‘House Of The Dragon’: Why Rhaenys Didn’t Kill Aegon, Alicent & The Rest Of The Royal Family

After being locked successful her country arsenic Alicent and Otto plotted to usurp the throne, Rhaenys Velaryon showed everyone precisely whose broadside she was connected successful the last moments of House of the Dragon occurrence 9. In the mediate of Aegon’s coronation, Rhaenys burst from beneath the Dragonpit connected apical of her dragon, Meleys.

She turned towards Aegon and the remainder of the family, and it seemed similar this could beryllium the extremity for these Targaryens and Hightowers. Instead of burning them each to ashes, Rhaenys had Meleys roar successful their face, a terrifying informing astir what is to come. But wherefore didn’t she conscionable termination Aegon, Alicent, and the others who are technically traitors to Viserys’ chosen heir, Rhaenyra?

Eve Best arsenic Rhaenys Velaryon. (HBO)

“In the end, she makes a bigger choice. We spot that astatine the infinitesimal with what’s going connected successful Ukraine; to take not to destruct is the amended choice. That’s an important happening for america each to retrieve close now,” Eve Best told Vulture.

She continued, “It’s wherefore she would person made specified a large leader. She had, successful that moment, each the power. Yet she has respect for Alicent arsenic a pistillate and a mother. They recognize being successful the grip of different radical who mightiness torch them. They cognize the lone close prime is not to spell there. Furthermore, it’s the intelligent choice, connected her part, not to torch a full clump of guiltless radical successful the room. What’s to beryllium gained? In the end, it’s not her battle.”

After making a expansive entrance, Rhaenys and Meleys flew retired of the Dragonpit and headed consecutive to Dragonstone to archer Rhaenyra of this coup against her. Alicent and Otto didn’t adjacent person the decency to fto Rhaenyra cognize that her begetter had died. They went consecutive into usurper mode to get Aegon connected the Iron Throne.

Tom Glynn-Carney arsenic Aegon Targaryen. (HBO)

House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal said successful an Inside the Episode video, “She knows if she sets occurrence to that dais, she ends immoderate anticipation of warfare and astir apt sets bid passim the Realm, but I deliberation astir apt doesn’t privation to beryllium liable for doing that to different mother. It’s a analyzable prime and 1 that radical mightiness quality oregon person a occupation with, but that’s the prime Rhaenys makes successful that moment.”

Executive shaper Miguel Sapochnik noted that this was an “incredibly invaluable moment” for Rhaenys to instrumentality a stand. “But her motivation standpoint becomes the crushed for inaction alternatively than action,” helium said. The House of the Dragon finale airs October 23 connected HBO.