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# House Of The Dragon Season 3 Episode 2 Breakdown & Ending Explained | Game Of Thrones Easter Eggs

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Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers Show. 
I'm your host, Paul. In this video,  
we're breaking down House of the 
Dragon and wrestling with this wig.
We are back with episode two, which deals 
with a lot of major things. It focuses on  
the aftermath of the Battle of the Gullet, Aean 
storming Harrenhal, Reneer taking King's Landing,  
and leaving a wake of blood behind her. Now, 
though I was a bit sour on last week's episode,  
I actually felt this one felt like we were back 
to where the show used to be at. does take a  
lot of creative liberties with the book, but I 
enjoyed them far more than the changes last week.  
Throughout this video, we're going to be pointing 
all them out, discussing the big big Easter eggs,  
reveals, and basically just going through the 
episode. So, come with us as we break down  
the entry and talk about everything within it. 
Dead so that I may sit upon a throne of swords.  
Will you let them die in vain? As always, we open 
with the tapestry that shows the entire history of  
the Targaryenss up until now. If you don't skip 
the credits, then you'll see that there's now  
some brand new additions which show the events of 
last week. Firstly, we have Lowa fighting against  
Corus Valyrian and then transition to the death of 
Jaceris. We then open on a similar shot to where  
we ended things with his body floating in the 
water. The fire burns overhead and a body then  
sinks down past the camera before we transition 
to the surface. It's such a poetic moment and the  
incredible string arrangements really elevate 
the next few shots. As the sailors burn,  
we have the dragon riders desperately searching 
for Jayce's body, which is then returned to  
Dragonstoneone. He then gets the Spider-Man 2 on 
the train treatment as the dragon handlers carry  
him in. It does add quite a lot. Um, and the 
book is actually quite light on these details,  
but it does say the Valyrian fleet lost almost a 
third of its strength. Thousands died. Yet, none  
of these losses were felt so deeply as Z of Jerus 
Valyrian, prince of Dragonstone and heir to the  
Iron Throne. It's crushing scene as he's carried 
in. And I really wish season 2 had last week's  
episode as its finale. We then would have had a 
mirror of season 1 which ended with Luceris' death  
at the hands of a rogue dragon. Season 2 then 
could have opened with the aftermath and it could  
have been like poetry they rhyme. However, we 
mentioned last week that there were also supposed  
to be 10 episodes in season 2. So with season 3 
episode 1 being a massive battle and this episode  
setting up what's next, it felt very much like 
traditional Game of Thrones. For example, Game  
of Thrones season 2 had the battle of Blackwater 
Bay in season 2, episode 9. And then episode 10,  
things dealt with the aftermath. Season 3 then had 
the Red Wedding in episode 9. And then episode 10  
dealt with the aftermath. And that may have 
potentially have been the original plan. But yeah,  
we then see Solar appear to greet the rider and 
his death's getting fired, mate. And I mean fired  
fired like literally like from a dragon. But he 
was of course convinced by Jayce that following  
the oath of the queen's god meant preventing the 
queen from fighting at the gullet. But I think  
a similar thing probably would have happened 
to her if she had have been there. It's clear  
that everyone feels like this is a loss though, 
even though the Blacks came out victorious. The  
battle [music] it is won. This is such a hard line 
as well. And the delivery really hammers home how  
much this was a bittersweet victory for them. The 
Triarchy have been smashed, but the crown prince  
is dead, Drift Monk is burned, and the Valyrian 
fleets in ruin. Now, it seems like the writers  
may have taken the delivery of Corus' line. If 
this be victory, I hope I never see another.  
And given the sad delivery of that to this new 
one, cuz yeah, the delivery later on, h I don't  
know, just just felt a bit meh. Don't know if it's 
like the script or the direction. Uh but dear me,  
he sounded kind of like Keith Chegwin and 
extras because I buried my sister today.  
Anyway, skipping ahead there, but Jayce's body 
is brought in front of Rene, who thinks he's  
just lying down on the job as she can't face 
the reality that he's dead. Building out from  
the cutting of the dress scene last week, it 
seems like they're slowly building towards the  
mad queen. Driven by grief, Rene becomes vengeful 
this episode, rather than just being like, "What  
would you have me do?" for like 12 episodes like 
they've had in the past. In this moment though,  
we really see the madness creeping in as she 
starts chatting to his corpse and asking what he's  
done. It's yet another tragic loss for the queen 
as she's now lost both of her strong children,  
had a miscarriage, lost her dad, and is just 
getting faced with loss after loss. Now, beyond  
this, you could also argue that the inaction and 
protection that she gave Jace eventually led to  
his death, caused him to want to take risks and 
he was reckless because he felt like she'd held  
him back. The queen is then overcome with grief, 
which leads Lauren to pull her off her son's body.  
He says that he's failed her and then offers up 
his life as forfeit. At the moment, though, she's  
got no time for his sacrifice as it won't bring 
Chase back. Now, this doesn't happen in the book,  
but it might be foreshadowing something that I'll 
talk about in the spoiler section. It also reminds  
me of Eric taking his own life after he killed 
his brother on Dragonstone. In general, I think  
the theme of this episode is about the cost that 
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a seat on the throne, but it comes at the cost 
of her sons and countless other people. Everyone  
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of the aftermath of the Battle of the Gullet as 
the Valyrian men kill all the Triarchy remnants.  
Allan is carrying on his search for Corus, and 
he's using a rowboat to get around, desperately  
looking for his dad. We then cut to the veil, 
and Raina's return there after accidentally  
causing Jayce's death. Uh-oh, spaghettio. More 
like how not to train your dragon, eh? [music]  
Now, but I think this kind of plays into the idea 
of how the dragons can give power, but can also  
take it away. The Targaryenss used them to reign 
over the seven kingdoms, but a lot of them had  
no idea what they were doing. They weren't like a 
nuke um where you could point and control it and  
choose when to fire. And we have seen twice now 
how two disobedient dragons have caused more  
conflict. Both Luke and Jayce suffered a similar 
fate because people arrogantly thought they held  
power over these creatures. Being like them 
fighting them is like me fighting this wig. You  
guys cannot see it, but every time I talk, some 
hair goes in my mouth and I have to keep brushing  
out the way. The editors are doing a fantastic 
job, I must say. Anyway, this is very much a  
full circle moment for Raina as she's at the same 
gate that she left at in season 2 to go and look  
for Sheepsteeler. Lady Jane then appears and the 
princess asks for help. She needs asylum as the  
blacks will be searching for the mystery dragon 
rider and also the Greens won't want her either.  
The major thing about the dragon seeds is that 
they tip the scales of power and meant that one  
side's dragons vastly outnumbered the other. Now, 
in the book, after Raina arrives at the Veil, she  
ends up staying there for the rest of the story. 
Her egg then hatched a dragon named morning near  
the end of the civil war, but it didn't really 
have any impact on the conflict. As we mentioned  
in last week's breakdown as well, Raina in the 
show is being combined with the character Nettles.  
