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House of the Dragon occurrence 7 begins with Laena’s funeral. Corlys (Steve Toussaint), Rhaenys (Eve Best), Laenor (John Macmillan), Laena and Daemon’s children, are each wholly devastated by the loss. The Targaryens person travel to the ceremonial to amusement their condolences, on with Otto Hightower, who is Hand of the King again.
It’s been a decade, but Daemon (Matt Smith) and Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) are inactive inevitably drawn to 1 another. They drawback glances during the service, and Viserys (Paddy Considine) watches it each spell down. Because this is Daemon Targaryen, helium chuckles astatine 1 constituent astatine the funeral.
At the reception, Daemon and Rhaenyra conscionable eyes erstwhile again. Rhaenyra tells Jace to connection his condolences to his cousins, Baela and Rhaena. He’s inactive upset implicit Harwin’s death, but helium does what he’s told. He goes implicit to his cousins and holds Baela’s manus to springiness her comfort. Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Criston (Fabian Frankel) can’t halt looking astatine Rhaenyra. She lives rent-free successful their minds.
Rhaenyra with her sons, Jace and Luke. (HBO)A soon-to-be drunk Aegon (Ty Tennant) is annoyed that he’s going to person to wed his sister, Helaena. Aemond urges Aegon to respect her, but Aegon thinks she’s strange. Meanwhile, Corlys tells young Luke that he’ll beryllium Lord of the Tides someday. Luke replies that helium doesn’t privation to be. Corlys stresses that it’s his birthright. Luke replies that erstwhile helium rules Driftmark, everyone helium loves volition beryllium dead. Very omniscient for a young boy.
Viserys Tries To Extend An Olive Branch To Daemon
Daemon and Rhaenyra tin ne'er teardrop their eyes from each different for excessively long. Time distant has lone strengthened the magnetic propulsion betwixt them. As everyone gathers for the reception, Laenor is lasting successful the sea. He’s grief-stricken implicit the nonaccomplishment of his sister. Corlys pushes Qarl to spell get Laenor retired of the h2o earlier helium does something.
Viserys and Daemon person been keeping their distance, but it’s wide that the brothers privation to talk to 1 another. Viserys bites archetypal and offers his sympathies to Daemon. Rhaenyra watches implicit them. Viserys tells Daemon that helium should instrumentality with them to King’s Landing. He has a spot for him astatine court. Viserys thinks this is what helium needs. “I request nothing,” Daemon replies and storms off.
Matt Smith arsenic Daemon Targaryen. (HBO)Rhaenyra tells Luke and Jace to spell to furniture truthful she tin spell aft Daemon. Viserys retires for the nighttime and calls Alicent “Aemma” connected his mode out. The fury connected Alicent’s look tin beryllium seen for miles. As nighttime falls, Aegon is wholly drunk. Otto finds him and kicks him awake. Aemond watches the full encounter. Aemond besides hears Laena’s dragon, Vhagar, flying overhead.
After the service, Rhaenys and Corlys speech by the fire. Rhaenys is aggravated due to the fact that Laena wanted to travel location and Daemon wouldn’t fto her. Corlys urges Rhaena not to blasted Daemon for Laena’s death. The gods person been particularly cruel to Rhaenys. They besides sermon however Rhaenys should beryllium the queen close now. Rhaenys admits she gave up connected that a procreation ago, but Corlys’ ambition makes him judge the Velaryons could extremity up connected the Iron Throne.
“What is this little mortal beingness if not the pursuit of legacy?” Corlys asks. Rhaenys tells her hubby that she wants Driftmark to beryllium passed down done Laena’s enactment and spell to Baela. Corlys doesn’t deliberation it’s a bully thought to disinherit Laenor and his children successful this way. He doesn’t privation to formed a darker shadiness implicit the boys. “Rhaenyra’s children are not of your blood,” Rhaenys says. Corlys replies, “History does not retrieve blood. It remembers names.”
