My father chose me to succeed him He held to his decision until death We have the blood of the dragon. The war will be fought and many will die. Dracarys! Welcome back everyone, It's Charlie. House of the Dragon released A new Season 2 Episode 5 clip
and some more scenes, so we'll break it all down. There's a couple of really big concepts
they introduced metaphorically and literally. Because we see Vermithor in that trailer,
everybody wondering when we see Vermithor but we also have Aemond becoming Prince Regent. He's like the next option. The Greens have to take over the Iron Throne because of what happened to Aegon in episode
four being turned into crispy chicken. Essentially. we even get a scene of what looks like Aemond in Helena
in front of the Iron Throne. I know there have been all kinds of theories
about the two of them together since season one, and been hoping we get some more epic
dragon dreams for her during all this. It just feels too loaded of a scene here to see them standing in front of the Iron Throne
for her to not drop another epic dragon dream. if you really think about the actual dragon dreams that
she does drop, they're all meant to be very ominous. Like usually unfortunate things happen to them
or like really bad things are happening that she's talking about. But it is kind of funny how she will
just casually drop the future like she literally is telling them the future,
but nobody really understands the context of what she's saying
and thinks that it's all nonsense. we get more footage of Jason Rhaenyra in Dragonstone,
the library, reading more books, probably related to Aegon's prophecy
of the Song of Ice and Fire. this whole library set. The Valyrian library.
They built it. Dragonstone is probably one of the coolest new sets
they built next to all the Harrenhal stuff that they built but there's a bunch more going on here,
so we'll break it all down. If you're brand new to the channel,
be sure to subscribe to get all the episodes. And really big reminder Comic-Con is literally next week
as I'm posting this video. I'm not expecting a ton of House of the Dragon season
three stuff till after the finale, though. just starting with the new footage. Biggest literal metaphorical thing
here. Rhaenyra with Vermithor notice how she looks kind of afraid,
like she's slow inching up to him extra careful. Remember, he's like a grumpy old grandpa dragon. They even put like a bushy grandpa beard around his
but they're all horns. Like spikes growing out of his head. it's kind of the same vibe with a vague, they make her seem like a grumpy old grandma dragon
with really bad arthritis. this scene will obviously remind people of that season
one scene from the finale with Daemon going to see Vermithor been wondering
when we see Vermithor again in the season, a lot of people also ask what was the Valyrian song
that Daemon was singing to Vermithor there's actually a translation of that
that we have now. Daemon song goes like this. He was saying, fire breather, winged leader,
but two heads, two. A third sing from my voice. The fires have spoken in the price has been paid
with blood magic, with words of flame. With clear eyes. To bind the three to you I will sing. as one we gather. And with three heads we shall fly. As we were destined. Beautifully, freely. the whole three heads is probably a reference to Aegon
the Conqueror with his two sister wives and their three dragons. It makes sense that after the time of Aegon
the Conqueror, many, many Valyrian songs were created within the family
like mythology about the three of them. if we're talking about them
activating a bunch of new dragons, and I'm showing new dragons that we haven't seen before, I know everybody's wanted to see blaring the Black dread
actually flying around in the sky. They're probably going to save that for the Aegon
the Conquer prequel series that they're working on the next couple of years. it'll probably be at least like three years
before we see any footage from that before they even start filming. So it might even be like four years,
but we will eventually get some footage from that. that's one of the reasons why they introduced Aegon
the Conqueror's Valyrian armor when Aegon was putting it on. Going into battle like this is the Conqueror's armor, and he's wearing Aegon the Conqueror's Valyrian
steel crown, Because they've been using different Easter eggs to tie all these different prequels and sequels
from the main show together across the timeline. the Valyrian steel armor in The Crown
is just the next part of that. so we'll probably see Aegon the Conqueror wearing that Valyrian armor
when they actually do the conquest itself. And we'll see him writing on, blaring the Black Dread,
whose wings were said to be so big
that they could cover an entire town in shadow. speaking of all those scenes of Jason
Rhaenyra inside the Dragonstone library, we've gotten several scenes of her
standing in the doorway here with, like, the backdrop and the light coming through all these different scrolls
here. It's all Valyrian history. all very cool. But in the background,
they keep showing you the school of that other dragon. That's probably.
Morag sees Princess Rhaenys, his other sister wives. Dragon who was killed with Rhaenys after Aegon's Conquest
a couple of years after the actual conquest itself. Down in Dorne. That's why it's really big, but not quite
as big is Valerian the Black Dread Skull. you can also kind of see a big hole in the skull
where it was killed with a scorpion. it'll be really interesting to see who they cast for
Aegon and his sister wives during that show. The whole reason
why Rhaenyra is probably going to visit Vermithor at the dragon Mount is probably because of Rhaenys death,
the loss of Melis. not only has Rhaenyra made up her mind that it is
time for war, she's ready to activate the dragons, the available dragons that haven't been claimed yet end,
they literally just lost one of their biggest, most capable ones
and their next best fighter after daemon. there'll be a lot of questions about this. Like, who are the most powerful dragons? Who are the most powerful fighters on dragons? It's not always about who has the biggest dragon like. Aemond and Veigar are literally the biggest dragon.
