1 00:00:00,959 --> 00:00:02,335 CREGAN STARK: I have thousands of greybeards. 2 00:00:02,335 --> 00:00:05,171 If your greybeards can fight, the Queen will have them. 3 00:00:05,672 --> 00:00:07,090 They will fight hard, 4 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:09,009 like northerners. 5 00:00:09,926 --> 00:00:11,094 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) 6 00:00:11,094 --> 00:00:13,304 (DRAGON SCREECHES) 7 00:00:13,763 --> 00:00:17,142 Our victory depends on the efforts of the small folk. 8 00:00:17,142 --> 00:00:19,644 The King has promised us some relief. 9 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:21,438 Did he say when? 10 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,357 RHAENYRA TARGARYEN: I've decided to send Joffrey to ward 11 00:00:24,482 --> 00:00:26,860 with my cousin, Lady Jeyne Arryn. 12 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:28,987 Aegon and Viserys will accompany him. 13 00:00:29,487 --> 00:00:31,990 I need you to be the mother to them that I cannot. 14 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:34,492 Guard them as a dragon guards her eggs. 15 00:00:35,493 --> 00:00:39,164 Do you accept me as your Queen and ruler? 16 00:00:39,456 --> 00:00:41,666 Or do you cling even now to what you think you lost? 17 00:00:41,666 --> 00:00:44,210 ALYS RIVERS: You've come here after quarreling with your wife. 18 00:00:45,337 --> 00:00:48,298 I mean, does it please you that her legitimacy is contested 19 00:00:48,298 --> 00:00:51,509 as you stand here with a castle and a dragon? 20 00:00:51,801 --> 00:00:54,220 SIMON STRONG: Ser Willem Blackwood of House Blackwood, Your Grace. 21 00:00:54,512 --> 00:00:55,972 WILLEM BLACKWOOD: Once you and your dragon 22 00:00:55,972 --> 00:00:58,350 bring the Queen's justice to the Brackens, 23 00:00:58,808 --> 00:01:00,185 our armies will be yours. 24 00:01:01,561 --> 00:01:03,396 SPEAKER: Cole is already preparing his attack. 25 00:01:03,813 --> 00:01:06,733 AEGON II TARGARYEN: The two of you have been plotting 26 00:01:06,858 --> 00:01:08,485 without my authority. 27 00:01:08,860 --> 00:01:10,028 They don't care what I think. 28 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:11,988 Do you think simply wearing the crown 29 00:01:11,988 --> 00:01:13,239 imbues you with wisdom? 30 00:01:16,868 --> 00:01:18,703 Cole marches on Rook's Rest. 31 00:01:18,995 --> 00:01:20,330 - Send me. - No. 32 00:01:20,705 --> 00:01:23,667 RHAENYS TARGARYEN: You must send me, Your Grace. 33 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:25,710 This was your secret plot, Cole? 34 00:01:26,002 --> 00:01:27,420 For the King himself to lay ambush 35 00:01:27,545 --> 00:01:29,172 - and mayhaps die in the attempt. - (FRUSTRATED GRUNT) 36 00:01:29,172 --> 00:01:30,340 CRISTON COLE: No! 37 00:01:31,049 --> 00:01:32,258 (DRAGON SCREECHES) 38 00:01:32,384 --> 00:01:33,593 AEGON: Thank the gods! 39 00:01:34,219 --> 00:01:35,428 Dracarys! 40 00:01:36,262 --> 00:01:37,389 No! 41 00:01:39,891 --> 00:01:42,769 - (VHAGAR ROARS) - (MELEYS SCREECHES) 42 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:47,774 CRISTON: Where is His Grace? 43 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:55,907 (BREATHING SHAKILY) 44 00:02:03,248 --> 00:02:06,418 (epic theme playing) 45 00:02:51,421 --> 00:02:53,631 ♪ 46 00:03:47,018 --> 00:03:49,187 (music fades out) 47 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:56,986 (tense, solemn music playing) 48 00:04:03,535 --> 00:04:05,203 (footsteps approach) 49 00:04:20,885 --> 00:04:22,887 ♪ 50 00:04:32,564 --> 00:04:34,274 (inhales) 51 00:04:42,407 --> 00:04:44,409 ♪ 52 00:04:57,589 --> 00:05:00,759 - (bell tolling) - (street chatter) 53 00:05:07,098 --> 00:05:09,809 - Only one. - That's enough, stand back. 54 00:05:09,934 --> 00:05:13,063 - (chatter continues) - (distant horn blowing) 55 00:05:13,063 --> 00:05:15,106 (bell tolling) 56 00:05:16,775 --> 00:05:18,276 knight: Behold! 57 00:05:18,902 --> 00:05:21,946 The traitor dragon Meleys! 58 00:05:22,072 --> 00:05:26,242 - (crowd clamoring) - Slain at Rook's Rest 59 00:05:26,242 --> 00:05:27,952 by your king! 60 00:05:30,121 --> 00:05:31,581 To Aegon! 61 00:05:31,581 --> 00:05:34,793 (tense music playing) 62 00:05:37,587 --> 00:05:40,090 (crowd murmuring) 63 00:05:40,090 --> 00:05:43,301 - It can't be... - They killed a dragon! 64 00:05:43,426 --> 00:05:46,429 townsperson 1: Mark my words, this is a black omen. 65 00:05:50,767 --> 00:05:52,977 ♪ 66 00:06:01,945 --> 00:06:04,030 - (bell tolling) - (horse neighs) 67 00:06:04,155 --> 00:06:06,825 townsperson 2: Rhaenyra will answer this. 68 00:06:07,659 --> 00:06:09,327 'Tis an abomination. 69 00:06:10,495 --> 00:06:12,872 Don't they realize we won the battle? 70 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:15,959 Strange victory... 71 00:06:16,668 --> 00:06:18,336 if it was one. 72 00:06:18,336 --> 00:06:20,380 ♪ 73 00:06:29,180 --> 00:06:30,849 (crowd chattering) 74 00:06:35,562 --> 00:06:37,981 - (horn blowing) - knight: Behold! 75 00:06:39,024 --> 00:06:41,818 The traitor dragon Meleys! 76 00:06:41,818 --> 00:06:43,653 I thought the dragons was gods. 77 00:06:43,653 --> 00:06:47,198 knight: Slain at Rook's Rest by your king! 78 00:06:47,198 --> 00:06:49,868 ♪ 79 00:06:55,540 --> 00:06:57,208 It's just meat. 80 00:06:58,543 --> 00:07:00,712 ♪ 81 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:15,352 (bell tolling) 82 00:07:28,406 --> 00:07:31,117 ♪ 83 00:07:50,428 --> 00:07:52,430 (solemn music playing) 84 00:08:15,161 --> 00:08:17,163 ♪ 85 00:08:36,641 --> 00:08:38,852 (music softens) 86 00:09:09,174 --> 00:09:11,176 ♪ 87 00:09:12,010 --> 00:09:14,179 (quiet chattering) 88 00:09:16,806 --> 00:09:17,891 Is he alive? 89 00:09:18,016 --> 00:09:20,018 His Grace... 90 00:09:20,143 --> 00:09:23,063 remains with us, for the moment. 91 00:09:27,525 --> 00:09:29,861 (music fades out) 92 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:32,822 (quiet chattering) 93 00:09:32,822 --> 00:09:36,576 - (Aegon breathing heavily) - (tools clinking) 94 00:09:39,704 --> 00:09:42,040 (pus squelching) 95 00:10:01,393 --> 00:10:03,561 (pus squelching) 96 00:10:05,730 --> 00:10:07,399 (grunting) 97 00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:18,451 (quiet chattering) 98 00:10:19,786 --> 00:10:21,037 Is my son going to die? 99 00:10:21,037 --> 00:10:22,872 I'm afraid I cannot say. 100 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:26,543 Now, if you'll excuse me, Your Grace, these next hours are most critical. 101 00:10:26,543 --> 00:10:27,752 Of course. 102 00:10:28,253 --> 00:10:31,423 (solemn music playing) 103 00:10:33,925 --> 00:10:36,094 (quiet chattering) 104 00:10:39,097 --> 00:10:40,473 (bone cracks) 105 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:42,434 Grand Maester Orwyle: Easy as you can. 106 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:49,065 ♪ 107 00:10:57,615 --> 00:10:59,617 (strained breathing) 108 00:11:02,287 --> 00:11:05,415 Someone will have to rule in his stead. 109 00:11:17,427 --> 00:11:19,137 (music softens) 110 00:11:19,262 --> 00:11:21,139 (footsteps approach) 111 00:11:26,770 --> 00:11:28,480 (birds chirping) 112 00:11:28,605 --> 00:11:31,274 - What happened? - We took the castle. 113 00:11:31,274 --> 00:11:34,027 At the cost of some 900 men. 114 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:37,447 So I've heard. 115 00:11:39,032 --> 00:11:41,701 I left a meager garrison behind to protect it 116 00:11:41,826 --> 00:11:44,329 and the king's dragon. 117 00:11:44,454 --> 00:11:46,498 Sunfyrewas long in the dying. 118 00:11:46,623 --> 00:11:49,334 The king, Ser Criston, what befell him? 119 00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:55,548 His Grace fought valiantly. 120 00:11:55,674 --> 00:11:58,343 (Criston polishing sword) 121 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:02,889 And Aemond? 122 00:12:03,014 --> 00:12:06,184 - (silence) - (birds chirping) 123 00:12:10,021 --> 00:12:12,190 What was his part in this? 124 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:18,029 I could not say. 125 00:12:21,491 --> 00:12:25,203 Alfred Broome: Our largest dragon has been killed. 126 00:12:25,328 --> 00:12:29,708 Criston Cole marches about the Crownlands unchallenged. 127 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:33,336 Duskendale and Rook's Rest are gone. 128 00:12:34,379 --> 00:12:36,006 We still have no ground army 129 00:12:36,006 --> 00:12:39,009 but the one we hope that Daemon will raise. 130 00:12:39,009 --> 00:12:43,179 He who has left us... after some marital spat. 131 00:12:43,179 --> 00:12:45,056 (quiet groans) 132 00:12:45,056 --> 00:12:47,392 Do you take issue with me, Ser Alfred? 133 00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:52,105 My loyalty to you is proven, my queen. 134 00:12:52,230 --> 00:12:54,357 Your loyalty, perhaps, 135 00:12:54,357 --> 00:12:57,193 but your willingness to give me deference in a time of war. 136 00:12:57,193 --> 00:13:00,363 I could never doubt your capability, 137 00:13:00,363 --> 00:13:03,283 or your quickness of mind. 138 00:13:04,409 --> 00:13:06,369 It is merely that the gentler sex, 139 00:13:06,369 --> 00:13:08,788 heretofore, has not been much privy 140 00:13:08,913 --> 00:13:11,750 to the strategies of battle, 141 00:13:11,750 --> 00:13:13,710 or their execution. 142 00:13:15,253 --> 00:13:17,047 There has been peace in our lifetime. 