How That Fiery Episode 7 Twist in House of the Dragon Season 3 Sets Up the Show's Endgame

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 7 of House of the Dragon Season 3.To say that Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) has been down bad this season of House of Dragon would be putting it lightly. In the wake of being nearly torched to death by his brother Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) and Aemond's dragon Vhagar at the Battle of Rook's Rest in Season 2, Aegon has spent Season 3 dejectedly traipsing around the Crownlands at the behest of his advisor/frenemy Larys Strong (Matthew Needham).Permanently disfigured, dragonless, and in near-constant pain, Aegon's best hope of survival this season has been to lay low and keep his true identity a secret from anyone he and Larys encounter. Unfortunately, the spoiled former king is incapable of suppressing his royal impulses enough to make that an easy feat. To top it all off, despite Aegon's refusal to accept that his dragon Sunfyre has really died after reuniting with her lifeless body earlier in Season 3, he has no choice but to once again leave her side after discovering local peasants have turned her maimed body into a paid tourist attraction.Meanwhile, Larys' plan to smuggle Aegon across the Narrow Sea and stash him away in Braavos is thwa...