The world of dragons deals in conceits, circumlocutions, symbols, and a lot of cryptic dispatches. It points towards a particular direction but leaves it up to you to decrypt and see through it. Episode 4 of “ House of the Dragon ” was no lower when it came to dropping hints about a character’s inclinations and also about what fortune had in store for the House of Targaryen. So, let’s break down the events of Episode 4 and try to dissect the little craft that the makers left for us to savor.
Spoilers Ahead
What Is The Significance Of Rhaenyra’s Valyrian Necklace?
On the veritably morning of episode 4 of “ House of the Dragon, ” we see Rhaenyra stroking her choker, given to her by Daemon, and is lost in some deep study while the suitors come and give their preface. The gesture could be reflective of a conflict; on the one hand, Rhaenyra’s father wanted her to get wedded to a Lord with the biggest castle, but she was looking for a commodity veritably different. She liked Daemon, and her relationship with him extended far beyond the boundaries of an uncle and bastard. Daemon was frequently dominating and a bit cocky with her. Daemon was like her shamefaced pleasure. perhaps she likes his arrogant and disrespectful station. She's infatuated by the wild Targaryen prince, who's frequently seen going about his business in an unrestrained manner. Daemon Targaryen, who's frequently appertained to as the Lord of Flea Bottom, takes Rhaenyra to the dingy alleys and gives in to his carnal solicitations. But ever, his heart makes him stop, and he leaves her suddenly. Rhaenyra comes back and makes love to Ser Criston Cole. It's to be noticed then that Rhaenyra, on purpose, doesn't wear the choker in front of Ser Criston Cole. She started wearing a gold cloak that the dogfaces in the megacity watch wore after Daemon left her in Flea Bottom. It's an inarguable fact that she was smitten by Ser Criston Cole ever since she saw him for the veritably first time in the competition, where he'd defeated Daemon. But the decision to make love to him sounded like it was touched off only because Daemon left her. Rhaenyra still had a lot of passion for Daemon, but she couldn’t do anything about it. Daemon, too, asked for her hand from Viserys Targaryen, but the king felt that it was impious and, also, he wanted his daughter to get wedded to the son of Lord Corlys Velaryon to produce a strong political alliance.
Who Is Helaena Targaryen?
In the fourth episode of “ House of the Dragon, ” we see Alicent with her invigorated girl. The girl was named Helaena Targaryen, the alternate child of Viserys Targaryen and Alicent Hightower. According to the Targaryen tradition, we'd see her getting wedded to Aegon II Targaryen, her family. Alicent’s birth had a veritably strong claim to the Iron Throne. Rhaenyra’s position as the heir at law to the Iron Throne was in jeopardy, as Otto Hightower had wanted. There were numerous reasons behind this. Rhaenyra herself witnessed in the Flea Bottom that the people didn’t want a woman to sit on the Iron Throne. They felt that Aegon was more meritorious, indeed though they knew nothing about his capacities and eventuality. Halaena was more loved by the commoners as compared to Rhaenyra. In the future, when Aegon marries his own family, his claim will be strengthened indeed more, though Rhaenyra wasn't notoriety who would give up so fluently without putting up a fight. According to the novel, Fire, and Blood, a huge conflict will ultimately arise between Rhaenyra and her family Aegon, where both will fight to sit on the Iron Throne.
What Was The Significance Of The Rats?
We saw that Rhaenyra was given a chart by Daemon, through which she came to know of the retired doorways in the palace and reached Flea Bottom with him. Daemon knew about these galleries and frequently overhear when the small council was having any critical discussion about the politics of the fiefdoms. Though we saw Daemon and Rhaenyra participating in an intimate moment in the pleasure house, the motive of this route wasn't simply that. We see many rats nibbling just in front of a huge dragon statue. These rats were a tropical definition of the common people of the land. frequently, lords and dragon riders didn’t watch what these commoners allowed about them. It didn’t count what they wanted. Daemon wanted his bastard to know about the comprehensions and sensibilities of a common man. perhaps he wanted to tell his bastard that undermining the power that was held by these commoners could prove to be a fatal mistake. Daemon had spent a lot of time in the Flea Bottom, and he knew how important it was to keep one’s observance to the ground at all times. Daemon knew that being apprehensive of the problems that were at the grassroots position was the key to effective administration.
Who Is The White Worm?
