House Of The Dragon - Every Main Character Ranked From Worst To Best

17. Helaena Targaryen

The shamelessly eccentric sister wife of Aegon Targaryen and Alicent's only daughter is a bit of an anomaly amongst the haughty nobility that makes up the majority of House of the Dragon's key players. Helaena possesses absolutely no verbal filter whatsoever, leading to some rather awkward martial revelations at what was supposed to be a nice dinner in The Lord of the Tides.

With that being said, a rather interesting facet of Helaena's seemingly nonsensical babble is that it indicates that she may actually possess the gift of second sight, the ability to see and predict events before they actually transpire. Viewers scoff when Aemond's sister suggests that all he has to do to attain a dragon is "close an eye"; lo and behold, the young Prince loses an eye moments after claiming Vhagar. Helaena also ominously predicts Meleys and Rhaenys' spectacular gate-crashing of Aegon's coronation, warning her family of "the beast beneath the boards".

With that being said, Helaena to date has come across as more of a wacky supporting character designed to provide darkly comic relief than an integral part of the main cast. It will be interesting to see whether HBO's retelling of Fire and Blood decides to go down as dark a route for the new Queen Consort of the Seven Kingdoms as the one Martin lays out for her in his canon.