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The primary season of “Home of the Dragon” is, as promised, stuffed with all kinds of dragons, from Daemon’s pink Caraxes to Rhaenyra’s hovering Syrax. However in episode six, one dragon steps into the highlight: Vhagar. Within the episode, which aired Sept. 26, Vhagar is seen along with her rider, Laena Velaryon, and she or he performs a pivotal function in Laena’s dying. In episode seven, which aired Oct. 2, a battle over the dragon sows much more discord into the factions — the blacks and the greens — combating over the throne. And within the season finale, she’s answerable for the primary main dying within the civil battle, often called the Dance of Dragons. This is what we all know in regards to the dragon.
Who Is Vhagar?
Vhagar is likely one of the oldest dragons nonetheless dwelling throughout “Home of the Dragon.” Vhagar was claimed by Visenya Targaryen, who flew the dragon alongside her brother (and husband) Aegon the Conqueror when he conquered Westeros. Aegon rode on Balerion the Black Dread, whose cranium has a spot of honor in King Viserys’s Pink Hold. Aegon’s different sister-wife, Rhaenys, rode on Meraxes, and each died in the course of the First Dornish Conflict.
Visenya died in 44 AC (so 44 years after the conquest), and Vhagar had no rider for 29 years. That is when Prince Baelon — Viserys’s father — claimed the dragon. Baelon died in 101 AC, leaving Vhagar riderless once more.
Within the second episode of “Home of the Dragon,” Laena talks to Viserys about Vhagar and the way she’s gone lacking. Laena has heard rumors that Vhagar is nesting someplace within the Slim Sea, probably close to Spice City.
How Did Laena Discover Vhagar?
“Home of the Dragon” does not present how Laena finds Vhagar or how she turns into her rider. Presumably, after Daemon and Laena marry and transfer to Essos, Laena finds the dragon that she’d been in search of since she was a baby and turns into her dragonrider.
That is fairly totally different from how issues go down within the “Hearth & Blood” e-book. Within the e-book, Vhagar shouldn’t be lacking, and Laena has claimed the dragon as her mount by the age of 12 (We all know this does not occur in “Home of the Dragon,” since she does not be a part of her mom and brother on dragonback on the way in which to Rhaenyra’s marriage ceremony).
Within the e-book, as soon as Laena and Daemon marry, they go to Pentos, the place they fly their dragons collectively till she provides start to their twins, Rhaena and Baela. Then they return to Driftmark, the place Laena and Rhaenyra, who’s already dwelling on Dragonstone, change into good pals.
Who Rides Vhagar After Laena’s Demise?
Vhagar’s rider is Prince Aemond, son of Alicent and Viserys. After Laena’s funeral at Driftmark, the younger prince sneaks out in the midst of the evening to see if Vhagar will obey him. She does, and he flies off on her. When he returns to the fort, he is confronted by Laena’s daughters, Rhaena and Baela. They’re quickly joined by their cousins, Jacaerys and Lucerys, who beat up Aemond. However Aemond, older and stronger, has the higher hand, till Jace takes out a knife and slashes his eye. Aemond by no means lets the betrayal go, with lethal penalties.
Aemond’s declare of Vhagar performs out slightly in a different way in George R.R. Martin’s e-book. There, Viserys suggests to Aemond that he go to Dragonstone to say a dragon or hatchling as a method to show his boldness. Aemond chooses Vhagar and tries to say her in secret however results in a battle with Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey (who’s nonetheless a child within the present). He does nonetheless lose a watch. In each variations of the story, their conflict solely additional stokes tensions between Alicent and Rhaenyra.
Why Did not’t Aemond Have a Dragon Already?
Rhaenyra’s three sons — Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey — are all given eggs within the cradle that hatch and develop into the dragons they ultimately experience. The births of these dragons are seen by many as proof of their true Valyrian heritage. However eggs given to infants and youngsters — even Targaryen kids — usually do not hatch; in episode six, Rhaena is seen attempting in useless to hatch an egg. It appears the eggs given to Alicent’s kids additionally do not hatch, however all of them ultimately bond with older dragons. Aegon rides Sunfyre and Helaena rides Dreamfyre.
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