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♪ ♪
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(vocalizing)
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(tense music playing)
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(water flowing)
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(indistinct yelling)
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(winces, groans)
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(people yelling)
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(distant screaming)
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King Viserys: Ser Ryam was a strong
Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.
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But he was ill for some time.
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He passed in peace, I hope.
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Grand Maester Mellos:
Yes, Your Grace.
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He was found to have passed
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gently in his sleep.
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His remains are being prepared
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by the Silent Sisters.
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The succeeding Lord Commander,
Ser Harrold,
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would like to make haste in finding
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Ser Ryam's replacement
on the Kingsguard.
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Ser Harrold Westerling:
Your Grace. My lords.
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The Kingsguard must soon be restored
to its full complement of seven.
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With the help of the Hand,
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I've invited a number of
fine candidates to court.
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All have passed fair trials.
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(door opens)
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Four ships have now been lost.
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The last one was flying my banner.
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The Stepstones have now
grown into a conflagration,
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yet you sit here
and dither about court business.
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Ser Otto Hightower: If you've
something to discuss, Lord Corlys...
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I want to know what is to be done
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about my ships and my men.
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The Crown will compensate you
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for your ship and crew,
and make an offering
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- to the men's families.
- I don't want compensation.
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I want to seize the Stepstones by force
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and burn out this Crabfeeder.
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I am not prepared to start
a war with the Free Cities.
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These pirates are not the Free Cities.
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Who do you think provides them
with their ships and tender?
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In all of its history, my lord,
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the Seven Kingdoms have never entered
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open war with the Free Cities.
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Were that to happen,
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the losses would be incalculable.
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What reason does
the Crabfeeder have to fear us?
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The King's own brother has been
allowed to seize Dragonstone
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and fortify it with an army
of his gold cloaks.
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Daemon has squatted there
for over half a year
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without even a protest from The Crown.
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I'll caution you, Lord Corlys,
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a seat at the King's table
does not make you his equal.
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I have acted, Corlys.
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I've sent envoys to Pentos and Volantis
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to see if we might find common cause.
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Ships and men are at the ready.
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The Stepstones
will be settled... in time.
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You have dragonriders, father.
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Send us.
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(soft chuckle)
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It isn't that simple, Rhaenyra.
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It would be a show of force.
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At least the Princess has a plan.
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- I only meant that we should at least...
- Otto: Perhaps, uh...
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there's some better use for the
Princess's talents, Your Grace.
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King Viserys: Why don't you take
the Princess to see about the new
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Kingsguard posting, Lord Commander?
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A fine idea, Your Grace.
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This knight will protect you as well.
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You should choose.
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(scoffs)
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(door opens)
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(birds chirping)
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Harrold:
Ser Desmond Caron,
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a fine knight, Princess.
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Step forward, Ser Desmond.
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Son of Ser Royce Caron,
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Ser Desmond has proved
strong and steady
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in both the tourney lists and without.
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While traveling through the Kingswood
on his way to King's Landing,
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Ser Desmond recently brought
a would-be poacher
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to justice.
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You might thank him
for his leal service, Princess.
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We thank you for your loyal
service to The Crown, ser.
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(footsteps departing)
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Harrold:
Ser Rymun Mallister.
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Son of Lord Lymond Mallister
of Seagard.
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Winner of the melee at Cider Hall.
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He was the last mounted
of three-and-twenty knights.
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Ser Rymun was knighted
at eight-and-ten.
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Do any of these knights
have combat experience?
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Beyond capturing poachers.
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(city bells tolling)
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Harrold:
Ser Criston Cole.
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Son of the steward
of the Lord of Blackhaven.
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Be welcome, Ser Criston.
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You saw combat in the Stormlands.
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Dornish marches, Princess.
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I fought for a year as a foot solider
against the Dornish incursions.
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Ser Arlan Dondarrion
knighted me after we razed
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two of the watchtowers
along the Boneway.
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I choose Ser Criston Cole.
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Let's not be too hasty, Princess.
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There's no doubt Ser Criston
is a fine warrior,
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but houses such as
Crakehall and Mallister
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are important allies of The Crown.
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Seagard, for instance,
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is the realm's prime defense
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against reavers from the Iron Islands.
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Those men are tourney knights.
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My father should be defended by
a man who's known real combat.
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Should he not?
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Of course, Princess.
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Well, let us plan Ser Criston's
investiture then.
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(city bells tolling)
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King Viserys: The Valyrian
capital was built into a volcano,
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much like Dragonstone.
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And the dragonlords,
the highest of the nobility,
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lived here, at the volcanic face,
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closest to the source
of their magic and power.
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And this was the Anogrion.
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Where the bloodmages
worked their craft.
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It is truly wondrous what you've built.
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Oh no.
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I only pore over the histories
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and provide the plans.
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The stonemasons built the structures.
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Do you believe that Westeros
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can be another Valyria, Your Grace?
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That depends,
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whether you speak of the Freehold
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at its height or at its fall.
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Over a thousand dragons,
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a navy large enough to span
the seas of the world.
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The glory of Old Valyria
will never be seen again.
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- (object breaks)
- Seven Hells.
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(birds cawing)
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Tell me, how is Rhaenyra?
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- What do you mean?
- Well, these days,
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she doesn't say more
than a few words to me.
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I think she might find it difficult...
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to discuss personal matters.
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It will take time.
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It did when I lost mine own mother.
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I wish she would approach me.
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What if you went to her?
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There are times when
I would rather face
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the Black Dread himself
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than mine own daughter of 15.
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(chuckles)
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I think she would open
herself to you if invited.
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You do have such an easy way about
you, Your Grace.
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Um...
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you do not mention our
talks to Rhaenyra, do you?
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I just...
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I fear that she wouldn't
understand them.
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No, Your Grace.
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(seabirds cawing)
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It's only been half a year
since my mother died,
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and already they tried
to marry my father off
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and replace me as heir.
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I know those men and how they plot
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in their secret councils
when I've been sent away.
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You cannot worry at the matters
of lords and kings, Rhaenyra.
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What if your father were to remarry?
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Your father loves you.
