1 00:02:29,726 --> 00:02:31,476 There you are. 2 00:02:41,071 --> 00:02:44,031 The Sea Snake is going to die, isn't he? 3 00:02:46,075 --> 00:02:49,155 - Luke... - I can't be Lord of the Tides. 4 00:02:49,245 --> 00:02:51,825 Grandsire was the greatest sailor who ever lived. 5 00:02:51,915 --> 00:02:54,455 I get greensick before the ship 6 00:02:54,542 --> 00:02:56,336 even leaves the harbor. 7 00:02:56,419 --> 00:02:58,299 I'll just ruin everything. 8 00:02:59,422 --> 00:03:01,800 I don't want Driftmark. 9 00:03:01,883 --> 00:03:03,343 It should've passed on to Ser Vaemond. 10 00:03:03,426 --> 00:03:06,636 We don't choose our destiny, Luke. It chooses us. 11 00:03:06,721 --> 00:03:09,681 Grandsire let you choose whether you'd be his heir. 12 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:11,890 You told us so. 13 00:03:16,397 --> 00:03:19,107 And do you want to know the truth of it? 14 00:03:22,070 --> 00:03:23,700 I was frightened. 15 00:03:25,156 --> 00:03:27,616 I was... four-and-ten. 16 00:03:27,700 --> 00:03:30,080 Same as you are now. 17 00:03:30,829 --> 00:03:32,079 I wasn't ready 18 00:03:32,163 --> 00:03:35,333 to be Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. 19 00:03:35,416 --> 00:03:38,626 But... it was my duty. 20 00:03:38,711 --> 00:03:41,171 And, in time, I came to understand 21 00:03:41,256 --> 00:03:43,506 I had to earn my inheritance. 22 00:03:45,301 --> 00:03:46,845 I'm not like you. 23 00:03:46,928 --> 00:03:49,098 - In what way, sweet boy? - I'm not so... 24 00:03:52,141 --> 00:03:55,191 perfect. 25 00:04:02,235 --> 00:04:06,405 I am anything but. 26 00:04:06,489 --> 00:04:07,239 My father looked after me 27 00:04:07,323 --> 00:04:10,327 and helped to prepare me for my duties. 28 00:04:10,410 --> 00:04:14,247 Your mother will do the same for you. 29 00:04:14,330 --> 00:04:15,916 Good morrow, Princess. 30 00:04:15,999 --> 00:04:18,835 Good morrow, Ser Lorent. 31 00:04:18,918 --> 00:04:20,587 Princess Rhaenys has just arrived on dragonback. 32 00:04:20,670 --> 00:04:24,220 She urgently requests an audience with you and Prince Daemon. 33 00:04:42,692 --> 00:04:44,820 The Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. 34 00:04:44,903 --> 00:04:46,493 Thank you, Ser Lorent. 35 00:04:50,491 --> 00:04:52,118 Princess Rhaenys... 36 00:04:52,201 --> 00:04:54,996 might we hope for news of Lord Corlys's recovery? 37 00:04:55,079 --> 00:04:56,119 Viserys is dead. 38 00:05:02,879 --> 00:05:05,589 I grieve this loss with you, Rhaenyra. 39 00:05:05,673 --> 00:05:08,763 My cousin, your father... 40 00:05:10,136 --> 00:05:11,216 possessed a kind heart. 41 00:05:22,899 --> 00:05:25,149 There is more. 42 00:05:25,234 --> 00:05:28,154 Aegon has been crowned as his successor. 43 00:05:35,620 --> 00:05:37,460 They crowned him? 44 00:05:38,957 --> 00:05:41,497 How did Viserys die? 45 00:05:41,584 --> 00:05:43,795 I could not say. 46 00:05:43,878 --> 00:05:45,958 - How long ago? - A day past, perhaps two. 47 00:05:46,047 --> 00:05:47,007 I was made a prisoner in my quarters 48 00:05:47,090 --> 00:05:47,920 while the Queen made her preparations. 49 00:05:48,007 --> 00:05:49,177 Viserys has been slain. 50 00:05:52,095 --> 00:05:56,555 Alicent demanded you declare for Aegon. 51 00:05:57,850 --> 00:06:00,900 She did. 52 00:06:01,771 --> 00:06:04,691 - I refused her. - And yet you are alive. 53 00:06:07,443 --> 00:06:11,197 The High Septon crowned Aegon in the Dragonpit. 54 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:14,200 I witnessed it myself just before I fled on Meleys. 55 00:06:14,283 --> 00:06:16,786 They crowned him before the masses. 56 00:06:16,869 --> 00:06:19,998 So that the masses would see him as their rightful king. 57 00:06:20,081 --> 00:06:23,291 That whore of a Queen murdered my brother and stole his throne. 58 00:06:23,376 --> 00:06:25,956 And you could have burned them all for it. 59 00:06:26,045 --> 00:06:28,365 A war is like to be fought over this treachery, to be sure. 60 00:06:29,757 --> 00:06:31,507 Mm. 61 00:06:33,094 --> 00:06:36,056 But that war is not mine to begin. 62 00:06:36,139 --> 00:06:38,099 I only rushed this warning to you 63 00:06:38,182 --> 00:06:40,692 out of loyalty to my husband and to my house. 64 00:06:42,979 --> 00:06:44,939 The Greens are coming for you, Rhaenyra. 65 00:06:46,149 --> 00:06:47,229 And for your children. 66 00:06:49,318 --> 00:06:51,358 You should leave Dragonstone at once. 67 00:07:11,049 --> 00:07:13,549 The babe is coming. 68 00:07:21,017 --> 00:07:22,018 Her term is far from complete. 69 00:07:22,101 --> 00:07:24,729 This should not be happening. 70 00:07:24,812 --> 00:07:27,649 It is fucking happening. 