House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 4 Trailer Breakdown | The Battle of Tumbleton

[00:00] we're breaking down House of the Dragon. The trailer for episode 4 has just dropped. And  in this video, we're going to be breaking it all  

[00:14] down. Taking place in the aftermath of the last  episode, we see Rene readying her forces for the   taking of Tumbleton. Orund has deceived her,  and in sending a fake heir into the kingdom,   he's managed to take the city. But what will it  lead to? Well, in this video, we'll be breaking  

[00:29] it all down. And as always, we'll watch  the trailer first. So, let's do that now.   Why seize Tumbleton? He dares me to rain fire down  on a seat that raised my banner. Go with them.  

[00:44] Does he mean to somehow win their support? We must guard our intent quietly. We must presume  these men hold allegiance only to themselves. You   river folk. I [ __ ] hate river folk. Our soldiers  need to be paid else there will be bedum. Name a  

[01:02] master of coin. The people will soon discover  are lacking resources. They can blame him. We seek prince aund. If you know where  he is, I'd advise you to be forthcoming.  

[01:19] Oh my. My purpose is to restore the rightful line  to the Iron Throne. It is the will of the gods.

[01:33] Okay, so the trailer begins with a wide shot  of Tumbleton before cutting to Reneur's small   council. She know that Orman wants her to attack  the town and this will turn the people against   her. The line rain down fire actually foreshadows  something later on and I think that she'll send in  

[01:47] the dragon seeds. As we know, this is where Cat's  located at as well and I think he will be ordered   to burn down the city. In the book, he ends up  turning to the Greens, and I think that'll happen   if he gets ordered to kill the people. We see cat  and another man with her at one point, which I  

[02:01] believe might be her brother. The wiki brings up  how she has one in Tumbleton, and I think that   this is likely the character. However, I don't  think that the battle itself will be going down   in this episode as it seems more along the lines  of the strategic planning leading towards it.  

[02:15] At this point, Rene is struggling to consolidate  power and pull all her money together. I think   because of that, episode 4 will lead into the  strategy and setting up the betrayals. We then get   a shot of Reneer and her small council including  Grand Master all at the back. In the book,  

[02:29] he wasn't a part of this council and was actually  sent to the dungeons quickly after Reira arrived.   I do think that might happen in this episode  with him potentially being sent there to remain   for when Aegon returns. Speaking of Agon, we then  get to him and Lar heading to Rook's rest. Laris  

[02:45] is in fullon scheming mode and trying to get them  to keep their heads down. As they head into Rook's   rest, we can also see what's a very cool Easter  egg with the body of Me. This is a carryover   from episode 4 of season 2 and it comes in the  aftermath of when Rainey's fell to the ground.  

[03:00] I love how the carcass is just smashed through  the wall and it's such a cool thing to have   hanging over the location. We know from the book  as well that Sunfire is around the area as well.   Last episode, we heard how Bale had flown overhead  and noticed Sunfire dead and decaying. I do wonder  

[03:15] if that's really the case, though, as Sunfire is  pretty important for one of the characters fates.   So, I think Sunfire is likely alive. The reports  of his death have been greatly exaggerated,   you could say. And I think that at some point,  Agon's going to discover him. Him leaning against  

[03:30] Sunfire's side or belly or whatever. That has  been shown in the weeks ahead trailer. So,   it does seem like that's going to happen around  this area. Either way, the pair are clearly   masquerading as river folk, which causes one of  the guys to say he hates them. Yay. Looks like  

[03:46] Agon and Laris are just going from one [ __ ] show  to the next, but it's allowing Agon to see what   his war has caused. Everyone hates everyone across  the kingdom. And we see as the soldiers march out   in King's Landing, Damon says, "Our soldiers need  to be." This is terrible Matt Smith impression. a  

[04:01] good Matt Smith impression in general, but  a terrible Matt Smith as Damon impression.   But he says, "Our soldiers need to be paid  else there will be bedelum." My then says,   "Name a master of coin." Which was a spot-on  impression for her at least. But basically, in  

[04:16] this conversation, they talk about how they want  to set someone up as a psy. We've heard about how   the crowd is broke as all its money's been moved  elsewhere. War is of course expensive. You know,   soldiers need money. Everyone's got to buy food  and clothes and it all just gets way too much.  

