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Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen
Viserys’s daughter and named heir to the Iron Throne; a dragonrider bonded with Syrax.
ClearStory · HBO · SEASON 1 · EPISODE 4
HOUSEOF THE DRAGON
King of the Narrow Sea
The setup
Rhaenyra’s marriage tour has not produced a husband. Daemon is returning from the Stepstones, and both siblings must readjust to life at Viserys’s court.
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8 peopleThe only names you need
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Prince Daemon Targaryen
Viserys’s impulsive younger brother, a feared warrior and rider of Caraxes.
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King Viserys I Targaryen
The peace-minded king. His decisions about marriage and succession shape the realm.
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Alicent Hightower
Daughter of Otto Hightower and Rhaenyra’s childhood friend, drawn into the politics around the king.
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Ser Otto Hightower
Alicent’s father and an influential royal adviser, closely involved in the succession.
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Ser Criston Cole
A skilled knight whose place near Rhaenyra and Alicent becomes politically important.
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Lord Corlys Velaryon
The Sea Snake, head of wealthy House Velaryon and commander of its fleet.
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Mysaria
Daemon’s former companion and an increasingly well-connected source of information in King’s Landing.
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Key story points
Hidden because this section reveals what happens in Episode 4.
Content note: Violence, strong language, death, childbirth complications and distress, sexual content and coercive power dynamics.
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