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# HOUSE OF THE DRAGON Season 3 Episode 1 Breakdown & Ending Explained | Review, Easter Eggs & Theories

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Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers 
Show. I'm your host, Paul,  
and this video we're breaking 
down House of the Dragon.
Season 3 is now here with it being packed 
with some major battles, brand new characters,  
and also some really big deaths. Feels like 
the season 2 finale that we should have got  
and kicks things off in a big big way. There's 
also some major changes from the book and some  
that I liked and some that I didn't. But we'll 
obviously be going through it all and I've just  
been back through this big section of the story 
so we can compare things to how they were brought  
to screen. We'll also of course be covering every 
episode for the next eight weeks. So if you want  
to bend the knee and pledge your allegiances, then 
please hit subscribe. Now we ended season 2 with  
a blacks and greens assembling for battle. We had 
to call this ahead out for the Valyrian blockade  
while Tal and Lannister secured the Triarchy's 
support. Larus also smuggled out of King's Landing  
by convincing the king that Aean was going to kill 
him. Their mother also made a deal that would give  
him up as well and she promised that the gates of 
King's Landing would be open for Reneer. She had a  
reinvigorated spark as Damon had decided to stand 
by his wife/nie. He's witnessed the coming of  
the Night King and basically has watched Game of 
Thrones season 8. So that's where we kick things  
off with a season picking up with the iconic title 
sequence. The opening titles are largely the same  
as last time with a woman being sacrificed to a 
dragon and then the doom of Valyria. Agon then  
heads over to Westeros for his conquest and it's 
at this point we see the fall of Harrenhal the  
Ronald Aaron Shara Aaron Torren Stark and Edmund 
Tully Neil and then Agon accepts the faith of the  
seven and we get the great council from season 1. 
Then we have the dance of the dragons with the two  
thrones before seeing Arax dying and then Jiharis 
Targaryen's body with his head being cut off in  
blood and cheese. We then end with the battle 
at Rook's rest and Vaggar being confronted. Now,  
the episode itself opens with Raina staring down 
sheep stealer, picking up right where we left off  
in season two. Those scenes were reminiscent of 
Danny's dragons, killing sheep in the main show,  
and it's pretty much this dragon's main 
personality trait. Now, Raina for the show  
is a mix between Raina from the book and also 
the character Nettles. In the book, Raina has a  
dragon named Morning, whereas Nettles is a dragon 
seed who ends up with Sheepsteeler. Many of the  
other seeds and seekers who aspired to ride upon 
Sheepsteeler's back ended in Sheepsteeler's belly  
instead. In the end, the brown dragon was brought 
to heal by the cunning and persistence of a small  
brown girl of six and 10 who delivered him a 
freshly slaughtered sheep every morning until  
sheep stealer learned to accept and expect her. 
In the book, Raina doesn't actually leave the veil  
and stays there throughout the entire war. Nettles 
is also described as foulmouthed and fearless and  
born to a dark side hall. Although Nettles is 
one of my favorite characters from the book,  
h I do kind of get why you want to keep the 
characters to a minimum and combine them  
where you can. In the book, Nettles fought at the 
Battle of the Gullet, and this was alongside Ol,  
Hugh, and Adam. We'll talk about that more later 
on, and I have a big theory time about what they  
could be doing. I think this opening with the 
sheep, though, kind of sums up the whole show,  
and how everyone was fine and chilling until those 
damn dragons showed up. We have quite a peaceful  
and idyllic scene, but then it swoops down and 
ruins it all. This escalates with this dragon  
[ __ ] things up and being the reason for Jayce's 
death to a degree, anyway. But they've given  
Sheepstealer a large protruding lower jaw and he 
seems a lot more jagged than the typical royal  
dragon. Because of this, it just makes him seem a 
bit of a wild card and basically a complete idiot.  
And hey, don't tell him I said that. Raina calmly 
approaches him and it's a taming scene that's a  
lot different in the dragon pit scene from last 
time. This kind of highlights the kinship between  
the families and why they're held up as gods 
because they're the only ones who could really  
approach them and succeed. And even the bastards 
had difficulty. Cutting to King's Landing, we then  
see Aean drag Grand Master all out of bed and put 
his head to the block. This is in the courtyard,  
which is where Cersei had a gigantic map of 
Westeros in the main show. The guy's ready  
to behead him for not knowing where Agon is, but 
Aean gets some egg on his face when he's told he's  
left with Laris. But this is great shortorthhand 
to show how impulsive Aemon is. And this is what  
kind of led to him accidentally killing Luceris 
and causing all this [ __ ] in the first place.  
I think it's kind of the classic case of where you 
could argue that he's just reacting to the world  
around him, though. As a child, he had his eye cut 
out by some very strong lads. And after this, he's  
just not taking any chances. He's wildly jealous 
of his brother as well, and his delay at Rook's  
rest led to Agon almost being killed by Reine. 
Even when he went to get him from the wreckage,  
there was the feeling that he might strike him 
down. Think Aemon is a bit like Damon as well,  
and that they both felt they should lead and 
will have to accept that they must fall in line.  
Interestingly, it was also the Maester who wrote 
this history in the book of what happened to Egon.  
So, this is a pretty good Easter egg. Now, like 
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Thank you. Now, upon hearing, Egon is missing. 
We cut to him and Larus who are bound for Essos.  
This is different to the book as Laris arranged 
for him to hide out on Dragonstone. In the book,  
it's actually a big mystery to where he went, 
but here we see he was captured on the road  
and likely escorted there. Laris also arranged 
for the passage of Prince Mor and Princess Jiara  
with the former having one of the darkest moments 
in the book. However, Mor isn't in the show. So,  
at the moment, the battle of Tumbleton might 
not happen as they also skip over some of the  
stuff with Reneer's kits. In the book, they've 
actually been smuggled on the gay abandon, which  
we saw them being escorted to towards the end 
of season 2. This is where Raina snuck off from,  
whereas the two boys went aboard the vessel. This 
was then sworn by the Triarchy, which pretty much  
kicked off the battle of the Gullet. Prince 
Aegon, not to be confused with Aegon here,  
like Rene's kid, Aegon. He escaped in his dragon 
Stormcloud, who got hit with the scorpion bolt.  
Stormcloud managed to take Aegon home though, 
but he died after delivering the prince,  
who is said to have arrived stinking of piss, 
who's only nine at the time, though, and the  
work said he'd never flown before and would never 
fly again. As for his brother, Prince Viseris,  
he didn't have a means of escape, and though he 
disguised as a ship boy, he was snitched on by  
another one. Lowhar then got his hands on Viseris 
and the fleet arrived shortly after. Obviously,  
Aegon and Viz are in the show as well. So, I do 
wonder if we'll explore more of what if anything  
happened to them last week. Anyway, Aegon is 
an Aegony and wants milk of the Poppy, which is  
Westeros's opium. However, Lar didn't bring any, 
and I did wonder if this was a means of control.  
