In King’s Touchdown, the unconscious Aegon is now a really highly effective boy. The person who fried him within the air, Aemond, claims management over the objections of a guilt-ridden Alicent, and nobody on the council is prepared to face in his method – or Vagar’s.
At Dragonstone, Rhaenyra and her household are devastated by the lack of Rhaenyra. However the greatest menace could also be Rhaenyra’s husband. In his weakened way of thinking on the Overlook, I imply Harrenhal Fort, Daemon is elevating a military of his personal as a substitute of 1 for his queen.
The Nice Dragon Get together was speculated to tip the scales (so to talk) someway. As an alternative, it left even higher chaos for the leaders and residents of the Seven Kingdoms. Anger and blame unfold. It is horrible due to dragons.
Let’s summarize the way it got here to this:
As an alternative of rallying the folks of King’s Touchdown round their victory at Rockrest, Ser Creston Cole makes one other silly transfer as Hand of the King. Because the wounded Aegon is carried house in a coated picket crate, the warfare get together returns with the severed head of the dragon Melee on a cart, which is carried by the town for all to see. The residents are horrified. There’s nothing sadder than a disembodied dragon. The general public sentiment has turn into extra “What a foul omen!” than “Come on, let the dragon be slain!”
Alicent notices Aemond holding his brother’s burning sword. She watches him being carried to mattress and tended to by Grand Maester Orwell and others—it’s not fairly. Aegon’s Valyrian armor could have saved his life, but it surely now must be faraway from his charred pores and skin. Damaged bones are clearly being reset. Alicent needs to know if her son will die, however Orwell can solely say that he’s in vital situation. When Alicent confronts him, Cole refuses to substantiate her suspicions that Aemond had something to do with Aegon’s wounds.
On the subsequent council assembly, Lords Jasper Wilde and Jason Lannister defend Aemond as King Regent. Alicent strongly objects and gives to tackle the function herself, Something I did When Viserys was unable to steer. These arguments didn’t get a lot traction with the all-male council. Laris doesn’t help Alicent, nor does her secret lover Cole, who merely says, “It should be him.” Aemond takes Aegon’s egg from the desk, sits down, and will get to work. He needs to do one thing in regards to the naval blockade, make some headway with the Tullys within the Riverlands, and cease retailers from coming into and leaving the town.
In the meantime, issues are getting worse in King’s Touchdown. Hugh the blacksmith, who has a sick daughter, has not but been paid by the king for his warfare efforts, and his household is ravenous. Once they attempt to go away King’s Touchdown, the gates are locked. Determined residents are begging for meat, however any remaining meat there’ll possible go to Vagar.
Overjoyed with victory, Aemond takes an extended, scrumptious take a look at the Iron Throne; all Aegon has to do is die and it is going to be his. Helena, his sister and Aegon’s spouse, asks Aemond, “Was it definitely worth the value?”
Daemon tries to unite the 2 homes he must type a military, Home Bracken and Home Blackwood, however they’re Westeros’ reply to the Hatfields and McCoys. Daemon manages to persuade Willem Blackwood to aspect with him, however Lord Amos Bracken and his males won’t yield. Quite than fry them shortly, Daemon lets them go as a result of he nonetheless wants troops. He asks Willem Blackwood to search out one other strategy to persuade him. “Do your worst,” Daemon tells him, forgetting that the final time he gave him such obscure directions, it was led to a headless child And the The beginning of the war.
However Daemon isn’t in an awesome way of thinking. When he’s not having disturbing visions, he’s managing the Harrenhal renovation challenge, the place the roof wants work and the Wailing Tower smells of bat guano. There’s additionally not a lot gold, as Larys has been diverting cash from his household’s property. Daemon gives to pay for all this work himself, however he’s not even in contact with Rhaenyra, so… Venmo?