71 00:07:27,732 --> 00:07:31,361 Keep your head about you, Princess. Come. 72 00:07:31,444 --> 00:07:34,906 We've done this five times before. 73 00:07:34,989 --> 00:07:37,367 Keep your spirit, and the sixth will be no different. 74 00:07:37,450 --> 00:07:39,828 Get off, get off, get off, get off! 75 00:07:39,911 --> 00:07:42,751 Ow, ow, ow. 76 00:07:46,209 --> 00:07:47,959 I want patrols along the island's perimeter, 77 00:07:48,044 --> 00:07:51,423 looking for any small ships that might set ashore. 78 00:07:51,506 --> 00:07:53,756 If the Greens attack now, it will be by stealth... 79 00:07:53,841 --> 00:07:55,841 Not directly. 80 00:07:55,927 --> 00:07:57,679 We don't have enough men to surround the island, 81 00:07:57,762 --> 00:08:00,432 but we can make ourselves appear stronger than they are. 82 00:08:03,976 --> 00:08:05,395 Conscript the Dragonkeepers. They're capable fighters. 83 00:08:05,478 --> 00:08:07,897 - Waste no time. - It will be done, my Prince. 84 00:08:20,910 --> 00:08:24,830 - What was that? - I'm sorry. 85 00:08:24,914 --> 00:08:26,874 You might go easier 86 00:08:26,958 --> 00:08:28,708 on him, my Prince, 87 00:08:28,793 --> 00:08:30,211 so he can learn what you're trying to teach. 88 00:08:30,294 --> 00:08:33,764 Your lady mother needs to see you! 89 00:08:35,758 --> 00:08:37,427 Both of you. 90 00:08:37,510 --> 00:08:40,180 Mother? 91 00:08:43,224 --> 00:08:44,814 Fuck. 92 00:08:46,269 --> 00:08:48,649 Princess. 93 00:08:59,657 --> 00:09:01,947 Your grandsire, King Viserys, has passed. 94 00:09:02,034 --> 00:09:03,370 V-Viserys? 95 00:09:03,453 --> 00:09:06,413 The Greens have repudiated the succession 96 00:09:06,497 --> 00:09:08,247 and claimed the Iron Throne. 97 00:09:12,295 --> 00:09:14,085 Aegon has been crowned king. 98 00:09:15,464 --> 00:09:17,384 - What is to be done about it? - Nothing yet. 99 00:09:17,467 --> 00:09:20,927 - And where is Daemon? - I don't know. 100 00:09:21,012 --> 00:09:22,602 Gone to madness. 101 00:09:24,807 --> 00:09:26,097 Gone to plot his war. 102 00:09:27,310 --> 00:09:30,190 - Leave Daemon with me. - Jace. 103 00:09:30,980 --> 00:09:32,110 Jacaerys. 104 00:09:37,695 --> 00:09:41,365 Whatever claim remains to me, you are now its heir. 105 00:09:41,449 --> 00:09:44,449 Naught is to be done but by my command. 106 00:09:58,674 --> 00:10:00,927 A raven flew in this morning. 107 00:10:01,010 --> 00:10:02,510 The Sea Snake's fever has broken, 108 00:10:02,595 --> 00:10:04,385 and he has left Evenfall. 109 00:10:04,472 --> 00:10:07,892 - Where is he sailing? - That much is unclear, my Prince. 110 00:10:07,975 --> 00:10:09,765 We'll send ravens to our nearest allies: 111 00:10:09,852 --> 00:10:13,062 Lords Darklyn, Massey... 112 00:10:13,147 --> 00:10:16,276 - And Bar Emmon. - Daemon! 113 00:10:16,359 --> 00:10:18,609 Do you want to speak to the maester, my Prince? 114 00:10:26,410 --> 00:10:28,660 I'll fly to the Riverlands myself 115 00:10:28,746 --> 00:10:30,076 and affirm Lord Tully's support. 116 00:10:30,164 --> 00:10:31,754 You will do no such thing. 117 00:10:34,669 --> 00:10:37,459 My mother has decreed no action be taken while she's abed. 118 00:10:43,970 --> 00:10:46,470 It's good you're here, young Prince. 119 00:10:46,555 --> 00:10:49,475 You're needed to patrol the skies on Vermax. 120 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:50,559 Did you hear what I said? 121 00:10:54,272 --> 00:10:55,692 The ravens, Lord Bartimos. 122 00:10:59,026 --> 00:10:59,986 I shall see it done. 123 00:11:00,069 --> 00:11:01,649 Summon Ser Steffon. 124 00:11:01,737 --> 00:11:04,817 Our Kingsguard are needed on the Dragonmont. 125 00:11:04,907 --> 00:11:07,947 Come with me. I'll show you the true meaning of loyalty. 126 00:11:14,750 --> 00:11:18,338 You swore an oath as knights of the Kingsguard. 127 00:11:18,421 --> 00:11:20,881 As do all who wear the white cloak, my Prince. 128 00:11:22,341 --> 00:11:24,636 To whom? 129 00:11:24,719 --> 00:11:28,639 I swore first to King Jaehaerys, my Prince. 130 00:11:28,723 --> 00:11:29,933 And then to His Grace, 131 00:11:30,016 --> 00:11:32,266 King Viserys, when he succeeded him. 132 00:11:32,351 --> 00:11:34,191 Do you acknowledge the true line of succession? 133 00:11:35,146 --> 00:11:36,976 - Yes. - Yes, my Prince. 134 00:11:43,738 --> 00:11:45,608 Do you recall... 135 00:11:45,698 --> 00:11:49,408 who King Viserys named as his heir before his death? 136 00:11:51,954 --> 00:11:54,874 Princess Rhaenyra. 137 00:11:54,957 --> 00:11:56,787 Hm. 138 00:11:56,876 --> 00:12:00,586 I'm grateful for your long service to the crown. 