If you’ve read the House of the Dragon books you might be familiar with Nettles, a girl who becomes an unlikely dragonrider – but it seems Rhaena has taken over her storyline in the show. In case you have absolutely no idea who I’m talking about, Nettles is the only female dragonseed to appear in the books and plays a very important role.

At just 16 she tames the wild dragon in the Vale of Arryn called Sheepstealer by bringing it a dead sheep every morning, and ends up fighting for Rhaenyra and Daemon. However, some fans think we might never get to see Nettles in House of the Dragon season three, as it seems Rhaena has taken over a large part of her storyline by finding Sheepstealer.

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In a press conference about the upcoming third season of House of the Dragon, producer Ryan Condal clarified exactly what’s going on with the two storylines. he explained: “I think that’s a ‘please stay tuned and keep watching the story.’ I will say that we love Rhaena as a character and we’ve really done a lot of legwork to set her up from the beginning as somebody in this Targaryen household who does not have a dragon.

“And we see how powerful an idea it is for… somebody that grows up in this family, even in a time of peace, when you don’t have a dragon – how it changes how you’re identified even within the family. And how desperate Rhaena is for that self-identification as a dragon rider and is willing to go to fairly dangerous lengths to try to see that realised.”

The producer continued: “We’re providing the television version, one objective truth of this history. And anybody who reads the book is free to interpret it however they want to. But there are a lot of paths to interpretation through this. And I think the Rhaena story, as we’re seeing it unfold, is potentially one of those interesting interpretations that we have to offer.

“And I would just say that we don’t do any stuff lightly or without thought. Many of these things we’ve planned many seasons in advance. So I would just say: buckle up and take the ride with us. And hopefully you like the destination it’s going to.”