But it does help a lot. Like weights things in your favor a lot. So you don't always need to be the best fighter. If your dragon is vastly bigger than the other dragons,
which is the case with Aemond. if we're just talking about the black side,
not counting Aemond or Vhagar
or any of the Greens dragons, it goes daemon and cracks. He's he's their best fighter
on one of their biggest dragons. Then Rhaenys. She's almost as good of a fighter,
and her dragon is about as big as Daemon's. I would say he's probably, like, a little bit better if the two of them actually thought
he would probably come out on top, but barely. then you have Rhaenyra in saying she's a solid fighter,
like she has a lot of experience. We haven't seen it yet, but we will see her fight during the dance
of the Dragons at some point in one of these seasons. But she's not quite as experienced or quite as good
a fighter is. Daemon or Rhaenys in Cyrus is just a little bit smaller
than their dragons. that whoever can claim Vermithor if you've read the books, you know who that is. We don't need to talk about that during this video.
It'll be one of the dragon seeds. We will see that in a future episode. But even if that person is totally inexperienced in riding a dragon,
like has no idea how to command a dragon in battle. Vermithor is so big and so powerful just on his own,
that it'll make them instantly one of the most powerful weapons. then you have silver wing. Same idea with her. Whoever winds up claiming her doesn't
need to be an amazing fighter because she is a dragon is so powerful on her own Then it's the same concept
with sheep stealer, one of the wild dragons. Whoever claims them. I have theories about why
that might be Reyna on the show, and they're changing some of the plot from the books,
but we'll see about that. Same idea with see smoke after that. Whoever winds up claiming sea smoke
then going down the list a little. You have Jace on Vmax
who's a little bigger than Bailey's Moon Dancer. The way they've changed things on the show
in Jace has been riding a little bit longer than Bella, so he's probably just a little bit better,
more effective fighter on Dragon back than her. she's meant to be pretty good too.
So she's like right there next to him. But their dragons are so small they're not as effective as the bigger dragons,
even if they are slightly better fighters. And some of the new dragon seeds. then on the show, they've changed things and made little Joffrey's
dragon T-Rexes much smaller than Moon Dancer. So he'd be like next on the list of the blacks
in terms of fighters power. then after that, obviously tiny baby Aegon
the Lesser who rides Storm Cloud, who can barely fly like
maybe isn't even ready to fly yet. another good example of that on the side of the greens
would be like Daeron in to Sarian, who said that they're not quite ready to fly
like to Orion is almost about to fly. so, like the two of them would be at the bottom
of the list if you included every single dragon. then talking about this new footage of Aemond at the Red
keep in a couple other different scenes just involving him in general. So the Greens meet with their small council. They decide what to do about the rulership of Westeros. Because Aegon is now crispy chicken, they need a new prince or Princess Regent,
like somebody has to become regent in his stead. So basically that means that Aemond is their next
best option because he's so studied in Valyrian history, it seems like he wanted the job back during season one,
even though he felt like Aegon was supposed to be like he was very ready to toe the line
according to what the small council told him. But you could kind of see it on his face when Aegon was
being crowned, like he was looking at the crown itself. Like that should be mine. then we have all the drama during season two. Like it just seems like Aegon and Aman's
relationship has deteriorated even more over the years. Then you have the events of episode four, where it did
look like Aemond meant for Aegon to die, like he was hoping that he would be killed
first by Rhaenys, and then later almost seemed like he was going to finish him off himself. give him a full on chorus like in the middle of the sky. Do not care about collateral damage. there'll be a lot of questions about that, I'm
sure during episode five and beyond, like will people remember that? Like, does Criston Cole tell the small council or anyone
else, even Alicent, that Aemond, full on Aegon? my assumption is that they'll be so rude, like anybody
who was potentially there and could have seen what happened, will be so messed up with so much PTSD
that they won't be thinking about that. the real question is, if Aegon eventually wakes
up, will he remember what happened? And will he and Aemond talk about it like,
I know you tried to kill me? what will that eventually be like? there's no actual recording of them
talking about that in the books after the fact. So it's possible that they talked about it
behind closed doors. And that's why the history was never recorded,
because you remember that all this history that they're basing the show on was recorded
third party style by Masters in Mushroom. So if they weren't around to hear conversations,
it didn't wind up in the book. that's how they explain a lot of the brand new scenes
between characters on the show that you didn't see in the books, like, oh,
it just happened in nobody else heard about it. but really interested to see what Helena tells to Aemond
when they're standing in front of the iron Throne here. There's also a lot of people in season
one that also thought that Aemond secretly coveted his sister Helena,
even though she was meant to be married to Aegon. It's possible that that's the case. Like maybe at one time he did want her, and maybe he just thinks of her
in a very protective, special kind of way. Now. But I do think that Helena's children are Aegon's
children, not Ammon's children. I don't think that Aemond would do that. Like he's so by the book, by the numbers kind of guy,
even if he wanted to be with her. but I am sure she's going to drop some epic dragon dream
when they're talking here. Maybe Aemond, though, because he's so studied
in Valyrian history and he's kind of tuned in to that kind of stuff,
maybe he will take some meaning from what she says. Were other people within the Greens do not? The other big reminder, too,
is that he has the Valyrian dagger. And because he's so studying Valyrian history,
maybe he will also detect the Valyrian writing on it. So it's possible that he could learn about the prophecy that way, like by accident,
because you also have Alicent studying Aegon's prophecy. Like she knows about the prophecy. She's studying all this history. So they're probably building up to some kind of reveal where Alicent tries to tell someone else
about the prophecy itself within the Greens. And that might be Aemond. then we see Jace at the twins with the phrase trying to negotiate with them
to try and get their support in the upcoming war. part of the idea is that going back in history,
the phrase was meant to be thought of is honorable people. Walder Frey, during the events of the main
Game of Thrones series, was the one that sort of threw that out the window.
