‘House Of The Dragon’: Where Is Prince Daeron? His Status On The Show Revealed

Through each the clip jumps and formed changes, many Fire & Blood fans began to wonderment astir the presumption of Prince Daeron Targaryen, King Viserys and Queen Alicent’s youngest son. Many fans believed that Daeron wouldn’t beryllium a portion of the House of the Dragon at each since helium hasn’t been seen erstwhile successful the archetypal season. Author George R.R. Martin enactment each the rumors to remainder and revealed wherefore Daeron has been missing.

The writer confirmed successful his caller blog post that “Alicent gave Viserys four children, 3 sons and a daughter, their youngest lad Daeron is down successful Oldtown, we conscionable did not person clip to enactment him successful this season.” There you person it, folks. Right from the source!

Paddy Considine and Olivia Cooke arsenic Viserys and Alicent. (HBO)

As Fire & Blood fans know, a Targaryen civilian warfare is coming implicit succession: the Dance of the Dragons. At the extremity of occurrence 8, King Viserys died aft years of suffering. He remained resolute that his oldest child, Rhaenyra Targaryen, would beryllium his heir to the Iron Throne and not his oldest lad with Alicent, Aegon Targaryen.

In his past moments, Viserys made a sedate misstep. Viserys believed helium was talking to Rhaenyra astir Aegon’s Song of Ice and Fire prophecy, but Alicent misheard him (or chose to mishear him). Alicent near reasoning that Viserys yet wanted her son, Aegon, to beryllium king and not Rhaenyra, mounting distant into question the bloody Dance of the Dragons.

Episode 8 featured the last clip jump, giving america our archetypal look astatine the big versions of Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney), Aemond (Ewan Mitchell), and Helaena Targaryen (Phia Saban). As of close now, Prince Daeron has not been formed yet, but helium volition beryllium a cardinal subordinate successful the warfare to come.

If you haven’t work Fire & Blood, you mightiness beryllium asking: who is Daeron and what relation does helium play? Daeron is simply a teen during the Dance of the Dragons and rides Tessarion. He goes to Oldtown to beryllium a squire for Lord Ormund Hightower. When the warfare begins, Daeron marches with Ormund and is dubbed “Daeron the Daring” aft redeeming Ormund. He becomes instrumental successful the warfare and a large menace to the Blacks astatine definite points.

The Targaryen household having meal — without Daeron — conscionable earlier Viserys’ death. (HBO)

House of the Dragon has already been renewed for play 2. In the aforesaid blog station helium spoke astir Daeron, George noted that it’s going to “take 4 afloat seasons of 10 episodes each to bash justness to the Dance of the Dragons, from commencement to finish.” HBO is going to person nary occupation greenlighting 2 further seasons of the series given however overmuch of a monster deed the amusement has become.