As you all know a much-awaited House of Dragon season 2 released in 2024. But as the books have already been there for a long back people will hear Names like Nettles and Dragonseeds. So if you want to know who is Nettles in House of Dragon and about her dragon let’s dive deep into the topic.
Birth and Childhood of Nettles in House of Dragon:
If you already know about Fire and Blood book, there are two perspectives of storytelling one is by Mushroom who was a dwarf at Courts, and Archmaester Gyldayan.
According to Mushroom, Nettles was a daughter of a whore and bastard of some Targaryen which was not specified in the book.
She spent her childhood without a home, living on the streets of Spicetown and Hull in Driftmark. Septon Eustace shares that she got a scar on her nose from being caught stealing.
Events in Dance of Dragons:
People who watched House of the Dragon season 1 might already understand this term, but for new readers – During the Targaryen civil war called the Dance of the Dragons, which is a conflict between two groups of Targaryen called Blacks and Greens. The group that supports Reneyra Targaryen is called Blacks and the group that supports Aegon II Targaryen who is known as Aegon the Elder is called Greens.
As the greens have Sunfyre for Aegon, Dream fyre, Tessarion and battle-proven Vhagar with Aemond the one-eyed prince.
At the same time, Blacks already lost Meleys and Arrax along with those who went with them(Princes Rhaenys, Prince Lucerys).
Prince Jacaerys Velaryon and Queen Reneyra saw they needed more dragon riders fighting for the blacks. He called for people living on Dragonstone who have connections to the Targaryen connections to try and ride the dragons. These are called Dragon seeds.
In The process of aquiring Seasmoke chose Addam (as per show) who is bastard of Corlys velaryon.
Acquiring Sheepstealer by Nettles:
Credits: Ashley Hunter Rice
Sheep stealer is a wild dragon that used to roam freely and it got its name because of stealing nearby sheep as food.
At sixteen, after the call of Jacaerys Velaryon Nettles used to bring a sheep every day until the dragon used to her. After the dragon became familiar with Nettles she managed to bond with the wild dragon Sheepstealer.
Battles fought by Nettles:
In the Battle of the Gullet, she bravely fought for Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen. While her fellow dragon riders were celebrating, she was upset over the death of Jacaerys. She and her dragon landed on Visenya’s Hill after the city fell.
Daemon and Nettles relation:
While hunting for Prince Aemond Targaryen and his dragon with Prince Daemon Targaryen, Rhaenyra’s husband, Nettles was always with Daemon, in the air and on the ground at Maidenpool.
Despite being an unusual match for a prince, Mushroom says Daemon grew to love Nettles and she became his close companion. Maester Norren at Maidenpool claimed they stayed near each other but acted more like family. He saw Daemon as more of a mentor to Nettles, teaching her manners and giving her nice gifts like a brush, a mirror, a fancy cloak, and boots. They were close, taking baths together, with maids noticing their bond.
Backlash on Nettles by Queen Rhaenyra:
After two other dragon riders turned against Rhaenyra, her court didn’t trust the dragon riders anymore. Lady Mysaria, once close to Daemon herself, stirred up doubt about Nettles and Daemon. Rhaenyra got so angry, thinking Nettles used magic to charm Daemon and the dragon. She ordered Lord Manfryd Mooton of Maidenpool to kill Nettles but not Daemon, and to tell him to come back home. But Manfryd and his team, scared of angering Daemon, pretended they didn’t get the note.
When Daemon found out about Rhaenyra’s demand, he let Nettles leave safely. The morning she left, no goodbyes were said, but Daemon’s dragon Caraxes cried out so loud it broke tower windows as Nettles flew away.
Rhaenyra got even angrier when Nettles disappeared. Daemon didn’t come back to her; he went to fight Aemond in a duel and wasn’t seen again. Though his body wasn’t found, some think he lived and reunited with Nettles.
When Aegon II Targaryen took the throne after Rhaenyra, there were rumors of Nettles’s dragon being seen, but no one knew for sure what became of her and Sheepstealer.
Can we see Nettles in House of Dragon season 2:
In the HBO TV show based on the sources, we might not see Nettles in the show as her story was shelved and her story was merged with Rheana in Vale, as George RR Martin confirmed that House of Dragon will be filmed for 3 to 4 seasons we might see Sheep stealer in Season 3. And there is always a scope of changes from the books which the showrunners only follow the baseline.
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