India, July 14 -- The latest episode of HBO's House of The Dragon season 3 has sparked a buzz. As shown in the newly aired episode 4, King Aegon II, Targaryen and Larys come across Sunfyre's badly scarred and still body at the old Rook's Rest battlefield.

While casual viewers are mourning the golden beast, and characters like Daemon Targaryen have called him "long dead and decaying," the original George R.R. Martin books suggest Sunfyre isn't actually dead.

For viewers who are paying close attention to the story, here's a look at the three theories that suggest Sunfyre is still alive and why his survival is essential for what happens next in the series.

As explored by Winter is Coming, dragons and their riders share an inseparable, mys...