143 00:13:17,047 --> 00:13:19,591 You've seen no more battles than I have. 144 00:13:29,934 --> 00:13:33,271 (light, tense music playing) 145 00:13:39,319 --> 00:13:41,946 Send to Maidenpool and to Crackclaw Point. 146 00:13:41,946 --> 00:13:43,114 Let them man their garrisons 147 00:13:43,114 --> 00:13:44,741 and give them stores or weapons 148 00:13:44,741 --> 00:13:46,284 if they find them wanting. 149 00:13:47,285 --> 00:13:48,787 If Cole pursues his campaign, 150 00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:52,082 - our allies must be ready. - We must answer Rook's Rest, 151 00:13:52,082 --> 00:13:54,417 - and Duskendale. - Bartimos Celtigar: They are lost already. 152 00:13:54,417 --> 00:13:56,961 But Vhagar is depleted after such 153 00:13:56,961 --> 00:13:58,129 a hard-fought battle. 154 00:13:58,254 --> 00:13:59,422 Lorent Marbrand: If Aegon is dead-- 155 00:13:59,422 --> 00:14:00,799 Steffon Darklyn: We will soon know it. 156 00:14:00,799 --> 00:14:02,759 Gormon Massey: 'Twould be a victory in name only. 157 00:14:02,759 --> 00:14:04,928 They will soon prop up another in his stead. 158 00:14:04,928 --> 00:14:06,137 Bartimos: The time is ripe. 159 00:14:06,262 --> 00:14:07,472 If we can strike King's Landing 160 00:14:07,597 --> 00:14:09,099 before their dragon is recovered-- 161 00:14:09,099 --> 00:14:10,642 Then I myself must do it. 162 00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:14,312 My queen, you are the crown. It is out of the question. 163 00:14:14,312 --> 00:14:16,940 What would you have me do? 164 00:14:16,940 --> 00:14:19,150 ♪ 165 00:14:26,658 --> 00:14:28,660 ♪ 166 00:14:37,460 --> 00:14:39,546 Baela Targaryen: Jace? 167 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:43,466 Where are you going? 168 00:14:44,676 --> 00:14:48,972 To Harrenhal. To treat with Daemon. 169 00:14:48,972 --> 00:14:50,348 Rhaenys is fallen. 170 00:14:50,348 --> 00:14:52,225 He must affirm his loyalty to my mother 171 00:14:52,350 --> 00:14:54,352 and report his standing. 172 00:14:57,063 --> 00:14:59,357 And you think you will tame him... 173 00:14:59,482 --> 00:15:01,067 when the queen herself could not? 174 00:15:01,192 --> 00:15:03,987 My mother gladly sends you away 175 00:15:03,987 --> 00:15:05,822 to scout, to fight, 176 00:15:05,822 --> 00:15:08,908 whilst I'm here being forced to play the coddled princeling. 177 00:15:09,034 --> 00:15:13,246 - It's humiliating, Baela. - She only protects you. 178 00:15:13,371 --> 00:15:14,706 You are the succession. 179 00:15:14,831 --> 00:15:18,877 Then I must be seen to act for her claim and mine. 180 00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:25,258 I can sit still no longer. 181 00:15:27,761 --> 00:15:29,387 I must act. 182 00:15:36,895 --> 00:15:38,396 The Freys. 183 00:15:40,398 --> 00:15:42,734 They control the crossing at the Twins. 184 00:15:42,734 --> 00:15:45,570 Cregan Stark's graybeards are marching south. 185 00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:48,907 If his men had a direct route into the Riverlands, 186 00:15:48,907 --> 00:15:51,034 we would not have to wait for Daemon to act. 187 00:15:51,743 --> 00:15:54,412 I will treat with The Freys to secure it. 188 00:15:54,537 --> 00:15:56,247 She will not like it. 189 00:15:56,748 --> 00:16:00,627 Then don't tell her. Not until I'm away. 190 00:16:10,095 --> 00:16:12,263 (Caraxes calls) 191 00:16:13,807 --> 00:16:16,935 Daemon Targaryen: The hour is late and my dragon is hungry. 192 00:16:17,060 --> 00:16:20,397 - (horses neighing) - You have no choice but to submit. 193 00:16:20,397 --> 00:16:22,273 Our terms are simple, Lord Bracken. 194 00:16:22,273 --> 00:16:25,985 Renounce the false king Aegon as a usurper 195 00:16:26,111 --> 00:16:28,780 and bend the knee to me 196 00:16:28,905 --> 00:16:30,573 or your house burns. 197 00:16:30,573 --> 00:16:33,618 I would sooner be the Lord of Bones and Cinders 198 00:16:33,743 --> 00:16:38,081 than bend my knee before some heathen Blackwood cunt... 199 00:16:38,081 --> 00:16:39,666 and his hired dragon. 200 00:16:39,791 --> 00:16:41,292 The Brackens were a people hatched out 201 00:16:41,418 --> 00:16:43,753 of the deepest of the Seven Hells, Your Grace. 202 00:16:43,753 --> 00:16:45,296 It would be a kindness to oblige them 203 00:16:45,296 --> 00:16:47,298 and send them back whence they came. 204 00:16:47,298 --> 00:16:48,591 Did your brother's head 205 00:16:48,591 --> 00:16:51,136 keep on its way back to you, Willem? 206 00:16:51,469 --> 00:16:53,346 I heard the maggots got to it. 207 00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:56,474 That is quite the impression, Lord Bracken. 208 00:16:57,308 --> 00:16:59,519 But alas, not an answer. 209 00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:03,023 (horses grunting) 210 00:17:04,983 --> 00:17:06,985 (horse neighs) 211 00:17:09,195 --> 00:17:11,531 We choose fire. 212 00:17:11,656 --> 00:17:14,826 - (horse neighs) - (Caraxes grumbling) 213 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:24,794 I did not think they would be so eager to die. 214 00:17:25,503 --> 00:17:27,380 They made their choice. 215 00:17:27,672 --> 00:17:30,675 - You should've indulged them. - I need them alive. 216 00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:33,636 I came here to raise swords, not corpses. 217 00:17:34,179 --> 00:17:37,349 But now you see what my house has known for generations. 218 00:17:37,349 --> 00:17:39,351 They are pigheaded, intransigent-- 219 00:17:39,476 --> 00:17:42,020 They would rather burn than succumb. 220 00:17:45,690 --> 00:17:47,859 Exactly the kind of men I need. 221 00:17:49,861 --> 00:17:51,363 It may yet be possible, I think, 222 00:17:51,363 --> 00:17:53,406 for both of us to achieve our ends. 223 00:17:53,531 --> 00:17:56,201 We have fought them for an age and more. 224 00:17:56,201 --> 00:17:57,660 Then perhaps you could try 225 00:17:57,660 --> 00:18:00,038 less fighting and more... 226 00:18:03,833 --> 00:18:05,585 persuading. 227 00:18:06,378 --> 00:18:09,089 They are unyielding in battle. 228 00:18:12,050 --> 00:18:14,052 (wind blowing) 229 00:18:15,845 --> 00:18:18,682 But every man has a weakness. 230 00:18:18,682 --> 00:18:21,184 You take my meaning, then. 231 00:18:24,729 --> 00:18:28,900 There are things the crown itself must not been seen to do. 232 00:18:30,235 --> 00:18:31,736 Show them your worst. 233 00:18:31,861 --> 00:18:34,197 I am your servant, Your Grace. 234 00:18:34,197 --> 00:18:37,242 (tense music playing) 235 00:18:43,915 --> 00:18:45,917 (music intensifies) 236 00:18:55,260 --> 00:18:58,930 Jeyne Arryn: Over the centuries, many and more armies 237 00:18:58,930 --> 00:19:02,225 have broken themselves against my bloody gate. 238 00:19:04,269 --> 00:19:06,438 (music fades out) 239 00:19:06,438 --> 00:19:08,606 Are you listening? 240 00:19:09,399 --> 00:19:10,775 My lady. 241 00:19:11,276 --> 00:19:13,945 The Eyrie itself is impregnable. 242 00:19:16,114 --> 00:19:19,451 Unless, of course, we're descended upon from the sky. 243 00:19:19,576 --> 00:19:22,245 You promised the Queen Rhaenyra 15,000 swords-- 244 00:19:22,245 --> 00:19:25,498 In return for protection. A dragon. 245 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,836 Then she has exceeded your terms. 246 00:19:29,961 --> 00:19:31,129 She sent two. 247 00:19:31,671 --> 00:19:34,174 Both still wet from the egg. 248 00:19:34,299 --> 00:19:35,300 (scoffs) 249 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,345 I have hunting hounds that are more fearsome. 250 00:19:38,470 --> 00:19:40,805 They are dragons nonetheless. 251 00:19:41,306 --> 00:19:42,599 I do not recall you specifying 252 00:19:42,599 --> 00:19:44,309 the size of the beast in your request. 253 00:19:44,434 --> 00:19:46,311 Will you goad me, child? 254 00:19:46,811 --> 00:19:49,814 When your bread and shelter now depend on my pleasure? 255 00:19:51,483 --> 00:19:53,526 The dragons will grow... 256 00:19:54,486 --> 00:19:56,696 - in time. - I don't have time. 257 00:19:58,448 --> 00:20:00,825 I mislike feeling powerless. 258 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,661 So do I. 259 00:20:10,168 --> 00:20:11,961 This will be your chamber. 260 00:20:11,961 --> 00:20:14,172 I'll expect you at supper this evening? 261 00:20:17,133 --> 00:20:21,346 My sympathies for the death of your grandmother. 262 00:20:23,682 --> 00:20:25,850 (wind blowing) 263 00:20:29,521 --> 00:20:32,315 The way they spoke at my small council today. 264 00:20:32,315 --> 00:20:35,819 Mysaria: Do they hold you responsible for Rhaenys and her dragon? 265 00:20:35,819 --> 00:20:37,529 I would rather they had. 266 00:20:38,029 --> 00:20:40,740 They speak around me, not to me. 267 00:20:41,408 --> 00:20:42,534 (sighs) They would make me queen, 268 00:20:42,659 --> 00:20:44,828 but they wish to keep me here, confined. 269 00:20:44,828 --> 00:20:47,372 They betray their own smallness. 270 00:20:47,914 --> 00:20:49,207 In truth, I cannot fault them. 271 00:20:49,332 --> 00:20:53,503 I am now the sovereign. I cannot do as I please. 272 00:20:53,503 --> 00:20:56,214 And war has ever been for men to make. 273 00:20:56,214 --> 00:20:59,718 You are your father's chosen successor. 274 00:20:59,718 --> 00:21:02,178 He did not prepare me to fight. 275 00:21:02,178 --> 00:21:04,055 If I had been a son, 276 00:21:04,180 --> 00:21:07,726 a sword thrust into my hand the moment I could walk. 277 00:21:08,226 --> 00:21:10,520 Instead, I was given my father's cup... 278 00:21:11,062 --> 00:21:13,606 taught the name of every lord and castle 279 00:21:13,732 --> 00:21:15,191 between Storm's End and the Twins, 280 00:21:15,191 --> 00:21:18,403 but not the difference between hilt and foible. 