Aemond’s end in House of the Dragon follows the book Fire & Blood: he dies in a dragon battle with Daemon above the Gods Eye, and both dragons crash into the lake below. Aemond’s body is later found at the bottom of the water with Vhagar, with a dagger in his eye socket, which is a grim callback to the eye he lost earlier.

What happens

  • Daemon challenges Aemond to fight.
  • They clash on dragonback over the Gods Eye.
  • Caraxes and Vhagar tear into each other, and Daemon jumps onto Aemond’s dragon and kills him with a sword through the eye.
  • The dragons fall into the lake, and Aemond dies there.

In plain English

It’s a brutal, final showdown rather than a political execution or prison fate. If the show follows the book closely, Aemond’s story ends in one of the most memorable dragon fights in the whole Dance of the Dragons.

TL;DR: Aemond dies fighting Daemon on dragonback, and both crash into the Gods Eye lake.