1 00:02:11,882 --> 00:02:15,302 Ser ryam was a strong lord commander of the kingsguard. 2 00:02:17,012 --> 00:02:18,972 But he was ill for some time. 3 00:02:19,056 --> 00:02:20,682 He passed in peace, I hope. 4 00:02:20,766 --> 00:02:21,766 Yes, your grace. 5 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:24,811 He was found to have passed gently in his sleep. 6 00:02:25,187 --> 00:02:28,398 His remains are being prepared by the silent sisters. 7 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:31,818 The succeeding lord commander, ser harrold, 8 00:02:31,902 --> 00:02:33,612 would like to make haste in finding 9 00:02:33,695 --> 00:02:36,281 ser ryam's replacement on the kingsguard. 10 00:02:36,365 --> 00:02:38,367 Your grace. My lords. 11 00:02:38,950 --> 00:02:41,953 The kingsguard must soon be restored to its full complement of seven. 12 00:02:43,246 --> 00:02:44,665 With the help of the hand, 13 00:02:44,748 --> 00:02:47,250 I've invited a number of fine candidates to court. 14 00:02:47,334 --> 00:02:49,294 All have passed fair trials. 15 00:02:53,590 --> 00:02:55,384 Four ships have now been lost. 16 00:02:55,467 --> 00:02:56,927 The last one was flying my banner. 17 00:02:57,844 --> 00:02:59,846 The stepstones have now grown into a conflagration, 18 00:02:59,930 --> 00:03:02,349 yet you sit here and dither about court business. 19 00:03:02,432 --> 00:03:04,393 If you've something to discuss, lord corlys... 20 00:03:04,476 --> 00:03:06,478 I want to know what is to be done 21 00:03:06,561 --> 00:03:08,480 about my ships and my men. 22 00:03:08,563 --> 00:03:09,940 The crown will compensate you 23 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:11,858 for your ship and crew, and make an offering 24 00:03:11,942 --> 00:03:15,779 - to the men's families. - I don't want compensation. 25 00:03:17,447 --> 00:03:19,825 I want to seize the stepstones by force 26 00:03:19,908 --> 00:03:21,535 and burn out this crabfeeder. 27 00:03:21,618 --> 00:03:24,371 I am not prepared to start a war with the free cities. 28 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:27,165 These pirates are not the free cities. 29 00:03:27,249 --> 00:03:30,419 Who do you think provides them with their ships and tender? 30 00:03:30,794 --> 00:03:32,634 In all of its history, my lord, 31 00:03:32,713 --> 00:03:34,589 the seven kingdoms have never entered 32 00:03:34,673 --> 00:03:36,383 open war with the free cities. 33 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:38,093 Were that to happen, 34 00:03:38,176 --> 00:03:41,179 the losses would be incalculable. 35 00:03:44,975 --> 00:03:47,561 What reason does the crabfeeder have to fear us? 36 00:03:50,605 --> 00:03:53,150 The king's own brother has been allowed to seize dragonstone 37 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:56,153 and fortify it with an army of his gold cloaks. 38 00:03:56,236 --> 00:03:58,989 Daemon has squatted there for over half a year 39 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:00,949 without even a protest from the crown. 40 00:04:01,032 --> 00:04:03,744 I'll caution you, lord corlys, 41 00:04:03,827 --> 00:04:07,372 a seat at the king's table does not make you his equal. 42 00:04:10,834 --> 00:04:12,335 I have acted, corlys. 43 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:16,590 I've sent envoys to pentos and volantis 44 00:04:16,673 --> 00:04:18,633 to see if we might find common cause. 45 00:04:19,342 --> 00:04:21,762 Ships and men are at the ready. 46 00:04:22,554 --> 00:04:25,974 The stepstones will be settled in time. 47 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,852 You have dragonriders, father. 48 00:04:35,317 --> 00:04:36,485 Send us. 49 00:04:41,323 --> 00:04:44,576 It isn't that simple, rhaenyra. 50 00:04:44,659 --> 00:04:46,328 It would be a show of force. 51 00:04:46,828 --> 00:04:48,914 At least the Princess has a plan. 52 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:55,170 - I only meant that we should at least... - Perhaps, uh, 53 00:04:55,253 --> 00:04:59,508 there's some better use for the Princess' talents, your grace. 54 00:05:02,177 --> 00:05:04,387 Why don't you take the Princess to see about the new 55 00:05:04,471 --> 00:05:06,181 kingsguard posting, lord commander? 56 00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:09,559 A fine idea, your grace. 57 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,105 This knight will protect you as well. 58 00:05:14,189 --> 00:05:15,440 You should choose. 59 00:05:36,378 --> 00:05:38,421 Ser Desmond caron, 60 00:05:38,505 --> 00:05:40,924 a fine knight, Princess. 61 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:43,009 Step fonnard, ser Desmond. 62 00:05:45,220 --> 00:05:46,805 Son of ser Royce caron, 63 00:05:46,888 --> 00:05:49,432 ser Desmond has proved strong and steady 64 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:52,435 in both the tourney lists and without. 65 00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:55,355 While traveling through the kingswood on his way to king's landing, 66 00:05:55,438 --> 00:05:58,400 ser Desmond recently brought a would-be poacher 67 00:05:58,483 --> 00:05:59,693 to justice. 68 00:06:10,412 --> 00:06:13,957 You might thank him for his leal service, Princess. 69 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,043 We thank you for your loyal service to the crown, ser. 70 00:06:28,763 --> 00:06:30,765 Ser rymun mallister. 