1 00:00:01,002 --> 00:00:02,377 Cregan Stark: I have thousands of greybeards. 2 00:00:02,378 --> 00:00:05,214 If your greybeards can fight, the Queen will have them. 3 00:00:05,715 --> 00:00:07,133 They will fight hard, 4 00:00:07,842 --> 00:00:09,052 like northerners. 5 00:00:09,969 --> 00:00:11,136 ♪ (tense music plays) 6 00:00:11,137 --> 00:00:13,347 (dragon screeches) 7 00:00:13,806 --> 00:00:17,184 Our victory depends on the efforts of the small folk. 8 00:00:17,185 --> 00:00:19,687 The King has promised us some relief. 9 00:00:20,396 --> 00:00:21,481 Did he say when? 10 00:00:22,523 --> 00:00:24,400 Rhaenyra Targaryen: I've decided to send Joffrey to ward 11 00:00:24,525 --> 00:00:26,903 with my cousin, Lady Jeyne Arryn. 12 00:00:27,070 --> 00:00:29,030 Aegon and Viserys will accompany him. 13 00:00:29,530 --> 00:00:32,033 I need you to be the mother to them that I cannot. 14 00:00:32,241 --> 00:00:34,535 Guard them as a dragon guards her eggs. 15 00:00:35,536 --> 00:00:39,207 Do you accept me as your Queen and ruler? 16 00:00:39,499 --> 00:00:41,708 Or do you cling even now to what you think you lost? 17 00:00:41,709 --> 00:00:44,253 Alys Rivers: You've come here after quarreling with your wife. 18 00:00:45,380 --> 00:00:48,340 I mean, does it please you that her legitimacy is contested 19 00:00:48,341 --> 00:00:51,552 as you stand here with a castle and a dragon? 20 00:00:51,844 --> 00:00:54,263 Simon Strong: Ser Willem Blackwood of House Blackwood, Your Grace. 21 00:00:54,555 --> 00:00:56,014 Willem Blackwood: Once you and your dragon 22 00:00:56,015 --> 00:00:58,393 bring the Queen's justice to the Brackens, 23 00:00:58,851 --> 00:01:00,228 our armies will be yours. 24 00:01:01,604 --> 00:01:03,439 speaker: Cole is already preparing his attack. 25 00:01:03,856 --> 00:01:06,776 Aegon II Targaryen: The two of you have been plotting 26 00:01:06,901 --> 00:01:08,528 without my authority. 27 00:01:08,903 --> 00:01:10,071 They don't care what I think. 28 00:01:10,446 --> 00:01:12,030 Do you think simply wearing the crown 29 00:01:12,031 --> 00:01:13,282 imbues you with wisdom? 30 00:01:16,911 --> 00:01:18,746 Cole marches on Rook's Rest. 31 00:01:19,038 --> 00:01:20,373 - Send me. - No. 32 00:01:20,748 --> 00:01:23,710 Rhaenys Targaryen: You must send me, Your Grace. 33 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:25,753 This was your secret plot, Cole? 34 00:01:26,045 --> 00:01:27,463 For the King himself to lay ambush 35 00:01:27,588 --> 00:01:29,214 - and mayhaps die in the attempt. - (frustated grunt) 36 00:01:29,215 --> 00:01:30,383 Criston Cole: No! 37 00:01:31,092 --> 00:01:32,301 (dragon screeches) 38 00:01:32,427 --> 00:01:33,636 Aegon: Thank the gods! 39 00:01:34,262 --> 00:01:35,471 Dracarys! 40 00:01:36,305 --> 00:01:37,432 No! 41 00:01:39,934 --> 00:01:42,812 - (Vhagar roars) - (Meleys screeches) 42 00:01:46,816 --> 00:01:47,817 Criston: Where is His Grace? 43 00:01:53,823 --> 00:01:55,950 (breathing shakily) 44 00:02:03,291 --> 00:02:06,461 (epic theme playing) 45 00:02:51,464 --> 00:02:53,674 ♪ 46 00:03:47,061 --> 00:03:49,230 (music fades out) 47 00:03:53,609 --> 00:03:57,029 (tense, solemn music playing) 48 00:04:03,578 --> 00:04:05,246 (footsteps approach) 49 00:04:20,928 --> 00:04:22,930 ♪ 50 00:04:32,607 --> 00:04:34,317 (inhales) 51 00:04:42,450 --> 00:04:44,452 ♪ 52 00:04:57,632 --> 00:05:00,802 - (bell tolling) - (street chatter) 53 00:05:07,141 --> 00:05:09,852 - Only one. - That's enough, stand back. 54 00:05:09,977 --> 00:05:13,105 - (chatter continues) - (distant horn blowing) 55 00:05:13,106 --> 00:05:15,149 (bell tolling) 56 00:05:16,818 --> 00:05:18,319 knight: Behold! 57 00:05:18,945 --> 00:05:21,989 The traitor dragon Meleys! 58 00:05:22,115 --> 00:05:26,284 - (crowd clamoring) - Slain at Rook's Rest 59 00:05:26,285 --> 00:05:27,995 by your king! 60 00:05:30,164 --> 00:05:31,623 To Aegon! 61 00:05:31,624 --> 00:05:34,836 (tense music playing) 62 00:05:37,630 --> 00:05:40,132 (crowd murmuring) 63 00:05:40,133 --> 00:05:43,344 - It can't be... - They killed a dragon! 