The Downfall Of Otto Hightower (Dance Of The Dragons) Game Of Thrones History & Lore
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- Things were starting to go wrong for the greens. Prince Daemon had won the Riverlands for the blacks, and the men of the north were marching south to join their strength to Daemons. Aegon could see Rhaenrya gaining ground and could not understand why his grandfather had done seemingly nothing to gain him allies. Otto Hightower was running out of time to keep his position as the hand of the king.
The Dance Of The Dragons will be the focus of the plot of the new HBO spin-off House Of The Dragon coming in 2022. So if you want to learn the story before we see HBO's take on it then this will be a very long-running series. Game Of Thrones / House of the dragon are HBO shows based on Geroge R R Martins A Song Of Ice And Fire series. The information in this video comes from the books a world of ice and fire as well as fire and blood.
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Hello everyone in 2024 who found this video after A Son For A Son. I just want to apologies and add this is a very old video near 2 years old, i made it when i had less than 1000 subs. Since then my equipment has gotten better and i my voice over has gotten miles better. So please don't judge me to harshly. i am in the process of remaking a lot of my older content to bring it more in line with what i want my quality to be in 2024
It's the fact that Otto basically caused this war that makes his downfall deserved. First by pushing Viserys to name Rhaenyra his heir (which imo was a good thing), then by contradicting that the moment Aegon was born. This could have all been avoided if he had kept his pride in check.
If you buy the theory the Hightower having there own agenda and are planning some stuff with the citadel abs faith in the main books, simply causing chaos might just have been ottos motive. Or he really was just that bad of a hand
@@WorldOfWesteros I actually like that conspiracy thing :)) it's interesting.
Honestly naming Rhaenyra as heir was an excellent idea but I cannot say that her children from Laenor (but were they really?) could ever sit the iron throne and would have to have passed to her children from Daemon
@@billychops1280 yeah..i always thought rhaenyra should have kept the house name, Targaryen. The children should have been named Targaryen as well. Their names held the segnificance of Velaryon heritage, but House Targaryen ruled Westeros.
But why was he executed and who ordered his execution?
When this happens in HOTD I’m going to laugh so hard. Otto really thought he was going to be able to control Aegon, but like Tyrion said years later, it’s hard to keep a mad dog under control after you put a crown on its head.
Aegon was right Otto was to weak as hand of the king
@@oscarcastillo5907 was he really? He made him king in the first place after all lol
Both sides have people defying orders of their main monarch claimant.
Aegon is nowhere near Joffrey, because Aegon would never behead a hostage for no reason.
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 Otto did though
@@octoberboiy
To be fair, Aegon II was the rightful Heir, so of course Otto pushed for him
Yes, Aegon II wasn't the best King, but Rhaenyra (and her bastards in line) was only Heir to get the likes of Daemon off the Throne (for good reason). Had he been raised in part by Viserys, maybe he would've grown to be better
Otto accused daemon of wanting the throne when in reality all the time it was him who wanted the throne and plunged the realm into war there by weakening it and ending the era of the dragons. OTTO was the littlefinger of his time and brought the realm into ashes just so he could rule it.
everything would have been fine if Viserys just named his son heir from the moment he was born. also dragons are dangerous predators who never should have been messed with by human beings.
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 Maybe he should have allow them to slay his wife Or maybe he should have made his brother Hand.
Oh well can not go back now.
We don’t know what Otto really wants. If I had to guess the throne is not the final goal, it was probably the removal of dragons. The Hightowers and the citadel are working together to remove magic from the realm.
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 he didn’t have to. He was king he can do what he wants.
@@DatNiceDude he wants his family name to have even more standing plus what you said at the end. Gotta remember he doesn’t have a son so if it wasn’t gonna be his son marrying into the family like the Baratheons and the other houses it would be his grandson
Ambitious wretch. And it was all for naught; Aegon and his line all died and no Hightower blood sat on the Iron Throne.
There is a lot of injustice in the world of Ice and Fire, but sometimes, every now and then, a person get what they deserve.