281 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:21,072 And they know it. 282 00:21:22,407 --> 00:21:26,036 - And Daemon as well-- - Shall your evening meal be served here, Your Grace? 283 00:21:26,036 --> 00:21:27,746 (sharply) Not now. 284 00:21:28,705 --> 00:21:31,916 (distant dragons grumbling) 285 00:21:33,585 --> 00:21:35,295 Will you send to him? 286 00:21:36,713 --> 00:21:39,549 For too long, I have looked to him for strength. 287 00:21:39,549 --> 00:21:41,634 If I must be supplicant to my own husband, 288 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,595 what does that make me? 289 00:21:46,931 --> 00:21:50,143 I do not know my part, Mysaria. 290 00:21:52,979 --> 00:21:55,940 The path I walk has never been trod. 291 00:21:56,941 --> 00:22:00,737 Criston Cole made a mistake. 292 00:22:02,113 --> 00:22:06,409 Parading a dragon's head through the streets like a prize of war, 293 00:22:06,409 --> 00:22:08,453 but the people see an ill omen. 294 00:22:08,453 --> 00:22:09,954 (scoffs) Yes, as do I. 295 00:22:09,954 --> 00:22:13,291 They are afraid, bread is scarce, 296 00:22:13,291 --> 00:22:14,751 the king has fallen, 297 00:22:14,751 --> 00:22:17,337 they whisper to each other that when Viserys lived, 298 00:22:17,462 --> 00:22:19,589 - there was peace. - (sighs) 299 00:22:19,589 --> 00:22:22,342 But will whispers tear down stone... 300 00:22:22,467 --> 00:22:23,843 or break shields? 301 00:22:23,968 --> 00:22:27,347 Do not underestimate your subjects. 302 00:22:27,472 --> 00:22:28,973 They are a thousand-thousand 303 00:22:29,099 --> 00:22:30,767 living in the shadow of the Red Keep 304 00:22:30,767 --> 00:22:33,311 and forgotten for too long. 305 00:22:33,978 --> 00:22:36,189 And you think they will turn to me. 306 00:22:36,314 --> 00:22:40,819 To the discontented, rumors are feed. 307 00:22:41,653 --> 00:22:45,323 (light, tense music playing) 308 00:22:45,323 --> 00:22:47,117 Your Grace. 309 00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:53,832 What you cannot do, let others do for you. 310 00:22:54,958 --> 00:22:58,294 There is more than one way to fight a war. 311 00:22:58,294 --> 00:23:00,338 (music intensifies) 312 00:23:11,516 --> 00:23:13,727 ♪ 313 00:23:18,356 --> 00:23:20,316 (music fades out) 314 00:23:20,316 --> 00:23:22,986 Baela: The thought of her lying in a field, 315 00:23:22,986 --> 00:23:25,864 broken amongst her enemies. 316 00:23:36,207 --> 00:23:40,420 Did your grandmother ever tell you of the night she claimed Meleys? 317 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:43,423 She snuck into the Dragonpit. 318 00:23:44,049 --> 00:23:46,551 She knew that place better than any Elder. 319 00:23:47,052 --> 00:23:49,220 They say she could see in the dark. 320 00:23:50,722 --> 00:23:52,557 My father was furious. 321 00:23:52,682 --> 00:23:54,684 His own mother's dragon, 322 00:23:54,684 --> 00:23:56,061 the fastest beast ever known, 323 00:23:56,186 --> 00:23:58,021 - and she'd have none of him. - (Rhaenyra chuckles) 324 00:23:58,021 --> 00:24:00,523 But bent her neck to Rhaenys. 325 00:24:01,566 --> 00:24:03,735 She was fierce... 326 00:24:04,861 --> 00:24:07,072 in love and in anger. 327 00:24:09,574 --> 00:24:13,286 She did not always care for me, but... 328 00:24:14,913 --> 00:24:19,125 for what she gave me in the end, I'm grateful. 329 00:24:24,923 --> 00:24:28,051 I wished I had known her when she was young. 330 00:24:33,598 --> 00:24:37,936 - (chuckles) You are very like her in some ways. - (Baela chuckles) 331 00:24:40,438 --> 00:24:45,402 And with her gone... I must rely on you, I think. 332 00:24:45,402 --> 00:24:48,071 Your Grace? (sniffles) 333 00:24:48,071 --> 00:24:50,824 Would you give this to your grandsire? 334 00:25:02,252 --> 00:25:04,963 I do not wish to stand alone. 335 00:25:06,464 --> 00:25:08,633 (eerie rumbling) 336 00:25:08,633 --> 00:25:10,427 female voice: Daemon. 337 00:25:15,181 --> 00:25:16,516 Daemon. 338 00:25:17,267 --> 00:25:20,145 You were always the strong one. 339 00:25:21,980 --> 00:25:24,816 The finest swordsman... 340 00:25:27,485 --> 00:25:30,155 the fearless dragonrider. 341 00:25:31,948 --> 00:25:35,702 Your brother had great love in his heart... 342 00:25:35,827 --> 00:25:37,996 (heavy breathing) 343 00:25:39,873 --> 00:25:42,334 ...but he lacked your constitution. 344 00:25:43,168 --> 00:25:45,962 Viserys was unsuited for the crown... 345 00:25:49,007 --> 00:25:53,053 but you... Daemon, you were made to wear it. 346 00:26:01,353 --> 00:26:03,355 (heavy breathing) 347 00:26:13,198 --> 00:26:16,368 If only you'd been born first. 348 00:26:17,577 --> 00:26:20,038 My favorite son. 349 00:26:26,211 --> 00:26:29,589 (echoing) Is the duck not to your liking, Your Grace? 350 00:26:34,552 --> 00:26:38,181 (normal) There's also goose, if you'd prefer it. 351 00:26:39,849 --> 00:26:41,726 I like the goose, myself. 352 00:26:41,726 --> 00:26:44,187 (dinnerware clattering) 353 00:26:45,063 --> 00:26:47,399 (Alys pouring wine) 354 00:26:49,943 --> 00:26:51,403 Uh, I'm not hungry. 355 00:26:51,528 --> 00:26:53,738 Simon Strong: I was saying, given the rather dire news 356 00:26:53,863 --> 00:26:55,699 from Rook's Rest... 357 00:26:56,533 --> 00:27:00,537 it appears the winds have shifted and each side has suffered great loss, 358 00:27:00,537 --> 00:27:04,124 and will be unsure of what is to follow. 359 00:27:05,250 --> 00:27:08,211 A good time, then, for a show of strength. 360 00:27:08,211 --> 00:27:09,379 I believe Willem Blackwood 361 00:27:09,379 --> 00:27:12,048 is bringing House Bracken to heel. 362 00:27:13,258 --> 00:27:16,636 We must ready the castle to receive a great host. 363 00:27:18,930 --> 00:27:20,765 You seem sure of this. 364 00:27:20,765 --> 00:27:23,560 All men may be led, Ser Simon. 365 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,311 Even Rivermen. 366 00:27:26,271 --> 00:27:30,275 'Tis a matter of showing them whom it behooves them to follow. 367 00:27:31,443 --> 00:27:33,778 How does the work here progress? 368 00:27:34,112 --> 00:27:37,907 Oh, um... we're drawing water for the kitchens 369 00:27:37,907 --> 00:27:40,285 - and lighting the forges. - Very well. 370 00:27:40,410 --> 00:27:42,912 That is merely the beginning, of course. 371 00:27:42,912 --> 00:27:44,664 The roof alone has needed tending 372 00:27:44,789 --> 00:27:45,749 since the reign of Aenys. 373 00:27:45,749 --> 00:27:46,958 And the storerooms. 374 00:27:46,958 --> 00:27:49,002 And... 375 00:27:49,127 --> 00:27:51,629 and the Wailing Tower. (chuckles) 376 00:27:52,130 --> 00:27:54,632 The bats have made the corridors almost impassable 377 00:27:54,758 --> 00:27:56,760 with the quantity of their... 378 00:27:57,802 --> 00:27:59,346 Their shit. 379 00:28:01,473 --> 00:28:03,350 I venture there are smiths and armorers 380 00:28:03,475 --> 00:28:05,935 to be found near Nutton and Riverbend. 381 00:28:05,935 --> 00:28:07,979 Well, send for them, and levy the farmers 382 00:28:08,104 --> 00:28:10,106 from Antlers to High Heart. 383 00:28:10,315 --> 00:28:14,152 Task their huntsmen to bring us meat and wood. 384 00:28:14,277 --> 00:28:16,946 Um, there is, of course, the matter of payment. 385 00:28:16,946 --> 00:28:18,615 (clattering stops) 386 00:28:18,615 --> 00:28:23,161 After the, the tragedy that befell his father... 387 00:28:23,495 --> 00:28:29,292 Larys transferred his family's wealth to King's Landing. 388 00:28:29,292 --> 00:28:31,711 Is there any gold left in your coffers? 389 00:28:31,836 --> 00:28:36,508 Enough to keep this small establishment you see fed and warm. 390 00:28:37,509 --> 00:28:39,010 Relatively. 391 00:28:41,388 --> 00:28:44,849 I... I rather thought, Your Grace, as 392 00:28:44,849 --> 00:28:48,186 emissary to the Queen 393 00:28:48,311 --> 00:28:52,148 that p-perhaps she could provide the necessary coin 394 00:28:52,148 --> 00:28:55,735 - if you could only write to her. - No. 395 00:28:55,860 --> 00:28:57,862 Harrenhal is my command. 396 00:28:58,321 --> 00:29:01,199 I shall guarantee the payment myself. 397 00:29:02,033 --> 00:29:03,827 (mouths) Up, up. 398 00:29:06,871 --> 00:29:08,873 Very well, Your Grace. 399 00:29:09,207 --> 00:29:12,377 You should address me as "my king." 400 00:29:12,711 --> 00:29:14,379 But you're the prince. 401 00:29:14,713 --> 00:29:17,048 What would you call the husband of the queen? 402 00:29:17,173 --> 00:29:18,842 - Well, the king... - Daemon: There it is, then. 403 00:29:18,842 --> 00:29:20,385 ...consort. 404 00:29:21,386 --> 00:29:24,347 That last bit seems unnecessary, don't you think? 405 00:29:26,725 --> 00:29:28,268 (sighing) 406 00:29:30,061 --> 00:29:32,022 Orwyle: The armor was Valyrian steel, 407 00:29:32,022 --> 00:29:36,401 but His Grace suffered grievous burns over much of his body. 408 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,237 He has many broken bones. 409 00:29:39,362 --> 00:29:42,741 I fear there are more injuries within, 410 00:29:42,741 --> 00:29:44,743 injuries we cannot see. 411 00:29:46,244 --> 00:29:48,580 (inhales) We are grateful for your works, 412 00:29:48,705 --> 00:29:49,706 Grand Maester. 413 00:29:50,790 --> 00:29:53,376 - Has he woken? - No. 414 00:29:54,627 --> 00:29:59,299 I must admit, I'm not sure he will ever wake. 415 00:29:59,424 --> 00:30:02,635 I have plied my crafts to their fullest extents. 416 00:30:02,761 --> 00:30:06,931 Our king's fate lies with the gods now. 417 00:30:17,442 --> 00:30:20,445 A king cannot rule in his sleep. 