64 00:05:43,469 --> 00:05:46,472 townsperson 1: Mark my words, this is a black omen. 65 00:05:50,810 --> 00:05:53,020 ♪ 66 00:06:01,988 --> 00:06:04,073 - (bell tolling) - (horse neighs) 67 00:06:04,198 --> 00:06:06,868 townsperson 2: Rhaenyra will answer this. 68 00:06:07,702 --> 00:06:09,370 'Tis an abomination. 69 00:06:10,538 --> 00:06:12,915 Don't they realize we won the battle? 70 00:06:13,750 --> 00:06:16,002 Strange victory... 71 00:06:16,711 --> 00:06:18,378 if it was one. 72 00:06:18,379 --> 00:06:20,423 ♪ 73 00:06:29,223 --> 00:06:30,892 (crowd chattering) 74 00:06:35,605 --> 00:06:38,024 - (horn blowing) - knight: Behold! 75 00:06:39,067 --> 00:06:41,860 The traitor dragon Meleys! 76 00:06:41,861 --> 00:06:43,695 I thought the dragons was gods. 77 00:06:43,696 --> 00:06:47,240 knight: Slain at Rook's Rest by your king! 78 00:06:47,241 --> 00:06:49,911 ♪ 79 00:06:55,583 --> 00:06:57,251 It's just meat. 80 00:06:58,586 --> 00:07:00,755 ♪ 81 00:07:13,393 --> 00:07:15,395 (bell tolling) 82 00:07:28,449 --> 00:07:31,160 ♪ 83 00:07:50,471 --> 00:07:52,473 (solemn music playing) 84 00:08:15,204 --> 00:08:17,206 ♪ 85 00:08:36,684 --> 00:08:38,895 (music softens) 86 00:09:09,217 --> 00:09:11,219 ♪ 87 00:09:12,053 --> 00:09:14,222 (quiet chattering) 88 00:09:16,849 --> 00:09:17,934 Is he alive? 89 00:09:18,059 --> 00:09:20,061 His Grace... 90 00:09:20,186 --> 00:09:23,106 remains with us, for the moment. 91 00:09:27,568 --> 00:09:29,904 (music fades out) 92 00:09:30,613 --> 00:09:32,864 (quiet chattering) 93 00:09:32,865 --> 00:09:36,619 - (Aegon breathing heavily) - (tools clinking) 94 00:09:39,747 --> 00:09:42,083 (pus squelching) 95 00:10:01,436 --> 00:10:03,604 (pus squelching) 96 00:10:05,773 --> 00:10:07,442 (grunting) 97 00:10:15,616 --> 00:10:18,494 (quiet chattering) 98 00:10:19,829 --> 00:10:21,079 Is my son going to die? 99 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:22,915 I'm afraid I cannot say. 100 00:10:23,166 --> 00:10:26,585 Now, if you'll excuse me, Your Grace, these next hours are most critical. 101 00:10:26,586 --> 00:10:27,795 Of course. 102 00:10:28,296 --> 00:10:31,466 (solemn music playing) 103 00:10:33,968 --> 00:10:36,137 (quiet chattering) 104 00:10:39,140 --> 00:10:40,516 (bone cracks) 105 00:10:40,850 --> 00:10:42,477 Grand Maester Orwyle: Easy as you can. 106 00:10:46,689 --> 00:10:49,108 ♪ 107 00:10:57,658 --> 00:10:59,660 (strained breathing) 108 00:11:02,330 --> 00:11:05,458 Someone will have to rule in his stead. 109 00:11:17,470 --> 00:11:19,180 (music softens) 110 00:11:19,305 --> 00:11:21,182 (footsteps approach) 111 00:11:26,813 --> 00:11:28,523 (birds chirping) 112 00:11:28,648 --> 00:11:31,316 - What happened? - We took the castle. 113 00:11:31,317 --> 00:11:34,070 At the cost of some 900 men. 114 00:11:35,738 --> 00:11:37,490 So I've heard. 115 00:11:39,075 --> 00:11:41,744 I left a meager garrison behind to protect it 116 00:11:41,869 --> 00:11:44,372 and the king's dragon. 117 00:11:44,497 --> 00:11:46,541 Sunfyrewas long in the dying. 118 00:11:46,666 --> 00:11:49,377 The king, Ser Criston, what befell him? 119 00:11:52,922 --> 00:11:55,591 His Grace fought valiantly. 120 00:11:55,717 --> 00:11:58,386 (Criston polishing sword) 121 00:12:01,723 --> 00:12:02,932 And Aemond? 122 00:12:03,057 --> 00:12:06,227 - (silence) - (birds chirping) 123 00:12:10,064 --> 00:12:12,233 What was his part in this? 124 00:12:15,903 --> 00:12:18,072 I could not say. 125 00:12:21,534 --> 00:12:25,246 Alfred Broome: Our largest dragon has been killed. 126 00:12:25,371 --> 00:12:29,751 Criston Cole marches about the Crownlands unchallenged. 127 00:12:30,209 --> 00:12:33,379 Duskendale and Rook's Rest are gone. 128 00:12:34,422 --> 00:12:36,048 We still have no ground army 129 00:12:36,049 --> 00:12:39,051 but the one we hope that Daemon will raise. 130 00:12:39,052 --> 00:12:43,221 He who has left us... after some marital spat. 131 00:12:43,222 --> 00:12:45,098 (quiet groans) 132 00:12:45,099 --> 00:12:47,435 Do you take issue with me, Ser Alfred? 