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He chose you for his heir.
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He didn't choose me.
He spurns Daemon.
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Kneel with me.
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I find this is a way
to be with my mother.
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Here in the quiet of the Sept...
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I feel close to her.
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- I know it sounds foolish.
- I don't think it's foolish.
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- I don't.
- Good...
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because I thought you might try.
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I...
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If not for me, then, perhaps for them.
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(sighs)
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What do I say?
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Whatever you wish.
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It's only for you and the gods to know.
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(poignant music playing)
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(crying)
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I want him to see me as
more than his little girl.
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Mine own father does not know
the language of girls either.
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(Rhaenyra chuckles)
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When I wish to talk with him...
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I know that I must make the effort.
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♪ ♪
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Thank you.
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♪ ♪
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Corlys Velaryon: Your Grace.
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King Viserys:
I'm glad we could meet.
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I know tempers ran hot today,
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and I wanted to assure you
how much I value the bond
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between our houses.
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Rhaenys is my favorite
cousin after all.
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I wish to apologize for the tenor
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at the Small Council today, Your Grace.
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It was not my intent to make offense.
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Your fleet is one of the realm's
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most important assets, Lord Corlys.
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But you must understand,
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as King, it is my
obligation to avoid war
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until such time it is unavoidable.
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None among us desire open war.
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Might I speak plainly, Your Grace?
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I always welcome the unfettered
thoughts of my council.
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I fear that the eyes of our enemies
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are presently fixed on the Red Keep.
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The Queen has passed.
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A girl has been named
heir to the Iron Throne,
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the first in its history.
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The King's brother, so disinherited,
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has claimed the Targaryen seat
on Dragonstone
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without challenge.
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And now, a foreign power
has established a colony
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in our most critical shipping lane.
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You paint such an aspirant
portrait of my reign, Lord Corlys.
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It is an honest one, cousin.
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At the moment, The Crown is
perceived as being vulnerable.
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And a blind incursion in the Stepstones
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is the only way to demonstrate
that we are not?
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Corlys:
To elude a storm,
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you can either sail into it
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or around it.
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But you must never await its coming.
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Do you have a specific
course of action to propose,
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my lord?
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Join our families.
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Wed our daughter, Laena.
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Unite the two great surviving
Valyrian houses.
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With the Targaryen dragons
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and the Velaryon fleet bound in blood,
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you can show the realm
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that The Crown's strongest days
are ahead...
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not behind.
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(tense music playing)
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I must admit...
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I haven't given marriage much thought.
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It hasn't even been half
a year since Aemma passed.
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The realm expects you
to take a new wife
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soon or late, Your Grace,
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to strengthen your line
and produce more heirs.
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You could not ask for
a stronger match than Laena.
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♪ ♪
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(crickets chirping)
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We haven't spoken much...
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since.
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A regret of mine.
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We should be free to speak
our minds to one another.
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You can say whatever you'd like.
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You are the King.
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(chuckles)
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I loved your mother...
very much.
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As did I.
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(tapping on table)
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(sighs)
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Ser Harrold provided a fine
field of tourney knights.
263
00:18:03,288 --> 00:18:04,621
Oh?
264
00:18:05,658 --> 00:18:07,157
But in questioning them,
265
00:18:07,526 --> 00:18:09,960
I discovered that Ser Criston
was the only man among them
266
00:18:09,995 --> 00:18:12,929
- with true battle experience.
- (chuckles)
267
00:18:12,965 --> 00:18:15,866
He'll make a fine
knight of the Kingsguard.
268
00:18:21,005 --> 00:18:24,506
- Today at Small Council...
- Pay it no mind.
269
00:18:24,942 --> 00:18:27,281
- I thought I might have had some insight.
- You're young.
270
00:18:28,713 --> 00:18:30,112
You will learn.
271
00:18:54,805 --> 00:18:58,472
Mellos: This is our best chance
to save the digit, Your Grace.
272
00:19:00,210 --> 00:19:02,343
The maggots will remove the dead flesh
273
00:19:02,378 --> 00:19:05,313
and hopefully stop
the advance of the rot.
274
00:19:10,821 --> 00:19:13,554
I held an audience earlier today
275
00:19:13,590 --> 00:19:15,824
with Lord Corlys and Princess Rhaenys.
276
00:19:15,859 --> 00:19:18,026
That was most charitable
of you, Your Grace.
277
00:19:18,061 --> 00:19:21,529
I'm sure Lord Corlys
appreciated the spirit of it.
278
00:19:21,564 --> 00:19:23,765
He proposed a marriage.
279
00:19:24,901 --> 00:19:27,901
To whom, Your Grace?
280
00:19:27,937 --> 00:19:30,170
The Lady Laena.
281
00:19:30,206 --> 00:19:32,272
To combine the strength of our houses,
282
00:19:32,307 --> 00:19:35,809
and demonstrate my reign's
strongest days are ahead,
283
00:19:35,845 --> 00:19:36,844
not behind.
284
00:19:36,879 --> 00:19:39,980
Lord Corlys has
overreached, Your Grace.
285
00:19:40,015 --> 00:19:43,617
Such matters must be discussed
with the Small Council.
286
00:19:43,652 --> 00:19:46,720
That is what I'm doing, presently.
287
00:19:47,890 --> 00:19:51,792
So... what is your
advice, dear Otto.
288
00:19:52,628 --> 00:19:55,095
Otto:
The Lady Laena...
289
00:19:55,131 --> 00:19:57,664
is young, Your Grace.
290
00:19:57,699 --> 00:20:01,067
Indeed, but the wounds
made by the Great Council
291
00:20:01,102 --> 00:20:02,902
still linger, my King.
292
00:20:02,937 --> 00:20:06,438
A match with their daughter
would go a long way towards
293
00:20:06,474 --> 00:20:08,407
sealing the breach
294
00:20:08,442 --> 00:20:11,343
and uniting the two
great Valyrian houses
295
00:20:11,379 --> 00:20:15,047
would certainly signal
unity throughout the realm
296
00:20:15,083 --> 00:20:17,150
and beyond.
297
00:20:17,185 --> 00:20:19,952
The Grand Maester's reasoning is sound.
