Rhaenys Is *Our* Queen, but How Does She Eventually Die in 'Fire & Blood'? (SPOILERS)

How does Ryaenys Targaryen die in ‘Fire & Blood’? In ‘House of the Dragon,’ why does not Rhaenys kill Alicent and Aegon whilst atop her dragon?

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for House of the Dragon Episode Nine and George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood.

No one expected Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) to come back out of the woodwork as the largest force to be reckoned with, but in House of the Dragon’s penultimate episode, that’s exactly what occurs. Rhaenys, who is Viserys’s cousin, and who was lost sight of in the seek for an inheritor to the Iron Throne, makes it clear whose side she’s on in the HBO series’ 9th episode.

After King Viserys (Paddy Considine) dies, the Game of Thrones spin-off displays Alicent seeking to win over Rhaenys. Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) claims that Rhaenys will have to had been queen; however, her phrases contradict her actions when Alicent nonetheless wants to place her son, Aegon, on the throne. Rhaenys is clearly an impressive force in relation to the Dance of the Dragons, so how does she die in the books?

In ‘Fire & Blood,’ Rhaenys Targaryen dies right through the Dance of the Dragons.

Everything Season 1 of House of the Dragon has been preparing us for is after all happening. Yes, the Dance of the Dragons, which is the Targaryen civil battle, is in any case upon us ahead of the Season 1 finale. In George R.R. Martin’s supply subject matter, Fire & Blood, Rhaenys sits on the black council of Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy).

Rhaenys’s lifestyles has been defined via getting spurned in the road of succession over the Iron Throne because of her gender, which inspired her nickname, the Queen Who Never Was.

However, Viserys rectifies this, in a way, by way of naming his daughter, Rhaenyra, as his heir, fixing a long time of gender inequality. When Rhaenyra marries Rhaenys’s son, Laenor, their Velaryon youngsters (in name, even though likely no longer in blood) can even rectify the line of succession as Rhaenys’s descendants. When Rhaenyra proposes that her sons marry Daemon and Laena’s daughters, that’s the overall nail in solidifying Rhaenys’s loyalty to the blacks.

Rhaenys Targaryen dies preventing for Rhaenyra's claim to the throne in 'Fire & Blood.'

In Fire & Blood, Rhaenyra sends Rhaenys to fly over the Velaryon ships’ fleet on her dragon, Meleys, to prevent the vegetables from attacking. Effective right here, Rhaenys continues to fly on Meleys as a device all through fight. They attack Ser Criston’s squaddies throughout the Battle at Rook’s Rest, but the assault is a ploy. When King Aegon II Targaryen and Prince Aemond Targaryen seem on their dragons, Sunfyre and Vhagar, Rhaenys meets their attack understanding she doesn't have a chance.

The three dragons fall to the ground, and Meleys dies all the way through the struggle. Besides Meleys’s carcass, a frame is discovered, even supposing the body is so blackened with ash that nobody could inform who it is. However, it is broadly believed that the body is that of Rhaenys. Like her daughter, she dies a dragon rider’s dying. While this may be how she dies in the books, we know that House of the Dragon takes its liberties when it comes to character deaths... so possibly she'll be protected from the perils of fight.

Tune into the finale of House of the Dragon on Oct. 23 at Nine p.m. on HBO.

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