Hightower blood continues on and their house is doing just fine. Every Targaryen is dead or exiled
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 Aye, but the Hightowers never again reached the heights of power and influence they had before the Dance and all of Aegon the Usurper's line died so there was no Hightower blood in the royal family which is what Otto wanted.
@@samalvey8168 I mean Margery married Joffrey & Tomen and she was a descendant of Alicent so I guess they did again rise to power for a bit. But that wasn’t long
@@VirajKamdar she isn't a descendant of alicent. She's a descendant of Otto hightower's older brothers family
Honestly, it makes sense why Rhaenyra had him executed. He played a huge role in bringing about the Dance and he was also responsible for The Battle of the Gullet, which got Jace killed.
I definitely agree with you 100%.Otto definitely overstepped his pride and his ambition in the end was his undoing...
Yeah
everything would have been fine if viserys had named aegon heir the secone he was born
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 you wanted him to name that drunken rapist heir smh
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 why though? Viserys reaffirmed to the small council plenty of times that rhaenyra was his heir even after Aegon was born.
@@DarleneCherie35 he likely would not be a drunken rapist if he was raised as heir from the beginning and paid attention to by his father
Can’t wait to see how Otto’s end plays out on HOTD
I can’t wait for Alicent’s fate
@@relebohilepepenene9474 fact I hate her 😂😂
@@relebohilepepenene9474 ooooh it’s satisfying as F
@@mackdaddy2153 what happens to her?
@@sunnyboyjr2611 she dies a slow lonely death
I can’t wait till this happens. Otto was the main person pushing for Aegon to take the throne from Rhaenyra and when Aegon fires him it’s gonna be so satisfying. Just watching the years of plotting and scheming to blow up in his face is gonna be fun. The only downside to this moment is that Criston Coke is gonna be more prominent and more annoying in the story than he already is. A character I dislike is gonna be replaced by a character I hate. Though I do like the actors Fabien Frankel and Rhys Ifans.
his plotting and scheming technically suceeded. never again is the Targaryens even going to come close to considering a woman as their monarch. never again does a Targ woman claim the throne unless every other male is dead (dany). and House Hightower's chugging along just fine 170 years later.
@@godemperorofmankind3.091 I understand what your saying. The Greens, in my opinion, definitely did not succeed because their goal itself was not to make sure that everyone goes by male precedent, that was just their main weapon of legitimization of their claimant Aegon to take the throne. The real ambitions of Otto and Alicent were for the Hightowers to become more powerful through the Targaryen-Hightower line to rule the Iron throne forever. The Dance of Dragons was all about the battle of the bloodline. And they completely lost that goal because thanks to their plotting their line was decimated within a pathetic 4 year timespan and Rhaenyra’s bloodline triumphed but at a great cost because the dragons went extinct but the blacks at least prevailed over the Greens and their personal pursuit of the dominating bloodline. And they did for a long while consider Baela and Rhaena as contenders for the iron throne during the Regency of Aegon iii. The council decided the Rhaena was going to be the heir because she was not married to a bastard like Baela was and she was the last Targaryen that had a dragon. And over 100 years later Princesa Vaella was considered a contender for the Iron Throne in a Great council of 236 AC. So there were female contenders for the Iron Throne after Rhaenyra but people did usually go to the safer bet of a male heir when it was most favorable.
Just as Visenya passed the crown of Aegon to her son Maegor, who was unfit to rule and was not the named heir, the same crown was passed by the Hightowers to Aegon II, who also usurped the throne for an undeserving monarch who was not fit to rule. The parallels.
Both lines deservedly ended with no surviving descendants.
TBF Rhaenyra wasn't exactly fit to rule either, Sad Boi did end up being a fairl;y good king though, but Otto has my respect, he basically did the equivalent of erasing the WMDs of Westeros's colonizers,
@@syedshakaibanwar2698 how is that being fair? You have no way of knowing Rhaenyra wasn’t fit to rule. She’s the only one that cared about continuous protection of the Stepstones which would have protected trade routes and safety of the traders. The Hightowers on the otherhand, affirmed and armed the triarchy. Also note that it was Otto that wanted Rhaenyra to get kicked out of small council meetings that would have helped educate her in how to rule. She is definitely more capable than Aegon II.
