Rhaenyra Targaryen has had a couple of rough weeks in House of the Dragon. After weeks of going back and forth, and irking her council due to her inaction, she raises an army in the penultimate episode of f. Her husband, Daemon, does not stand beside her in the initial phase of the war. Instead, he leaves for Harrenhal after orchestrating the Blood and Cheese plot, and remains there for most of the season.