{"id":23901,"date":"2022-10-17T04:01:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T02:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1722804"},"modified":"2022-10-17T04:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T02:25:10","slug":"did-house-of-the-dragon-just-show-a-new-contender-for-the-iron-throne","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/did-house-of-the-dragon-just-show-a-new-contender-for-the-iron-throne\/","title":{"rendered":"Did House of the Dragon just show a new contender for the Iron Throne?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 17 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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**Spoiler warning for House of the Dragon episode 9**<\/strong><\/p>\n

House of the Dragon episode 9<\/a>, titled \u2018The Green Council\u2019, examines the events in King\u2019s Landing following the death of King Viserys I Targaryen<\/a> (Paddy Considine).<\/p>\n

Spurred on by Viserys\u2019 final words, Queen Alicent Hightower<\/a> (Olivia Cooke<\/a>) begins plotting to place her eldest son Prince Aegon Targaryen<\/a> (Tom Glynn-Carney) on the Iron Throne instead of his older half-sister, Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen<\/a> (Emma D\u2019Arcy<\/a>).<\/p>\n

However, the widowed Queen finds herself competing with her own father Ser Otto Hightower<\/a> (Rhys Ifans) to find her son in King\u2019s Landing first.<\/p>\n

While Alicent enlists her son Prince Aemond Targaryen<\/a> (Ewan Mitchell) and personal protector Ser Criston Cole<\/a> (Fabien Frankel) to find him, Ser Otto sends the twin brothers Ser Arryk Cargyll (Luke Tittensor) and Ser Erryk Cargyll (Elliott Tittensor)<\/a> to bring Aegon directly to him.<\/p>\n

During their search of the city, the Cargyll twins head to a disturbing establishment in Flea Bottom where children are forced to fight against each other.<\/p>

In this building, Ser Erryk points out to his brother that a small child is sitting in the corner of the establishment, sporting platinum blond hair often associated with the Targaryens<\/a> and the blood of Old Valyria.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ser Erryk suggests that this child is a bastard born from Aegon himself and is but one of many of his offspring as a result of the Prince\u2019s insatiable sexual appetites.<\/p>\n

Will this child prove to be of greater significance? There is a chance that this child is actually the character named Gaemon Palehair from the book Fire and Blood.<\/a><\/p>\n

**Spoiler warning for the book Fire and Blood and potentially House of the Dragon**<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who is Gaemon Palehair in Fire and Blood?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Tom Glynn-Carney as Prince Aegon Targaryen in House of the Dragon<\/span><\/figcaption> Ollie Upton\/HBO<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

In the book Fire and Blood, Gaemon Palehair is the bastard son of a prostitute named Essie from the brothel known as the House of Kisses on the Street of Silk in King\u2019s Landing.<\/p>\n

During the civil war dubbed the \u2018Dance of the Dragons<\/a>\u2018, Gaemon is later claimed to be the bastard son of Prince Aegon Targaryen and the prostitutes of the brothel and other followers later proclaimed him as the King of Westeros.<\/p>\n

Amassing thousands of followers, the boy became known as \u201cThe Cunny King\u201d and his mother called herself Lady Esselyn.<\/p>\n

A number of proclamations were made on behalf of King Gaemon, mostly in the interest of women\u2019s rights and caring for the poor.<\/p>\n

However, a later development would see Gaemon\u2019s mother Essie admit that Gaemon was the son of Lysene oarsman and not Aegon. Whether Gaemon was indeed a pretender will no doubt be debated.<\/p>\n

So, could this young boy in House of the dragon turn out to be the Gaemon of the book Fire and Blood? We shall have to wait and see.<\/p>\n

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