In a monarchy like this, the lack of these “WMDs” were the reason why the petty kings had regular wars that killed thousands of people constantly, Aegon V couldn’t implement laws that would have helped the Smallfolk (which is the job of the Monarchy - to improve the realm - which the Hightowers blatantly disregarded), and the reason why the Others are a grave threat, because of the lack of dragons and since the prophecy was lost without a regular succession that passed down the prophecy of Aegon I.
Disclaimer: note that this is a fantasy world where this is a viable option since there are checks and balances. Dragons can be killed by arrows. Can only be ridden by the only dragon rider family that eschewed slavery. Can die of old age. Etc. In real life WMDs are unacceptable.
Believe it or not Maegor was popular in contrast with his incestuous nephews
@@syedshakaibanwar2698 only cause the greens eff everything up beforehand.
@@allieabg I concur
You're not a war time consigliere, Otto
You're out Otto
@meelf huntah godfather
@@Rucker1980 Otto didn’t have the makings of a varsity athlete 😎
The alliances Otto arranged worked while the armies Criston Cole led were massacred
@@equusquaggaquagga536 fair point, but the dynamic between him and Aegon reminded me of Sonny and Tom
Daemon was so right about Otto.
Daemon was a lot of awful things, but he had Otto figured out for the little worm he was.
@@randomcenturion7264 saying Daemon, "was a lot of awful things", is a very kind way of putting it.
@@LordTomServo Daemon was G! Y'all just be hating on Daemon! He too gangsta for y'all green beans.
@@chopstixsix802 daemon was probably the only honest one amongst the people around viserys. He just messed up when he tried to play Ottos games.
@@randomcenturion7264 Little finger
I like how you ended the video with ominous " My new hand is a Steel Fist" - for Ser Coles determination but also as Aegon's armor gets fused with his flesh, lot of characters that intrigue me like Ser Cole are compared similarly like "They are quite a pair, Stannis and Renly. The iron gauntlet and the silk glove." or Celebrimbor whose name means "Silver-fist".
Cole himself is a often overlooked character, I can definitely see a lot of the comparisons your pointing out. I was sort of supposed Aegon didn’t name Aemond hand, but I think Cole definitely had the right attitude for the Job
That's Meleys - The Red Queen.
Fastest Dragon in Westeros.
Also Daemon and Viserys's Mother's Dragon before Rhaenys.
The great thing about the GOT universe is that everyone gets what they deserve eventually.
Hodor, Osha, Missandei, Margaery, Loras, Lady Walda and her infant son, Ned Stark, Robb Stark, Catelyn Stark, Talissa, Olenna, Myrcella, and Tommen beg to differ
@@lower_than_furries9727 Lady Stark wasn't a good person at least not based off the books and Robb went aganist tradition, he should have married based off the arrangement, his decisions got his family killed. Olenna knew the game better than anyone. She went out like a Boss.
Rickon ;(
Qhorin
This is so not True. When the high lords play their game of thrones it is the innocent who suffer is one of the most common themes of GRRM's world. Think of Elia Martell and her children and Queen Helaena and Her children, Sansa, Bran, Jeyne Poole. All of them were victims they all suffered
There it is,
"The Beast beneath the Boards".
They should really listen to Heleana more.
Would YOU listen to someone you thought was "mentally irregular," speaking non sequiturs? 🤔
@@rickardcooper6063 I will, if she is my wife or daughter or Sister.
Hmmm I think the beast beneath the boards is still to come....
@@mrsdixon3524 Yeah, Cheesy😂 Right?
White worm. She hasn’t struck yet. They tried to burn her building and her at the end of last episode. Game on.
