Home of the Dragon episode 9 marks an enormous shift within the story of the Sport of Thrones prequel, because the demise of King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine) sparks a brand new degree of deceit in King’s Touchdown.
After the king’s demise, Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) units the plan in movement to make sure her son Prince Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) is topped king, regardless of the late monarch’s eldest baby Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) having been publicly named his inheritor years earlier than.
Whereas Prince Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) reveals his secret need to sit down on the Iron Throne, Princess Rhaenys (Eve Finest) finally ends up stealing the present this episode with an extremely fierce second involving her dragon, demonstrating precisely why she will not be a Targaryen to be trifled with.
There's no signal of Rhaenyra and Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) in episode 9, constructing the anticipation for subsequent week’s season finale.
Viserys’ demise springs Alicent into motion after misheard prophecy
Shortly earlier than Viserys died in his mattress, he was visited by his spouse, Alicent.
In that second, he faintly repeated point out of the prophecy of The Prince That Was Promised – nevertheless, it’s made clear that he believed he was chatting with his daughter, Rhaenyra, who he named his inheritor.
Alicent is left beneath the impression that Viserys modified his thoughts and in reality wished his son Aegon to take the throne as a substitute – which she informs her father Ser Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) and the King’s Council.
This irritating miscommunication leads to the Hightowers springing into motion to make Aegon king, whereas purposely failing to tell Rhaenyra that her father has died.
Aegon desperately tries to flee his destiny on Iron Throne
Following the king’s demise, Alicent is determined to find her son Aegon – however he’s nowhere to be discovered.
Otto sends twin knights Arryk (Luke Tittensor) and Erryk Cargyll (Elliot Tittensor) on a mission to search out Aegon, whereas Alicent has Ser Criston Cole and her second son Aemond embark on the identical quest.
Throughout their journey, Aemond expresses how a lot he needs to be in Aegon’s place, given he's way more dutiful, fascinated by historical past and adept as a warrior than his older, philandering brother.
In the meantime, the twins are led to a kids’s combating pit, the place they arrive throughout one among Aegon’s supposed illegitimate kids and it’s hinted that he may have many extra within the metropolis.
Ultimately, Aegon is found and may be very clearly extraordinarily reluctant to take the crown, even suggesting to Aemond that he may make himself conveniently disappear in order that his youthful brother may take over the function as a substitute.
However alas, Aegon isn’t in a position to evade the destiny that’s been laid earlier than him by his mom and her father.
King’s Touchdown witnesses Aegon topped in defiance of his father’s want
Whereas at first Viserys’ demise is saved a intently guarded secret recognized solely to a couple, it’s rapidly determined that Aegon should be topped in swift style.
The individuals of King’s Touchdown are made to assemble to look at Aegon be topped, the place they’re knowledgeable that not solely has Viserys died, however he supposedly expressed his want to title Aegon his inheritor as a substitute of Rhaenyra in his last moments.
As soon as Aegon is topped, the previous reluctant prince begins to galvanise the gang together with his sword, whereas sporting the crown of his namesake, Aegon the Conqueror.
Nonetheless, what begins as a jubilant second for Aegon rapidly descends into pandemonium after Rhaenys’ epic intrusion.
Imprisoned Rhaenys escapes on dragon in legendary second
As quickly as information started to unfold that Viserys had died, his cousin, Rhaenys, was imprisoned in her personal room, with Alicent later going to go to her to plead along with her to help the ascension of her son, Aegon, to the throne.
After the whole lot that Rhaenys has been via – dropping her daughter Laena, believing her son Laenor has additionally died, and having not seen her severely-wounded husband Corlys in six years – she undoubtedly deserves a break.
That comes when the knight Erryk involves her help, serving to her escape her room and urging her to take a ship and sail away.
Rhaenys does one higher, sneaking down into the dragon pit whereas Aegon is being topped earlier than bursting via the bottom on her dragon Meleys, in a second paying homage to Daenerys’ a number of legendary dragon scenes in Sport of Thrones.
Whereas the knowledgeable dragonrider Rhaenys has the ability to burn all of Workforce Inexperienced to a crisp, Meleys merely roars within the faces of Alicent, Aegon and the remainder of the household earlier than the pair soar away, presumably heading to Dragonstone to tell Rhaenyra and Daemon of the treachery that’s gone on behind their backs.
It’s time to determine which facet you’re on – Workforce Inexperienced or Workforce Black.
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