The Greens and the Blacks in House of the Dragon concur that they have given the war to dragons and armies alone will not be sufficient to win the Dance of the Dragons. Key characters on both sides, such as Ser Criston Cole, Alicent Hightower, Rhaenyra Targaryen, Aemond Targaryen, Jacaerys Velaryon, and Daemon Targaryen know that the war between kin has ripened into the war between dragons and that deterrence and precaution are out the window. Aemond has now been chosen as Prince Regent and Protector of the Realm. Rhaenyra plays her side (the Blacks) for weak because she has no answer to the largest dragon in the Seven Kingdoms - Vhagar.