71 00:06:33,101 --> 00:06:36,021 Son of lord lymond mallister of seagard. 72 00:06:36,104 --> 00:06:38,189 Winner of the melee at cider hall. 73 00:06:38,648 --> 00:06:41,443 He was the last mounted of three-and-twenty knights. 74 00:06:41,526 --> 00:06:43,570 Ser rymun was knighted at eight-and-ten. 75 00:06:43,653 --> 00:06:45,822 Do any of these knights have combat experience? 76 00:06:47,198 --> 00:06:49,034 Beyond capturing poachers. 77 00:06:57,125 --> 00:06:59,127 Ser criston Cole. 78 00:07:05,091 --> 00:07:08,094 Son of the steward of the lord of blackhaven. 79 00:07:10,221 --> 00:07:12,015 Be welcome, ser criston. 80 00:07:14,309 --> 00:07:16,561 You saw combat in the stormlands. 81 00:07:16,645 --> 00:07:18,813 Dornish marches, Princess. 82 00:07:18,897 --> 00:07:22,067 I fought for a year as a foot solider against the dornish incursions. 83 00:07:23,151 --> 00:07:25,111 Serarlan dondarrion knighted me after we razed 84 00:07:25,195 --> 00:07:27,197 two of the watchtowers along the boneway. 85 00:07:32,827 --> 00:07:34,579 I choose ser criston Cole. 86 00:07:35,038 --> 00:07:38,166 Let's not be too hasty, Princess. 87 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:42,379 There's no doubt ser criston is a fine warrior, 88 00:07:42,462 --> 00:07:44,923 buthouses such as crakehall and mallister 89 00:07:45,006 --> 00:07:47,592 are important allies of the crown. 90 00:07:47,676 --> 00:07:50,387 Seagard, for instance, is the realm's prime defense 91 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:52,138 against reavers from the iron islands. 92 00:07:52,222 --> 00:07:53,848 Those men are tourney knights. 93 00:07:54,391 --> 00:07:57,394 My father should be defended by a man who's known real combat. 94 00:07:59,479 --> 00:08:00,689 Should he not? 95 00:08:02,899 --> 00:08:04,734 Of course, Princess. 96 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:07,445 Well, let us plan ser criston's investiture then. 97 00:08:15,870 --> 00:08:18,790 The valyrian capital was built into a volcano, 98 00:08:18,873 --> 00:08:20,417 much like dragonstone. 99 00:08:21,418 --> 00:08:24,462 And the dragonlords, the highest of the nobility, 100 00:08:24,546 --> 00:08:27,465 lived here, at the volcanic face, 101 00:08:27,549 --> 00:08:30,719 closest to the source of their magic and power. 102 00:08:30,802 --> 00:08:32,637 And this was the anogrion. 103 00:08:34,764 --> 00:08:36,975 Where the bloodmages worked their craft. 104 00:08:39,561 --> 00:08:41,771 It is truly wondrous what you've built. 105 00:08:41,855 --> 00:08:42,939 Oh, no. 106 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:47,736 I only pore over the histories and provide the plans. 107 00:08:47,819 --> 00:08:50,196 The stonemasons built the structures. 108 00:08:50,613 --> 00:08:53,491 Do you believe that Westeros can be another valyria, your grace? 109 00:08:53,575 --> 00:08:55,744 That depends, whether you speak of the freehold 110 00:08:55,827 --> 00:08:57,829 at its height or at its fall. 111 00:08:59,247 --> 00:09:00,915 Over a thousand dragons, 112 00:09:00,999 --> 00:09:04,002 a Navy large enough to span the seas of the world. 113 00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:10,175 The glory of old valyria will never be seen again. 114 00:09:11,342 --> 00:09:12,969 Seven hells. 115 00:09:28,777 --> 00:09:30,570 Tell me, how is rhaenyra? 116 00:09:31,237 --> 00:09:32,906 - What do you mean? - Well, these days, 117 00:09:32,989 --> 00:09:35,366 she doesn't say more than a few words to me. 118 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:37,994 I think she might find it difficult 119 00:09:39,287 --> 00:09:41,289 to discuss personal matters. 120 00:09:42,957 --> 00:09:44,209 It will take time. 121 00:09:46,377 --> 00:09:48,254 It did when I lost mine own mother. 122 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:56,596 I wish she would approach me. 123 00:09:58,181 --> 00:09:59,474 What if you went to her? 124 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,227 There are times when I would rather face 125 00:10:02,310 --> 00:10:05,105 the black dread himself than mine own daughter of 15. 126 00:10:08,525 --> 00:10:11,528 I think she would open herself to you if invited. 127 00:10:12,487 --> 00:10:15,907 You do have such an easy way about you, your grace. 128 00:10:19,994 --> 00:10:22,997 You do not mention our talks to rhaenyra, do you? 129 00:10:25,416 --> 00:10:26,626 | just, 130 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:30,088 I fear that she wouldn't understand them. 131 00:10:30,839 --> 00:10:32,465 No, your grace. 132 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:48,690 It's only been half a year since my mother died, 133 00:10:48,773 --> 00:10:50,775 and already they tried to marry my father off 134 00:10:50,859 --> 00:10:53,027 and replace me as heir. 135 00:10:53,111 --> 00:10:55,155 I know those men and how they plot 136 00:10:55,238 --> 00:10:58,449 in their secret councils when I've been sent away. 137 00:10:58,533 --> 00:11:01,494 You cannot worry at the matters of lords and kings, rhaenyra. 138 00:11:04,289 --> 00:11:06,166 What if your father were to remarry? 139 00:11:14,799 --> 00:11:16,092 Your father loves you. 140 00:11:22,891 --> 00:11:24,893 He chose you for his heir. 141 00:11:26,019 --> 00:11:28,646 He didn't choose me. He spurns daemon. 142 00:11:46,206 --> 00:11:47,832 Kneel with me. 143 00:12:04,891 --> 00:12:06,851 I find this is a way to be with my mother. 