She was actually one of the dragon seeds in the 
book alongside Alfu and Adam. She tamed sheep  
stealer by feeding her a sheep every day and was 
a bastard just like the rest of them. Raz Rainers  
accepted as a royal. Both flew at the battle of 
the gullet though, but Nettles had control of her  
dragon. They then celebrated the victory after, 
but out of all the dragon seeds, Nettles was the  
only one who didn't relish in it. So, this scene 
kind of feels like a version of Nettle's post  
battle feelings. She had flown with the others, 
fought as bravely, burned and killed as they had,  
but her face was black with smoke and stre with 
tears when she returned to Dragon Stone. Here,  
where their stories greatly diverge as Nettle 
returned to Dragonstone, but Raina, it seems,  
is going back to the veil. Now, though the 
lady suspects that Renero will be hunting her,  
Raina thinks that no one saw it was her. I do 
even wonder right if Damon will finally be a  
decent father to her. Um, which could change what 
happens next compared to the book with Nettles.  
But I think what Jane does next is kind of a way 
to get back at Reneer. The pair had a very thorny  
relationship in season 2 as Lady Jane was offered 
a dragon to protect the veil, but instead received  
two children, Raina and a tiny little dragon. So, 
she hasn't really got what she wanted. Rea then  
asks, "Do you want a dragon or not?" Which calls 
back to how Jane felt deceived when she expected a  
massive dragon to defend her kingdom. So Raina is 
once more being bold and offering protection with  
Sheepsteeler. I do wonder as well if it's going 
to be a Fouian deal as Sheep Steeler will probably  
burn the whole place down. Jane then says the 
veil is lost and that she doesn't wish to see her  
again, but also says she cannot stop a dragon from 
going where it pleases. So it seems like plausible  
deniability. In the book, she did actually have 
Joffrey's dragon, Tyraxis, at the veil, but he  
was put on the ship to Pentos in the show. We then 
could the soldiers drinking and celebrating their  
victory over the Greens. It's a very um gladiator 
like, or at least to me, h but it's nice to see  
a happy moment in all of this misery. Now, this 
is in the aftermath of the battle that we saw  
last week, and there's Jason Lannister's head on 
a spike along with his lions. In medieval times,  
and in this franchise in general, it was a common 
thing to put slain enemies heads on spikes. And  
Joffrey did something with Ned that was quite 
similar. Ned, you bastard. As they used to say,  
Ned, you bastard. Ned, you bastard. 
So, oh, Bessie. Get [screaming] out.  
Oh, [sighs] [ __ ] hell. But I did wonder um if 
this might be a reference to the book. After the  
battle, Kristen actually came across people who'd 
fallen in the fight arranged in a mock feast.  
But that's probably a reach, though. Ronny Ru then 
starts a song which tells the tale of the battle.  
He says they had 10,000 men but we had more. 
That's roughly true as well as the force they won  
with had over 12,000 men whereas the losers had 
just 8,000 according to the source material with  
NZ Alice and Blackwood saying that they pressed 
them to the bloody shore. In the book, the black  
forces pushed the Lannisters into the reeds of the 
God's Eye and then attacked them from three sides.  
The Westerman were driven back foot by foot into 
the waters of the God's Eye. Hundred died there,  
cut down whilst fighting in the reeds. Hundred 
more drowned as they tried to flee, which is why  
they're referred to fish feed. Alisain is also 
a big badass in the book. And though she just  
appears briefly here, I do think we'll see more 
of her. She actually fought at the Battle of the  
Burning Mill, which was a bloody fight that we saw 
the aftermath of in season 2. Her brother, Lord,  
Samuel Blackwood, was also killed by Sir Amos 
Bracken, and she took revenge and shot an arrow  
through the slit of Bracken's helm. He's also 
the aunt of fan favorite Benjot Blackwood. Sadly  
missing is Sabatha Frey, who the Winter Wolves 
met before the battle and is someone who would  
bunk with Allison while campaigning. Also known 
as Black Alley. She was one of the few who fought  
from the start to the end of the Civil War. We 
then hear them say they couldn't see the water and  
then chant Fishfeed. Fished was an alternative 
name for the battle and like I said, it was a  
very bloody affair. Lastly, Rody sings Ashes for 
the Reeds, making light of the countless enemies  
killed in the water. Now, we we never saw the 
battle um so it's a bit bit of a miss there. Um,  
but this is just akin to the kind of songs that 
we had in the books and shows which allow great  
moments to live on through oral history. It's much 
like Egg singing about his family's victory during  
the Blackfire Rebellion and Night of the Seven 
Kingdoms or the Reigns of Castmir. And I think  
it's just a nice bit of camaraderie and world 
building. All the while, someone's preparing fish,  
which really sends home the meaning of the song. 
On top of that, the Tullies literally have a fish  
on their armor. And yeah, this is just a big 
victory for the Blacks. I don't actually think  
Damon's look this happy since like the very first 
season when he led the Goldcol on a killing spree.  
Damon then says with his one good eye, he looks 
a prick about Aement. Now, I can't quite make  
out what Allison says after this, but with 
the next line about shoving it up your ass,  
I can kind of guess. However, the song then 
ends as Simon Strong arrives at camp. He's  
bought them wine to celebrate the battle at the 
Red Fork in the lake shore. But along with this  
comes a message from the queen that says that 
Jace is dead. Now, I did actually expect Damon  
to take this news out on someone, but he keeps 
his composure and tells the army that they're to  
march south and meet him at King's Landing. They 
also have to leave a garrison at Harrenhal and  
once the capital's been taken, he'll send dragons 
to provide them cover. One major problem though,  
the dragon seeds have boogered off and are back 
at Dragonstone. So, Harrenhal is now defenseless,  
which leads to Aean taking it easily. The reaction 
is pretty different in the book, though, and Damon  
isn't too bothered if it falls there. Once 
he'd heard that Aemon was heading to Harrenhal,  
he simply said it was past time and departed 
for King's Landing. Aemon then went and found  
the castle empty, which is a lot different to what 
we see later on in the scene that's a call back to  
season 2. And it kind of feels like a mirror of 
Damon's arrival there, albeit a bit more bloody.  
Rest in peace, Simon Strong. In the book, Damon 
then departed for the capital directly and joined  
Renero over Egon's Hill for the assault on King's 
Landing. As such, all the stuff at Dragonstone  
with Damon is new for the show, but I actually 
really appreciate the changes. Meeting with Alice,  
she then says, "I've seen that you're coming has 
been an omen of the end." Which, yeah, it kind  
of is. She sent Damon on his journey by showing 
him what his role is in the Song of Ice and Fire,  
and she mentioned omens in the season 2 finale. 
There are omens here for those who seek them.  
By helping Damon at Luigi's mansion, she's managed 
to get 40,000 rivermen to support the queen.  
She did this by guiding Damon with her visions and 
rightly thinks that she should be given Harrenhal.  