298
00:20:21,455 --> 00:20:23,289
I do fear what Rhaenyra might think.
299
00:20:23,324 --> 00:20:25,391
Mellos: What does it
matter, Your Grace?
300
00:20:25,426 --> 00:20:27,693
Her mother has passed.
301
00:20:27,728 --> 00:20:30,496
Her father must propagate
the royal line.
302
00:20:37,237 --> 00:20:42,240
I, uh, dearly loved my own lady wife.
303
00:20:42,276 --> 00:20:45,576
The pain of her passing
still haunts me.
304
00:20:47,047 --> 00:20:49,281
And to be compelled to...
305
00:20:50,217 --> 00:20:53,084
replace her for duty's sake.
306
00:20:54,554 --> 00:20:56,354
You are the King.
307
00:20:57,191 --> 00:20:59,424
But I do not envy you.
308
00:21:04,397 --> 00:21:06,597
(birds chirping)
309
00:21:11,404 --> 00:21:13,604
(insects buzzing)
310
00:21:27,954 --> 00:21:30,921
What was it like
flying the Black Dread?
311
00:21:30,957 --> 00:21:33,991
You were Balerion's last rider.
312
00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:37,361
Only for a short time before he died.
313
00:21:37,396 --> 00:21:38,229
With Balerion
314
00:21:38,697 --> 00:21:42,032
died the last memory of Valyria of Old.
315
00:21:42,068 --> 00:21:44,368
But Vhagar still lives...
316
00:21:44,403 --> 00:21:46,036
- somewhere.
- (King Viserys sighs)
317
00:21:46,072 --> 00:21:48,572
Bit too large for the Dragonpit.
318
00:21:48,607 --> 00:21:52,042
Some would say too large for our world.
319
00:21:52,078 --> 00:21:55,279
- Do you know where she nests?
- I'm sorry?
320
00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:57,314
Do you know where Vhagar is now?
321
00:21:57,350 --> 00:22:00,117
Um, the Dragonkeepers
believe she made home
322
00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:02,552
somewhere on the coast
of the Narrow Sea.
323
00:22:02,588 --> 00:22:06,257
The workers at Spicetown report
hearing her song at times.
324
00:22:06,292 --> 00:22:10,361
- They say it is a sad thing.
- (King Viserys sighs)
325
00:22:10,396 --> 00:22:12,696
I imagine even dragons get lonely.
326
00:22:17,068 --> 00:22:18,667
Your Grace...
327
00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:21,437
it would be a great honor
328
00:22:21,472 --> 00:22:25,775
to join our houses
as they were in Old Valyria.
329
00:22:25,810 --> 00:22:27,143
I would give you many children
330
00:22:27,178 --> 00:22:28,978
of pure Valyrian blood
331
00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:31,381
so that we might strengthen
the royal line
332
00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:32,848
and the realm.
333
00:22:32,884 --> 00:22:35,518
Is that what your father
told you to say?
334
00:22:40,191 --> 00:22:42,058
What did your mother tell you?
335
00:22:43,528 --> 00:22:47,063
That I wouldn't have to bed you
until I turned 14.
336
00:22:51,135 --> 00:22:52,467
(sighs)
337
00:22:53,203 --> 00:22:55,404
(pensive music playing)
338
00:23:04,281 --> 00:23:06,448
♪ ♪
339
00:23:14,358 --> 00:23:16,591
It bothers you, does it not?
340
00:23:21,598 --> 00:23:23,764
My father is a king.
341
00:23:23,799 --> 00:23:25,866
It is his duty to take a new wife
342
00:23:25,901 --> 00:23:27,068
and strengthen his line.
343
00:23:27,103 --> 00:23:28,369
I did not ask for a lesson in politics.
344
00:23:28,404 --> 00:23:29,837
I asked whether this bothers you.
345
00:23:29,872 --> 00:23:31,339
Laena is your daughter, Princess.
346
00:23:31,374 --> 00:23:33,407
Does it bother you?
347
00:23:34,310 --> 00:23:35,742
Of course, it does.
348
00:23:37,413 --> 00:23:40,914
But I understand the order of things.
349
00:23:42,318 --> 00:23:45,018
I'm not sure you do.
350
00:23:47,255 --> 00:23:50,591
If you mean to elicit
some anger from me,
351
00:23:50,626 --> 00:23:54,394
you should know that
you're failing, Princess.
352
00:23:54,429 --> 00:23:56,262
Quite the opposite.
353
00:23:59,301 --> 00:24:01,001
Whether it's to my daughter
or to someone else's,
354
00:24:01,036 --> 00:24:04,771
your father will remarry
sooner than late.
355
00:24:04,807 --> 00:24:07,340
His new wife will produce new heirs,
356
00:24:07,710 --> 00:24:10,310
and chances are better than not
that one of those will be male.
357
00:24:10,345 --> 00:24:13,013
And when that boy comes of age
and your father has passed,
358
00:24:13,048 --> 00:24:16,182
the men of the realm
will expect him to be heir,
359
00:24:16,218 --> 00:24:17,851
not you.
360
00:24:19,988 --> 00:24:22,287
Because that is the order of things.
361
00:24:24,291 --> 00:24:26,792
When I'm Queen,
I will create a new order.
362
00:24:26,828 --> 00:24:28,160
(Princess Rhaenys chuckles)
363
00:24:28,195 --> 00:24:30,963
How I wish that could be, Rhaenyra.
364
00:24:30,999 --> 00:24:33,599
But the men of the realm
already had their opportunity
365
00:24:33,635 --> 00:24:36,135
to appoint a ruling queen
at the Great Council
366
00:24:36,170 --> 00:24:37,970
and they denied it.
367
00:24:38,006 --> 00:24:41,574
They denied you, Princess Rhaenys.
368
00:24:41,609 --> 00:24:44,276
"The Queen Who Never Was."
369
00:24:44,311 --> 00:24:45,545
But they bent the knee to me
370
00:24:45,580 --> 00:24:47,112
and called me heir to the throne.
