House Of The Dragon Star Gives Her Input Whether Helaena Is Secretly Team Black

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the finale of House of the Dragon season 2.

Summary

House of the Dragonstar Phia Saban opens up about whether her character is Team Green or Black. Saban plays Helaena Targaryen, the sister-wife of Aegon II and daughter of the dowager Queen Alicent. Ever since the beginning ofHouse of the Dragon, her character has been viewed as odd, often reciting prophecies in the form of cryptic riddles. In thefinale ofHouse of the Dragonseason 2, Helaena appears in Daemon’s final vision at Harrenhal, leading to theories over whether she is truly Team Black.

In an interview withVariety, Saban joins in on the debate and discusses which faction Helaena truly belongs to. The actor says thatthe character doesn’t belong to either teambefore elaborating and saying that choosing one or the other suggests that Helaena believes anything can happen. However, she has a clear view of the end, and that transcends who ends up sitting on the Iron Throne. Read her full comment below:

Helaena Targaryen in House of the Dragon

I don’t feel that she is a team. And my feeling isn’t that she was giving Daemon advice because she wants him to succeed. I think choosing between one team and the other suggests that you think anything can happen, and I think to a certain extent, she feels a little bit transcended above that. She has a clear view of this end that’s in sight. And I wouldn’t say that she knows it innately, but I think she knows enough to be like, it’s not about who’s on the throne next — we’re all going in the same direction.

I would also say about the scene with Daemon, it’s slightly left up to what the audience thinks about how much she is there — present in his dream. Maybe she’s a projection of something he wants to tell himself, especially since he hurt her so much with her son and everything. From a psychoanalytical perspective, maybe it’s all about him, and maybe it’s not that literal.

Helaena Is Caught In The Crossfire Between Two Factions

Helaena Might Be The Wisest Of Her Family

In the finale ofHouse of the Dragonseason 2,Aemond forcibly beckons Helaena to mount her dragon Dreamfyre and fight a war that she wants no part of, especially after her son’s brutal assassination at the beginning of the season. The tragedy should have fueled the fire in her and prompted her to join the fight with rage, but, instead, she withdraws from the war and goes even further into herself. At the same time, this seems to only heighten her abilities, which she uses to full effect in the finale.

In addition to appearing in Daemon’s vision, Helaena warns her brother Aemond of his future death.

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Helaena is ultimately a character who is caught in the crossfire between Team Black and Green,a character who is perhaps wiser than and exhausted by her quarreling family. It’s interesting that theHouse of the Dragonshowrunners gave her the supernatural ability to predict the series’ events, given her disassociation fromthe Dance of the Dragons. This ability is not present in the book version of the character. The decision to give it to her adds depth to a character who’s already intriguing, but could have easily become a passive figure as war brews around her.

Her appearance in Daemon’s final vision adds to Helaena’s complexity, diving deeper into their relationship, which is complicated because Daemon is the one responsible for her son Jaehaerys’ death. While the crime should have led to her avoiding Daemon at all costs, she appears in his vision and gives him key insights that ultimately change Team Black’s king consort for the better. This speaks toHouse of the Dragon’s complex and benevolent iteration ofHelaena Targaryen, who seems to be developing far more than author George R. R. Martin initially planned.