Like, it did cross my mind that he was basically 
going to sue them of his pain when he wanted to  
get what he wanted and then hold it over him as a 
means of manipulation. As Agon rails about how bad  
life is being a [ __ ] we then get a quick cut 
to Lis. Larus has lived his whole life known as  
the club foot. And I do think he could even see 
this being a bit of revenge for how the family  
spoke about him. And I mean, he did kill his dad 
and brother after all. It's not like he's not  
petty. This potential plan is then erupted though 
when they're stopped by House Stuntton. Lord Stor  
declared for Reneer in season 1 and was present at 
the Battle of Rook's Rest. However, in the book,  
he was actually killed there, and it's poetic that 
Agon's confronted by the army he almost defeated.  
Laris explains that they're taking ravens to 
White Harbor, presumably so they can travel out to  
Braavos. However, they need to denounce the user 
a pass. Bend a knee. Swear to her grace, the one  
true queen Targaryen. I love how Laris instantly 
bends the knee as well. He will do anything to  
survive and doesn't mind turning on the king 
in front of him. It's best to live, I think,  
however you do it. Agon of course refuses to kneel 
as he is the usurper himself who still has some  
sense of honor. Even them flat out saying they can 
be on their way if they affirm their fieldalty is  
something he still stands up to. The refusal 
makes the soldier adamant there for Egon. But  
Laris plays a dangerous card by revealing who he 
is. Guy even gets him to bring out the crown and  
it's a bold strategy cotton. Let's see if it pays 
off from then said to be killed but Laris smartly  
says how the soldier can name his price if he 
delivers them to the queen alive. It reminds me of  
how Tyrion managed to survive the initial capture 
by the slavers in the main show. However, Lis is  
far more like Littlefinger as opposed to the Imp. 
And I'm pretty sure I cannot get cancelled for  
calling him that cuz they say it in the show. But 
their trip to Dragon Stone begins via the closest  
port of Duskandale. Now, I am a bit confused about 
this as in season 2, we saw Chrisen Cole and the  
Green Armies take the city. How about maybe they 
could show the city still in conflict or maybe the  
writers just forgot about the Iron Fleet. This 
was also a bit of the episode I was a bit like  
m just seemed like a stupid plan and I'm not sure 
if Laris would put them in harm's way like that,  
especially cuz he's so intent on surviving. Or 
maybe he would, mate. I don't know. But let me  
know what you think below. But we then cut to 
Reneer on Dragon Stone. She says that she has  
to believe Allison's plan was real and is holding 
on for hope that they can come to a resolution.  
But Jace doesn't believe Allison at all. And to 
be fair, you can understand why. He thinks it's  
a trap. But Rene is operating on the old news that 
Aean's gone to Harren Hall and Agon is bedridden.  
It's why Allison later is so desperate to 
convince Aean to head to Luigi's mansion,  
even accepting his kiss, which in a franchise full 
of incest, I don't know, felt a bit weirder than  
the usual stuff. If you cast your mind back to 
Helena's vision, though, you'll remember that  
she told him he'd die in the god's eye. You were 
swallowed up in the god's eye and you were never  
seen again. So, you can see why he'd be hesitant 
to go there. But Rene is adamant that she can  
take both King's Landing and also kill Usurper. 
However, as we've just seen, Eegon is egg gone,  
which I suspect will lead to her dark turn in the 
books. The queen then basically lays things out,  
and her plan means they will take the city in two 
days. This includes calling back Damon as well,  
and we last saw him exit Haron Hall in his armor. 
This is a bit different in the book as well,  
as Zary abandon it when Kristen and Aean marched 
on it. At the moment though, Kristen's continuing  
to be an AO crybaby in the woods, and Aean is 
too busy trying to kiss his mom. Speaking of her,  
we then see her returning to King's Landing. The 
framing is the same as we saw of her when she was  
walking during the season 2 ending montage and 
they're also doing that thing in Game of Thrones  
where they have characters traveling thousands 
of miles in a couple of hours, even though it  
would probably take a week. And yes, mate, I know 
it's not real. When I was doing Night of the Seven  
Kingdom as well, people are like, "You haven't 
even taken your watch off for the costume." I'm  
like, "I'm not trying to actually be the character 
in the show, mate. There's [ __ ] Iron Man helmets  
behind me. Filming it for a YouTube video, mate. 
I've got a mic in front of me. It's not real. I  
don't know why the watch is breaking the illusion 
for you. But yeah, she's told that the king wants  
a word, but looks stunned when she's told to 
head to the throne room. This builds off his  
desires throughout the show, and he's finally 
gained a seat on the Iron Throne. Allison is  
kind of screwed either way, though, and she's 
basically watching it all fall apart. She has a  
failed king for her son, a psychotic one now after 
power, and the potential that Rene could kill all  
her family. So, it's lose-lose all around. We can 
see that he's holding the sword Blackfire as well,  
which he stole from his brother. This gave Aegon 
legitimacy over an era in season 1 and it's one  
of the symbols of rule. Though it was primarily 
wielded by Agon the conqueror, it was also held  
by Damon Blackfire who rebelled against the 
iron throne. That's something they discuss more  
in a night of the seven kingdom. So I do like the 
image of a usurper of a usurper stealing the sword  
and then sitting on the throne. Aemon is also 
suspicious of his mother and she says that she was  
in the king'swood which we saw in season 2. She's 
confused as he's supposed to have already taken  
Vega to support Kristen. However, he's used Egon's 
disappearance to sit in his spot. As we later see,  
Orman's on his way with Prince Darren, and 
though we haven't been introduced formally yet,  
we finally get to see him in the episode. He's 
a son of Allison Viseris, but was sent to be  
Lord Orman's Squire. Because of this, he's not as 
much of a [ __ ] as the other kids and is actually  
popular amongst the people. Darren is played by 
Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, who you may have seen in  
the Haunting of Blind Mana, and he will be playing 
Link in the upcoming Legend of Zelda movie,  
Please Don't Suck, Please Don't Suck. He's a major 
player in the battles to come as well and we saw  
his dragon Tacarian flying over the high tower 
forces at the end of season 2. Thearian is who  
we see parked up later on, but we'll talk about 
that more in just a bit. Aemon also says that the  
Triarchy will smash the Valyrian blockade and 
that they just need to bite their time. Now,  
this is the best strategy to take. However, Loha, 
like the book, acts selfishly and messes it all  
up. We then cut to said blockade and call this 
a ship and see the aftermath of Damon's forces  
smashing Lannisters. The Lannister Sigil is the 
golden line as well and we see one being cut up  
on the field as we cut to the battle. That is the 
same line we saw in episode six of season two and  
I have to say the camera work and score here are 
really something else. Though I did have a bit of  
a problem with Laris and the kiss later on and 
some of the stuff we'll get into later. I just  
think the way they they handle the stuff here is 
A1. Just the way the camera moves and we've got  
Caraxis walking around in the background burning 
it all really adds to the feeling. We've also just  
launched our Caraxis inspired shirt below, which 
can be found at the merch store right under the  
video. We've got loads of House of the Dragon 
and Night of the Seven Kingdoms inspired stuff  
there as well, and have switched the material of 
the shirts to even higher quality fabric. Plus,  
there's a big sale, too, and lots of money to 
save for the more shirts you pick up. We can  
see a bracken shield and a soldier as they mop 
the last Lannister forces. The house originally  
declared for the Greens, but has switched sides 
after the meeting at Harrenhal. So this is the  
continuation of Damon heading out for a war at the 
end of season 2. This appears to be at the battle  
of Red Fork combined with the battle by Lakeshore. 
