The first season of HBO’s fantasy series ‘House of the Dragon‘ ended with a bang. What started out as a deliberately paced story, culminating in an intense cliffhanger. Apart from the final scene, the finale also showcased an important thing that might have been overlooked.
Rhaenyra Targaryen goes into labor and after hours of agonizing pain, gives birth. However, her child appears to be a dragon. The dead dragon has raised questions and fans are still confused about it. So let’s try and find out why did she give birth to a dragon instead of a human.
Why Did Rhaenyra Give Birth To A Dragon In ‘House Of The Dragon’?
In the final episode of ‘House of the Dragon‘, Rhaneyra goes into labor and gives birth to a dead child. However, it appears to be a dragon and not a human being.
People on the internet are trying to decipher the grey scale of the dead child and how did she give birth to a dragon. One user speculated that the scale of its body might be because of the crab feeder.
Wait, it had greyscale? Is this because Daemon touched that Crab Feeder guy?
— Mark Grey (@twiztidmagic) November 1, 2022
In the initial episodes, Daemon killed and beheaded the crab feeder. It appears that touching it led to some long-lasting impact on Daemon, and eventually on his and Rhaenyra’s child.
Rhaego and Visenya.
Do Targaryen babies start off as dragons and then transform into humans during pregnancy?! pic.twitter.com/wrpklGRQTB
— Art of Ice and Fire (@ArtofASOIAF) November 1, 2022
While most viewers might have thought of it as a normal baby, there is a blink-and-you-miss moment that clarifies things. It shows the baby has a tail, a dragon tail to be more precise.
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Do Targaryens Give Birth To Dragon Babies?
One user pointed out that it’s normal for the Targaryen to give birth to dragon babies as it’s mentioned in the books. They wrote that “sometimes targaryens give birth to dragon babies. dany’s son rhaego is described the same way in the books.”
thats not it, sometimes targaryens give birth to dragon babies. dany's son rhaego is described the same way in the books
— elliot ☄ (@sIayeroflies) November 1, 2022
Targaryen’s have a history of having stillborn babies that are half human and half dragon looks. Most of them tend to die during the birth process. In a Reddit thread, a user named Necessary Candy explained the phenomena.
They wrote, “Valyrians commanded their bloodmages and pyromancers who gathered in the Anogrion to used powerful bloodmagic to bind Valyrians with dragonblood and so that the dragons would see them as kin and recognise them as their own kind and form powerful magical bonds to individual Valyrians, which we know as the rider bond.”
The user also said that it has been hinted several times that “Daeron I, Aerion Brightflame, Aerys II, Viserys the begger king, all claimed themselves to be dragons in human form.”
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