Her requesting the castle isn't out of place 
either, as it does foreshadow the later part of  
her story. Now, at this point in the book, she was 
actually at Harren Hall with Aean as the battle we  
saw last week took place after the oneeyed prince 
had taken the cursed castle back. But yeah, like  
Matt Smith says, there's lots of tiny wimy wibbly 
wobbly stuff going on. Sorry, wrong doctor there.  
Most of Damon's story with Alice is new, though, 
as even the book explains that her feminine powers  
didn't work on Damon, and little was said of the 
pair's time. Overall though, she's just sick of  
seeing her change hands and constantly be given to 
the wrong people. Alice is also far older than she  
seems, and the fact she's watched it change hands 
so many times confirms that she's very, very old.  
I do even wonder if she used the constant state of 
flux as being a curse akin to the Iron Throne. In  
case you don't know, the throne was said to slice 
those who weren't deemed worthy of rule. This is  
why it covers Sarah in season one which eventually 
led to an infection. Harren Hall is said to have a  
curse in it as well. And in season one, Laris 
weaponized this and used it to cover for him  
killing his brother and father. The episode also 
sees the death of Simon and his family. And we  
could have a case of those who are unfit to rule 
here being taken by the curse. She is truly the  
only one who seems to understand Harrenhal. And I 
even wonder if with her occult practices if she's  
causing the curse herself. But Damon says the 
crown is not in the habit of giving out castles  
to midwives. In the book, she's referred to as 
being a wet nurse, but the show shows that she  
is clearly more and his midwife the son of what 
you think I am. She called herself a witch when  
greeding the dragon seeds. And we have a theory 
about um what she's going to lead to down the line  
that I do hope we get confirmation by the show's 
end. Beyond that, I even wonder if she's kind of  
the precursor for Melisandre and might be someone 
who teaches her her abilities. Damon then says he  
will speak to the queen about another reward, but 
she says that nothing else will satisfy her hunger  
and to not come back here. As he departs, she also 
says, "Remember what I said. You will die in this  
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We then cut to Alan's search for his father as 
Baylor Lance and talks to him. She says that  
many people have believed that her grandfather 
is dead, but that time and time again he's proven  
them all wrong. Several times he's been at death 
store, and this was also a big point in season 2.  
Now this scene shows a difference between the 
kids and Baylor is very much to the mana born.  
She lived a life of riches while Adam had to 
live with the rex. She explains how callless  
love rise and that he tried to forget about 
Alan and Adam for her sake. This is something  
that was mentioned in the book as well as their 
callus ended the trrist so he didn't anger rise.  
Turns out that Adam told them they were indeed 
related but in the book it was callless who  
brought his bastards to the red sewing as he 
knew they could be potential dragon riders.  
In the show, their parentage has been a secret 
until now. And she then says how Corus is proud to  
a detriment, which is the side that Allan's only 
known. Calls back to when he said that Corus and  
Lenor would come to buy sweet treats while Adam 
and him were struggling to get by. Meanwhile,  
Adam is looking for Corless from the air. Again, 
I did think this was a missed opportunity by not  
having them fully participate in the Battle 
of the Gullet like how they were in the book.  
I just think Adam would have been there for his 
dad and it would have reflected Jason nicely,  
but he does indeed find Corless and at this 
point he's like harder to kill than John Mlan.  
We then cut Delaris and Agon who are on their 
way to Dragon Stone. It's a mirror of last week  
with them once more on the back of a Raven Cart. 
Egon doesn't want to talk to him though as he's  
exposed who he is and it's kind of like a comedy 
double act at this point. Egan play the situation  
stupidly due to his ego and Laris says that 
the king needlessly antagonized their captives.  
Now Trey Magnum actually did an interview with the 
cast where Tom talked about how they initially had  
Egon kneeling and originally in the script it had 
Agon being told to kneel for an era and kneeling  
straight away. And I'd questioned that. I thought 
that that doesn't feel right at all. I feel like  
it's the only thing he's got left to be defiant 
in in that. And al also he's not used to being  
um submissive, which I do think fits the 
character more. They're still heading towards  
the coast though, which was part of Laris's 
plan, albeit going in it in a roundabout way.  
I feel like Lar is skirting quite close to 
defeat and not just because he likes defeat.  
We then see as their carriage stops as a triarchy 
soldier opens the door. Matthew Needam is  
absolutely hilarious in this moment as well as he 
delivers the line. I was mistaken. I am surprised.  
Laris is then shocked that Tyler and Lannister 
managed to convince the Triarchy to join them  
against Reira. But as we saw last week, that 
was a disaster. One of the gods then struggles  
to get the prisoners back in the carriage. But 
Larus uses quick thinking to knock him out with  
a cage while Agon stabs the poor Storm lad. I 
think it shows how he's still dangerous and is  
kind of setting things up for down the line and 
Agon's big ark. Egon then says that he's going  
to Rook's Rest instead of Dusk and Dale, 
which is where Laris wants to buy passage.  
The road there is long and perilous, but Egan 
mentions that Kristen has a garrison, which is  
also something that Kristen mentioned in season 
2. I left a mega garrison behind to protect it.  
So, Sunfire is there, but in the book, he was 
heavily damaged and though he tried to fly,  
he couldn't take to wing, as they say. I'll talk 
about what that leads to in the spoiler section  
as they might be changing something and this could 
impact things down the line. We then cut to call  
saying one of his biggest lines from the book. 
This be victory. I hope I never see another. Now,  
I don't want to rag on it too much again, huh, 
cuz I know I know Steve Tusson is a good actor,  
but it feels like they just kind of did the first 
take and I don't know when reading it, it carried  
a lot more emotion in my head. The line in the 
source material came after he was congratulated on  
the victory and then Adam and Allan also sought 
out their father after the battle. However,  
no one knew what they actually discussed. So, this 
scene appears to be inspired by that bit. Caller  
Sen says he has nothing to give Allan except his 
name, but he's happy with this as it's worth far  
more than a mountain of gold. Being legitimized 
and accepted by his dad is all he's ever wanted.  
And him being pulled under his wing just clearly 
means the world to him. Now, I do wonder if Leno  
is going to be pulled back in the series as well. 
Unlike the book, he went off to live his life and  
we know that he's out there somewhere in the 
wild. So, he is a bit of a wild card and could  
potentially return. Beyond that though, if you've 
seen a night of the seven kingdoms, then you will  
know just how powerful that names and tuttles are 
in Westeros. We saw it in Game of Thrones as well  
with Ramsay who became a true Bolton. Corus did 
say to Rainer in season 2 that he would wish to  
make her his heir and she said that it should 
go to someone of Sultan Sea as she was blood  
and fire. Corus then had a newfound affection 
for his two sons and that will play a major  
role moving forward. How about he will still need 
to petition to the queen to make it legitimate  
which is something that he had to do in the book. 
Although they could just be skipping that because  
this scene kind of achieves the same thing 
and yeah it would be a bit redundant I think.  
