New House of the Dragon clip shows a major life event for Emma D'Arcy's Rhaenyra

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Warning: This article contains spoilers for House of the Dragon episode 5. If you've yet to catch up, then turn back now!

House of the Dragon episode 6 will see four of its major characters be recast, as the story leaps forward ten years – and to prepare us, HBO has introduced two of the fresh faces in a doubt-dispelling new clip. 

The snippet, which you can watch below, follows on from the wedding of Rhaenyra Targaryen (then played by Milly Alcock) and Laenor Velaryon (Theo Nate) in episode 5. Here, the latter, who tied the knot with the princess after the two privately agreed they would allow one another to have separate lovers, checking on Rhaenyra and her new baby. 

"A boy! I've just heard," Laenor (now played by John Macmillan) rejoices as he bursts through the door. "Well done. Where are you going?"

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"She wants to see him," a dazed Rhaenyra (now played by Emma D'Arcy) explains, referring to her former best friend and stepmother Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke, taking over from Emily Carey). As the pair start walking to the Queen's chambers, Laenor innocently asks whether the birth was "terribly painful", to which Rhaenyra shoots him a scalding stare. "I took a lance in the shoulder once," he recalls sweetly, as Rhaenyra sarcastically replies: "My deepest sympathies."

Before they ascend some stairs, Rhaenyra buckles in pain. But when she hears the clock bell start to chime, she insists to Laenor that they have to keep walking. As the war of succession looms, she isn't about to let Alicent see her in a weakened state.

Even though it's