139 00:12:01,547 --> 00:12:04,297 So I'm presenting you with a choice. 140 00:12:26,864 --> 00:12:31,744 Swear anew your oath to Rhaenyra as your queen... 141 00:12:31,827 --> 00:12:34,247 to Prince Jacaerys as the heir to the Iron Throne. 142 00:12:38,876 --> 00:12:41,126 Or... 143 00:12:41,212 --> 00:12:42,892 if you support the usurper, speak it now... 144 00:12:45,257 --> 00:12:47,057 and you will have a clean and honorable death. 145 00:12:48,761 --> 00:12:51,097 But if you choose treachery, 146 00:12:51,180 --> 00:12:54,640 if you swear fealty now only to later turn your cloaks... 147 00:12:57,353 --> 00:13:00,313 know that you will die... 148 00:13:00,398 --> 00:13:01,398 screaming. 149 00:13:07,530 --> 00:13:08,660 Princess, let us help you. 150 00:13:12,034 --> 00:13:13,914 No. 151 00:13:16,330 --> 00:13:19,000 - Get out! - Princess, please. 152 00:13:19,083 --> 00:13:20,960 - Get out. - You should not do this alone, Princess. 153 00:13:21,043 --> 00:13:22,043 Let us help you. 154 00:16:47,249 --> 00:16:48,959 I mean no harm, brothers. 155 00:17:12,441 --> 00:17:14,111 I swear to ward the Queen... 156 00:17:16,945 --> 00:17:18,565 with all my strength... 157 00:17:19,865 --> 00:17:22,695 and give my blood for hers. 158 00:17:27,623 --> 00:17:29,713 I shall take no wife... 159 00:17:30,459 --> 00:17:32,799 hold no lands... 160 00:17:34,213 --> 00:17:35,548 father no children. 161 00:17:35,631 --> 00:17:38,801 I shall guard her secrets... 162 00:17:39,468 --> 00:17:42,346 obey her commands... 163 00:17:42,429 --> 00:17:45,929 ride at her side, and defend her name and honor. 164 00:18:11,542 --> 00:18:12,962 My Queen. 165 00:19:56,104 --> 00:19:59,984 Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, First of Her Name, 166 00:20:00,067 --> 00:20:04,067 Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men. 167 00:20:04,154 --> 00:20:07,704 Lady of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm. 168 00:20:11,411 --> 00:20:12,911 Your Grace. 169 00:20:21,463 --> 00:20:23,303 Wine, my Queen. 170 00:20:26,176 --> 00:20:27,506 Thank you, Rhaena. 171 00:20:28,470 --> 00:20:29,680 Come. 172 00:20:54,162 --> 00:20:55,122 - What is our standing? - We have 30 knights, 173 00:20:55,205 --> 00:20:58,745 a hundred crossbowmen, and 300 men-at-arms. 174 00:20:58,834 --> 00:21:00,586 Dragonstone is relatively easy to defend, 175 00:21:00,669 --> 00:21:01,921 but as an instrument of conquest, 176 00:21:02,004 --> 00:21:04,256 our army leaves a lot to be desired. 177 00:21:04,339 --> 00:21:06,717 We have sent word to my loyal men in the City Watch. 178 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:07,718 I'll have some support there, 179 00:21:07,801 --> 00:21:08,928 but I cannot speak to the numbers. 180 00:21:09,011 --> 00:21:11,931 We already have declarations from Celtigar and Staunton, 181 00:21:12,014 --> 00:21:15,394 Massey, Darklyn, Bar Emmon. 182 00:21:18,020 --> 00:21:19,270 My lady mother was an Arryn. 183 00:21:19,354 --> 00:21:22,566 The Vale will not turn cloak against their own kin. 184 00:21:22,649 --> 00:21:24,149 Riverrun was always a close friend 185 00:21:24,234 --> 00:21:26,070 to your father, Your Grace. 186 00:21:26,153 --> 00:21:27,822 With Prince Daemon's acquiescence, 187 00:21:27,905 --> 00:21:30,195 I've already sent ravens to Lord Grover. 188 00:21:33,327 --> 00:21:36,327 Lord Grover is fickle and easily swayed. 189 00:21:36,413 --> 00:21:38,958 He will need to be convinced of the strength of our position 190 00:21:39,041 --> 00:21:41,836 and that we will support him should it come to war. 191 00:21:41,919 --> 00:21:43,919 I'm going to treat with him myself. 192 00:21:44,004 --> 00:21:45,631 What of Storm's End and Winterfell? 193 00:21:45,714 --> 00:21:48,300 There has never lived a Stark who forgot an oath. 194 00:21:48,383 --> 00:21:51,220 And with House Stark, the North will follow. 195 00:21:51,303 --> 00:21:54,973 Lord Borros Baratheon will need to be reminded of his father's promises. 196 00:22:07,903 --> 00:22:10,033 What news from Driftmark? 197 00:22:12,741 --> 00:22:13,826 Lord Corlys sails for Dragonstone. 198 00:22:13,909 --> 00:22:16,199 To declare for his Queen. 199 00:22:18,288 --> 00:22:21,375 The Velaryon fleet is in my husband's yoke. 200 00:22:21,458 --> 00:22:23,335 He decides where they sail. 201 00:22:23,418 --> 00:22:26,588 We shall pray for both you and your husband's support. 202 00:22:26,672 --> 00:22:29,842 Just as we prayed nightly for the Sea Snake's return to good health. 203 00:22:31,093 --> 00:22:33,053 There's no port on the Narrow Sea would dare to make 204 00:22:33,136 --> 00:22:34,376 an enemy of the Velaryon fleet. 