes in the series are possible, so in the book Erryk was actually with Rhaenyra on Dragonstone when King Viserys died, but the following paragraphs could contain major spoilers, you have been warned!

The story of Erryk and Arryk in “Fire and Blood”

In Fire and Blood, Erryk leads Rhaenyra’s Queen’s Guard on Dragonstone. Kriston Kraut wants to use the identical appearance of the Cargyll twins to his advantage and sends Arryk to Dragonstone so that he can pose as Erryk and kill Rhaenyra and her children.

However, Erryk discovered his brother and they killed each other, although the exact circumstances of this event are unknown. In some versions of the story, Erryk and Arryk declared their love for each other beforehand, in other versions they fought for hours and ultimately died crying, in still other stories they called themselves traitors or simply said nothing at all.

In the finale we already see Erryk swearing his loyalty to Rhaenyra and giving her the crown of King Viserys. Fortunately, season 2 of “House of the Dragon” is already in the works and then the hot phase in the brotherly fight begins!

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