House of the Dragon’s most invisible character will become Rhaenyra’s last hope for the Iron Throne.

Things keep heating up in House of the Dragon season 2, and the approaching major battles are likely to bring another overlooked character to the forefront of the whole action.

The show’s latest episodes followed Rhaenyra’s preparations for the war after she came up with the idea to send her youngest son Joffrey away to the Vale to grow up as Lady Jeyne Arryn’s ward.

The second season has only 2 episodes left so far and there’s a low chance for it to reintroduce Joffrey with a bigger role than before, but things may change radically when the long-awaited war arrives — at least should House of the Dragon follow George R.R. Martin’s instructions.

The show briefly featured Joffrey in both seasons, proving that he’s still too young to be a part of Team Black in the whole feud, yet the war isn’t that short either.

As George R.R. Martin’s novel Fire & Blood suggests, by the time the Blacks and the Greens reach the point of no return with ruthless battles that won’t leave that many chances to survive, Joffrey will join his mother’s forces, yet not until his older brother Jacaerys will die during the Battle of the Gullet.

Once Rhaenyra loses her eldest son and heir to the throne, Joffrey becomes her only hope for keeping the power she’s entitled to.

However, the whole responsibility Joffrey holds now that Jacaerys is no longer there doesn’t guarantee him a bright future either. Soon after the Fall of King’s Landing, Rhaenyra brings her surviving children back to the Red Keep trying to keep them safe, but that doesn’t work out well for Joffrey.

Joffrey’s ambitions are too big to stay within the castle walls, and he eventually embarks on his own mission to save his dragon, Tyraxes, by mounting Rhaenyra’s Syrax without a saddle.

As expected, the risky idea proves itself as a failed one, and Joffrey falls from Syrax into Flea Bottom, King’s Landing’s den.