
The season 8 premiere saw Jaime and Tyrion with much darker hair. Jaime and Tyrion’s Hair Color Mean They Will Betray Cersei It’s a hint that the two have special connection that Jon doesn’t even know about yet. But that’s not the only clue. The dragon Jon rides, Rhaegal is named after his father, Rhaeger, which is why the dragon nuzzles him before Jon mounts him. Jon’s ease with riding Rhaegal is a clear call to his Targaryen roots. As we learn in season 3, when Kraznys mo Nakloz is incinerated when he tries to handle Drogon, not everyone can control a dragon. As Jon learns later in the episode, he is half-Targaryen and the son of Daenerys’s brother, Rhaegar Targaryen. After some hesitation, with Jon telling Dany that he doesn’t know how to ride a dragon, he hops on and is pretty much a natural (so much so that even the Mother of Dragons was impressed!), aside from a few bumps here and there. After Daenerys mounts Drogon, she asks Jon if he wants to fly with her. Jon Can Ride a Dragon Because He’s a TargaryenĮpisode 1 saw Jon ride a dragon for the first time after he and Daenerys visit Drogon and Rhaegal to find out why they’re not eating. Check out the Game of Thrones season 8 episode 1 theories fans can’t stop talking about ahead. As much as we don’t want Game of Thrones to end, we are excited to find out who will take the Iron Throne at the end of the series and how our heroes (if at all) will defeat the Night King.

Every second counts, so there really is no scene that doesn’t have information about the series’ end. After last night’s premiere, we have five more episodes of Game of Thrones, which means that the writers are wasting no time to tell the rest of the story. It seems like anything, from a casual glance to a cryptic line, can be decoded into a clue these days, and the first episode of season 8 was no different. Game of Thrones theories, clues and Easter eggs are never-ending. How did Jon Snow know how to ride a dragon? Will Arya Stark kill the Night King? And what’s with the White Walker spiral symbol? Those questions and more were answered by fans after last night’s premiere.

The final season of Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on Sunday, April 14, and there are already a ton of Game of Thrones season 8 episode 1 theories to obsess over.