Back at King's Landing we then see as Allison 
watches as Vagar flies over the dragon pit  
which is more foreshadowing for where this King's 
Landing plot will go. But he's leaving and she can  
now enact her plan to ensure the city puts up as 
little resistance as possible so her former BFF  
can take it. It's vastly different in the book 
where this whole plan never took place and Rene  
simply just stormed it. Allison then heads to 
Luther Logend who's the commander of the city  
watch. She walks through their changing rooms as 
well and it wouldn't be Game of Thrones without  
a little bit of [ __ ] somewhere. Now in the 
book Otto installed high Tower as the commander's  
second in command as it was thought that logent 
was not massively committed to Eggon's claim to  
the throne. As such was asked to keep an eye out 
for any sign of disloyalty. His sister though  
has replaced him in the show and made it so she's 
actually trying to get him to turn on the greens.  
Here she tells him that Rene is coming back and 
that Queen Helena will allow the city to be taken  
over. It's a very bold plan, Cotton. Let's see how 
it pays off for him. And ultimately, it amounts to  
treason and also the death of her father, which I 
think makes her realize that she may have [ __ ]  
up. It was at this moment that he knew he [ __ ] 
up. We then cut a dragon stone where the seeds get  
a dressing down from Damon. Again, there are more 
changes here as in the book, Alf and Hugh were at  
the battle of the Gullet. Afterwards, they drank 
and celebrated, saying how they should be lords.  
Here though, they return after being frightened 
by the creatures near Harrenhal and also Alice  
Rivers. So, they're just standing around thinking 
that the queen needs them. In the end, they're  
intimidated by Damon and Ulf ever the Duface says 
as he walks in, the rogue prince himself, which  
obviously isn't a nickname that he's too fond of. 
It also cracked me up how he just cows after not  
getting a response. The nickname was actually 
the title of a novella by George R. Arman that  
told the story of Damon and was later included 
in the expanded edition of Fire and Blood. Damon  
is also shocked that the pair are at Dragonstone. 
As they say, we are just returned from Harrenhole  
and the Gullet. In the opening, we did see a 
bunch of other dragons as well. And looking back,  
this was likely there. However, it was nowhere 
near the extent that they were there in the book.  
So, it does seem like they did play a part at 
least during the battle of the Gullet. However,  
it didn't really have the repercussions that 
they have in the text. Damon is just confused  
and furious, though, as he says they waited just 
2 days after being ordered to pursue Vagar. Adam  
left too. Also, love how Ulf is quick to throw 
Adam under the bus as well. And it shows that he's  
far from honorable. Matt Smith's delivery here 
is excellent as well as he just says they're not  
required to think. cracks me up that Damon then 
backhands off as he explains the spookiness they  
experienced in the woods. Damon then says their 
erring will cost them dearly which is something  
we see later as Aean's taking of Harren Hall's a 
cakewalk. It also lays the groundwork for some big  
things later on and the way Damon treats them is 
going to cause some issues in Ol's mind. He should  
have a castle and be treated like royalty, but now 
he's just [ __ ] in the woods and getting smashed  
like the like button. So, this is kind of laying 
the seeds with the seeds. And I do appreciate the  
way this scene sets things her up down the 
line. Also love the way that Hugh asks what  
they should do next and Damon just leaves without 
responding. And yeah, we've all been there at work  
where we pissed off the boss doing something and 
being like, "What should I do next?" And they just  
they just don't respond and I relate to it. We 
then see Rene's inconsolable and Damon reunites  
with Myaria. In the book, she was more of Damon's 
mistress of whisperers and disappeared after Blood  
and Cheese until returning when Rene took King's 
Landing. Here though, she plays a much bigger part  
and is also clearly after her own goals. Damon's 
also surprised that she's out as when he left  
Dragonstone, she was merely just a prisoner. 
However, he offered her freedom in exchange for  
helping the son of a sunplot, which Rene later 
on it. He's no doubt still furious that she was  
selling secrets to Otto, though, which then led to 
Agon being put on the throne. The pair also had a  
relationship, of course, but for years and years. 
Um, but that couldn't go anywhere due to the  
status that she had as a madame of a brothel. 
I do think though that the pair genuinely loved  
each other at some point, but now they're both 
kind of burned by each other. Damon then asks  
if she believes the queen's judgment sound and 
if following Allison's plans a good idea. He  
then does a little jab at her and asks if it would 
pain her if Allison Reneer still had a bond. James  
Bond. They do seem to agree though that Allison 
is a conspirator as opposed to a deceiver. And as  
such, her making this all up as a trap is simply 
not in her nature. At the heart of it, the former  
friends simply want what's best for the realm. But 
whatever friendship they had, I think is unfixable  
come the close of this episode. But they were 
best pals at the start of season 1, just like  
Mysaria and Damon. And it shows how this civil war 
has just driven people apart. Now, in the book,  
Damon and Mysaria were allowed to sleep together 
as Rene's desires were met by eating. Reneer  
eventually put on a [ __ ] ton of weight. Um, I 
don't think they're doing it in the show, but it  
made the people view her as Gastly, whereas once 
she was known as the realm's delight. Actually  
wonder as well if Mysari and Damon might hook back 
up, especially since she kissed Reira. If he finds  
out about that as well, it could lead to a very 
messy entanglement that causes further division.  
But they're then interrupted by the maester who 
states that Vagar is heading towards Serence.  
It's at this point that we then cut to Allison at 
King's Landing. So Rickard Thornton thinks that  
she shouldn't be going out alone and it seems like 
she ducked him at the King'swood and then dipped  
out to Dragonstone. He then says the atmosphere 
is fraught and actually plays a pretty big role  
later in the book. In the source material, Laris 
also smuggled out Princess Jiara and Prince Ma.  
However, Mea isn't in the show and later on 
we see them taking Jihara themselves. He also  
sent Sir Rick and S will fell with them to act as 
protection. However, as that's not happened in the  
series, the character is still at King's Landing. 
In the book, the queen also sent out people after  
the knights and they were discovered while trying 
to hide out at the hog's head when someone found  
Moor's dragon egg. He was killed trying to flee 
and this left Mor at the mercy of the people  
at Bitterbridge. They were then undecided about 
what to do and debated sending him to Reneer or  
to Orman High Tower who is nearby. The book then 
explains that it's disputed about how he died,  
but his remains were then sent to Reneer by Lady 
Caswell. So, lots of things kind of spin out from  
that. Um, but here he is exacerbated with Allison 
as she asks where the captain of the household  
god is. She then explains that she'll be having a 
meeting, but as we know, she is going to get the  
household god to stand down. At Dragonstone, Damon 
then says that Jayce died fighting for his queen,  
which was his desire, and that sons usually defy 
their mothers. And yeah, defying is something that  
Damon knows all about. But in this society, it's 
the sons of noble houses role to go out and fight.  
