Since her introduction in Season 2 of House of the Dragon, the mysterious and seemingly clairvoyant "Witch Queen" known as Alys Rivers has remained one of the show's biggest talking points, and this week's Season 3 finale finally revealed the character's startling backstory. When Aegon the Conqueror laid siege to Harrenhal on the wings of Balerion the Black Dread and burned the castle to the ground, Alys' son barely survived. Rivers doesn't want to continue her dreary existence at Harenhal alone, and Aemond decides to stay with her... until Aegon shows up. Aegon tells Aemond that they are going to find Vhagar and return to King's Landing, and once Rhaenyra's head sits on a pike, he may decide to forgive him. Season 3 directors include Loni Peristere (episodes 1,6), Clare Kilner (episodes 2,3,4), Nina Lopez-Corrado (episodes 5,7), and Andrij Parekh (episode 8).