144 00:12:09,229 --> 00:12:11,231 Here in the quiet of the sept, 145 00:12:12,607 --> 00:12:13,775 I feel close to her. 146 00:12:19,530 --> 00:12:23,159 - I know it sounds foolish. - I don't think it's foolish. 147 00:12:24,327 --> 00:12:26,329 - I don't. - Good. 148 00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:31,751 Because I thought you might try. 149 00:12:35,088 --> 00:12:38,633 If not for me, then, perhaps for them. 150 00:13:04,117 --> 00:13:06,119 What do I say? 151 00:13:06,869 --> 00:13:08,496 Whatever you wish. 152 00:13:09,706 --> 00:13:11,541 It's only for you and the gods to know. 153 00:13:46,743 --> 00:13:50,038 I want him to see me as more than his little girl. 154 00:13:52,582 --> 00:13:55,001 Mine own father does not know the language of girls either. 155 00:14:00,048 --> 00:14:02,008 When I wish to talk with him, 156 00:14:02,925 --> 00:14:05,136 I know that I must make the effort. 157 00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:09,849 Thank you. 158 00:14:22,195 --> 00:14:24,072 Your grace. 159 00:14:24,155 --> 00:14:25,573 I'm glad we could meet. 160 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:27,867 I know tempers ran hot today, 161 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:30,036 and I wanted to assure you how much I value the bond 162 00:14:30,119 --> 00:14:31,746 between our houses. 163 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:34,624 Rhaenys is my favorite cousin after all. 164 00:14:36,292 --> 00:14:39,253 I wish to apologize for the tenor 165 00:14:39,337 --> 00:14:41,631 at the small council today, your grace. 166 00:14:41,714 --> 00:14:43,383 It was not my intent to make offense. 167 00:14:44,592 --> 00:14:48,304 Your fleet is one of the realm's most important assets, lord corlys. 168 00:14:48,846 --> 00:14:50,390 But you must understand, 169 00:14:50,473 --> 00:14:52,892 as king, it is my obligation to avoid war 170 00:14:52,975 --> 00:14:55,186 until such time it is unavoidable. 171 00:14:55,269 --> 00:14:57,480 None among us desire open war. 172 00:14:59,107 --> 00:15:01,484 Might I speak plainly, your grace? 173 00:15:02,777 --> 00:15:06,155 I always welcome the unfettered thoughts of my council. 174 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:10,660 I fear that the eyes of our enemies are presently fixed on the red keep. 175 00:15:11,452 --> 00:15:12,954 The queen has passed. 176 00:15:13,037 --> 00:15:15,123 A girl has been named heir to the iron throne, 177 00:15:15,206 --> 00:15:17,083 the first in its history. 178 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:18,793 The king's brother, so disinherited, 179 00:15:18,876 --> 00:15:20,920 has claimed the Targaryen seat on dragonstone 180 00:15:21,003 --> 00:15:22,630 without challenge. 181 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:26,175 And now, a foreign power has established a colony 182 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:28,469 in our most critical shipping Lane. 183 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,224 You paint such an aspirant portrait of my reign, lord corlys. 184 00:15:33,307 --> 00:15:35,309 It is an honest one, cousin. 185 00:15:36,519 --> 00:15:39,564 At the moment, the crown is perceived as being vulnerable. 186 00:15:40,398 --> 00:15:42,316 And a blind incursion in the stepstones 187 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:44,652 is the only way to demonstrate that we are not? 188 00:15:44,735 --> 00:15:48,281 To elude a storm, you can either sail into it, 189 00:15:48,364 --> 00:15:49,949 or around it. 190 00:15:50,032 --> 00:15:52,577 But you must never await its coming. 191 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:56,706 Do you have a specific course of action to propose, 192 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:58,416 my lord? 193 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,837 Join our families. 194 00:16:03,546 --> 00:16:05,173 Wed our daughter, laena. 195 00:16:05,256 --> 00:16:08,468 Unite the two great surviving valyrian houses. 196 00:16:08,551 --> 00:16:11,762 With the Targaryen dragons and the velaryon fleet bound in blood, 197 00:16:11,846 --> 00:16:13,306 you can show the realm 198 00:16:13,389 --> 00:16:16,142 that the crown's strongest days are ahead, 199 00:16:16,225 --> 00:16:17,393 not behind. 200 00:16:22,273 --> 00:16:23,900 I must admit, 201 00:16:24,525 --> 00:16:26,527 I haven't given marriage much thought. 202 00:16:27,236 --> 00:16:29,530 It hasn't even been half a year since aemma passed. 203 00:16:29,614 --> 00:16:33,159 The realm expects you to take a new wife soon or late, your grace, 204 00:16:33,242 --> 00:16:36,370 to strengthen your line and produce more heirs. 205 00:16:36,454 --> 00:16:39,665 You could not ask for a stronger match than laena. 206 00:17:07,652 --> 00:17:09,862 We haven't spoken much... 207 00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:13,783 Since. 208 00:17:17,245 --> 00:17:18,913 A regret of mine. 209 00:17:20,581 --> 00:17:24,168 We should be free to speak our minds to one another. 210 00:17:24,252 --> 00:17:25,795 You can say whatever you'd like. 211 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:27,630 You are the king. 212 00:17:35,805 --> 00:17:39,850 I loved your mother very much. 213 00:17:43,145 --> 00:17:44,564 As did I. 214 00:18:00,871 --> 00:18:03,916 Ser harrold provided a fine field of tourney knights. 