House of the Dragon Season 1 Episode 7: Driftmark

The families gather at Driftmark for the funeral of Laena Velaryon. Daemon returns to Westeros with his daughters, and the gathering becomes a pressure cooker of political and personal tensions. Viserys, increasingly frail, calls for an end to the infighting among his family.

Alicent demands justice for her son Aemond, who has lost an eye in a fight with Rhaenyra's sons (Jacaerys and Lucerys) and Daemon's daughters (Baela and Rhaena). The confrontation reveals that Aemond claimed the dragon Vhagar, previously Laena's mount, and that Rhaenyra's sons are the subject of bitter insults about their parentage.

Rhaenyra and Daemon's mutual attraction resurfaces, and Laenor Velaryon's absence from his wife's side becomes conspicuous. The funeral gathering crystallizes the deep divisions within the Targaryen family, with Viserys struggling to maintain unity as his health fails.

Aemond's loss of an eye and his gain of Vhagar mark a pivotal shift in dragon power dynamics. The fight and its aftermath reveal how deeply the parentage question has poisoned the family. Viserys's failing health means he will soon be unable to mediate, and the divisions on display at Driftmark foreshadow the coming civil war.