‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Finale: Daemon explains Daenerys’ strange vision

Impressively, Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) has actually done almost nothing this season. Dragon Housebut he definitely is seen some things.

Ever since he arrived at Harrenhal for the easiest conquest ever, Daemon has been having some very strange visions – including of young Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock), of his dead mother Alyssa (Emmeline Lambert)’s sex dreams, and glimpses of his rotten brother Viserys (Paddy Considine).

In the finale, however, Damon has a different kind of vision—a glimpse into the future, rather than the past. So what exactly did he see, and what does it mean?

What did Dimon see in his vision?

When Daemon touched the weirwood trees of Harrenhal, he saw a quick montage of images that were familiar. game of Thrones Fans: Brynden Rivers, aka Bloodraven, Targaryen bastard and Green Seer, mentor to Bran Stark; shot of the White Walker standing in the woods; on a battlefield strewn with corpses There’s a glimpse of a dead dragon (perhaps Daemon’s own Carax?); Daemon himself falls into a body of dark water; and finally, everyone’s favorite Targaryen conqueror Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) ), sitting covered in dust in a flashback, hugging her dragon (or, in the story’s timeline, a flashback) forward)arrive game of Thrones The moment she becomes the titular Mother of Dragons (a moment foreshadowed in episode three when Rhaena Targaryen (Phoebe Campbell) is sent away with the eggs), more than a century later Daenerys will have these dragon eggs).

After this quick cut, Daemon walks into the throne room and sees Rhaenyra sitting on the Iron Throne. Helana (Phia Saban) then appears behind him. “It’s all a story,” she said, “and you’re just a part of it. You know your role.”

Damon, finally takes a knee.
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So what does Daemon’s vision mean?

Given that we already know what happened game of ThronesIt’s clear that Daemon saw what Aegon saw in his much-discussed “A Song of Ice and Fire” dream: the threat of the White Walkers in the north, and the need for Westeros to unite behind the Targaryen Iron The ruler on the throne comes to stop them.

Interestingly, Daemon also seems to understand how he Fits this picture. The witch of Harrenhal, Alice Rivers (Gail Rank), has told him that he will die at Harrenhal – the vision he saw of the battlefield and the dead dragon, and his subsequent fall into the water Could the shot be a scene of his own death? If so, Daemon’s vision also suggests this World Health Organization He would be wistful when he saw Rhaenyra on the Iron Throne.

This seems to be why he finally decided to kneel before Rhaenyra when she appeared at Harrenhal and put his own desires aside – he was horrified by what he saw in the vision, As Helena says, he now knows his role in it.

Dragon House Season 2 is now streaming on Max.