The ‘Home of the Dragon’ equipment, ranked

In Home of the Dragon, style is a strong factor. Look no additional than Alicent Hightower all however declaring civil battle with one inexperienced costume, which led to the courtroom splitting into camps of the Greens (those that help Alicent) and the Blacks (those that help Rhaenyra).

However what in regards to the smaller equipment? The masks, crowns, and extra of Home of the Dragon converse simply as loudly as the colours characters put on. When offered with an admirable assortment of shiny new fantasy equipment, there’s just one factor to do: rank them from worst to finest.

I’ve chosen 15 of essentially the most outstanding equipment featured in Season 1 of Home of the Dragon with a purpose to crown one general winner. All of those items are deeply related to a personality, essential to the plot, or simply have ridiculously superior vibes. Full disclosure: In my rating system, vibes are likely to win out over every part. You may have been warned, simply in case your favourite accent did not make the reduce. Right here, from worst to finest, are the Home of the Dragon equipment, ranked.

Dishonorable point out: Criston Cole’s disguise hat

This hat is on no account a staple of Ser Criston Cole’s wardrobe, however boy did it give me a significant chuckle when it appeared in episode 9. One, it is not a very good hat, and two, it is an terrible disguise! Did Criston simply seize whichever hat screamed “peasant,” throw it on his head, and suppose, “Yeah, that ought to do it”? Sorry to interrupt it to you, Criston, however even a hat will not disguise your very punchable face.

15. Otto Hightower’s hand pin

The pin worn by the Hand of the King comes with plenty of historic weight, making it one of the crucial essential equipment within the present. Nevertheless, we have seen it earlier than in Recreation of Thrones, so it is nothing tremendous new. Dropping it to the underside of the record is the truth that infamous schemer Otto Hightower wears the pin for many of the present. You’ll by no means be Ned Stark, Otto! Though you are savvy and dishonorable sufficient to survive him, I will provide you with that.

14. Alicent Hightower’s necklaces

Whereas I am unable to depend “the colour inexperienced” (which everyone knows Alicent owns) as an adjunct, I can depend the seven-pointed star necklaces she wears as soon as she turns into queen. They don’t seem to be all the time noticeable, however they function reminders of her religion to the Seven. Sadly, the seven-pointed stars, paired with the Hightowers’ redecoration of the Crimson Preserve with spiritual paraphernalia, give off extra of a non secular fundamentalist vibe than the rest. I could not love Alicent’s jewellery, however her clothes? Nice robes, stunning robes.

13. Daemon Targaryen’s crown

When Daemon makes his grand return to King’s Touchdown after killing the Crabfeeder, he comes sporting a really peculiar crown. No gold or iron for the King of the Slender Sea: This can be a crown product of driftwood. Sustainable! Daemon does not put on it for lengthy, as he provides it to Viserys in a present of loyalty, however within the little time we get with it, it makes fairly a hanging impression. Nonetheless, I’ve questions. Did Daemon get somebody to make this for him? Or, even higher, did he partake in a little bit arts and crafts session on the dragon journey again from the Stepstones?

12. Aemma Arryn’s ring

We do not see a lot of Aemma Arryn‘s ring — a easy gold ring with an Arryn falcon design — however the few instances we do, it packs a tearful punch. Viserys kisses it after Aemma dies throughout a traumatic and deadly C-section (which he ordered, to be clear). Later, in episode 6, we see him holding it and kissing it once more after he learns of Rhaenyra’s departure to Dragonstone, remembering her mom and the horrible means she died. All through that episode, it’s also possible to see Rhaenyra sporting a small gold ring that I am fairly certain is Aemma’s. In that case, that signifies that when she left for Dragonstone, she gave it to her father as a memento. Such a small factor, to hold such deep emotional which means.

11. Aegon II Targaryen’s crown

When Aegon II is topped King of Westeros, he does not don the gold crown of his father Viserys. As an alternative, he wears the iron crown of his namesake, Aegon the Conqueror. To its credit score, the crown itself strikes a pleasant steadiness between royal and intimidating. However the truth that the crown was positioned on a usurper’s head throughout a coup docks it many, many locations. Aegon II cannot maintain a candle to Aegon I, and he most positively does not deserve his crown.

10. Rhaenys Targaryen’s Bump-It

Keep in mind Bump-Its, the inserts you place underneath your hair to offer it unnatural quantity? Properly, Rhaenys is sporting regardless of the Westerosi equal of that’s, as a result of her hair is lifted off her head. It makes for an additional hanging hairdo, one which evokes the crown she by no means wore because the Queen Who By no means Was. Additionally, as with Daemon’s Driftwood Craft Session, I simply love the picture of Rhaenys clipping some sort of Bump-It into her hair. No matter she’s doing, it is working.

