Yes, those eggs in House of the Dragon are the ones you’re thinking of.

It’s a scene that certainly made those who have already seen the series tick. Game of Thrones. A passage from episode 3 of season 2 of House of the Dragon has a passage in which we see a group of dragon eggs in a sort of cauldron, to keep them nice and warm, until they hatch. Now, these eggs are not harmless at all. The following contains spoilers.

Daenerys Targaryen’s Future Dragons

Among these four eggs are three eggs that will much later give rise to the dragons (Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion) of Daenerys Targaryen, one of the protagonists of Game of ThronesThe news was confirmed on June 30 (the date the episode aired in the US) by filmmaker Geeta Vasant Patel, who directed the episode, to Mashable.

Here, young Rhaena Targaryen, daughter of Laena Velaryon and Daemon Targaryen (Rhaenyra’s uncle), is sent to the Vale of Arryn, a region allied to Rhaenyra. The latter considers that it is better to keep some of her descendants safe, but also some dragons still young or still in the egg state.

Rhaena also leaves with three of Rhaenyra’s children: Joffrey (whom she officially had with Laenor Velaryon, but in fact with Harwin Fort), as well as Aegon the Younger and Viserys (both descended from Daemon). Are you a little lost? There is an infographic of the Targaryen family that will help you find your way around.

Jeyne Arryn is Rhaenyra’s cousin (she is descended from Viserys I Targaryen and Aemma Arryn). Jeyne will make her army available in exchange for the presence of a dragon in her lands. In addition to the four eggs, two young dragons are also sent: Tyraxes, Joffrey’s dragon, and Stormcloud, that of Aegon the Younger.

We also learn in this scene that, if necessity demands it, Rhaena is invited to go further east, to Pentos. This is a free city located on the other continent, Essos. Pentos is located on the seafront facing Westeros. It is roughly at the same latitude as King’s Landing, the capital of Westeros.

At the time, the city was ruled by Prince Reggio Haratis. However, it is also in Pentos, 172 years later, that we will discover the existence of Daenerys – and it is at this time, when she is a young woman, that she is given by the merchant Illyrio Mopatis, three fossilized dragon eggs (the famous Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion).

As the Night’s Watch encyclopedia recalls, the three eggs have these colors: ” one is described as black as the midnight sea, teeming with rippling scarlet and swirls, another deep green, with bronze highlights, and finally the last is creamy white with flashes of gold. “. But in House of the Dragonit is not obvious.

Another clue to explain the meeting between Daenerys and the three eggs

There was another possibility to explain how Rhaenyra’s three eggs ended up in Daenerys’ hands. In the book Fire and Bloodit is said that Elissa Farman, who later took the name Alys Montcouchant, stole three dragon eggs, then sold them to finance her travels around the world.

Alys Montcouchant is the navigator who inspired Arya Stark when she wanted to set sail to the west of Westeros. It is said that Alys also attempted to sail across the western ocean, and that she never returned from her adventure (although there are theories suggesting that she succeeded in circumnavigating the world—her ship was supposedly sighted one day).

Fire and Blood never stated outright that the three eggs stolen by Alys ended up in Daenerys’ hands, but the lead was credible.

The House of the Dragon series reshuffles the cards, by moving away from Fire and Blood: in fact, in the book, Rhaena does not start with four, but three dragon eggs. Furthermore, of the three, one of them ends up hatching and gives birth to the dragon Point du Jour. Perhaps it is this fourth egg that is with the other three in the cauldron?

The next episodes may provide the missing insights — it should be kept in mind, however, that although the series is inspired, endorsed and supported by the writer George RR Martin, who is at the origin of this entire universe, divergences may exist. For example, Reggio Haratis is not in Fire and Blood.

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