House of the Dragon' sets the stage for epic battle

Episode 2 of HBO’s House of the Dragon, aptly titled The Rogue Prince, left viewers with an ominous feeling about what’s to come in Episode 3. Prince Daemon made a failed power play against his brother, King Viserys, by stealing a dragon egg, presumably to lay in the cradle next to his supposed unborn child. Viserys sent men to retrieve the egg, but they weren't necessary as Princess Rhaenyra showed up on a dragon and prevented any bloodshed.

“I’m right here, uncle, the object of your ire. The reason that you were disinherited,” Rhaenyra said to Daemon. “If you wish to be restored as heir, you’ll need to kill me. So do it, and be done with all this bother.”

Daemon relinquished the dragon egg, but he wasn’t yet done. He met with Lord Corlys Velaryon, aka “the Sea Snake,” who tried to convince Daemon that he belongs on throne.

“We are the realm’s second sons, Daemon,” Corlys said. “Our worth is not given, it must be made.”

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- Daemon.

- In episode two of HBO's "House of the Dragon" aptly titled, "The Rogue Prince," Prince Daemon made a power play against his brother, King Viserys. Daemon has stolen a dragon's egg and taken it to Dragonstone, and the King sent men to retrieve it. But there was one thing none of them were counting on-- Princess Rhaenyra and her dragon.

- I'm right here, Uncle. The object of your ire. The reason that you were disinherited. If you wish to be restored as heir, you'll need to kill me. So do it.

- But that wasn't the end for Daemon, as he found a possible ally in Lord Corlys Velaryon.

- If those shipping lanes fall, my house will be crippled. I will not have [INAUDIBLE] while our King idles himself with feasts and balls and tourneys.

- I will speak of my brother as I wish. He will not.

- And Lord Corlys made a convincing argument leading in to episode three.

- Waiting in the step stones is a chance for you to prove your worth to any who might yet doubt it. The other realm's second sons, Daemon. Our worth is not given, it must be made.

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