In the book, Damon wasn't actually there as he had  
to part for Dragon Stone so he could take King's 
Landing with Reneer. In the show, much has been  
made about Damon's bloodthirsty nature, and this 
led to his gold cloak slaughtering criminals,  
taking the stepstones, hitting the thumbs up, and 
ordering the Blackwoods to kill without mercy. On  
the Red Fork, Lord Jason Lannister found himself 
facing the Lord Pink Maiden, Old Peter Piper,  
and the Lord of Wayfairers rest Tristan Vance. 
Though the Westermen outnumbered their foes, the  
Riverlords knew the ground. Thrice the Lannisters 
tried to force the crossing, and thrice they were  
driven back. In the last attempt, Lord Jason was 
dealt a mortal wound at the hand of a grizzled  
squire, Pate of Longleaf. Lord Piper himself kned 
the man afterward, dubbing him Longleaf, the Lion  
Slayer. Pate isn't in the show, but in the bug, he 
was a squire who was knited after the battle. Now,  
before recording this section, I spilled a big 
can of Pepsi down myself. H So, that's why I'm  
looking so fresh. We take our breakdowns to the 
max, but this fight is a big loss for the Greens.  
And in the book, Jason Lannister demanded that 
Aean arrive with Bear before he moved on. So,  
Aean's selfishness here has cost them. If he 
hadn't let his brother burn, they'd also have two  
extra dragons. As Damon looks for Jason Lannister, 
we can also see that soldiers from House Mallister  
have joined them. as there's a soldier with their 
silver eagle sigil. Damon then meets with Oscar  
Tully and the Lannisters are smashed from the 
front and back. Now, they might be regrouping  
near the god's eye, which is something that's a 
nice bit of foreshadowing for Damon's story line,  
which is something that we will be saving for our 
spoiler section, but Oscar just wants graves dug  
for the dead rivermen. Damon doesn't care though 
and just says he can use his dragon to burn the  
bodies. Plus, they don't carry the plague if 
they're incinerated. That is very interesting  
though, as in the main Game of Thrones show, we 
saw host Tully be given a Viking style burial.  
here that we then first see the winter wolves 
along with Rodrik Dustin who's played by Tommy  
Flanagan. I actually had no idea who was going 
to be in the season, so it was great watching  
the actor appear. Now, this is an army made up 
of much older men, hence the name Winterwolves.  
It was actually customary for the older men of 
the north to leave their homes when the snow  
came. And this was to preserve the supplies for 
the younger northern folk. It's them making way  
for the young and accepting that they all have to 
make sacrifices. They were also clearly inspired  
by the Vikings as well as they saw dying in 
battle as being a glorious end to their life.  
That Stark banner though is always good to see and 
though they're not in the show that much that it's  
always nice when they do pop up. But the Northmen 
are here as Jayce managed to secure the support  
of Winterfell at the start of season 2. They were 
then shown marching at the end of the series at  
the bridge where their house would almost nearly 
be destroyed hundreds of years later. Now, these  
winter wolves are very badass and play a major 
role in the battles to come. And from the book, we  
know that 2,000 of them have arrived to fight for 
the blacks. Rodri then presents Jason Lannister's  
head and says they've come to die for the dragon 
queen, which is a line that's right out the book.  
However, there it was said to Sabatha Frey, who 
rode out to meet them to confirm Craig's support.  
From there, they then went to join Lord Frey and 
join in the battle by the lake shore. It was the  
bloodiest land battle in the dance of the dragons 
with the bloodiest naval one being what follows  
later on. It's a real shame that we never get to 
see this though, and I know that a lot of book  
fans, myself included, were excited to get to this 
point. I think being realistic though, the budget  
would have been absolutely insane as they've of 
course got the gullet as well. Twothirds of the  
Winterwolves actually died in that battle, and 
it was just a major set piece that I think would  
have been great to see, but alas, the money's 
not probably there. We then cut to High Tower,  
who sees the aftermath of a villager being 
taken advantage of by a soldier. shows that  
Kristen Cole's camp is just as despondent and 
ill disciplined as its commander. Really cements  
how far Cole's fallen and that he's realized 
that honor doesn't really matter. In season 1,  
he was completely torn up about sleeping with 
Reneer as he taken an oath to be celibate. Even  
caring for his cloak was something that showed 
he valued what it meant, but now no one really  
gives a [ __ ] As for Gwane, we saw how he was 
jaded by war and after the battle of Rook's rest,  
he saw no hope when an enemy had dragons. He 
believes they will march their annihilation,  
but is now trying to hold on to some semblance 
of order. Gwane then heads to inform Christen  
Cole as the Lord Commander paints his shield with 
the sigil of House Cole. High Tower mentions how  
Aean and Vega were supposed to have joined them 
already, but he is late and we know where he is  
now. The timing here is a little bit different 
in the book, but I think it's a nice little  
scene in between the fighting. I did kind of 
wish we get more of a payoff as well, though,  
and see whether Cole took the guy's life to 
show he was moving back to his morals. It's  
not really fully needed as you can kind of 
read the scene yourself, but at least to me,  
he seems slightly taken by High Towers's morality 
in the face of Oblivion. Now, he must decide  
whether he wants to abandon his principles or stay 
true to the oath that he made. Gwane was also not  
here in the book and was actually at King's 
Landing and second in command of the Goldcol,  
but I do think that the pair work really well 
together as well as we have the nihilistic knight  
interacting with the one who hasn't lost his way 
yet. Will they become beasts by the end? Well,  
that's what we're going to have to see. We then 
cut at the dragon seeds outside the castle that  
the pair have just been discussing. It appears 
that they're on the bank of the god's eye, which  
is the huge lake outside of Harrenhal. This has 
the aisle of bases in the middle, and the woods  
are said to be haunted, which we do see in just a 
bit. Here, elf tells the story of his upbringings,  
which is all new for the show. Feels very similar 
to the origin of Varys, and we learn he was abused  
when growing up in King's Landing. As we saw in 
Night of the Seven Kingdom, a childhood in Flea  
Bottom is worse than a screen crush video. Now, 
Wolf says he was abused by a priest from Essos  
who told him he had the blood of kings. To me, 
this has to be the red priest who worships the  
god Ror. And we've seen this with Thoros of Mia 
and also Melisandre. The priest likely could  
tell he had dragon's blood and was possibly drawn 
towards this in a really creepy way. We've also  
seen how powerful that blood is with Melisandre. 
