Was Otto Hightower Really Behind The Dance Of The Dragons? House Of The Dragon Analysis & Breakdown

Otto Hightower, The hand of the king to three rulers of the seven kingdoms of westeros is maybe best known for his role in the build up to the dance of the dragons. He is seen as this mastermind political schemer who sole intention was growing his own power and having his blood on the iron thrones via his daughter Alicent and her son King Aegon ii. But when we take a deep look into Otto's backstory and character as seen in fire and blood, he doesn't come across as this game player to the extent people believe him to be. Yes he did plot and plan for his own means, but when did Otto really start to do this. When did he turn from this loyal servent of House Targaryen to this power hungry mastermind? Was Otto Hightower Really Behind The Dance Of The Dragons? House Of The Dragon Analysis & Breakdown 00:00:00 Otto Hightower: The Dance's Mastermind? 00:01:33 Why was Otto chosen as Hand? 00:04:26 Did he really tactically use Alicent? 00:06:03 The death Of Jaehaerys 00:07:31 Relationship with Viserys 00:09:36 Was Daemon the original target 00:11:09 Why did Otto back Rhaenrya over Daemon? 00:12:19 When did Otto first start planning Alicent and Viserys 00:14:16 Was Otto involved is Aemma Arryns Death? 00:16:35 So when did Otto start Planning and Plotting? 0:17:55 Conclusion The Script Of This Video uses information from The World Of Ice & Fire (2014), Fire & Blood (2018) and The A Song Of Ice And Fire Main Series. The ASOIAF Wiki has been used to confirm order of events and clarify discrepancies between sources. George R.R. Martin's blog posts have also been used as a source and like the wiki i to do consider this information canon. Any similarity of this video to the structure of these sources is a consequence of the subject matter of the video and limited sources dictating the way in which events played out with no room for interpretation. In some areas it can be very difficult to make the script 100% different as stated in the sources without just making it up which isn't the point of these videos. There are places it's more similar to the sources than i like but with no way to really spin it a different way, given in many case, it's physically the only way to approach the subject. Information strictly from the TV show has not been used in these video unless stated otherwise. 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 George R R Martin's 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. ----------------------------------------------- SOCIAL MEDIA ------------------------------------------------   / world0fwesteros     / dylan_ellcome     / worldofwesteros   ----------------------------------------------- ART LINKS ----------------------------------------------- The following link is for all the art that I use, if you see an image in this video a link to the source of it will be there, and the name of the artist if it's possible to find. If you see art in any video that has been attributed incorrectly please send me a email so i can fix it, i feel it is vitally important to credit artists, especially with the rise of Ai Art. Unfortunately mistakes do happen as work gets reposted without credit all the time making narrowing down the original source a challenge. https://shorturl.at/nAOU7 ------------------------------------- TAGS ------------------------------------ #gameofthrones #asoiaf #houseofthedragon #hbogameofthrones #asongoficeandfire #got #fireandblood #danceofdragons #windsofwinter