Here’s what will happen to Aemond Targaryen on ‘House of the Dragon,’ if it follows his fate in the book

• Aemond Targaryen starts “House of the Dragon” season two fresh off the murder of his nephew. 
• In “Fire and Blood,” the show’s source material, he eventually meets his own end. 
• Here’s what happens to him in the book — and potentially the show, though that’s not confirmed.

Warning: Major spoilers for the season two premiere of “House of the Dragon,” the book “Fire and Blood,” and potential spoilers for future episodes of “House of the Dragon.”

Aemond Targaryen is off to a rough — or excellent, depending on how you look at it — start on “House of the Dragon” season two.

Fresh off accidentally killing his nephew Lucerys Velaryon on dragonback, Aemond is one of the most powerful assets on the Green side of the impending war. While he’s a skilled fighter in his own right, that’s mostly due to the fact that he’s bonded to Vhagar, the largest of the active dragons. And his brother, King Aegon II, is champing at the bit to send him into war.

In the season two premiere, Aemond escapes assassination through sheer ineptitude. His uncle, Daemon Targaryen, contracts two would-be assassins — known to book readers as .