However the plot of Home of the Dragon has no use for the North for the time being… Keep in mind, season 1 ended with the surprising demise of one among Queen Rhaenyra’s sons: Lucerys, devoured by her uncle Aemond Targaryen’s dragon . It is time for mourning and revenge. The strain between the Black camp (loyal to Rhaenyra) and the Inexperienced camp (the camp of Aegon II and his mom Alicent) is at its peak. Rhaenyra remains to be deeply shocked by the information of the demise of her younger son however she doesn’t (but) utterly imagine it…
In the meantime, inside the capital, Queen Helaena Targaryen delivers an incoherent speech to her brother and husband Aegon II. She explains that she is frightened, not by the dragons of their enemies however by the rats that are omnipresent within the corridors of the palace. This cryptic phrase is, nevertheless, to not be taken calmly for anybody acquainted with the world of Home of the Dragon. Certainly, beneath her look as a naive, even easy, noblewoman, Helaena really has sure supernatural powers, visions permitting her to see snippets of the long run. This concern of “rats” will materialize on the finish of the episode.
Can battle be prevented?
Earlier than a really political scene inside a restricted council of King Aegon II, Home of the Dragon demonstrates to us that she didn’t neglect so as to add spice and a little bit intercourse within the image by presenting us with Queen Alicent who may be very “shut” to her serving knight, Ser Criston Cole… The Council scene reveals us two components: Alicent’s nonetheless robust need to keep away from battle along with her former good friend Rhaenyra and Aegon II’s style for humiliation. Alicent and his father Otto favor endurance and diplomacy when the king needs to assault and subdue the lords tempted to show their backs on him.
If Alicent seems to be a peaceable girl, she is in actuality a lot harder and rougher. His dialog together with his spymaster, Larys Sturdy, proves it. The latter acts as Alicent’s armed (and discreet) arm by definitively eliminating her enemies. Alicent is aware of that individuals are killing for her and her pursuits and he or she lets it occur. This reveals cowardice or, at the very least, a deep ethical contradiction of this character who shows a benevolent face.
Nonetheless in King’s Touchdown, the younger king Aegon II study to manipulate beneath the strict gaze of his grandfather Otto. Though Aegon is clumsy, he demonstrates that he’s able to making good selections and that he desires to assist his topics… even when he doesn’t perceive the unfavorable penalties of his choices. Otto, who can be the Hand of the King, redirects his royal orders, a helpful lesson however poorly obtained by the king who appears like he’s thought-about a toddler by his advisors. A frustration that doesn’t escape Larys Sturdy who sees this as a possibility to climb a number of ranges inside the court docket…
Crying sons
After discovering a chunk of the physique of her son and her dragon torn aside on a seaside, Rhaenyra is overwhelmed by ache. Regardless of her personal Choose Council providing her completely different army methods to retake the capital, she solely sees one factor: kill the person answerable for her son’s demise. The episode devotes a really touching mirrored scene in mourning for Rhaenyra. We see the latter crying for her son along with her eldest in tears in her arms. We additionally see in parallel, Alicent praying for the reminiscence of younger Lucerys. Each camps appear to remorse this fratricidal battle motivated by ambition and revenge… However these emotions are stronger than something.
The final 20 minutes of the episode are dedicated to a mission: an assassination. Daemon Targaryen desires to fulfill his spouse and niece Rhaenyra and provides her the demise of Aemond. To do that, he asks two assassins, nicknamed Blood and Cheese and recruited by way of his former mistress and spymaster Mysaria, to disguise themselves as rat catchers to enter the palace and kill Aemond. After an extended search, the 2 males finally got here throughout Helaena and her two youngsters. The hair is silver, that may do the trick. Daemon’s directions had been clear however the two males, distressed by this dragging mission, determined to kill one of many younger princes rather than d’Aemond. The peak of cruelty, they ask Helaena to designate the male inheritor from amongst her two youngsters. Traumatized by the brutal homicide of his son, beheaded in his presence, Helaena flees along with her daughter to Alicent’s room to cover. There, she comes throughout the Dowager Queen along with her lover Criston Cole having intercourse… “They killed the boy”, she says earlier than the top credit seem on the display screen.
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