Flea Bottom was a place that had a lot of pleasure houses, gambling places, cheap hospices, and cafés. It was Daemon Targaryen’s home. He spent a lot of time in those alleys and therefore came to be known as the Lord of Flea Bottom. It was also a place where there were a lot of intelligencers who were pious to certain lords, sitting in the small council. Otto Hightower gets to know from a runner of an asset called White Worm, that Rhaenyra and Daemon were seen in a pleasure house, indulging in effects they shouldn’t have. Mysaria, whom Daemon had taken as his woman, was the White Worm, and she had an intricate maze of intelligencers spread each across the lord's wharf. Though Daemon had taken her as his woman and wanted a licit relationship with her, she always considered herself to be an internet. She acted on the vagrancies and fancies of the Targaryen Prince. Mysaria had realized that dealing with her own skin wasn't enough to make her dreams into reality. She didn’t want to be a pleb who was tromped under the bases of those who were advanced up the food chain. So that's why she turned into a tattletale and created a kind of credibility for herself, where the information she handed noway proved to be wrong.
What Is The Significance Of Aegon’s Dagger?
When Viserys was going to name his daughter Rhaenyra, the heir at law to the Iron Throne, he told her about Aegon’s dream that was called the “ Song of Ice and Fire. ” In that dream, Aegon saw the end of the race of men and a horrifying downtime forming from nearly in the northern end of the Seven fiefdoms. The dagger had cryptic symbols each over it, which were visible when it was hotted. It was said that Aegon’s vision was inscribed each over the Valyrian sword. The dagger belonged to Aenar Targaryen, who was the father of Daenys the Dreamer, who had previsioned the destruction of Valyria, which latterly came to be known as the Doom of Valyria. Aegon’s dagger was presumably the most important armament in the total of the seven fiefdoms. The secret inscribed on it was passed from a king to his heir at law as a tradition, and nothing additional knew about it. Viserys gave a lot of significance to prognostics and fancies like these. He tells Rhaenyra that the vaticination is more important than her own petty solicitations. It was said by Aegon that when the time came, a Targaryen king or queen would rise to the occasion and would save the world from brewing doom.
Moon Tea Who Will Come The Father Of Rhaenyra’s Sons?
We substantiate in Episode 4 of “ House of the Dragon ” that Rhaenyra is given the contraceptive liquid, known as “ Moon Tea, ” so that if she's pregnant, it could be terminated. But Rhaenyra doesn't drink it and latterly has children after getting wedded to Laenor Velaryon. Her sons didn't have golden hair but were brunettes. According to the account ofR.R. Martin, they were frequently appertained to as the “ Strong boys ” as it was bruited that their father wasn't Laenor Velaryon but the sworn guard of Rhaenyra, Ser Harwin Strong. Mushroom, the crude dwarf, said in his accounts that he'd set up Harwin Strong and Rhaenyra in bed, and he suspected that she had lost her girlhood to him. In the series, however, the makers have taken a slight diversion. Rhaenyra did partake in an intimate moment with Ser Criston Cole, and it could be possible that he was the natural father of her sons, though forthcoming occurrences will exfoliate further light on it and give us some clarity.
Scuttlebutt noway Proven Did Otto Bane Baelon The Brave?
When Viserys Targaryen was removing Otto Hightower from the position of the hand of the king, he indicted him of conniving the murder of Baelon the Brave, son of Jaehaerys Targaryen. According to the book “ Fire and Blood, ” there was no evidence of the fact that Otto had a part to play in the scheme of effects. Baelon was on a stalking trip when he started having pain in his stomach area. He presumably had appendicitis, and he failed five days after he complained about his pain. King Jaehaerys was devastated by his son’s death, but there was one man who served it. Now call it coexistence, fortune, or a well- allowed conspiracy, Otto was made the hand of the king and served Jaehaerys for the last two times of his reign. He used to shoot his son, Alicent Hightower, to an ailing Jaehaerys, and though people looked at it as a noble thing, Otto was the kind of man who always had an ulterior motive. There's no mistrustfulness about it that Otto wanted to stay in a position from which he could impact the decision of the king. We saw him getting insecure when Lord Corlys or Daemon obtruded in matters of the state. He colluded against them and ensured that Viserys married his son, Alicent, rather than Laena Velaryon. House Hightower had sworn their constancy to the Faith of the seven. However, it would also mean they would have a better hold over the functioning of King’s wharf If a person who upheld the beliefs and traditions of the faith sat on the Iron Throne. There's no substantiation available that could prove his active involvement in the conspiracy because Otto was a shrewd man. He knew how to play politics and how to make the King act according to his own interests. However, the intentions, and the solicitations of the man, If we keenly observed the motives.