Ollie Upton\/HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n In the aftermath, all are present before King Viserys as he criticises the Kingsguard for failing to guard the princes, but Ser Criston notes that the princes were responsible. The maesters reveal they can heal the flesh but Aemond\u2019s eye is lost. Lord Corlys and Princess Princess Rhaenys arrive and comfort Laena\u2019s girls, as Daemon and Rhaenyra return and see Lucerys\u2019s scars. Alicent notes Laenor\u2019s absence is likely due to his cavorting with squires, to Ser Criston\u2019s amusement.<\/p>\n
Viserys inquires about what happened and the children all argue and scream about it. Rhaenyra\u2019s boys tell her what Aemond had said, while Viserys asks for the truth about Aemond. When Rhaenyra reveals what had been said and that this was slander and treason, Viserys wants to know where Aemond heard the rumours. Despite looking at Alicent, Aemond blames Aegon. The King approaches his eldest son and shouts at him for where he heard it but he claims everyone knows this.<\/p>\n
In response, Viserys wants this to be the end of the rumours. An engraved Alicent wants a literal eye for an eye but Viserys instead orders that anyone repeating the rumours about Rhaenyra\u2019s children will have their tongue cut out. In response, Alicent swears to serve the Queen\u2019s Justice and orders Ser Criston to bring her an eye from Lucerys, but he notes he is only sworn to protect her. In response, Alicent seizes Aegon\u2019s dagger from Viserys and lunges at Lucerys but Rhaenyra blocks her and holds back. Rhaenyra\u2019s son Lucerys screams. Ser Criston moves to protect Alicent but Daemon meets him and other Kingsguard hold Criston back from the Prince. Alicent accuses Rhaenyra of feeling so entitled and showing no duty or sacrifice as she has and now wants her son\u2019s eye, but Rhaenyra responds that despite hiding beneath righteousness, all those present can now see Alicent as she truly is. Ser Otto orders Alicent to drop the blade. Alicent withdraws, but only after Rhaenyra\u2019s arm has been cut and blood drops to the floor. Aemond comments that it was a fair exchange as he lost an eye but gained a dragon. He then embraces Alicent, while Rhaenyra stands with her boys, Daemon and Lord Corlys.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Emma D\u2019Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Olivia Cooke as Queen Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon.<\/span><\/figcaption> HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n In the aftermath the next morning, Ser Otto visits the chambers of Alicent who asks him to say what he has to say, the Queen speculating that she has disgraced herself with conduct and ensured that Rhaenyra will forever have Viserys\u2019s favour. Ser Otto notes that for the first time, he sees that Alicent has the determination to win an ugly game. The Queen is encouraged to apologise to the King and win his sympathy, noting that in the end, they will prevail. Ser Otto notes that Aemond was right \u2013 Vhagar was worth the price they paid.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Rhaenyra\u2019s wound is healed by a maester as Ser Laenor returns. Rhaenyra asks Jacaerys and Lucerys to leave. Laenor notes his inability to defend his sister and wife. Rhaenyra notes what is being said of their sons and Laenor notes that he has failed her as a husband but he deeply loves their boys. Rhaenyra tells him of her hopes to bear his children and Laenor reveals his self-loathing for his sexuality, but Rhaenyra notes that she doesn\u2019t hate him as he is a good man with a good heart. Laenor recalls the pair\u2019s arrangement and notes that he is not sure they can honour those vows. Laenor notes that despite the conflict in the Stepstones, he will devote himself to Rhaenyra and being her husband and helping her prepare for the throne.<\/p>\n
On the road to the ship to King\u2019s Landing, Alicent comforts an ailing Viserys and apologises. The King asks that they speak no further of what occurred.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Olivia Cooke as Queen Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon.<\/span><\/figcaption> Ollie Upton\/HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n On Driftmark, Corlys and Rhaenys watch the King, Alicent and their children depart as their dragons fly with them, now joined by Vhagar.<\/p>\n
Watching from the shore, Rhaenyra notes to Daemon that House Targaryen owes everything to fire.<\/p>\n
On the ship back to King\u2019s Landing, Lord Larys approaches Alicent and notes the lack of justice in what befell Aemond. Larys suggests that they balance the scales and will devote himself to her as his servant. However, Alicent comments that this act is not necessary but his devotion to her has not gone unnoticed. Alicent says that she may fall upon him with discretion soon.<\/p>\n
On Driftmark, Rhaenyra tells Daemon that she needs him as she cannot face the Greens alone. The Princess suggests binding their blood as Aegon the Conquerer did with his sisters, suggesting that Daemon becomes her husband and Prince Consort, noting that they are both made of Fire and can burn together as they are meant to. Daemon answers that Laenor would need to be dead for them to marry. Rhaenyra comments that she knows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Emma D\u2019Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon.<\/span><\/figcaption> Ollie Upton\/HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n At a dock, a hooded Daemon speaks with Ser Qarl and suggests he pays him gold before being transported to safety over the Narrow Sea. Daemon asks if Ser Qarl offers death.<\/p>\n
