List of House of the Dragon characters

[1] He was among the candidates to succeed his grandfather as ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and during the Great Council at Harrenhal he was chosen as heir over his older cousin Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, despite her better claim to the Iron Throne.

[3] He organizes a royal hunt on Aegon's second nameday while actively ignoring the ongoing War for the Stepstones and seeks to make a powerful alliance by marrying off Rhaenyra so she can have children to secure his bloodline further.

To continue fulfilling his role as king, he began taking the powerful opiate milk of the poppy while opposing political factions formed under Rhaenyra and Alicent that Viserys was unable to stop spiraling out of control.

[6] While he was the heir to the Iron Throne, he was considered unfit to rule by the Small Council due to his reluctance to be involved with politics and his brutal methods of dispensing justice as the Lord Commander of the City Watch.

After a three-year campaign, Daemon kills the leader of the Triarchy Craghas Drahar during the climactic Siege of Bloodstone, winning the war, and is bestowed the title of "King of the Narrow Sea".

Daemon soon holds a gathering of Riverlords at Harrenhal where Oscar, now the Lord Paramount of the Riverlands, agrees to uphold his grandfather's oath and support Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen's claim to the Iron Throne.

[13] After Lady Baela Targaryen informs the Black Council of Criston leading an army into the Crownlands, Rhaenyra, with assistance from Mysaria and Ser Steffon Darklyn, infiltrates King's Landing disguised as a septa and visits Alicent at the Grand Sept in an attempt to make peace.

Mysaria reports to Rhaenyra that her spies had begun inciting harmful rumors in King's Landing to undermine Aegon's rule, including that the upper class are living in luxury while the smallfolk starve.

[14] Following the death of Queen Aemma Arryn, he makes Alicent get close to the grieving king, which later results in their marriage and the birth of Otto's eldest grandchild Aegon.

Otto then spent several years conspiring with fellow Small Council members Ser Tyland Lannister, Lord Jasper Wylde, and Grand Maester Orwyle to eventually usurp the throne and make Aegon king while Viserys was slowly succumbing to his crippling illness.

Following the death of Viserys and King Aegon II Targaryen usurping the throne, Corlys and Rhaenys pledge their support to Rhaenyra and send the Velaryon fleet to blockade Blackwater Bay.

Following Viserys' death, Rhaenys is placed under house arrest and discovers that the Small Council are usurping the throne to make Prince Aegon Targaryen king over Rhaenyra.

Six years later, following the death of Viserys, he accidentally kills Lord Lyman Beesbury when he protests the rest of the Small Council's plot to put Prince Aegon Targaryen on the throne in place of Rhaenyra.

He bleakly compares how useless he feels as a soldier after he witnessed hundreds of men be killed by dragons during the Battle at Rook's Rest and how his death will be a relief from his guilt.

Alicent is informed by Larys Strong that Grand Maester Mellos was ordered to discreetly deliver moon tea, which is used to abort pregnancies, to Rhaenyra, and questions Ser Criston Cole on the matter, who confesses that he broke his oath and slept with her.

Feeling betrayed by her closest friend, Alicent surprises all the guests when she attends the royal wedding feast of Ser Laenor Velaryon and Rhaenyra by wearing a green dress that matches the colors of the flames House Hightower burns when they go to war.

Six years later, following the death of Viserys, he demands Ser Criston Cole resign from the Kingsguard immediately after he accidentally kills Lord Lyman Beesbury during a Small Council meeting.

[28] After the immediate death of Viserys, Tyland is revealed to be part of a scheme to crown Aegon as king and informs the rest of the Small Council that the treasury will be divided for safekeeping.

After the Battle of the Burning Mill, Tyland concludes that, despite the death of Lord Samwell Blackwood, both sides took heavy losses and he urges Aegon to utilize his brother's forces that are being mustered in the Westerlands.

Following the death of his father, despite his own belief that he is unfit to rule and that his half-sister Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen was the chosen heir, he is crowned king with the support of the Small Council, ultimately usurping the throne.

In the aftermath of the battle, Aegon survived the fall but had fallen unconscious, having broken several bones, and half of his body was burnt after Vhagar's fire heated his Valyrian steel armor and melted his skin.

After Lucerys arrives with his dragon Arrax, due to the new alliance forged with Aemond, Borros refuses to uphold his father's oath to support Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen's claim to the Iron Throne.

Jeyne also informs Rhaena that she is to leave the Vale on the merchant ship the Gay Abandon with Aegon "the Younger" and Viserys so they can be sheltered by Prince Reggio Haratis in Pentos.

Sixteen years later, after the immediate death of Viserys, Orwyle is revealed to be part of a scheme to crown Aegon as king, and advocates for the murder of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen to eliminate the rival claimant.

He discreetly delivers moon tea to Queen Alicent Hightower, who questions him regarding whether he believes Viserys changed his mind and chose Aegon to be king but refuses to comment.

Corlys then tasks Alyn with helping ferry dozens of potential Targaryen bastards from King's Landing to Dragonstone, including Hugh Hammer and Ulf White.

[44] He visits the Wall alongside Prince Jacaerys Velaryon and agrees to uphold his father's oath and support Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen's claim to the Iron Throne.

With the war escalating and the blockade on King's Landing making life harder for the smallfolk, Kat convinces Hugh that they should relocate to Tumbleton to stay with her brother but they are unable to leave the city after the gates are closed on Prince Aemond's Targaryen's orders.

Believing that he is now ready, Alys later brings Daemon to the godswood and requests that he place his hand on the weirwood tree, allowing him to peer into the future and experience a multitude of visions.