215 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,000 Oh? 216 00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:08,087 But in questioning them, 217 00:18:08,170 --> 00:18:10,798 I discovered that ser criston was the only man among them 218 00:18:10,881 --> 00:18:12,883 with true battle experience. 219 00:18:13,843 --> 00:18:16,470 He'll make a fine knight of the kingsguard. 220 00:18:21,892 --> 00:18:25,479 - Today at small council... - Pay it no mind. 221 00:18:25,563 --> 00:18:27,148 I thought I might have had some insight. 222 00:18:27,231 --> 00:18:28,399 You're young. 223 00:18:29,483 --> 00:18:30,693 You will learn. 224 00:18:55,426 --> 00:18:59,055 This is our best chance to save the digit, your grace. 225 00:19:01,098 --> 00:19:03,225 The maggots will remove the dead flesh 226 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:05,895 and hopefully stop the advance of the rot. 227 00:19:11,692 --> 00:19:14,403 I held an audience earlier today 228 00:19:14,487 --> 00:19:16,656 with lord corlys and Princess rhaenys. 229 00:19:16,739 --> 00:19:18,908 That was most charitable of you, your grace. 230 00:19:18,991 --> 00:19:21,911 I'm sure lord corlys appreciated the spirit of it. 231 00:19:22,370 --> 00:19:24,372 He proposed a marriage. 232 00:19:25,706 --> 00:19:28,000 To whom, your grace? 233 00:19:28,709 --> 00:19:30,294 The lady laena. 234 00:19:31,087 --> 00:19:33,172 To combine the strength of our houses, 235 00:19:33,673 --> 00:19:36,550 and demonstrate my reign's strongest days are ahead, 236 00:19:36,634 --> 00:19:37,927 not behind. 237 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:40,888 Lord corlys has overreached, your grace. 238 00:19:40,971 --> 00:19:44,433 Such matters must be discussed with the small council. 239 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:47,269 That is what I'm doing, presently. 240 00:19:48,771 --> 00:19:52,400 So, what is your advice, dear Otto. 241 00:19:53,442 --> 00:19:55,069 The lady laena 242 00:19:55,945 --> 00:19:58,864 is young, your grace. 243 00:19:58,948 --> 00:20:01,951 Indeed, but the wounds made by the great council 244 00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:03,828 still linger, my king. 245 00:20:03,911 --> 00:20:07,164 A match with their daughter would go a long way towards 246 00:20:07,248 --> 00:20:08,791 sealing the breach 247 00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:12,211 and uniting the two great valyrian houses 248 00:20:12,294 --> 00:20:15,756 would certainly signal unity throughout the realm 249 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,425 and beyond. 250 00:20:18,092 --> 00:20:20,511 The grand maester's reasoning is sound. 251 00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:24,140 I do fear what rhaenyra might think. 252 00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:26,142 What does it matter, your grace? 253 00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:27,560 Her mother has passed. 254 00:20:28,644 --> 00:20:31,063 Her father must propagate the royal line. 255 00:20:38,112 --> 00:20:42,116 I, uh, dearly loved my own lady wife. 256 00:20:43,159 --> 00:20:46,162 The pain of her passing still haunts me. 257 00:20:47,872 --> 00:20:49,874 And to be compelled to... 258 00:20:51,041 --> 00:20:53,669 Replace her for duty's sake. 259 00:20:55,337 --> 00:20:56,964 You are the king. 260 00:20:58,007 --> 00:21:00,009 But I do not envy you. 261 00:21:28,829 --> 00:21:31,373 What was it like flying the black dread? 262 00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:34,418 You were balerion's last rider. 263 00:21:34,919 --> 00:21:38,297 Only for a short time before he died. 264 00:21:38,380 --> 00:21:41,967 With balerion died the last memory of valyria of old. 265 00:21:42,885 --> 00:21:44,720 But vhagar still lives 266 00:21:45,429 --> 00:21:46,847 somewhere. 267 00:21:46,931 --> 00:21:48,933 Bit too large for the dragonpit. 268 00:21:49,475 --> 00:21:52,102 Some would say too large for our world. 269 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:56,065 - Do you know where she nests? - I'm sorry? 270 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:58,150 Do you know where vhagar is now? 271 00:21:58,234 --> 00:22:00,945 Uh, the dragonkeepers believe she made home 272 00:22:01,028 --> 00:22:03,447 somewhere on the coast of the narrow sea. 273 00:22:03,531 --> 00:22:07,159 The workers at spicetown report hearing her song at times. 274 00:22:07,243 --> 00:22:09,453 They say it is a sad thing. 275 00:22:11,247 --> 00:22:13,249 I imagine even dragons get lonely. 276 00:22:17,837 --> 00:22:19,171 Your grace, 277 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:22,299 it would be a great honor 278 00:22:22,383 --> 00:22:26,554 to join our houses as they were in old valyria. 279 00:22:26,637 --> 00:22:29,849 I would give you many children of pure valyrian blood 280 00:22:29,932 --> 00:22:33,686 so that we might strengthen the royal line and the realm. 281 00:22:33,769 --> 00:22:36,063 Is that what your father told you to say? 282 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:42,611 What did your mother tell you? 283 00:22:44,446 --> 00:22:47,658 That I wouldn't have to bed you until I turned 14. 