And they often act against the wishes of their 
parents. It normally isn't put on the mothers,  
but because of the way that Rene is the queen in 
the situation and people kind of doubt her for it,  
in his mind, Jace was doing something that was 
his duty. However, on the flip side of this,  
Rene thinks that Jayce's death was avoidable. She 
also tells Damon about how there were reports of  
sheep stealers in the skies above the gullet and 
that he also had a rider. I expect that this will  
be a mystery for the couple to unravel as time 
goes by and Damon says he'll investigate it.  
I think that he will learn it with Raina 
and this will cause some conflict between  
him and his wife. Jace obviously wasn't his 
son H so he won't be bothered by that but I  
think Rene will probably want vengeance. Now I 
do have a theory theory theory theory theory.
So yes I have a theory about how things will get 
out. Raina obviously should have been on the ship  
sailing for Penthouse and no doubt when it gets 
there Damon will be informed that his daughter  
wasn't on it. Sheep stealer has been siding the 
veil as well and I think when he learns that he'll  
put two and two together. Anyway, that's end of 
theory theory theory theory theory. You get you  
get the idea with that. I think this scene is when 
the grim reality hits that Rene's kids have died  
just so she can sit on a chair. Damon then says 
to not let them die in vain and that he saw the  
song of ice and fire and a woman in the desert 
with three dragons. This is of course Danny and  
Damon must ensure that this happens so she 
can go ahead and help defeat the Night King  
and then turn heel and ravage King's Landing. 
A bit like Rene in this episode in a way. Yay.  
But he basically spoils all of Game of Thrones 
and appeals to her by asking what she would do if  
it's true. This then gets her to get her awesome 
gear, which I am a big big fan of. I did feel like  
them making Reneer as mopy as she's been has 
been a big issue with the series as in the book  
she's a bit more sort of bit more of a [ __ ] like 
you know those classic Game of Thrones characters  
where they have loads of [ __ ] happen to them but 
they're still like I don't give a [ __ ] I'm going  
to be a massive [ __ ] that sort of thing feel 
like had they kept it the 10 episode season which  
was initially planned that they could have had 
her moping around after Jayce's death last time  
and then kick things off with season 3 she's taken 
King's Landing and is sitting on the throne and  
then dealing with the fallout. We then get Allison 
who's preparing a bag to leave King's Landing.  
You might notice that she's wearing all blue as 
well, which is something that she dawned at the  
start of season 1. It was only at the wedding that 
she started wearing green and this was the signal  
she was fighting for her place, but going back 
to blue kind of highlights she's returned more  
to her season 1 persona and is stepping away from 
the war. However, she's confronted by Lord Jasper,  
who seems salty that she took power when 
she was younger by getting close to Viseris.  
slowly revealed that he's come there to assault 
her after saying how she found much enjoyment with  
Kristen Cole. Now, I did kind of wonder what this 
scene was actually for. Um, but he does mention  
her meeting with the city watch and then continues 
to force himself upon her. The guy also mentions  
his wife in his final words as well, but I I don't 
know. This just kind of came out of nowhere. Goes  
from like not to 100. I do feel like they probably 
needed at least one scene before this where Jasper  
made a move before it ramped up to this. kind of 
like what they did with Andor season 2 with Bixs.  
Seemed reckless of him to do this during the 
day. However, I suspect that he may be doing this  
because he's the master of laws. He expectedly 
could get away with this and was also likely going  
to turn her in to be arrested for conspiring 
with the city watch. Luckily though, they're  
interrupted by Orwell and Cesarin and the Grand 
Maester shocked and has Jasper arrested. Now,  
I did also expect Orwell to actually ask what was 
going on. Um, but he doesn't seem to want to pry  
for some reason, which leads to him almost losing 
his head again. And I kind of hope we get like a  
running joke every episode where the character 
almost gets beheaded. Either way, we then cut  
to Reneer, who's getting ready to take King's 
Landing. The shot paints her as dark and powerful,  
almost evil in a way. This foreshadows how the 
small folk will see the former realm's delight,  
and they're terrified by the dragons flying over 
the city. She's then offered sympathies from the  
lords, but explains she's off to take the capital 
with her husband. In the book, the sea snake ships  
and assisted the queen by heading into Blackwater 
Bay, where they were led in by the turnco gulls.  
Here though, there's no cover as her advisers 
say. She's done talking though and says to let  
Sir choose how he will die. This implies that he 
will indeed be granted his request for his life  
to be forfeit, which is quite a big thing for 
her to do. It shows that she's stepping towards  
being merciless and is a pretty big book change um 
which we'll explain later in the spoiler section,  
but it does seem like she's going down a 
darker path. Myia then hands her the crown  
and this symbolically also carries a lot of 
weight. This crown belonged to both Jiharis  
and Viseris and both were keepers of the peace. 
How about the realms now descended into war so  
it's been twisted like Rene. Isaria says that she 
hopes the queen will send for her and to remember  
which one of them has been faithful. The dragon 
seeds are also with them as well. And Damon says  
they're to provide cover and he seems to single 
out Ulf. He says they're not to have any ideas and  
clearly doesn't value him. I like as they walked 
as well, we also see Cyrax and Caraxis snuggling  
up and we might have some shagging dragons 
there. Flying over the wreckage of the gullet.  
They then make their way to King's Landing while 
Allison begins her plans to ensure that there's  
no resistance when they arrive. Helena is looking 
at bugs once again just like she's done with the  
spiders in the previous entry. She says that it's 
not the season and in her book it seems like she's  
researching Alium of Nath aka a butterfly. The 
text also appears to be written by her as it says  
they are said to cause death to people around them 
but so far I remain alive. Nath is also known as  
the aisle of butterflies and it is said that they 
protect the island. This is actually an important  
location as well as it's where Miss Sande is from 
in the main show. That line of text though, I also  
wonder if that's intended to foreshadow something 
coming down the line as well. Though Helena seems  
cool in the show at this point in the book, she's 
locked in her bed chamber, completely losing her  
mind. Also wondered, right, and bear with me here, 
might be reaching, but I did think this might even  
be Ryan Condell clapping back at George R. Martin. 
Now, in case you don't know, Martin actually wrote  
a blog named Beware the Butterflies, which 
discussed his disappointment with season 2.  
He explained that the changing of Blood and 
Cheese along with the removal of Mordor created  
a butterfly effect that means Helena will not have 
a reason to do what she does later down the line.  
This basically talked about how minor changes mean 
that things are not going to be as impactful when  
the story wraps up. Now, we did kind of touch upon 
it last week with the Battle of the Gullet and how  
Reneer's kids, Egon and Viseris, weren't part of 
the conflict. They actually play major roles down  
the line. So, it was a bit weird um seeing them 
completely absent from something that's such a  
pivotal moment. The young Agon especially is very 
very important. Um and he was completely absent  
there. So, I can imagine Martin's also going to be 
a bit annoyed about that too. So, yeah, beware the  
butterflies being connected to Helena. Um and the 
butterfly here. I did wonder if that was Condle  
clapping back a bit, but maybe I'm reading too far 
into it, but I'd love to hear your thoughts. Am I  
insane? Yes. Ballison then says that they need 
to stand down the household god and this is her  
chance to get some sort of redemption. She failed 
with Egon and Aemon, but if she can save Helena,  
then it won't be for nothing. They then head out 
to the battlementss where Allison basically speaks  
for her daughter to get them to stand down. It's 
a lot different in the book as there she tried to  
send out as many ravens as she could to the Leo 
lords. She also attempted to send a message to  
Aean to get him to return, which unfortunately 
never reached him. She then arranged the city's  
defense in Aean's absence, including shutting the 
gates, which the gold cloaks ended up opening.  
