365NEWSX
365NEWSX
Subscribe

Welcome

A House of the Dragon Twist Changed Laenor Velaryon's Death—But With a Catch - Men's Health

A House of the Dragon Twist Changed Laenor Velaryon's Death—But With a Catch - Men's Health

Oct 04, 2022 1 min, 51 secs

The following story contains spoilers for Season 1, Episode 7 of House of the Dragon, "Driftmark.".

House of the Dragon, thus far in its freshman season, has been heavy on scheming, alliances, and politicking, and—outside of a 10-or-so minute, dialogue-free scene of triumph for Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith)—light on actual war, battling and violence.

And yet by the end of the episode, neither was involved in what became the show's biggest, most involved, and most significant power play yet: faking the death of one key player in Westeros—Laenor Velaryan (John MacMillan)—to prompt a significant power shift in the favor of both Daemon and Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy).

Daemon sold Qarl on the idea of a life of riches and anonymity—something that it probably wasn't too hard to talk Laenor into either.

The ending of the episode is cut in a very, very, very intriguing and smart way; we see a conversation between Daemon and Rhaenyra where they both clearly understand that a war with "the Greens"—meaning the Hightowers and those aligned with them—is coming upon the inevitable death of King Viserys (Paddy Considine).

And their best way to take on that growing house, which has now gained the power of a dragon after that little brat Aemond essentially traded his eye for Laena's old dragon, Vhagar, is by combining the Targaryen power.

And that power can be consolidated if Daemon (now without a wife) and Rhaenyra join forces and marry.

But Daemon and Rhaenyra cannot marry as long as Laenor is still in the picture.

And so their plan—to burn a body up so badly and claim it was Laenor, complete with an impartial witness who can claim that Qarl was speaking with vitriol to his friend—came into action.

And Daemon and Rhaenyra can now get married, greatly strengthening their house.

To this point, House of the Dragon has depicted Rhaenyra as benevolent despite her position of power; she's not someone who would kill a kind person like Laenor just for her own political gain.

Mushroom, an unreliable storyteller and historian within Westeros, made the claim that Qarl killed Laenor on Daemon's behalf.

What Happened on 'House of the Dragon' Episode 7

Summarized by 365NEWSX ROBOTS

RECENT NEWS

SUBSCRIBE

Get monthly updates and free resources.

CONNECT WITH US

© Copyright 2024 365NEWSX - All RIGHTS RESERVED