The 4th episode of “ House of the Dragon, ” named “ King of the Narrow ocean, ” takes us through the changing comprehensions and political developments that had the eventuality to impact the future of the House Targaryen. Viserys had arranged for suitors, whom he allowed were eligible to marry his son. Princess Rhaenyra rejected everybody, though she knew that her father wouldn’t be pleased with her decision. But still, Rhaenyra acted out of her own will as she wasn't like other women, who weren't allowed to make their own opinions.
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How Does The Return Of Daemon Change The Course Of effects In King’s wharf?
Princess Rhaenyra saw a familiar dragon swimming over them while she was coming back to King’s wharf after meeting a group of suitors, arranged by her father. The extravagant son had returned. Daemon Targaryen reached the lord's wharf unannounced, after defeating the Triarchy and being made the King of Stepstones. People knew that there would be some purpose, some unfaithful motive behind his return, but Daemon surprised everyone. He said that after being named the emperor of the Stepstones, he realized that there was only one true king who ruled the seven fiefdoms and sat on the Iron Throne. This unforeseen change of heart sounded grandiose, but Daemon spoke with a lot of conviction. Viserys was overwhelmed by this doubtful gesture from a man whom he'd known to be rebellious, reckless, and erratic. Viserys knows in the reverse of his head what Daemon was able of and that he didn’t have a good track record when it came to trusting and fidelity, but he still wants to believe his family this time. The blood of the dragon indeed ran thick. The sisters have reunited formerly again, though Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen couldn’t believe that suddenly Daemon had come this conforming romanticist who wanted the stylist for his family and lord's wharf.
Otto Hightower saw the drama passing in front of his eyes, and he knew that Daemon’s intentions weren't so noble. But at that moment, he knew that he couldn’t speak against him, because there was a chance that Viserys would have allowed the Hand was speaking because of his rapacity and desire. So, he stayed quiet and awaited for that occasion when he'd get some substantiation that would corroborate the ill intentions that Daemon had. Rhaenyra, chancing the occasion, addresses Daemon alone. She asks him why he returned and casts aspersions on his motives. Rhaenyra tells him that Viserys was happy to vend her off to the Lord, who had the biggest castle. She was as rebellious as her uncle. She wasn't notoriety who would be confined to the morals if she didn’t like them. She didn’t watch if she was breaking the age-old traditions and customs, unlike her father. Viserys was notoriety for whom effects demanded to be done as they had always been done. He wasn't notoriety who would sway from the fixed course. He held Targaryen’s history and traditions in high reverence. For him, it was impious to indeed suppose that he could go against them.
Rhaenyra tells Daemon that she had witnessed what happened to her mama and that she didn’t want to meet the analogous fate as her. She had always allowed that there was further to being a woman than just producing heirs at law for the throne. Just like her uncle, she was rebellious and didn’t mind breaking many rules for her own sake; the utmost of all, she had the spirit of a legionnaire. Daemon tries to make her understand. He tells her that her father wanted only the stylish for her and that there were worse effects to be vented for. He says that marriage is nothing but a political arrangement, and once you enter into it, you have the freedom to do anything. But Rhaenyra feels that it's veritably accessible for a man to say that because, for women, effects are veritably different. She felt that marriage was nothing lower than a death judgment. She had similar extreme views because she had seen how her mama had given her life just so that the area could get an heir at law. Daemon understood his bastard, but as a person who had seen a bit further of life than she had, he told her that if she continued to live in fear, she'd miss out on the stylish corridor that life had to offer. He tells her that living in solitariness was rather a lonely prospect, that would devoid her of all the pleasures of life. the commodity has changed in the relationship that Daemon and Rhaenyra participated in. He was treating her like a grown-up. They were both always fond of each other, and perhaps Daemon had decided that the time had come to take their relationship to the coming step.
Why Does Alicent Envy Rhaenyra’s Life?
Sadness was visible on Alicent’s face. She was pretending to be happy, doing her duties, but she had started feeling locked in her castle. She begrudged Rhaenyra’s life. She tells her that it was rare for a girl to get a choice between two suitors, and contrary to that the queen had an ample quantum of choice. But Rhaenyra told her that it didn’t matter if 100 men were standing in line staying for her blessing because all she wanted was to have a meaningful relationship with a person who understood her. She knew that they only wanted her name and the Valyrian blood for their children. Alicent felt a slight pinch while talking to Rhaenyra. She had just come to an object who was being employed by men who wanted to gain influence. She was rather youthful when she was married to a man who was further than double her age. She was forced by her father, and she wasn't like Rhaenyra, who could speak out against the wrong that was being committed against her. She was a restrained person, just like any other woman in those days. She was tutored to observe, hear, and blindly follow the orders of men. The patriarchal system always supposed it fit to deny a woman equal status, and those who fought against it were considered to be immoral and unethical.
