At the end of House of the Dragon season 2, Alicent Hightower offers to surrender King’s Landing and accept Rhaenyra as Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. In a recent interview with Forbes, star Olivia Cooke touched on this conversation and how it ignites conflict in season 3. Olivia Cooke talks "huge" House of the Dragon season 3"What can I say? Alicent has made a bargain at the end of season two, so she’s desperately trying to enact that," she said. Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra and Olivia Cooke as Alicent in House of the Dragon season 2.