

In a scene before Laena's death, she and Daemon talk about the struggles in their marriage. But as House of the Dragon never fails to remind us, sons are what everyone is after. Ten years later, the pair are married with two daughters. He immediately takes a shine to Laena in episode 5. Daemon, childless, had just murdered his wife. More than three years after Viserys rejects her, Laena reunites with the King's younger brother Daemon. We first meet Laena when she's 12 years old, having been carted up to King's Landing as a young bride offered to King Viserys. Unfortunately, before going into labor, Laena was already in a bad place. Laena choosing her own death instead of having a man choose for her #houseofthedragon /n2ubmDRbq6- 🕊️ SeptemWhy does Laena kill herself? But eventually he seems to understand her pain and helps to end it, incinerating her in a powerful blaze. "Dracarys!" she commands - the High Valyrian (language of the old Valyrian Freehold) word for "Dragonfire." Vhagar hesitates, visibly confused by his rider's shocking request. Before Daemon can have a say, Laena escapes the birthing room and limps outside, imploring her dragon Vhagar to breathe fire onto her.

Unlike Aemma - who dies after King Viserys allows his surgeon to operate on her - Laena realizes what's going on early enough to take matters into her own hands. The maester suggests to Laena's husband Daemon Targaryen that he could "lay open the womb, try to remove the infant by way of the blade." But there are no guarantees the baby or the mother would survive. Similar to Aemma Targaryen, Laena Velaryon suffers a difficult childbirth, unable to push the infant out. Two big choices come up at the end of episode 6.