133 00:12:49,979 --> 00:12:52,148 My loyalty to you is proven, my queen. 134 00:12:52,273 --> 00:12:54,399 Your loyalty, perhaps, 135 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,235 but your willingness to give me deference in a time of war. 136 00:12:57,236 --> 00:13:00,405 I could never doubt your capability, 137 00:13:00,406 --> 00:13:03,326 or your quickness of mind. 138 00:13:04,452 --> 00:13:06,411 It is merely that the gentler sex, 139 00:13:06,412 --> 00:13:08,831 heretofore, has not been much privy 140 00:13:08,956 --> 00:13:11,792 to the strategies of battle, 141 00:13:11,793 --> 00:13:13,753 or their execution. 142 00:13:15,296 --> 00:13:17,089 There has been peace in our lifetime. 143 00:13:17,090 --> 00:13:19,634 You've seen no more battles than I have. 144 00:13:29,977 --> 00:13:33,314 (light, tense music playing) 145 00:13:39,362 --> 00:13:41,988 Send to Maidenpool and to Crackclaw Point. 146 00:13:41,989 --> 00:13:43,156 Let them man their garrisons 147 00:13:43,157 --> 00:13:44,783 and give them stores or weapons 148 00:13:44,784 --> 00:13:46,327 if they find them wanting. 149 00:13:47,328 --> 00:13:48,829 If Cole pursues his campaign, 150 00:13:48,830 --> 00:13:52,124 - our allies must be ready. - We must answer Rook's Rest, 151 00:13:52,125 --> 00:13:54,459 - and Duskendale. - Bartimos Celtigar: They are lost already. 152 00:13:54,460 --> 00:13:57,003 But Vhagar is depleted after such 153 00:13:57,004 --> 00:13:58,172 a hard-fought battle. 154 00:13:58,297 --> 00:13:59,464 Lorent Marbrand: If Aegon is dead... 155 00:13:59,465 --> 00:14:00,841 Steffon Darklyn: We will soon know it. 156 00:14:00,842 --> 00:14:02,801 Gormon Massey: 'Twould be a victory in name only. 157 00:14:02,802 --> 00:14:04,970 They will soon prop up another in his stead. 158 00:14:04,971 --> 00:14:06,180 Bartimos: The time is ripe. 159 00:14:06,305 --> 00:14:07,515 If we can strike King's Landing 160 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:09,141 before their dragon is recovered... 161 00:14:09,142 --> 00:14:10,685 Then I myself must do it. 162 00:14:10,810 --> 00:14:14,354 My queen, you are the crown. It is out of the question. 163 00:14:14,355 --> 00:14:16,982 What would you have me do? 164 00:14:16,983 --> 00:14:19,193 ♪ 165 00:14:26,701 --> 00:14:28,703 ♪ 166 00:14:37,503 --> 00:14:39,589 Baela Targaryen: Jace? 167 00:14:41,883 --> 00:14:43,509 Where are you going? 168 00:14:44,719 --> 00:14:49,014 To Harrenhal. To treat with Daemon. 169 00:14:49,015 --> 00:14:50,390 Rhaenys is fallen. 170 00:14:50,391 --> 00:14:52,268 He must affirm his loyalty to my mother 171 00:14:52,393 --> 00:14:54,395 and report his standing. 172 00:14:57,106 --> 00:14:59,400 And you think you will tame him... 173 00:14:59,525 --> 00:15:01,110 when the queen herself could not? 174 00:15:01,235 --> 00:15:04,029 My mother gladly sends you away 175 00:15:04,030 --> 00:15:05,864 to scout, to fight, 176 00:15:05,865 --> 00:15:08,951 whilst I'm here being forced to play the coddled princeling. 177 00:15:09,077 --> 00:15:13,289 - It's humiliating, Baela. - She only protects you. 178 00:15:13,414 --> 00:15:14,749 You are the succession. 179 00:15:14,874 --> 00:15:18,920 Then I must be seen to act for her claim and mine. 180 00:15:22,632 --> 00:15:25,301 I can sit still no longer. 181 00:15:27,804 --> 00:15:29,430 I must act. 182 00:15:36,938 --> 00:15:38,439 The Freys. 183 00:15:40,441 --> 00:15:42,776 They control the crossing at the Twins. 184 00:15:42,777 --> 00:15:45,612 Cregan Stark's graybeards are marching south. 185 00:15:45,613 --> 00:15:48,949 If his men had a direct route into the Riverlands, 186 00:15:48,950 --> 00:15:51,077 we would not have to wait for Daemon to act. 187 00:15:51,786 --> 00:15:54,455 I will treat with The Freys to secure it. 188 00:15:54,580 --> 00:15:56,290 She will not like it. 189 00:15:56,791 --> 00:16:00,670 Then don't tell her. Not until I'm away. 190 00:16:10,138 --> 00:16:12,306 (Caraxes calls) 191 00:16:13,850 --> 00:16:16,978 Daemon Targaryen: The hour is late and my dragon is hungry. 