205 00:22:37,349 --> 00:22:40,519 - And our enemies? - We have no friends among the Lannisters. 206 00:22:40,602 --> 00:22:43,689 Tyland has served the Hand too long to turn against him. 207 00:22:43,772 --> 00:22:46,022 And Otto Hightower needs the Lannister fleet. 208 00:22:46,108 --> 00:22:47,401 Without the Lannisters, we are not like to find 209 00:22:47,484 --> 00:22:49,904 - Any allies west of the Golden Tooth. - No. 210 00:22:53,156 --> 00:22:54,756 The Riverlands are essential, Your Grace. 211 00:22:56,368 --> 00:22:58,118 Pray forgive my bluntness, Your Grace, 212 00:22:58,203 --> 00:22:59,705 but talk of men is moot. 213 00:22:59,788 --> 00:23:02,498 Your cause owns a power 214 00:23:02,582 --> 00:23:04,332 that has not been seen in this world 215 00:23:04,418 --> 00:23:06,918 since the days of Old Valyria. 216 00:23:07,004 --> 00:23:08,304 Dragons. 217 00:23:11,383 --> 00:23:12,883 The Greens have dragons as well. 218 00:23:12,968 --> 00:23:14,053 They have three adults, by my count. 219 00:23:14,136 --> 00:23:17,886 We have Syrax, Caraxes, and Meleys. 220 00:23:17,973 --> 00:23:19,975 Your sons have Vermax, Arrax, and Tyraxes. 221 00:23:20,058 --> 00:23:22,638 Baela has Moondancer. 222 00:23:22,728 --> 00:23:24,647 Daemon, none of our dragons have been to war. 223 00:23:24,730 --> 00:23:26,690 There are also unclaimed dragons. 224 00:23:26,773 --> 00:23:28,817 Seasmoke still resides on Driftmark. 225 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:31,779 Vermithor and Silverwing dwell on the Dragonmont, 226 00:23:31,862 --> 00:23:34,072 still riderless. 227 00:23:34,156 --> 00:23:36,408 Then there are the three wild dragons, all of whom nest here. 228 00:23:36,491 --> 00:23:37,910 And who is to ride them? 229 00:23:37,993 --> 00:23:41,372 Dragonstone has 13 to their 4. 230 00:23:41,455 --> 00:23:44,495 I also have a score of eggs incubating in the Dragonmont. 231 00:23:44,583 --> 00:23:48,128 Now... we need a place to gather, 232 00:23:48,211 --> 00:23:51,757 a toehold large enough to house a sizable host. 233 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:53,630 Here, at Harrenhal. We cut off the west, 234 00:23:53,717 --> 00:23:54,843 surround King's Landing with the dragons. 235 00:23:54,926 --> 00:23:57,256 And we could have every Green head mounted on spikes 236 00:23:57,345 --> 00:23:59,345 before the fucking moon turns. 237 00:23:59,431 --> 00:24:00,099 Your Grace... 238 00:24:00,182 --> 00:24:02,932 a ship has been sighted offshore: 239 00:24:03,018 --> 00:24:03,978 a lone galleon, flying a banner 240 00:24:04,061 --> 00:24:05,437 of a three-headed green dragon. 241 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,650 Alert the watchtowers. Sight the skies. 242 00:24:44,559 --> 00:24:48,309 I come at the behest of the Dowager Queen Alicent, 243 00:24:48,396 --> 00:24:50,606 mother of King Aegon, Second of His Name, 244 00:24:50,690 --> 00:24:53,360 Lord and Protector of the Seven Kingdoms. 245 00:24:53,443 --> 00:24:56,030 I've been directed to deliver her message 246 00:24:56,113 --> 00:24:58,913 only to Princess Rhaenyra. 247 00:24:59,741 --> 00:25:01,991 Where is the Princess? 248 00:25:55,922 --> 00:25:58,092 Princess Rhaenyra. 249 00:25:58,758 --> 00:26:01,845 I'm Queen Rhaenyra now. 250 00:26:01,928 --> 00:26:04,508 And you all are traitors to the realm. 251 00:26:04,598 --> 00:26:08,558 King Aegon Targaryen, Second of His Name... 252 00:26:10,270 --> 00:26:13,690 in his wisdom and desire for peace, 253 00:26:13,773 --> 00:26:15,233 is offering terms. 254 00:26:17,611 --> 00:26:18,445 Acknowledge Aegon as king 255 00:26:18,528 --> 00:26:21,318 and swear obeisance before the Iron Throne. 256 00:26:21,406 --> 00:26:23,236 In exchange, His Grace will confirm 257 00:26:23,325 --> 00:26:26,785 your possession of Dragonstone. 258 00:26:26,870 --> 00:26:28,497 It will pass to your trueborn son, 259 00:26:28,580 --> 00:26:30,457 Jacaerys, upon your death. 260 00:26:30,540 --> 00:26:31,830 Lucerys will be confirmed 261 00:26:31,917 --> 00:26:33,836 as the legitimate heir to Driftmark 262 00:26:33,919 --> 00:26:36,755 and all the lands and holdings of House Velaryon. 263 00:26:36,838 --> 00:26:38,628 Your sons by Prince Daemon 264 00:26:38,715 --> 00:26:41,715 will also be given places of high honor at court: 265 00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:44,261 Aegon the Younger as the King's squire, 266 00:26:44,346 --> 00:26:45,426 Viserys as his cupbearer. 267 00:26:45,513 --> 00:26:48,433 Finally, the King, in his good grace, 268 00:26:48,516 --> 00:26:50,846 will pardon any knight or lord 269 00:26:50,936 --> 00:26:53,605 who conspired against his ascent. 