371
00:24:47,148 --> 00:24:48,548
Do you remind your father's men of that
372
00:24:48,583 --> 00:24:50,550
as you carry their cups?
373
00:24:54,721 --> 00:24:56,621
Here is the hard truth,
374
00:24:56,657 --> 00:25:00,692
which no one else has
the heart to tell you.
375
00:25:00,727 --> 00:25:04,463
Men would sooner put
the realm to the torch
376
00:25:04,498 --> 00:25:07,766
than see a woman
ascend the Iron Throne.
377
00:25:10,003 --> 00:25:12,337
(tense music playing)
378
00:25:12,373 --> 00:25:15,240
And your father is no fool.
379
00:25:28,955 --> 00:25:32,756
King Viserys: The Small Council
is urging me to remarry.
380
00:25:34,127 --> 00:25:37,061
It seems the realm
wants for a new queen.
381
00:25:42,135 --> 00:25:45,769
A good and kind queen will
give comfort to your subjects.
382
00:25:50,743 --> 00:25:52,768
Does the Small Council have
a particular lady in mind?
383
00:25:52,888 --> 00:25:53,624
- Uh...
384
00:25:55,881 --> 00:26:00,783
Lord Corlys Velaryon has offered
the hand of his daughter,
385
00:26:00,819 --> 00:26:03,386
the Lady Laena.
386
00:26:03,422 --> 00:26:05,655
A very strong match, Your Grace.
387
00:26:06,925 --> 00:26:11,361
I must admit, I,
I don't know Laena very well.
388
00:26:11,396 --> 00:26:13,663
I'm sure that she is good and kind,
389
00:26:14,065 --> 00:26:17,734
and that she will enjoy your
company, as I have, Your Grace.
390
00:26:32,984 --> 00:26:34,816
I brought you something.
391
00:26:55,105 --> 00:26:57,439
I asked the stonemasons to mend it.
392
00:26:57,475 --> 00:26:58,840
(chuckles)
393
00:27:01,279 --> 00:27:03,212
This is, um,
394
00:27:03,247 --> 00:27:06,348
a very kind gesture, Alicent.
395
00:27:10,453 --> 00:27:12,720
- Very kind.
- (knocking on door)
396
00:27:19,563 --> 00:27:21,796
- Come.
- (door opens)
397
00:27:23,833 --> 00:27:26,301
Harrold:
The Hand, Your Grace.
398
00:27:28,104 --> 00:27:30,305
(door closes)
399
00:27:30,340 --> 00:27:32,273
Your Grace, I've called
the Small Council
400
00:27:32,309 --> 00:27:33,908
to an emergency session.
401
00:27:33,943 --> 00:27:35,076
Why?
402
00:27:36,145 --> 00:27:38,846
I think it best you hear it directly.
403
00:27:40,016 --> 00:27:41,382
Very well.
404
00:27:48,023 --> 00:27:49,823
(door opens)
405
00:27:51,126 --> 00:27:52,726
(door closes)
406
00:27:52,761 --> 00:27:57,914
_
407
00:27:58,608 --> 00:28:02,592
_
408
00:28:02,712 --> 00:28:07,133
_
409
00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:11,927
_
410
00:28:12,047 --> 00:28:14,981
- Daemon.
- The Prince left a missive,
411
00:28:15,016 --> 00:28:18,050
which I believe might explain.
412
00:28:18,085 --> 00:28:20,919
"It is the pleasure
of Daemon Targaryen,
413
00:28:20,955 --> 00:28:22,722
"the Prince of Dragonstone
414
00:28:22,757 --> 00:28:26,726
"and rightful heir to the Iron Throne,
415
00:28:26,761 --> 00:28:29,595
"to announce that he is
to take a second wife
416
00:28:29,631 --> 00:28:32,498
"in the tradition of Old Valyria.
417
00:28:32,533 --> 00:28:37,836
"She is to assume the title
Lady Mysaria of Dragonstone.
418
00:28:37,872 --> 00:28:39,705
"Her Grace is with child
419
00:28:39,741 --> 00:28:45,043
"and is to have a dragon's egg
placed in the babe's cradle
420
00:28:45,079 --> 00:28:48,381
in the custom
of House Targaryen."
421
00:28:48,416 --> 00:28:52,984
The Prince has invited you
to his wedding, Your Grace.
422
00:28:53,019 --> 00:28:56,421
- It is in two days' time.
- Gods be good.
423
00:28:56,456 --> 00:28:58,523
Who is Lady Mysaria?
424
00:28:58,558 --> 00:29:02,594
- Mellos: We believe--
- Otto: Daemon's whore.
425
00:29:02,629 --> 00:29:05,997
- This is nothing less than sedition.
- I strongly agree, sire.
426
00:29:06,032 --> 00:29:08,866
My brother wishes to provoke me.
427
00:29:08,902 --> 00:29:10,902
To answer is to give him what he wants.
428
00:29:10,937 --> 00:29:13,271
The realm is watching, Your Grace.
429
00:29:13,307 --> 00:29:14,972
King Viserys:
What would you have me do?
430
00:29:15,008 --> 00:29:17,442
Send him to the Wall?
431
00:29:17,477 --> 00:29:19,544
Perhaps I could put
his head on a spike.
432
00:29:19,579 --> 00:29:21,446
Otto:
Daemon has seized Dragonstone,
433
00:29:21,481 --> 00:29:24,315
has surrounded himself
with an army of gold cloaks,
434
00:29:24,350 --> 00:29:26,650
and has now stolen a dangerous weapon...
435
00:29:31,356 --> 00:29:33,529
_
436
00:29:34,060 --> 00:29:37,028
♪ ♪
437
00:29:40,452 --> 00:29:45,276
_
438
00:29:46,691 --> 00:29:51,032
_
439
00:29:54,447 --> 00:29:57,614
Assemble a detachment, Otto.
440
00:29:57,650 --> 00:29:59,615
I will go to Dragonstone
and drag Daemon back
441
00:29:59,651 --> 00:30:03,153
- to face justice myself.
- Otto: Your Grace.
442
00:30:03,188 --> 00:30:05,588
My apologies, Your Grace,
but I cannot allow it.
