The Dragonpit Episode 6: New Blood

The episode starts with a 10 year time-jump straight into Rhaenrya giving birth to her third “common” looking boy. Alicent demands to see the baby as soon as the boy arrives as she is convinced Harwin Strong is the father — a theme that plays out throughout the episode. The enmity between Alicent’s children and Rhaenrya’s is palpable as they try to tame dragons in the dragon pit and come to blows in the training yard with the help of Harwin Strong. The tension is even worse between their mothers as Rhaenrya and Alicent are constantly at each other’s throats, leaving a sickly Viserys to play peacemaker. We see Daemon and a pregnant Laena at Pentos with their twin daughters, seemingly happy and content until Laena dies a dragon rider death during child birth. Back in King’s Landing, Lyonel Strong tries to resign after his son’s honor is called into question and compromises on just taking his son back to Harrenhal — where they both are killed in a fire. We learn that Larys is responsible for their deaths and the connection between Alicent and Larys is now forged in blood.