‘Home of the Dragon’ Season 2, episode 7: Who’re Vermithor and Silverwing’s new riders?

Discovering new dragonriders isn’t any straightforward process, however in Home of the Dragon Season 2, episode 7, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) proves it may be achieved — and all she wants is a pair dozen lowborn Targaryens to throw on the barbecue to make it occur.

In episode 6 Addam of Hull (Clinton Liberty) claimed Seasmoke as his dragon, and episode 7 welcomed two new dragonriders into the fold: Hugh Hammer (Kieran Bew) and Ulf the White (Tom Bennett), all three of whom Mashable’s Belen Edwards outlined because the almost definitely candidates a few weeks again.

However who precisely are Hugh Hammer and Ulf the White, and the way are they associated to the Targaryens?

Hugh Hammer is Vermithor’s new rider

Blacksmith Hugh Hammer has been on a tough experience in Season 2, however issues are wanting barely higher for him now that he is claimed second-largest-dragon-after-Vhagar and licensed bastard chomper Vermithor.

Hugh has popped up in a couple of episodes in Season 2, however he lastly reveals his ancestry to his spouse Kat (Ellora Torchia) in episode 7, when getting ready to got down to Dragonstone after listening to Rhaenyra is trying to find potential dragonriders. Hugh says he by no means knew his father, however that his mom labored in a pleasure home.

“She was granted more freedom than most ‘cuz of who she was,” he says. “She used to tell me I was no different to her brother’s boys: Viserys and Daemon.”

If we check out the outdated Targaryen household tree, because of this Hugh’s mom was the sister of Baelon Targaryen. King Viserys (Paddy Considine) and Daemon (Matt Smith) are his cousins.

Ulf the White is Silverwing’s new rider

Ulf is barely extra reluctant to go to Dragonstone, however he is just about pressured into it by his buddies, who he is spent years telling about his personal Targaryen ancestry over many a wine.

“I’m the son of Baelon the Brave,” Ulf whispers in a tavern to his mates again in episode 3. “Bastard brother to Prince Daemon and the late King Viserys. Uncle to the one, true queen, Rhaenyra Targaryen. The blood of the dragon runs through these veins and yes, men would take my head for it.”

Ulf is not precisely eager to place this heritage to the check, however makes the journey to Rhaenyra’s maintain anyway for the trial. Happily, Silverwing – when Ulf bumps into them whereas fleeing Vermithor – appears very happy to substantiate his Targaryen blood, even when Ulf stepped on a valuable dragon egg within the course of.

New episodes of Home of the Dragon air Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO and Max.