She needed king's blood to power her magic, which  
led to atrocious acts such as sacrificing Shyne 
and trying to kill Gendry. But in its twisted way,  
this grooming gave hope in this terrible world 
and he says that he owned it. It's why he was  
so adamant that Bale on the brave was his father 
in season 2 despite no one believing him. Think  
Tom Bennett is also fantastic here and Ola is 
one of those really interesting characters. He  
especially grapples with his duty and kind of 
just wants to live the life of royalty. It's  
kind of why I'm a bit gutted that they didn't go 
to the Battle of the Gullet as they end up playing  
a serious role in that. In the aftermath of it, 
Ol's all like, "Well, where is Roy as Reneer is,  
but we're the ones putting our lives on the 
line." So, he starts really asking himself why  
he's fighting these wars when she gets the glory. 
And yes, to me, it is a major emission. However,  
we do kind of get them touching upon it as he 
thinks he'll get a castle. He's clearly built  
this up in his head, except Rene just promised 
them they'd get a knighthood, not a lordship.  
A knight will comport himself with grace at the 
Queen's table. Best make me a knight then. So,  
you're just going to get a horse, mate? What do I 
need with a [ __ ] horse? I've got a dragon. Adam  
and Hugh are happy though, as with that, they'll 
finally be shown respect. However, Ols the worst  
of the Targaryen traits by saying, "Men would have 
to show me respect cuz of the big [ __ ] dragon."  
Targaryenss are only in power as they have flying 
atomic bombs. However, without them, they're just  
like any other lord. It's something that was 
explored in a night of the seven kingdoms where  
without their dragons they're in a precarious 
situation for the first time in history. Ul is  
the side of the ts who believe they have the 
right to respect and power with their dragons.  
While someone like Viseris believe they should 
rule kindly. He also quite rightly says that the  
title of knight won't bring him food or drink. 
And as we saw with Allen of Penny Tree, it's not  
all glitz and glamour. Later he's shown [ __ ] in 
the woods. And this clearly mimics the scene in  
Night of the Seven Kingdoms. We don't ever see the 
royals reduced to this and it highlights how even  
with the confirmation he's a Targaryen, he's still 
not respected just like Bronn or my guy wants as a  
castle. He then asks Hugh Hammer where he got his 
dragon's blood. Now Hugh told his wife in season 2  
that he was the son of Sarah Targaryen who worked 
in the pleasure house. Thus this makes him nephew  
of Viseris and Damon. They're then interrupted 
though as they hear something on the island.  
Ulf want to leave the island behind but Adam wants 
him to wait for Aean and Vagar. Hugh then reminds  
him that Aemon's killed two dragons already, 
which were Aryex and Meis. Speaking of dragons,  
we then cut to Raina after her first flight with 
Sheepsteeler. She attempts to sing to it just as  
Damon sang to Vermathor and the dragon handler 
sang to Sea Smoke. However, it doesn't calm the  
beast down. She struggles with it and her flight 
clearly wasn't a calm one. Similar to when Aean  
claimed Bear, sheepstealer just doesn't obey 
her though, and he's basically like when Ash  
first got Charizard. We then cut to Allison, who 
asks if she knew her husband/brother had fled.  
Along with that, Otto's fate is still up in the 
air, but book readers have a fair idea of what's  
going on. Because of this though, Allison is the 
only realist in the castle. Now, she's writing  
a letter, and we do see this delivered later on. 
Turns out she's forged the king's signature. Uh,  
which reminded me of the [ __ ] I'd do every 
week at school when I'd signed stuff from my  
mom saying I had completed my homework. Back in 
the day kids, we had homework diaries and I was  
a [ __ ] expert when it come to signing me mom's 
signature. We then see this message arrive a bit  
later at Orman's camp where Tisorian is being 
kept in place by some dragon handlers. Allison  
also knows that Aemon will not arrive to meet with 
him as she urges him to go to Harren Hall later in  
the episode. So I feel it's part of her plan to 
let Rene take over King's Landing. She's sending  
Aemon away. And as she said last season, she'll 
make Helena tell the gods to surrender the city  
by delaying Orund and making him wait. he won't 
reach King's Landing and thus the city won't be  
defended. It will also save a lot of lives as well 
because they won't be there to fight Reneer. Orman  
himself is played by James Norton who's been on 
a number of big UK TV shows. He's accompanied by  
John Roxton of House Roxton who along with Orund 
will be present at the Battle of Tumbleton. My guy  
was an Andor as well, and it's nice seeing him 
here. Orman then proceeds to smell what I think  
is something to mask the messenger, and it's 
here that he learns of Agon's incapacitation.  
Orund doesn't seem to care who is king, though. 
And even though something's off with the sigil,  
the guy just ignores it. He then orders the 
messenger to be bathed and fed. He said that maybe  
the weather will hold after Jon said it's raining 
piss and [ __ ] going by messenger. Now, according  
to the showrunner, he's the last major character 
to be introduced. I expect he'll be far different  
to the others like Kristen and be more of a 
decent guy like Wayne. Now, he's in a fair few big  
battles as well despite having a low page count 
in the book, but I am excited to see what they  
do with him. Norton is also one of those actors 
who can play a proper [ __ ] and also be a really  
charming lad who always hits the thumbs up. Helena 
then says that Aean is frightened too. She says  
that he knows he will die if he faces Reneer's 
dragons, which is something we'll expand upon  
in our spoiler section, but she has seen visions 
much like Agon did, who saw the coming of the war  
against the Night King, and also Dan who predicted 
the doom of Valyria. We also saw Darren the  
drunken predict his father's death in the night of 
the seven kingdoms. And yeah, dreams are something  
that have been laced throughout the franchise. 
The story is pretty different to the book though  
where after her son was murdered, she sank into 
a deep depression and refused to eat, bathe,  
or leave her room. Now, I do expect she's up and 
walking about because yeah, the blood and cheese  
scene was neutered quite a bit in the show, even 
if it was quite bad. I think they're just avoiding  
torturing kids, which is probably why they also 
cut the stuff on the gay abandon. Jumping to the  
fleet, we then catch up with Corus and Alen of 
Hull. Corus breaks out a bottle from Eb, and this  
is an island off the nation Iben. This might be a 
type of schnaps as Iben is based on Iceland. It's  
somewhere that Corus traveled to when he was much 
younger in the book and is a great father and son  
scene. They've been given the order to take five 
ships from the blockade and sees King's Landing.  