443
00:30:05,623 --> 00:30:07,257
It's too dangerous.
444
00:30:07,292 --> 00:30:10,193
Daemon is without limit.
445
00:30:10,229 --> 00:30:12,495
Let me go to Dragonstone.
446
00:30:12,530 --> 00:30:14,697
♪ ♪
447
00:30:30,015 --> 00:30:32,214
(pensive music playing)
448
00:30:37,355 --> 00:30:39,154
(Otto sighs)
449
00:30:39,190 --> 00:30:42,557
You're the most comely girl at court.
450
00:30:42,593 --> 00:30:45,027
Why do you destroy yourself?
451
00:30:46,063 --> 00:30:47,196
Hm?
452
00:30:51,135 --> 00:30:53,568
Will you see the King tonight?
453
00:30:56,274 --> 00:30:57,873
If you wish it.
454
00:31:00,912 --> 00:31:03,812
- Good day, Ser Criston.
- My Lady.
455
00:31:03,847 --> 00:31:07,015
I've assembled 20 of your best
household guards, my Lord Hand.
456
00:31:07,050 --> 00:31:09,751
Sir Harrold will also join us.
457
00:31:09,787 --> 00:31:12,020
(tense music playing)
458
00:31:13,356 --> 00:31:16,725
Alicent: Please look after the
Hand, Ser Criston.
459
00:31:20,163 --> 00:31:22,297
♪ ♪
460
00:31:55,932 --> 00:31:58,099
(waves crashing)
461
00:32:06,642 --> 00:32:08,809
♪ ♪
462
00:32:20,956 --> 00:32:22,789
(footsteps approaching)
463
00:32:26,628 --> 00:32:28,795
♪ ♪
464
00:32:36,472 --> 00:32:38,938
Welcome to Dragonstone, Otto.
465
00:32:40,976 --> 00:32:45,145
Otto: Your occupation of
this island is at an end.
466
00:32:45,180 --> 00:32:47,346
You're to relinquish the dragon's egg,
467
00:32:47,382 --> 00:32:48,881
disband your army,
468
00:32:48,916 --> 00:32:51,783
banish your whore...
469
00:32:51,819 --> 00:32:54,420
and leave Dragonstone
by order of His Grace,
470
00:32:54,455 --> 00:32:56,855
- King Viserys...
- Where is the King? I don't see him.
471
00:32:57,291 --> 00:33:01,193
His Grace would never lower himself
to entertain such a mummer's farce.
472
00:33:06,334 --> 00:33:07,933
Ser Crispin, wasn't it?
473
00:33:07,968 --> 00:33:09,601
Ser Criston Cole:
Ser Criston Cole, my Prince.
474
00:33:09,637 --> 00:33:12,071
Ah, yes, apologies.
I couldn't recall.
475
00:33:12,473 --> 00:33:15,141
Perhaps my Prince recalls when
I knocked him off his horse.
476
00:33:15,976 --> 00:33:17,976
(chuckles) Very good.
477
00:33:18,012 --> 00:33:21,013
Otto: This is a truly pathetic
show, Daemon.
478
00:33:21,048 --> 00:33:22,947
Are you so desperate
for the King's attention
479
00:33:22,982 --> 00:33:24,715
that you've resorted to skulking about
480
00:33:24,751 --> 00:33:26,851
- like a common cutpurse?
- I'm simply keeping
481
00:33:26,886 --> 00:33:28,219
with the traditions of my house,
482
00:33:28,255 --> 00:33:30,055
the same as my brother
did for his heir.
483
00:33:30,424 --> 00:33:33,091
Those traditions are for the
trueborn children of royalty,
484
00:33:33,126 --> 00:33:36,594
not for bastards fathered
on a common whore.
485
00:33:36,629 --> 00:33:38,629
Lady Mysaria is to be my wife.
486
00:33:38,665 --> 00:33:40,031
Otto:
This is an abomination.
487
00:33:40,067 --> 00:33:41,966
With every breath you soil your name,
488
00:33:42,001 --> 00:33:43,801
your house, and your brother's reign.
489
00:33:43,836 --> 00:33:48,338
Our love does not know
titles and traditions.
490
00:33:48,374 --> 00:33:50,740
And what of you, men of the City Watch?
491
00:33:50,776 --> 00:33:52,276
Aiding the Prince in his treason?
492
00:33:52,311 --> 00:33:54,411
Prince Daemon: The King
made me their commander.
493
00:33:54,447 --> 00:33:56,080
They are loyal to me.
494
00:33:56,882 --> 00:33:59,083
You've come for the egg.
495
00:34:00,352 --> 00:34:01,851
Here it is.
496
00:34:03,089 --> 00:34:04,788
Are you mad?
497
00:34:05,191 --> 00:34:08,792
- You'd never survive this.
- Well, happily, neither would you.
498
00:34:09,195 --> 00:34:13,997
To choose violence, here,
is to declare war against your King.
499
00:34:14,032 --> 00:34:15,399
Wonderful.
500
00:34:16,469 --> 00:34:17,734
Even if it ends in the death
501
00:34:17,769 --> 00:34:20,069
of your unborn child and its mother?
502
00:34:22,607 --> 00:34:24,640
♪ ♪
503
00:34:27,712 --> 00:34:29,312
(rumbling)
504
00:34:29,347 --> 00:34:31,547
(Caraxes screeching)
505
00:34:33,184 --> 00:34:35,618
- (rumbling)
- (screeching)
506
00:34:46,397 --> 00:34:48,164
(roars)
507
00:34:50,201 --> 00:34:52,401
(Caraxes grumbling)
508
00:34:58,775 --> 00:35:00,475
All of you...
509
00:35:00,511 --> 00:35:02,744
sheathe the fucking steel.
510
00:35:08,718 --> 00:35:11,153
(distant dragon rumbling)
511
00:35:16,926 --> 00:35:18,993
♪ ♪
512
00:35:19,029 --> 00:35:21,196
(wings flapping)
513
00:35:24,234 --> 00:35:26,434
(Syrax screeching)
514
00:35:29,739 --> 00:35:31,873
♪ ♪
515
00:35:44,554 --> 00:35:46,320
(roars)
516
00:35:50,493 --> 00:35:52,660
♪ ♪
517
00:35:54,630 --> 00:35:56,831
(dragons screeching)
518
00:36:02,471 --> 00:36:04,638
♪ ♪
519
00:36:09,912 --> 00:36:12,713
- What are you doing here, Princess?
