House Of The Dragon Season 2, Episode 4: What Happened to King Aegon at the End

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#moviesupdate In House Of The Dragon Season 2, Episode 4, the shocking events surrounding King Aegon leave viewers on the edge of their seats. This episode's ending raises many questions, especially regarding King Aegon's fate. Join us as we break down what happened to Aegon, the implications for the Targaryen dynasty, and what this means for the future of Westeros. Don't miss our in-depth analysis and theories on this pivotal moment

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00:00Welcome back everyone.

00:08It is Amelia.

00:09I hope you are fine.

00:10King Aegon II Targaryen is left for dead at the end of House of the Dragons Season 2 Episode

00:164, raising major questions about his fate and what happens next.

00:20After two years of waiting, the Dance of the Dragons explodes into action in this installment

00:25helmed by Game of Thrones veteran Alan Taylor, whose credits include Baelor and Beyond the

00:30Wall.

00:31Krysten Cole and Aemon Targaryen's plans come to fruition, albeit with a few hiccups.

00:36The target is Rook's Rest, the seat of Lord Staunton, who sits on Rhaenyra Targaryen's

00:41small council.

00:42Things go zorry, however, when the king himself shows up on his dragon, Sunfyre.

00:47The result is a dramatic clash between three dragons, Sunfyre, Vhagan, and Melys, that

00:52very certainly leaves Melys and her rider, Rhaenys Targaryen, dead.

00:57But Aegon's own fate is less concrete in House of the Dragons Season 2 Episode 4's ending.

01:02Although the end of the episode doesn't confirm it either way, it's reasonable to assume King

01:07Aegon did not die in House of the Dragons Season 2 Episode 4.

01:11Although the wounds he suffered definitely could have been fatal, indeed, that all three

01:16dragonriders weren't burned to ash seems a minor miracle.

01:19There are a few reasons why Aegon is likely still alive, the biggest of which is that,

01:24well, he doesn't die at this point in the book.

01:27The show has made several changes to George RR Martin's fire and blood, of course, including

01:32the fates of characters, for instance, Laena Velaryon is still alive, as far as we know,

01:38when he dies in the book.

01:39However, the circumstances are still broadly the same, whereas killing Aegon at this point

01:44wouldn't just be changing his fate, but rewriting the entire story.

01:48To remove him at this point would be like killing Tyrion Lannister halfway through Game

01:52of Thrones, such is his importance to the story and ongoing civil war.

01:57It's also a golden rule of TV that if we don't get explicit confirmation of a death, it probably

02:02means it didn't happen.

02:03Aemond is moving toward the body, seemingly ready to finish the job, which further indicates

02:08Aegon is still alive.

02:10That's not to say he won't be horribly wounded, but he will at least be breathing.

02:14Aegon is seriously injured at Rook's rest in fire and blood.

02:18The fight leaves him with several broken bones and severe burns on half his body, which

02:22leave him incapacitated for around a year.

02:25Sunfyre is also badly injured and unable to fly for a long time.

02:30In Aegon's stead, Aemond becomes Prince Regent.

02:33He sits on the Iron Throne and wears the Conqueror's Crown, finally becoming the ruler, if not

02:38king, that he's long wanted to be.

02:40However, Aegon does eventually recover enough to resume his duties, although he carries

02:45the signs of his injuries afterward.

02:48Since this story exists in the book then, despite the differences in how it happened,

02:52House of the Dragon season 2 will presumably be doing the same thing.

02:56Expect Aemond to assume control and Aegon to be mostly out of action for a few episodes.

03:01New episodes of House of the Dragon season 2 release Sundays at 9 pm ET on HBO and Max.

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