"Dragon Family" has been updated to episode 3. The episode starts from two scenes: Aegon's naming day event and the war on the stone steps islands. It seems that it is all the trivial things of the adolescent girl and the old father. The above is to pave the way for the inevitable intensification of the contradiction between the black and green parties (the princess party and the queen party) in the future, as well as the division of the supporters of the black and green parties. Let me talk about these two scenarios.
first came up with the "Battle of the Stone Steps", this war has been mentioned continuously since episode 1, but it has not been focused on, because it is not a war on the continent of Westeros , but it does It has a great relationship with Prince Daemon and the Valerian family, so I will briefly talk about it here.
The Stone Steps Archipelago is located between the Broken Arm Corner of Dorne and the disputed land of the western continent of Essos . There are many criminals, pirates and the like on the island. Occasionally robbing merchant ships, although it is very annoying, but Not to the point of harming the fundamental interests. Later, the "Three Cities Alliance" composed of Rees, Mir, , , , , and swept the islands under the leadership of Mir's general Klahas Dahar after the disputed land was defeated. The captured pirates were tied to the beach and fed crabs , nicknamed "crab feeders". This is the reason for the repeated scenes of crabs eating captives in the series.
Dahal was inferior to pirates after occupying the island. He charged huge tolls aboveboard, and even kidnapped the hostages and sold them to the brothel in Lis. In episode 3, the Joanna Swan discussed by the noble ladies was a noble girl who was kidnapped in the Shijie Islands and then sold to a brothel. However, it is said that she eventually became a famous courtesan "Black Swan" through self-struggle, and actually ruled Reese, that's all for later.
The location of the stone steps islands is very important, because the narrow sea is very stormy in autumn and winter, so many trade ships going to the east choose to pass through the stone steps islands. And the Valerian family of the sea snake made their fortune by sea trade. This behavior of the Three Cities Alliance greatly frustrated his interests, so this is why he kept asking the king to attack the stone steps from the first episode. .
After his daughter was rejected by the Viserys Kingdom, Sea Snake was very angry, because this was the third time their family was rejected by the royal family (his wife, son, daughter), so he simply didn't get involved in the royal family, and determined himself To solve the matter of the Stone Steps Islands, but his own strength is not enough, there happens to be Prince Daemon, who is also despised by the royal family, and the latter is excluded from the heir and needs war to prove his worth and glory. So Prince Daemon took his dragon bloodworms and joined the fleet of House Valerian to fight the crab feeders of the Stepstones.
And for the king, he is a very kind person who hates fighting. Although he doesn't want Damon to be his heir, he doesn't want to have a real conflict with him, so when Prince Damon went to the Stone Steps Islands to engage in war , is beneficial to the king himself. Although he didn't send troops in the drama, he didn't completely stop him, because he could just use the war to hold Damon and let him do less things. You must know that when Aegon the Conqueror unified the seven kingdoms, in order to maintain peace and kingship, he stipulated that the major princes should not start wars without permission, otherwise it would be regarded as treason, and the king allowed them to fight, which was a strategy in itself. Funded gold.
In fact, the war lasted for several years in the original book, Prince Daemon still established himself as "the king of the Stone Steps and the Narrow Sea", and King Viserys was also happy that Prince Daemon "played his war game" (so the king not stupid). In this war, Prince Daemon and Sea Serpent fought side by side, which also deepened their bond and provided an opportunity for the union of the two in the future. The son of the sea serpent, Lannino Valerian, also proved himself in battle with his magnificent dragon, Sea Smoke. These will affect the struggle between the heirs later.
And then in the King's Landing court, the surface is polite, but in fact there is something in the words. On the second naming day of Queen Allison's eldest son, Aegon, Prime Minister Otto Hightower tacitly reminded the king to change heirs for his own sake.his own family, and his own daughter.
In fact, most of the aristocrats in Westeros still support the tradition of giving priority to male heirs, but from the king's own point of view, setting Princess Reniella as the heir is somewhat helpless and expedient. Such an atmosphere makes Renee Princess La also fell into a deep sense of crisis, and the hostility with the king and queen was slowly growing. In the tug of war between King Viserys and Princess Rhaenyla, the main characters of the black and green parties also gradually emerged.
