Some of those children will be boys, which calls Rhaenyra’s claim to the throne into question. While Rhaenyra may be the official heir to her father Viserys, Alicent is now the queen, and in the show’s future (presumably after that 10-year time jump), she’s going to have children. There’s a decent chance you know by now that the main conflict of House of the Dragon is essentially a power struggle between Alicent Hightower and Rhaenyra Targaryen. We’re going to avoid going too deep into spoilers here, but if you want to avoid knowing how this story ends, you should stop reading now because we’re about to get much further into the books than House of the Dragon of the has by Episode 2. This will have consequences in both the short and long term. heart and chooses House Hightower, announcing the news in one of Episode 2’s final scenes. Going with House Velaryon makes more sense politically, but ultimately, Viserys follows his. Meanwhile, House Velaryon (the only other Valyrians in the picture aside from the Targaryens) takes a more traditional approach, with house patriarch Corlys formally offering up his pre-pubescent daughter in a move that would solidify Valyrian power. After the queen passes away, Otto makes his move by sending his young daughter Alicent to comfort Viserys. House Hightower is led by Otto, who serves as King of the Hand. Basically, there are two families vying for power via the opening that is King Viserys’ empty wedding bed: those are the Hightowers and the Verlaryons. There’s a lot of backdoor politics happening here, so you might be wondering what exactly went down. House of the Dragon Episode 2’s ending explained
Spoilers ahead of House of the Dragon Episode 2 (and also the plot the book that inspired the show). By the end of House of the Dragon, Viserys makes his choice. All he wanted to do was mourn his wife and tell his daughter about old prophecies, but tradition demands that the king take a new wife.
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