This episode's first scene shows Daemon attacking the Crabfeeder's army on dragonback, but being repelled by archers shooting flaming arrows. Episode 2 ended with Daemon and Corlys striking up a partnership to deal with the Triarchy and its apparent leader, the Crabfeeder. King Viserys, clearly just hanging out for a good time, is then accosted by a servant, who informs him of happenings in the Stepstones, where Daemon Targaryen and Lord Corlys Valeryon are waging war against The Triarchy. Brother Hightower tells him sternly: "Then it lies with you to make him see it, Lord Hand." Otto rebuffs him, saying King Viserys prefers Rhaenyra and doesn't see Aegon as his successor. (He's the Lord of Hightower, I think.) It's about time, Brother Hightower says, that the king names Aegon the new heir. Hand of the King Otto Hightower is chatting with his brother, whose name we don't get. Now King Viserys and Queen Hightower have a son, Aegon, and as episode 3 opens we see scenes from Aegon's second birthday celebrations. You'll recall in that episode King Viserys Targaryen announced to the Small Council his intention to marry Alicent Hightower. To cover much of that ground, the show needs to get a move on: Episode 3 is set three years after the events of episode 2. Fire and Blood, the book on which House of the Dragon is based, took place over 300 years.
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