Daemon had Otto figured out from the beginning! Daemon was just upset his brother kept looking over him everytime he thought he proved his loyalty! Daemon is a straight up G! He too gangsta for y'all cry babies. You have to be a gangsta in westeros! Or you'll get ran over!
Rip Lucerys and Aarax blood and cheese are coming
Otto and Little finger would be good friends
Gives me more Charles dance as Lord Lannister vibes but agreed!!
@@aangairbend2714 otto has nothing on tywin lannister
@@ocsjc13 They both served 3 kings as hand and both had alot of years basically running it well.. Tywin is the better battlefield commander but Otto might see things a little more clearly if we're talking about the shows. Someone like Otto would have known about a jamie/Cersei situation and would be very against it because he's from Oldtown....
@@joshua6207 r u fn dumb??? U really think tywin didn't suspect?? He literally says it's all about how everyone sees you... he chose not to believe it
@@joshua6207 twin had way more smats than otto hightower lol
The fact Otto thought he was gonna win this game and his family would stay on the Iron Throne 🤡😭😂
He truly underestimated his opponents🤯
The Targaryens decayed after the dance, house Hightower continued to prosper, arguably one of the most powerful individual house only second to the crown.
@@bcf1237 okay but they didn’t stay on the iron throne
@@PerfectlyImperfect93 Nor did the Targaryen's down the line.
@@bcf1237 are there any hightowers in game of thrones the show? Is the house still around?
That's why he manipulated Viserys into disinheriting Daemon and did all he could to keep Daemon away from the council, which reminds of S1 Ep 1 when he was talking to Viserys about what Daemon did with his golden cloaks to which Daemon said that the small folks are living in danger, the lords are coming for the tourney and the city should be safe for everyone, to which Corlys and Viserys agreed, then the camera cuts to Otto and he was so effing pressed 😂 right after that he started throwing shade at Daemon's marriage, to which Daemon responded by bringing Otto's wife as well and Otto got more pressed ( Otto can't take what he dishes out )
Daemon always saw through Otto, and Otto knew it too, that if Daemon ascend the throne, Otto will lose the only thing he has to his name (his position as ✋️)
Also, when they were arguing about who should be the heir, Otto said that making Daemon the king will destabilize the realm and Corlys replied "The realm? Or this council "
Corlys and Daemon were the only ones who saw Otto's real color (and Daemon was the only one who was able to counter Otto's deception) and he succeeded into eliminating them both from the council, which speaks of his master level of manipulation and gaslighting.
He started a bloody war, and torn the house of the dragon apart, he caused the dragons demise, and he deserved what came his way in the end.
Ngl, I must admit that I enjoyed and liked Otto's character 🫢
And to think Rhaenyra would betray the Velaryons later for all they've done for her.
she did WHAT? why did she do that?
@@ideozublake8036 cuz shes not a good queen, she actually worse than aegon at rulling, and thats hard to achieve
Wouldn’t you say it was because the Hightowers stole the riches from kings landing and that forced Rhaenyra to raise the taxes
L0l Rhae never betrayed the Velary0ns.
@@mannylugz5872 Corlys and Addam would disagree
Brother, you are a great story teller and the intro music is of the chizain!
Ya Killin it mane!
Great channel 👌🏽💯
Glad you enjoy it!
Why do so many people hate Otto? I know he is not perfect and an all righteous Westerosi Noble but i still think the hate he gets is abit too much.
Yeah he pimped his daughter to marry the king but thats what majority of the Lords did. Lord Tywin and even Lady Tyrell played the game that way.
I concede the fact that his dislike towards our G.O.A.T Daemon made him make alot of decision that set the Dance in motion. However, Daemon is a piece of work himself (Complex but not cruel )and Otto had every right to perceive that Daemon is the second coming of Maegor.
He was just doing what's best for his House.