418 00:30:20,570 --> 00:30:22,947 The realm will have noticed his absence. 419 00:30:23,448 --> 00:30:27,160 Let them hear of his great deeds at Rook's Rest. 420 00:30:27,285 --> 00:30:29,996 But now we must name a regent to take his place 421 00:30:30,121 --> 00:30:31,790 until he recovers... 422 00:30:34,125 --> 00:30:35,460 or does not. 423 00:30:36,961 --> 00:30:39,255 A wise strategy, Your Grace. 424 00:30:39,255 --> 00:30:40,965 A regency will assure the people 425 00:30:41,091 --> 00:30:43,635 of the stability of the crown. 426 00:30:46,179 --> 00:30:49,307 Did you have a candidate in mind, Your Grace? 427 00:30:49,766 --> 00:30:51,476 I myself served in this role for my husband. 428 00:30:51,601 --> 00:30:53,144 I am well-prepared to do it again. 429 00:30:53,144 --> 00:30:54,604 You played your part admirably 430 00:30:54,604 --> 00:30:56,272 in a time of peace, Your Grace, 431 00:30:56,272 --> 00:30:58,775 but circumstances have changed. 432 00:30:58,775 --> 00:31:00,485 (sarcastically) And here I had forgotten. 433 00:31:00,610 --> 00:31:02,779 Ironrod: The king does not lack for heirs. 434 00:31:02,779 --> 00:31:07,826 The obvious choice is his immediate successor, Prince Aemond. 435 00:31:07,826 --> 00:31:09,160 Tyland Lannister: Agreed. 436 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,996 Aemond is young. 437 00:31:11,996 --> 00:31:14,958 And his lack of restraint has already cost us dearly. 438 00:31:24,175 --> 00:31:28,346 Orwyle: It is experience that offers the surest path to security. 439 00:31:28,471 --> 00:31:31,474 Queen Alicent ably shouldered the duties of the realm 440 00:31:31,474 --> 00:31:33,184 when her husband's health failed him. 441 00:31:33,184 --> 00:31:34,519 Experience is valuable, yes, 442 00:31:34,519 --> 00:31:35,979 but the dowager queen is a woman. 443 00:31:35,979 --> 00:31:39,232 I am no stranger to rule or to sitting at this council. 444 00:31:39,357 --> 00:31:40,525 Aemond is a fearsome dragonrider. 445 00:31:40,650 --> 00:31:41,985 His skill is best employed in the field, 446 00:31:41,985 --> 00:31:44,988 but my experience is needed here, at this table. 447 00:31:44,988 --> 00:31:47,365 No offense was meant, Your Grace, but... 448 00:31:47,365 --> 00:31:52,537 - at a time when we must show strength. - Lord Larys? 449 00:31:52,662 --> 00:31:55,331 I agree, Your Grace. It must be Prince Aemond. 450 00:31:57,042 --> 00:31:59,502 What would it say if, in response to Rhaenyra's crowning, 451 00:31:59,502 --> 00:32:01,921 we raised up a woman of our own? 452 00:32:04,716 --> 00:32:06,217 But, um... 453 00:32:07,594 --> 00:32:09,512 but the Hand speaks for the king's voice. 454 00:32:09,512 --> 00:32:11,765 Ser Criston, what say you? 455 00:32:18,563 --> 00:32:20,940 Aemond is the next in line. 456 00:32:23,068 --> 00:32:24,611 It must be him. 457 00:32:29,115 --> 00:32:31,368 Aemond Targaryen: It's agreed then. 458 00:32:52,597 --> 00:32:54,933 What is our standing in the Riverlands? 459 00:32:56,434 --> 00:32:59,062 Tyland: Uh, the banners of House Tully 460 00:32:59,062 --> 00:33:01,272 are in disarray, Your Grace. 461 00:33:01,272 --> 00:33:02,482 Prince Daemon has little hope 462 00:33:02,607 --> 00:33:05,110 of fielding an army of any size, for now. 463 00:33:05,110 --> 00:33:06,736 (voices fading) 464 00:33:06,736 --> 00:33:08,738 Larys Strong: We would do well to send word to young Oscar Tully. 465 00:33:08,738 --> 00:33:10,615 - (Alicent breathing heavily) - It's only a matter of time 466 00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:13,118 before he inherits his grandsire's mantle. 467 00:33:13,118 --> 00:33:15,120 Aemond: Tell me, Lord Strong, 468 00:33:15,245 --> 00:33:16,663 how I can trust the counsel of a man 469 00:33:16,788 --> 00:33:18,331 who leaves the jewel of the Riverlands 470 00:33:18,456 --> 00:33:20,959 to be plucked by our enemy? 471 00:33:24,462 --> 00:33:25,964 Your brother's host can meet Daemon. 472 00:33:26,089 --> 00:33:27,298 He should quicken its pace 473 00:33:27,424 --> 00:33:28,425 and check the Rivermen 474 00:33:28,425 --> 00:33:29,926 while their banners are in disarray. 475 00:33:29,926 --> 00:33:32,178 Tyland: I shall send Lord Jason encouragement. 476 00:33:32,303 --> 00:33:35,140 - Aemond: What else? - Orwyle: We might turn our attention 477 00:33:35,265 --> 00:33:37,600 to the smallfolk here in King's Landing. 478 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,145 They have grown weary of the Sea Snake's blockade. 479 00:33:40,270 --> 00:33:42,313 Aemond: So have we all. 480 00:33:42,439 --> 00:33:43,523 Orwyle: Many are fleeing the city, 481 00:33:43,648 --> 00:33:46,985 spreading word of their fear and unrest. 482 00:33:47,318 --> 00:33:50,280 Aemond: Mm, then let the gates be closed. 483 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,449 ♪ 484 00:33:52,449 --> 00:33:55,118 No one is to leave or enter, save with our consent. 485 00:33:55,118 --> 00:33:57,996 Merchants, so forth. 486 00:33:59,831 --> 00:34:02,167 (heavy breathing) 487 00:34:02,167 --> 00:34:04,127 (clearly) Go to your tasks. 488 00:34:04,836 --> 00:34:07,339 We shall meet again at first light. 489 00:34:07,339 --> 00:34:11,468 Oh, and someone cut down the fucking ratcatchers. 490 00:34:13,970 --> 00:34:15,221 (coughs) 491 00:34:15,347 --> 00:34:18,224 - (outside street chatter) - (baby crying) 492 00:34:18,350 --> 00:34:20,685 Kat: The city's safe no longer. 493 00:34:22,354 --> 00:34:23,855 There is no food. 494 00:34:24,731 --> 00:34:26,816 Our neighbors are stealing from each other. 495 00:34:26,816 --> 00:34:28,068 We must get out. 496 00:34:28,193 --> 00:34:29,986 And where would you have us go? 497 00:34:29,986 --> 00:34:32,197 North, maybe? South? 498 00:34:32,864 --> 00:34:34,866 For all we know, every road leads into the dragons' teeth. 499 00:34:34,866 --> 00:34:37,369 Like the one they carted through the streets? 500 00:34:38,036 --> 00:34:42,415 You think Rhaenyra will let such an affront go unchallenged? 501 00:34:45,335 --> 00:34:48,046 We should make for Tumbleton. 502 00:34:48,171 --> 00:34:50,090 My brother will have room. 503 00:34:50,215 --> 00:34:52,050 You would have me turn beggar? 504 00:34:53,510 --> 00:34:55,220 (daughter groans) 505 00:34:58,056 --> 00:35:00,850 Are we not beggars already? 506 00:35:00,850 --> 00:35:02,560 Have you been paid for those machines 507 00:35:02,686 --> 00:35:03,561 you were forced to build? 508 00:35:03,561 --> 00:35:05,271 The king has promised payment. 509 00:35:05,397 --> 00:35:08,400 (hushed) The king has lied! 510 00:35:12,070 --> 00:35:13,238 (coughs) 511 00:35:19,911 --> 00:35:21,746 By all means... 512 00:35:22,414 --> 00:35:25,959 stay and wait for his empty promises, husband. 513 00:35:27,877 --> 00:35:30,922 With them, you can feed the mouths of ghosts. 514 00:35:42,434 --> 00:35:44,644 (dog whimpering) 515 00:35:47,105 --> 00:35:49,107 (indistinct chatter) 516 00:35:56,114 --> 00:35:57,782 (body thuds) 517 00:36:10,253 --> 00:36:12,255 Presumed you'd be here. 518 00:36:12,630 --> 00:36:15,300 Seeing faithfully to the Prince Regent's commands. 519 00:36:15,842 --> 00:36:17,927 Aemond is the next in line. 520 00:36:17,927 --> 00:36:21,097 - It is the order of things. - You know what he is... 521 00:36:21,097 --> 00:36:23,141 what he has somehow become. 522 00:36:25,810 --> 00:36:27,270 Has your loyalty faded? 523 00:36:27,270 --> 00:36:29,272 Or does it flourish only at night 524 00:36:29,272 --> 00:36:32,150 and flee the sunrise like a moth? 525 00:36:35,779 --> 00:36:37,322 What I saw at Rook's Rest-- 526 00:36:37,322 --> 00:36:40,784 What? What did you see? 527 00:36:44,662 --> 00:36:46,831 Their armor melted. 528 00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:51,169 There were men walking. They were on fire. 529 00:36:54,506 --> 00:36:56,841 We have given the war to the dragons. 530 00:36:58,343 --> 00:37:00,011 A dragonrider should lead us. 531 00:37:04,349 --> 00:37:06,559 And what of justice, of temperance? 532 00:37:06,685 --> 00:37:09,854 Or is strength now to be our only god? 533 00:37:15,193 --> 00:37:17,195 So you cast me aside. 534 00:37:18,363 --> 00:37:20,365 Have I not spared you? 535 00:37:22,033 --> 00:37:25,995 What we must do now is... terrible. 536 00:37:27,706 --> 00:37:29,708 Will you preside over it? 537 00:37:30,208 --> 00:37:34,170 - Is this who you are, Alicent? - I did not ask to be spared. 538 00:37:37,549 --> 00:37:39,759 And I did not give you leave to speak my name. 539 00:37:45,557 --> 00:37:47,726 (loud chattering) 540 00:37:52,605 --> 00:37:54,524 gold cloak: Halt! 541 00:37:54,524 --> 00:37:56,776 (crowd shouting) 542 00:38:00,071 --> 00:38:01,239 Stay back! 543 00:38:02,907 --> 00:38:04,868 townsperson: We've got to get out! 544 00:38:05,535 --> 00:38:07,078 gold cloak: Somebody get him! 545 00:38:07,746 --> 00:38:09,748 Stay back! No! 546 00:38:09,873 --> 00:38:12,083 Holdfast, holdfast! 547 00:38:12,208 --> 00:38:14,753 - (shouting, fighting) - Stay back! Hold! 548 00:38:19,424 --> 00:38:20,759 Back! 549 00:38:21,593 --> 00:38:24,721 Disperse, disperse! 550 00:38:25,638 --> 00:38:27,932 By order of Aemond Targaryen, 551 00:38:28,058 --> 00:38:30,810 Prince Regent and Protector of the Realm... 552 00:38:30,935 --> 00:38:33,229 - Aemond? - Does he mean the king? 553 00:38:33,229 --> 00:38:35,774 - I don't know. - You cannot keep us here! 554 00:38:35,774 --> 00:38:38,735 - You are ordered to return to your homes! - We want meat! 555 00:38:38,735 --> 00:38:40,403 - Meat! - Meat! 556 00:38:40,403 --> 00:38:42,238 (shouting) 557 00:38:48,453 --> 00:38:50,580 (crowd, gold cloaks clamoring) 558 00:38:50,580 --> 00:38:52,123 gold cloak: Stay back! 559 00:38:54,292 --> 00:38:56,002 (grumbles) 560 00:38:59,798 --> 00:39:04,260 Forrest Frey: Our Lord Grover Tully has not declared for Rhaenyra. 