House Of The Dragon Episode 10 is almost upon us and it brings the incredible season to
a close in what’s no doubt going to be a big send off to not only the show but also
a couple of characters.
The trailer for it is now out and throughout this video we’re gonna be breaking it down,
talking about the events in the book and also what point we think the season is gonna end
at.
Because of this there’ll be some major spoilers so if you don’t want it ruined then I recommend
you turn off now.
The show doesn’t adapt things 100% but stuff is normally close enough that even talking
about the book could burn it all down for you.
With that out the way, huge thank you for clicking this, now let’s get into
the video.
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Now the episode is called The Black Queen and as I’m
sure you can guess, this is in reaction to what happened in episode 9.
The council of the greens was formed and Aegon was crowned the King.
Most of the realm now see Rhaenyra as illegitimate and thus she has to call together the people
that still support her and the blacks.
We have seen the Greens murdering people who dissent from them and this of course makes
several houses realise that they are trying to rule through fear.
They view it at high treason and it strengthens their word.
Most of the houses swore oaths to Rhaenyra all the way back in 105 AC and though some
of the heads have died since then most still stand by their oaths.
This is very much going to mirror the last episode with people swearing loyalty to the
blacks whereas 9 had it to the greens.
Now whereas last week centred around the Green Council, Rhaenyra would eventually go onto
form the council of the Blacks who I believe we see in this episode standing around the
painted table.
We see Rhaenys arriving at Dragonstone on the back of her beast fresh off the back of
Episode 9.
Quick correction from our episode 9 breakdown and I said that her dragon was Meraxes.
I actually couldn’t remember the name but I remembered it started with an M and just
googled Rhaenys dragon M and that was what came up.
Probably changed up now because of the popularity of it but before it Meraxes was the top result.
I apologise and next time i’ll be sure to double check with you in exchange for showing
you my feet.
Socks off.
Now Rhaenys warns that the greens are coming for her and as we saw last week, Otto wanted
to send assassins to take her out.
I believe that we see a scene like this playing out in the entry with them once more meeting
on the bridge up to the castle.
This obviously Echoes episode 2 in which Otto and the forces of Kingslanding travelled out
there to get the dragon egg back from Daemon.
However this might actually be Otto going to Rhaenyra with terms in order to try and
talk her down from starting a war.
Huge shoutout to Think story for pointing out that the person holding the parchment
is Rhaenyra and we can also see that she’s wearing a crown.
He also pointed out that Orwyle is there too and in the book he was the one who came to
deliver the terms.
He was lambasted as a traitor and his chains were taken from him which could explain what
happens after the swords are drawn.
Daemon talks about her bending the knee and she might even consider this in the epsiode.
The crown would of course plunge the realm into war and after the decades of peace that
her father and grandfather brought, it’s a risky move.
Both Viserys and Jahaerys were known for creating the most peaceful period in Westeros and to
go against this would in some ways undo all their hard work.
Or that’s at least how she might see it, I dunno mate I wasn’t invited to this or
the she hulk writers room.
In the book they talk about the terms and state that all Rhaenyra has to do is accept
that Aegon is the King and she’ll get to keep Dragonstone.
She will be known as a Lady buit it seems like she goes against this.
This teaser shows Rhaenyra getting a crown which I’m guessing will come after this
meeting on the bridge.
In the teaser we see Erryk handing over Viserys crown which he clearly stole from Kings Landing.
In the book Alicent ordered for it to be locked away in a vault so that Aegon could take Aegon
The Conquerors.
However a servant ended up stealing this and they fled the Kingdom.
Here though they’ve given that role to Erryk who is now bringing it to Rhaenyra in order
to crown her the rightful Queen.
Now it’s also possible that Rhaenyra goes into labour during this episode.
After Rhaenys delivers the news that the Greens are coming for her and the kids we see her
touching her bump.
In the book after her fathers death she went into labour and learned that her throne had
been taken from her.
In the book the labour was agonising and it lasted for days with Rhaenyra even screaming
out Monster to the baby at one point.
It came out stillborn with a dragons tail and she blamed Alicent for not only killing
the baby but for also stealing her birthright.
It isn’t the only child that she loses in the episode either but we’ll talk more about
this later on.
Rhaenyra stands beside Daemon out amonst the cliffs at one point and she looks like she’s
been through hell.
I’m guessing this will come after she gives birth and it will be the pair realising how
much Alicent has taken from her.
This plunged everything into all out war and I love the shot where we see the council of
the blacks presiding over the table.
The orange glow created by the paint is of course supposed to resemble fire and it hints
towards the flames that will rain down on the land during the dance of the dragons.
This table was actually commissioned by Aegon the first during his conquest and it allowed
him to see over all of Westeros so that he could better plot and plan his takeover.
Now whereas we spent all of episode 9 at Kings Landing, it seems like we will be spending
the majority of 10 at Dragonstone.
This is shown throughout the teaser with us getting both night and day sequences around
the castle.
However this trailer also confirms that we will be heading to Storms End.