- Preventing bloodshed.
520
00:36:12,748 --> 00:36:15,849
Ser Criston, please escort
the Princess to safety.
521
00:36:15,884 --> 00:36:18,519
Take care not to startle Syrax,
my lords.
522
00:36:18,554 --> 00:36:20,688
She's rather protective of me.
523
00:36:22,425 --> 00:36:27,102
_
524
00:36:27,577 --> 00:36:31,578
_
525
00:36:31,698 --> 00:36:33,742
_
526
00:36:34,190 --> 00:36:36,285
_
527
00:36:36,405 --> 00:36:38,076
_
528
00:36:38,828 --> 00:36:40,985
_
529
00:36:41,105 --> 00:36:42,516
_
530
00:36:42,636 --> 00:36:44,261
_
531
00:36:44,787 --> 00:36:50,252
_
532
00:36:50,372 --> 00:36:55,475
_
533
00:36:56,401 --> 00:36:57,842
_
534
00:37:00,415 --> 00:37:02,473
_
535
00:37:07,736 --> 00:37:09,901
(waves crashing)
536
00:37:10,738 --> 00:37:13,071
I'm right here, Uncle...
537
00:37:14,941 --> 00:37:17,509
the object of your ire...
538
00:37:17,544 --> 00:37:20,479
the reason that you were disinherited.
539
00:37:20,514 --> 00:37:22,914
If you wish to be restored as heir,
540
00:37:22,949 --> 00:37:24,783
you'll need to kill me.
541
00:37:25,852 --> 00:37:27,218
So, do it.
542
00:37:28,188 --> 00:37:30,656
And be done with all this bother.
543
00:37:33,394 --> 00:37:35,560
♪ ♪
544
00:37:47,940 --> 00:37:50,908
♪ ♪
545
00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,850
(footsteps departing)
546
00:38:12,031 --> 00:38:14,264
(intense music playing)
547
00:38:16,502 --> 00:38:18,302
(vocalizing)
548
00:38:27,980 --> 00:38:30,714
(Syrax screeches)
549
00:38:30,749 --> 00:38:33,550
(grumbles, roars)
550
00:38:34,887 --> 00:38:37,721
(triumphant music swells)
551
00:38:59,677 --> 00:39:01,844
(wind blowing)
552
00:39:11,055 --> 00:39:13,222
(metal clinking)
553
00:39:18,897 --> 00:39:21,097
(Prince Daemon sighs)
554
00:39:23,001 --> 00:39:26,368
Lady Mysaria: You announced
that we were to be wed?
555
00:39:27,271 --> 00:39:29,070
On the morrow.
556
00:39:30,473 --> 00:39:32,707
And that I was with child.
557
00:39:33,343 --> 00:39:34,776
Your child.
558
00:39:34,811 --> 00:39:38,179
Well, perhaps when we are wed,
we can make that true.
559
00:39:38,215 --> 00:39:40,382
I ensured long ago
that I would never be
560
00:39:40,417 --> 00:39:42,183
threatened by childbirth.
561
00:39:42,219 --> 00:39:45,186
Good. Children can be such
irritating creatures.
562
00:39:45,222 --> 00:39:48,123
You swore to protect me, Daemon.
563
00:39:50,027 --> 00:39:52,460
Dragonstone is quite secure.
564
00:39:54,097 --> 00:39:58,666
Until the King decides to
reclaim his ancestral seat.
565
00:39:58,701 --> 00:40:01,535
His men might not put
the Prince's head on a spike,
566
00:40:01,570 --> 00:40:03,870
but what would they do
with the common whore
567
00:40:03,906 --> 00:40:06,740
he claims he's taken to wife
and made with child?
568
00:40:06,775 --> 00:40:08,608
No one will harm you.
569
00:40:09,511 --> 00:40:11,145
I have been sold as property
570
00:40:11,180 --> 00:40:13,780
more times than I care to count,
571
00:40:13,816 --> 00:40:18,485
beginning in a homeland
I can no longer recall.
572
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:22,756
Most of my years have been spent
living in terror.
573
00:40:22,791 --> 00:40:24,891
You're safe with me, I swear it.
574
00:40:24,927 --> 00:40:26,360
You are Targaryen.
575
00:40:26,395 --> 00:40:28,095
You can afford to play
576
00:40:28,130 --> 00:40:29,629
your stupid games with the King,
577
00:40:29,665 --> 00:40:32,433
but I cannot.
578
00:40:32,468 --> 00:40:37,437
I didn't come into your
service wanting gold or power
579
00:40:37,472 --> 00:40:39,505
or station.
580
00:40:39,540 --> 00:40:43,676
- I came to you to be liberated.
- Liberated.
581
00:40:46,581 --> 00:40:47,981
From what?
582
00:40:49,084 --> 00:40:50,450
Fear.
583
00:40:52,020 --> 00:40:54,854
(pensive music playing)
584
00:40:59,461 --> 00:41:01,627
♪ ♪
585
00:41:15,876 --> 00:41:19,378
- (door closes)
- No, please, Lord Lyonel.
586
00:41:24,951 --> 00:41:27,819
I have come looking for
an unencumbered opinion.
587
00:41:27,854 --> 00:41:31,089
That's all I would
ever give, Your Grace.
588
00:41:31,525 --> 00:41:34,792
Ever since my name was read by the
archmaesters at the Great Council,
589
00:41:34,828 --> 00:41:38,397
I have felt Corlys Velaryon's
envious gaze staring at me
590
00:41:38,432 --> 00:41:40,765
from across the Blackwater.
591
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:44,335
You sit upon the highest seat
in the realm, Your Grace.
592
00:41:44,370 --> 00:41:47,071
Proud men don't like having to look up.
593
00:41:50,843 --> 00:41:53,044
Laena Velaryon.