On Driftmark, Daemon seizes a guard while Ser Qarl confronts Laenor in the hall of High Tide. Laenor asks Ser Qarl why he is there as his lover draws a dagger, commenting that Laenor has always looked down on him. Laenor draws his sword and the pair duel as Lord Corlys and Princess Rhaenys are called and find a corpse, appearing to be their son in the fire. The pair are devastated to believe that both of their children are lost.<\/p>\n
Rhaenyra comments to Daemon on the shore that she loves Laenor but their plans will cost the Velaryons their heir and the realm will blame Rhaenyra but will fear what she and Daemon are capable of.<\/p>\n
In the aftermath, Daemon and Rhaenyra bind themselves in blood and marry in the tradition of Old Valyria on Dragonstone, in the presence of their children and Maester Gerardys (Phil Daniels). The pair embrace and kiss.<\/p>\n
Finally, Ser Qarl climbs in a lifeboat on the shore of Driftmark to depart for a ship across the Narrow Sea. The sailor of the lifeboat is seen to be Ser Laenor himself with his hair sheared off. The pair depart Westeros together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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What book changes are in House of the Dragon episode 7?<\/strong><\/h2>\n John Macmillan as Ser Laenor Velaryon in House of the Dragon.<\/span><\/figcaption> Ollie Upton\/HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n A number of changes were made comparing the book Fire and Blood to House of the Dragon episode 7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In the book, Lady Laena Velaryon had died on Driftmark and so her children and she had been there the whole time. Rhaenyra\u2019s sons and Daemon\u2019s daughters had been raised closely together as the former were at Dragonstone, and the latter nearby on Driftmark.<\/li>\n The large gathering for a funeral on Driftmark was not for Lady Laena in the book and was instead for her brother, Ser Laenor.<\/li>\n Following the deaths of Laena and Laenor in the book, Lord Lyonel Strong and Ser Harwin Strong were killed in the fire at Harrenhal. In the series, this took place in the previous episode.<\/li>\n In the book, Viserys and Alicent had a third son named Daeron who is absent here.<\/li>\n The continued presence of Ser Harrold Westerling is a change, as if the series had followed the book timeline, the character would have died during the time jump.<\/li>\n Princess Rhaenys Targaryen is shown to explicitly be aware of the paternity of Rhaenyra\u2019s children while Lord Corlys is shown not to care regardless in the pursuit of his own ambition.<\/li>\n Lady Baela and Lady Rhaena Targaryen were not present in the book when Aemond lost his eye and were not involved with that story directly.<\/li>\n The story of Prince Aemond losing his eye and the subsequent debate is accurate to the book but Queen Alicent\u2019s outburst and violent confrontation with Rhaenyra are original for the series.<\/li>\n In the book, the loss of Aemond\u2019s eye prompted King Viserys to make the ruling against slander of Rhaenyra\u2019s children as bastards, but he also ruled that Alicent and her children return to King\u2019s Landing, while Rhaenyra and her children should remain on Dragonstone. In the book, this pleased Daemon as he would be near her on Driftmark.<\/li>\n The series explicitly shows Rhaenyra and Daemon make love and orchestrate their eventual marriage through the fate of Ser Laenor. While their speedy marriage in the book is noted as suspicious, this makes it explicitly planned in advance.<\/li>\n In the book, Ser Laenor was killed by Ser Qarl while attending a fair in Spicetown and quarrelled around merchants.<\/li>\n The book offers a number of rumoured scenarios regarding the fate of Ser Laenor. One suggests that Daemon paid Ser Qarl to kill Ser Laenor and helped him escape in a ship before killing him too. Another scenario is that Ser Qarl grew jealous after Ser Laenor found a new lover, prompting them to quarrel and Ser Qarl killing Ser Laenor and fleeing.<\/li>\n The series invents an escape for Ser Laenor as he faked his own death and escaped across the Narrow Sea with his lover Ser Qarl, while Westeros believes he is dead and Rhaenyra widowed. The book appears to genuinely portray Ser Laenor\u2019s death.<\/li>\n In the book, Daemon and Rhaenyra\u2019s marriage occurred after the deaths of Lord Lyonel Strong and Ser Harwin Strong at Harrenhal and Ser Otto Hightower had returned to King\u2019s Landing.<\/li>\n<\/ul> Olivia Cooke as Queen Alicent Hightower and Emma D\u2019Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon.<\/span><\/figcaption> HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n Next week in the eighth episode, The\u00a0<\/strong>Lord of the Tides<\/strong>, the conversation will likely turn to the issue of who will inherit Driftmark once again after Lord Corlys Velaryon and Princess Rhaenys Targaryen lost both of their children.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, the issue of Princess Rhaenyra marrying her uncle Prince Daemon will no doubt be brought up.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the series is set to have another time jump as all of the children will be aged up with some reaching adulthood, including Prince Aegon, Princess Helaena, Prince Aemond, Prince Jacaerys, Prince Lucerys, Prince Joffrey, Lady Baela and Lady Rhaena.<\/p>\n
Can Princess Rhaenyra and Queen Alicent finally bury the hatchet for the sake of King Viserys? Somehow, we doubt it.<\/p>\n
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