Laenor escapes
Sorry to his parents, Princess Rhaenys (Eve Best) and Lord Corlys Velaryon (Steve Toussaint), aka “the Sea Snake,” but the only way Laenor was going to find true happiness was to fake his own death. Also, Laenor being dead is the only way Rhaenyra and Daemon can finally get married. So Rhaenyra cooks up the plan, Daemon murders an unsuspecting servant to stand in as the corpse, and Laenor’s boyfriend, Ser Qarl Correy (Arty Froushan), fake-attacks Laenor before tossing the servant’s body into a disfiguring fire. With his unmistakable Targaryen hair shaved away, Laenor escapes with Qarl and notches a rare House of the Dragon triumph: a happy shocking moment, for once.