594
00:41:54,113 --> 00:41:57,581
Lord Corlys is your Master of Ships
595
00:41:57,616 --> 00:41:58,949
and she is the eldest daughter
596
00:41:58,984 --> 00:42:01,385
of the wealthiest house in the realm.
597
00:42:01,421 --> 00:42:05,289
She comes from unimpeachable
Velaryon stock
598
00:42:05,324 --> 00:42:07,958
and she has Targaryen blood.
599
00:42:07,993 --> 00:42:11,028
- What's to mislike?
- She is 12.
600
00:42:11,064 --> 00:42:12,863
She will mature.
601
00:42:15,100 --> 00:42:17,267
I never asked to remarry.
602
00:42:17,302 --> 00:42:21,438
As King, you have a claim
on all things.
603
00:42:21,473 --> 00:42:22,605
Even those you don't want.
604
00:42:23,208 --> 00:42:25,975
Marriage is not an obligation
you can put off for long.
605
00:42:26,010 --> 00:42:28,711
What if I was to reject
Lord Corlys's proposal?
606
00:42:28,746 --> 00:42:31,548
He would not be like to take it well.
607
00:42:31,583 --> 00:42:33,216
I fear nothing short of a direct line
608
00:42:33,251 --> 00:42:36,152
to the Iron Throne would satisfy him.
609
00:42:36,188 --> 00:42:38,988
You should also consider
that we find ourselves
610
00:42:39,023 --> 00:42:41,991
on the precipice of war
in the Stepstones.
611
00:42:42,394 --> 00:42:44,994
And the Sea Snake holds claim to
nearly half the realm's ships.
612
00:42:45,397 --> 00:42:49,565
He would not dare withhold them
in the face of the realm's need.
613
00:42:49,601 --> 00:42:53,302
- Who is he to hector me?
- No one, Your Grace.
614
00:42:54,538 --> 00:42:57,039
But Driftmark makes for a better ally
615
00:42:57,075 --> 00:42:59,842
than it does an enemy.
616
00:42:59,877 --> 00:43:02,244
The Sea Snake has made
a calculated reach,
617
00:43:02,279 --> 00:43:04,780
a fair play for a man of his position.
618
00:43:07,059 --> 00:43:09,614
If you truly want
my unencumbered opinion...
619
00:43:09,734 --> 00:43:10,484
I do.
620
00:43:11,723 --> 00:43:14,957
You should wed Laena Velaryon,
Your Grace.
621
00:43:14,993 --> 00:43:18,494
Sate Lord Corlys
and fix him at your side,
622
00:43:18,529 --> 00:43:21,831
- permanently, as an ally.
- (door opens)
623
00:43:25,168 --> 00:43:26,534
Ser Steffon Darklyn:
Your Grace,
624
00:43:26,569 --> 00:43:29,771
the Princess has returned
from Dragonstone.
625
00:43:29,806 --> 00:43:31,572
Dragonstone?
626
00:43:31,608 --> 00:43:33,642
(tense music playing)
627
00:43:33,677 --> 00:43:35,977
(vocalizing)
628
00:43:51,460 --> 00:43:52,826
Your Grace.
629
00:43:56,498 --> 00:43:58,699
King Viserys:
You disobeyed me.
630
00:43:58,734 --> 00:44:02,770
You fled King's Landing without a word
631
00:44:02,805 --> 00:44:06,707
and you acted without
The Crown's leave.
632
00:44:09,611 --> 00:44:12,046
You are my only heir.
633
00:44:13,015 --> 00:44:15,215
You could've been killed.
634
00:44:18,620 --> 00:44:20,219
May I sit?
635
00:44:31,399 --> 00:44:33,666
You went to Dragonstone.
636
00:44:33,702 --> 00:44:36,135
And retrieved the egg
without bloodshed.
637
00:44:38,006 --> 00:44:41,574
A feat I'm not sure Ser Otto
could've accomplished alone.
638
00:44:44,478 --> 00:44:46,478
Yes, well...
639
00:44:46,514 --> 00:44:47,880
(chuckles)
640
00:44:51,052 --> 00:44:53,985
I sometimes forget
how alike you both were.
641
00:44:56,990 --> 00:44:58,356
(sighs)
642
00:45:04,064 --> 00:45:06,264
Your mother's absence
643
00:45:06,299 --> 00:45:08,533
is a wound that will never heal.
644
00:45:09,703 --> 00:45:11,669
Without her...
645
00:45:11,705 --> 00:45:13,304
the Red Keep has lost a warmth
646
00:45:13,340 --> 00:45:16,208
that I dare say it will never recover.
647
00:45:16,243 --> 00:45:19,745
It pleases me to hear you say this.
648
00:45:23,583 --> 00:45:26,985
To know that I'm not alone in my grief.
649
00:45:27,020 --> 00:45:29,453
I wish I had known better
650
00:45:29,488 --> 00:45:32,056
what to say to you in the aftermath.
651
00:45:34,393 --> 00:45:38,428
I struggled to realize that my daughter
had so quickly become a woman grown.
652
00:45:42,268 --> 00:45:44,334
But I know...
653
00:45:44,370 --> 00:45:48,139
she understands what
is now expected of me.
654
00:45:48,174 --> 00:45:50,908
The King must take a new wife.
655
00:45:55,714 --> 00:45:58,215
I could never replace your mother.
656
00:46:00,119 --> 00:46:02,752
No more than I intend
to replace you as heir.
657
00:46:04,289 --> 00:46:06,389
But you are my only heir
658
00:46:06,424 --> 00:46:10,693
and our line is vulnerable,
too easily ended.
659
00:46:10,728 --> 00:46:12,862
And by marrying again,
I may begin to ensure
660
00:46:12,898 --> 00:46:15,698
- that we are better defended.
- Against whom?
661
00:46:15,733 --> 00:46:18,234
Whomever may dare to challenge us.
662
00:46:24,575 --> 00:46:28,077
I do not wish to make us estranged.
663
00:46:28,113 --> 00:46:30,013
You are the King...
664
00:46:30,048 --> 00:46:33,983
and so, your first duty
is to the realm.