270 00:26:53,688 --> 00:26:56,268 I would rather feed my sons to the dragons 271 00:26:56,358 --> 00:26:59,438 than have them carry shields and cups 272 00:26:59,527 --> 00:27:03,817 for your drunken, usurper cunt of a king. 273 00:27:03,907 --> 00:27:07,327 Aegon Targaryen sits the Iron Throne. 274 00:27:08,203 --> 00:27:09,288 He wears the Conqueror's crown, 275 00:27:09,371 --> 00:27:11,121 wields the Conqueror's sword, 276 00:27:11,206 --> 00:27:13,416 has the Conqueror's name. 277 00:27:13,500 --> 00:27:16,290 He was anointed by a septon of the Faith 278 00:27:16,378 --> 00:27:17,462 before the eyes of thousands. 279 00:27:17,545 --> 00:27:22,715 Every symbol of legitimacy belongs to him. 280 00:27:24,844 --> 00:27:27,306 And then there is Stark, Tully, Baratheon. 281 00:27:27,389 --> 00:27:30,139 Houses that have also received, 282 00:27:30,225 --> 00:27:32,345 and are at present, 283 00:27:32,435 --> 00:27:35,475 considering generous terms from their king. 284 00:27:37,232 --> 00:27:41,320 Stark, Tully, and Baratheon all swore to me 285 00:27:41,403 --> 00:27:44,531 when King Viserys named me his heir. 286 00:27:44,614 --> 00:27:49,328 Stale oaths will not put you on the Iron Throne, Princess. 287 00:27:49,411 --> 00:27:52,911 The succession changed the day your father sired a son. 288 00:27:52,998 --> 00:27:58,668 I only regret that you and he were the last to see the truth of it. 289 00:27:58,753 --> 00:28:01,006 You are no more Hand than Aegon is king. 290 00:28:01,089 --> 00:28:02,759 Fucking traitor. 291 00:28:14,602 --> 00:28:16,232 Grand Maester. 292 00:28:21,484 --> 00:28:22,574 What the fuck is this? 293 00:28:38,168 --> 00:28:40,378 Queen Alicent has not forgotten the love 294 00:28:40,462 --> 00:28:43,212 you once had for each other. 295 00:28:43,298 --> 00:28:45,258 No blood need be spilled, 296 00:28:45,342 --> 00:28:48,802 so the realm can carry on in peace. 297 00:28:52,474 --> 00:28:53,767 Queen Alicent eagerly awaits your answer. 298 00:28:53,850 --> 00:28:57,060 She can have her answer now, stuffed in her father's mouth 299 00:28:57,145 --> 00:28:57,725 along with his withered cock. 300 00:28:57,812 --> 00:29:00,362 Let's end this mummer's farce. 301 00:29:01,816 --> 00:29:02,566 Ser Erryk, bring me Lord Hightower 302 00:29:02,650 --> 00:29:05,070 so I may take the pleasure myself. 303 00:29:10,033 --> 00:29:11,163 No. 304 00:29:22,879 --> 00:29:24,799 King's Landing will have my answer on the morrow. 305 00:29:47,612 --> 00:29:50,657 It's no easy thing for a man to be a dragonslayer. 306 00:29:50,740 --> 00:29:55,579 But dragons can kill dragons. And have. 307 00:29:55,662 --> 00:29:58,872 The simple truth is this: we have more dragons than Aegon. 308 00:29:58,957 --> 00:30:01,287 Viserys spoke often of the Valyrian histories. 309 00:30:01,376 --> 00:30:03,666 I know them well. 310 00:30:03,753 --> 00:30:05,883 When dragons flew to war... 311 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,260 everything burned. 312 00:30:10,385 --> 00:30:13,555 I do not wish to rule over a kingdom of ash and bone. 313 00:30:13,638 --> 00:30:16,808 Are you considering the Hightowers' terms, Your Grace? 314 00:30:16,891 --> 00:30:18,435 As Queen, what is my true duty 315 00:30:18,518 --> 00:30:21,146 to the realm, Lord Bartimos? 316 00:30:21,229 --> 00:30:22,647 Ensuring peace and unity? 317 00:30:22,730 --> 00:30:24,730 Or that I sit the Iron Throne, no matter the cost? 318 00:30:24,816 --> 00:30:28,316 - That's your father talking. - My father's dead. 319 00:30:30,113 --> 00:30:32,283 And he chose me as his successor... 320 00:30:34,742 --> 00:30:37,287 to defend the realm, not cast it headlong into war. 321 00:30:37,370 --> 00:30:38,622 Well, the enemy have declared war. 322 00:30:38,705 --> 00:30:41,165 What are you gonna do about it? 323 00:30:44,711 --> 00:30:45,751 Clear the room. 324 00:31:16,451 --> 00:31:17,951 Does the promise of war excite you? 325 00:31:18,036 --> 00:31:19,826 You cannot bend the knee to the Hightowers. 326 00:31:19,913 --> 00:31:20,663 They stole your birthright. 327 00:31:20,747 --> 00:31:23,166 If you could take the Iron Throne 328 00:31:23,249 --> 00:31:25,419 without putting Otto Hightower's head on a spike, 329 00:31:25,502 --> 00:31:26,837 - Would you? - Are you not angry? 330 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,339 - I should declare war because I'm angry? - No. 331 00:31:29,422 --> 00:31:31,383 Because it's your duty as Queen to crush rebellion. 332 00:31:31,466 --> 00:31:32,796 You know my oath 333 00:31:32,884 --> 00:31:35,514 reaches beyond our personal ambitions. 