HBO Is Already Teasing House Of The Dragon’s Dark Ending
House of the Dragon’s new Rhaenyra Targaryen image already teases the series’ tragic and dark ending. Depicting the House Targaryen’s family dynasty 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon will follow Rhaenyra Targaryen as she vies for the Iron Throne against her stepmother, Alicent Hightower, and her younger half-brother, Aegon II Targaryen. While Daenerys’s dragons were her greatest asset in Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon has them on both sides, meaning they will be used to attack as many Targaryens as they protect.
Unlike Game of Thrones, which sees the Stark family victorious at the end of the series, House of the Dragon will feature no happy endings for its characters. When Aegon the Younger ascends the Iron Throne as Aegon II’s heir, he becomes known as "King Aegon the Broken” due to the insurmountable tragedy and catastrophe he has been subject to since he was born. However, Aegon III, whose ascendancy will likely mark the final moments of House of the Dragon, won’t officially become a broken man until he sees the dark ending of his mother, Rhaenyra Targaryen.
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HBO has now released an image of young Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock) as she stands on the steps of the Iron Throne with a large dragon looming behind her. While this dragon’s yellow colors hint at it being Syrax, whom Rhaenyra will ride on her quest to secure her rightful place on the Iron Throne, it also resembles Aegon II’s dragon, Sunfyre, the golden beast who will play an enormous role in House of the Dragon’s ending. With the giant dragon closing in on Rhaenyra and its mouth aflame, the image is already teasing how Rhaenyra’s story will tragically come
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