Ser Roderick Dustin? Why Roddy the Ruin Was the Best Part of ‘House of the Dragon’s Season 3 Finale
House of the Dragon's season 3 finale focused on Rhaenyra learning her half-brother Aegon had returned from apparent death, alongside his dragon, and on the Battle of Tumbleton, but critics have highlighted a supporting character, Ser Roderick Dustin, known as Roddy the Ruin, as the episode's standout. Played by Tommy Flanagan, Roddy belongs to the…
- Roddy the Ruin's death scene was praised as the finale's best moment
- He belongs to the Winter Wolves, who embrace glorious deaths in battle
- He kills Ormund Hightower before dying in a dragon's fire at Tumbleton