Lord Ormund’s Master Plan: Raise A Teen Dragon Prince, Then Die Badly
KEY POINTS
- •Lord Ormund Hightower, played by James Norton, leads House Hightower's army and harbors secret plans to crown Daeron Targaryen.
- •After seizing Tumbleton near King's Landing, Ormund defies Queen Rhaenyra but faces betrayal from dragonriders Ulf and Hugh.
- •Ormund dies during the Battle of Tumbleton, as Rhaenyra's forces sack the town and the ‘Two Betrayers’ ignite the market in flames.
Meet Lord Ormund Hightower, the guy who thinks he’s the Reach’s answer to Machiavelli—but with 20,000 troops instead of Twitter fans. Played by James Norton, Ormund’s hobby is spanking dragons under Queen Rhaenyra's nose while raising Daeron 'The Daring' Targaryen, his teenage ward, as a secret king in waiting—because who trusts royal siblings when you’ve got blonde ambition and a sense of smell more sensitive than a drama queen at Comic-Con? After sneakily grabbing Tumbleton, Ormund’s big brain gets nuked by chaos in a battle where ‘Two Betrayers’ Ulf and Hugh decide burning everyone is a power move—and Ormund ends up dead, probably regretting his life choices while Lord Roddy 'The Ruin' Dustin shreds through foes like a Viking at a Black Friday sale.
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(1 of 3)Ormund Hightower's master plan to crown a teen prince ended exactly like every bad idea: in flames, betrayal, and sweet, sweet death.
Nothing screams effective military leadership like raising a teenager to rule while getting demolished in your first battle. Ormund’s resume: chaotic.
Ormund Hightower: proof that plotting to leapfrog older siblings into kingship works great until dragons, betrayals, and 'Two Betrayers' show up.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 7/13/2026 | Author: Callie Ahlgrim
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