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House of the Dragon - S02E03 Post-Episode Discussion! (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Did.... they make Aegon's posse from the previous episodes the new KG ?

'They' being Aegon? Yes, yes he did. Because he (and his pals) are all dimwits.

-Wait... is the show implying that the curse of Harrenhall could be tied to the weirwoods ?

I was wondering that too. Also, I found it curious that the entire area around the weirwood tree was burned so badly that the stone melted (during the destruction of the castle years earlier), yet the tree itself was fine. My question: does that indicate that weirwood is impervious to dragon fire?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

My question: does that indicate that weirwood is impervious to dragon fire?

I'm unsure. My theory is that Ryan Condal (and GRRM by extension) are hinting at the magical properties of weirwood and, more specifically, that it could harm dragons.

During Aegon's Conquest, Brandon Snow (Torrhen Stark's bastard brother) offered to cross the Trident alone at night, sneak into the Targaryen camp, and assassinate the dragons while they slept. So, at the very least, Brandon thought he had something powerful enough (and maybe fireproof—or at least resistant) to get the job done.

The connection to Weirwood might be in ADwD. In that book, one of the visions Bran has through the Winterfell heart tree is of "a pale, fierce, and dark-eyed young man" slicing three branches off the weirwood and shaping them into arrows. I've read before that this may be Brandon Snow, preparing Weirwood arrows to kill the three Targaryen dragons.