Rhaenyra asked Alicent if she should be out on the hunt given her condition - she's pregnant with King Viserys' second child. 'The whole of our family off to celebration and adventure in the king's wood.' The glances exchanged between the three of them betray the fact that it is not, in fact, splendid. 'Well isn't this splendid?' King Viserys pronounces as he, Alicent and Rhaenyra are seen traveling via carriage to the hunt. Rhaenyra basically tells the queen to leave her alone, but begrudgingly comes along after Queen Alicent says the King has ordered Rhaenyra to join them. These two were close friends in the first two episodes, but Hightower's marriage to Rhaenyra's father has turned their warm friendship cold. The king and friends are about to go on a hunt to mark Aegon's birthday, and Queen Alicent requests Rhaenyra's presence. Queen Alicent Hightower finds Rhaenyra reading under the Godswood tree. The servant keeps badgering Viserys with war developments, but all the king cares about is finding Rhaenyra, who's conspicuously absent from the celebrations. Viserys doesn't want to hear it: 'It's been three years, it can wait another three days.' Viserys is informed of this development and is told that the Crabfeeder's forces have retreated to Stepstone caves, neutralizing the dragon advantage. This episode's first scene shows Daemon attacking the Crabfeeder's army on dragonback, but being repelled by archers shooting flaming arrows. Episode 2 ended with Daemon and Corlys striking up a partnership to deal with the Triarchy and its apparent leader, the Crabfeeder. King Viserys, clearly just hanging out for a good time, is then accosted by a servant, who informs him of happenings in the Stepstones, where Daemon Targaryen and Lord Corlys Valeryon are waging war against The Triarchy. Brother Hightower tells him sternly: 'Then it lies with you to make him see it, Lord Hand.' Otto rebuffs him, saying King Viserys prefers Rhaenyra and doesn't see Aegon as his successor.

(He's the Lord of Hightower, I think.) It's about time, Brother Hightower says, that the king names Aegon the new heir. Hand of the King Otto Hightower is chatting with his brother, whose name we don't get. Now King Viserys and Queen Hightower have a son, Aegon, and as episode 3 opens we see scenes from Aegon's second birthday celebrations. You'll recall in that episode King Viserys Targaryen announced to the Small Council his intention to marry Alicent Hightower. To cover much of that ground, the show needs to get a move on: Episode 3 is set three years after the events of episode 2. Fire and Blood, the book on which House of the Dragon is based, took place over 300 years.

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