Ser Vaemond loses his head
Rhaenyra’s son Lucerys is next in line to be the Lord of Driftmark, a title held by the ailing Lord Corlys Velaryon—Laenor’s father. But succession is a problem here, much as it is for the Iron Throne, because of the open but stringently unacknowledged secret that Laenor isn’t Lucerys’ biological father. Pointing out that Rhaenyra’s kids are illegitimate does not go over well with King Viserys, something that Lord Corlys’ brother, Ser Vaymond Valaryon (Wil Johnson) learns the hard way.
Intent on claiming the seat for himself, Corlys takes his beef very publicly to court… then is relieved of his head (by Daemon, suddenly and in front of everybody) for daring to scream out “her children are bastards and she is a whore!” The world of Game of Thrones sure does love a severed head, doesn’t it?
