Alyn of Hull Is Corlys's Unacknowledged Son
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THEORY ASSESSMENT
The episode actively stages the Corlys-Alyn relationship with weight and omission, which is consistent with the theory, but nothing in the confirmed events explicitly implies parentage rather than exceptional loyalty.
STORY CONTEXT
When bastards claim dragons, the whole Targaryen blood myth starts to wobble. Fans here debate whether the dragonseed program proves that legitimacy was always a convenient fiction, or whether these riders are closer to the bloodline than anyone admits.
WHY THIS MATTERS
If Alyn is Corlys's bastard son, the show is building toward a reckoning between Corlys's public legacy and the private debts he has never settled. It also raises the question of succession in a house that has just lost every publicly acknowledged heir.
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