Bc he’s a snake fucking bitch ass pussy . And lucky he lived as long as he did
We all know daemon will take ottos head himself in the show, and I wouldn't be surprised if uses a dull sword instead of dark sister lmao
First to take the black 🖤
This channel is goated
I really hope they show these parts in the show
Not in this season
@@AhmedSamir-cr7ym I see it happening soon
4 seasons and how season 1 is reminding HBO of GoT…. hell yes they will use every piece written
season 7-8 showed what a show is like when it strays from source material
better yet - pretty much everything that strays from source material does not do well
- star wars - ghostbusters - recent thor movies - avatar last airbender
Right at the end
“Fuck this microphone stand”😂
Ahh Aegon drinks Strong Wine
In the book and on the show, it’s a clear picture that the greens don’t have a stable and a united leader ship, as well as the blacks
Otto‘s biggest mistake is that he spent the majority of his time, trying to destroy and shame Rhaenyra’s reputation, he ignored the other lords in the kingdoms. He’s trying to use political power to end the war but fails.
Yes Otto is right about the fact that Aegon is the rightful king by tradition and that Rhaenyra poses a threat to that tradition, but he uses those truths to hide his self serving grasp for power. In a smaller, less deadly setting, like a classroom, he’s the teachers pet who tells you “um actually” and reminds the teacher of homework, which makes you want to bash his head in.
For me it was very happy moment in book. I hope in show Daemon cut off Otto's head by Dark Sister
Weird to show ashara dayne for black ally and maegor for aegon II
I can not help but respect this man for some reason, even tho his pride was his undoing his ambition was a flame so bright I can't help but respect it.
Damon and the red viper would have ran all kingdoms
Daemon, Oberyn and the Blackfish would be best friends!
@@PedroLucas-mg5je add bron too
@@PedroLucas-mg5je then jamie and cercei incest won’t exist hahaha westeros fk boy position is held by Daemon thou
Aegon II unseating Otto was arguably the greatest mistake in the Dance.
And thus enter the blackwoods, one of the biggest cowards in Westeros.
Oh man, and none of your blood lives you say, you're legacy, to shreds you say...
He miscalculated.
I wonder if the white walkers are pulling on our Queen as well?…
Alysanne is bae
The little finger of this era..
Except Otto actually does stuff
Little finger started the entire war of five kings lol but I guess he didn’t do much…
@@alejandrobetancourt8123 the 3 eyed crow started the war and every other war
LF is a pawn like everybody in Westeros
@@equusquaggaquagga536 He weakened the Targaryens in his ambiti0n t0 bring his h0use int0 r0yalty.
@@equusquaggaquagga536 Littlefinger literally ended the Targaryen dynasty then the Baratheon dynasty just because he wanted to lol.
Not for nothing Otto Hightower is considered as everything a Hand of the King should NOT be.
What I think is interesting is that Maegor also had a Hightower wife. So whenever the Hightowers and the Dragons marry shit will hit the fan...
With there close connection to the faith and citadel would not surprise me at all if there was more to it
Rip lord Beesbury you will be avenged
Can you do a video just on Otto? He seems to be the only one pushing the idea Rhaenyra would slaughter her half bros and sister.
I'm actually working on a video about why Alicent's children would never have been safe, even if they had peacefully submitted or allowed Rhaenyra to peacefully take the throne. The Issue wouldn't have necessarily have been Rhaenyra but the people around her and the idea there mere existence could be used by Rhaenyra's potential foes in the future as a banner to rally behind. I have a older video about Otto, but i do want to do a new one that goes into more detail about his reasoning a logic,
@@WorldOfWesteros who do you refer to? I don’t see Daemon or Corlys promoting slaughter. I think it was more paranoia and pushing agenda within the greens.
I busted out laughing when I read his sudden fate. It was so fitting.
Some men are made for peace others for war I guess.
The Greens won the war, the Blacks won the conflict, House Hightower prospers, and House Targaryen dies.
How is House Hightower still around in GoT lol? This should’ve gotten their House wiped out
Because House Hightower consists of people actually fit to rule the realm. House Hightower even in GoT continues to be the most powerful individual house bar only the crown itself.
