In the book, Visenya was described as being born with dragon-like defects, including scales, a tail, and a twisted body. Rhaenyra's baby did end up having scale-like defects and a malformed body in House of the Dragon, which aligns with the occasional reports of
When finally did give birth to the baby, it is said that the child had a hole where her heart should have been, a tail, and scales for skin—a monster, as her mother had cursed her to be. Upon her death, Rhaenyra swore yet another vow.
The book also explains that Valyrians (which the Targaryen descended from) practiced blood magic and twisted the flesh of beasts and man “to fashion monstrous and unnatural chimeras.” The “dracomorph” theory suggests that Targaryens are first conceived as dragons when they're in the womb, and eventually — almost at the ...
Rhaenyra's baby died during childbirth.
According to the book Visenya, like Maegor the cruel's children, was born with scaled dragon-like skin and a small tail. Apparently, she was also missing her heart and instead had a hole in her chest.
One of the first times we see Rhaenyra as truly angry throughout the entirety of Season 1 is during the traumatic miscarriage of her daughter Visenya.
Prosthetic designer confirms: the baby was deformed
“When the babe at last came forth, she proved indeed a monster: a stillborn girl, twisted and malformed, with a hole in her chest where her heart should have been and a stubby, scaled tail. The dead girl had been named Visenya.
The shock of the loss of her father, combined with the Greens' ruthless betrayal sends her into early labor. Without modern medicine, a baby born so early had very little chance of survival in the best of circumstances - and in these terrible conditions the baby, a girl named Visenya, is stillborn.
As Joffrey tells us, eventually, Rhaenyra's half-brother Aegon Targaryen will feed her to his dragon Sunfyre. She dies as her son, Aegon III, watches. That's the bullet point version. Of course, there's a lot that happens between the end of House of the Dragon season 1 and Rhaenyra's death.
traitors have always paid with their lives... even Rhaenyra Targaryen. She was daughter to one king and mother to two more, yet she died a traitor's death for trying to usurp her brother's crown.
In what perhaps should've been accompanied by a warning for viewers, Rhaenyra has a stillborn daughter upon learning the news of her father's death and the subsequent coronation of Aegon II. The daughter was to be named Visenya, after one of Aegon the Conqueror's sister-wives.
Caraxes is his giant, red-scaled dragon who Daemon keeps in the Red Keep. Caraxes, first ridden by Daemon's uncle Aemon, is a slightly deformed dragon in the series. He has an unsually long neck and wings on his hind legs as well, this earned him the nickname “Blood Wyrm.”
During the reign of King Viserys I Targaryen, it became truly customary to place a dragon's egg in the cradle of a newborn child. It was considered a sign that the child was a true Targaryen if the egg placed within his cradle hatched.
As such, Rhaenyra's baby in House of the Dragon wasn't born with greyscale, but rather a blood-related, Targaryen-specific dragon scale defect sometimes seen in their stillborn babies.
Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) and Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) finally had sex on House of the Dragon. After teasing their deep connection for weeks, making out in a brothel, and flirting their way through King's Landing, uncle and niece at long last did the dirty.
So how did Rhaenyra Targaryen die? Well, Aegon had his dragon Sunfyre burn Rhaenyra alive before he ate her.
As a result, more devastating and gruesome deaths are to follow, with one of the war's unfortunate victims being Queen Rhaenyra's son Joffrey Velaryon. In Fire & Blood, the source material for House of the Dragon, Joffrey dies when he tries riding Rhaenyra's dragon Syrax out of the Dragonpit and falls off of her.
The moment happens in season 3, episode 4, “And Now His Watch Is Ended,” when Joffrey Lannister is chilling with Margaery Tyrell and giddily explains, “Rhaenyra Targaryen was murdered by her brother, or rather, his dragon. It ate her while her son watched. What's left of her is buried in the crypts right down there.”
And right then and there, in front of Rhaenyra's son (who was often called Aegon the Younger), she suffered the worst possible death for a dragonrider. From Fire and Blood: “Sunfyre, it is said, did not seem at first to take any interest in the offering, until Broome pricked the queen's breast with his dagger.
It turns out that Joffrey basically "spoiled" the events of House of the Dragon in season 3 episode 4 when he told Margaery that Rhaenyra Targaryen was murdered by her brother's dragon. "It ate her, while her son watched," Joffrey revealed to the girl, giggling.
Rhaenrya takes the news of her son's death none too well. The look she gives the camera upon Daemon delivering the news suggests she is ready to burn Alicent's family alive. The Season 1 finale was named “The Black Queen,” and it seems that Rhaenyra is finally ready to take on that title.
After escaping her room with the help of defected knight Erryk Cargyll, Rhaenys finds herself swept up in Prince Aegon's coronation ceremony. She slinks away as Aegon receives the Conqueror's crown, managing to descend beneath the floorboards and reunite with her red-hued she-dragon Meleys.
After Daemon's first wife dies, he gets together with Laena Velaryon—who was initially suggested as a bride for King Viserys. They have two daughters. Meanwhile, Rhaenyra marries Laena's brother, Laenor Velaryon, and they have several kids.
Daemon and Rhaenyra share two children together: Aegon III and Viserys II.
Rhaenyra Targaryen has six children, but unfortunately has already lost two of them, including one during birth. House of the Dragon's second season will undoubtedly continue to follow her family as they fight for control of the Iron Throne.
Rhaenyra's sixth pregnancy in House of the Dragon sets up one of the most utterly tragic moments still to come. House of the Dragon frequently emphasizes the dangers of childbirth and pregnancy for women in Westeros, with the two major characters Laena Velaryon and Aemma Arryn already dying from such complications.