284 00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:16,562 It bothers you, does it not? 285 00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:24,028 My father is a king. 286 00:23:24,653 --> 00:23:27,907 It is his duty to take a new wife and strengthen his line. 287 00:23:27,990 --> 00:23:30,719 I did not ask for a lesson in politics. I asked whether this bothers you. 288 00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:33,913 Laena is your daughter, Princess. Does it bother you? 289 00:23:35,122 --> 00:23:36,332 Of course, it does. 290 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:41,420 But I understand the order of things. 291 00:23:43,130 --> 00:23:45,549 I'm not sure you do. 292 00:23:48,177 --> 00:23:51,472 If you mean to elicit some anger from me, 293 00:23:51,555 --> 00:23:54,433 you should know that you're failing, Princess. 294 00:23:55,225 --> 00:23:56,852 Quite the opposite. 295 00:23:59,855 --> 00:24:01,857 Whether it's to my daughter or to someone else's, 296 00:24:01,941 --> 00:24:04,944 your father will remarry sooner than late. 297 00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:08,280 His new wife will produce new heirs, 298 00:24:08,364 --> 00:24:11,241 and chances are, better than not, that one of those will be male. 299 00:24:11,325 --> 00:24:13,911 And when that boy comes of age and your father has passed, 300 00:24:13,994 --> 00:24:16,872 the men of the realm will expect him to be heir, 301 00:24:16,956 --> 00:24:18,374 notyou. 302 00:24:20,876 --> 00:24:22,878 Because that is the order of things. 303 00:24:25,214 --> 00:24:27,591 When I'm queen, I will create a new order. 304 00:24:29,093 --> 00:24:31,303 How I wish that could be, rhaenyra. 305 00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:34,473 But the men of the realm already had their opportunity 306 00:24:34,556 --> 00:24:36,892 to appoint a ruling queen at the great council 307 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,477 and they denied it. 308 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,522 They denied you, Princess rhaenys. 309 00:24:42,690 --> 00:24:44,483 "The queen who never was." 310 00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:47,945 But they bent the knee to me and called me heir to the throne. 311 00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:51,073 Do you remind your father's men of that as you carry their cups? 312 00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:57,496 Here is the hard truth, 313 00:24:57,579 --> 00:25:00,874 which no one else has the heart to tell you. 314 00:25:01,625 --> 00:25:04,294 Men would sooner put the realm to the torch 315 00:25:05,379 --> 00:25:08,382 than see a woman ascend the iron throne. 316 00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:15,848 And your father is no fool. 317 00:25:29,611 --> 00:25:32,614 The small council is urging me to remarry. 318 00:25:35,034 --> 00:25:37,453 It seems the realm wants for a new queen. 319 00:25:42,791 --> 00:25:46,336 A good and kind queen will give comfort to your subjects. 320 00:25:51,383 --> 00:25:54,386 Does the small council have a particular lady in mind? 321 00:25:56,847 --> 00:26:01,518 Lord corlys velaryon has offered the hand of his daughter, 322 00:26:01,602 --> 00:26:03,228 the lady laena. 323 00:26:04,271 --> 00:26:06,273 A very strong match, your grace. 324 00:26:07,858 --> 00:26:11,487 I must admit, I don't know laena very well. 325 00:26:12,279 --> 00:26:14,615 I'm sure that she is good and kind, 326 00:26:14,698 --> 00:26:18,535 and that she will enjoy your company, as I have, your grace. 327 00:26:33,801 --> 00:26:35,427 I brought you something. 328 00:26:55,989 --> 00:26:58,117 I asked the stonemasons to mend it. 329 00:27:02,037 --> 00:27:03,997 This is, uh... 330 00:27:04,081 --> 00:27:06,917 A very kind gesture, alicent. 331 00:27:11,046 --> 00:27:12,046 Very kind. 332 00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:22,307 Come. 333 00:27:24,685 --> 00:27:26,687 The hand, your grace. 334 00:27:31,233 --> 00:27:33,110 Your grace, I've called the small council 335 00:27:33,193 --> 00:27:34,403 to an emergency session. 336 00:27:37,114 --> 00:27:39,408 I think it best you hear it directly. 337 00:27:40,784 --> 00:27:41,994 Very well. 338 00:28:12,941 --> 00:28:15,777 - Daemon. - The prince left a missive, 339 00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:17,946 which I believe might explain. 340 00:28:18,989 --> 00:28:21,700 "It is the pleasure of daemon Targaryen, 341 00:28:21,783 --> 00:28:23,577 the prince of dragonstone 342 00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:27,581 and rightful heir to the iron throne, 343 00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:30,500 to announce that he is to take a second wife 344 00:28:30,584 --> 00:28:33,420 in the tradition of old valyria. 345 00:28:33,503 --> 00:28:38,592 She is to assume the title lady mysaria of dragonstone. 346 00:28:38,675 --> 00:28:40,636 Her grace is with child 347 00:28:40,719 --> 00:28:45,891 and is to have a dragon's egg placed in the babe's cradle 348 00:28:45,974 --> 00:28:49,269 in the custom of house Targaryen." 349 00:28:49,353 --> 00:28:53,857 The prince has invited you to his wedding, your grace. 350 00:28:53,941 --> 00:28:57,194 - It is in two days' time. - Gods be good. 351 00:28:57,277 --> 00:28:59,279 Who is lady mysaria? 352 00:28:59,363 --> 00:29:01,283 - We believe... - Daemon's whore. 353 00:29:03,617 --> 00:29:06,787 - This is nothing less than sedition. - I strongly agree, sire. 354 00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:09,081 My brother wishes to provoke me. 355 00:29:09,790 --> 00:29:11,750 To answer is to give him what he wants. 356 00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:14,127 The realm is watching, your grace. 