Here, though, Allison's the complete opposite, 
and she reminds them that Helena's in charge,  
and says that she will have no beast haunted. 
The gods are kind of hesitant at first as well,  
but she's basically like, "Look, mate, we're 
screwed. The [ __ ] dragons everywhere,  
so you can subscribe or be burned. Your choice." 
She was also clearly hoping to escape after this,  
but gets caught in the end. We then cut to 
Christristen Cole looking up at the skies as Vagar  
arrives. The guy's taking a break from doing his 
arts and crafts, but we can see a shield for House  
Rosby and also House Stokewith. The soldiers then 
cheer as Kristen Cole says it's going to Harrenhal  
who then cut to Aean and Vagar and this sends a 
torrent of bats out into the day which does feel  
like a dark omen. As mentioned earlier, it's 
also the second time in the show that a lone  
dragon rider has taken the castle with this moment 
mirroring Damon in season 2. However, I think it's  
actually supposed to reflect Agon the Conqueror 
with Aean seeing himself as the second coming in  
Agon's conquest. He actually stormed this castle 
after they refused to bend the knee and burned  
it much like we see here. This is something 
shown in the tapestry at the start and this  
moment is clearly evoking that especially because 
Aemon also carries Agon's sword. In the book, the  
place was empty save for the Strongs, but I think 
this is very important to show how ruthless that  
Aemon is. It's a savage scene as Vagar burns the 
garrison outside just like Danny in the main show.  
Like his uncle, Aemon also enters the hall to find 
the Strongs. And I love how the servants run out.  
Where things differ though is that Damon accepted 
Simon Strong pledging feely to the Blacks, but  
Aemon simply asks him to draw his weapon. This is 
just like the book where Aean demands that Simon  
Strong should be given a sword. He then says that 
it's in the hands of the gods and challenges him  
to a jewel, which yeah, it's very one-sided. Aean 
of course has a lot of beef with their very strong  
boys and I think he has his eye patch off because 
it's their family that took it originally or so  
he suspected. We cannot confirm or deny 
if the Jason Luceris were very strong boys  
but yeah he's come to get revenge and doesn't 
want to give them anything but death in the  
book. This was simply after some pleading but 
in the show Aean just stabs him without honor.  
The two sons as opposed to the grandsons are 
then killed but one manages to stand against him.  
He gets him inside which eventually causes him to 
collapse. Allison arrives like a good Samaritan  
and he's of course going to be indebted to her. 
She's also going to be indebted to him as well  
as she's finally seen her oppressors being taken 
down. Now this is different in the book as there  
she was simply kept as a prize for Aean's bed. 
But I do like this addition and just as she's  
being cast to the side, a new person arrives to 
basically help prop her up. You might also notice  
that Aean has the catsport dagger as well. This 
of course carries a prophecy and it's something  
the pair could potentially discover. May make 
Aean realize why his mother betrayed the Greens  
and also possibly make him think that he has to 
carry on the legacy. If we're right about um what  
comes down the line with Alice and Aean that we 
talked about in the spoiler section last week,  
then knowing this prophecy would be very very 
important. Back at King's Landing, the Queen's  
group then arrive and thankfully the house gods 
stand down. And to be fair, you would, wouldn't  
you? The place would end up like Lothric Castle. 
This foreshadows Danny's eventually turn as well  
and how the horror of dragons will bring Rune to 
the city. Just like the book, the small folk flee,  
but it's a bit more peaceful with them not being 
harmed. In the text, they scramble for their lives  
and hid while Alice and Helena and Jiara hold up 
in Meos's holdfast. That was with Jasper and Otto,  
and the latter is revealed to have been captured 
and kept prisoner by Laris strong. We then see  
Hugh's wife, Cat, and I did notice that Hugh 
never mentioned that his wife was back in  
King's Landing. This scene is also very similar 
when they had to leave in season 2 episode 5 and  
he's kind of left her and their kid which I think 
is going to have lots of repercussions. Actually  
really expect something bad to happen to Cat which 
will then lead to the rest of Hugh's story in the  
book. We then see more of the small folk and cut 
to Ol's old drinking buddies who see him flying  
over the city. A man he really showed them. I 
also love that the guy on the left is played  
by Samson Ko who is in truth seekers with Emma 
Dorsy. We then see Selby who was the lady of the  
night that Aean frequented because yeah does that 
guy have some mummy issues. Also shout outs Ryan  
Ryanary last week for also pointing out that 
the brothel was called Mothers and he went there  
cuz he had mummy issues which is subtext. I know 
writers who use subtext and they're all cowards.  
The dragons then land outside the Red Keep and 
this scene reminds me a lot of when Rene and Damon  
return to King's Landing in season 1. There they 
journey to ensure Rene's claim was cemented as  
well as the future title feliceras. Here though, 
they've come to take what's rightfully Renez  
and the gods outside then surrender. Damon then 
correctly says that the true test is inside. Now,  
these are where the loyalist soldiers are 
posted up as they'd be closest to the royals  
and not like instantly putting down their swords 
like the guys here. We then get a big fight scene  
which goes down in the room where Cersei had 
a map painted. Also kind of hated how Reniro  
was simply told to wait as I feel like that 
makes her look weak. However, the book does say  
only when he was certain that the defenders would 
offer him no harm did he signal for his wife,  
the queen, to descend upon Crax. Also just lets 
Damon be a badass as well. And in the work,  
he's pretty much Reneer's enforcer. I love 
the way that Damon sticks the Last Guard,  
too, and then he's just held up by the weapon. He 
then slits his throat and then and then I think he  
beheads him as well. Complete overkill. Um, and 
though I had my criticisms with stuff last week,  
I think we get so many good scenes back to back 
here, it was difficult not to be enamored by it.  
They then head to the throne room and make light 
work of any opposition before being outmanned by  
the household god. It looked almost too easy when 
they entered, but the soldiers come streaming  
in to protect the throne. Now, this shows how 
symbolic this whole thing is, cuz like, yeah,  
there's no one else sat on it. And yeah, who 
gives a [ __ ] if if you go up and sit there?  
