![]() ![]() But in the episode’s most shocking moment, Viserys removes his mask and reveals his hideous face, so that his family can once again see him as a human being, frail and decaying though he may be. The dinner party that follows (for the survivors, anyway) is, at first, as awkward as every other Targaryen family gathering. Was he too angry to realize he was signing his own death warrant? Too proud of his Velaryon heritage to care? You make the call! In response, Vaemond loses his cool…and, thanks to Daemon’s sword, the upper half of his head, after calling the boys bastards at the top of his lungs. What’s more, she announces her and Rhaenyra’s plan to marry Luke and his older brother Jacaerys (Harry Collett) to Rhaena (Phoebe Campbell) and Baela (Bethany Antonia), her true-blooded Velaryon granddaughters. Corlys’s wife Rhaenys - no fan of Rhaenyra, whom she blames for Laenor’s apparent death - backs Luke against Vaemond. He requires help getting up the steps to the Iron Throne, and receives it from a surprisingly tender source: Daemon, who seems legitimately saddened by his big brother’s state. Not so fast! Into the throne room staggers Viserys himself, wearing a half mask like the Crabfeeder to cover up his missing eye and rotting face. (Rhaenyra pointedly named them Aegon - yes, another one - and Viserys.) Vaemond gives his big speech, and Otto appears ready to rule in his favor. 'House of the Dragon' Recap: The Royal RumbleĪnd so the whole miserable troupe of Targaryens and Velaryons make their way to King’s Landing to settle the matter, including a pregnant Rhaenyra and her second husband, Uncle Daemon, who by now have two sons of their own. By rights, Lucerys Velaryon (Elliot Grihault), his grandson through his “late” son Laenor, should inherit his Driftwood Throne. Set six years after last week’s installment, the hour-plus episode begins with bad news: Lord Corlys Velaryon, the seemingly invincible Sea Snake, has been gravely injured in battle and may not pull through. If this week’s episode (“Lord of the Tides”) teaches us anything, it’s that it doesn’t have to be a big fight, dammit! And ironically, it’s another struggle over succession that paves the way for a potential rapprochement between the two sides of the larger conflict that’s coming. Who will sit on the Iron Throne now that House Targaryen’s patriarch has finally shuffled off to meet the Seven? Will it be Rhaenyra, his firstborn child and official heir? Or Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney), his son with Queen Alicent and likely the preferred candidate of the sexist pigs who populate the realm? With the passing of Viserys Targaryen - valar morghulis, buddy - the big question posed by this entire first season of House of the Dragon has now become inescapable. With the king’s inevitable doom approaching, the knives are well and truly out.The King is dead. With intentions now in the open, Alicent and Rhaenyra are truly enemies that will fight to the death for their family’s claim to the throne. But one thing is for sure, there will be consequences down the line. However, whether it was always the intention for him to live remains unknown. Then, they marry so they can strengthen their house.īut in the final moments we discover it was all a ruse and Laenor faked his death. So, Dameon and her orchestrate a plan that sees Laenor’s secret boyfriend murder him. That determination is shared by Rhaenyra who now realises if she is to keep her right to the throne. “And now, for the first time, I see you have the determination to win it.” “We play an ugly game,” says Otto to Alicent. ![]() Though failing, she slices Rhaenyra who warns her that she has just openly revealed the sinister person she truly is. In a fit of anger she goes to slash out Jacaerys eye in front of the entire family. This leads to an altercation with his cousins that ends in him losing an eye to Rhaenyra’s son, Jacaerys. Having not been granted a dragon, he takes one. Though seemingly reluctant at first, Daemon succumbs to her. However, there is no rest for the wicked in Westeros.ĭaemon and Rhaenyra’s complex relationship goes where we all knew it was going. With the passing of Laena, all the players have convened to allegedly mourn. “No matter how fat the leach grows, it always wants another meal,” says Daemon, after it is revealed Otto Hightower is once more the hand of the king.
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