334 00:31:38,473 --> 00:31:40,563 A Song of Ice and Fire. 335 00:31:43,061 --> 00:31:44,351 What? 336 00:31:45,813 --> 00:31:47,274 The coming war against the darkness in the North, 337 00:31:47,357 --> 00:31:49,567 The Conqueror's Dream. 338 00:31:49,651 --> 00:31:51,778 Viserys shared it with me when he named me heir. 339 00:31:56,616 --> 00:32:01,696 My brother... was a slave to his omens and portents. 340 00:32:01,788 --> 00:32:03,707 Anything to make his feckless reign 341 00:32:03,790 --> 00:32:05,420 appear to have purpose. 342 00:32:09,170 --> 00:32:11,010 Dreams didn't make us kings. 343 00:32:11,506 --> 00:32:12,836 Dragons did. 344 00:32:31,568 --> 00:32:33,108 He never told you... 345 00:32:36,197 --> 00:32:38,237 did he? 346 00:33:15,570 --> 00:33:19,870 I've had men whipped for falling asleep on their watch. 347 00:33:26,039 --> 00:33:27,619 You are no man. 348 00:33:31,419 --> 00:33:34,259 You abandoned me... 349 00:33:35,882 --> 00:33:37,762 when I most needed you. 350 00:33:38,718 --> 00:33:40,928 Both our children stolen from us. 351 00:33:42,430 --> 00:33:44,349 I needed you. 352 00:33:44,432 --> 00:33:45,392 Baela and Rhaena needed you, 353 00:33:45,475 --> 00:33:48,935 and you abandoned us for more adventure at sea. 354 00:33:49,020 --> 00:33:50,940 As has always been your way. 355 00:33:52,899 --> 00:33:55,359 I had no other place to turn. 356 00:33:56,778 --> 00:33:59,948 - I lost everything. - We lost, Corlys. 357 00:34:01,949 --> 00:34:04,989 We. 358 00:34:15,797 --> 00:34:18,216 I understand we have a new king. 359 00:34:18,299 --> 00:34:21,799 The Stranger casts a long shadow over this family. 360 00:34:28,184 --> 00:34:30,437 Your brother is also dead. 361 00:34:34,941 --> 00:34:37,986 In his haste to bury you and claim your seat, 362 00:34:38,069 --> 00:34:39,569 he stood before the King 363 00:34:39,654 --> 00:34:42,494 and denounced Laenor's sons as illegitimate. 364 00:34:47,662 --> 00:34:50,122 Daemon took his head for it. 365 00:34:54,794 --> 00:34:59,344 Heedless ambition has always been a Velaryon weakness. 366 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,600 You were right, Rhaenys. 367 00:35:07,390 --> 00:35:10,060 I reached too far. And for nothing. 368 00:35:13,187 --> 00:35:18,147 Our pursuit of the Iron Throne... is at an end. 369 00:35:21,654 --> 00:35:25,534 We shall declare for no one. 370 00:35:26,909 --> 00:35:29,245 We will retire to High Tide 371 00:35:29,328 --> 00:35:31,368 to be content... 372 00:35:31,456 --> 00:35:33,826 with our grandchildren and... 373 00:35:33,916 --> 00:35:36,166 Jace, Luke, and Joff are claimants to the throne. 374 00:35:38,755 --> 00:35:41,755 Those boys'll not be safe so long as Aegon is king. 375 00:35:44,051 --> 00:35:48,221 Rhaenyra was complicit in our son's death. 376 00:35:49,849 --> 00:35:51,476 That girl destroys everything she touches. 377 00:35:51,559 --> 00:35:54,437 That "girl..." 378 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,770 is holding the realm together at present. 379 00:35:57,857 --> 00:35:59,607 Every man standing 'round the Painted Table 380 00:35:59,692 --> 00:36:01,862 urges her to plunge the realm into war. 381 00:36:03,237 --> 00:36:07,325 Rhaenyra's the only one who's demonstrated restraint. 382 00:36:07,408 --> 00:36:08,660 The purpose of war is to fill graveyards, 383 00:36:08,743 --> 00:36:09,911 my dear Lord Staunton. 384 00:36:09,994 --> 00:36:12,664 The trick is to put more of their men 385 00:36:12,747 --> 00:36:13,867 in the ground than your own. 386 00:36:13,956 --> 00:36:15,536 Easy words for a lord who commands 387 00:36:15,625 --> 00:36:17,335 - From the safety of his castle. - Doesn't make it any less true. 388 00:36:17,418 --> 00:36:18,748 The Lord of the Tides! 389 00:36:18,836 --> 00:36:22,506 Lord Corlys Velaryon... 390 00:36:22,590 --> 00:36:26,050 and his wife, the Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. 391 00:36:36,646 --> 00:36:39,106 My lords. 392 00:36:39,190 --> 00:36:41,526 Lord Corlys. 393 00:36:41,609 --> 00:36:44,239 It brings much relief to see you hale and healthy again. 394 00:36:46,781 --> 00:36:50,076 I'm very sorry about your father, Princess. 395 00:36:50,159 --> 00:36:51,739 He was a good man. 396 00:37:03,464 --> 00:37:05,592 Where is Daemon? 397 00:37:05,675 --> 00:37:08,715 There were other concerns which demanded the Prince's attention. 398 00:37:09,387 --> 00:37:11,137 Mm. 399 00:37:20,064 --> 00:37:21,444 Your declared allies? 400 00:37:23,150 --> 00:37:26,740 - Yes. - Too few to win a war for the throne. 