Rhaenys Targaryen
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Sep 12, 2026
RobertHOST
Now for something else perhaps unexpected.
RobertHOST
Rhaenys, Rhaegar and Elia's daughter, is a dragon dreamer.
RobertHOST
This is not emphasised or made much of a plot point at all.
RobertHOST
In fact, most casual fans may miss it entirely.
RobertHOST
There's no hint that any of the characters in the play even notice.
RobertHOST
Elia tells Rhaegar about the birth of their son Aegon, which was a troubled birth, and she says this… I feared Rhaenys would blanch at the blood, but she held my hand the whole time, sang to me that it was not yet our time.
RobertHOST
First there will be a river of rubies, a thundercloud in a clear sky, music at the gates and a mountain in our room.
RobertHOST
Then we shall sleep wrapped in gold.
YolkboyHOST
Many of their people, the Valyrians, had perished in the volcanic cataclysm of the Doom that destroyed Valyria.
YolkboyHOST
Therefore, Aegon and his sister wives, Rhaenys and Visenya, won Westeros with dragons, not popularity.
Lady GwynhyfvarHOST
So Aegon built a dynasty that was held in place by literal firepower, which would have been extremely fragile were it not for the fire-breathing dragons.
Lady GwynhyfvarHOST
This placed a great emphasis on the importance of family for the Targaryens.
Lady GwynhyfvarHOST
Tywin's son Jaime Lannister killed Ares when he realized the king planned to set off a wildfire explosion to destroy the city.
Lady GwynhyfvarHOST
The Targaryens had been overthrown and Robert Baratheon was crowned king.
YolkboyHOST
But even after Tywin ordered the deaths of Rhaegar's two children, Aegon and Rhaenys, to destroy the Targaryen line for good and prevent future uprisings, there was still the issue of Viserys and the pregnant Rhaella.
YolkboyHOST
Robert dispatched his brother Stannis across Blackwater Bay to deal with them at Dragonstone.
speaker_4HOST
Over 1,000 lords are summoned to vote on the succession.
speaker_4HOST
The two primary claimants are Princess Rhaenys, representing the senior female line, and Prince Baelon, representing the male line.
speaker_4HOST
And the lords overwhelmingly vote to bypass the woman in favor of the man.
speaker_3HOST
And when Baelon dies, they eventually pass the crown to his son, Viserys.
PaulHOST
As a child, he had his eye cut out by some very strong lads, and after this, he's just not taking any chances.
PaulHOST
He's wildly jealous of his brother as well, and his delay at Rook's Rest led to Aegon almost being killed by Rhaenys.
PaulHOST
Even when he went to get him from the wreckage, there was the feeling that he might strike him down.
PaulHOST
Think Aemond is a bit like Daemon as well, in that they both felt they should lead and will have to accept that they must fall in line.
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PaulHOST
Now this scene shows the difference between the kids, and Baela is very much to the manner born.
PaulHOST
She lived a life of riches, while Addam had to live with the rats.
PaulHOST
She explains how Corlys loved Rhaenys, and that he tried to forget about Alyn and Addam for her sake.
PaulHOST
This is something that was mentioned in the book as well, is that Corlys ended the tryst so he didn't anger Rhaenys.
speaker_0HOST
So you have Visenya, the older sister, who was stern, severe, and a highly disciplined warrior.
speaker_0HOST
And then Rhaenys, the younger sister, who was much more charismatic, playful, and deeply engaged in politics.
speaker_0HOST
The only outsider allowed in was Orys Baratheon, Aegon's fiercely loyal best friend and a rumored bastard half-brother.
speaker_1HOST
Along with a handful of very minor local lords' houses, Velaryon, Celtigar, Massey.
speaker_0HOST
Right, the weapons of mass destruction.
speaker_0HOST
The entire campaign hinges on this.
speaker_0HOST
Visenya rode Vhagar, Rhaenys rid Meraxes, and Aegon rode Balerion the Black Dread.
speaker_0HOST
And we really have to pause and talk about the physical reality of these assets.
speaker_1HOST
Jaehaerys outlives his immediate male heirs, so he calls a great council of all the lords of Westeros to vote on who should succeed him.
speaker_1HOST
The obvious choice by direct lineage is his eldest descendant, Princess Rhaenys.
speaker_1HOST
But the lords of Westeros, steeped in a deeply patriarchal feudal culture, vote overwhelmingly to pass her over in favor of her younger male cousin, Viserys.
speaker_1HOST
Rhaenys becomes known as the Queen Who Never Was.
speaker_0HOST
It's pure gender politics.
speaker_1HOST
Mm-hmm.
speaker_0HOST
But why is that specific vote so dangerous?
speaker_1HOST
If we connect this to the bigger picture, Jaehaerys established a terrifying precedent here.
speaker_1HOST
Yeah, and for a century, they just look east at the ashes of their old home.
speaker_1HOST
But then Aegon Targaryen, along with his sister-wives, Visenya and Rhaenys, decide to turn west to Westeros.
speaker_1HOST
It's an act of staggering hubris.
speaker_1HOST
They decide to unify a massive disparate continent that has been divided into seven warring kingdoms for thousands of years.
speaker_2HOST
Where the combined armies of the Reach and the Westerlands face the Targaryens.
speaker_1HOST
Right, tens of thousands of men, the greatest chivalric force ever assembled.
speaker_1HOST
And Aegon, Visenya, and Rhaenys just unleash all three dragons at once.
speaker_2HOST
Four thousand men burned alive in minutes.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Amory breaks off from the mountain, forcing the pursuers to split up.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Jaime quickly catches up to Amory and kills him, then runs to find Rhaenys.
speaker_2NARRATOR
The girl is hiding under her father's bed, looking frightened, holding her black cat.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Jaime extends his hand toward her, causing the girl to slide out from under the bed and rush into his arms.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Howling, Gregor drops to one knee, right before Ned brings his sword down on his enemy's neck.
speaker_2NARRATOR
It takes a couple of strikes, but Ned chops off Gregor's head.
speaker_2NARRATOR
At that point, Jaime runs up to him, carrying Princess Rhaenys in his arms.
speaker_2NARRATOR
When he sees Gregor lying on the ground, he gives Ned an approving look, gives him a nod, then runs through the broken room.
RyanHOST
It does.
JamiePANELIST
It is also probably the coolest because it has been set 300 years before the events of Thrones and follows Aegon Targaryen alongside his sisters, Visenya and Rhaenys, his sister wives we should say, as they envi- invade Westeros on their three big, scary dragons.
RyanHOST
Oh.
JamiePANELIST
Valeryon, Meraxes, and crowd favorite from House of the Dragon-
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