Rhaena Caused Jaces Death at the Gullet
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THEORY ASSESSMENT
The episode directly confirms Daemon's deception and Rhaena's sense of debt to Rhaenyra, making the theory structurally sound, but the specific claim that Rhaena caused Jace's death is never stated and requires an inferential step the episode invites without resolving.
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This theory ranks among the highest-scored in the entire Theory Atlas catalog.
WHY THIS MATTERS
If Rhaena caused Jace's death and Daemon buried that truth inside a fabricated skull, then the war's emotional core, Rhaenyra's grief for her son, has been built on a lie told to her by her own husband, which reframes every subsequent decision she has made in Jace's name. It also makes Rhaena's arc the show's most devastating study in inherited guilt, a girl paying in secret for the cost of her first and only flight.
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