192 00:16:17,103 --> 00:16:20,439 - (horses neighing) - You have no choice but to submit. 193 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,315 Our terms are simple, Lord Bracken. 194 00:16:22,316 --> 00:16:26,028 Renounce the false king Aegon as a usurper 195 00:16:26,154 --> 00:16:28,823 and bend the knee to me 196 00:16:28,948 --> 00:16:30,615 or your house burns. 197 00:16:30,616 --> 00:16:33,661 I would sooner be the Lord of Bones and Cinders 198 00:16:33,786 --> 00:16:38,123 than bend my knee before some heathen Blackwood cunt... 199 00:16:38,124 --> 00:16:39,709 and his hired dragon. 200 00:16:39,834 --> 00:16:41,335 The Brackens were a people hatched out 201 00:16:41,461 --> 00:16:43,795 of the deepest of the Seven Hells, Your Grace. 202 00:16:43,796 --> 00:16:45,338 It would be a kindness to oblige them 203 00:16:45,339 --> 00:16:47,340 and send them back whence they came. 204 00:16:47,341 --> 00:16:48,633 Did your brother's head 205 00:16:48,634 --> 00:16:51,179 keep on its way back to you, Willem? 206 00:16:51,512 --> 00:16:53,389 I heard the maggots got to it. 207 00:16:53,514 --> 00:16:56,517 That is quite the impression, Lord Bracken. 208 00:16:57,351 --> 00:16:59,562 But alas, not an answer. 209 00:17:01,064 --> 00:17:03,066 (horses grunting) 210 00:17:05,026 --> 00:17:07,028 (horse neighs) 211 00:17:09,238 --> 00:17:11,574 We choose fire. 212 00:17:11,699 --> 00:17:14,869 - (horse neighs) - (Caraxes grumbling) 213 00:17:21,417 --> 00:17:24,837 I did not think they would be so eager to die. 214 00:17:25,546 --> 00:17:27,423 They made their choice. 215 00:17:27,715 --> 00:17:30,717 - You should've indulged them. - I need them alive. 216 00:17:30,718 --> 00:17:33,679 I came here to raise swords, not corpses. 217 00:17:34,222 --> 00:17:37,391 But now you see what my house has known for generations. 218 00:17:37,392 --> 00:17:39,394 They are pigheaded, intransigent... 219 00:17:39,519 --> 00:17:42,063 They would rather burn than succumb. 220 00:17:45,733 --> 00:17:47,902 Exactly the kind of men I need. 221 00:17:49,904 --> 00:17:51,405 It may yet be possible, I think, 222 00:17:51,406 --> 00:17:53,449 for both of us to achieve our ends. 223 00:17:53,574 --> 00:17:56,243 We have fought them for an age and more. 224 00:17:56,244 --> 00:17:57,702 Then perhaps you could try 225 00:17:57,703 --> 00:18:00,081 less fighting and more... 226 00:18:03,876 --> 00:18:05,628 persuading. 227 00:18:06,421 --> 00:18:09,132 They are unyielding in battle. 228 00:18:12,093 --> 00:18:14,095 (wind blowing) 229 00:18:15,888 --> 00:18:18,724 But every man has a weakness. 230 00:18:18,725 --> 00:18:21,227 You take my meaning, then. 231 00:18:24,772 --> 00:18:28,943 There are things the crown itself must not been seen to do. 232 00:18:30,278 --> 00:18:31,779 Show them your worst. 233 00:18:31,904 --> 00:18:34,239 I am your servant, Your Grace. 234 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:37,285 (tense music playing) 235 00:18:43,958 --> 00:18:45,960 (music intensifies) 236 00:18:55,303 --> 00:18:58,972 Jeyne Arryn: Over the centuries, many and more armies 237 00:18:58,973 --> 00:19:02,268 have broken themselves against my bloody gate. 238 00:19:04,312 --> 00:19:06,480 (music fades out) 239 00:19:06,481 --> 00:19:08,649 Are you listening? 240 00:19:09,442 --> 00:19:10,818 My lady. 241 00:19:11,319 --> 00:19:13,988 The Eyrie itself is impregnable. 242 00:19:16,157 --> 00:19:19,494 Unless, of course, we're descended upon from the sky. 243 00:19:19,619 --> 00:19:22,287 You promised the Queen Rhaenyra 15,000 swords... 244 00:19:22,288 --> 00:19:25,541 In return for protection. A dragon. 245 00:19:27,043 --> 00:19:29,879 Then she has exceeded your terms. 246 00:19:30,004 --> 00:19:31,172 She sent two. 247 00:19:31,714 --> 00:19:34,217 Both still wet from the egg. 248 00:19:34,342 --> 00:19:35,343 (scoffs) 249 00:19:35,843 --> 00:19:38,388 I have hunting hounds that are more fearsome. 250 00:19:38,513 --> 00:19:40,848 They are dragons nonetheless. 