House of the Dragon” has found its Ormund Hightower. Variety has learned exclusively that James Norton will join the HBO show’s upcoming third season as Ormund. The official description for the character states that he is “Otto's (Rhys Ifans) nephew,

Emma D’Arcy said that their character, Rhaenyra, now “has the better hand and an inevitably positive shot at the throne.” However, as Tom Glynn-Carney (Aegon Targaryen) added, The pendulum could swing either way very quickly.

The Hightower family tree has grown a new branch with news from Variety that James Norton is joining House of the Dragon as Ormund Hightower, the first cousin of Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and the nephew of Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans).