House of the Dragon has been deft at calling back to earlier episodes — and the season 1 finale, episode 10, was no exception. It featured a certain faded page torn from a large book, a callback to the very first episode. It’s so significant it almost prevented the declaration of war between the greens, aka King Aegon’s supporters, and the blacks, aka Queen Rhaenyra’s clan.

But if you’ve watched the finale, you know things took a sour turn. Let’s discuss the significance of that torn page in the spoiler-packed section below.

Warning: Spoiler ahead.

What does the torrent page say?

Otto Hightower, aka the Hand of the King, produces the torn page at an opportune moment in the hopes of preventing war. In episode 10, he and a small delegation meet with Queen Rhaenyra at the Dragonstone Bridge. They present “generous terms” — possession of Dragonstone castle, Driftmark island, places of “high honor” at court — on behalf of King Aegon in exchange for peace and acknowledgment of Aegon’s kinghood.

This goes down horrifically — until Hightower unfolds his trump card: A torn page from an old, large book.

The old faded page bares a large picture of a woman in a crown standing over ocean waves and what look like red snakes. The old style writing reads: “Lashed together with ropes and cables, Nymeria’s fleet dispersed at the coming of the first storms, sweeping them across the sea, east, west, and south into corsair infested

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