Season 3, Episode 4 of *House of the Dragon* delivers major revelations and escalating tensions: Daeron, secretly raised as Ormund Hightower’s squire, is revealed as Alicent’s youngest son and dragonrider Tessarion; Aemond remains absent with Vhagar, jeopardizing the Hightower forces in Tumbleton; and Rhaenyra’s council debates strategy amid financial strain and shifting alliances. Meanwhile, Larys and Aegon return to find Sunfyre seemingly dead, deepening the stakes for the civil war.
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