Daemon & Rhaenyra Reunite & Make Love
Daemon and Rhaenyra yet get the accidental to speech alone. Rhaenyra talks astir her matrimony and admits that she and Laenor did effort to conceive a child. “We performed our work arsenic champion we could,” Rhaenyra says, but determination was nary joyousness successful it. “I recovered that elsewhere,” Rhaenyra says of her narration with Harwin. “It felt bully to beryllium desired.”
Rhaenyra acknowledges however devoted Harwin was to her. “I trusted him,” she says. Rhaenyra wishes she could person forbidden him from going backmost to the Riverlands. Daemon low-key accuses Alicent of having thing to bash with the occurrence astatine Harrenhal. Rhaenyra doesn’t deliberation Alicent is susceptible of that.
Rhaenyra opens up astir the region that’s been betwixt them. “I person been alone. You abandoned me,” Rhaenyra tells Daemon. He responds, “I spared you. You were a child.” Rhaenyra says, “Yes, I was a child, but look astatine what my beingness became without you.”
They’ve some experienced tragedies successful their lives successful the decennary they’ve been apart. “Did you emotion her?” Rhaenyra asks Daemon astir his feelings for Laena. He says, “We were blessed enough.” Rhaenyra calls that a “great achievement.” She apologizes to Daemon, but helium tells her not to beryllium sorry.
Rhaenyra looks up astatine him and puts her manus connected his chest. “I’m nary longer a child,” Rhaenyra tells Daemon earlier she kisses him. “I privation you,” she says. Their desires can’t beryllium ignored immoderate longer. They marque passionate emotion by the sea.
Aemond Loses An Eye After Brutal Fight
Aemond sneaks disconnected into the nighttime to yet assertion his dragon: Vhagar. He awakens the monolithic dragon and astir falls to his decease erstwhile trying to alert Vhagar for the archetypal time. Baela and Rhaena announcement something’s happening with Vhagar. The girls spell to aftermath up Jace and uncover that someone’s stolen Vhagar. When Rhaenyra wakes up, she finds Daemon looking retired astatine Vhagar successful the sky.
Aemond Targaryen becomes Aemond ‘One Eye.’ (HBO)Baela and Rhaena bring Jace and Luke to face Aemond astir claiming Vhagar. Rhaena says that Vhagar was hers to assertion aft her mother. Aemond taunts Rhaena and throws her down. Baela punches Aemond, and helium punches her close back. Aemond threatens to provender Baela to his dragon. That’s erstwhile Jace goes aft him. They combat and Aemond ends up punching Luke close successful the face. They each statesman to bushed down connected Aemond.
Aemond grabs Luke by the pharynx and prepares to termination him with a rock. Aemond tells Luke that he’s going to dice “screaming successful vain conscionable arsenic your begetter did.” He calls the boys bastards. Luke is confused and says his begetter is inactive alive. Aemond cruelly calls Jace “Lord Strong” successful beforehand of Luke.
Jace pulls retired a dagger and goes aft Aemond, but Aemond knocks him down. The leaf is connected the ground. Aemond is astir to onslaught Jace with the stone erstwhile Jace throws soil successful his face, giving Luke the accidental to portion Aemond’s face. Blood pours from Aemond’s oculus arsenic helium falls to the ground.
Alicent Attacks Rhaenyra
Understandably, Viserys is pissed that his kingsguard allowed this to hap with the kids. Alicent is told that Aemond’s oculus is mislaid for good. Alicent slaps Aegon and calls him a “fool” for letting this spell down. Rhaenyra and Daemon get together, which does not spell unnoticed by Otto. Rhaenyra runs consecutive to her boys. When asked what happened, the kids each commencement yelling.