@@bcf1237 I’d say behind the Lannister’s as well, although their strength comes from a finite resource they still have the most centralised kingdom in Westeros
@@Stack4Freedom I mean yeah, but then you remember that House Hightower influences not only the Maesters but the common folk as well through Oldtown, that and they're as rich as the Lannisters.
@@bcf1237 idk I just feel like they should’ve been put to the sword like a House Casterly situation lol
@@elijahbrooks1472 how? In the end of fire and blood Cregan was still worried about the Hightowers because they could easily raise an army, they were about to but the wife of the lord hightower talked him out of it.
The main cause of the dance besides Viserys
Viserys is the main cause. at any point, since he had all the power, he could have legislated a solution to the growing tensions and flatly refuses to do so
Viserys I should have kept Daemon as his heir or name Aegon II the moment he was born bit no he kept a woman as his heir 😂😂
The only good thing Lord Otto did was remove Daemon from the succession. He would have been a new Maegor. What if he was wrong was to become infatuated with crowning Aegon without respecting the will of the king.
Daemon would not have been Maegor. At all. I'd put money on Aemond becoming Maegor over Daemon.
Otto hated Daemon because he saw right through him. He saw what Otto was trying to do and as long as Daemon stuck around he couldn't do it.
Everything Daemon said about Otto is correct, he's a leech.
You really like to throw that Maegor line. If Daemon was the second Maegor, he would've killed Viserys after he dis-inherited him, then Rhaenyra, Rhaenys, and her children way before the dance 😂 But do you know who's the real Maegor? Aegon II. He usurped the throne like Maegor. He killed his family members to sit the throne like Maegor. He wore the conqueror's crown like Maegor (which is so fitting seeing how both Maegor and Aegon II are usurpers, which is why Jaehaerys made it a statement to not wear the conqueror's crown and wear another crown to distant himself from the Maegor the cruel, the same crown was passed to Viserys then Rhaenyra) His bloodline died like Maegor.
Otto fucked the targaryens so hard they lost the dragons and even the kingdom.
House Hightower didn't have any repercussions after the dance, but targaryens and velaryons in game of thrones, well you already know.
Sigma male at it's finest
If dormat Viserys hadn't proclaimed Rhaenyra as heir (because he was a beta who butchered his wife and now is guilty) and proclaimed Aegon as crown prince (we all know if Baelon had survived, he would have given 2 fucks about his first daughter ) none of this would have happened.
House Hightower remained one of the richest House in Westeros while the last " Targaryen " is wandering in the woods with wildlings beyond the Wall 😂😂 yeah you're right
What happen to ur voice
Jace deserved better
Based Hightowers/Maester alliance, ended the age of dragons, unfortunately they couldn't save us from the massive shit pile of cringe with Danaerys and I Dun Won' it.
Are you chewing while recording this? Audio is crap.
a man can’t eat????
@@SurvivingAnotherDay not while recording
I think it only sounds that way because of his thick accent and he's close to the mic
RIP to the realest G out there ✊🏻💚
Aegon saying thrones are won with swords, not quills was incorrect and rash
I hate otto
They should make the Hightower’s Hispanic or Indian or something for the show
we have already the valyrian velaryons being blacks i think that is enought politicaly correct for one series
Dude my initial comment was sarcastic obviously the Velaryons being black is a huge plot hole and makes zero sense and just because they are from wasps doesn’t make them a darker shade of skin colour in fact it makes them paler since they are Valyrians and the closest people in essos in the present time of the books are the people from Lys and Volantis who are the palest people in the world
@@michaellopresti6795 Black people existing is not politics.
@@nightfall3332 black people existing is not politics, change the entire ethnicity of an entire house( the velaryons) that are canonicaly white (as valyrians) and that have married in house targaryen for centuries,therefore retroactively changing targaryen ethnicity (incuding jon snow and daenerys) all for no reason except inclusivity THAT is indeed a manifestation of modern woke and political correct tendecies
ps: sorry,for the bad english, i'm italian and english it's not my main language
@@michaellopresti6795 What exactly is the problem with that?