561 00:39:04,260 --> 00:39:06,596 It means death to bare steel against your liege, 562 00:39:06,596 --> 00:39:08,973 as I'm sure my prince is aware. 563 00:39:10,475 --> 00:39:12,811 And against your queen? 564 00:39:14,979 --> 00:39:15,980 Hm? 565 00:39:19,484 --> 00:39:23,446 (sighs) Jason Lannister is marshaling to the west. 566 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,700 We need to check him before he reaches Riverrun. 567 00:39:27,492 --> 00:39:29,452 That requires passage. 568 00:39:29,452 --> 00:39:31,788 And if Stark's army is too slow? 569 00:39:31,788 --> 00:39:33,623 The wind's rising. 570 00:39:33,623 --> 00:39:35,333 Winter is nigh upon us. 571 00:39:35,333 --> 00:39:36,835 Our hesitance does not lie 572 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,962 in Rhaenyra as Queen, 573 00:39:38,962 --> 00:39:43,341 nor in the ruminations of Lord Tully, the oaf. 574 00:39:43,341 --> 00:39:46,136 Our fear lies in Vhagar. 575 00:39:46,136 --> 00:39:49,139 You fear a dragon leagues away 576 00:39:49,139 --> 00:39:52,058 when mine own sits outside your walls? 577 00:39:52,183 --> 00:39:54,185 (wind blowing) 578 00:39:56,146 --> 00:39:59,816 - Do you offer us your protection? - I do. 579 00:40:06,072 --> 00:40:09,200 And the protection of my uncle. 580 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:13,580 And Daemon, I'm sure, has consented to this? 581 00:40:13,705 --> 00:40:15,665 He will do as his queen commands. 582 00:40:15,665 --> 00:40:17,667 That does lend us some comfort. 583 00:40:17,667 --> 00:40:19,002 Though it occurs to me that dragons 584 00:40:19,002 --> 00:40:22,505 - cannot be in two places at once. - Or three. 585 00:40:25,425 --> 00:40:27,344 What do you want? 586 00:40:29,346 --> 00:40:33,266 Larys Strong has been relieved of his castle. 587 00:40:33,266 --> 00:40:36,770 Does the queen intend to raise up a new lord? 588 00:40:40,940 --> 00:40:42,525 You want Harrenhal. 589 00:40:53,787 --> 00:40:57,791 (light, tense music playing) 590 00:41:01,252 --> 00:41:06,424 For that... my mother will want more than your crossing. 591 00:41:08,051 --> 00:41:10,261 What does Her Grace desire? 592 00:41:12,764 --> 00:41:15,100 Bent knees. 593 00:41:16,935 --> 00:41:19,145 (music intensifies) 594 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,335 (music fades out) 595 00:41:42,460 --> 00:41:45,171 (indistinct chatter) 596 00:41:45,839 --> 00:41:48,258 (screams echoing) 597 00:41:53,972 --> 00:41:56,933 (screaming subsides) 598 00:41:57,851 --> 00:42:00,145 (indistinct chatter) 599 00:42:08,820 --> 00:42:09,988 Daemon: Up. 600 00:42:10,488 --> 00:42:12,282 Alys Rivers: You were born to wield a sword, 601 00:42:12,282 --> 00:42:16,453 but not so much an axe, perhaps. 602 00:42:16,453 --> 00:42:18,163 Daemon: There are others who would sit idle 603 00:42:18,163 --> 00:42:20,331 and wait for their claims to be brought to them. 604 00:42:20,331 --> 00:42:23,793 - That is not my way. - Does splitting firewood justify what's followed you here? 605 00:42:23,793 --> 00:42:25,837 Let it not be said that Daemon Targaryen 606 00:42:25,837 --> 00:42:28,131 failed to dirty his hands in this war. 607 00:42:28,131 --> 00:42:30,300 Oh, let me see them. 608 00:42:31,176 --> 00:42:33,219 - Sit. - Daemon: Ah. 609 00:42:33,345 --> 00:42:34,512 Sit! 610 00:42:38,016 --> 00:42:41,311 (sighs) I hear strange things from Bracken land, 611 00:42:41,311 --> 00:42:44,689 from Stone Hedge and Lambswold and Mory. 612 00:42:45,690 --> 00:42:47,692 There's news, then? 613 00:42:47,692 --> 00:42:49,069 News? 614 00:42:50,236 --> 00:42:51,237 No. 615 00:42:53,198 --> 00:42:55,992 What I hear, I hear in the wind. 616 00:42:55,992 --> 00:42:59,204 - (screams echoing) - Cries of anguish. 617 00:43:01,039 --> 00:43:03,041 Children being taken from their mothers, 618 00:43:03,041 --> 00:43:07,003 men coming home to find their doors unlatched... 619 00:43:07,003 --> 00:43:09,381 their wives carried away. 620 00:43:09,381 --> 00:43:11,508 (screaming subsides) 621 00:43:11,508 --> 00:43:14,260 War is a terrible thing. 622 00:43:14,386 --> 00:43:16,221 This is not war. 623 00:43:16,888 --> 00:43:19,349 These are crimes against the innocent, 624 00:43:19,349 --> 00:43:21,518 that any upright man would repudiate. 625 00:43:21,518 --> 00:43:24,354 Surely you haven't mistaken me for an upright man. 626 00:43:24,354 --> 00:43:26,189 (Alys chuckles) 627 00:43:26,189 --> 00:43:29,734 The Brackens had their chance to do as I required. 628 00:43:29,734 --> 00:43:32,028 They will perhaps think better of their decision 629 00:43:32,028 --> 00:43:35,407 if their children's lives are staked on it. 630 00:43:36,449 --> 00:43:39,244 Is that the kind of army you would raise? 631 00:43:40,036 --> 00:43:42,247 Men who hate you... 632 00:43:42,747 --> 00:43:44,374 who serve you under duress? 633 00:43:44,374 --> 00:43:47,585 Well, once they agree to serve me, I'll treat them fairly. 634 00:43:47,711 --> 00:43:48,878 Set an example for the rest 635 00:43:48,878 --> 00:43:50,922 of the Riverlands to follow. 636 00:43:51,047 --> 00:43:53,299 And once again, in the name of power, 637 00:43:53,425 --> 00:43:56,428 it's the weak and the women who must endure. 638 00:43:59,097 --> 00:44:02,142 That fool, Aegon, is unlike to survive. 639 00:44:04,102 --> 00:44:06,479 The realm will suffer if Aemond One-Eye rules. 640 00:44:07,939 --> 00:44:09,607 You should pray you never meet him. 641 00:44:10,108 --> 00:44:12,277 He will cut you down soon as wish you good-day. 642 00:44:12,402 --> 00:44:13,945 I'd heard the same thing about you. 643 00:44:14,070 --> 00:44:15,071 But I'll cross you no further. 644 00:44:15,071 --> 00:44:16,614 I'm sure your tactics are, after all, 645 00:44:16,740 --> 00:44:18,575 approved by the queen. 646 00:44:18,575 --> 00:44:21,619 (tense music playing) 647 00:44:23,997 --> 00:44:26,416 She cannot succeed, Alys. 648 00:44:26,958 --> 00:44:29,085 Even if I willed it to be so. 649 00:44:29,085 --> 00:44:31,129 The people who support her will not be led by her. 650 00:44:31,254 --> 00:44:33,256 They look to a man for strength. 651 00:44:33,256 --> 00:44:34,341 Who's better suited to it? 652 00:44:34,466 --> 00:44:36,926 The Hightowers with their scheming? 653 00:44:36,926 --> 00:44:39,346 Or Viserys's first true heir? 654 00:44:40,305 --> 00:44:42,807 When I take King's Landing... 655 00:44:42,807 --> 00:44:44,267 Rhaenyra is welcome to join me there 656 00:44:44,267 --> 00:44:46,811 and take her place by my side. 657 00:44:46,936 --> 00:44:50,940 King and queen... ruling together. 658 00:44:51,441 --> 00:44:54,152 - And if you lose? - Then I'll be dead, 659 00:44:54,152 --> 00:44:56,446 and none of this will be my problem. 660 00:44:56,446 --> 00:44:59,824 It's a pity, don't you think, that you never knew your mother? 661 00:44:59,949 --> 00:45:02,160 ♪ 662 00:45:03,328 --> 00:45:05,663 Simon: A message, Your Grace. 663 00:45:07,457 --> 00:45:08,458 Uh... 664 00:45:10,543 --> 00:45:13,380 uh, fresh news from Stone Hedge. 665 00:45:13,505 --> 00:45:15,632 The Blackwoods have overwhelmed the Brackens, 666 00:45:15,632 --> 00:45:19,344 and, uh, Lord Amos has pledged his banner to you. 667 00:45:19,678 --> 00:45:21,846 House Bracken is yours. 668 00:45:23,014 --> 00:45:25,975 Call Ser Willem here so that I might congratulate him. 669 00:45:26,309 --> 00:45:29,187 The Blackwoods will be feted in these halls. 670 00:45:30,063 --> 00:45:33,316 - (bird cawing) - (dog barking) 671 00:45:35,860 --> 00:45:38,071 (waves crashing) 672 00:45:40,365 --> 00:45:42,534 I sought you at High Tide. 673 00:45:43,159 --> 00:45:45,537 I was surprised when they said you were here. 674 00:45:46,705 --> 00:45:48,707 My castle is a tomb. 675 00:45:49,916 --> 00:45:52,085 Empty. Haunted. 676 00:45:52,752 --> 00:45:56,089 I am sad to have missed its highest days. 677 00:45:56,881 --> 00:45:58,174 I imagine your Hall of Nine 678 00:45:58,174 --> 00:46:00,510 filled with lords and kings, 679 00:46:00,510 --> 00:46:03,763 all eager to treat with the legendary Lord of the Tides. 680 00:46:05,515 --> 00:46:06,683 The wealth you brought back 681 00:46:06,683 --> 00:46:08,018 from Yi Ti and Asshai, 682 00:46:08,018 --> 00:46:11,396 inspiring awe and envy. 683 00:46:13,565 --> 00:46:15,775 I wonder if any of them knew it was all for her. 684 00:46:24,743 --> 00:46:27,120 Queen Rhaenyra wishes to name you Hand. 685 00:46:27,245 --> 00:46:29,080 (Corlys sighs) 686 00:46:30,457 --> 00:46:34,586 Even the death of my wife does not content her. 687 00:46:36,588 --> 00:46:38,965 Has she not asked enough of my house? 688 00:46:39,424 --> 00:46:42,260 It is a sign of her great esteem. 689 00:46:43,219 --> 00:46:45,138 Or does she think the position will compensate me 690 00:46:45,263 --> 00:46:47,557 for my loss? 691 00:46:47,557 --> 00:46:50,060 Pledge your peace to King's Landing, then. 692 00:46:50,060 --> 00:46:52,479 They will accept it most gleefully. 693 00:46:54,773 --> 00:46:57,734 Rather I would sail into the West and be lost. 694 00:46:58,818 --> 00:47:00,612 You have done so before, 695 00:47:00,737 --> 00:47:03,656 at great cost to yourself and those who loved you. 696 00:47:06,117 --> 00:47:09,329 Rhaenys was not only your wife... 697 00:47:09,454 --> 00:47:11,915 not a thing to be taken from you. 698 00:47:12,582 --> 00:47:15,960 She was a Targaryen princess. 