The Blood & Cheese Moment of House Of The Dragon Changes Another Major Targaryen Death Significantly.
The book narrative underwent considerable alterations in the famed Blood and Cheese scenes in House Of The Dragon, which will affect another significant Targaryen death. Tragic events befell poor Helaena Targaryen as Daemon's assassin, known only as Blood And Cheese, as she entered the Red Keep in House of the Dragon season 2, episode 1 conclusion. Originally meant to kill Aemond Targaryen, the two came upon Helaena and killed her son, Jaehaerys, the Iron Throne heir. Fans of the Fire and Blood book have long expected, or more fairly dreaded, the Blood and Cheese sequence of House of the Dragon season 2.
One of the few events that really defines the start of the Dance of Dragons in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series, the scene represents a crucial turning point in the narrative. The same holds true for the scene as it was depicted in House of the Dragon season 2, independent of the book modifications it underwent. Fascinatingly, these developments will indicate still another significant change later in the narrative, around the death of another Targaryen.
House of the Dragon Eliminating Much of Helaena's "Choice" from Blood & Cheese Will Affect Her Death
First, it's interesting to investigate the main changes done to the Blood and Cheese sequence in House of the Dragon season 2. Helaena was made to tell the two assassins which of her two children was male in the episode. Born twins, Jaehaerys and Jaehaer were portrayed in House of the Dragon season 2 to appear exactly same. Daemon's directions fit the episode's title, "A Son for a Son," hence Blood and Cheese had to find which of the twins was Aegon's male heir.
Though her decision is drastically different in Fire And Blood, Helaena tearsfully selects Jaehaerys in House of the Dragon before he is killed. In the later, Helaena has three children—one of them missing from House of the Dragon. Aegon and Helaena have another son called Maelor aside from the twins. Helaena's decision throughout the novel centers on her two sons; one of them must die at the hands of Blood and Cheese and she has to decide which. Helaena reportedly struggles even looking at Maelor following Blood and Cheese since she is so overcome with guilt at sentencing him to death...... Maelor is younger than Jaehaerys, hence Helaena chose him since he will probably not comprehend. Moreover, the later inherits the Iron Throne. Before killing Jaehaerys, Blood and Cheese choose to wake Maelor and inform the young prince that his mother wants him murdered. Fire and Blood showed Helaena's spiral into severe despair following this event, partly due to Jaehaerys's death and partly due of her remorse in choosing Maelor to die. Helaena reportedly struggles simply looking at Maelor following Blood and Cheese because of her extreme guilt at sentence him death. Helaena's sadness finally causes death by suicide, so ending tragically another Game of Thrones franchise member's life. Her guilt about Maelor is cited in Fire and Blood as one of the main causes of Helaena's death; this is now improbable in House of the Dragon following the modifications to Blood and Cheese in season 2. < Melsor not even exists in the HBO adaptation, so Helaena's guilt will probably be replaced with the anguish of choosing Jaehaerys and seeing him die, thereby altering her death in House of the Dragon's next episodes.
Why Helaena Chose Jaehaerys Die In House of the Dragon?
Fire And Blood makes it abundantly evident that Helaena picked Maelor to die because of his youthful age and unlikeliness of succeeding on the Iron Throne. That stated, House of the Dragon leaves her reasoning down to several context cues instead of clearly stating why Helaena selects Jaehaerys to die. One clue appears early in the show when Helaena tells her husband that Jaehaerys might not want to be king, therefore guiding King Aegon the Magnificent toward success.
Helaena may have already seen Jaehaery's death in dreams and accepted it; this would come to pass. Helaena has witnessed the ways the Iron Throne might influence someone, either by rendering them despondent and miserable or nasty and power-hungry. Helaena may have thus selected Jaehaerys to die as a warped sort of charity, so sparing him from growing up in a world where obligations, liabilities, and the fates of the Seven Kingdoms are non-consensually thrown upon him. This could then lead to still another justification for Helaena's decision to spare Jaehaera's life. As is always the case in Westeros, Aegon had already shown indications of ignoring his daughter to raise his heir to be king. Should Jaehaerys die, her father might show her more affection and care. Though unusual, this is a reasonable explanation nonetheless. Ultimately, House of the Dragon makes clear that Helaena was a dreamer; she mentioned she was terrified of the rats prior to Blood and Cheese. Helaena might have already witnessed Jaehaery's death in dreams and accepted it; so, selecting him in the climax scene would come to pass. Among other Westerosi leaders with premonitory "dragon dreams" are Aegon the Conqueror, Maester Aemon, and Daenerys Targaryen.
Could Maelor Targaryen Still Show Up in House of the Dragon?
For those who know Fire and Blood, a burning mystery is whether Maelor, Aegon and Helaena's third child, might show up in House of the Dragon. Given his absence thus far, it is obviously improbable, and in such a subsequent scenario like Blood and Cheese, Said that aside, Maelor could be introduced in a few different ways.
First of all, it might be discovered Maelor has been born years ago and has never shown on-screen. Another theory is that he is born later, maybe in desperation for Aegon to have an heir following Jaehaerys' death. In this sense, even though he is not included in a significant book story based on his character, the third Targaryen child could contribute to the future seasons of House of the Dragon.
house of the dragon: revealing the Targaryens' legacy
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