357 00:29:14,211 --> 00:29:15,754 What would you have me do? 358 00:29:15,837 --> 00:29:17,464 Send him to the wall? 359 00:29:18,382 --> 00:29:20,384 Perhaps I could put his head on a spike. 360 00:29:20,467 --> 00:29:22,344 Daemon has seized dragonstone, 361 00:29:22,427 --> 00:29:25,180 has surrounded himself with an army of gold cloaks, 362 00:29:25,264 --> 00:29:27,432 and has now stolen a dangerous weapon. 363 00:29:55,294 --> 00:29:57,379 Assemble a detachment, Otto. 364 00:29:58,547 --> 00:30:00,424 I will go to dragonstone and drag daemon back 365 00:30:00,507 --> 00:30:02,884 - to face justice myself. - Your grace. 366 00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:06,346 My apologies, your grace, but I cannot allow it. 367 00:30:06,430 --> 00:30:08,015 It's too dangerous. 368 00:30:08,098 --> 00:30:10,100 Daemon is without limit. 369 00:30:11,059 --> 00:30:13,228 Let me go to dragonstone. 370 00:30:40,088 --> 00:30:42,507 You're the most comely girl at court. 371 00:30:43,425 --> 00:30:45,635 Why do you destroy yourself? 372 00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:54,144 Will you see the king tonight? 373 00:30:57,064 --> 00:30:58,482 If you wish it. 374 00:31:01,777 --> 00:31:04,738 - Good day, ser criston. - My lady. 375 00:31:04,821 --> 00:31:07,824 I've assembled 20 of your best household guards, my lord hand. 376 00:31:07,908 --> 00:31:10,118 Sir harrold will also join us. 377 00:31:14,331 --> 00:31:17,334 Please look after the hand, ser criston. 378 00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:39,541 Welcome to dragonstone, Otto. 379 00:32:41,918 --> 00:32:45,005 Your occupation of this island is at an end. 380 00:32:46,089 --> 00:32:48,091 You're to relinquish the dragon's egg, 381 00:32:48,175 --> 00:32:49,718 disband your army, 382 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:51,595 banish your whore, 383 00:32:52,762 --> 00:32:55,348 and leave dragonstone by order of his grace, 384 00:32:55,432 --> 00:32:57,851 - king viserys. - Where is the king? I don't see him. 385 00:32:57,934 --> 00:33:01,771 His grace would never lower himself to entertain such a mummer's farce. 386 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:08,820 Ser crispin, wasn't it? 387 00:33:08,904 --> 00:33:10,447 Ser criston Cole, my prince. 388 00:33:10,530 --> 00:33:12,657 Ah, yes, apologies. I couldn't recall. 389 00:33:13,074 --> 00:33:15,702 Perhaps my prince recalls when I knocked him off his horse. 390 00:33:17,913 --> 00:33:18,913 Very good. 391 00:33:18,955 --> 00:33:21,875 This is a truly pathetic show, daemon. 392 00:33:21,958 --> 00:33:23,793 Are you so desperate for the king's attention 393 00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:26,421 that you've resorted to skulking about like a common cutpurse? 394 00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:29,174 I'm simply keeping with the traditions of my house, 395 00:33:29,257 --> 00:33:31,009 the same as my brother did for his heir. 396 00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:33,970 Those traditions are for the trueborn children of royalty, 397 00:33:34,054 --> 00:33:36,890 not for bastards fathered on a common whore. 398 00:33:37,474 --> 00:33:39,434 Lady mysaria is to be my wife. 399 00:33:39,518 --> 00:33:40,894 This is an abomination. 400 00:33:40,977 --> 00:33:42,812 With every breath you soil your name, 401 00:33:42,896 --> 00:33:44,689 your house, and your brother's reign. 402 00:33:44,773 --> 00:33:47,984 Our love does not know titles and traditions. 403 00:33:49,277 --> 00:33:51,571 And what of you, men of the city watch? 404 00:33:51,655 --> 00:33:53,156 Aiding the prince in his treason? 405 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,200 The king made me their commander. 406 00:33:55,283 --> 00:33:56,660 They are loyal to me. 407 00:33:57,702 --> 00:33:59,704 You've come for the egg. 408 00:34:01,122 --> 00:34:02,415 Here it is. 409 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:05,752 Are you mad? 410 00:34:05,835 --> 00:34:08,672 - You'd never survive this. - Well, happily, neither would you. 411 00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:14,719 To chose violence, here, is to declare war against your king. 412 00:34:14,803 --> 00:34:16,012 Wonderful. 413 00:34:17,305 --> 00:34:20,600 Even if it ends in the death of your unborn child and its mother? 414 00:34:59,556 --> 00:35:01,266 All of you, 415 00:35:01,349 --> 00:35:03,351 sheathe the fucking steel. 416 00:36:10,585 --> 00:36:13,630 - What are you doing here, Princess? - Preventing bloodshed. 417 00:36:13,713 --> 00:36:16,341 Ser criston, please escort the Princess to safety. 418 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,760 Take care not to startle syrax, my lords. 419 00:36:19,427 --> 00:36:21,221 She's rather protective of me. 420 00:37:11,563 --> 00:37:13,690 I'm right here, uncle, 421 00:37:15,775 --> 00:37:17,777 the object of your ire, 422 00:37:18,445 --> 00:37:21,322 the reason that you were disinherited. 423 00:37:21,406 --> 00:37:23,700 If you wish to be restored as heir, 424 00:37:23,783 --> 00:37:25,410 you'll need to kill me. 425 00:37:26,619 --> 00:37:27,829 So, do it. 426 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,291 And be done with all this bother. 427 00:39:23,987 --> 00:39:26,948 You announced that we were to be wed? 428 00:39:28,074 --> 00:39:29,701 On the morrow. 429 00:39:31,327 --> 00:39:33,329 And that I was with child. 