What If Daemon & Rhaenyra Won the Dance of the Dragons?

King’s Landing falls fast—but victory isn’t peace. In this alternate ending, Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen and Prince Daemon Targaryen strike first, seize the Iron Throne, and keep Aegon II alive in chains as a warning to every lord who ever thought oaths were optional. With the Velaryon fleet locking down Blackwater Bay, the city must be fed, the Gold Cloaks must be controlled, and the realm must be forced to accept the truth—before rebellion turns into riot.

But Prince Aemond Targaryen escapes with Vhagar and takes Harrenhal, torching the Riverlands to bait Daemon into the sky. Justice is made public. Whispers are hunted in the Red Keep’s veins. And the war narrows to one inevitable collision—Caraxes vs Vhagar, Daemon vs Aemond—over cursed stone and black water.

0:00 — Dragonstone: grief becomes war
5:18 — Driftmark: the Velaryon fleet rallies
10:36 — King’s Landing: Daemon and Mysaria flip the Watch
15:54 — The Greens panic inside the Red Keep
21:12 — Dragonmont: Syrax and Caraxes take wing
26:30 — Blackwater Bay: the fleet closes on the city
31:48 — Dragons over King’s Landing: the first strike
37:06 — The Red Keep falls: Aegon in chains
42:24 — The realm kneels: oaths renewed under dragon skulls
47:42 — Night counsel: hunger, fear, and the price of rule
53:00 — Dawn rule: feeding the city, setting the trap
58:18 — The sept: Rhaenyra and Alicent face the truth
1:03:36 — The throne room: Otto Hightower judged
1:08:54 — The courtyard: the blade falls
1:14:12 — Beneath the Keep: Larys Strong is taken
1:19:30 — Fishmonger’s Square: bread and dragon-shadow
1:24:48 — Raven from the Riverlands: Harrenhal burns
1:30:06 — Aegon confronted: the war he bought
1:35:24 — Harrenhal: Aemond crowns himself in fire
1:40:42 — Departure: Daemon rides to end Aemond