Rhaenyra used a secret doorway in her room and escaped without getting noticed by Ser Criston Cole, who was keeping guard on the frontal door. Daemon had told her about the secret hallway. He wanted to make her experience a veritably different kind of life than she had ever witnessed. He took her amidst the commoners, and Rhaenyra came to know first-hand what the public studied about her. She witnessed a play that supported how Aegon II, the son of Viserys and Alicent, was more meritorious to sit on the Iron Throne. Society was still not ready to entertain the idea of being ruled by a woman. They considered the woman weak and unskillful. Rhaenyra knew that she was more able than any heir at law would imagine herself to be. But the world around her didn’t see that. They had blindfolds of patriarchy over their eyes, and they weren't ready to be radicalized for good. Daemon takes Rhaenyra to a pleasure house. The two give in to their impulses and partake in an intimate moment that goes far beyond the relationship dynamics of an uncle and bastard. But commodity snapped inside Daemon. He stopped interior. He knew that their conduct would put a spot on her character and that no other lord would want to be associated with her. Indulging in physical pleasures before marriage wasn't seen in a veritably good light. likewise, their blood relationship banned them from engaging in similar acts, however, there had been many precedents supporting their conduct, in history. Daemon stopped and left the scene. Rhaenyra went to her room, and Ser Criston Cole was shocked to see that the queen wasn't in her room, in the first place. Rhaenyra called Criston Cole outside. The heir at law to the Iron Throne felt unrestrained. She was inclined to give in to her wants and desires. Criston Cole was reluctant in the morning because what his queen was asking him to do, ousted the morals of his position. But still, they went ahead and gave in to their carnal solicitations.
There's a stark difference established between the lives of Alicent and Rhaenyra. Where the queen was enjoying this newfound freedom, the queen felt that she was being held interned behind the bars of kingliness. She didn’t know how her life had condemned out to be like this. She begrudged how Rhaenyra was allowed to make her own choices. Though Alicent Hightower was the queen and had all the comforts of life, she was emotionally deprived, to the point where she had started feeling numb. She valued Rhaenyra’s actuality in her life, as she knew that she didn’t have a lot of people whom she could call friends.
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Through his snitches, Otto Hightower came to know that Rhaenyra was seen late at night, with Daemon, in places that she shouldn’t have gone to. He knew that it was a veritably delicate matter, and the allegations were relatively serious in nature. But still, he takes the vault of faith and tells the king about it. Viserys lost their temper. He told Otto that he'd known what he wanted to do for a veritably long time. For the first time, he abrogated the motives of his trusted counsel. He told him that his despair to make his blood sit on the Iron Throne had taken over his expedience. Otto tells him that he didn’t have any vicious intent, but Viserys wasn't ready to believe that his son had indulged in such an act. Alicent overhears this conversion and confronts Rhaenyra about the same. She asked her if the allegations made by her father were true. She asks her if she had gotten physically involved with Daemon. Though Rhaenyra had the intention of doing that, Daemon had stopped in between and left her. So logically, she could say that she didn’t do anything with him, however latterly that night, she did indulge with Ser Criston Cole. So that's why she swore on her mama’s name and told Alicent that she noway did anything with her uncle. Alicent believed her and communicated the same to Viserys.
Daemon was taken to Viserys, who asked him if he'd committed the unethical act of defiling his son. The wrath of the king was visible in his demeanor. However, he'd have killed Daemon there and also, but he gave him a chance to speak If he had an option. Daemon asks him to get Rhaenyra married to him. He told him that indeed Aegon the Conqueror took an alternate woman, and following the precedent, he could do so too. Viserys still felt that his family was doing all this only because he craved to sit on the Iron Throne and not because he loved his son. Viserys tells him to leave King’s wharf and try to save whatever respect, quality, and honor that remained. Alicent witnessed Rhaenyra and told Viserys that his son was still a demoiselle. She tells him that Daemon tried to lose her, but it couldn’t be. Viserys wasn't ready to believe that Rhaenyra was innocent, but the words of his queen did have an impact on his judgment.