And Alan says that he'd expect Aean to let the 
city burn before surrendering it. But luckily,  
he won't be there. Corus is trying to make amends 
with his son though after ignoring his bastard for  
his whole life. Coris says he tried to give 
him a life, but it's a sore spot for Allan  
as he'd be working to survive while seeing his 
dad buying sweets for Lenor. Coris apologizes,  
but they're interrupted by the arrival of the 
Triarchy fleet, which completely outnumbs them.  
Corus is surprised as well as he was expecting the 
Lannisters at the Greyjoy. How about just in the  
same way he's had to face up to the past with his 
son, his old enemies returned as well. And since  
the Battle of the Stepstones, they've had a lot 
of experience fighting dragons. We then see Tylen  
Lannister and Loha's ship as the crew prepares for 
battle. Tylen wants to engage the Valyrian fleet  
in close combat. So Reneer's dragons can't afford 
to burn them from the sky. Loha is aloof though  
and says he will regret wearing such heavy armor 
if he falls overboard, which is something that  
does happen. He then says he'll be glad of the 
armor when the fighting start, which yeah, they  
are because sending them overboard allows him to 
pass this treacherous passage. She then commands  
her fleet to take a detachment to sack high tide 
as it's a monument to call this. Loha then bets  
that he'll lose focus when he sees it on fire, 
including all his treasures. All the treasures  
the sea snake had brought back from the east were 
consumed by fire. His servants cut down as they  
tried to flee the flames. The Valyrian fleet lost 
almost a third of its strength. Thousands died.  
Yet none of these losses were felt so deeply as 
that of Jerus Valyrian, prince of Dragonstoneone  
and heir to the Iron Throne. We then catch 
up with sheep stealer yet again, who's eating  
another sheep and being a great bloody mate as he 
offers some terrain. It's kind of like when a dog  
or cat brings in a dead bird. Oh, thank you. Thank 
Thank you for vomiting that up. After Ormond, we  
then see Allison speaking with her son. The pair 
talk about the future and it mirrors the Visera  
scene with Rene where he explained the dagger. In 
both, we have parents talking to their kids about  
the future and trying to steer them on a path 
that will save the family. Both try to implant  
the idea they have a really important quest 
and if anything bad happens, then all was for  
nothing. She says it's her follow as she tried to 
put Egon on the throne but unfortunately did not  
prepare him to rule. But I think Egon at least you 
know seemed interested especially when the small  
folk presented their issues. He was still a dick 
though and yeah got Jason Lannister to basically  
give his son a pony ride. But he's also a [ __ ] 
too. As they say though, you never know what  
you're going to get with the dragon folk and like 
the gods toss a coin every time they're born or  
some [ __ ] as they say. Aean was also well aware 
of Egun's shortcomings and even embarrassed him  
when speaking high valion. Allison says that Aean 
should have been king though which from an ability  
standpoint does make a lot of sense. However, I 
do think he would have just been evil as we saw  
with Shaw point how he reveled in the destruction. 
The guy just has a chip on his shoulder and was  
embarrassed by his brother his whole life. Even 
last season, Egon embarrassed him at the brothel  
because my guy was in love with his stripper. Now, 
I actually don't think Allison believes he'd be a  
good ruler, though, and is instead hyping up her 
son. She pretty much just wants to give the throne  
up, so I don't know why she'd also be telling 
him he's this [ __ ] She knows Agon's heads  
for the chopping block and that he's outnumbered 
when it comes to the other dragon riders. We then  
get the weirdest moment where Aeand kisses his 
mother. Kind of comes out of nowhere. To be fair,  
the show has kind of tried to play up that he 
has mummy issues, but I don't know. Um, again,  
just kind of shocked everyone, including the 
actors, I think. I mean, I'm all fine and good  
with incest, but this was just too far. What 
do you mean you're fine with incest? I suppose  
aiming Sylvia at the brothel kind of kind of look 
like her. But yeah, this came out of nowhere for  
me and was just one of those changes that I didn't 
really think worked. Kind of like Reneer kissing  
My Zarya when it just feels like it was written 
for the shippers. Incest is of course a big thing  
in this family, but for the High Towers, it just 
isn't normal. She keeps her eyes open, horrified,  
which reminds me of the cover of performance and 
cocktails by the stereophonics. I've always kind  
of thought the casting was a bit weird as well, 
as Olivia Cook and Euan Mitchell are fantastic in  
their roles, but in real life, the pair are only 
3 years upon age. It's a result of aging down  
Allison's character for the show, which makes the 
scene she has with her sons feel slightly off. And  
yeah, I think if she seemed a lot older, it would 
sell how messed up things are. In his mind though,  
he's potentially thinking about her as his 
queen and filling in the gap left by his father,  
literally. She then sheds a tear, knowing I 
suspect that he may not return, but this is a  
son for a son world and it is a noble sacrifice. 
Although she could also be thinking, "OMG,  
my son kissed me. What a freak." We then cut to 
Ulf dropping his guts and thankfully we are spared  
the dunk camera angle. He's shocked as a black 
goat appears, which are usually an apparition of  
Satan and witchcraft. This is then combined with 
a pentagram to symbolize Baffomet. But if you've  
checked out our XFiles breakdowns, then you'll 
know people often misinterpret them. Pentagram is  
a symbol of protection and Baomet isn't always 
shown as a force of evil. But the goat is of  
course an evil omen and one like this appeared 
throughout Harrenhal. My guy is literally scared  
shitless and he runs back to his fellow dragon 
seeds. Adam is adamant a that they should stay,  
but they're startled by a green man. We saw one 
during season two at the Harrenhal Godswood and  
these are people who preserve the aisle of faces. 
They were formed to protect the island when the  
first men made peace with the children of the 
forest. The men agreed to cease cutting down  
their weirwood trees and thus they survived on 
the aisle of faces and in various godswoods.  
It's actually said that Harrenhal was cursed due 
to haron the black felling the weirwoods around  
Harrenhal to help build his castle and then bad 
things continued to happen on the ground. Adam  
actually landed on the island later in the source 
material after quite a lot of stuff had gone down  
and he then sought the council of the green men. 
So suspect that maybe this is a setup for Adam to  
know that this is an island of magical people and 
then that'll lay the groundwork for more things to  
come. We then get the return of Alice Rivers who I 
think first appeared as that black goat. She says  
that they're missing the battle and that their 
queen needs them at Dragonstone. Hugh asks her if  
she's a witch which is something Damon called her 
when he first met her. As mentioned throughout the  
video, these dragons sees throughout the battle 
of the gully, but here they're waiting for Vagar.  
I do have a theory, which is something I'll save 
for the spoiler section, though, as it includes  
what happens with Aean and Alice next. But it is 
actually quite a good change that would at least  
make up for them being bye-bye at the battle. 
