The farther House of the Dragon goes into the Dance of the Dragons, the more it feels like we’re living inside the Targaryen myth instead of just watching it. Season 2 leaned heavily on dragonfire and political heartbreak, but Season 3 sounds ready to double down on something more intimate: the language that has always set this family apart. Thanks to a new tease from Matt Smith, fans can start expecting even more High Valyrian to shape the way Daemon and the rest of the Targaryens navigate war, love, and loyalty.
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Matt Smith says Season 3 has “a lot” of High Valyrian
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Actor calls the language “such a hard” one to learn
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High Valyrian will deepen Targaryen intimacy and tension
Matt Smith promises “a lot” more High Valyrian in season 3
When you watch Daemon switch into High Valyrian, it always feels like the show is cracking open a private door into Targaryen life. In a recent video appearance promoting the new run of episodes, Matt Smith confirmed that season 3 will make that door even wider. He not only acknowledged how demanding the language is, but also teased just how much more of it fans should expect this time around.
He explained in detail just how slippery the Targaryen tongue can be between shoots. He said at CCXP Mexico: “I wish I could remember some to be really honest with you. I mean it’s such a it’s such a hard language to learn because it’s sort of a mix of about 10 different languages. So as soon as you learn it, you sort of forget it really because it’s so it’s so sort of tricky to keep in your brain. But um there’s a lot of that this year. We’ve got a lot of high Valyan. I can tell you that. Dracarys, yes.”
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A beautiful nightmare: why High Valyrian matters so much now
What makes that tease exciting isn’t just the promise of more subtitles, but what High Valyrian does for the story. Whenever characters slip into it, the show tightens its focus, turning conversations into something intimate, dangerous, or both. Hearing that there will be “a lot” of it in season 3 hints at a stretch of episodes where key alliances, betrayals, and confessions play out in the Targaryens’ ancestral tongue rather than the Common Tongue.
At the same time, Smith’s description of the language as a blend of “about 10 different languages” underlines just how much work goes into making those scenes feel effortless. He’s talking about a constructed language that asks him to memorize complex sounds, rhythms, and stresses, only to watch them fade once the season wraps.
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