"Who was this woman? A serving wench who dabbled in potions and spells, says Munkun. A woods witch, claims Septon Eustace. A malign enchantress who bathed in the blood of virgins to preserve her youth, Mushroom would have us believe. Her name suggests bastard birth … but we know little of her father, and less of her mother. Munkun and Eustace tell us she was sired by Lord Lyonel Strong in his callow youth, making her a natural half-sister to his sons Harwin (Breakbones) and Larys (the Clubfoot). But Mushroom insists that she was much older, that she was wet nurse to both boys, perhaps even to their father a generation earlier ... Was she in truth a witch who lay with demons, bringing forth dead children as payment for the knowledge they gave her? Was she a simpleminded slattern, as Eustace believes? A wanton who used her poisons and potions to bind men to her, body and soul?"
EXCLUSIVE: Gayle Rankin teased that more will finally be revealed about Alys Rivers' identity, "who she is," and "where she comes from", in
#HouseOfTheDragon season 3:
"That's been really exciting to work with Ryan [Condal] and the entire writing team on. And in season 2 it wasn't exactly explicit, but things will develop, things will be exposed."
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