251 00:19:41,349 --> 00:19:42,641 I do not recall you specifying 252 00:19:42,642 --> 00:19:44,352 the size of the beast in your request. 253 00:19:44,477 --> 00:19:46,354 Will you goad me, child? 254 00:19:46,854 --> 00:19:49,857 When your bread and shelter now depend on my pleasure? 255 00:19:51,526 --> 00:19:53,569 The dragons will grow... 256 00:19:54,529 --> 00:19:56,739 - in time. - I don't have time. 257 00:19:58,491 --> 00:20:00,868 I mislike feeling powerless. 258 00:20:02,203 --> 00:20:03,704 So do I. 259 00:20:10,211 --> 00:20:12,003 This will be your chamber. 260 00:20:12,004 --> 00:20:14,215 I'll expect you at supper this evening? 261 00:20:17,176 --> 00:20:21,389 My sympathies for the death of your grandmother. 262 00:20:23,725 --> 00:20:25,893 (wind blowing) 263 00:20:29,564 --> 00:20:32,357 The way they spoke at my small council today. 264 00:20:32,358 --> 00:20:35,861 Mysaria: Do they hold you responsible for Rhaenys and her dragon? 265 00:20:35,862 --> 00:20:37,572 I would rather they had. 266 00:20:38,072 --> 00:20:40,783 They speak around me, not to me. 267 00:20:41,451 --> 00:20:42,577 (sighs) They would make me queen, 268 00:20:42,702 --> 00:20:44,870 but they wish to keep me here, confined. 269 00:20:44,871 --> 00:20:47,415 They betray their own smallness. 270 00:20:47,957 --> 00:20:49,250 In truth, I cannot fault them. 271 00:20:49,375 --> 00:20:53,545 I am now the sovereign. I cannot do as I please. 272 00:20:53,546 --> 00:20:56,256 And war has ever been for men to make. 273 00:20:56,257 --> 00:20:59,760 You are your father's chosen successor. 274 00:20:59,761 --> 00:21:02,220 He did not prepare me to fight. 275 00:21:02,221 --> 00:21:04,098 If I had been a son, 276 00:21:04,223 --> 00:21:07,769 a sword thrust into my hand the moment I could walk. 277 00:21:08,269 --> 00:21:10,563 Instead, I was given my father's cup... 278 00:21:11,105 --> 00:21:13,649 taught the name of every lord and castle 279 00:21:13,775 --> 00:21:15,233 between Storm's End and the Twins, 280 00:21:15,234 --> 00:21:18,446 but not the difference between hilt and foible. 281 00:21:19,322 --> 00:21:21,115 And they know it. 282 00:21:22,450 --> 00:21:26,078 - And Daemon as well... - Shall your evening meal be served here, Your Grace? 283 00:21:26,079 --> 00:21:27,789 (sharply) Not now. 284 00:21:28,748 --> 00:21:31,959 (distant dragons grumbling) 285 00:21:33,628 --> 00:21:35,338 Will you send to him? 286 00:21:36,756 --> 00:21:39,591 For too long, I have looked to him for strength. 287 00:21:39,592 --> 00:21:41,677 If I must be supplicant to my own husband, 288 00:21:41,803 --> 00:21:43,638 what does that make me? 289 00:21:46,974 --> 00:21:50,186 I do not know my part, Mysaria. 290 00:21:53,022 --> 00:21:55,983 The path I walk has never been trod. 291 00:21:56,984 --> 00:22:00,780 Criston Cole made a mistake. 292 00:22:02,156 --> 00:22:06,451 Parading a dragon's head through the streets like a prize of war, 293 00:22:06,452 --> 00:22:08,495 but the people see an ill omen. 294 00:22:08,496 --> 00:22:09,996 (scoffs) Yes, as do I. 295 00:22:09,997 --> 00:22:13,333 They are afraid, bread is scarce, 296 00:22:13,334 --> 00:22:14,793 the king has fallen, 297 00:22:14,794 --> 00:22:17,380 they whisper to each other that when Viserys lived, 298 00:22:17,505 --> 00:22:19,631 - there was peace. - (sighs) 299 00:22:19,632 --> 00:22:22,385 But will whispers tear down stone... 300 00:22:22,510 --> 00:22:23,886 or break shields? 301 00:22:24,011 --> 00:22:27,390 Do not underestimate your subjects. 302 00:22:27,515 --> 00:22:29,016 They are a thousand-thousand 303 00:22:29,142 --> 00:22:30,809 living in the shadow of the Red Keep 304 00:22:30,810 --> 00:22:33,354 and forgotten for too long. 305 00:22:34,021 --> 00:22:36,232 And you think they will turn to me. 306 00:22:36,357 --> 00:22:40,862 To the discontented, rumors are feed. 307 00:22:41,696 --> 00:22:45,365 (light, tense music playing) 308 00:22:45,366 --> 00:22:47,160 Your Grace. 