Daemon didn’t know it was his mother before she called him “son”, confirms director Clare Kilner

The latest episode of House of the Dragon Season 2 has sparked widespread speculation and predictions. As each new episode airs, the excitement among fans intensifies. Daemon Targaryen, notorious for his sensual escapades, has come under close observation from fans following his recent fever dream. However, it appears that he didn’t know it was his mother with him in the latest nightmare he had, as director Clare Kilner confirmed to us.

Daemon did not know it was his mother in his dream

The incest scene shown in Daemon’s nightmare in House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 5 left the community shaken. We reached out to director Clare Kilner to get some answers about the same, and she was more than happy to clear our doubts.

Question: Hello Clare, can you please tell us if, in Daemon’s latest Harrenhal nightmare, he wasn’t aware that it was his mother… till Alyssa Targaryen called Daemon her favorite son?

Clare: Yes, he had the shocked realization when she said ‘My favorite son’.

This shocking revelation adds another perspective to Daemon’s nightmares, as it is noted in Fire & Blood, Alyssa died when Daemon was really young, and he does not even remember her face. Is it Alys Rivers’ doing?

Who is Alyssa Targaryen?

Alyssa Targaryen, the fifth child of King Jaehaerys I Targaryen and Queen Alysanne Targaryen, featured in Season 2, Episode 5 of House of the Dragon during Daemon Targaryen’s dream sequence. She fell in love with Baelon, her brother, and married him in 75 AC, and gave birth to Viserys and Daemon. She died after her third childbirth when Daemon was only 3.

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