First and foremost is Leonor Strong, Earl of Harrenhal , Lord Chancellor of Justice, and his two sons, Harwyn Strong "Bone Broken" and Laris Strong "Bentfoot". The fat Leonor is actually the opposite of Otto Hightower, so he used to support the king to marry Lanner Valerian, and now he supports the princess to marry Lannino Valerian, from a fair point of view Speaking of, his opinion is indeed for the peace of Iron Throne , to win over the Valerian family, not only for wealth protection, but also for the support of their fleet.
His son "Bentfoot" Laris is the lame man who appeared in the chat of noble ladies in the episode. He sits silently in the middle of a group of nobles. Look at him, he will become the intelligence minister of the Green Party in the future, stirring up the situation secretly and launching public opinion wars are his strengths. As for the other son, "Bone Broken" Harwin, in the drama, when Rhaenyra pulled the wild boar back covered in blood, his eyes kept staring at the princess, and his expression was full of recognition and appreciation. In the future, he and the princess The story is also interesting enough, and even the princess' children will be considered his illegitimate children in the future.
Then there's the Kingsguard Kriston Cole , in the first episode she takes part in a tournament, she fights and defeats Prince Daemon, and then in the second episode she is chosen as the Kingsguard by the princess. He is the princess' personal guard, always standing beside the princess, his love is beyond words, and he is very loyal to the princess. But in the future, his love-hate relationship with the princess, as well as his personal grievance with Prince Daemon, will also be the key factors driving the struggle between the black and green parties, so I won't make any spoilers here.
and Jason Lannister, one of the princess' suitors. In view of the wealth and power of Casterly Rock City , he is very proud, and he believes in the priority of male inheritance. He pursued the princess for his own status, but was rejected by the princess and the king. In the future, will not stand in the west. Princess side.
And Mrs. Redwyn, the old lady with the most shots at the aristocratic women's party. The Redwin family is in Qingting Island and is basically one with the Hightower family. On the topic of the Stone Steps Islands War, the princess blatantly gave her an impossibility to step down. It also implied that the Redwin family and many southern princes would also would stand on the opposite side of the princess.
Last but not least, Queen Allison, she's an empathetic person who hits the mark every time she speaks, but doesn't mean anything to anyone. In the drama, when faced with the fact that the princess refused to discuss marriage, she reminded the king: to make the princess feel that she chose her future husband. Very advanced means, we often say: "When we can't meet the needs of the other party, we must learn to manage the needs of the other party", which is what we mean. Since the princess's focus is on her unwillingness to accept the king's imposition of marriage, and she feels that it is a side veto of her inheritance, then change the focus and make the princess feel that her marriage is actually for her own interests, for the sake of having a powerful husband-in-law. Support your own inheritance, master.
Of course, Queen Allison is caught between the interests of the family and her former sisters, and there are indeed many embarrassments, but she herself said: What mother would not want her son to sit on the Iron Throne? In the original book, she was the one who suggested that little Aegon and Rhaenyra should be married, so that the king would be less embarrassed, he would follow the Targaryen tradition of close kinship, and he would make his son the king he deserved.
Queen Allison Hightower is really smart, But King Viserys is not stupid. He is sandwiched between his daughter and his wife, between his daughter and his son, between his family and his kingdom. Change. So far, the opposition has been completely formed, there is only one Iron Throne, either you or me, there is no room for conversion.
Another thing that struck me in the episode, Otto Hightower repeatedly suggested that the white deer was a symbol of kingship, suggesting that Aegon was the god-given king, but in the end they didn't catch the deer; , but the white deer appeared in front of Princess Rainiera, and she let the white deer go. Whether this is also a hint that there is no conclusion about who is the natural king, maybe they are all, but it will take a lot of struggle to get into that bloody position. I was wondering, if Rhaenyra had killed that white deer, would everyone think she was the chosen king?
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