309 00:22:49,245 --> 00:22:53,875 What you cannot do, let others do for you. 310 00:22:55,001 --> 00:22:58,336 There is more than one way to fight a war. 311 00:22:58,337 --> 00:23:00,381 (music intensifies) 312 00:23:11,559 --> 00:23:13,770 ♪ 313 00:23:18,399 --> 00:23:20,358 (music fades out) 314 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,028 Baela: The thought of her lying in a field, 315 00:23:23,029 --> 00:23:25,907 broken amongst her enemies. 316 00:23:36,250 --> 00:23:40,463 Did your grandmother ever tell you of the night she claimed Meleys? 317 00:23:41,464 --> 00:23:43,466 She snuck into the Dragonpit. 318 00:23:44,092 --> 00:23:46,594 She knew that place better than any Elder. 319 00:23:47,095 --> 00:23:49,263 They say she could see in the dark. 320 00:23:50,765 --> 00:23:52,600 My father was furious. 321 00:23:52,725 --> 00:23:54,726 His own mother's dragon, 322 00:23:54,727 --> 00:23:56,104 the fastest beast ever known, 323 00:23:56,229 --> 00:23:58,063 - and she'd have none of him. - (Rhaenyra chuckles) 324 00:23:58,064 --> 00:24:00,566 But bent her neck to Rhaenys. 325 00:24:01,609 --> 00:24:03,778 She was fierce... 326 00:24:04,904 --> 00:24:07,115 in love and in anger. 327 00:24:09,617 --> 00:24:13,329 She did not always care for me, but... 328 00:24:14,956 --> 00:24:19,168 for what she gave me in the end, I'm grateful. 329 00:24:24,966 --> 00:24:28,094 I wished I had known her when she was young. 330 00:24:33,641 --> 00:24:37,979 - (chuckles) You are very like her in some ways. - (Baela chuckles) 331 00:24:40,481 --> 00:24:45,444 And with her gone... I must rely on you, I think. 332 00:24:45,445 --> 00:24:48,113 Your Grace? (sniffles) 333 00:24:48,114 --> 00:24:50,867 Would you give this to your grandsire? 334 00:25:02,295 --> 00:25:05,006 I do not wish to stand alone. 335 00:25:06,507 --> 00:25:08,675 (eerie rumbling) 336 00:25:08,676 --> 00:25:10,470 female voice: Daemon. 337 00:25:15,224 --> 00:25:16,559 Daemon. 338 00:25:17,310 --> 00:25:20,188 You were always the strong one. 339 00:25:22,023 --> 00:25:24,859 The finest swordsman... 340 00:25:27,528 --> 00:25:30,198 the fearless dragonrider. 341 00:25:31,991 --> 00:25:35,745 Your brother had great love in his heart... 342 00:25:35,870 --> 00:25:38,039 (heavy breathing) 343 00:25:39,916 --> 00:25:42,377 ...but he lacked your constitution. 344 00:25:43,211 --> 00:25:46,005 Viserys was unsuited for the crown... 345 00:25:49,050 --> 00:25:53,096 but you... Daemon, you were made to wear it. 346 00:26:01,396 --> 00:26:03,398 (heavy breathing) 347 00:26:13,241 --> 00:26:16,411 If only you'd been born first. 348 00:26:17,620 --> 00:26:20,081 My favorite son. 349 00:26:26,254 --> 00:26:29,632 (echoing) Is the duck not to your liking, Your Grace? 350 00:26:34,595 --> 00:26:38,224 (normal) There's also goose, if you'd prefer it. 351 00:26:39,892 --> 00:26:41,768 I like the goose, myself. 352 00:26:41,769 --> 00:26:44,230 (dinnerware clattering) 353 00:26:45,106 --> 00:26:47,442 (Alys pouring wine) 354 00:26:49,986 --> 00:26:51,446 Uh, I'm not hungry. 355 00:26:51,571 --> 00:26:53,781 Simon Strong: I was saying, given the rather dire news 356 00:26:53,906 --> 00:26:55,742 from Rook's Rest... 357 00:26:56,576 --> 00:27:00,579 it appears the winds have shifted and each side has suffered great loss, 358 00:27:00,580 --> 00:27:04,167 and will be unsure of what is to follow. 359 00:27:05,293 --> 00:27:08,253 A good time, then, for a show of strength. 360 00:27:08,254 --> 00:27:09,421 I believe Willem Blackwood 361 00:27:09,422 --> 00:27:12,091 is bringing House Bracken to heel. 362 00:27:13,301 --> 00:27:16,679 We must ready the castle to receive a great host. 363 00:27:18,973 --> 00:27:20,807 You seem sure of this. 364 00:27:20,808 --> 00:27:23,602 All men may be led, Ser Simon. 365 00:27:23,603 --> 00:27:25,354 Even Rivermen. 366 00:27:26,314 --> 00:27:30,318 'Tis a matter of showing them whom it behooves them to follow. 367 00:27:31,486 --> 00:27:33,821 How does the work here progress? 