Having this throne definitely doesn't win the 
war and it's just a thing that shows power but  
doesn't actually grant it. And yeah, just seeing 
them guard a chair, you realize how dumb it was in  
a good way. I mean, as well, I think the episode 
is purposely being like all this stuff, the kids  
are dying for nothing. Rene then draws her sword 
and the soldiers laugh, but thankfully the gold  
cloaks arrive and choose a side of LEN's former 
leader. The book also has a cold as [ __ ] line at  
this moment, which is sadly missing from the show. 
But in that, he says, "Damon gave us these cloaks,  
and they're gold no matter how you turn them." He 
then stabs one of the high-ups in the high towers,  
who I won't spoil in case I give him a death later 
on. H we'll talk about in the spoiler section,  
though. But I did kind of feel like it was a shame 
this line was missing. Instead, it's changed to  
it was Prince Damon himself who gave me this gold 
cloak 20 years ago, which uh maybe sometimes leave  
it to George, mate. In the book, it was actually 
Allison who surrendered the castle after leaving  
Meor's Hull Fast and the soldiers, King's God, and 
any High Towers were arrested. This also included  
Gwain, who in the show is currently with Kristen. 
In the book, they also found Helena locked up in  
the bed chamber, but I like the idea that she's 
caught alongside Allison. Damon then goes to see  
Orwal and we get a similar scene to the one that 
we had with Aean last week. He pledges falty to  
Rea and says he only sided with the Greens out 
of fear for his life. He then offers up Jasper  
Wild and Otto and we cut to Helena and Allison 
trying to leave the city with Jiara. Some ladies  
behind them seem to spot them and yeah, they're 
the most famous people in the kingdom so they've  
got no chance of sneaking out. Damon then orders 
some people to be freed who I expect were the ones  
logged to Reneer after the green small council 
declared for Egon. One of them's Lady Fell, who  
refused to kneel for Egon in season one. However, 
in the book, she was actually killed after that,  
but they've kept her alive in the show. This is 
the same for Lord Merryweather, who both appear  
later in the throne room. Further into the prison, 
we then see Jasper Wild, who's in a bad way, but  
we get a surprise that I really wasn't expecting. 
The Jailer says that there is a gift for Damon,  
which turns out to be Otto High Tower. The 
last proper time we saw him, he was stripped  
of the hand of the king position and said he was 
returning to Oldtown to mentor Prince Darren.  
However, in the finale, it turned out that he was 
captured and was shown in the cell. It was a bit  
of a shock as this didn't happen in the book. 
And for like the last two years, I've wondered  
what happened to Otto. How about turns out it was 
the minations of Laris. In episode 6 of season 2,  
Aean agreed to appoint a hand of the king and 
Laris thought it would be him. How about he's  
just tasked with bringing on a high tower back 
to King's Landing so he can take up the position  
once more. Solaris doing this is clearly to get 
him out the way. And yeah, with how close he is  
to Egon right now, he's clearly still vying for 
that position. But seeing Otto is something that  
brings Damon great joy, as these two have had beef 
since the very first episode. Otto was even sent  
to Dragonstone to get the egg that Damon stole 
back and wasn't happy with how Damon commanded  
the Goldcolaks. So Damon is more than happy 
with his gift, even if it comes from Lar Strong.  
We then see the released prisoners and it's a 
scene similar to the book where Rene doesn't  
sleep and just meets with the lord so they can 
bend the knee. In the source material, she wants  
everyone to know that she's the rightful ruler 
and projects this by sitting at top the throne  
and demanding the lord's kneel. Here though, she's 
hesitant to sit on the throne and we learn there's  
a line waiting for her so they can all come in and 
bend the knee. The gold cloaks then bring in their  
prisoners and Otto's paraded about the room which 
is a grim reversal of his position in season 1.  
In episode 9, he had the position Reneer does 
here and demanded that people swore guilty to her.  
There we also saw Lady Fell and Lord Merryweather. 
And hey, I have said I'd wish some things had been  
set up earlier in the seasons like um Loha and 
Call this is beef, but credit where it's due,  
some pretty good long-term storytelling here. 
Otto then says, "I assume everyone else is dead."  
Which shows he doesn't understand his family at 
all. I definitely don't think he expected Egggon  
the second to be ruined at Rook's rest and for 
Allison to send Aean away and then open up the  
gates. The only way the city would have fallen in 
his mind is if everyone in his side was dead. And  
yeah, you shouldn't have put your faith in so many 
idiots. My guy must have been like, "I love you,  
but you are not
serious people." Damon then says that while 
Agon's fled, a public execution of Otto will  
cement her as queen. He says she must not waver 
lest she be seen as weak. Otto then delivers  
an insult by asking Damon to do it so he's not 
hacked to death. And to be fair, the kill isn't  
clean. But my motto, [ __ ] Otto. I get seven 
digits from your mother for a dollar tomorrow.  
Terrible. But this moment is very similar how 
Theon Greyjoy had to kill Sir Rodri when he took  
Winterfell, only to end up taking ages to chop his 
head off. Damon then hands her dark sister which  
is the ancient blade of a senior Targaryen. 
She was the sister wife to the conqueror  
himself and is someone whom Rene looked up to for 
inspiration in season 2. He's also a character who  
was involved in the usurping plot and I feel this 
signals that while she looked up to the character  
she is really struggling with the cost 
that it actually takes to rule and yeah  
hacks away and just turns into a big ball of 
snot. Luckily though she has Damon who hypes  
her up but she's far from the strong warriors 
of old. I feel like this is the first test that  
Reneer has to take to really really prove herself. 
Um, and unfortunately she kind of stumbles at the  
first hurdle. I think it shows she's just not fit 
to grapple with this role and clearly, you know,  
isn't good at killing people yet. Anyway, before 
dying, Otto also says he did his best and Rene  
cries before lopping his head off for good. 
The pair executing Jasper and Otto is also  
like when Damon killed Vayon in what is pretty 
much the exact same spot. Now, in the book,  
Jasper is adamant that Reira isn't the queen until 
the end, but these lines appear to be more like  
the king's god earlier in the scene. We then see 
Rene walk through the blood, which is similar to  
Damon's vision that saw him do the same. It's not 
exactly the triumphant march to the throne that  
people were expecting, and she simply slowly walks 
up to it, which mirrors Viseris's climb in season  
1. She leaves a trail of blood behind her. And 
rather than being glorious, it's kind of low-key,  
which I think works well with what the show's 
going for. She doesn't seem relieved at all.  
This has cost her her kids, and the worst part 
is yet to come. Also feel like it's playing off  
the visions in season 2 as their Visera said to 
Damon that the weight of the crown is crushing  
and she's kind of been forced to do this out of 
necessity. then goes from bad to worse as Allison  
and Helena are dragged in just in time to see 
Otto's corpse. Rene then looks stern and I feel  
like the friendship is finally over. Ultimately, 
Allison had kept her word, but I don't feel like  
she expected it to go this way. So, this may lead 
to a further breakdown of communication when they  
were almost reconciling. And I feel like she's 
going to be like, "This isn't what we agreed to."  