Viserys goes to Aemond for the truth. Rhaenrya says it was a “regrettable accident.” Alicent accuses Luke of bringing a leaf to termination Aemond. Rhaenyra claps backmost that her sons were attacked and had to support themselves. “Vile insults were levied against them,” Rhaenyra says. Viserys demands to cognize the insults. Everyone is listening to cognize however Rhaenyra volition grip this. “The legitimacy of my sons’ commencement was enactment large into question,” Rhaenyra says.
Corlys and Rhaenys basal by their granddaughters. (HBO)Jace says that Aemond calls him and his member a bastard. Aemond shows nary remorse. Rhaenyra calls Aemond’s words the “highest of treasons.” Daemon is watching on, loving the chaos and however Rhaenyra is handling it. Rhaenyra wants Aemond questioned truthful they tin find retired wherever helium heard specified slanders. She knows this volition pb straight backmost to Alicent. Viserys demands to cognize wherever Aemond heard this.
Alicent tries to interject and asks wherever Laenor is. Rhaenyra replies that she couldn’t slumber truthful she went for a walk. No 1 knows wherever Laenor went disconnected to.
Viserys asks again for the truth. Aemond looks implicit astatine Alicent, which Viserys sees. Aemond blames Aegon. Viserys asks Aegon wherever helium heard it. “We know, father. Everyone knows. Just look astatine them,” Aegon admits. Viserys wants the infighting to stop. He demands everyone apologize.
“That is insufficient. Aemond has been damaged permanently,” Alicent says. “There is simply a indebtedness to beryllium paid. I shall person 1 of her sons’ eyes successful return.” Viserys is not connected committee with this astatine all. “If the king volition not question justice, the queen will,” Alicent continues. She calls for Criston and tells him to bring her Luke’s eye. Rhaenrya refuses. Viserys tries to halt Alicent, but Alicent says that Criston is sworn to her. Viserys puts his ft down erstwhile and for all. The substance is finished.
Viserys tells everyone that anyone other who questions the parentage of Rhaenrya’s sons volition person their tongues removed. “Thank you, father,” Rhaenyra says. Alicent loses her grip and grabs Viserys’ dagger. She goes aft Rhaenyra, but Rhaenyra catches Alicent’s limb arsenic it’s lunging toward her. Daemon begins to caput towards them conscionable arsenic Criston is doing the same. Daemon halts Criston from making it to Rhaenyra and Alicent
Aegon and Alicent aft Aemond’s injury. (HBO)The country erupts into utter chaos. Alicent goes off. She accuses Rhaenyra of being entitled and stomping each implicit connected work and sacrifice. Otto adjacent tells Alicent to merchandise the blade. “Exhausting wasn’t it? Hiding beneath the cloak of your ain righteousness. But present they spot you arsenic you are.” Rhaenyra says.
Alicent refuses to driblet the leaf and lunges for Rhaenrya again, managing to chopped Rhaenyra’s arm. Blood pours from Rhaenyra’s hand. Aemond yet steps up and stops the madness. “I whitethorn person mislaid an eye, but I gained a dragon,” helium says. Daemon goes implicit to cheque connected Rhaenyra and stands beside her. Criston picks up the dagger portion lasting adjacent to Alicent. The conflict lines person been forged, the Blacks and Greens revealed.
Otto Promises Alicent Will ‘Prevail’ Against Rhaenyra
Later, Otto goes to spot his daughter. Alicent knows the country she made was not a bully one. She mislaid composure and assaulted Rhaenyra. Gossip is spreading that she’s gone mad. “I’ve ne'er seen that broadside of you, my daughter. I adjacent doubted it existed,” Otto says.
He continues, “We play an disfigured game, but present for the archetypal clip I spot that you person the determination to triumph it.” Otto tells Alicent that Viserys volition forgive her. “What other tin helium do?” Otto asks. He promises that they volition prevail implicit Rhaenyra. “The lad was right. It’s worthy a 1000 times the terms helium paid,” Otto says astir Aemond claiming Vhagar.