368 00:27:34,155 --> 00:27:37,949 Oh, um... we're drawing water for the kitchens 369 00:27:37,950 --> 00:27:40,328 - and lighting the forges. - Very well. 370 00:27:40,453 --> 00:27:42,954 That is merely the beginning, of course. 371 00:27:42,955 --> 00:27:44,707 The roof alone has needed tending 372 00:27:44,832 --> 00:27:45,792 since the reign of Aenys. 373 00:27:45,793 --> 00:27:47,000 And the storerooms. 374 00:27:47,001 --> 00:27:49,045 And... 375 00:27:49,170 --> 00:27:51,672 and the Wailing Tower. (chuckles) 376 00:27:52,173 --> 00:27:54,675 The bats have made the corridors almost impassable 377 00:27:54,801 --> 00:27:56,803 with the quantity of their... 378 00:27:57,845 --> 00:27:59,389 Their shit. 379 00:28:01,516 --> 00:28:03,393 I venture there are smiths and armorers 380 00:28:03,518 --> 00:28:05,977 to be found near Nutton and Riverbend. 381 00:28:05,978 --> 00:28:08,022 Well, send for them, and levy the farmers 382 00:28:08,147 --> 00:28:10,149 from Antlers to High Heart. 383 00:28:10,358 --> 00:28:14,195 Task their huntsmen to bring us meat and wood. 384 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:16,988 Um, there is, of course, the matter of payment. 385 00:28:16,989 --> 00:28:18,657 (clattering stops) 386 00:28:18,658 --> 00:28:23,204 After the, the tragedy that befell his father... 387 00:28:23,538 --> 00:28:29,334 Larys transferred his family's wealth to King's Landing. 388 00:28:29,335 --> 00:28:31,754 Is there any gold left in your coffers? 389 00:28:31,879 --> 00:28:36,551 Enough to keep this small establishment you see fed and warm. 390 00:28:37,552 --> 00:28:39,053 Relatively. 391 00:28:41,431 --> 00:28:44,891 I... I rather thought, Your Grace, as 392 00:28:44,892 --> 00:28:48,229 emissary to the Queen 393 00:28:48,354 --> 00:28:52,190 that p-perhaps she could provide the necessary coin 394 00:28:52,191 --> 00:28:55,778 - if you could only write to her. - No. 395 00:28:55,903 --> 00:28:57,905 Harrenhal is my command. 396 00:28:58,364 --> 00:29:01,242 I shall guarantee the payment myself. 397 00:29:02,076 --> 00:29:03,870 (mouths) Up, up. 398 00:29:06,914 --> 00:29:08,916 Very well, Your Grace. 399 00:29:09,250 --> 00:29:12,420 You should address me as "my king." 400 00:29:12,754 --> 00:29:14,422 But you're the prince. 401 00:29:14,756 --> 00:29:17,091 What would you call the husband of the queen? 402 00:29:17,216 --> 00:29:18,884 - Well, the king... - Daemon: There it is, then. 403 00:29:18,885 --> 00:29:20,428 ...consort. 404 00:29:21,429 --> 00:29:24,390 That last bit seems unnecessary, don't you think? 405 00:29:26,768 --> 00:29:28,311 (sighing) 406 00:29:30,104 --> 00:29:32,064 Orwyle: The armor was Valyrian steel, 407 00:29:32,065 --> 00:29:36,444 but His Grace suffered grievous burns over much of his body. 408 00:29:37,403 --> 00:29:39,280 He has many broken bones. 409 00:29:39,405 --> 00:29:42,783 I fear there are more injuries within, 410 00:29:42,784 --> 00:29:44,786 injuries we cannot see. 411 00:29:46,287 --> 00:29:48,623 (inhales) We are grateful for your works, 412 00:29:48,748 --> 00:29:49,749 Grand Maester. 413 00:29:50,833 --> 00:29:53,419 - Has he woken? - No. 414 00:29:54,670 --> 00:29:59,342 I must admit, I'm not sure he will ever wake. 415 00:29:59,467 --> 00:30:02,678 I have plied my crafts to their fullest extents. 416 00:30:02,804 --> 00:30:06,974 Our king's fate lies with the gods now. 417 00:30:17,485 --> 00:30:20,488 A king cannot rule in his sleep. 418 00:30:20,613 --> 00:30:22,990 The realm will have noticed his absence. 419 00:30:23,491 --> 00:30:27,203 Let them hear of his great deeds at Rook's Rest. 420 00:30:27,328 --> 00:30:30,039 But now we must name a regent to take his place 421 00:30:30,164 --> 00:30:31,833 until he recovers... 422 00:30:34,168 --> 00:30:35,503 or does not. 423 00:30:37,004 --> 00:30:39,297 A wise strategy, Your Grace. 424 00:30:39,298 --> 00:30:41,008 A regency will assure the people 425 00:30:41,134 --> 00:30:43,678 of the stability of the crown. 426 00:30:46,222 --> 00:30:49,350 Did you have a candidate in mind, Your Grace? 427 00:30:49,809 --> 00:30:51,519 I myself served in this role for my husband. 