I do think she'll see this as a betrayal and 
might not be so forthcoming with helping quell  
tensions with the Greens. So yeah, I expect that 
we will have Allison locked up and this death may  
push Helena over the edge, literally. Anyway, that 
takes us to the spoiler section in which we'll go  
through what happens in the book and also some of 
the things in this episode that set up things to  
come. If you're ducking out at this point again, 
thank you so much for sitting up until this point  
of the video. I know the videos are long. I 
know the breakdowns are a bit [ __ ] long,  
especially when you watch like an hour of 
television, but I really really appreciate you  
guys sitting through it. Um, you guys make it make 
it worth putting all this extra effort in. Um,  
and I just want this to be as thorough as possible 
and without you guys, it wouldn't be worth doing.  
So, thank you. Now, after this, Allison 
becomes known as the queen in chains,  
and she pleads for the rest of her children's 
lives. Leads to some cold lines, which I fully  
expect we'll get next week when we deal with the 
aftermath of what's just transpired. In the book,  
Allison was actually spared with Rene saying it 
was for the sake of our father who loved you once.  
Oral is also alive and has quite a story in the 
book, but he was sent to the dungeons immediately  
after this. Gwain was also the one who was stabbed 
when the gold cloak's turned, but obviously  
they're not doing that in the show and instead I 
think they gave that death scene to Otto. As for  
Anira in the book, she got up from the throne 
only to be cut by it. As I mentioned earlier,  
this does signify that she's unfit to rule and is 
quite a bad omen. I expect that that will happen  
in episode 3 and it will basically start off 
the arc with the city beginning to hate her.  
In the episode, we also had Lauren Marban offer up 
his life as a forfeit for locking up Reneer. She  
even says, "Let him decide how he will die." And 
this is something which I feel is foreshadowing  
his book death. In the source material, King's 
Landing experiences riding due to how the small  
folk have been treated, and this is hastened by 
Laris Strong's whisperers. Lauren then led 100 men  
into flea bottom in a bit to stop the riding only 
to die in the fighting. So I do wonder if he'll  
accept some kind of insane mission to help his 
queen at the risk of his own life. Beyond that,  
the biggest change of the show is how Ara ended up 
back at the veil with the dragon. As we mentioned,  
her story matches that of Nettles in the book in 
that Nettles apparently ended up sleeping with  
Damon, even though some reports said he treated 
her like a daughter. Msoria then appeared at  
King's Landing and she basically told Reneer 
that the pair had got together. This then led  
to the queen descending into a fit of rage and 
demanding the girl's head. However, with Raina  
being his daughter and I know the show's got 
incest in it, mate. I've seen it enough times,  
but I do feel like they're not going to do 
that with Damon. Instead, I think the series  
will likely take inspiration from the line doted 
upon the brown girl as a man might do upon his  
daughter. So I feel like Damon might protect Raina 
instead and Judah sheep stealer killing Jeris and  
that will be what causes the rift in the book. 
Nettles also reportedly hid out at the veil and  
the Veil Mountain clans called her the fire witch. 
So that could be something that they do with Raina  
and and and I know I've kind of gone back and 
forth over whether I like them combining her  
her character with Nettles, but I think that 
would be the best way to handle it. Um so yeah,  
let's see what they do. Give me a call if it's not 
too late. [ __ ] No, don't call me at all. I'll  
give you terrible advice. As for the other dragon 
seeds, we then get a heel turn with Ulf and Hugh.  
I think that's coming very, very soon and kind 
of going to build off the way Damon treated them.  
In the episode, we saw Ol's wife, Cat, look 
about the dragons arriving over King's Landing.  
Hugh seems to have forgotten about his wife and 
kid, but I feel like something may happen to her  
which will get him to turn. This is all building 
towards Reira's reign turning into a very bad one,  
and this is because the kingdom's basically been 
ransacked. She was left with no money in the royal  
coffers as Laris took it all for safekeeping. 
This meant that taxes were levied which turned  
the small folk against her. This was to the 
point of even calling her king meor with tits.  
Riding then ensued and I do wonder if Hugh will 
be swept up in the antiro wave and switch sides  
just like he does in the book. Ul. Yeah, it's 
obviously going to happen. Um, and I think he's  
going to be spurred on by Damon's bullying and the 
fact he resents not being treated like royalty.  
Now, regarding Alice Rivers, she boldly asks for 
Harrenhal. This actually sets up something later  
in the story. And if you watched our spoiler 
section from last week, we explained there  
that she's probably moving Damon away so she can 
have Aean's baby. I think if she sleeps with Aund,  
it might make the castles hurt by blood as she's 
technically tied to the royals. In the book,  
they called her the witch queen and a small 
cudded congregate at Harrenhal a year after the  
Battle of the Gods Eye. Knights were then sent to 
investigate only to come back and report that she  
used magic to kill a lot of them. So, I think the 
show will feature a lot of her future minations  
to keep Harren Hall in the scenes with Aean, 
unless they do like Luigi's Mansion scenes with  
him as well for eight episodes, which kill me if 
that's the case. Now, regarding Aegon in the book,  
there was an attempt to retake the castle by 
Wallace Mutin. They succeeded and then attempted  
to kill Sunfire for good. It was an absolute 
disaster, though, as the sound of the soldiers  
defeating those guarding the dragon woke the beast 
and the attackers were then killed, which also  
included Wallace. It appears that the mutants 
have taken Rook's rest at some point though  
between season 2 and now as we can see them in the 
season 3 trailer there. Agon's looking up and we  
can see the mutant sigil on a shield. I think that 
he's heading to Rook's rest to get his dragon back  
and we'll likely get a shock when he turns up and 
find the garrison's taken over. Sunfire has been  
shown in the teasers as well. So we do know that 
he's coming back. Um and I think that's when this  
plot point will likely go down. Lastly, Helena was 
looking at her bugs. And in the book, we mentioned  
earlier how the butterfly usually means death, 
but the character is still alive. This sadly won't  
be for much longer, though, and she's racked 
with grief over everything that's gone down.  
In the book, she supposedly jumped out of a window 
and fell onto the spikes below, which happened  
shortly after the battle above the God's Eye. She 
was also reportedly with child, and some say this  
was from the brothel. You see kids, after trying 
to reach an agreement, Allison called Reneer's  
son's bastards and was like, "Oh, you see, it's 
not it's not that bad, mate. Only bastard bloods  
been spilled, which obviously annoyed her." In 
some tellings, Myaria then reportedly sold her  
mother and daughter into prostitution, and 
Helena basically had to work the brothel.  
Moro was then killed. Her head was sent to Helena, 
which some said Reneer did. And this basically,  
yeah, this life of pain and anguish just pushed 
her over the edge, literally. Now, though it might  
not have been Rene, that is what happened. 
and the death was blamed on her because of  
it. H which also led to more writing. Yay. Now I 
feel like that shot of her looking up in the weeks  
ahead trailer is this moment as it's going to 
happen in the series and this might be going down  
right before she takes the leap and almost said 
takes a leak there. But yeah, that's it for this  
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