Rhaenyra is getting stitched up erstwhile Laenor yet shows his face. He is feeling immense guilt implicit what’s happened. “I person failed you, Rhaenrya. Our marriage, I tried. Our boys, I bash emotion them deeply. But I person not mayhaps loved them enough,” Laenor says.
Rhaenyra admits that she had hoped to carnivore his children the fewer times they tried. “Things mightiness person been different,” Rhaenyra says. Laenor tells her, “I hatred the gods for making maine arsenic they did.” Rhaenyra doesn’t deliberation that. Laenor is an honorable antheral with a bully heart.
Laenor brings up their arrangement: doing their work and exploring their ain happiness. “But determination are times I deliberation erstwhile those things can’t mutually exist,” Laenor says. He explains that Qarl is going backmost to the Stepstones. Laenor promises to “recommit” himself to Rhaenyra and assistance hole her to instrumentality the Iron Throne. “You merit amended than what I person been. You merit a husband,” helium says.
Laenor and Rhaenyra onslaught a deal. (HBO)Alicent apologizes to Viserys connected the mode backmost to King’s Landing. He doesn’t privation to talk immoderate much of it. Larys, ever lurking, tells Alicent that “if it’s an oculus you privation to equilibrium the scales I americium your servant.” Alicent says that won’t beryllium necessary. “Your devotion has not gone unnoticed,” Alicent tells Larys. He volition await her call.
Daemon & Rhaenyra Get Married In Valyrian Wedding
Daemon and Rhaenyra ticker arsenic the king’s ships permission Driftmark. “Fire is specified unusual power. Everything that House Targaryen possesses is owed to it. Yet it has outgo america some what we loved,” Rhaenyra says to Daemon.
Rhaenyra tells Daemon that she needs him. In Valyrian, she admits that can’t look the Greens alone. She wants to instrumentality the adjacent step.
“Let america hindrance our blood, conscionable arsenic Aegon the Conqueror did with his sisters. With you arsenic my hubby and prince consort, my assertion would not beryllium truthful easy challenged. The Velaryons are of the sea. But you and I are made of fire. We person ever been meant to burn together,” Rhaenyra says.
Daemon brings up that they can’t wed unless Laenor is dead. “I know,” Rhaenyra replies. She’s got a plan. Daemon goes to Qarl and offers him each the golden helium could privation successful speech for a “quick decease with witnesses.” After Daemon kills a young antheral moving astatine Driftmark, Qarl and Laenor combat successful beforehand of a young squire.
Rhaenyra stresses that she doesn’t privation to beryllium a tyrant and regularisation done terror. Daemon says that she has to beryllium some respected and feared successful bid to beryllium a bully leader. Rhaenyra notes that she does emotion Laenor, but Daemon thinks it’s clip to acceptable him free.
When Corlys and Rhaenys marque it to the hallway aft proceeding astir the fight, Laenor is already dead. He’s unrecognizable aft being burned successful the fire. Rhaenyra knows that “this volition outgo Corlys and Rhaenys their lone remaining child.” She is alert that radical volition deliberation she is responsible. Daemon doesn’t wage them immoderate mind. “We volition person the information of it and our enemies won’t,” helium admits. Rhaenyra says, “They volition fearfulness what other we mightiness beryllium susceptible of.”
After Laenor’s death, Rhaenyra and Daemon wed successful a Valyrian wedding ceremony. They chopped their hands, their humor dripping into a cup. They go bound by blood. As their kids ticker on, Rhaenyra and Daemon portion the humor from the cup. They buss passionately.
Laenor is still alive. He runs disconnected with Qarl Correy aft shaving his head. The assemblage of the antheral Daemon killed is posed arsenic Laenor’s corpse. Rhaenyra, Laenor, and Daemon each get what they want. Rhaenyra gets a hubby and the antheral she’s ever wanted, Daemon gets Rhaenyra, and Laenor gets to unrecorded freely.
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