The second season reveals that Alicent, now a widow, is secretly involved with Ser Criston. This is not found in Fire & Blood. The book focuses more on political maneuvers and the civil war rather ...

Of all the big changes "House of the Dragon" has made to its source material so far, the choice to age down Alicent (Emily Carey/Olivia Cooke) is perhaps the boldest. In the book that inspired it ...

Alicent and Rhaenyra are now played by Olivia ... and he's been promoted to commander of the City Watch. In the book, Fire & Blood, it's explained that Harwin has been "ever at Rhaenyra's side ...

Lady Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey). Fans of George RR Martin’s book Fire And Blood will know, of course, that following the bloody, futile death (or rather, murder) of his wife, Queen Aemma ...