Welcome to the Heavy Spoilers show I'm your host Paul aka your Brother from another Mother
who also happens to be your sister and this video we're breaking down the episode 4 trailer
for House Of The Dragon.
After the big battle in episode 3 there's gonna be some major change ups in House Of
The Dragon and throughout this video we're gonna be going through everything you need
to know about the new teaser.
Full spoilers ahead so if you don't want anything potentially ruined then I incest that you
turn off now.
Unlike our breakdowns we will be discussing future book events to give context to what
we see so turn off if you wanna go into episode 4 without knowing.
With that out the way, huge thank you for clicking this, now let's get into the Episode
4 trailer.
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Ok so the teaser starts of with Rhaenyra reading what appears to be a scripture imprinted onto
the Valeryon Steel Dagger.
We already know from episode 1 that this prophecises the rise of the white walkers and that it
also states that a Targaryen has to be on the throne when they arrive.
This is known as the Song of Ice And Fire which is the name of the first game of thrones
book.
This was initially shown in a dream and it's a secret that has been passed from king to
king throughout the ages to warn of what's coming.
We hear the phrase the prince that was promised which is a term often used throughout Game
Of Thrones to describe this phophecised character.
Now one thing you might not know is that the word Prince in High Valerion is actually genderless.
It can refer to both a male or female character setting it up to be either Dany or Jon Snow
depending on what you want the prophecy to be.
Initially Milisandre believed that the prophecy spoke about Stannis but after he was killed
she changed her tune and started thinking it was about Jon Snow.
He of course died and came back but other Red Priestesses believed it to be Dany.
This is why one visited her at one point to basically play up the idea that she was the
chosen one.
I feel like this series is sort of back door mending some of the events of Season 8 and
I can imagine that it will likely end with us getting a full focus on this dagger.
Spoiler alert but all of these characters are of course dead come the first season of
Game Of Thrones so it will likely be the only item that really ties over from this into
that.
I'd love it if Milisandre showed up at some point due to her being able to appear youthful
and she could take the dagger herself and pass it on.
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Now from here we cut to a character running past the dragon skull of Balerion located
in the Red Keep.
This was the location that Viscerys delivered the original dagger speech at and it could
be tying into that scene with us seeing another part of it.
Incase you don't know, Balerion was Viscerys dragon and after he died the King decided
not to take another one.
Typically the dragon riders would get others but we've seen through his black dredd statue
how he prefers to be without due to the close connection that he had with it.
We watch as Viscerys takes his crown and then see Daemon show up wearing his own.
If you've been watching our breakdowns then you'll know how we've talked about how this
came about.
In the book Lord Corlys promised him a kingdom in order to make him invested in the War against
Crab Feeder.
After numerous victories he was crowned King Of The Stepstones and Narrow sea which is
why we see him wearing a crown here.
He actually returned to the Kingdom during one of the great tournaments and it was also
at this event that the greens and blacks were formed.
Whilst it all seemed like a power play for him though he actually ended up handing over
his crown and kingdom to win back the good favour of his brother.
Can see that definitely being something that happens in this entry with him giving the
crown over to the King in order to be allowed back into the Kingdom.
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Now over the top of this we also hear the different heirs and according to the subtitles
this is said by a street performer.
Interestingly you might also notice that they say the little princeling of three which is
a reference to Aegon.
Last episode centred around his second birthday so this indicates that the episode will have
a time jump of about one year.
Now there's also talk about a vile rumour circulating through the realm and we see two
hands pressing on top of each other.
My guess is that this is the rumour that Daemon and Rhaenyra have slept with each other which
was a big part of the source material.
The book talked about how he would sneak her out the castle dressed as a page boy and the
pair would then go to brothels together.
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It is possible that we might even see this in the teaser with us getting a shot of Daemon
wearing a cloak and also Rhaenyra running in a disguise.
This appears to be through the streets of Kings Landing and we catch someone bursting
up a fire ball.
This might be the scene in which the street performer talks about the heirs but let me
know below what you think.
Now the story of Daemon and Rhaenyra sleeping together is filled with second hand accounts
and gossip namely from the character Mushroom.
This is someone who doesn't appear in the show but he's basically a jester that spreads
rumour throughout Kings Landing.
Mushroom said that the pair got it on and there was a number of reasons for this.
Initially it was thought that they did this because Daemon was telling her how to seduce
Ser Criston whereas others say they just did it because they were attracted to each other.
There's talks of the pair also flying away together to far away islands so that they
could run around naked together so yeah, lots going on there mate.
Rhaenyra is clearly denying that any of it is true and it might not have even happened.
In the book she threw herself at Ser Criston but he ended up rejecting her and then she
ran off into the night.
She actually ended up sleeping with Ser Lyonel Strongs son who she bumped into and he's the
character that the book says took her maidenhead.
Basically, basically that V card for anyone who wasn't born in Westeros or the 13th century.
Otto appears to be telling Viscerys about this and it could end up being a rumour spread
by him in order to have her ousted.
The book constantly talked about how he tried to get Rhaenyra pulled down as the heir so
that he could prop his grandson Aegon up as the next in line.
Both he and Alicent have been complicit in this seize for power with them conniving away
to get her close to the King.
In the book there's also the groundwork there for them trying to get this plan enacted on
the prior king Jaeherys.
The story talks about how when he was on his death bed that Alicent would venture out to
him and read him stories in the night.
In his old age he started to believe that she was one of his daughters but there might
have even been a possible play by the pair there to get close to him before Viscerys
came along.
Thinking about that though they kinda changed the timeline up a bit with Alicent being 15
when she did that whereas here she was 15 when she went to Viscerys.
Bit of timey wimey wibbly wobbly stuff but I'm just showing you how things
It seems like they're gonna try and force Rhaenyra into a marriage after this as we
see her tending court.
Beside her we can catch a character wearing the Baratheon sigil as well as Ser Criston
Cole and someone up front who I don't think I recognise.
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teaser ends with a Dragon swooping in and this seems to be Caraxes aka Daemons.
We can tell this by the red scales that it carries which are typically associated with
the creature.
This could be the group sailing out to take part in the courtship and Daemon may end up
racing ahead and even putting himself forth to marry Rhaenyra.
In the books he tried to take her hand in marriage after the brothel stuff and he said
that it was Targaryen tradition for Aunties to marry Nephews and Neices to marry uncles.
So he could be flying out there to attempt to stop the whole thing but it is still pretty
early on in the timeline for that to be happening.
Either way that's everything we noticed and could decypher in the brand new look.
The show is changing things up a lot from the books so these predictions might not even
end up being true.
However I do think the rumour thing will be about Daemon and Rhaenyra as it seems to be
centred around the latter.
This is roughly the point in the timeline where it took place so that would be my guess
overall.
Now obviously I'd love to hear your thoughts on it so make sure you comment below and let
me know.
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