House of the Dragon
Warning : Contains looter for House of the Dragon season 2 , sequence 7 , " The Red Sowing . "
Summary
Hugh is revealed to be a Targaryen bastard inHouse of the Dragonseason 2 , instalment 7 , and there ’s one strong campaigner for who his mother was . sleep with asHugh the Hammerin George R.R. Martin’sFire & Blood , the blacksmith has become an increasingly important figure as time of year 2 of theGame of Thronesprequel has progressed , and that really compensate off with the dragonseeds tale .
Hugh is able to claim the dragon Vermithorin " The Red Sowing , " becoming one of Team Black ’s new dragonriders . Before that , more is expose about Hugh ’s living and backstory , including the sad fact that his daughter die off - sieve . Intriguingly , he also reveals that he knew his mother - and that not only is he a shit , but that she was a Targaryen . It does n’t explicitly posit who , butFire & Bloodthrows up an choice .
As state of war erupts in Westeros , dragons will be send to battle . Here ’s a verbal description of every tartar in HBO ’s House of the Dragon , head into time of year 2 .
Hugh’s Mother Was Likely Saera Targaryen
She Was The Aunt Of Viserys & Daemon Targaryen
Hugh ’s female parent inHouse of the Dragonis very likely to have been a woman namedSaera Targaryen , one of the daughters of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and Queen Alysanne . When speaking to his married woman , Hugh reference work that his female parent compared him to her"brother ’s boy , Viserys and Daemon . “That would mean her brother was Baelon Targaryen , the fourth born son of Jaehaerys ( who himself was very unlikely to have any bastards of his own , give Saera a better fit ) .
Saera was air to Oldtown , with the hope that the Faith would be able to fitly penalize and compensate her behavior , but she head for the hills and find oneself passage to Lys , where she started work in a pleasure house .
Jaehaerys and Alysanne had thirteen children in total , though some break down very young , butSaera is the unmortgaged choice because Hugh says his female parent act upon in a pleasure house , and that ’s exactly what Saera did . She was a raving mad and rebellious shaver , and that continued even as she develop old . Eventually , Saera was involve in a court scandal that demand rend a prank on the royal court fool at a brothel , and finally revealing that she had lost her virginity despite not being married , and been with multiple men .
King Jaehaerys & Queen Alysanne ’s Children
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Born
Taking place about 172 years before the events ofGame of Thrones,House of the Dragontells the tale of the rise of the Targaryens, the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria. The popular HBO spinoff show first starred Milly Alcock and Emily Carey as Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower before they were replaced by Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke, who play the older versions of the characters. Also starring in the series is Matt Smith (Prince Daemon Targaryen) and Paddy Considine as Rhaenyra’s father, King Viserys Targaryen.
Died
Aegon
52 AC
Daenerys
53 AC
60 AC
Aemon
55 AC
92 AC
Baelon
57 AC
101 AC
Alyssa
84 AC
Maegelle
62 AC
96 AC
Vaegon
63 AC
unidentified
Daella
64 AC
82 AC
Saera
67 AC
Viserra
71 AC
87 AC
Gaemon
73 AC
Valerion
77 AC
78 AC
Gael
80 AC
99 AC
Saera was sent to Oldtown , with the Leslie Townes Hope that the Faith would be able to fittingly penalise and counterbalance her behavior , butshe run and incur passage to Lys , where she started body of work in a pleasure home . Saera never returned to King ’s landing place , but when the Great Council of 101 AC was convened to settle Jaehaerys ' heir , three of her phony sons turn up exhort their claims . Hugh was not one of those , as far as we know , but it does show unclouded evidence that she had bastard kids , so making Hugh one is n’t a stretch at all .
House of the Dragon ’s history will introduce many more Targaryens than in GOT , so here ’s a breakdown of the intact Targaryen home tree to serve .
Hugh’s Parentage Makes Him Claiming Vermithor More Fitting
He Would Be Jaehaerys' Grandson
Hugh becoming Vermithor ’s dragonrider is quite fitting , not only with him being a Targaryen bastard , but specifically , the son of Saera . It intend that he has draw together with his grandfather ’s Draco , asJaehaerys was Vermithor ’s first and , until now , only dragonrider . But there ’s also a material sensory faculty of irony in it being Saera ’s child who exact that dragon . After see that she had taken up sex work , Jaehaerys fundamentally disowned her and announce that she had always been a"wh*re . "
Her son claiming Jaehaerys dragon decades later is a flake of a"f**k you"to the king , but also , perhaps , a nod towards the reconciliation he may have wished for . Jaehaerys grow confused in his old geezerhood , and by the end of his lifespan , would often mix up Alicent Hightower - who worry for him - with Saera . That could be because he miss his daughter and want to make indemnification and , if so , Hugh claim Vermithor inHouse of the Dragontakes an extra layer of signification , as it could be Vermithor realize who his female parent was .
TheHouse of the Dragonseason 2 finale releases Sunday , August 4 , at 9 postmortem examination ET on HBO and Max .
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Taking place about 172 years before the events ofGame of Thrones , House of the Dragontells the tale of the rise of the Targaryens , the only class of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria . The popular HBO spinoff show first starred Milly Alcock and Emily Carey as Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower before they were replaced by Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke , who spiel the older edition of the characters . Also starring in the serial publication is Matt Smith ( Prince Daemon Targaryen ) and Paddy Considine as Rhaenyra ’s beginner , King Viserys Targaryen .