401 00:37:28,155 --> 00:37:31,025 Well, we would also hope to have the support 402 00:37:31,117 --> 00:37:33,398 - Of Houses Arryn, Baratheon, and Stark. - Hope... 403 00:37:34,871 --> 00:37:36,501 is the fool's ally. 404 00:37:38,165 --> 00:37:41,285 Both Arryn and Baratheon share blood with my house. 405 00:37:41,377 --> 00:37:43,497 But all of them swore oaths to me. 406 00:37:43,588 --> 00:37:45,418 As did House Hightower... 407 00:37:45,506 --> 00:37:46,006 if I remember. 408 00:37:46,090 --> 00:37:49,720 As did you, Lord Corlys. 409 00:38:03,524 --> 00:38:04,944 Your father's realm... 410 00:38:05,985 --> 00:38:08,985 was one of justice and honor. 411 00:38:09,947 --> 00:38:12,657 Our houses are bound by common blood 412 00:38:12,742 --> 00:38:14,372 and common cause. 413 00:38:15,328 --> 00:38:19,038 This Hightower treason cannot stand. 414 00:38:24,587 --> 00:38:28,127 You have the full support of our fleet and house. 415 00:38:29,759 --> 00:38:32,799 Your Grace. 416 00:38:39,018 --> 00:38:41,648 You honor me, Lord Corlys. 417 00:38:47,735 --> 00:38:49,855 Princess Rhaenys. 418 00:38:52,990 --> 00:38:57,620 But, as I said to my bannermen, 419 00:38:57,703 --> 00:38:58,496 I made a promise to my father 420 00:38:58,579 --> 00:39:01,539 to hold the realm strong and united. 421 00:39:03,084 --> 00:39:04,752 If war's first stroke is to fall, 422 00:39:04,835 --> 00:39:06,165 it will not be by my hand. 423 00:39:06,837 --> 00:39:08,207 You do not mean to act? 424 00:39:08,297 --> 00:39:12,757 Taking caution does not mean standing fast. 425 00:39:12,843 --> 00:39:14,888 I wish to know who my allies are 426 00:39:14,971 --> 00:39:17,721 before I send them to war. 427 00:39:25,564 --> 00:39:27,066 The consequence of my... 428 00:39:27,149 --> 00:39:31,069 near-demise in the Stepstones... 429 00:39:32,279 --> 00:39:34,699 is that we now control them. 430 00:39:34,782 --> 00:39:37,368 I took care to fully garrison the territory this time. 431 00:39:37,451 --> 00:39:39,161 A total blockade of the shipping lanes 432 00:39:39,245 --> 00:39:42,415 will be in place in days, if not already. 433 00:39:42,498 --> 00:39:44,876 The Triarchy have been routed. 434 00:39:44,959 --> 00:39:47,039 The Narrow Sea is ours. 435 00:39:49,797 --> 00:39:52,547 If we... further seal the Gullet, 436 00:39:52,633 --> 00:39:54,761 we can cut off all seaborne travel and trade 437 00:39:54,844 --> 00:39:57,931 to King's Landing. 438 00:39:58,014 --> 00:40:00,604 I shall take Meleys and patrol the Gullet myself. 439 00:40:05,688 --> 00:40:08,518 When we drain the Narrow Sea, 440 00:40:08,607 --> 00:40:10,647 we can surround King's Landing, 441 00:40:10,735 --> 00:40:12,065 lay siege to the Red Keep, 442 00:40:12,153 --> 00:40:14,613 and force the Greens' surrender. 443 00:40:14,697 --> 00:40:19,237 If we are to have enough swords to surround King's Landing, 444 00:40:19,326 --> 00:40:20,906 we must first secure the support 445 00:40:20,995 --> 00:40:22,080 of Winterfell, the Eyrie, and Storm's End. 446 00:40:22,163 --> 00:40:25,917 I'll prepare the ravens, Your Grace. 447 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,337 We should bear those messages. 448 00:40:29,420 --> 00:40:32,465 Dragons can fly faster than ravens 449 00:40:32,548 --> 00:40:34,178 and they're more convincing. 450 00:40:37,595 --> 00:40:38,885 Send us. 451 00:40:40,848 --> 00:40:42,768 The Prince is right, Your Grace. 452 00:40:51,859 --> 00:40:52,989 Very well. 453 00:40:54,028 --> 00:40:57,028 Prince Jacaerys will fly north. 454 00:40:57,114 --> 00:40:59,450 First to the Eyrie to see my mother's cousin, the Lady Jeyne Arryn, 455 00:40:59,533 --> 00:41:03,162 and then to Winterfell to treat with Lord Cregan Stark 456 00:41:03,245 --> 00:41:04,405 for the support of the North. 457 00:41:06,373 --> 00:41:09,127 Prince Lucerys will fly south to Storm's End 458 00:41:09,210 --> 00:41:12,130 and treat with Lord Borros Baratheon. 459 00:41:12,213 --> 00:41:15,383 We must remind these lords of the oaths they swore. 460 00:41:18,010 --> 00:41:20,930 And... the cost of breaking them. 461 00:41:44,912 --> 00:41:46,164 It's been said that as Targaryens, 462 00:41:46,247 --> 00:41:50,167 we are closer to gods than to men. 463 00:41:52,211 --> 00:41:55,171 And the Iron Throne puts us a touch closer, perhaps. 464 00:41:56,882 --> 00:42:00,802 But, if we are to serve the Seven Kingdoms... 465 00:42:01,887 --> 00:42:04,677 we must answer to their gods. 466 00:42:04,765 --> 00:42:09,975 If you take this errand, you go as messengers... not as warriors. 467 00:42:10,062 --> 00:42:12,522 You must take no part in any fighting. 468 00:42:13,107 --> 00:42:15,067 Swear it to me now 469 00:42:15,151 --> 00:42:18,031 under the eyes of the Seven. 