699 00:47:16,086 --> 00:47:17,295 The Queen Who Never Was. 700 00:47:17,295 --> 00:47:20,090 And she flew to Rook's Rest of her own will. 701 00:47:20,090 --> 00:47:22,425 - In defense of her kin. - And she died. 702 00:47:22,425 --> 00:47:24,761 She died as she would have wished to die... 703 00:47:25,303 --> 00:47:28,473 with honor, in dragonfire. 704 00:47:28,973 --> 00:47:30,433 The way my mother chose... 705 00:47:32,477 --> 00:47:35,480 and the way I myself wish to meet my end. 706 00:47:39,442 --> 00:47:42,362 (solemn music playing) 707 00:47:42,487 --> 00:47:45,782 I grieve my grandmother who loved me 708 00:47:45,782 --> 00:47:47,992 but I carry her on with me. 709 00:47:49,035 --> 00:47:53,665 I will see Rhaenyra ascend the Iron Throne, as Rhaenys wished. 710 00:47:54,165 --> 00:47:56,334 As Rhaenys herself should have. 711 00:47:58,795 --> 00:48:01,673 You yourself may do as you see fit. 712 00:48:05,176 --> 00:48:06,803 Granddaughter. 713 00:48:06,803 --> 00:48:08,847 ♪ 714 00:48:14,185 --> 00:48:17,522 I would make you my heir. 715 00:48:18,982 --> 00:48:20,984 I am blood and fire. 716 00:48:21,401 --> 00:48:24,654 Driftmark must pass to salt and sea. 717 00:48:33,038 --> 00:48:35,373 (music fades out) 718 00:48:43,214 --> 00:48:44,591 Your Grace. 719 00:48:48,178 --> 00:48:49,596 You were correct... 720 00:48:50,889 --> 00:48:53,850 in saying our best hope of an army is with Daemon. 721 00:48:56,186 --> 00:49:01,900 And I have, perhaps, erred in waiting for him to prove himself. 722 00:49:03,902 --> 00:49:05,904 I wish you to go to Harrenhal. 723 00:49:07,572 --> 00:49:10,241 Are you removing me from your council? 724 00:49:11,743 --> 00:49:13,078 Ser Alfred... 725 00:49:13,787 --> 00:49:17,415 I-I-I will not deny you have tried my patience of late, 726 00:49:17,415 --> 00:49:19,584 or that I would prefer a council 727 00:49:19,709 --> 00:49:21,252 more inclined to champion their queen, 728 00:49:21,378 --> 00:49:24,047 but... (inhales) 729 00:49:24,047 --> 00:49:27,384 you and your house served my father well, 730 00:49:27,384 --> 00:49:30,637 and I know you will never accept the Hightower claim. 731 00:49:32,138 --> 00:49:34,891 Not while I live, Your Grace. 732 00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:41,231 We cannot challenge King's Landing without the Riverlands 733 00:49:41,231 --> 00:49:45,402 but I will not send a message by raven for Daemon to disregard. 734 00:49:47,445 --> 00:49:53,493 I ask you to... reason with him. 735 00:49:53,618 --> 00:49:58,456 Find out his state of mind and his intentions. 736 00:50:00,166 --> 00:50:01,751 Intentions? 737 00:50:02,627 --> 00:50:06,423 Whether he means to raise a host for me or for himself. 738 00:50:09,259 --> 00:50:10,468 He would not dare. 739 00:50:10,593 --> 00:50:13,471 (scoffs) Have you known Daemon to lack in daring? 740 00:50:14,973 --> 00:50:16,516 Go now with haste. 741 00:50:16,641 --> 00:50:19,477 I'll send good men to see to your safety. 742 00:50:26,985 --> 00:50:29,654 Have you any message for him? 743 00:50:33,283 --> 00:50:36,828 Tell him I would much like to finish our last conversation. 744 00:50:39,205 --> 00:50:40,623 Your Grace. 745 00:50:47,839 --> 00:50:50,800 - (rumbling) - (water dripping) 746 00:50:52,010 --> 00:50:54,012 (eerie warbling) 747 00:51:02,020 --> 00:51:03,730 (footsteps approach) 748 00:51:11,905 --> 00:51:13,907 (knocking on door) 749 00:51:16,701 --> 00:51:18,411 Simon: Your Grace. 750 00:51:19,913 --> 00:51:21,414 (panting) 751 00:51:21,873 --> 00:51:26,211 What is it, Ser Simon? Is the pudding now served? 752 00:51:26,753 --> 00:51:29,255 The Riverlords have come, Your Grace. 753 00:51:29,381 --> 00:51:32,217 - They wish an audience. - Now? 754 00:51:32,717 --> 00:51:35,220 - What godless hour is it? - The wolf. 755 00:51:35,845 --> 00:51:37,889 They are demanding to speak presently. 756 00:51:40,225 --> 00:51:43,395 (tense music playing) 757 00:51:56,533 --> 00:51:58,743 ♪ 758 00:52:08,753 --> 00:52:12,132 I see I must begin here with a lesson in etiquette. 759 00:52:12,257 --> 00:52:13,383 Or failing that, in proper fear 760 00:52:13,383 --> 00:52:15,593 of your Targaryen master. 761 00:52:17,095 --> 00:52:21,599 Is there some reason you feel free to wake a king in his bed? 762 00:52:22,308 --> 00:52:24,894 Or shall I now begin your education? 763 00:52:24,894 --> 00:52:26,229 House Bracken 764 00:52:26,229 --> 00:52:29,983 have been brought to heel at the hands of Willem Blackwood. 765 00:52:30,108 --> 00:52:33,445 - That news is stale. - (chuckles) Yes. 766 00:52:33,445 --> 00:52:35,405 There have been, um, complications. 767 00:52:35,405 --> 00:52:37,907 The sacred septs on Bracken lands 768 00:52:37,907 --> 00:52:41,327 - were looted and burned. - As were the fields and farms. 769 00:52:41,453 --> 00:52:42,787 The livestock was stolen 770 00:52:42,912 --> 00:52:44,456 and our peasants put to the sword. 771 00:52:44,456 --> 00:52:47,125 They pursued the women and the children. 772 00:52:47,250 --> 00:52:48,585 There were works of barbarity. 773 00:52:48,585 --> 00:52:52,339 Punishing Bracken for his own treasons is one thing, aye. 774 00:52:52,464 --> 00:52:55,133 - But these other acts. - The Brackens were given their chance. 775 00:52:55,258 --> 00:52:57,761 - They would not see reason. - The Blackwoods have exploited 776 00:52:57,761 --> 00:52:59,596 the war for the crown to visit atrocities 777 00:52:59,596 --> 00:53:02,140 - upon their old rivals. - Piper: I have seen my fair share of their quarrels, 778 00:53:02,140 --> 00:53:03,683 and I tell you, there is no honor in a fight 779 00:53:03,808 --> 00:53:05,769 - such as this. - Honor? What of common decency? 780 00:53:05,769 --> 00:53:08,146 These beasts proudly carried 781 00:53:08,271 --> 00:53:10,023 the banner of House Targaryen. 782 00:53:10,148 --> 00:53:11,983 Red dragon on black. 783 00:53:14,486 --> 00:53:16,654 (eerie warbling) 784 00:53:18,323 --> 00:53:21,826 female voice: A terrible war is being fought in these lands. 785 00:53:25,038 --> 00:53:27,290 Have you looked after our girls? 786 00:53:29,501 --> 00:53:32,671 (ominous music playing) 787 00:53:34,673 --> 00:53:36,675 Darry: We should've expected nothing more from a man 788 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,718 who ordered the slaughter of a child 789 00:53:38,843 --> 00:53:40,553 in his mother's arms. 790 00:53:42,347 --> 00:53:45,725 That is a lie. And I will have the man who told it brought before me. 791 00:53:45,850 --> 00:53:50,689 Well, your man is half the kingdom, my prince. 792 00:53:53,525 --> 00:53:55,527 Know this, interloper: 793 00:53:56,027 --> 00:53:58,863 the Riverlands are an ancient place, 794 00:53:58,988 --> 00:54:02,701 watched closely by the eyes of old gods and new. 795 00:54:03,076 --> 00:54:04,744 And dragon or no, 796 00:54:04,869 --> 00:54:08,206 we shall not raise our banners for a tyrant. 797 00:54:11,376 --> 00:54:14,587 (tense music playing) 798 00:54:26,057 --> 00:54:28,059 ♪ 799 00:54:50,206 --> 00:54:52,208 (indistinct chatter) 800 00:54:54,085 --> 00:54:56,087 ♪ 801 00:55:14,105 --> 00:55:15,940 ♪ 802 00:55:16,066 --> 00:55:20,111 - Move along, lass. - I have an errand... for the lady Mysaria. 803 00:55:21,279 --> 00:55:22,447 I thought she was dead. 804 00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:25,784 Would she die without collecting her due? 805 00:55:27,285 --> 00:55:29,162 I must see an old friend. 806 00:55:30,789 --> 00:55:32,957 Most people want out these days. 807 00:55:36,252 --> 00:55:38,254 ♪ 808 00:55:46,304 --> 00:55:48,306 ♪ 809 00:55:55,355 --> 00:55:57,107 (rain pattering) 810 00:56:02,153 --> 00:56:05,156 - (indistinct chatter) - (thunder rumbling) 811 00:56:14,833 --> 00:56:17,043 (music softens) 812 00:56:18,211 --> 00:56:19,170 Elinda. 813 00:56:19,295 --> 00:56:21,214 (wind blowing) 814 00:56:21,339 --> 00:56:24,342 (pensive music playing) 815 00:56:26,511 --> 00:56:28,680 (deep breathing) 816 00:56:43,862 --> 00:56:45,488 (thunder rumbling) 817 00:56:45,488 --> 00:56:48,742 (tense music playing) 818 00:56:50,493 --> 00:56:53,204 (unsettling vocalizing) 819 00:57:03,381 --> 00:57:05,383 ♪ 820 00:57:10,889 --> 00:57:13,099 Was it worth the price? 821 00:57:19,564 --> 00:57:21,775 (shallow breathing) 822 00:57:25,570 --> 00:57:27,238 (thunder continues) 823 00:57:27,364 --> 00:57:30,367 (solemn music playing) 824 00:57:53,598 --> 00:57:55,600 ♪ 825 00:58:00,772 --> 00:58:02,982 (door opens) 826 00:58:03,942 --> 00:58:05,902 (hoarsely) Mummy. 827 00:58:09,114 --> 00:58:11,116 ♪ 828 00:58:16,454 --> 00:58:17,914 (footstep approach) 829 00:58:17,914 --> 00:58:20,291 (music fades out) 830 00:58:22,794 --> 00:58:24,337 Prince Jacaerys, Your Grace. 831 00:58:41,771 --> 00:58:44,149 (distant dragon grumbles) 832 00:58:49,154 --> 00:58:50,488 Visenya. 833 00:58:51,322 --> 00:58:57,037 Vhagar's first rider, and the first wielder of Dark Sister. 834 00:58:58,496 --> 00:59:00,957 I hope you do not mean to use her as an example. 835 00:59:00,957 --> 00:59:02,667 Why shouldn't I? 836 00:59:02,667 --> 00:59:05,045 W-- It was a long time ago. 837 00:59:15,138 --> 00:59:17,515 What is the mood at the Twins? 838 00:59:19,017 --> 00:59:21,353 Did his lordship quibble? 839 00:59:23,521 --> 00:59:27,484 He wishes for the Freys to be granted Harrenhal. 840 00:59:28,860 --> 00:59:31,196 At war's end. Assuming. 841 00:59:33,865 --> 00:59:35,408 I'm proud of you, Jace. 842 00:59:35,533 --> 00:59:38,036 You have done our cause a great service. 