House Of The Dragon Art Imagines If Alicent's Children All Shared Her Hair Color Instead Of Targaryen Blonde

Summary

House of the Dragonart imagines if Alicent’s children shared her hair color instead of Targaryen blonde. Set 200 years before the events ofGame of Thrones, the prequel series chronicles the devastating Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons. Early on, one of the keycharacters in this conflict is Alicent Hightower, played by Emily Carey and Olivia Cooke, who marries King Viserys and gives birth to four children – Aegon, Aemond, Helaena, and Daeron – the last of which has yet be seen on screen.

Now, some AI art shared byqueenboltonson Instagramimagines if Alicent’s children shared her hair color instead of Targaryen blonde. Check out the art below:

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A total of four slides, the art shows Aegon, Aemond, Helaena, and Daeron all with Hightower brown hair instead of the blonde that Targaryens are known for.

Hair Color Is Very Highly Important In Game Of Thrones

In George R.R. Martin’s fantasy world,hair color is an important identifier among the noble houses of Westerosand therefore, can be used to differentiate families. This is important as early asGame of Thronesseason 1when Ned Stark discovers that Joffrey, with his golden hair, is Jamie Lannister’s bastard son by examining family history and realizing that black hair is a dominant trait in the Baratheon line. Jon Snow’s black hair is also important in hiding the fact that he’s a Targaryen since Northern houses also seem to carry dominant genes with their dark hair.

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Hair color continued to be important inHouse of the Dragonseason 1as Rhaenyra Targaryen gives birth to three bastard sons – Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey – with Ser Harwin Strong. Because they all have dark brown hair like their father and not silver hair like Rhaenyra’s husband, Laenor Velaryon, it’s an open secret in the Red Keep that her sons are illegitimate. However, since this can’t exactly be proven, they are still presented as legitimate, with Jace acting as Rhaenyra’s official heir.

Hair color will continue to be important in the upcomingGame of Thronesprequel,A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which follows the adventures of the hedge knight Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg. The latter, who is actually Aegon V Targaryen, shaves his silver-gold hair in order to hide his identity as a squire. Considering the importance of hair color in Martin’s fantasy world, it should continue to play a key role inHouse of the Dragonand future spinoffs.