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[04:47] green so you can show where your loyalties lie. We  also have one for the blacks as well which is red   like the blacks like the black dragon. The  blacks they should be called the reds. I know   that. But yeah, that is our Caraxi shirt with a  similar sort of design. And if you pick both up,  

[05:01] you get 12% off. There's loads of shirts beyond  that as well, all with the same discounts,   and you'll not need to raise the coffers to  pay for them. Shabow, as they say. Anyway, it   looks like the rage and arresting the soldiers is  causing them to take out their anger on the small  

[05:15] folk. They smash them like the like button. And to  make matters worse, Rene is making the commoners   pay for the privilege by raising taxes. So yeah,  they appoint a master of coin. And in the book,   this was Bordeos Kelka. Eventually, he was  tortured and beheaded. So, it kind of shows  

[05:30] how unpopular his taxes were. Aaria suggesting  he takes a fall also makes me think that that's   what we're building towards for the season finale.  And that'll happen in the aftermath of the riots.   Kind of sums up though how getting the Iron Throne  wasn't the be and end all victory. Governing  

[05:45] itself is actually a nightmare and everyone's  turned from a warrior into admin. We then get   a sequence at Harren Hall and watches Gwen and  Kristen arrive encountering Alice. She's the only   one there. And we hear what I believe is Vagar in  the background. The atmosphere is dark, misty, and  

[06:01] ominous though. And I love how they've turned this  place into basically a haunted house. As for Aean,   he's missing or incapacitated. And this is due to  being stabbed by those strong, strong boys. I do   wonder what she's doing to the character though,  as she's currently nursing him back to health,  

[06:17] at least in the book. She may have had to use her  witching ways to heal him, though, and this could   turn him into something a bit more mystical. I  know people think he might be one of the White   Walkers and I think that would probably be a quite  a wild way to take things. That's a big fan theory  

[06:31] though. You can keep sharing it with me if you  want. I still don't know for definite. But yeah,   what I think that could happen if they do go that  route. Look, we've all seen from Game of Thrones   who come up with an amazing theory and they don't  use it at all and make a terrible season finale.  

[06:46] But if that could happen um then he may die over  the god's eye and then rises something more. She   has likely even seen the same visions as Damon. So  potentially knows that the Night King is coming.  

[06:58] Now we then get to Orand High Tower and the  preview closes out on a powerful shot of him as he   says his purpose is to restore the rightful line  to the Iron Throne. He comes out of a giant door   and then we cut to a group of people. If you pause  this, you'll notice that there is Cat and what I  

[07:12] believe is likely her brother. He has blood across  his forehead and in the forefronts a green soldier   who looks a little worse for wear as well. So do  wonder if they've been fighting and Ormond is now   coming to see what's up. We then watch as a green  dragon flies overhead which I believe is the rival  

[07:26] of Hugh. It looks a little too large to bear.  So I do think we're going to potentially see him   arriving at Tumbleton. That's where we go to next  with Orman saying it is the will of the gods. This  

[07:38] is to what looks like Darren. And we then see his  fire burns lighting him up. I don't know who this   could be as there's no mention of him targeting  anyone specific. It's definitely not Darren. Um,   so he could be attacking the soldier from the  scene before. If that soldier has been attacking  

[07:52] people like Cat's family, then the soldier could  be burned to show that Orman won't mess around.   Orund is a lot like Wayne. And we saw in episode  one when he thought about that soldier forcing   themselves on a woman. So it may be demonstrating  that Orand is the next step in that and that he'll  

[08:06] happily feed people to dragons. As for Tarian,  that's also a key dragon in the book and it plays   a major part in the southern campaign. I feel like  we're going to end with Hugh heading to Tumbleton,   and that'll be likely where things close out at.  As for Anira, she's basically embodying the idea  

[08:22] of how you have to be careful what you wish for.  She managed to gain the Iron Throne, but now she's   struggling with the limited resources. This then  sets up the internal conflict that she's going to   face for the rest of the season. Can she rule  effectively, or will the crown itself bring it  

[08:36] all crashing down? Also wonder if Damon's going to  stick around as well. He's been sent to the veil,   which is where his ex-wife's from, who he smashed  like the like button. I think he'll probably   discover that Raina was at the veil as well,  and that she was the one who was indeed riding  

[08:51] Sheepsteeler. So, I think he's going to cover for  his daughter and ultimately side with her over his   wife. I like how much focus that Orman's getting  as well, and it looks like they're making him   the standout new character for the season. The  show appears to be elevating him, and he seems  

[09:05] like he's a very formidable, ideologically driven  commander. He also speaks about the gods as well.   His religious rhetoric makes him a dangerous  counterpart to Riraa who's clearly just going   along with the seven to appease the people. So  I do wonder if man might even use her being fake  

[09:20] religious to turn people against her. We see in  real life how a lot of politicians play religion   to turn their people against their opponents and  the show could be doing something like that. But   overall Tumbleton is a pivotal location. This is  where the dragon seeds betray the blacks and this  

[09:35] leads to some dragon battles. Yay. I think this  episode is the leadup to that and we'll end the   mid-season heading into that going down in episode  5. This episode also seems like it's going to   cement the key themes of the show as well, which  is all about the cost of power. Reneu's victory is  

[09:51] ultimately hollow because she still can't really  rule. There's no loyalty and people eventually   turn on her. So, it's all laying the groundwork  for that. Either way, that wraps up the video   and I'd of course love to hear your thoughts on  the trailer. Please drop a like and also drop a  

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