9. Larys Robust’s cane

Kinslaying creep Larys Robust makes use of his cane as each a mobility assist and a possibility for private branding. The cane’s pommel is adorned with a firefly. That is not the sigil of Home Robust — it is his personal private sigil. Larys will be the snakiest of snakes, however I admire his dedication to branching out from his household and making a sinister public picture for himself. You recognize what I do not admire? Him killing his household and degrading Alicent. Dangerous Larys. (Cool cane, although.)

8. Viserys and Rhaenyra Targaryen’s crown

The third and last crown on this record is the one worn by Viserys and later gifted to Rhaenyra by Ser Erryk Cargyll. Initially worn by King Jaehaerys, this crown simply takes the highest “crown” spot on the record. Not solely can we spend essentially the most time with it on display screen, however we additionally see it get handed right down to Rhaenyra within the season finale. Watching the rightful Queen of Westeros take up her father’s crown is the results of 10 episodes of buildup, and the second is cathartic regardless of the warlike circumstances. Erryk additionally deserves main reward for pulling off what will need to have been fairly the heist.

7. Daemon Targaryen’s homicide cloak

Daemon is aware of how you can decorate for any event, however he pays additional consideration when he is plotting one thing nefarious. Whether or not he is dispatching his first spouse Rhea Royce or organizing the “demise” of Laenor Velaryon, you may guess he is sporting his trusty homicide cloak. The cloak’s dramatic aptitude is usually imitated — taking a look at you, Aemond — however by no means replicated.

6. Viserys Targaryen’s Valyrian metal dagger

Seems the Valyrian metal dagger that Arya Stark used to kill the Evening King in Recreation of Thrones has fairly the illustrious Targaryen historical past. As Viserys exhibits Rhaenyra in Home of the Dragon‘s first episode, textual content on the dagger outlines Aegon the Conqueror’s prophetic dream, which he calls “the Tune of Ice and Hearth.” The dagger can also be the middle of one of many season’s tensest scenes: Alicent’s try to take out Lucerys’s eye in retribution for Aemond’s. A cool-looking dagger that proves essential to the plot? That is an awesome accent, proper there.

5. Daemon Targaryen’s sword, Darkish Sister

Becoming a member of the Valyrian metal dagger within the “cool weapons membership” is Daemon’s sword, named Darkish Sister. Home of the Dragon does not delve into the blade’s historical past that a lot, however it’s one among two ancestral Targaryen swords. Aegon the Conqueror’s sister (and spouse) Visenya wielded it within the conquest of Westeros. Now, Daemon makes use of it to take down the Crabfeeder and slice the heads off of anybody who speaks out in opposition to Rhaenyra — clearly, it is nonetheless sharp.

4. Rhaenyra Targaryen’s necklace

In episode 1, Daemon presents Rhaenyra with a Valyrian metal necklace, in order that she will be able to carry a bit of their ancestral land together with her. Rhaenyra takes to sporting the necklace all over the place, highlighting her connection to — and later love of — Daemon. I do not love the incest, however I do love the foreshadowing energy of jewellery.

3. The Crabfeeder’s masks

Craghas Drahar, aka the Crabfeeder, was Home of the Dragon‘s first main villain, and he set the bar excessive. Certain, we did not know a lot about him, however we did find out about his gnarly behavior of leaving vanquished troopers out on the seaside for the crabs to eat, and truthfully, that is ok for me. Including to his mystique was his gold horned masks, which you would possibly acknowledge as a Sons of the Harpy masks from Recreation of Thrones. It could have hidden his true identification, but it surely crafted a villainous persona for the ages.

2. Viserys Targaryen’s gold masks

Viserys takes a web page from the Crabfeeder’s e book in episode 8 of Home of the Dragon, when he exhibits as much as courtroom sporting a gold half-mask. As we see later within the episode, the masks is overlaying the rotting facet of his face and his empty eye socket — a very stunning resolution for a really gnarly downside. Even Viserys actor Paddy Considine acknowledged the true dramatic energy of the masks: in a behind-the-scenes video, he struts across the Throne Room in his masks, twirling his cane and proclaiming he is “serving Targaryen realness.” He’s, and it seems superior.

1. Aemond Targaryen’s sapphire and eye patch combo

The best possible and coolest accent in Home of the Dragon is a two for one. Aemond Targaryen loses his eye as a boy and decides, “You recognize what? I’ll take this as a possibility for max drama.” He stalks round King’s Touchdown in a chic leather-based eye patch, hanging concern into the hearts of all who have a look at him.

However wait, there’s extra! Because the finale reveals, there’s an extra-special one thing underneath that eye patch: an icy blue sapphire. That is proper, Aemond has casually been hiding a treasured stone in his eye socket for complete episodes, simply ready for the proper second to disclose it. The person understands dramatic timing, and the payoff is superb. Take a bow, Aemond. That is the way you decorate. Here is hoping you may kick off a brand new Westerosi style pattern the place everybody clothes like spooky bejeweled pirates.

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