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Helaena Targaryen Leaps to Death in House of Dragon Finale

8/12/2026

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Helaena Targaryen (Phia Saban) throws herself out a window and dies in the Season 3 finale of HBO’s “House of the Dragon.”
Emma D’Arcy told Variety that Helaena is “maybe the only character … close to power but uncontaminated.”
She is the only daughter of King Viserys (Paddy Considine) and Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke).
While imprisoned, Helaena describes a rare beetle, calls Rhaenyra ugly, and warns Jaehaera that poison harms everyone.

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Helaena Targaryen (Phia Saban) throws herself out a window and dies in the Season 3 finale of HBO’s “House of the Dragon.”
Emma D’Arcy told Variety that Helaena is “maybe the only character … close to power but uncontaminated.”
She is the only daughter of King Viserys (Paddy Considine) and Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke).
While imprisoned, Helaena describes a rare beetle, calls Rhaenyra ugly, and warns Jaehaera that poison harms everyone.