"Hundreds of lords swore fealty to the Princess!" he stands up and exclaims. Old man Beesbury is shocked to hear that some members of the council have been planning to install Aegon as the next king no matter what, as is Queen Alicent. In attendance is Ser Criston Cole Tyland Lannister, the Master of Ships (who has apparently taken over in Corlys's absence) Lyman Beesbury, the Master of Coin Ser Harrold Westerling, the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard Maester Orwyle, who must have replaced Mellos in his old age and Jasper Wylde, the new Master of Laws following Lionel Strong's death. In the middle of the night, the Queen and her father, the Hand of the King, call a special council meeting. Whether Alicent simply took what she wanted to hear, or truly just misunderstood him, it didn't help that Aegon was also the name of their son. The king was mumbling about the prophecy Aegon "the Conqueror" Targaryen once had in a dream-the one that everyone is obsessed about throughout Game of Thrones. For our viewers at home, we know that's not what he said. "He told me he wished for Aegon to be king," she tells her father at the beginning of Sunday's penultimate end to Season One. ![]() However, a last-minute wrench in her ascension came just last episode, when Queen Alicent misinterpreted the king's final words. ![]() ![]() She's not only Viserys's firstborn child, but she was also officially named the king's heir in front of the entire realm. In House of the Dragon Episode Nine, every indication leads to Princess Rhaenyra. Who will succeed to take the Iron Throne? For those worried that House of the Dragonwas starting to drag on, the king is now dead, the children have become adults, and it's finally time to do the damn thing we've been talking about since Episode One.
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