{"id":36495,"date":"2026-08-10T13:29:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36495"},"modified":"2026-08-10T13:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T08:29:48","slug":"house-of-the-dragon-season-3-finale-everyone-that-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36495","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; Season 3 finale: Everyone that dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<p>Season 3 of <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/house-of-the-dragon\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><em>House of the Dragon<\/em><\/a> has been bookended with quite a lot of death, hasn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>First, we had <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/entertainment\/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-episode-1-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">the Battle of the Gullet<\/a>, which saw the demise of Jace (Harry Collett) and Admiral Lohar (Abigail Thorn), and now we&#8217;ve got the Battle of Tumbleton.<\/p>\n<p>So, who dies in (and out) of battle in the Season 3 finale? There are a lot of bodies, but these are the key players.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex mx-auto mt-8 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans text-lg leading-normal md:text-xl md:leading-7\">\n        <span class=\"font-bold text-primary-400\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/entertainment\/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-family-tree-targaryen-hightower-velaryon\" class=\"flex items-center text-secondary-300\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ml-1\">&#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217; Season 3 family tree: How Targaryens, Hightowers, and Velaryons connect<\/span><br \/>\n            <svg class=\"ml-1 w-4 h-4 font-normal fill-current\"><use href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/images\/icons\/spritemap.svg#sprite-arrow-right-thin\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<h2>The High Septon<\/h2>\n<p>Religious leaders in King&#8217;s Landing have had historically tricky relationships with the crown (See: Cersei in <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/game-of-thrones\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><em>Game of Thrones<\/em><\/a>), and the High Septon (Simon Chandler) is no exception. He doesn&#8217;t want to anoint Rhaenyra because he clearly doesn&#8217;t believe she&#8217;s the rightful ruler, and he pays the price for his stubbornness with a sword to the belly, courtesy of Alyn (Abubakar Salim).<\/p>\n<h2>Kat<\/h2>\n<p>Kat (Ellora Torchia), wife of dragonseed Hugh the Hammer (Kieran Bew), has had a miserable time since her husband made the misguided decision to go and get himself a dragon. Her end is as tragic as her final year of life, with Hugh finding her dead in the midst of battle as he searches the sacked town of Tumbleton.<\/p>\n<section x-data=\"window.newsletter({ isDeal: false })\" x-init=\"init()\" aria-label=\"Newsletter Sign-Up\" class=\"relative invisible my-12 mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl md:my-16 ziff-component accent-cut-for-gradient-bg accent-cut-border-for-gradient-bg bg-gradient-fuchsia-secondary p-[2px]\">\n<p>\n            <span class=\"text-gradient-fuchsia-secondary\">Mashable Top Stories<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"related-video\" class=\"mx-auto mt-8 mb-12 w-full max-w-3xl font-sans md:mt-12 md:mb-16 text-primary-400\">\n<p><hr class=\"mx-auto border border-gray-100\"\/>\n        <strong class=\"py-4 mx-4 w-full min-w-max text-2xl\">Featured Video For You<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"mx-auto border border-gray-100\"\/>\n<div class=\"mx-auto mt-5 max-w-2xl\">\n<p>&#8216;House of the Dragon&#8217;s Fabien Frankel reveals a detail from Criston Cole&#8217;s death that was years in the making<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mx-auto w-full border border-gray-100\" style=\"max-width:48rem !important;\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Roddy the Ruin<\/h2>\n<p>When Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) asks Lord Roderick Dustin (Tommy Flanagan) if he&#8217;s still ready to die for his queen, Roddy the Ruin says he &#8220;can&#8217;t fuckin&#8217; wait&#8221; \u2014 and he certainly lives up to his word.<\/p>\n<p>After storming the walls of Tumbleton and killing multiple Hightower men, Roddy goes looking for the grand prize: Lord Ormund Hightower (James Norton) himself. He gets his prize in the end, but he loses his arm \u2014 and then his life \u2014 in the process.<\/p>\n<h2>Lord Ormund Hightower<\/h2>\n<p>Ormund puts up a good fight, but it&#8217;s a spurt of Roddy&#8217;s blood that foils him in the end. The Hightower Lord, who is famously squeamish, starts heaving midway through their clash, and Roddy gets the best of him with a knife in the kidney. The cherry on the cake? A burst of fire from Ulf the White&#8217;s (Tom Bennett) dragon Silverwing, which cooks them both where they stand.<\/p>\n<h2>Helaena Targaryen<\/h2>\n<p>The most tragic death of the show so far? Quite possibly. Princess Helaena (Phia Saban) has had a pretty terrible run throughout <em>House of the Dragon<\/em>, and her end is no better. After weaving her <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/entertainment\/house-dragon-season-3-finale-helaena-tapestry-explained\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\">mysterious tapestry<\/a>, she jumps from a window of the Red Keep and is impaled on the spikes below.<\/p>\n<p>RIP, Helaena. You were too good for this world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zdcs.link\/el4jA?pageview_type=Standard&amp;template=article&amp;module=content_body&amp;element=offer&amp;item=text-link&amp;element_label=House%20of%20the%20Dragon%20Season%203%20is%20streaming%20now%20on%20HBO%20Max.&amp;object_type=article&amp;object_uuid=00qNLcHT7Am1OK0jB3aOaOX&amp;short_url=el4jA&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle-route-prefix%2Fentertainment%2Fhouse-dragon-season-3-finale-deaths&amp;session_uuid=079b49c8-290c-4e76-9bf4-12eddcadb719&amp;view_instance_uuid=5702908f-d9b0-489a-90b7-057d822fb653\" rel=\"sponsored\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" target=\"_blank\" data-ga-click=\"1\" data-ga-label=\"$text\" data-ga-item=\"text-link\" data-ga-module=\"content_body\"><em>House of the Dragon <\/em>Season 3 is streaming now on HBO Max.<\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap mt-8 w-full font-sans subtitle-2 editor-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"mr-1.5 font-sans font-bold\">Topics<\/span><br \/>\n                    <a class=\"underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 mr-1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/hbo\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the HBO tag\" data-ga-click=\"\" data-ga-label=\"$text\">HBO<\/a><br \/>\n                    <a class=\"underline-link hover:no-underline text-secondary-300 \" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/house-of-the-dragon\" aria-label=\"Navigate to the House of the Dragon tag\" data-ga-click=\"\" data-ga-label=\"$text\">House of the Dragon<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Season 3 of House of the Dragon has been bookended with quite a lot of death, hasn&#8217;t it? 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