After that shocking cliffhanger , Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon is finally flying back on to our screens. But who should sit on the Iron Throne, really? In Season 2 , we're looking at civil war between childhood friends, between the Black Council under the command of Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy), and the Green Council led by Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke), the latter of whom sees her son Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) currently on the Iron Throne. First of all, reacquaint yourself with the Targaryen family tree .
In the very first episode of House of the Dragon , we learnt how King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine) won the crown over Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best). King Jaehaerys, having no living sons, picked Viserys during the Great Council at Harrenhal because, well, he's a dude. But as to Viserys' own heir? Well, that got complicated last season.
In Season 1, successors were named, the Iron Throne usurped, and at the centre of it all stand two women trying to avoid all-out war in Westeros. But who technically deserves what Viserys calls "the most dangerous seat in the realm"? Ahead of Season 2, we're looking at the pros and cons of the Black and the Green Councils in the forthcoming war of succession. You can't get much better than a formal declaration of succession by the king himself.
After his wife and son's death in childbirth , King Viserys named Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne, moving her above her bitter uncle and future husband Prince Dae.
