It sounds like Viserys is telling Alicent she is "the one" to ensure this will happen; that the "Prince That Was Promised" comes from her line. This isn't the case, though: Viserys thought he was talking to Rhaenyra.
We, of course, know that Viserys was speaking in a drug-induced haze, scraps of prophecy mixed with pleas to his daughter, Rhaenyra. It was Rhaenyra he thought he was speaking to, after all, and amidst that haze he was affirming his desire for her to rule the Seven Kingdoms.
His legendary ancestor, King Aegon the Conqueror, had a vision that the world of men would fall, and understood that only his family of Aryan inbreds could save it. Viserys tells his daughter, Princess Rhaenyra, that Aegon “foresaw the end of the world of men.
Viserys Confirms That He Wants Rhaenyra as Heir
He confuses her with Rhaenyra and tells her, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. But you wanted to know if I believe it to be true." He makes reference to Aegon, but Alicent believes that he is talking about their son not their forebearer.
Viserys' death scene is particularly intriguing. He is clearly in the throes of his death, mumbling out his final words before he dies. The only person close to him is his wife Alicent Hightower, who listens to him expressing his love for his children, his regrets, and his heir.
Who did Viserys think he was talking to? Considering Rhaenyra visited him the night before and asked about The Song of Ice and Fire, Viserys likely thought Alicent was his daughter. According to director Geeta Patel, Paddy Considine knows who Viserys was talking to, but he's not telling anyone now.
Viserys says that he believes in Aegon the Conqueror's dream, but Alicent misinterprets that he is talking about their son Aegon. He continues speaking and says that "It is you," "You are the one," and "You must do this" to unite the realm.
This isn't the case, though: Viserys thought he was talking to Rhaenyra. "I saw him last night, before he … he told me he wished for Aegon to be king," Alicent tells her father Otto Hightower, the Hand of the King. "It is the truth, uttered with his own lips, his last words to me and I was the only one to hear it.
Putting Rhaenyra as his heir is his penance for what happened. After the graphic House of the Dragon episode 1 birth scene, Hess' comments prove that Viserys is desperate to make up for his hand in his wife's demise, which may be a small comfort to viewers.
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.
The show has got the speed of the disease correct. King Viserys has lived with leprosy for many decades and the disease has grown very slowly.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, actor Paddy Considine (who played Viserys), revealed his character had a form of leprosy. In the podcast he explains, “He is not actually old. He's still a young man in there. He's just, unfortunately, got this thing that's taken over his body.
Daemon Targaryen reveals that Viserys never told him about Aegon's dream in House of the Dragon, confirming Daemon was never going to be his heir.
Viserys, moaning in pain, reaches up into the air above the bed and says, "No more." Then, after the screen has cut to black, we hear him utter his final words: "My love."
Clearly he thought he was talking to Rhaenyra and Alicent didn't notice it. Alicent knows Viserys has dreams, she even knew it when Aemma was going to gave birth to a boy.
At this point, Viserys, who is drugged on milk of the poppy only replies to Rhaenyra by calling her his only child. It's a tough look considering he has three other children with Alicent, but it's clear that, in many ways, Rhaenyra has always been his favorite child and the one he is closest with.
While they struggled to get along in the early years after Aemma's death, Viserys seemed determined to show Rhaenyra his support in every situation. His love for his daughter was more powerful than the love he had for any of his other children, and he seemed to truly want little more than to see her happy.
King Viserys was a young man when he lost his first wife. In order to secure Rhaenyra's position Viserys wrote his intention to have Rhaenyra succeed him on the throne as his rightful heir in his will.
In his final moments, he says, “My love,” and he's referring to his first wife, Aemma. He actually mistook Alicent for his wife in House of the Dragon, episode seven, “Driftmark,” and it's his one true love.
Though Viserys is actually referring to Rhaenyra's duty to rule Westeros and carry and pass on the burden of Aegon's dream, Alicent tragically mistakes his message as a command for her to place their son on the Iron Throne and to disinherit Rhaenyra.
You are the one, you must do this. You must do this.” We know a confused Viserys thought he was talking to his daughter Rhaenyra on his deathbed. He was answering her question from earlier in the episode about Aegon the Conqueror's dream and whether Viserys believed in it.
“He's actually suffering from a form of leprosy. His body is deteriorating, his bones are deteriorating. He's not actually old. He's still a young man in there, he's just unfortunately got this thing that's kind of taken over his body.
Queen Alicent Hightower is the second wife of King Viserys I Targaryen. The daughter of Ser Otto Hightower, who was Hand to the previous king. She is the mother of King Aegon II Targaryen, Queen Helaena Targaryen, Prince Aemond Targaryen and Prince Daeron Targaryen.
It is well known that Dameon is in love with Rhaenyra. But his love was not restricted to her. He was an ambitious man who thought of himself as more deserving of the throne; he wanted that as well, in the pursuit of which his feelings for his niece were just a means to an end.