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House of The Dragon: What Does Helaena's Prophecy About Aegon's Wooden Throne Mean? Explored
Aegon sits on a wooden throne, likely referring to the litter he is carried on after breaking his legs.
During Season 2 of House of the Dragon, Helaena Targaryen predicts her family's future with a prophecy involving Aegon and Aemond, including Aegon sitting on a wooden throne. At the end of each series, her dragon-dreaming skills are getting stronger and more lucid. Another thing to note about her is that she appears in other people's visions. An example was Daemon's vision at the Weirwood Tree in Harrenhal-a part of something much greater and unchangeable.
Helaena rebuffs Aemond's plea to fight on Dreamfyre, calling out that she watched him burn and let Aegon fall at Rook's Rest. After predicting the death of Aemond, she tells him that Aegon will once again be king, perched on a throne of wood, while Aemond is going to be dead. Of course, this prophecy is taken directly from George R.R. Martin's book Fire & Blood, which goes into great detail about Aegon using a different seat.
Aegon's sits in a wooden throne
Events in the Dance of the Dragons see Aegon bedridden only in House of the Dragon. Following his escape from King's Landing, he retreats to Dragonstone and plots the coup. In the Fall of Dragonstone, he fights Baela Targaryen on Moondancer, where he falls off and suffers double leg fractures. Unable to support the legs, bedridden Aegon moves about in a wooden litter.
Helaena predicts that Aegon sits on a "wooden throne" after his legs are shattered, which is likely the litter Aegon sits on after seeing victory. Aegon cannot climb the steps to the Iron Throne after killing Rhaenyra Targaryen on Dragonstone, so a carved wooden seat is placed at the bottom, giving him his "wooden throne" to rule and hold court.
Helaena dies before Aegon's victory
House of the Dragon had Helaena and Aegon last see each other after the death of Prince Jaehaerys. Tragic as it is, Helaena kills herself six months into Rhaenyra's rule in King's Landing, while Aegon had been kept all along in Dragonstone during her time in King's Landing.
In any case, Aegon and Helaena do seem to retain some regard for each other, even if they prove unable to act on it. Indeed, Helaena's visions speak to this, for the manner in which she refers to Aemond trying to kill Aegon, and that the king is to see victory, almost sounds like a justification of him. Aegon has hardly been much of a husband, but the sad reality is that the two of them never reunite after all of their shared tragedies.
Helaena predicts King Aegon's success at Dragonstone and his death in House of the Dragon. She says that he shall be "swallowed up" in the God's Eye, a lake in the riverlands where Harrenhal lies. So this would, in fact, seal Aemond's fate in House of the Dragon, aligning with Martin's Fire & Blood.
Rhaenyra takes King's Landing, while Aemond seizes Harrenhal. Aemond and Vhagar burn villages, and Daemon sets out to find him. They face off above the God's Eye in an epic dragon-dragon battle that must be one of the most spectacular sights witnessed on television.
Two violent warriors and their dragons are killed in the fierce battle: Aemond and Vhagar. Daemon does this with his Valyrian steel sword, Dark Sister. The dragons and combatants go into the lake; no one survives. Helaena warns him about his fate, not knowing if or when that would happen in House of the Dragon season 3.
Helaena's dreaming powers gets stronger
Predictions by Helaena in the God's Eye about Aemond and Aegon's "wooden throne" foreshadow events, but also hint at her growing power in House of the Dragon. Vague, the young princess doesn't understand fully the people she speaks to, either in her dreams or through the powers of vision.
That's very different in House of the Dragon season 2's finale. Helaena seems to have a much better understanding of-and control over-her abilities. It is telling, too, that she was in Daemon's vision of Daenerys Targaryen, Rhaenyra, a White Walker, and more. How she managed it isn't explained, but says much for her being a more powerful dreamer than we have seen so far. Helaena may indeed be aware of all that is to happen, even to herself, including her death, which works to not only make her stronger but even more tragic.
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