Rhaenyra Targaryen's expression at the end of House of the Dragon Season 1 was uncannily similar to Danerys in Game of Thrones Season 8, just before she annihilated Kings Landing.
At the end of the Dance, Rhaenyra, and Matt Smith's Daemon's son, Aegon the Younger ascends the Iron Throne. He marries Aegon II's daughter, Princess Jaehaera, thereby effectively ending the war and uniting House Targaryen.
Technically, this would mean Rhaenyra is Daenerys' sixth great-grandmother. They may be distantly related, but it's telling how history tends to repeat itself for the Targaryen women. Both Rhaenyra and Daenerys fought for their birthright in ages when they were laughed at, and both failed to succeed in their ambitions.
With no one left to help her, Aegon II demanded his dragon Sunfyre to kill and then consume his older sister right in front of the eyes of her last remaining child and future king, Aegon The Younger.
Mysaria appears on screen briefly near the end of episode 8, after the relatively peaceful dinner party with Viserys, Rhaenyra and Alicent. She's looking out of a building as a cloaked figure below hurries toward her. We soon see the hooded figure is Talya, Queen Alicent's red-haired lady-in-waiting.
While Daemon and Rhaenyra never actually slept together (though she did secretly lose her virginity to Ser Criston Cole that night), the now banished Daemon Targaryen refuses to disprove the accusation.
Mysaria, also called Lady Misery, was a dancer from Lys who became the paramour of Prince Daemon Targaryen and the unofficial mistress of whisperers to Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen during the Dance of the Dragons.
Joffrey (the First One) Fully Revealed How Rhaenyra Dies
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.
Daemon shows his genuine care and attention to Rhaenyra several times before the two marry. This doesn't take away from the many destructive and inappropriate parts of their relationship, but the books imply that Daemon does love Rhaenyra.
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 Targaryen women bearing dragon-like stillborn children.
But, how are they both connected to their House of the Dragon predecessors? Technically, Rhaenyra is Daenerys's sixth great grandmother and Jon's seventh great grandmother. That also makes Daenerys and Jon the direct descendants of Daemon, Rhaenyra's uncle/second husband.
Daemon starts as a clear antagonist, but he also possesses redeeming qualities, making him one of the series' best characters. On a larger character spectrum, he reflects most of his life circumstances with poor anger management and responds to most situations with violence and murder.
The Targaryen family tree gets a bit complicated due to the incestuous practice of marrying sister and brother, but Rhaenyra is something like Daenerys' great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother. Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) is the Mad King's daughter with his sister-wife Rhaella.
Sunfyre devoured Rhaenyra in six bites, leaving only her left leg below the shin. Prince Aegon the Younger was forced to watch his mother die, and Elinda Massey allegedly gouged out her eyes in horror.
Rhaenyra's three eldest sons all died fighting during the Dance of the Dragons, but her two youngest sons, the sons by her second husband, Prince Daemon, survived the civil war.
Luke's stepfather, Prince Daemon Targaryen, avenged his death by sending "Blood and Cheese" to assassinate one of Aegon II's sons.
Daemon strangled Rhaenyra because he felt betrayed by Viserys. “It's a moment that I think is surprising and shocking for Daemon as a character, but I also think it's one of those things that's been set up over the course of the entire season.
While House Of The Dragon episode 4 showed Daemon was able to seduce Rhaenyra by kissing and undressing her, he couldn't fulfill the act due to impotence.
We know that while the two came close, they never actually did the deed. Daemon, thrown off by his lack of ability to shock Rhaenyra, left her to get drunk and pass out. While Rhaenyra did go on to sleep with Criston Cole — the big problem of the episode — Viserys (Paddy Considine) was made more cautious of Daemon.
An infamous story says when Rhaenyra Targaryen first got up from the chair, she was bleeding from so many cuts. To some, it meant the throne had rejected her for not being worthy. (Though in fairness, how many people could avoid being cut by a chair of swords the first time they tried to get comfortable in it?)
Rhaenyra Targaryen Takes the Iron Throne, but Only For a Moment. While the Green forces were away from King's Landing, they foolishly left the capital sparsely protected. That allowed Rhaenyra and Daemon to easily take the city, where she sat on the Iron Throne for half-a-year.
But the death of Rhaenyra's son Lucerys at the hands of Aegon's brother Aemond—mistake or not—enraged Rhaenyra and kicked off a civil war that will play out over several seasons.
But when Mysaria realizes that Daemon is using her — lying about her pregnancy and his intentions to take her as a second wife so he can steal a dragon egg and take up residence on Dragonstone, away from his wife in the Eyre — she abandons him.
Not every egg is destined to hatch; some simply turn to stone. Early on in House of the Dragon, Daemon defies his brother and steals the dragon egg that was intended to be given to his stillborn nephew. Daemon claims that he will marry Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno), and give the egg to their child.
The character known as “The White Worm” from House of the Dragon Episode 9 is none other than Mysaria. The character portrayed by Sonoya Mizuno made her debut in the House of the Dragon premiere, where she appeared as Daemon Targaryen's mistress.