However he has by no means been pressured to decide on between his spouse and his daughter earlier than. If and when he finds Rhaena, will he take her head, as Rhaenyra calls for — or will he commit treason in opposition to the girl he loves, in whose palms he believes lies the future of the world?
For now, one other mission takes priority. With Ulf and Hugh flanking them on their dragons, Daemon and Rhaenyra soar into the Crimson Preserve, the palace of Westeros’s ruling household. Regardless of the skepticism of her cowardly small council, the Black Queen was proper to belief in her Inexperienced pal. Alicent and her daughter, Queen Helaena, efficiently stand down nearly all of their defenses, together with the Metropolis Watch and the grapnel groups on the parapets of town.
The guards throughout the Crimson Preserve present some resistance, having been tipped off to Alicent’s maneuvering. However they’re no match for Daemon’s sword or for his loyalists among the many metropolis’s police power, nonetheless often known as the Gold Cloaks for the showy raiments Daemon granted them 20 years earlier.
Earlier than lengthy, nothing stands between Rhaenyra and the Iron Throne besides the give up and execution of her rival claimant, Aegon. That vicious little creep, nevertheless, is much away. He escapes an ambush by Triarchy pirates along with his minder, Larys Robust, in tow, heading for a garrison established by the king’s hand, Ser Criston Cole.
Garrisons, nevertheless, don’t fare properly on this episode. Lastly taking his mom’s recommendation — and thus making Rhaenyra’s seizure of King’s Touchdown potential — Aemond flies off on Vhagar to confront Prince Daemon at Harrenhal. They’re too late to do this, however they’ve acquired loads of time to rally the spirits of Ser Criston and his forces, then casually roast your complete contingent Daemon left behind. Aemond slays by hand poor outdated Ser Symon Robust (Simon Russell Beale), the stronghold’s castellan, alongside along with his two sons. You’ll be able to belief Targaryens not more than frogs can belief scorpions.
However the wound the one-eyed prince incurs within the fracas brings him down … on the toes of none aside from Black Alys, to whom he appeals for assist. Together with his lengthy blonde hair hanging from his helmet and his sapphire eye glowing blue, I’ve acquired a sense he’ll make it by, if solely as a result of you may’t preserve villain down. And the prospect of a relationship between him and Alys, one other licensed weirdo, actually fires the creativeness.