I'm sure there'll be a lot of questions about this, too. There's a scene of Daemon and Rhaenyra together,
but also scenes that we see from episode five. I know these are from episode five of Daemon
back at Herron Hall, especially with Alys Rivers. So the question then becomes
does Daemon have more crazy werewolves visions of adult Rhaenyra with them together, or does he just go back
and meet with her during episode five at some point? Or could it be from a future episode? Because they do do that like they're known to include
footage from a bunch of different future episodes? I would not be surprised if by the end of the season,
Daemon has already left Harrenhal. it seems like he and Alys Rivers develop
some kind of weird relationship. Not a physical relationship. I don't know if they actually wind up sleeping together,
but that would be a very Daemon thing. Kind of do. spooky woman doing all kinds of witchy stuff to you.
What's your first thought? Well, better sleep with her.
there's a lot of book imagery with her pregnant with Aemond,
but we'll see how they explain that on the show. Like if she has a child. Is that Ammon's child, or is that Daemon's child? I am sure there'll be a lot of questions
about that going forward. At some point. there's another scene of Alicent
being super pissed off at Criston Cole. This is from the other trailer where he talks
about how they've given the war to the dragons. Basically him telling him that it's out of their hands. Now that the dragons have all been activated,
it's going to be really, really crazy. no surprise, given what happened during episode four, that her mood has gotten even worse
when she's thinking of Criston Cole. Like, how dare you get my son killed or almost killed? Imagine her being pissed off at him, then leaving,
then her son coming back. This this broken husk of crispy chicken. then we have a couple scenes of Corliss looking like
he's having the long, dark night of the soul, probably having just learned about Rainey's death and just trying
to reckon with that sitting on his throne at Driftmark you can definitely tell how this is going to drive
a bigger wedge between him and Rainier. Like he already didn't like Rhaenyra in Daemon
because he kind of blames them for the death of his son and for the death
of his daughter earlier in the timeline. Remember, she was married to Daemon. It also looks like Rhaenyra has a scene with Baela
where she's trying to basically help her deal with the death of reigns
because she was so close to Rhaenys Baelor was she was essentially fostered at Driftmark
for most of her life. if you don't remember. Rhaena grew up at Dragonstone
for the most part with Daemon in Rhaenyra. but part of the idea, and this will probably be
a more important for later episodes. Like they don't have a lot of footage of it. Here is the idea that daemon didn't care about Rayna
or pay her as much attention. Growing up, because she wasn't a Dragon rider, she didn't have a dragon,
so he didn't view her as being as special as Baela. Maybe that will change. If Rayna winds up claiming sheep stealer,
that would be like, the most proud that you could make daemon as a father
Papa. Bless. There's a lot you can say about daemon, but up to present day,
he just does not seem like the most attentive father, just in general, for any of his children,
even his children with Rhaenyra. I don't think we've even seen a scene with him
and his children with her. most of the scenes where we see him
being like a good father to be in Rhaena, we're like way back during season one, when they were
much younger after the death of their mother. and even that's actually a deleted scene. Like that scene didn't make it into the actual episode. the part of the idea of all his crazy, weird
good visions at Harrenhal is him reckoning with all of his selfishness in the consequences
of all the things that he's done over the years. so. We'll see how this all ends up affecting him. Like maybe there will be some positive outcome in this. Like maybe he will learn something positive from these with the help of Alys Rivers,
who does seem like she cares about helping him. even if it's in her own spooky, witchy kind of way. but if there's any other new scenes or footage
that you spotted that I didn't talk about in the video, write them below in the comments
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