House of the Dragon has yet to introduce an infant Targaryen – but if they ever appear, you should be prepared for one of Fire and Blood’s most upsetting deaths. Game of Thrones had a penchant for killing off characters in gruesome, heartbreaking fashion; Ned Stark lost his head, Catelyn and Robb were brutally killed by the Boltons, and . After ended with Lucerys’ untimely murder, Season 2 opened with a notorious event from George R.
R. Martin’s book: , and the assassination of young Jaehaerys. If you thought things could only get better, as Ramsay Bolton once warned, you haven’t been paying attention.
Let’s talk about Maelor Targaryen. In the book, he’s the third child of Aegon and Helaena – however, we’ve only seen Jaehaerys and Jaehaera so far. “Maelor does not yet exist on this timeline because 30 years is compressed into 20 years,” Ryan Condal prviously EW, with Martin even describing him as “Maelor the Missing.
” Be warned: when he does arrive (likely in response to Aegon no longer having an heir), his future won’t be bright. In Fire & Blood, Larys Strong smuggles Maelor out of King’s Landing as Rhaenyra takes the city. Rickard Thorne (who also hasn’t appeared in the show) looks after him, but their cover is eventually blown in Bitterbridge, a Blacks-held territory.
Thorne tries to escape with Maelor, but he’s shot and killed by crossbowmen. The young Targaryen’s fate has never been confirmed, but there are three possibilities: he was c.