430 00:39:34,122 --> 00:39:35,707 Your child. 431 00:39:35,790 --> 00:39:39,043 Well, perhaps when we are wed, we can make that true. 432 00:39:39,127 --> 00:39:43,089 I ensured long ago that I would never be threatened by childbirth. 433 00:39:43,172 --> 00:39:46,009 Good. Children can be such irritating creatures. 434 00:39:46,092 --> 00:39:48,720 You swore to protect me, daemon. 435 00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:52,557 Dragonstone is quite secure. 436 00:39:55,101 --> 00:39:59,606 Until the king decides to reclaim his ancestral seat. 437 00:39:59,689 --> 00:40:02,442 His men might not put the prince's head on a spike, 438 00:40:02,525 --> 00:40:04,777 but what would they do with the common whore 439 00:40:04,861 --> 00:40:07,530 he claims he's taken to wife and made with child? 440 00:40:07,614 --> 00:40:09,240 No one will harm you. 441 00:40:10,366 --> 00:40:14,662 I have been sold as property more times than I care to count, 442 00:40:14,746 --> 00:40:18,291 beginning in a homeland I can no longer recall. 443 00:40:19,459 --> 00:40:22,879 Most of my years have been spent living in terror. 444 00:40:23,671 --> 00:40:25,673 You're safe with me, I swear it. 445 00:40:25,757 --> 00:40:27,133 You are Targaryen. 446 00:40:27,216 --> 00:40:30,386 You can afford to play your stupid games with the king, 447 00:40:30,470 --> 00:40:32,472 but I cannot. 448 00:40:33,473 --> 00:40:38,186 I didn't come into your service wanting gold or power 449 00:40:38,269 --> 00:40:39,270 or station. 450 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:44,275 - I came to you to be liberated. - Liberated. 451 00:40:47,362 --> 00:40:48,571 From what? 452 00:40:49,864 --> 00:40:51,074 Fean 453 00:41:18,267 --> 00:41:20,019 No, please, lord lyonel. 454 00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:28,820 I have come looking for an unencumbered opinion. 455 00:41:28,903 --> 00:41:31,280 That's all I would ever give, your grace. 456 00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:33,533 Ever since my name was read 457 00:41:33,616 --> 00:41:35,743 by the archmaesters at the great council, 458 00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:39,205 I have felt corlys velaryon's envious gaze staring at me 459 00:41:39,288 --> 00:41:40,915 from across the Blackwater. 460 00:41:41,791 --> 00:41:45,211 You sit upon the highest seat in the realm, your grace. 461 00:41:45,294 --> 00:41:47,672 Proud men don't like having to look up. 462 00:41:51,634 --> 00:41:52,802 Laena velaryon. 463 00:41:55,013 --> 00:41:57,390 Lord corlys is your master of ships 464 00:41:58,474 --> 00:42:02,270 and she is the eldest daughter of the wealthiest house in the realm. 465 00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:06,107 She comes from unimpeachable valyrian stock 466 00:42:06,190 --> 00:42:08,818 and she has Targaryen blood. 467 00:42:08,901 --> 00:42:11,988 - What's to mislike? - She is 12. 468 00:42:12,071 --> 00:42:13,489 She will mature. 469 00:42:15,950 --> 00:42:17,577 I never asked to remarry. 470 00:42:18,244 --> 00:42:21,456 As king, you have a claim on all things. 471 00:42:22,331 --> 00:42:23,791 Even those you don't want. 472 00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:26,627 Marriage is not an obligation you can put off for long. 473 00:42:26,711 --> 00:42:29,380 What if I was to reject lord corlys's proposal? 474 00:42:29,464 --> 00:42:31,966 He would not be like to take it well. 475 00:42:32,508 --> 00:42:36,387 I fear nothing short of a direct line to the iron throne would satisfy him. 476 00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:39,974 You should also consider that we find ourselves 477 00:42:40,058 --> 00:42:42,060 on the precipice of war in the stepstones. 478 00:42:43,061 --> 00:42:45,980 And the sea snake holds claim to nearly half the realm's ships. 479 00:42:46,064 --> 00:42:49,150 He would not dare withhold them in the face of the realm's need. 480 00:42:50,526 --> 00:42:53,905 - Who is he to Hector me? - No one, your grace. 481 00:42:55,448 --> 00:42:59,494 But driftmark makes for a better ally than it does an enemy. 482 00:43:00,912 --> 00:43:03,122 The sea snake has made a calculated reach, 483 00:43:03,206 --> 00:43:05,374 a fair play for a man of his position. 484 00:43:07,794 --> 00:43:10,171 If you truly want my unencumbered opinion. 485 00:43:10,254 --> 00:43:11,339 I do. 486 00:43:12,673 --> 00:43:14,842 You should wed laena velaryon, your grace. 487 00:43:15,927 --> 00:43:19,388 Sate lord corlys and fix him at your side, 488 00:43:19,472 --> 00:43:20,932 permanently, as an ally. 489 00:43:26,062 --> 00:43:27,438 Your grace, 490 00:43:27,522 --> 00:43:30,525 the Princess has returned from dragonstone. 491 00:43:30,608 --> 00:43:32,235 Dragonstone? 492 00:43:52,255 --> 00:43:53,464 Your grace. 493 00:43:57,385 --> 00:43:59,554 You disobeyed me. 494 00:43:59,637 --> 00:44:02,640 You fled king's landing without a word 495 00:44:03,724 --> 00:44:07,353 and you acted without the crown's leave. 496 00:44:10,439 --> 00:44:12,650 You are my only heir. 497 00:44:13,860 --> 00:44:15,862 You could've been killed. 498 00:44:19,407 --> 00:44:20,825 May I sit? 499 00:44:32,253 --> 00:44:34,547 You went to dragonstone. 500 00:44:34,630 --> 00:44:36,716 And retrieved the egg without bloodshed. 501 00:44:39,010 --> 00:44:42,221 A feat I'm not sure ser Otto could've accomplished alone. 