What Will Happen to Aegon in House of the Dragon?
King’s Landing may have just got a new ruler, but the previous one will be around for quite some time.
Mostly based on George R.R. Martin’s novel Fire & Blood, House of the Dragon still follows its own path altering the story in sometimes too many ways. However, what’s certain for now is that the show may at least let its lead characters be written off the plot line in the way that Martin once conceived it.
With three more episodes left to air, season 2 will now see Aemond Targaryen replacing his badly injured brother Aegon on the Iron Throne, yet the latter’s fate remains a way more demanded question than anything Aemond will eventually come up with as the ultimate ruler in Westeros.
It is fair to say that Aegon never gave a single sign of being a good king, which might be a clear indication that his inability to reign right now is a real blessing for the whole fictional country.
The second season’s episode 4, titled The Red Dragon and the Gold, sees Aegon brought down by his own brother during an epic dragon fight with Rhaenys Velaryon and afterwards left bedridden with severe injuries which won’t let him live peacefully right till the end.
The series is yet to reveal what exactly it has prepared for Aegon now that he has no other choice but to see his villainous brother taking his place, but those who once got familiar with Martin’s textbook-ish novel may already be aware of major changes coming Aegon’s way.
According to the original book, Aegon does survive after the fight during which Rhaenys is killed and even is quick enough to recover, embarking on yet another battle when Rhaenyra and her allies make an attempt to take King’s Landing.
Aegon’s adamant decision to keep fighting no matter what backfires once again when he’s badly injured for a second time and is eventually left with both of his legs shattered.
The character’s aggravated health condition is followed by a series of tragic events when his son is killed in battle and his wife and sister Halaena commits suicide, yet it doesn’t really impede him to cling to power just like he was doing all along.
Still, things aren’t the same as they were when Aegon was physically capable of ruling Westeros, and it eventually results in his own men’s decision to poison the King that cheered for continuing the war, but had no real knowledge of the warfare to lead his people towards the victory.