The episode begins with a heavy silence in the Red Keep. A servant discovers Viserys has passed, but the news is kept under lock and key by the Hightowers to secure their advantage.
Queen Alicent Hightower mistakenly believes Viserys’s final, drug-induced ramblings about "Aegon the Conqueror" were his deathbed wish for their son, Aegon, to succeed him. However, unknown to her, her father Otto and the Small Council had been plotting this coup for years, regardless of the King's actual wishes. The Green Council and the First Blood Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon S01E09 FRE...
The penultimate episode of House of the Dragon 's debut season, titled " The Green Council ," serves as a high-stakes, claustrophobic thriller that officially ignites the Dance of the Dragons. Set entirely within King's Landing, the episode covers the immediate, chaotic hours following the death of King Viserys I Targaryen. The Death of a King and a Fatal Misunderstanding The episode begins with a heavy silence in the Red Keep
