Spoiler ahead for House of the Dragon Season 3 episode 6 "Faceless Men"
Game of Thrones' finale is still controversial, but that hasn't stopped folks from tuning into its spinoffs on HBO (and streaming with a HBO Max subscription). Chief among them is House of the Dragon, which is currently in the midst of its third season on the air. And while fans reacted to Criston Cole's unceremonious death, they're not buying the cliffhanger ending which saw Corlys seemingly perish as well.
House of the Dragon Season 3 has been a wild ride, and major characters have been killed off in quick succession. Jace died in the premiere, and the Dance of Dragons just keeps claiming more lives. And while Steve Toussaint's Corlys Velaryon was ambushed in the episode's final moments, fans on Twitter aren't convinced that he's been killed by Ormund Hightower's forces. Some responses online read:
- No, he does not die during the war. Corlys is one of the few main leaders who survives the entire civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.
- Source tells me Corlys is stable. Please The Seven-who-are-One
- I really hope they just captured Lord Corlys and didn't kill him, and how did they find him so easily too?
- Maybe he was arrested in Episode 6, I believe we shall see more of him in episode 7.
- The way ormund likes corlys i don't think he is dead, his death ain't shown like others, may be he is captured on point of sword.
While at first glance it looked like Corlys was killed by Ormond's lieutenant Jon Roxton, fans who are familiar with the book to screen adaptation's source material aren't buying it. Namely because he ends up surviving the entire Dance of Dragons in George R.R. Martin's novel. On the other hand, we've also seen the Game of Thrones franchise make bold changes from the books, so fans will have to wait and watch the final two episodes of Season 3 to see if Toussaint's character actually bit the bullet.
Personally, I'm hoping that Lord Velaryon is alive and has more story to tell in House of the Dragon. Because only a few episode ago Corlys clapped back at Rhaenerya and called her late sons bastards. The fallout of that confrontation has yet to be seen, especially since his brother Ser Vaemond Velaryon was beheaded in Season 1 for calling Rhaenerya a whore and her sons bastards. So I need more to come from this full-circle moment.
New episodes of House of the Dragon air Sundays as part of the 2026 TV schedule. And with just two more left in Season 3, the stakes are feeling especially high for the Game of Thrones spinoff series. Fingers crossed we get more of Corlys.