843 00:59:40,246 --> 00:59:43,249 Then, why do you look angry? 844 00:59:49,881 --> 00:59:51,341 (sighs) 845 00:59:51,341 --> 00:59:54,344 You chafed at being prevented from action. 846 00:59:54,344 --> 00:59:57,180 Imagine my lot. I'm a dragonrider as well, 847 00:59:57,180 --> 01:00:00,225 with a war being fought over my ascension. 848 01:00:01,226 --> 01:00:03,395 And yet, I must wait here... 849 01:00:04,396 --> 01:00:06,690 always prudent... 850 01:00:06,690 --> 01:00:08,066 sending others to fight 851 01:00:08,066 --> 01:00:10,527 and be felled in my name. 852 01:00:10,902 --> 01:00:13,279 Even you have managed to do your part. 853 01:00:13,863 --> 01:00:15,573 Jacaerys Velaryon: You are the queen... 854 01:00:15,949 --> 01:00:17,200 the tie that binds us. 855 01:00:17,200 --> 01:00:18,910 - No harm can come to you. - And you are my son, 856 01:00:19,035 --> 01:00:21,246 and I did not give you leave to go. 857 01:00:23,081 --> 01:00:25,792 You do not give me leave to go to anything. 858 01:00:26,126 --> 01:00:27,377 But who else is there? Rhaenys is dead, 859 01:00:27,377 --> 01:00:29,254 and Baela cannot bear the burden alone. 860 01:00:29,254 --> 01:00:31,923 And when Aemond comes hunting for you? 861 01:00:31,923 --> 01:00:34,259 Your dragon is young. 862 01:00:34,259 --> 01:00:36,553 Will you fly before Vhagar as Luke did? 863 01:00:43,268 --> 01:00:45,395 Perhaps Daemon could-- 864 01:00:48,773 --> 01:00:50,608 Daemon is not here. 865 01:00:51,317 --> 01:00:54,904 And Aemond now rules in King's Landing. 866 01:00:54,904 --> 01:00:59,242 - Is Aegon dead? - Dead or alive, we have no answer for Vhagar. 867 01:00:59,242 --> 01:01:02,620 Aemond will not wait long to press his advantage. And then what? 868 01:01:05,081 --> 01:01:06,791 I have done all I can from here, 869 01:01:06,916 --> 01:01:09,627 sent my messages, invoked my alliances. 870 01:01:09,627 --> 01:01:12,255 But if all else fails, it is I who must fight. 871 01:01:13,965 --> 01:01:16,760 Vhagar is big, but Syrax is quicker. 872 01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:21,514 - So was Meleys. - Meleys fought two dragons and one of them is slain. 873 01:01:23,099 --> 01:01:24,309 Shall I fight for my birthright? 874 01:01:24,434 --> 01:01:27,312 Or shall I wait here until we are all destroyed? 875 01:01:32,984 --> 01:01:35,153 I need dragons. 876 01:01:38,323 --> 01:01:41,493 We have no dearth of dragons. 877 01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:45,163 We have two large enough to stand against Vhagar. 878 01:01:45,163 --> 01:01:48,458 They are called Vermithor and Silverwing 879 01:01:48,458 --> 01:01:50,001 and they sleep just beneath our feet. 880 01:01:50,126 --> 01:01:51,211 Yes, and if only they had riders, 881 01:01:51,211 --> 01:01:53,505 none could stand against me. 882 01:01:54,130 --> 01:01:57,509 I would go forth in strength and not from necessity. 883 01:01:58,802 --> 01:02:00,053 There is Rhaena. 884 01:02:00,178 --> 01:02:03,348 (scoffs) Who nearly lost her life in her last attempt. 885 01:02:04,724 --> 01:02:06,726 I would not risk it again. 886 01:02:12,524 --> 01:02:15,694 There are those of our line who never ruled. 887 01:02:16,361 --> 01:02:19,906 Those who married into other noble houses, 888 01:02:20,031 --> 01:02:22,659 their children born with other names. 889 01:02:22,659 --> 01:02:26,496 A generation ago, or more. Their blood would be thin. 890 01:02:26,496 --> 01:02:27,872 And yet... 891 01:02:28,998 --> 01:02:33,336 A dragon will only accept a dragonlord to ride it. (sighs) 892 01:02:33,336 --> 01:02:37,340 - Or so say the histories. - (chuckles) Valyrian histories. 893 01:02:37,340 --> 01:02:39,509 Written to gild us in glory. 894 01:02:39,509 --> 01:02:42,220 (chuckles) 895 01:02:42,220 --> 01:02:45,015 Are you suggesting we put a Mallister on a dragon? 896 01:02:45,432 --> 01:02:49,227 - A Tarly? - It's better than death and defeat. 897 01:02:55,025 --> 01:02:58,361 There are records here, surely, of our line 898 01:02:58,361 --> 01:03:00,739 and of those who fell out of it. 899 01:03:00,864 --> 01:03:03,867 (intense music playing) 900 01:03:08,204 --> 01:03:09,873 There could be scores of them. 901 01:03:09,873 --> 01:03:11,458 (exhales) 902 01:03:17,589 --> 01:03:19,466 It's a mad thought. 903 01:03:22,218 --> 01:03:24,429 ♪ 904 01:03:28,767 --> 01:03:31,144 (music fades out) 905 01:03:35,732 --> 01:03:38,735 ♪ 906 01:04:06,137 --> 01:04:08,306 ♪ 907 01:04:43,341 --> 01:04:45,719 (music fades out) 908 01:04:51,474 --> 01:04:52,183 ♪ (PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYS) 909 01:04:52,684 --> 01:04:53,852 RHAENYRA TARGARYEN: It has never been attempted before. 910 01:04:54,352 --> 01:04:55,186 (DRAGON GROWLS) 911 01:04:56,396 --> 01:04:57,564 To claim a dragon, 912 01:04:57,981 --> 01:05:00,567 you must also be prepared to die. 913 01:05:01,526 --> 01:05:03,194 Perhaps the gods will favor us. 914 01:05:03,695 --> 01:05:04,863 ♪ (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 915 01:05:04,988 --> 01:05:06,656 CRISTON COLE: If Daemon prevails in the Riverlands, 916 01:05:06,656 --> 01:05:08,658 I no longer have the numbers to challenge him. 917 01:05:08,992 --> 01:05:11,202 My uncle is a challenge I welcome, 918 01:05:11,327 --> 01:05:12,203 if he dares face me. 919 01:05:12,537 --> 01:05:14,205 ALICENT HIGHTOWER: You have the arrogance of youth. 920 01:05:15,373 --> 01:05:16,875 Have the indignities of your childhood 921 01:05:16,875 --> 01:05:18,209 not yet sufficiently been avenged? 922 01:05:19,544 --> 01:05:22,339 RHAENYRA: You must see in me a ruler and the symbols of authority. 923 01:05:22,339 --> 01:05:24,090 The shield and the sword. 924 01:05:24,215 --> 01:05:25,717 JACAERYS VELARYON: We will still never match 925 01:05:25,717 --> 01:05:27,218 the strength of the Green armies. 926 01:05:27,218 --> 01:05:28,345 We need Daemon. 927 01:05:29,220 --> 01:05:31,890 RHAENYRA: I must now proceed as if I stand alone. 928 01:05:33,183 --> 01:05:35,518 It is my fault that you have forgotten to fear me. 929 01:05:35,518 --> 01:05:37,228 (COMMOTION, YELLING) 930 01:05:41,566 --> 01:05:44,903 (DRAGON GROWLS) 931 01:05:44,903 --> 01:05:45,904 (DRAGON ROARS) 932 01:05:48,865 --> 01:05:50,617 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) 933 01:05:53,119 --> 01:05:54,788 (COMMOTION) 934 01:05:54,788 --> 01:05:57,082 CLARE KILNER: This episode is very much 935 01:05:57,082 --> 01:05:59,125 everybody vying for power, 936 01:05:59,250 --> 01:06:03,046 but also, it's very much about that happening through grief. 937 01:06:03,046 --> 01:06:05,298 ♪ (SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 938 01:06:06,091 --> 01:06:08,927 Much of episode five revolves around how Rhaenys' death 939 01:06:08,927 --> 01:06:11,596 is resonating across all of the different characters, 940 01:06:11,596 --> 01:06:15,308 and no one as much as it lands with her husband, Corlys. 941 01:06:16,601 --> 01:06:19,062 This poor guy, over the course of these two seasons, 942 01:06:19,062 --> 01:06:21,314 has slowly had every human connection 943 01:06:21,439 --> 01:06:23,608 stripped away from him, one by one. 944 01:06:23,942 --> 01:06:25,610 He's sitting in the Hall of Nine, 945 01:06:25,610 --> 01:06:26,986 but it means nothing to him anymore 946 01:06:26,986 --> 01:06:28,113 because she's gone. 947 01:06:28,113 --> 01:06:29,906 And all of this stuff, who cares? 948 01:06:29,906 --> 01:06:31,950 CLARE: Steve is an incredible actor. 949 01:06:31,950 --> 01:06:36,329 He has such deep soul to all of his performances. 950 01:06:37,163 --> 01:06:40,166 I had no clue that he was gonna have this tear, 951 01:06:40,166 --> 01:06:42,168 like this silent tear, roll down his face. 952 01:06:42,293 --> 01:06:44,963 It was incredibly moving to see it. 953 01:06:47,590 --> 01:06:49,676 ALFRED BROOME: Our largest dragon has been killed. 954 01:06:50,260 --> 01:06:53,138 Duskendale and Rook's Rest are gone. 955 01:06:53,138 --> 01:06:54,264 I think everybody's reeling. 956 01:06:54,264 --> 01:06:55,682 I mean, Rhaenyra, not the least of which. 957 01:06:55,974 --> 01:06:58,309 And you hear a lot of this backbiting 958 01:06:58,309 --> 01:06:59,686 and bickering going on at the table 959 01:06:59,811 --> 01:07:02,522 because everybody is under a tremendous amount of stress. 960 01:07:02,522 --> 01:07:03,857 They don't know how to react. 961 01:07:04,441 --> 01:07:06,151 But Rhaenyra finds herself at sea. 962 01:07:06,317 --> 01:07:09,863 I mean, that was her last great female advisor. 963 01:07:10,196 --> 01:07:12,991 CLARE: And that's also when Rhaenyra sees 964 01:07:12,991 --> 01:07:15,035 this huge power vacuum 965 01:07:15,035 --> 01:07:16,536 and knows she's got to do something. 966 01:07:17,203 --> 01:07:19,205 Queen Rhaenyra wishes to name you Hand. 967 01:07:19,664 --> 01:07:22,709 Even the death of my wife does not content her. 968 01:07:23,043 --> 01:07:24,961 She's playing the role of the great politician here. 969 01:07:24,961 --> 01:07:27,047 The next best thing, next to having Daemon back, 970 01:07:27,172 --> 01:07:29,466 is one of the most respected men in Westeros, 971 01:07:29,466 --> 01:07:30,675 and that's the Sea Snake. 