The Worst Things Characters Have Done In House Of The Dragon Season 1

Listing and exploring the worst things that each and every character has done in the 10 episodes of House of the Dragon season 1.

By Chandraboli Majumdar
November 20,2022
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House of the Dragon season 1 characters are all extremely complex and have multitudes to themselves.

1. Daemon Targaryen kills his wife in cold blood in House of the Dragon season 1

Daemon Targaryen murders Rhea Royce in House of the Dragon season 1
Daemon Targaryen murders Rhea Royce in House of the Dragon season 1

Daemon Targaryen is definitely one of the most beloved and badass characters from House of the Dragon season 1. However, he’s also a character who thrives in the morally grey region. He has done some absolutely cruel and monstrous things; killing his wife Rhea Royce in cold blood was definitely one of them. She was simply one of many casualties in Daemon and Rhaenyra’s love story.

2. Ser Criston Cole murders Joffrey Lonmouth and Lord Beesbury

Ser Criston Cole murders Ser Joffrey Lonmouth in House of the Dragon season 1
Ser Criston Cole murders Ser Joffrey Lonmouth in House of the Dragon season 1

Ser Criston Cole went from being our beloved dreamy knight in shining armor to an annoying vindictive bully. He is hated by fans for bullying Rhaenyra’s kids while being a grown man himself. In fact he has become nothing more than a bitter scorned man. But he is even more despised for cruelly murdering Ser Joffrey Lonmouth and Lord Beesbury. He murdered these two innocent men purely in a fit of rage. Especially the killing of Ser Joffrey Lonmouth was vicious and heartless and for absolutely no rhyme or reason.

3. Lord Larys Strong arranges the murder of his own father and brother

Lord Larys cuts off the tongues of the criminals in House of the Dragon
Lord Larys cuts off the tongues of the criminals

Lord Larys Strong is definitely one of the most monstrous and villainous characters in House of the Dragon season 1. After all, he arranged the murder of his family, including his father Lyonel Strong and his brother Harwin Strong. He also cut off the tongues of the assassins to protect his identity as the mastermind. Then there’s also his creepy foot fetish but that isn’t as bad as murder right?

4. Prince Aegon Targaryen sexually assaults a maid in House of the Dragon season 1

Prince Aegon Targaryen sexually assaults Dyana in House of the Dragon
Prince Aegon Targaryen sexually assaults Dyana in House of the Dragon

Prince Aegon Targaryen who is now also King of the Seven Kingdoms is one of the most despicable characters in House of the Dragon season 1. While initially audiences sympathized with him and the burden that was forced upon him by Queen Alicent and Ser Otto Hightower. Prince Aegon Targaryen soon turned into a heartless monster when he sexually assaulted one of the maids of the Red Keep, Dyana.

5. Queen Alicent covers up and threatens the maid who was assaulted by Aegon

Queen Alicent Hightower threatens Dyana
Queen Alicent Hightower threatens Dyana

Alicent Hightower has been an accomplice to murder on several occasions now. She also has an extremely questionable parenting style. But none of this even compares to when Queen Alicent Hightower covered up the fact that her son Prince Aegon Targaryen sexually assaulted a young maid of the Red Keep. Not only that but she also threatened Dyana to keep quiet about the despicable thing that was done to her.

6. Princess Rhaenyra is a party to the murder of an innocent man

Qarl and Laenor fight during House of the Dragon episode 7
Qarl and Laenor fight during House of the Dragon episode 7

Rhaenyra Targaryen has won over the support and affection of many fans over the course of House of the Dragon season 1. But she is definitely no saint. After all nothing is black and white in House of the Dragon. While Rhaenyra’s irresponsible and privileged attitude can be excused, she was still a party to the murder of an innocent man. All so that she could marry her uncle.

7. Ser Otto Hightower orders the murder of several Lords and Ladies

The Green Council convenes during House of the Dragon episode 9
The Green Council convenes during House of the Dragon episode 9

Otto Hightower may have started off as an intelligent and cunning man. But he soon became the villain of House of the Dragon season 1. He groomed his own daughter and used her as a pawn in his elaborate scheme to win the Iron Throne. Eventually it wasn’t just manipulation and grooming, Ser Otto Hightower ended up resorting to murder. He killed off any and every opposition to the greens by hanging the Lords and Ladies who supported Rhaenyra. He even was ready to send an order to kill Rhaenyra and her young children.

8. King Viserys sacrifices his wife Aemma in House of the Dragon season 1

Aemma's death during childbirth
Aemma’s death during childbirth

King Viserys was known to be a kind hearted and soft natured man in House of the Dragon season 1. Infact, this quality of his even led to many people doubting his abilities as a ruler. However, even in his years of maintaining peace in the Kingdom, he too shed blood. And this blood was of his very own wife. Viserys chose to sacrifice his wife by cutting her open, all to have a boy as his heir.