502 00:44:45,266 --> 00:44:47,226 Yes, well... 503 00:44:51,981 --> 00:44:54,567 I sometimes forget how alike you both were. 504 00:45:04,911 --> 00:45:09,165 Your mother's absence is a wound that will never heal. 505 00:45:10,499 --> 00:45:12,501 Without her, 506 00:45:12,585 --> 00:45:17,089 the red keep has lost a warmth that I dare say it will never recover. 507 00:45:17,173 --> 00:45:20,384 It pleases me to hear you say this. 508 00:45:24,513 --> 00:45:27,808 To know that I'm not alone in my grief. 509 00:45:27,892 --> 00:45:30,311 I wish I had known better 510 00:45:30,394 --> 00:45:32,647 what to say to you in the aftermath. 511 00:45:35,066 --> 00:45:39,028 I struggled to realize that my daughter had so quickly become a woman grown. 512 00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:44,700 But I know 513 00:45:45,326 --> 00:45:48,955 she understands what is now expected of me. 514 00:45:49,038 --> 00:45:51,499 The king must take a new wife. 515 00:45:56,629 --> 00:45:58,839 I could never replace your mother. 516 00:46:01,050 --> 00:46:03,344 No more than I intend to replace you as heir. 517 00:46:05,137 --> 00:46:07,306 But you are my only heir 518 00:46:07,390 --> 00:46:10,601 and our line is vulnerable, too easily ended. 519 00:46:11,686 --> 00:46:13,896 And by marrying again, I may begin to ensure 520 00:46:13,980 --> 00:46:15,398 that we are better defended. 521 00:46:15,481 --> 00:46:16,565 Against whom? 522 00:46:16,649 --> 00:46:18,818 Whomever may dare to challenge us. 523 00:46:25,491 --> 00:46:28,119 I do not wish to make us estranged. 524 00:46:28,953 --> 00:46:30,413 You are the king, 525 00:46:30,955 --> 00:46:34,583 and so, your first duty is to the realm. 526 00:46:37,628 --> 00:46:39,630 Mother would've understood this. 527 00:46:42,258 --> 00:46:43,884 Just as I do. 528 00:47:30,765 --> 00:47:32,767 Good morrow, my lords. 529 00:47:43,944 --> 00:47:47,573 I have decided to take a new wife. 530 00:48:05,925 --> 00:48:07,676 I intend to marry... 531 00:48:14,266 --> 00:48:16,477 The lady alicent hightower... 532 00:48:18,354 --> 00:48:20,356 Before spring's end. 533 00:48:27,071 --> 00:48:28,739 This is an absurdity. 534 00:48:29,824 --> 00:48:32,618 My house is valyrian, 535 00:48:32,701 --> 00:48:34,912 the greatest power in the realm. 536 00:48:36,205 --> 00:48:38,207 And I am your king. 537 00:49:02,815 --> 00:49:04,233 Rhaenyra. 538 00:49:26,589 --> 00:49:30,217 House velaryon's origins reach back to old valyria. 539 00:49:32,219 --> 00:49:34,847 More ancient even than house Targaryen 540 00:49:36,724 --> 00:49:38,726 according to some texts. 541 00:49:40,144 --> 00:49:41,729 But unlike the targaryens, 542 00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:44,815 we were no dragonlords. 543 00:49:46,358 --> 00:49:48,986 For centuries, my house had to scratch out 544 00:49:49,069 --> 00:49:53,073 an existence from the sea with grit and luck. 545 00:49:55,576 --> 00:49:57,995 When I ascended the driftwood throne, 546 00:49:59,163 --> 00:50:00,789 I knew what I wanted. 547 00:50:02,791 --> 00:50:04,793 So I went out and seized it. 548 00:50:06,253 --> 00:50:07,755 Unlike every other lord of the realm, 549 00:50:07,838 --> 00:50:10,883 I can say that I built my house's high seat 550 00:50:10,966 --> 00:50:13,177 with the strength of mine own back. 551 00:50:19,725 --> 00:50:22,394 I've always thought of you and I as having been 552 00:50:22,478 --> 00:50:24,313 made from the same cloth. 553 00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:36,075 I wasn't aware you had a king for a brother. 554 00:50:36,158 --> 00:50:39,662 We're both men who have had to cut our own way through the world. 555 00:50:40,538 --> 00:50:43,541 We've been passed over too often. 556 00:50:46,335 --> 00:50:47,545 Did you call me to driftmark 557 00:50:47,628 --> 00:50:50,005 to remind me of my low standing, lord corlys, 558 00:50:50,089 --> 00:50:52,091 or was there some other reason? 559 00:50:55,844 --> 00:50:58,097 You've heard of the troubles in the stepstones? 560 00:51:01,183 --> 00:51:05,229 Some myrish prince is feeding westerosi sailors to the crabs. 561 00:51:05,312 --> 00:51:07,982 I have been petitioning the king to send my Navy 562 00:51:08,065 --> 00:51:09,775 into the territory, 563 00:51:09,858 --> 00:51:12,027 but he's denied me. 564 00:51:12,111 --> 00:51:14,280 It was never my brother's strongest trait. 565 00:51:14,363 --> 00:51:15,447 What? 566 00:51:16,824 --> 00:51:18,325 Being king. 567 00:51:22,788 --> 00:51:25,165 The crabfeeder is backed by powerful entities 568 00:51:25,249 --> 00:51:28,877 within the free cities who wish to see Westeros weakened. 569 00:51:30,963 --> 00:51:34,633 And the king's failures have allowed him to accumulate strength. 570 00:51:36,427 --> 00:51:38,429 If those shipping lanes fall, 571 00:51:39,471 --> 00:51:41,473 my house will be crippled. 572 00:51:42,308 --> 00:51:44,602 And I will not have driftmark beggared while our king 573 00:51:44,685 --> 00:51:48,188 idles himselfwith feasts, and balls, and tourneys. 574 00:51:48,272 --> 00:51:51,275 I will speak of my brother as I wish. 575 00:51:53,152 --> 00:51:54,278 You will not. 576 00:51:58,073 --> 00:51:59,867 Waiting in the stepstones 577 00:51:59,950 --> 00:52:02,202 is a chance for you to prove your worth 578 00:52:02,286 --> 00:52:04,496 to any who might yet doubt it. 579 00:52:06,165 --> 00:52:08,792 We are the realm's second sons, daemon. 580 00:52:10,252 --> 00:52:12,254 Our worth is not given. 581 00:52:13,797 --> 00:52:15,799 It must be made.