‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Ending Explained: How Does Helaena Die?

HBO‘s House of the Dragon Season 3 ends with one of the most tragic events in George R.R. Martin‘s Fire & Blood. **Spoilers for House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 8, now streaming on HBO Max** Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) returns from the Great Sept — where she has declared war on the Faith of the Seven by killing the High Septon (Simon Chandler) — to discover that her sister, Helaena Targaryen (Phia Saban), has died by suicide by leaping from the window in her chambers. Her death comes after weeks of horrible premonitions, her mother’s absence, Rhaenyra’s increased acts of cruelty, and an eerie warning from Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno), who explains the queen will never let Helaena go. “Helaena is sort of the moral heart of the show, I think. Maybe the only character who has a proximity