Helaena Targaryen, di soft-spoken queen consort for House of the Dragon wey Phia Saban play, e dey see plenty horrors for im family. Di girl no get easy life at all: im papa die when e small, im mama cause am, di family dey fight useless war wey dey spoil everything, im baby boy wey dey sleep dem kill am, two of im brothers na psychopath (one na im husband), and im dreams dey show am terrible future visions. Even di strongest Targaryen go break under this wahala.
Di first two seasons show Helaena as somebody wey just dey watch, e no dey do anything, sometimes e just talk about what e see for im dream—like telling im brothers say dem go die. E dey stay for Red Keep for King’s Landing, e no even dey ride im dragon well. For season three, di matter get worse as Queen Rhaenyra come back to take throne, and Helaena and im mama Alicent (Olivia Cooke) become prisoner for dia own house. But di real prison na Helaena mind, because e dey see all di bad things wey go happen.
For season three episode four, “Tumbleton,” im mama find out say Helaena dey pregnant—a big problem because di throne dey fight for. Helaena be one of di most tragic characters for di whole Game of Thrones universe. For di book Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin, her story very sad. Di show don add new things like the pregnancy wey go cause more wahala.
Yes, Helaena marry im brother Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney). Aegon become king, but some people say e steal throne from im half-sister Rhaenyra, wey cause di war “Dance of Di Dragons.” Dem get twins: Jaehaerys and Jaehaera Targaryen. But assassins come kill Jaehaerys by making Helaena choose which pikin go die. For di book, e get third son Maelor, but di show no show am. And Aegon don burn alive, e no fit born pikin again. So when Helaena become pregnant again, Alicent panic, know say Rhaenyra go kill Helaena to stop any new heir. For season three episode five, “Unbowed and Unbent,” Alicent try make Helaena drink potion to cause miscarriage, but Helaena refuse.
Helaena dey see future plenty times: e see im brother Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) lose eye before e mount dragon, and later e see Aemond burning without fire. Di show talk about im ability small, but e clear say di visions dey stress am. Helaena bond with dragon Dreamfyre, but for di show we never see am ride am—dem don change di story. Maybe we go see am later?
Di tragedy of Helaena Targaryen hard to bear. E no dey fight, e just dey suffer because of im family. Di show portray am as somebody wey dey sympathize with im cousins Lucerys and Jacaerys Velaryon, wey die for war. E dey live quiet with im mama. But now di show don add new things wey go make her story more complicated. Di pregnancy wey e refuse to abort go play big part. For di book, after im sons die, Helaena eventually commit suicide by throwing herself onto spikes outside di castle. For Game of Thrones, King Tommen also jump from window. So we fit expect same ending for Helaena.