Back at Dragonstone, the queen then decides that  
it's she who should go, which enrages Jaceris or 
Jakaris, they sometimes call him. I don't know.  
My brain is a mush with audiobook pronunciations 
and show pronunciations, but he's been sidelined  
by his mother and protected ever since Luceras 
died. And we see the worst thing imaginable as he  
dies at the end. Reneer is just scared of losing 
her though, and she puts her plans of winning the  
war in peril. I think they really would have sold 
it more though if the young Viseras was captured  
as well, and Jace and Egon were literally the last 
two kids she knew were safe. Jace just wants to  
prove himself in this moment. And he passes an 
almighty speech check to get the king's god to  
lock her in her quarters. And the guy was nailing 
the right dialogue tree options there. He's  
desperate to join the battle though and even wants 
Baylor to come. I love his eyes as they light up  
clearly hungry to prove himself cuz in his mind 
the dragons are unstoppable. But as the book says,  
when Prince Jeris swept down upon a line of lysene 
galls on Vermax, a rain of spears and arrows rose  
up to meet him. The sailors of the Triarchy had 
faced dragons before whilst waring against Prince  
Damon and the Stepstones. No man could fault their 
courage. They were prepared to meet dragon flame  
with such weapons as they had. Kill the rider 
and the dragon will depart. Their captains and  
commanders had told them. Beyond that, I know 
they say [ __ ] in the show, but I don't know,  
seeing Rene shouting, "You open the [ __ ] door," 
felt a bit weird to me. I think this dialogue in  
general can be really hard to sell sometimes. And 
I don't know, for for me, it was just another ding  
on the episode. How about that shit's kind of 
quickly brushed to the side when we cut to the  
battle and see its absolute chaos. The boats burn, 
the skies are full of ash, and Allen informs his  
father that Loha's ship Bitchfist has been cited. 
The ship is making easy work of the other ships  
in the Valyrian fleet, and Lowa commands her ship 
to attack Corus. Tylin's also realizing he's been  
played, as if the flagship leaves, then the entire 
attack is ruined. As I keep mentioning as well,  
they also completely skip over stuff with the gay 
abandon. After Viseris was taken hostage by Lowa,  
he then sold him to pay for his debts after the 
fight. This is because he was to blame for the  
massive failure of this battle and was accused of 
keeping lysene ships back as most of the dead were  
from Mir and Tosh Tyro. She sorry [ __ ] wig keeps 
going in my face. The leader was then shortly  
assassinated after the sail whereas here they have 
her die during the conflict. So, another fate will  
befall the prince, which is something that we'll 
bring up in our spoiler section. Loha is also  
a lot different here in general. Got them turkey 
teeth, the best in the west, and she wants to take  
out the sea snake's retribution for persecuting 
her people 20 years ago. Throughout the series,  
we've seen call this's side taking down people 
like crab feeder, and he's someone who's oppressed  
those in the Stepstones. In this show, Lowhar 
has been merged with Raalorun, who shares golden  
plunder with their men. I'm also not sure if I 
like the idea of Lowa being a freedom fighter  
who's just trying to get revenge for persecution 
as it just feels like a needless addition that  
they put in at the last minute. I think had we 
seen her as a kid with crab feeder or something,  
it would have added more weight to it. But they've 
just banged the rivalry in with Corus at the last  
moment when the characters have absolutely no 
connection so far. But yeah, this is why Lowhar  
promises an equal split of the bounty from Corus' 
ship. Sadly, Abigail, who plays her, I think,  
doesn't quite hit the the acting marks uh that 
she needs to, and it feels a bit bit more nebula  
than HBO. I bit his neck and drank his blood 
and dumped him in the [ __ ] pool. I'm not sure  
if it's the writing. Um cuz that that open the 
[ __ ] door thing as well. I know Emma Darcy can  
act. Um and the stuff with Laris as well. I don't 
know. It kind of felt a bit Dungeons and Dragonsy  
rather than Game of Thrones. And look, mate, 
I love Dungeons and Dragons. That last movie  
was a classic. H but it's written more like the 
dialogue there is more of a modern thing than the  
sort of history uh that Martin was going for. You 
might even remember he did a blog post slagging  
off the show and then an interview talking about 
the problems that he had. So I do wonder if we're  
going to see more controversy after this as well 
as there's loads of big deviations from the book.  
I know that the show's got like 100% on Rotten 
Tomatoes. H the score is very very high. But yeah,  
I just had these nitpicks and though it's been 
rated higher than season 1 and season 2 so far,  
I think season 1 has it pitted quite quite 
harshly. Quite harshly you could say. We  
then cut to Reiro picking at her fingers, which is 
something Allison also did as well. What she has  
is a wildly different relationship than we've seen 
between the lords of the seven kingdoms and their  
sons as they're expected to go out and find glory 
in battle. But her nurturing of Jayce has left him  
feeling shut in, and thus he's rebelled by doing 
something stupid. The fact he's desperate to prove  
himself leads him to take risks like flying low, 
which ultimately gets him killed. Rene also starts  
slashing up her dress, and I did wonder if this 
was them trying to show the madness and reckless  
anger in the Targaryenss that manifests in the 
Mad King and later in Daenerys. I may appear  
to have the weak and feeble body of a woman, 
but I possess the heart and spirit of a king.  
This line got shown early and Twitter was 
saying it was a bit misogynistic, but it's  
actually a play on something said in real life 
by Elizabeth the First to the troops at Tilbury  
delivered on the 9th of August that was said as a 
way to rouse up the troops to defend against the  
Spanish Armada. There she said, "I know I have the 
body but of a weak, feeble woman, but I have the  
heart and stomach of a king and a king of England, 
too. And I think foul scorn that Palmer or Spain  
or any prince of Europe should dare to invade 
the borders of my realm. To which rather than  
any dishonor shall grow by me, I myself will 
take up arms. I myself will be your general,  
judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues 
in the field. So yeah, it's not misogynistic,  
mate. It's it's playing off that, you [ __ ] 
idiot. Get off Twitter. Back at the gullet. Corus'  
fleet surrounded, but luckily dragons come flying 
in. As mentioned though, this is wildly different  
from the books where the pair are joined by the 
dragon seats. It's one thing to face a dragon,  
another to face five. The silverwing sheepsteealer 
sea smoke and vermouth descended upon them. The  
men of the triarchy felt their courage desert 
them. The line of warships shattered as one  
galley after another turned away. The dragons 
fell like thunderbolts, spitting balls of fire,  
blue and orange, red and gold, each brighter 
than the next. Ship after ship, burst of thunder,  
was consumed by flames. Screaming men leapt into 
the sea, shrouded in fire. Tall columns of black  
smoke rose up from the water. All seemed lost. All 
was lost, but they stand their ground really well.  
