In George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood, it's unclear if Rhaenyra and Criston Cole slept together, as the book presents conflicting rumors: one source says Criston tried to elope with Rhaenyra, whom he loved, but she refused; another claims Rhaenyra tried to seduce him, but he remained honorable, while some theories suggest they did sleep together, leading to his later resentment. The truth remains ambiguous, but both accounts agree that something significant happened that night, leading to Criston's hatred for Rhaenyra and his switch to Queen Alicent's side.
It's interesting how ALL versions of the Dance, both Gyldayn and Munkun and Eustace and Mushroom, ALL agree, for various reasons, that Criston and Rhaenyra never amounted to anything. Nothing ever happened between the kingsguard and the princess.
Rhaenyra, still sexually aroused, returns to the Red Keep, where she seduces Ser Criston Cole and loses her virginity to the Kingsguard knight. Rhaenyra and Daemon on the Street of Silk. Rhaenyra and Daemon are seen together by a Lysene boy, who brings word of this to Mysaria.
Relationship with Rhaenyra
The book details Harwin's growing closeness to Princess Rhaenyra, including an incident in 113 AC where Mushroom claims to have found them in bed together.
Visenya Targaryen (figlia di Rhaenyra e Daemon) Visenya, like other Targaryen babies who were stillborn, are described with dragon characteristics, such as scales, wings and a tail, and although some think it is due to incest, it is actually because the Targaryens really are of the blood of the dragon, it is said that ...
“Rhaenyra's relationship with Harwin Strong.. She had three children by him. There's at least a novella and maybe a novel, but we simply did not have the time to tell it. And it did not fit the format of my history book. But it's a story and I would love to do that.” — GRRM #HouseOfTheDragon.
He's 100% in love with Rhaenyra. It's all over his dialogue, body language and the way he looks at her. He is tender with nobody else like he is with her. Even Matt Smith himself said the only 2 people Daemon loves are Viserys and Rhaenyra.
It's never suggested that Rhaenyra herself enters into an intimate relationship with Mysaria, just that she approves of her and Daemon's affair and trusts Mysaria in her own way.
Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) is a repressed lesbian, and Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) is a messy bisexual.
"I think it's handled very sweetly and very emotionally," he said. "They're expecting this big, raunchy, suggestive, brainwashing storyline when really it's very sweet." The Emmy-winner said he was initially apprehensive when he learned that Kurt and Blaine (Darren Criss) would lose their virginity to each other.
According to someone in GameFAQs who have read the novels, Basara did get it on with the Teacher. Therefore, yes, he lost his virginity already.
The princess' husband was very, very gay, and so they decided to have an open marriage. Her lover, Ser Harwin Strong, is the father of her three oldest children. and their true parentage is kind of an open secret in King's Landing.
He meets his end during the "Butcher's Ball," a battle that takes place after Rhaenyra Targaryen captures King's Landing from Aegon. In the battle, Cole is defeated and decapitated by Team Black, with his severed head carried on a spear to the First Battle of Tumbleton.
Ser Criston Cole: According to Martin's The World of Ice and Fire, Ser Criston was born in 81 AC, making him 16 years Rhaenyra's senior. But Dragon's Ser Criston is likely much younger: Fabien Frankel, who portrays the knight onscreen, was only 8 years older than Alcock's young Rhaenyra during season 1. (He's 30 now.)
Mizuno credited D'Arcy with the idea, which she ran past showrunner Ryan Condal before shooting. “Because we were separated in the room ... Mysaria has told this story, (Rhaenyra) felt the instinct to hold her, to comfort her. From that, it felt so organic to go into the kiss.
In Fire and Blood, there's no romantic relationship between Rhaenyra and Mysaria. In the book, Mysaria becomes Daemon's paramour and becomes pregnant with his child, although she miscarries.
After Viserys declared Rhaenyra as his rightful heir, the furious Daemon left for Dragonstone and took Mysaria with him. They remained there for six months, during which time Mysaria became pregnant; when Daemon learned of her pregnancy, he gave her a dragon egg, and by that infuriated Viserys.
"House of the Dragon" portrays Daemon Targaryen's relationship with Laena Velaryon with more emotional nuance than the books, suggesting he did care for her. However, his love for Rhaenyra Targaryen appears deeper and more complex, influencing the power dynamics and central narrative of the series.
Although Ygritte is long dead, Jon still loves her and cannot bring himself to sleep with another woman.
So we all know that obviously Aegon married Rhaenys for love and Visenya for duty - Rhaenys was the favourite wife and Visenya was more of a backup in a way.
Rhaena is dragonless for most of the Dance of the Dragons event in the book. However, she eventually gets a dragon when one of the eggs given to her hatches. She bonds immediately with this dragon and calls it Morning. Morning's birth was considered by many to be a miracle.
Lord Strong became kings advisor because he actually advised the king and did it well. He even nixed the suggestion that Rhaenyra should marry Harwin (his own son) because politically it would've been a poor match for the royal family.
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Targaryens continued to incestuously marry brother to sister "to keep the bloodlines pure" as had their ancestors in the Valyrian Freehold. For a time, at least, they also continued to practice polygamous marriages.