House of the Dragon Season 2 episode 1 ending explained! It's different from George RR Martin's book

House of the Dragon season 2 made its debut today on Jio Cinema in India at 6: 30 am. The first episode of the much-awaited season was worth all the wait. It was the most dramatic episode so far in the Game of Thrones prequel.?Season 2 kicks off in Winterfell, where we find the Starks still holding onto their belief in the prophecy. The season concludes with a shocking twist: a prince is murdered, but it's not the one you'd expect.?

House Of Dragon Season 2 episode 1 ending explained

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Daemon orders Blood and Cheese to assassinate Aemond in the Red Keep. Unbeknownst to him, this act could ignite the war that had been temporarily avoided.?Blood and Cheese infiltrate the Red Keep through hidden passages, searching for their target. They bypass King Aegon II, focusing instead on their mission. However, they deviate from their orders when they capture Helaena, the current queen and Aegon II's wife, demanding to know the identity of her son. Instead of killing Aemond, they end up murdering Jaehaerys, Aegon II's heir.

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This raises the question of whether Daemon intended for Jaehaerys to be killed. Daemon's instructions were clear: Blood and Cheese were to kill Aemond, the one-eyed boy, warning them of his skill as a swordsman. But when Cheese declares "a son for a son" and kills Jaehaerys, the situation becomes intriguingly complex.

How House Of Dragon Season 2 is different from George RR Martin's book?Fire and Blood

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In the book, Blood and Cheese confront Helaena and force her to answer which of her sons they should kill. When she offers herself instead and they refuse, she reluctantly chooses her youngest son, Maelor, hoping to spare Jaehaerys, the heir to the Iron Throne. However, in a cruel turn of events, Blood and Cheese kill Jaehaerys anyway and taunt Maelor, telling him that his mother wanted him dead and kill?Jaehaerys.?

In show, the events unfold a bit differently, though the tragic end remains the same: Jaehaerys dies, leaving Helaena forever traumatized.?

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