This scene is just like Rhaegal's death as well 
at the hands of Euron in the main show. Both were  
attacked using a grapel/ scorpion and both died 
off the coast of Dragonstone. Arch Maester Gilden  
explains in Vyron Blood as well that the story of 
how the dragon was killed differs across several  
tellings. One story was that a sailor managed 
to shoot Burmax through the eye, similar to  
what happened to Maraxis. However, because of 
that similarity, there were some that doubted  
the telling. Maraxis skull has actually been 
seen throughout the show, and we theorized that  
it somewhat foreshadowed the death. Knowing this 
though, it actually added some tension, especially  
when Loha's firing the scorpion. I didn't even 
think that we might get Jayce's death here, as  
it seemed like the characters were pretty screwed. 
In the book, the scorpion attaches to the ship and  
the dragons are unable to grapple with the weight. 
However, I love the idea that it kind of drops an  
anchor that then pulls the creature down into 
the depths. Seems like it's game over, but he  
survives for now as Moon Dancer cuts the line. And 
it's a shame your sister wasn't as useful, mate.  
MVP move right there. Meanwhile, Callis heads into 
the Dragon Stone Pass and orders the crew to row  
as opposed to using the masts. It's a great scene, 
though, as it's tense and also helps us just focus  
on two boats, so the stakes seem personal. 
It's also a risky move as well that helps to  
prove Corus is a sailor. Corus gets clear thinking 
that Loha will die in the pass. And when she comes  
through, it highlights how they're evenly matched. 
Also shows how she's desperate to be callless no  
matter what. They drop as much weight as they can 
as the rest of the ship sink and the Lannisters  
are then sent to drown along with Thailand. His 
fate we will have to save for the spoiler section,  
but luckily it was just enough weight to make 
it through the pass. Corus then prepares for a  
broadside attack only to get rammed and boarded. I 
expect this is because Keris saw high tide on fire  
and as Lowhar predicted, he lost his focus after 
watching his home be ruined. In the book, the  
island was completely destroyed, but Spice Town 
was dealt the worst blow. Basically burned down,  
never got rebuilt, and yet it all springs forth 
from this war. Loha then boards the ship. And a  
lot of these battles are pretty similar to the 
ones with Euron where he arrived to kidnap Yara.  
It is great seeing a fullscale sea battle, though. 
And for all the criticism I've had in the episode,  
they really go all out with making this a visceral 
showdown. All the while, Raina starts to burn the  
ships indiscriminately, and the sailors scream, 
"Bring down the rider." Which is again something  
out the book. Bring down the rider. These 
attacks really set the dragon off, though,  
and it ends up attacking Corus' ships. As for 
him, all hella's broken loose on his deck. The  
ship is falling apart, and everyone's falling 
into the water, including Alan. He desperately  
pulls off his armor and we see in the skies the 
dragons clash. Jason goes to defend his fiance,  
but sheep stealers like you're drunk mate when 
you're trying to get into the club and act as  
sober as possible. [ __ ] Ryan Airy dragon that 
guy. These kinds of things have caused issues in  
the past though and Vagar refusing to obey Aemon 
led to Luceris's death. His brother now suffers  
the same fate as well. Lowa finally comes face 
to face with Coris and the pair jewel as the ship  
sinks. But Alan steps in and fights a triarchy 
admiral. He really comes through for his dad in  
the end. And we'll talk about what happens to call 
this more in this spot. I'm sorry I keep teasing  
it. Jay then goes to attack the rogue dragon who's 
been burning both sides and he orders his to kill  
a rider only to find out that it's Raina. I love 
how Raina just shouts away the whole time as well  
saying obey. And we get a dragon chase that 
feels a lot like the one with Vagar as Jayce  
is forced to fly low and then Araxus is hit by 
a grapel and sheep stealer is like ah time to  
bail. but it really adds to the feeling of the 
houses turning on each other and the Civil War  
dance of the dragons. Both Reneer's sons have 
been killed by a dragon doing its own thing,  
which is poetic. And though it's a big change, 
I understand why the show's gone this way. That  
said, I can see a lot of book fans really hating 
this decision. But yeah, for me, it worked well  
within the confines of the show. And I've probably 
said I don't like some things that you loved, and  
you've probably loved some things that I didn't 
like. So, everyone is entitled to their opinions,  
but for me, this bit worked. Either way, the night 
will be full of darkness and discourse. Jason ends  
up getting pulled into the water. It reminds me 
a lot of Dunkirk, namely the drowning scenes,  
and the music kind of plays in the peril that the 
soldiers have when they find themselves in the  
sea. The book made it sound blood curdling, and 
as it skims along the sea, we can see its red hot,  
oily blood pouring out into the water. I did like 
as well how this came off the back of Lowhar and  
Corus, as it adds some victories and losses to 
the fight. Baylor is then forced to watch as  
Chase is stuck in the water drowning. He manages 
to encip himself and grabs a piece of wood only to  
be turned into target practice for the triarchy. 
It's similar to the book. However, their Vermax  
took down the ship with it as opposed to just 
sinking to the seabed. I love the way this is  
played though with him getting almost like a shock 
as the arrow hits him. He then turns around and  
we just see the life going from his eyes as he's 
hitting the neck. I will remember you. We then cut  
to the last surviving dragon flying overhead and 
the ships completely decimated. In the book, only  
28 out of the 99 Triarchy ships return. And while 
both sides could claim a victory as Jason Lowhar  
were dead, it was the bloodiest sea battle of 
all time, which was even worse than the Battle of  
Blackwater Bay. But overall, it's a really strong 
way to end the entry. Um, and I think this episode  
was full of action to the point that it felt like 
a true season 2 finale. It paid off almost every  
moment of that previous episode. And I think it'll 
hit a lot more for people who just watch that  
rather than people who are jumping in expecting 
things kind of starting with new plot lines like  
you normally do at the start of a second season. 
I know the production was also told they needed  
to cut two episodes and they settled on using the 
budget to make Rook's rest look good, but yeah, it  
is something that might end up causing issues with 
the show's impact. Now, as for how this episode um  
hit for me, I I kind of felt like how I did after 
Blood and Cheese. For me there, they made some  
changes that just lessened the impact. Um and I am 
interested to see if this messes up things going  
forward. Reneas and Aegon is just a massive part 
of the plot line going forward, especially when  
you look at Night of the Seven Kingdoms and events 
that go down there. So, it's just wild to me that  
stuff was cut. The dragon seeds were also kind of 
wasted as well. And I know they have some major  
moments coming up. Um, but putting them on Spooky 
Island only to be sent back to Dragon Stone. Yeah,  
I I feel that was a missed opportunity. A lot of 
this to me feels like they're just carrying on the  
criticism I had with season 2. And I know this 
is a kind of a direct continuation of that. So,  
I am hoping either next week or by the season's 
midpoint at the latest that they kind of establish  
things and actually sell the choices that they 
made here. But uh I'm kind of worried. How would  
I score this? Uh three out of five. But yeah, I 
think Fire and Blood is like a dry textbook that's  
kind of open for interpretation, which they really 
did a good job with during season 1. But I think  
if you drift too far apart from the bare bones of 
it, you can often run into big changes or things  
or characters missing that are going to lessen the 
impact down the line, I feel. Anyway, I have a lot  
I want to talk about in the spoiler section, so 
let's get into that. If you don't want to know,  
then I thank you for your patience. And I also 
promise that there's not like a there's not like  
a secret Robert Baratheon section that you're 
missing out on. Wait, actually, there is. Keep  
keep watching now. But spoilers from here on out. 