972 01:07:30,967 --> 01:07:33,511 And she doesn't exploit Rhaenys' death to do it. 973 01:07:33,511 --> 01:07:35,847 She knows that the man is there, looking for purpose, 974 01:07:35,847 --> 01:07:37,223 probably looking for a bit of vengeance, 975 01:07:37,349 --> 01:07:39,184 and she probably takes advantage of that in the moment 976 01:07:39,184 --> 01:07:40,685 to try to get him back on side. 977 01:07:42,812 --> 01:07:44,397 The path I walk has never been trod. 978 01:07:44,564 --> 01:07:48,526 What you cannot do, let others do for you. 979 01:07:49,069 --> 01:07:51,696 There is more than one way to fight a war. 980 01:07:52,238 --> 01:07:55,241 I think Mysaria's power increases in Rhaenys' absence 981 01:07:55,241 --> 01:07:56,701 because I think Rhaenyra is desperate 982 01:07:56,701 --> 01:07:59,746 and looking for that sympathetic female voice in her life. 983 01:08:00,246 --> 01:08:02,040 Mysaria's offering another way, which is, 984 01:08:02,040 --> 01:08:03,917 "I understand the will of the people, 985 01:08:04,084 --> 01:08:05,877 and we can manipulate that 986 01:08:05,877 --> 01:08:07,337 and play that to your advantage." 987 01:08:07,337 --> 01:08:09,422 An element of what we're watching 988 01:08:09,547 --> 01:08:10,715 is propaganda war. 989 01:08:10,715 --> 01:08:12,384 How to win the hearts of the people. 990 01:08:12,509 --> 01:08:15,220 And that's all learning that she receives from Mysaria. 991 01:08:15,220 --> 01:08:17,681 RYAN CONDAL: I don't think this is something that Rhaenyra 992 01:08:17,681 --> 01:08:18,765 had thought of or considered 993 01:08:18,890 --> 01:08:20,725 until Mysaria brought it to the fore. 994 01:08:21,017 --> 01:08:22,602 And it's a bit of a modern concept, 995 01:08:22,727 --> 01:08:25,397 this idea of the, quote-unquote, "power of the people." 996 01:08:25,397 --> 01:08:27,941 I have an errand for the Lady Mysaria. 997 01:08:28,108 --> 01:08:30,235 RYAN: In real history, smart and sometimes cunning 998 01:08:30,235 --> 01:08:34,197 and ruthless medieval sovereigns did use people and their will 999 01:08:34,197 --> 01:08:35,448 to their advantage. 1000 01:08:35,448 --> 01:08:36,700 SPEAKER: Behold! 1001 01:08:37,200 --> 01:08:39,953 The traitor dragon, Meleys! 1002 01:08:40,453 --> 01:08:42,414 TOWNSPERSON: It is. Look, they've killed a dragon. 1003 01:08:42,622 --> 01:08:45,083 TOWNSPERSON 2: Mark my words, this is a black omen. 1004 01:08:45,208 --> 01:08:47,210 I think this is very-- this is very Cole. 1005 01:08:47,210 --> 01:08:49,087 CLARE: His expectations are so high. 1006 01:08:49,087 --> 01:08:51,798 His expectations are for people to honor him 1007 01:08:51,923 --> 01:08:53,758 and put him up on a pedestal. 1008 01:08:53,925 --> 01:08:55,260 If you look like you've won 1009 01:08:55,260 --> 01:08:57,262 and you carry yourselves like you've won, 1010 01:08:57,262 --> 01:08:59,222 and the public don't know what's really happened, 1011 01:08:59,222 --> 01:09:00,765 then that's what everyone's going to believe. 1012 01:09:01,099 --> 01:09:02,976 But what happens is so different. 1013 01:09:03,101 --> 01:09:04,894 Don't they realize we won the battle? 1014 01:09:05,437 --> 01:09:07,647 Strange victory, if it was one. 1015 01:09:07,647 --> 01:09:09,441 RYAN: The calculation that he doesn't make 1016 01:09:09,441 --> 01:09:11,151 is how it will land on the small folk. 1017 01:09:11,151 --> 01:09:13,153 I mean, Meleys is a beloved dragon 1018 01:09:13,278 --> 01:09:15,280 that probably flew over that city hundreds of times 1019 01:09:15,280 --> 01:09:17,073 and is seen as one of these symbols 1020 01:09:17,073 --> 01:09:18,491 of the unshakableness, 1021 01:09:18,491 --> 01:09:20,994 of the invincibility of the Targaryens. 1022 01:09:21,119 --> 01:09:22,454 I thought the dragons was gods. 1023 01:09:22,454 --> 01:09:23,788 FREDDIE FOX: You know, as soon as people can see 1024 01:09:23,788 --> 01:09:26,332 you can kill dragons, well, then anybody can do it. 1025 01:09:26,458 --> 01:09:28,960 And that-- does that mean that these people that have-- 1026 01:09:29,085 --> 01:09:30,587 we've always thought of as being gods 1027 01:09:30,587 --> 01:09:32,672 because of their ability to ride dragons 1028 01:09:33,131 --> 01:09:35,592 is actually all a bit of a mirage? 1029 01:09:36,634 --> 01:09:39,012 RYAN: This is, at best, a terrible omen 1030 01:09:39,137 --> 01:09:41,639 and at worst, a harbinger of the things to come. 1031 01:09:45,977 --> 01:09:48,772 The King. Ser Criston, what befell him? 1032 01:09:48,772 --> 01:09:50,357 His Grace fought valiantly. 1033 01:09:51,024 --> 01:09:53,651 And Aemond? What was his part in this? 1034 01:09:53,777 --> 01:09:54,986 I could not say. 1035 01:09:55,362 --> 01:09:58,698 RYAN: The dramatic tension that looms over the episode is, 1036 01:09:58,823 --> 01:10:00,367 what is the state of Aegon? 1037 01:10:00,367 --> 01:10:03,995 And did he survive the end of episode four? 1038 01:10:04,496 --> 01:10:06,289 And will he survive through the end of this episode? 1039 01:10:06,623 --> 01:10:08,124 And I think that's what's kind of looming 1040 01:10:08,124 --> 01:10:10,043 over all these characters, that big question, 1041 01:10:10,335 --> 01:10:13,129 to show the cost of letting your sovereign 1042 01:10:13,296 --> 01:10:15,048 get on his dragon and ride into battle. 1043 01:10:15,215 --> 01:10:17,217 Someone will have to rule in his stead. 1044 01:10:17,217 --> 01:10:19,010 EWAN MITCHELL: I mean, it's everything he ever wanted. 1045 01:10:19,010 --> 01:10:21,137 With great power comes great responsibility, 1046 01:10:21,137 --> 01:10:22,889 and he's got to be seen as someone 1047 01:10:23,014 --> 01:10:24,182 who knows how to wield it. 1048 01:10:24,391 --> 01:10:26,685 I agree, Your Grace. It must be Prince Aemond. 1049 01:10:26,685 --> 01:10:28,353 RYAN: I mean, this is a massive power shift, 1050 01:10:28,353 --> 01:10:29,854 all of a sudden, at the Green Council. 1051 01:10:29,854 --> 01:10:33,024 It was dramatized by the meeting where Aemond takes power 1052 01:10:33,024 --> 01:10:34,234 in this very kind of banal way, 1053 01:10:34,401 --> 01:10:36,403 where he just stands up from the foot of the table, 1054 01:10:36,403 --> 01:10:38,154 takes his ball, and moves over to the King's seat, 1055 01:10:38,154 --> 01:10:39,531 and puts it down, and sits, 1056 01:10:39,656 --> 01:10:41,199 and then starts doling out orders 1057 01:10:41,199 --> 01:10:42,867 while everybody, including Alicent, 1058 01:10:42,867 --> 01:10:43,910 especially Alicent, 1059 01:10:43,910 --> 01:10:45,870 are reeling from the decision. 1060 01:10:45,995 --> 01:10:47,372 And you feel the shift in that way 1061 01:10:47,372 --> 01:10:49,749 and how different the Red Keep is going to be 1062 01:10:49,749 --> 01:10:52,168 with Aemond in charge versus the way it was with Aegon. 1063 01:10:52,544 --> 01:10:54,921 Someone cut down the fucking ratcatchers. 1064 01:10:55,046 --> 01:10:56,047 (HORSE WHINNIES) 1065 01:10:56,506 --> 01:10:58,008 DAEMON TARGARYEN: Our terms are simple, Lord Bracken. 1066 01:10:58,008 --> 01:11:00,760 Renounce the false King Aegon as a usurper. 1067 01:11:01,845 --> 01:11:03,179 Bend the knee to me, 1068 01:11:04,597 --> 01:11:05,890 or your house burns. 1069 01:11:06,391 --> 01:11:09,060 Daemon approaches life always trying to hammer 1070 01:11:09,060 --> 01:11:11,229 that square peg into the round hole, 1071 01:11:11,229 --> 01:11:14,858 and he's just trying to force his will upon this place. 1072 01:11:15,567 --> 01:11:18,903 I love the image of him in his full dragon battle armor, 1073 01:11:18,903 --> 01:11:19,946 sitting on the rock, 1074 01:11:20,280 --> 01:11:22,741 and not understanding what's happened, and saying... 1075 01:11:22,741 --> 01:11:25,368 I did not think they would be so eager to die. 1076 01:11:25,368 --> 01:11:28,288 And the Riverlands is just this unwrangleable place to him. 1077 01:11:28,413 --> 01:11:30,081 He's brought his values 1078 01:11:30,081 --> 01:11:32,792 and sort of Targaryen dragon lord values 1079 01:11:32,917 --> 01:11:34,127 into a place that is rich 1080 01:11:34,127 --> 01:11:35,754 with the old gods and these old ways. 1081 01:11:35,754 --> 01:11:38,381 These people just don't respect the dragon lords 1082 01:11:38,381 --> 01:11:40,592 the way Daemon is hoping or used to. 1083 01:11:40,717 --> 01:11:43,261 I see I must begin here with a lesson in etiquette. 1084 01:11:43,428 --> 01:11:46,890 On the page, I thought, "Yeah, this is the right territory. 1085 01:11:46,890 --> 01:11:49,225 This is where we should be. This is where his head's at." 1086 01:11:49,225 --> 01:11:51,561 It's how mental his kind of state is. 1087 01:11:51,561 --> 01:11:54,481 CLARE: Is Daemon trying to usurp Rhaenyra? 1088 01:11:54,481 --> 01:11:57,650 It's, like, unfair that he wasn't given the crown, 1089 01:11:57,776 --> 01:12:00,111 that he isn't listened to, 1090 01:12:00,111 --> 01:12:01,988 that he doesn't have that power. 1091 01:12:02,155 --> 01:12:03,948 We just don't know what he's going to do 1092 01:12:03,948 --> 01:12:06,326 or, ultimately, how he's going to turn. 1093 01:12:06,326 --> 01:12:08,787 And while I don't think that anybody could ever be asked 1094 01:12:08,787 --> 01:12:11,289 to believe that he would turn against Rhaenyra 1095 01:12:11,289 --> 01:12:12,791 and, like, go to war against her, 1096 01:12:12,957 --> 01:12:15,168 I think we could all believe that maybe Daemon would just go 1097 01:12:15,293 --> 01:12:17,128 and claim the throne for himself 1098 01:12:17,128 --> 01:12:18,254 and then see what happens. 1099 01:12:18,463 --> 01:12:20,340 What would you call the husband of the Queen? 1100 01:12:20,507 --> 01:12:22,592 - Well, the King-- - DAEMON: There it is, then. 1101 01:12:22,592 --> 01:12:23,635 ...consort. 1102 01:12:25,178 --> 01:12:27,514 That last bit seems unnecessary, don't you think?