‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 finale: What does Helaena’s prophecy about Aemond mean?

This entire season of Home of the Dragon has been crammed with visions and prophecies, however the finale actually doubled down.

In addition to Daemon’s (Matt Smith’s) weirwood tree-assisted glimpse into the longer term, we additionally had one other prophecy from Helaena (Phia Saban) — and it might have some main implications for her brothers Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) and Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney).

So what precisely does Helaena say to Aemond, and what does it imply?

What does Helaena say to Aemond?

After he involves the Purple Preserve’s balcony to ask her to fly with him to Harrenhal, Helaena tells Aemond she noticed him burning Aegon II in the course of the battle at Rook’s Relaxation. He tells her she’s mendacity however she doubles down, then makes the next prediction:

“Aegon can be king once more. He is but to see victory. He sits on a picket throne. And also you…you can be useless. You’re swallowed up within the God’s Eye, and you might be by no means seen once more.”

“I might have you ever killed,” responds Aemond.

“It would not change something,” comes Helaena’s reply.

Provided that Helaena has already made a number of appropriate predictions within the present, there isn’t any motive to suppose this one will not additionally come true. However what precisely does it imply?

What’s the God’s Eye?

The primary a part of Helaena’s prophecy is just sufficient: she’s saying Aegon II, who’s therapeutic from his accidents slowly, can be king once more in the future. The picket throne might discuss with the carriage he is seen taking with Larys Sturdy (Matthew Needham) en path to Essos within the episode’s closing montage, though this is not fully clear.

However what in regards to the God’s Eye? Effectively, this is not almost as cryptic because it sounds. If we jump over to the official Westeros map and click on Harrenhal, we are able to see that God’s Eye is the title of the massive lake instantly south of the citadel (it is referred to as God’s Eye due to the island within the center, which appears to be like like a pupil from above). Helaena is actually telling Aemond how he will die: by disappearing (and presumably drowning) within the lake subsequent to Harrenhal. Simply to underline this level, pay shut consideration to the scene instantly after their dialog that exhibits Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) flying in direction of Harrenhal on her dragon alongside Addam of Hull (Clinton Liberty). That physique of water they’re hovering over? That is God’s Eye.

Provided that Aemond is at the moment planning a dragon tour to Harrenhal, Helaena’s prophecy is much more ominous. Is it attainable that he’ll die whereas battling Daemon there? And will Aemond’s dying even happen throughout the identical battle that Daemons sees in his imaginative and prescient, the place he presumably drowns too? We’ll have to attend till Season 3 to seek out out.

Home of the Dragon Season 2 is streaming now on Max.