Rats are not liked by many people, in several fictional narratives these animals play a symbolic role and in ‘The House of the Dragon’ this is no exception. We tell you what the appearance of these small rodents means.
Throughout the first season of the dragon house We have seen rats appear on several occasions in different parts of the royal castle. The appearance of these small rodents can have a large number of interpretations since they have appeared at different times throughout the first season, foreshadowing one of the most dramatic events of the series.
These little animals appear at key moments in the story, from the moment Rhaenyra escapes from the palace to go with her uncle Daemon, we can see a rat inside the skull of Balerion, an emblematic dragon for the Targaryen dynasty. We can also see one of these rodents during Rhaenyra’s wedding to her cousin Laenor Velaryion, after the tragic incident between Sir Criston Cole and Joffrey Lonmouth. Another key moment where the rats appear is the end of chapter 6 when King Viserys watches them enter his room..
The rats in House of the Dragon They are more than a nuisance in the dark corners of the castle. Symbolically, they represent the decadence and corruption that infiltrates the corridors of power. Their constant presence is a visual and visceral reminder of the dirty secrets and betrayals that lurk around every corner of the story. These creatures usually appear at crucial moments, acting as pre
The rats also symbolize the blindness on the part of Viserys and Rhaenyra to the real problems plaguing the kingdom and the rifts within the Targaryen family that are not being addressed and only pushed aside. Which means that figuratively and literally this family has been filled with rats. This is most evident at the end of chapter 6 when Viserys sees a rat walking in his room and decides to do nothing, just ignores it as he does with his family’s problems..
Finally, the greatest omen that the appearance of these rodents warns of are the events that occur in the first chapter of the second season. Well, it is because of the rat infestation in the castle that the murderer known as Cheese, (who is a rat catcher) is familiar with the castle and its passages.. The murder of infant Jaehaerys Targeryan is known as Cheese and Blood because those are the names of the two men who committed the heinous crime. Since the rats that were shown to us in the first season of the series, we were warned about this event, for which we were definitely not prepared.