So, in the aftermath of the battle, Corus ends  
up surviving, but he's pretty despondent. Due to 
Jayce's death and what's gone down, he even says,  
"If this be victory, I pray I never win another." 
At present, he's missing, but I think, you know,  
he's far too big of a character for them to kill 
off. And what's a big difference as well, the rest  
of the dragon seeds were not at the battle, and 
we don't get to see them drink and celebrate the  
battle afterwards. Al mentions that they should 
be called lords, which I think the show adapted  
into the discussion between the seeds earlier in 
the episode. I do wonder if they'll get blamed for  
not being there as well, but to be fair, Ry didn't 
struck them to wait at Harrenhal. And I have heard  
that five dragons on screen was a bit too much 
for the budget and that's why they weren't there.  
But in the book, Nettles was traumatized after 
what happened, which I'm guessing they'll give  
to Raina. The girl Nettles did not share their 
celebrations. She had flown with the others,  
fought as bravely, burned and killed as they had, 
but her face was black with smoke and strict with  
tears when she returned to Dragon Stone. I expect 
she will feel guilty over what happened when she  
either returns to Dragon Stone or the Veil. Cuz 
yeah, if you know what happens with Nettles and  
Damon as well, I don't know if they'll do it 
or maybe they will after that Aean and Allison  
kiss. But as we mentioned before, a big mystery 
in the book was to where Aegon actually went.  
In the source material, he went to Dragonstone 
with Laris and then returned to King's Landing  
and undermined Rene's rule of the capital. His 
disappearance was actually a big mystery when the  
queen arrived at the Red Keep, and she was shocked 
to see was missing. It's not until Rene returns to  
Dragonstone that she learns Agon was hiding out on 
her island the whole time. He'd engineered a coup.  
And though I don't want to spoil what happened 
after this point, it was quite a big moment.  
What do you mean it's the spoiler section? Okay, 
turn off now if you don't want to know. Three,  
two, one. Yeah, so we fed Reneer to Sunfire. 
Looks like the show is adapting the subtifuge  
of Laris at King's Landing as well, though going 
by the season 3 trailer. As mentioned earlier,  
the pair are taking a Dusk and Dale and it's 
quite funny as this swear bought passage back to  
Dragonstone after she fled King's Landing. Another 
big thing is the meeting between the dragon seeds  
and Alice Rivers. The seeds are outside Harren 
Hall with three dragons, which is something that  
will cause major trouble for Vagar and Aemon. 
However, Alice Rivers has spooked off Ulf,  
Adam, and Hugh. In the book, she becomes intimate 
with Aean when the prince takes the castle. She  
ends up in his bed and eventually becomes pregnant 
with his child. Now, this is a total theory time,  
but I think this child is likely an ancestor of 
Brynden Rivers. Alice, of course, has magical  
powers, and Brynden ended up becoming the one 
who helped Brantock hone his abilities. This  
helped then stop the Night King from taking over 
Westeros. And we see Brynen and Damon's vision.  
Both Aean and Brynen look very much alike based on 
this vision as well. So I think she sent the seeds  
away so she can sire a son with Aemon. The future 
appears to be fixed in the show too and everyone  
must fall in line to stop the Night King. This 
episode also featured the God's Eye a fair bit  
which makes sense considering a lot of it's around 
Harrenhal and the seeds were sent there. As for  
Jason Lannister, he also died near the God's Eye 
as well. And who else died there was Aean and also  
seemingly Damon. It's possible that this might 
be something that happens this season. H though  
we don't get Damon's fate confirmed and he might 
have run off with Nettles, but Nettles isn't in  
the show. But yeah, that how about a big part of 
Damon's character growth has been him recognizing  
his part in the Song of Ice and Fire. Alice 
showed him the vision in season 2 and he's likely  
prepared to go and sacrifice himself. Chris and 
Cole will also make his way to Harrenhal and with  
the arrival of Aemon, he can finally leave his 
emo forest. In the book, we get the fall of King's  
Landing, and with the Riverlands being hostile to 
the Greens, Kristen then departs for Orman's army,  
which is when he's killed in a battle known as 
Butcher's Ball. As for young Viseris, he was  
captured and lived out the war in the free cities. 
He was held by Bomaro Bazan, who died, and Viseris  
then revealed his identity to his new owner, 
Lisandro Ragard. After this, he finally returned  
to Westeros to find his brother was the king. But 
a lot has to happen between now and then. In the  
episode, Allan also mentioned he was not given a 
name, and this is the only thing that would have  
lifted him out of poverty. In the book, After Adam 
rides Sea Smoke, Corus asks Ran era if they can no  
longer be referred to as bastards. As such, this 
line in the show is actually foreshadowing Allan  
becoming the air drift mark just like the book. 
I suspect that he will ask after this battle as  
it is a problem for the brothers that they they're 
not legitimate as Adam hasn't divulged who their  
father is to the queen. So if they do change 
things up with Corless, it might be another  
dunk having to prove his knighthood situation with 
Allan and his birthright. Someone else who wants  
a lordship is also of the white. As the dragon 
seeds miss the battle of the gullet, I expect  
their first battle will be Tumbleton. Apart from 
the cakewalk, that will be the taking of King's  
Landing. But in the book, they actually end up 
defecting. Prince Darren's accepted bitter bridge,  
but demands high garden, which yeah, that's not 
going to happen. He then goes utterly unhinged  
and abuses women and feeds the one who angered 
him to his dragons. Hugh also goes mad in the  
book and thought he could be king after hearing a 
prophecy that a king would be made when a hammer  
falls on a dragon. The pair were then hunted 
to be killed. And considering Olf's eagerness,  
I don't doubt that he'll betray the queen. We saw 
Hugh's wife in the trailer also looking up at a  
dragon and I think that something may happen to 
her which will then lead him to also turn to the  
other side. Lastly, we have Tylin's fallen to the 
drink. He's of course wearing heavy armor which  
should spell his doom. In the book though, he was 
actually at King's Landing when Reneer took it,  
which I expect to happen either next week or the 
one after. He ends up being tortured extensively,  
but my theory is I expect him to worship on Dragon 
Stone and then be taken to the queen. But anyway,  
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