Aemond lost use of his left eye as a result, and his mother Alicent was so incensed she tried to take one of Lucerys' eyes as recompense.
Realising his mission is futile, Lucerys attempts to leave — only for Aemond to make a chilling demand. "I want you to put out your eye, as payment for mine," he says, referring to the childhood fight they had back in episode 7 that resulted in Aemond losing his left eye.
Aemond Targaryen loses his eye in a fight with his nephew Lucerys Velaryon. The fight broke out after Aemond bonded with the dragon Vhagar and cruelly mocked his cousins – Baela and Rhaena Targaryen – who had hoped to take the dragon for themselves.
Joffrey Baratheon spoils Rhaenyra Targaryen's fate on Game of Thrones. 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.
At the end of the battle, Daemon leaps off of Caraxes, lands on Vhagar, and runs Aemond through in the eye, killing him.
Originally, Aemond Targaryen didn't regret killing his nephew on House of the Dragon. This is different from how this event is described in George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood. There, we assume that Aemond pursued Lucerys intending to kill him, and then did.
Many years later, Aegon V died in the Tragedy at Summerhall and the crown passed to his son, Aemon's nephew Aerys II, who later became known as "The Mad King".
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.
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.
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. “She was my only daughter, and they killed her.
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.
WHAT DOES VISERYS HAVE? In a recent podcast interview with Entertainment Weekly, Paddy Considine — the actor portraying Viserys — revealed that his character has a kind of leprosy. “He's actually suffering from a form of leprosy. His body is deteriorating, his bones are deteriorating.
Viserys had a form of leprosy in House of the Dragon.
He's just, unfortunately, got this thing that's taken over his body.
Aemond was the younger brother of King Aegon II Targaryen and half-brother of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. In the television adaptation House of the Dragon, he is portrayed by Ewan Mitchell as an adult and Leo Ashton as a teenager.
We know that unlike his brother, Aemond has studied the history of Westeros and its great heroes and kings, so it's possible that the sapphire is his way of paying homage to a mythical figure named Symeon Star-Eyes, a knight from the Age of Heroes who lost both of his eyes in battle and replaced them with sapphires.
As we know, Vhagar is the last surviving dragon of Aegon the Conqueror's Conquest of Westeros. She was ridden by Visenya Targaryen, and, after her first rider's death, she spent 29 years by herself, with no one mounting her.
We last saw her find out the truth in "We Light the Way" that Rhaenyra lost her virginity to Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel).
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.
He chokes Rhaenyra after she starts telling him The Song of Ice and Fire prophecy and learning that Viserys kept secrets from him. Perhaps Daemon's attack was motivated by this perceived betrayal? Part of it also may be related to his dislike of Viserys weakness.
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.
With both Rhaenyra and Aegon gone, there's one clear person to inherit the throne: Rhaenyra's son Aegon, known as “Aegon the younger” in the books (her older sons had all died by this point).
Aemond killed Rhaenyra's son after a dragon chase through the rain, before which Aemond laughed and tried to cut out Luke's eye. The pursuit culminated in Aemond losing control of his dragon, which brutally chomped Luke and his dragon.
She said some people believe Night's King was a Bolton, a Magnar of Skagos, an Umber, a Flint, a Norrey, or a Woodfoot. However, she identifies Night's King as a Stark of Winterfell and brother to the King of Winter and suggests his name was Brandon.
Daemon's impotence gives him an all-too-human weakness. It proves he has vulnerabilities and insecurities. It shows that he is more than the iconic “Rogue Prince” of George R.R. Martin's books; he is a man with flaws. Most importantly, he's a man struggling to find a real connection with someone.
King Aerys II Targaryen ("The Mad King")
Aerys II is a direct descendant of King Viserys I Targaryen through his daughter Rhaenyra.