There's no mistrustfulness that “ House of The Dragon ” Episode 3 is quite a rollercoaster lift of feelings, filled with the right quantum of drama that we all worry for. In this particular episode, a lot of effects happen in the subtext where the implied words spoke a lot. Everything had its meaning, whether it was the sardonic reflections of Princess Rhaenyra, the agony of King Viserys, or the outburst of wrathfulness of Prince Daemon. also, there were relatively many references from the history of the Targaryens that were bandied or suggested throughout the episode, which we'd like to explore further and( try to) decrypt their meaning.
Spoilers Ahead
The Opening Shot
In the opening scene of “ House of The Dragon, ” Episode 3, we saw a shot depicting the burning of the banner of House Velaryon of Driftmark. The flag is destroyed by fire( an element that represents the Targaryens). That presumably suggests that House Velaryon has suffered a major reversal after Daemon and Corlys declared war on the Triarchy. Daemon then can be seen killing his men, which is indeed not the quality of a good leader. His brutal conduct and station towards his people explain the meaning of the burning of the banner in the opening shot, which could mean that House Velaryon isn't only being destroyed by the Triarchy but also by his abettors, i.e., Daemon and Viserys( who refuse to advance any support to Corlys).
In another scene we witness at the end of Episode 3, the House Velaryon banner is floating in the water. In the war against Triarchy, both fire( Targaryens) and water( Three Sisters) have been turning House Velaryon into remains. Fortunately, Daemon’s pride saved the drowning area and its Lord as he killed Crabfeeder in the end.
A New manly Heir at law Named After Aegon The Conqueror Why?
Viserys eventually gets a manly heir at law from his new queen, Alicent Hightower, and he names the boy Aegon the Second. The name “ Aegon ” belongs to the first Targaryen King, who conquered all of Westeros and sat on the Iron Throne. So why did Viserys choose to name his son after his ancestors? Well, during a campfire sequence at the end of “ House of the Dragon ” Episode 3, Viserys shares his confusion with his new woman, Alicent, and tells her that when Rhaenyra was still a youthful child, he saw a dream of a manly heir at law born to him who was wearing the Conqueror’s crown. The word “ whipper ” then presumably points toward Aegon the Conqueror, whose crown Viserys may have seen in his dreams and believed that his firstborn son would be as noble as his ancestor and therefore named the baby after him.
Missing Fingers And A Lot Of Anxiety
Viserys and his party had arrived in The Lord's Wood for a royal quest, where one of the royal huntsmans informed the King that a white hart had been observed. The King and his men planned to hunt the white hart, but they failed to track it down, and thus, at the end of the day, out of convenience, they made Viserys kill another manly deer. still, while Viserys was trying to kill the beast, his hands were shaking poorly, presumably for three reasons. One We saw that there were two missing fritters on Viserys’s hand, and we can assume that he'd to cut off his fritters to stop the spread of the Tetanus infection. His cutlet had gotten a cut from the iron throne in the one-time occurrences, and his officers failed to find any cure for it. His hands were presumably shaking because he was unfit to hold the shaft, or perhaps he was in severe pain. Second, it can also be supposed that the entire pecking and squealing of the deer reminded Viserys of his guilt, where he held himself responsible for the deaths of his son, Baelon, and his woman, Aemma. In a former scene, he'd told Alicent about the dream he'd had about the boy. Viserys believed that it was his preoccupation with a manly heir at law like Aegon that killed his woman and son, and that the payoff of the heart might have reminded Viserys of the same. Third, he might be too drunk.
The King Was Driven Insane By His Daughters
Viserys had been extremely overwhelmed by the studies of Rhaenyra’s marriage, and her revolting station just added energy to the fire. still, Lord Lyonel Strong refocused out that it wasn't the first time a Targaryen King had been pushed to the edge of madness by his daughters. He was pertaining to King Jaehaerys, whose son Daella was so delicate and confused that the King and Queen Alysanne failed to find a good bachelor for her. Daella had indeed rejected Corlys Velaryon as written in the book “ Fire and Blood. ”
Ultimately, Daella chose a hubby named Lord Rodrik of the House Arryn, who was a blistering image of her father, the Old King. nonetheless, Daella’s anxieties and confusions noway really spared her worried mind and delicate body, and she failed while giving birth to her only son, Aemma Arryn. latterly, Aemma is married to Viserys, and concurrently, Aemma suffers the same fate as her mama, who failed during parturition( though not the first one) and left behind a son. After Daella’s death, Alysanne criticized Jaehaerys for their son’s early marriage as she wasn't ready to come to a mama. The argument came to a turning point in their happy wedded life. concurrently, the masters believed that the reason behind Aemma’s death was the same; they allowed she was bedded too soon.
During the same scene with Lyonel, the pens introduce the name of Lyonel Strong’s son, Ser Harwin, “ Break bones, ” in the discourses, and ironically, it's mentioned before the name of Corlys Velaryon’s son, Laenor. Lyonel suggests that Viserys entertain the study of marrying Rhaenyra to Laenor to mend the broken connections between the two houses. still, what’s important then's that both these two men mentioned in the discourses are going to play an important part in Rhaenyra’s life. While one will come her hubby, the other will come her bruited nut and father to her kiddies. This conflict is going to be covered more in Episode 4.
Lady Johanna
On the morning of the occasion, Lord Tyland Lannister, who serves on Viserys ’ sanctioned council, informs the King that Crabfeeder and his men sabotage the King’s line. Since the inception of the war, the Triarchy had been attacking the King’s line, and presumably, one of these vessels had been carrying the fifteen-time-old bastard of Lord Stonehelm, named Lady Johanna Swann. The Crabfeeder and his admirals took Johanna interned and demanded a rescue, but Johanna’s uncle refused to pay, after which they vended her to a pillow house in the Free metropolises. While the occasion doesn’t bandy her fate further, according to the book “ Fire and Blood, ” Johanna will survive the rigors and rise to come to a famed prostitute known as “ Black Swan, ” and ultimately a sovereign of one of the free metropolises, Lys, too, but only in name.
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Rhaenyra Is The One And Only True King
I believe that among all three people Rhaenyra, Viserys, and Daemon, Rhaenyra is the one true King that the seven fiefdoms earn, but they're in denial of it. Well, Episode 3 drops a lot of hints that portray Rhaenyra’s merits as a true leader. originally, she doesn’t like killing people unnecessarily like her uncle, Daemon, and therefore has the same opinion of her uncle as her father in this matter. From the morning of Season 1, Viserys despises Daemon’s brutal system, and Daemon hates his family inversely because of his style to sort out effects peacefully and by the books and therefore considers him a weak king not fit to rule, which is true indeed. But Rhaenyra is neither too brutal like her uncle nor too reluctant like her father. She's bold towards her adversaries and humble towards her abettors.
The traits of her personality can be witnessed in Episode 2 when she suggests to the council that they should take out their dragons and end the Crabfeeder extremity formerly and for all. But Viserys wasn’t ready to go to war with the Free metropolises, indeed if they were attacking the lines. ultimately, it was Daemon who waged war against them, but Viserys was too reluctant to help his family. In the end, both the sisters did what Rhaenyra had suggested initially, but why would they hear to a girl? Right? On the same occasion, we also saw Rhaenyra severely killing a wild boar because it attacked her first. It explains that she doesn’t attack someone until and unless she's attacked or hovered by their presence. Rhaenyra is indeed a perfect mix of a utopian and a dragon rider.