At one point we see Jacerys saying ‘send us’ and he’s stood beside his brother
and coous…sorry fiances.
A marker is placed down at Winterfell so we could potentially visit there in the episode
or even pick up season 2 at the location.
This will be where we likely meet Lord Cregan Stark who could end up becoming a big character
next season I pretty much view Winterfell as being the home of game of thrones, yeah
that’s right f**k kings landing and it would be so cool to open the season up there.
In the work we learned that Alicent sent out Ravens to almost all of the houses in the
realm in order to try and rally support for her side.
However the more powerful places needed a personal touch and thus she sent out Aemond
to Storms End in order to try and get them on her side.
This is the same in the case of Rhaenyra who ends up sending Lucerys out to Storms end
in order to broker a deal.
The name of this is symbolic on a number of levels as the big scene there takes place
in a storm…so….yeah….the season ends here….so…yeah and storms end could also
refer to the final line from chapter 12.
This discusses how after Viserys death the storm broke and the dragons danced.
Larys also brought up how important it was in episode 9 before he was cut off by Alicent.
He wanted to warn her that she’d see defeat without it and now he’s here to see defeat.
Sorry did that joke last video but it’s too good not to milk.
Also for anyone asking, this is basically what Only Fans was before the internet.
Anyway back to Storms end.
Now this is teased first in the trailer by Aemond pulling off his eyepatch.
After it was taken at Driftmark he ended up placing a sapphire stone in the wound which
he hid with an eyepatch.
This was at court so that people didn’t wince but now he’s fully in f**k you mode
so he unveils it.
In the book Aemond arrives there first and he promises his hand in marriage to one of
Borros’ daughters.
This will unite the houses, secure Storms end to the Greens side and also make it so
that Rhaenyras side is outmatched in house strength.
Lucerys arrives late and due to him being bethrothed to his cousin he cant marry any
of Borros’ daughters.
Aemond at this point demands that he cut out an eye and he says that in exchange for this
he’ll let him live.
Aemond goes to fight him but Borros says that there’ll be no blood shed under his roof.
Lucerys then storms out…ey and he then leaves on the back of his Dragon.
Now at this point one of Borros’ daughters that Aemond didn’t pick taunts him and says
that he took his balls as well as his eyes.
Aemond then went out into the storm and on the back of Vhaghar he tracked Lucerys through
the sky.
Though Lucerys dragon was smaller and faster, the storm slowed him down and thus Vhaghar
was able to catch up.
Aemond killed him and he ended up being known as the Kinslayer because of this.
It seems like the series is changing up what happens during the fight with it happening
in the courtyard rather than in the night sky.
Looks so good and watching Vhaghars head slowly appearing over the wall lets you known it’s
onnnnnnnn.
It does appear like they might take to the sky however the way the part with Lucerys
is presented makes me think it might be something else.
I think it could be him leaving dragonstone though it might also be storms end.
The book talks about how he’s drenched when he arrives there so potentially this is the
start of the journey.
Now these aren’t the only dragons that appear in the episode either.
Due to Rhaenyras side being desperate she needs more Dragons and it seems like Daemon
is going to Vermithor.
This is the dragon that belong to Jaehaerys first and it’s one of the oldest in the
realm only being second to Vhaghar.
Daemon appears to be singing to it in High Valeryon and he promises that it will get
a new rider.
This comes in the form of Hugh Hammer who’s gonna be a big character in the series.
Now originally the Targaryens and Valeryons wanted it to seem like only their bloodline
could ride the beasts.
This is because it made them appear like Gods and therefore their rule wouldn’t be contested.
They had to bring in other Dragon riders to help and this was suggested by Jacerys.
After the first person who attempted to tame the dragon was burned alive, Hugh eventually
stepped up and they could reorder events to have it happen here after Daemon calms it
down.
Other important shots involving the character are when he grabs his sword Darksister.
Huge shoutout to brain pilot for pointing out that this belonged to Aegon the conquerors
sister/wife.
He rightly spotted that it’s meant to mirror how Aegon the second now has the conquerors
sword whereas he has his sisters….slash wifes…well one of em anyway.
These two swords once fought alongside each other but now they are held by people on opposite
sides which showcases how far everything has fallen.
The teaser ends with the jaws of Vhaghar snapping out of the rain likely grabbing arraxes or
Lucerys.
I know I said they might just keep it to the courtyard but this could end up happening
in the sky which would be a great way to end the battle.
Anyway that ends the trailer and it looks like it’s gonna be one hell of a finale.
The death of Lucerys would be a crazy way to close things off and it would deal a crushing
blow to Rhaenyra.
The back half of this season has been all about her protecting her children.
This entire war was pretty much started because they were seen as illegitimate and it would
be incredible to end things with one of their deaths.
That will be the end of the series and im so sad to see it go.
It’s been an incredible 10 weeks and hopefully we get an official announcement of the jon
snow one or something else to tide us over.
Either way thats the trailer and obviously I’d love to hear your thoughts on it.
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