470 00:42:21,991 --> 00:42:24,031 I swear it. 471 00:42:28,038 --> 00:42:30,078 I swear it. 472 00:42:31,333 --> 00:42:34,383 Thank you. 473 00:42:35,129 --> 00:42:38,799 Cregan Stark is... 474 00:42:38,883 --> 00:42:40,051 close to your age than is mine. 475 00:42:40,134 --> 00:42:42,845 I would hope, that as men, 476 00:42:42,928 --> 00:42:44,928 you can find some common interest. 477 00:42:45,014 --> 00:42:46,394 Yes, Your Grace. 478 00:42:55,649 --> 00:42:57,819 Storm's End is a short flight from here. 479 00:42:59,486 --> 00:43:00,236 You have Baratheon blood 480 00:43:00,321 --> 00:43:03,199 from your grandmother, Rhaenys. 481 00:43:03,282 --> 00:43:04,575 And... 482 00:43:04,658 --> 00:43:07,868 Lord Borros is an eternally proud man. 483 00:43:07,953 --> 00:43:09,080 He will be honored 484 00:43:09,163 --> 00:43:11,958 to host a prince of the realm... 485 00:43:12,041 --> 00:43:13,421 and his dragon. 486 00:43:21,592 --> 00:43:24,552 I expect you will receive a very warm welcome. 487 00:43:26,180 --> 00:43:28,850 Yes, Mother. Y-Your Grace. 488 00:43:38,317 --> 00:43:40,067 Go to it then. 489 00:47:21,373 --> 00:47:23,833 I am Prince Lucerys Velaryon. 490 00:47:23,917 --> 00:47:26,037 I bring a message to Lord Borros from the Queen. 491 00:47:43,187 --> 00:47:45,357 Prince Lucerys Velaryon. 492 00:47:50,819 --> 00:47:55,279 Son of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. 493 00:47:58,410 --> 00:47:59,750 Lord Borros... 494 00:48:02,581 --> 00:48:05,501 I brought you a message from my mother... 495 00:48:05,584 --> 00:48:07,878 the Queen. 496 00:48:07,961 --> 00:48:11,301 Yet earlier this day, I received an envoy from the King. 497 00:48:12,382 --> 00:48:13,217 Which is it? 498 00:48:13,300 --> 00:48:16,050 King or Queen? 499 00:48:16,136 --> 00:48:19,886 The House of the Dragon does not seem to know who rules it. 500 00:48:21,934 --> 00:48:25,024 What's your mother's message? 501 00:48:41,286 --> 00:48:42,786 Where's the bloody maester? 502 00:49:17,698 --> 00:49:20,868 "Remind" me of my father's oath. 503 00:49:21,994 --> 00:49:24,705 King Aegon at least came with an offer: 504 00:49:24,788 --> 00:49:26,998 my swords and banners for a marriage pact. 505 00:49:28,959 --> 00:49:32,169 If I do as your mother bids... 506 00:49:32,254 --> 00:49:34,014 which one of my daughters will you wed... 507 00:49:36,216 --> 00:49:38,466 boy? 508 00:49:38,552 --> 00:49:41,012 My lord... I am not free to marry. 509 00:49:43,015 --> 00:49:44,465 I'm already betrothed. 510 00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:49,060 So you come with empty hands. 511 00:49:51,231 --> 00:49:53,317 Go home, pup. 512 00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:54,693 And tell your mother that the Lord of Storm's End 513 00:49:54,776 --> 00:49:56,695 is not some dog that she can whistle up 514 00:49:56,778 --> 00:50:00,198 at need to set against her foes. 515 00:50:02,451 --> 00:50:06,291 I shall take your answer to the Queen, my lord. 516 00:50:11,668 --> 00:50:14,048 Wait... 517 00:50:15,922 --> 00:50:17,512 my Lord Strong. 518 00:50:21,470 --> 00:50:23,847 Did you really think 519 00:50:23,930 --> 00:50:26,767 that you could just fly about the realm 520 00:50:26,850 --> 00:50:29,350 trying to steal my brother's throne at no cost? 521 00:50:31,229 --> 00:50:33,729 I will not fight you. 522 00:50:33,815 --> 00:50:36,685 I came as a messenger, not a warrior. 523 00:50:36,777 --> 00:50:38,487 A fight would be little challenge. 524 00:50:41,573 --> 00:50:42,741 No. 525 00:50:42,824 --> 00:50:45,704 I want you to put out your eye. 526 00:50:47,663 --> 00:50:49,003 As payment for mine. 527 00:50:51,458 --> 00:50:53,788 One will serve. 528 00:50:57,631 --> 00:50:59,051 I would not blind you. 529 00:51:01,301 --> 00:51:04,391 Mm, plan to make a gift of it to my mother. 530 00:51:08,767 --> 00:51:10,807 No. 531 00:51:10,894 --> 00:51:13,022 Then you are craven as well as a traitor. 532 00:51:13,105 --> 00:51:13,855 Not here. 533 00:51:13,939 --> 00:51:14,729 Give me your eye 534 00:51:14,815 --> 00:51:17,895 or I will take it, bastard! 535 00:51:17,984 --> 00:51:19,034 Not in my hall! 536 00:51:20,821 --> 00:51:21,780 The boy came as an envoy. 537 00:51:21,863 --> 00:51:25,283 I'll not have bloodshed beneath my roof. 538 00:51:25,367 --> 00:51:26,702 Take Prince Lucerys back to his dragon. 539 00:51:26,785 --> 00:51:29,405 Now. 540 00:54:23,962 --> 00:54:25,672 Ugh! 541 00:55:08,381 --> 00:55:12,301 No, no, no, no, no! No, Vhagar! No! 542 00:55:13,637 --> 00:55:16,597 Serve me, Vhagar! No! 543 00:55:38,787 --> 00:55:41,665 Vhagar! No! No...