Fans of Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) will be delighted House of the Dragon Season 2, Episode 3.
In the episode, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma Darcy) sends her youngest children off to safety in the Vale so that her sons Aegon and Viserys can later travel further afield to Pentos. She asks Rhaena Targaryen (Phoebe Campbell) to accompany her, along with her young dragons Tyrax and Stormcloud, and four very fragile dragon eggs.
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Three of the eggs (gold, green, and reddish-black) look very familiar, matching the colors of the eggs Daenerys received from Illyrio Mopatis (Roger Allam) in the pilot. game of thronesCould Rhaeanna be guarding the same egg over a century before it reaches Daenerys?
According to Episode 3 director Geeta Vasant Patel, the answer is yes. “That’s Daenerys’ egg,” Patel confirmed to Mashable. “All of us who work on this show were very skeptical. game of thrones The fans were so happy with it, so it was very exciting to film that scene.”
Eventually, at least three of these four eggs will hatch.
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These are Daenerys’ eggs, House of the DragonSource material for, Fire and Blood Written by George R. R. Martin. In this book, Martin strongly suggests that Daenerys’ egg arrived in Essos long before the Dance of Dragons, during the reign of King Jaehaerys I. The culprit was a noblewoman named Elissa Farman, a talented sailor and the mistress of Princess Rhaena Targaryen. House of the DragonAfter Rhaena and Elisa’s relationship deteriorated, Elisa stole three dragon eggs from Dragonstone and sailed to Braavos, where she sold the eggs to the Sea Lords of Braavos, using the money to fund further seafaring adventures.
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Elissa’s time in Braavos is the last mention of the three eggs, but given the number of eggs and the fact that they made it to Essos, it’s not hard to imagine that they were passed down through generations before finding their way to Daenerys. Fire and BloodBut there is enough historical ambiguity here to make things uncertain. House of the Dragon To play.
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Reyna attending to Daenerys’ egg creates an interesting opportunity. First, it’s not entirely inconsistent with the books: She brings three eggs to the Valley, one of which will hatch her dragon, Mourning. (Mourning will presumably hatch from the fourth silvery blue egg we see in Star Wars.) House of the Dragon(?) Adding a fourth egg to the nest isn’t that big a change. The question is, how do these eggs get from the Vale to Essos? Will Rhayna, Aegon and Viserys make it to Pentos? Will someone follow in Elyssa Farman’s footsteps and steal the eggs?
Thematically, it also makes sense that Reyna would be near Daenerys’ eggs. As Reyna tells her, these eggs are the Targaryen’s “hope for the future.” Even if the war with Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) ends badly (as it certainly will), these eggs represent a chance for the Targaryen dragon-riding tradition to continue. So it’s reassuring to know that these eggs will eventually find their way to Daenerys.
Rayna’s involvement in the scene indicates that she and her twin sister, Béla (Bethany Antonia), will have larger roles this season. “The other part of[the egg scene]is Rayna saying goodbye to her family and abandoning them to become a leader,” Patel explained.
What better way to be a leader than to lead the next generation of House Targaryen and their dragons?
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