All The Interesting Details And Moments From “House Of The Dragon” Episode 6
Fiyin Olowokandi
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It's a whole new era.
All The Interesting Details And Moments From “House Of The Dragon” Episode 6
Warning: This post contains spoilers for House of the Dragon Episode 6.
Acting as a second pilot, this episode saw a huge time jump and the introduction of a new cast to play some of the lead characters. Let’s pe into the interesting details and moments along the way…
1. First of all, it’s been about 10 years since the end of the last episode.
HBOWe follow one to where it joins with Laena’s cog, then splits off again to lead us to the dragon-egg symbols for Daemon and Laena’s twins, Baela and Rhaena.
HBOBack to Rhaenyra’s symbol, and we follow her bloodline into a different direction toward three new cogs — her sons: Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey.
HBOThe next generation is officially part of the lineup!
3. Speaking of which, it feels significant to open the episode with a close focus on Rhaenyra in childbirth — her battlefield, as her mother called it, and the one that, considering her mother’s death, she was particularly afraid of.
HBOAs we see, she comes through it safely with a healthy baby — the third time she’s done so.
Later, there’s a quiet but meaningful moment between Viserys and Rhaenyra when he tells her, “I do hope the labor was easy.”
4. The battle isn’t over for Rhaenyra with the birth — she then has the psychological battle with Alicent, which she fights in a very physical way by taking Joffrey to the queen herself, leaving a trail of blood behind her as she walks.
HBOIn her walk, Rhaenyra is brave, stubborn, defiant — and loving. They’re quick moments, but you can even see Rhaenyra, despite the pain and suffering she’s going through, look down to smile at her baby several times, as though to reassure him that he’s safe and loved.
5. When Lord Caswell greets Rhaenyra, Laenor, and the baby on the stairs and offers them “any service,” Rhaenyra says, “The day may come yet, my lord,” hinting at the alliances Rhaenyra needs in the brewing conflict.
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She’s replaced the Targaryen dragon orgies with tasteful wallpaper, indicating the contrast in how she views herself and also the way she’s asserted herself at court.
7. Joffrey is, of course, named after Laenor’s lover who was murdered the day of his wedding to Rhaenyra — by Criston Cole, the very man who is watching as Rhaenyra and Laenor discuss the name.
HBOCriston and Laenor share a glance afterward, but notably, Laenor does not return Criston’s acknowledging nod.
8. In case you didn’t quite catch the dragon situation, Viserys and Alicent’s eldest, Aegon, is fully bonded to a dragon called Sunfyre, while Rhaenyra’s oldest son, Jacaerys, is working on his bond with his dragon, Vermax.
HBOVermax is the little guy we see crisp the goat.
As we see in the episode, Aemond doesn’t have a dragon — the “Pink Dread” prank the other boys pull on him is a play on Balerion the Black Dread’s nickname. Meanwhile, it’s Dreamfyre who breathes fire at him in the Dragonpit.
HBODreamfyre, you may remember, was the dragon whose egg Daemon stole in Episode 2. Dreamfyre is Helaena’s dragon, although that hasn’t been confirmed within the show yet — nor have the names of Lucerys’s and Baela’s dragons.
We also see that Laena is now bonded with Vhagar — the dragon she was all excited about when she was a kid, back in Episode 2.
HBOVhagar is the oldest living dragon, having been originally bonded to Aegon the Conquerer’s sister Visenya.
9. When Alicent tells Aemond he’ll have a dragon one day, Helaena says, “He’ll have to lose an eye” for it, which is foreshadowing the eye patch we saw an adult Aemond wearing in the original show trailer.
HBOIt indicates that Helaena has the power of prophecy in some way.
10. Not only is Alicent still wearing green after her dramatic costume change last episode, but her sons wear green, too — highlighting her influence over them and the allegiance she’s bringing them up with.
Ollie Upton / HBO
11. Rhaenyra’s sons, meanwhile, wear the red and black of House Targaryen, reinforcing that, whoever their father is (cough Harwin cough), they are blood of the dragon.
HBO12. Alicent’s talk with Aegon echoes the one Otto had with her last week — it was a huuuuge turning point for her character, so it will be interesting to see if her conversation has a similar effect on her son.
HBOHis fight with Jacaerys later in the episode — which starts off playful and gets quite serious — certainly suggests it has.
13. Laena says she wants to die a dragonrider’s death, and she makes sure it happens — although she probably wasn’t expecting it to be quite so soon.
HBOWhat’s also interesting about her death is that Daemon is given the same choice Viserys was given when Aemma died — sacrifice his wife to try to save his child — and Daemon makes a different choice from Viserys, although Laena has already made her own choice by that stage.
14. Laenor mentions a giant Tyroshi general who dyes his beard purple and wears women’s clothes, which is a reference to Racallio Ryndoon, who is now leading the Triarchy’s army after the Crabfeeder’s death.
Ollie Upton / HBO15. The Small Council has seen some changes during the 10 years we’ve missed. Most notably, Alicent now has a seat at the table, and Grand Maester Mellos has been replaced by Grand Maester Orwyle.
HBOIt’s not stated in the episode, but Mellos is now dead.
16. The Small Council discusses a dispute between the Brackens and the Blackwoods — the same families whom we saw fight when Rhaenyra was searching for suitors earlier in the season.
HBO17. When Larys says, “I took the liberty of beginning without you, your grace” about his dinner with Alicent, he foreshadows how he acts later in the episode, having his brother and father killed in response to the “wish” he projects onto the queen.
Ollie Upton / HBOIn doing so, he not only has increased his own power by making himself lord of Harrenhal but also has “served” the queen while simultaneously giving him something to hang over Alicent’s head.
The idea that Alicent is now his is underlined by Larys as he carefully and deliberately plucks and holds the flower that he compared her to in the previous episode.
18. Finally, there’s a brief shot of Viserys crying while kissing a ring — this is Aemma’s, revealing that he still loves and mourns his first wife.
HBODid you enjoy Episode 6? Let me know in the comments section below!
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