Now she's happy.

It seems to me that after Luke was born, and ideally after Jace was born, it was possible to understand that passing off obvious bastards as Laenor's legitimate sons was a bad idea. If Harwin was not going to break off his relationship with the princess, then they should at least think about the possibility of taking moon tea.

Even after Jace was born, rumors began to circulate about the boy's paternity and quiet insults to Rhaenyra and her reputation, and what does Harwin do when unpleasant things are said about his son and the woman he loves? He makes Rhaenyra two more sons. Although Rhaenyra is also to blame for this. She herself should have been more careful and circumspect.

Harwin also had three sons who called another man their father. Harwin watched his sons grow up thinking of him as an outsider, and again he did nothing. I think if Harwin truly loved Rhaenyra and his children, he would have killed Laenor long ago. It's not that hard. Laenor was not a warrior, and Harwin was a very strong man and spent a lot of time with Rhaenyra. It would have been enough to simply choose the moment when Laenor visited Rhaenyra and break his neck. If he had done it before Jace was born, then no one would have suspected him.

Note, when Daemon had the opportunity to marry Rhaenyra, he certainly took it. Moreover, if the probability is that Rhaenyra was already pregnant with Aegon. Daemon did not wait for the birth of the child and watch his son consider another man the father. He did what Harwin should have done when Rhaenyra became pregnant with Jace.

And then we have Rhaenyra. During the period when Daemon and Laena live in Essos, Rhaenyra spends a lot of time with Harwin and gives birth to a new child almost every year, but after Daemon's return and the beginning of Rhaenyra's friendship with Laena, there is some kind of pause in the relationship between the princess and the knight. Moreover, Rhaenyra marries shortly after Harwin's death.

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What will you be then, Dream Lord? […] There are no more moves. What can survive the anti-life? […]

I am… hope.

Hope.

Well, Lightbringer? It's your move. What is it that kills hope?

What do you want with me? Something of mine came into your possession. A leather pouch filled with sand. I need it back. Oh, that was yours? Bought it at an estate sale. Didn't even manage to get the drawstrings open. Where is it? No idea. Could be anywhere. We must find it. Must we? Why is that? Because without it, my realm will cease to exist, and if dreams disappear, then so will humanity. No offense, but… I could do without dreams for a while. Haven't had a decent night's sleep in ages. Nor will you. Until we find the sand. We must go, now. Does this approach generally work for you? You just turn up and order people about? Yes. All right. I'll help you find your sand. Good.

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