Second of His Name
A royal hunt for a prince's second nameday, and the end of the Crabfeeder in the Stepstones.
"Second of His Name" is the third episode of the first season of House of the Dragon, written by Ryan Condal and Gabe Fonseca and directed by Greg Yaitanes; it first aired on September 4, 2022. Its title refers to Prince Aegon Targaryen, King Viserys' firstborn son with Queen Alicent, who shares his name with Aegon the Conqueror. The plot follows the celebration of Aegon's second nameday, and Daemon and Corlys battling the Triarchy in the Stepstones.
Quick Facts
- Series
- House of the Dragon
- Season
- 1
- Episode
- 3
- Director
- Greg Yaitanes
- Writer
- Gabe Fonseca; Ryan Condal
- Photographer
- Pepe Avila del Pino
- Editor
- Tim Porter
- Air date
- 4 September 2022
Lore & Background
Three years on, the war in the Stepstones is going badly for Daemon and the Velaryons, and Viserys refuses to send aid. He leads the court on a hunt to celebrate Aegon's second nameday, intending to kill a white hart, considered a royal good omen. Rhaenyra, believing her father means to replace her as heir, storms away from camp with Ser Criston Cole; she later meets the white hart and lets it go unharmed, while Viserys settles for an ordinary hart held down by his guards. Viserys dismisses Lord Jason Lannister's marriage suit for Rhaenyra, Otto Hightower proposes betrothing her to the two-year-old Aegon, and Lord Lyonel Strong advises a match with Ser Laenor Velaryon.
Reader's Guide
Viserys assures Rhaenyra she will never be replaced as his heir, and on Alicent's advice sends reinforcements to the Stepstones. When word of this reaches Daemon he beats the messenger, then feigns surrender to lure the Crabfeeder's army into the open; the Velaryon infantry led by Corlys and Vaemond counterattacks while Laenor cuts off the enemy's escape on his dragon Seasmoke. Daemon pursues Craghas Drahar into the caverns and kills him.
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