665
00:46:36,754 --> 00:46:38,987
Mother would've understood this.
666
00:46:41,459 --> 00:46:43,258
Just as I do.
667
00:46:46,931 --> 00:46:48,331
(bell tolls)
668
00:46:48,366 --> 00:46:50,333
(birds cawing)
669
00:46:50,368 --> 00:46:53,202
(pensive music playing)
670
00:47:01,846 --> 00:47:03,646
(door opens)
671
00:47:06,451 --> 00:47:08,484
(indistinct chatter)
672
00:47:08,519 --> 00:47:10,685
♪ ♪
673
00:47:26,170 --> 00:47:27,970
(door closes)
674
00:47:29,907 --> 00:47:32,140
Good morrow, my lords.
675
00:47:43,019 --> 00:47:46,921
I have decided to take a new wife.
676
00:48:05,074 --> 00:48:07,275
I intend to marry...
677
00:48:13,417 --> 00:48:15,850
the Lady Alicent Hightower
678
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,720
before spring's end.
679
00:48:26,228 --> 00:48:28,094
This is an absurdity.
680
00:48:28,964 --> 00:48:31,799
My house is Valyrian,
681
00:48:31,834 --> 00:48:34,267
the greatest power in the realm.
682
00:48:35,370 --> 00:48:37,571
And I am your King.
683
00:48:44,580 --> 00:48:46,780
(tense music playing)
684
00:48:50,052 --> 00:48:51,818
(door opens)
685
00:48:54,622 --> 00:48:56,255
(door closes)
686
00:48:56,290 --> 00:48:58,458
♪ ♪
687
00:49:01,763 --> 00:49:03,629
King Viserys:
Rhaenyra.
688
00:49:08,235 --> 00:49:09,602
(door opens)
689
00:49:15,877 --> 00:49:18,010
♪ ♪
690
00:49:25,619 --> 00:49:29,588
House Velaryon's origins
reach back to Old Valyria.
691
00:49:31,292 --> 00:49:34,193
More ancient even than
House Targaryen...
692
00:49:35,863 --> 00:49:38,097
according to some texts.
693
00:49:39,266 --> 00:49:41,933
But unlike the Targaryens,
694
00:49:41,969 --> 00:49:45,237
we were no dragonlords.
695
00:49:45,672 --> 00:49:49,875
For centuries, my house had to
scratch out an existence from the sea
696
00:49:49,910 --> 00:49:52,711
with grit and luck.
697
00:49:54,648 --> 00:49:57,349
When I ascended the Driftwood Throne...
698
00:49:58,318 --> 00:50:00,151
I knew what I wanted.
699
00:50:01,921 --> 00:50:04,155
So I went out and seized it.
700
00:50:05,458 --> 00:50:06,857
Unlike every other lord of the realm,
701
00:50:06,893 --> 00:50:09,994
I can say that I built
my house's high seat
702
00:50:10,030 --> 00:50:12,530
with the strength of mine own back.
703
00:50:14,067 --> 00:50:16,300
(tense music playing)
704
00:50:18,771 --> 00:50:21,572
I've always thought of
you and I as having been
705
00:50:21,607 --> 00:50:23,674
made from the same cloth.
706
00:50:26,112 --> 00:50:28,246
♪ ♪
707
00:50:32,284 --> 00:50:35,218
I wasn't aware you had
a king for a brother.
708
00:50:35,254 --> 00:50:36,753
We're both men who have had to cut
709
00:50:36,788 --> 00:50:39,589
our own way through the world.
710
00:50:39,624 --> 00:50:42,892
We've been passed over...
too often.
711
00:50:45,464 --> 00:50:46,396
Did you call me to Driftmark
712
00:50:46,965 --> 00:50:49,199
to remind me of my
low standing, Lord Corlys,
713
00:50:49,234 --> 00:50:51,468
or was there some other reason?
714
00:50:54,906 --> 00:50:57,541
You've heard of the troubles
in the Stepstones?
715
00:50:59,244 --> 00:51:01,178
Daemon:
Some Myrish Prince
716
00:51:01,213 --> 00:51:04,281
is feeding Westerosi
sailors to the crabs.
717
00:51:04,649 --> 00:51:07,216
Corlys: I have been petitioning
the King to send my navy
718
00:51:07,251 --> 00:51:09,051
into the territory,
719
00:51:09,087 --> 00:51:10,852
but he's denied me.
720
00:51:10,888 --> 00:51:14,890
- It was never my brother's strongest trait.
- What?
721
00:51:16,094 --> 00:51:17,759
Being King.
722
00:51:21,832 --> 00:51:24,200
Corlys: The Crabfeeder is backed
by powerful entities
723
00:51:24,602 --> 00:51:29,105
within the Free Cities who
wish to see Westeros weakened.
724
00:51:29,140 --> 00:51:30,973
- (sailor grunting)
- And the King's failures
725
00:51:31,008 --> 00:51:34,110
have allowed him
to accumulate strength.
726
00:51:35,580 --> 00:51:38,614
If those shipping lanes fall,
727
00:51:38,649 --> 00:51:41,316
my house will be crippled.
728
00:51:41,351 --> 00:51:43,684
And I will not have Driftmark
beggared while our King
729
00:51:43,720 --> 00:51:47,322
idles himself with feasts
and balls and tourneys.
730
00:51:47,357 --> 00:51:50,658
I will speak of my brother as I wish.
731
00:51:52,362 --> 00:51:54,028
You will not.
732
00:51:54,063 --> 00:51:55,930
♪ ♪
733
00:51:57,234 --> 00:51:59,000
Waiting in the Stepstones
734
00:51:59,035 --> 00:52:01,269
is a chance for you to prove your worth
735
00:52:01,304 --> 00:52:03,938
to any who might yet doubt it.
736
00:52:05,275 --> 00:52:08,176
We are the realm's second sons, Daemon.
737
00:52:09,446 --> 00:52:11,646
Our worth is not given.
738
00:52:13,016 --> 00:52:15,182
It must be made.
739
00:52:16,686 --> 00:52:18,853
♪ ♪