Listen to Story In episode three of 'House of The Dragon' Season 2, Rhaenyra Targaryen makes her one last attempt to have peace before the big war takes place. With the help of her new advisor, Mysaria, the righteous queen steps into the King's Landing and intercepts the Queen dowager, Alicent Hightower, at the Great Sept. Disguised as a nun, she greets Alicent with a dagger and asks for her audience, only to end up making her the biggest villain of the Season.
The conversation between Alicent and Rhaenyra constitutes the highest point of the episode but hardly becomes the strongest. After being told by Rhaenys that even Alicent doesn't wish for a war leading to bloodshed all round, Rhaenyra tries to reason with the woman in green. Sitting in front of the sept where hundreds of candles burn for those who died, they recall the happy days of King Viserys' rule.
Rhaenyra utilises the opportunity to come clean on Jhaerys' (Aegon and Haelena's son) death and Alicent speaks to her about the last words of the king. Here's where the whole story topples. The moment of truth beckons upon Alicent when she realises that her dying husband wasn't really speaking about their son, Aegon, but Aegon - the conqueror, and the prophecy about 'The Song of Ice and Fire'.
Alicent starts to make sense of the king's last words: "Aegon-his dream. The Song of Ice and Fire. It is true.
What he saw in the North. The Prince That Was Promised." She goes on, "The Prince to unite the realm against the cold an.