Damon always finds himself in awkward conversations with Alice Rivers, who’s judging him for the crimes he dedicated. She says she hears his cries of ache within the wind (she Wood Owl“In spite of everything) and that the Blackwoods do horrible issues to the Brackens. Daemon factors out that he’s much less evil than Aemond, however that’s not a excessive normal. He tells Alys that when he takes over King’s Touchdown, Rhaenyra is welcome to return and rule alongside him, not the opposite method round. If this ploy fails, “I’ll die and none of this shall be my drawback.” Technique!
Then Daemon receives excellent news: Ser Simon broadcasts that the Brakens have returned. However the victory is short-lived: the River Lords seem and inform Daemon that the Blackwoods have dedicated so many atrocities underneath the Targaryen banner that there isn’t any method they’ll comply with such a tyrant. Additionally they don’t need to ally with the “interloper” who killed younger Prince Jaehaerys.
We see a really temporary scene of Rhaenys’ sister, Baella, within the lair with Girl Jeyne Arryn, who’s upset that she requested for 2 dragons and those she bought have been simply infants “moist from the egg”. To attain this, she guarantees to ship 15,000 troopers. Whereas sympathetic to Rhaenys’ dying, Girl Arryn believes that the dragons won’t develop quick sufficient, and she or he feels helpless.
Corlys, deeply saddened by Rhaenys’ dying, sits alone in his fort. Rhaenys can also be unhappy, however she will’t grieve for lengthy as she has to cope with a council that’s upset over Cole’s victory at Rockrest. Ser Alfred Brome berates Rhaenys for being… nicely, you realize… a lady. Rhaenys factors out that since they have been raised in peacetime, she has as a lot expertise in warfare as he does.
The Battle Council needs to assault whereas Vagar is weak, however it is a mission Rhaenyra says she should do herself. The Council says that is out of the query. Pissed off, she consults with Mesaria, expressing her displeasure with the Council and with Daemon. “I don’t know my function,” she says.
Mesaria reveals that Kol’s show of Melies’ head throughout King’s Touchdown was unhealthy publicity and that the folks could flip to Rhaenyra. Mesaria says that issues have been higher when Viserys dominated and that the individuals are sad. “Rumor is meals,” she tells them. She gives to assist Rhaenyra combat the warfare on a brand new entrance: the Data Wars! Quickly after, Rhaenyra sends her handmaid, Elinda, to King’s Touchdown in secret.
Rhaenyra provides Bael a field for Corlys. The Queen says, “I do not need to stand alone.” Later, when Bayla visits, he feels sorry for himself. She tells him that Rhaenys died a merciless dying she would have wished for. That is what Bayla needs, too. She provides Corlys the field, which incorporates a pin. It is Rhaenyra asking Corlys to be her proper hand. He resists, however later within the episode holds it tightly in his palm.
Rhaenyra’s son Jace needs to go to Harrenhal and confront Daemon, however Baella does not suppose that is a good suggestion. As an alternative, a troubled Jace chooses to satisfy with Home Frey, one other Riverlands household, on the Twin Fort. Jace’s assembly with Home Frey is profitable: he convinces them to help Rhaenyra and gives passage throughout their nice bridge in alternate for cover and, finally, possession of Harrenhal.
By the point Jace returns, Rhaenyra has despatched Ser Alfred to Harrenhal to search out out what is occurring with Daemon. She suspects he’s looking for the throne, however she needs to make certain. As for Jace, Rhaenyra is not offended at him for secretly going to the twins; actually, she is jealous of Jace’s potential to take motion. She will be able to’t combat Aemond and Vhagar, though her dragon, Syrax, is quicker.
“I want dragons,” Rhaenyra says. There are certainly We’re Extra dragons, just under them within the dragon pit, don’t have any riders. Then they provide you with a daring plan: what if members of their bloodline who weren’t born into royalty might experience these dragons, too? “It’s a loopy concept,” Rhaenyra says, however she’s already planning to go looking the information and analysis candidates. We return to the room and see 1000’s of parchments simply ready to disclose who will win the subsequent finest dragon rider in Westeros.