428 00:30:51,644 --> 00:30:53,186 I am well-prepared to do it again. 429 00:30:53,187 --> 00:30:54,646 You played your part admirably 430 00:30:54,647 --> 00:30:56,314 in a time of peace, Your Grace, 431 00:30:56,315 --> 00:30:58,817 but circumstances have changed. 432 00:30:58,818 --> 00:31:00,528 (sarcastically) And here I had forgotten. 433 00:31:00,653 --> 00:31:02,821 Ironrod: The king does not lack for heirs. 434 00:31:02,822 --> 00:31:07,868 The obvious choice is his immediate successor, Prince Aemond. 435 00:31:07,869 --> 00:31:09,202 Tyland Lannister: Agreed. 436 00:31:09,203 --> 00:31:12,038 Aemond is young. 437 00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:15,001 And his lack of restraint has already cost us dearly. 438 00:31:24,218 --> 00:31:28,389 Orwyle: It is experience that offers the surest path to security. 439 00:31:28,514 --> 00:31:31,516 Queen Alicent ably shouldered the duties of the realm 440 00:31:31,517 --> 00:31:33,226 when her husband's health failed him. 441 00:31:33,227 --> 00:31:34,561 Experience is valuable, yes, 442 00:31:34,562 --> 00:31:36,021 but the dowager queen is a woman. 443 00:31:36,022 --> 00:31:39,275 I am no stranger to rule or to sitting at this council. 444 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:40,568 Aemond is a fearsome dragonrider. 445 00:31:40,693 --> 00:31:42,027 His skill is best employed in the field, 446 00:31:42,028 --> 00:31:45,030 but my experience is needed here, at this table. 447 00:31:45,031 --> 00:31:47,407 No offense was meant, Your Grace, but... 448 00:31:47,408 --> 00:31:52,580 - at a time when we must show strength. - Lord Larys? 449 00:31:52,705 --> 00:31:55,374 I agree, Your Grace. It must be Prince Aemond. 450 00:31:57,085 --> 00:31:59,544 What would it say if, in response to Rhaenyra's crowning, 451 00:31:59,545 --> 00:32:01,964 we raised up a woman of our own? 452 00:32:04,759 --> 00:32:06,260 But, um... 453 00:32:07,637 --> 00:32:09,554 but the Hand speaks for the king's voice. 454 00:32:09,555 --> 00:32:11,808 Ser Criston, what say you? 455 00:32:18,606 --> 00:32:20,983 Aemond is the next in line. 456 00:32:23,111 --> 00:32:24,654 It must be him. 457 00:32:29,158 --> 00:32:31,411 Aemond Targaryen: It's agreed then. 458 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,976 What is our standing in the Riverlands? 459 00:32:56,477 --> 00:32:59,104 Tyland: Uh, the banners of House Tully 460 00:32:59,105 --> 00:33:01,314 are in disarray, Your Grace. 461 00:33:01,315 --> 00:33:02,525 Prince Daemon has little hope 462 00:33:02,650 --> 00:33:05,152 of fielding an army of any size, for now. 463 00:33:05,153 --> 00:33:06,778 (voices fading) 464 00:33:06,779 --> 00:33:08,780 Larys Strong: We would do well to send word to young Oscar Tully. 465 00:33:08,781 --> 00:33:10,658 - (Alicent breathing heavily) - It's only a matter of time 466 00:33:10,783 --> 00:33:13,160 before he inherits his grandsire's mantle. 467 00:33:13,161 --> 00:33:15,163 Aemond: Tell me, Lord Strong, 468 00:33:15,288 --> 00:33:16,706 how I can trust the counsel of a man 469 00:33:16,831 --> 00:33:18,374 who leaves the jewel of the Riverlands 470 00:33:18,499 --> 00:33:21,002 to be plucked by our enemy? 471 00:33:24,505 --> 00:33:26,007 Your brother's host can meet Daemon. 472 00:33:26,132 --> 00:33:27,341 He should quicken its pace 473 00:33:27,467 --> 00:33:28,467 and check the Rivermen 474 00:33:28,468 --> 00:33:29,968 while their banners are in disarray. 475 00:33:29,969 --> 00:33:32,221 Tyland: I shall send Lord Jason encouragement. 476 00:33:32,346 --> 00:33:35,183 - Aemond: What else? - Orwyle: We might turn our attention 477 00:33:35,308 --> 00:33:37,642 to the smallfolk here in King's Landing. 478 00:33:37,643 --> 00:33:40,188 They have grown weary of the Sea Snake's blockade. 479 00:33:40,313 --> 00:33:42,356 Aemond: So have we all. 480 00:33:42,482 --> 00:33:43,566 Orwyle: Many are fleeing the city, 481 00:33:43,691 --> 00:33:47,028 spreading word of their fear and unrest. 482 00:33:47,361 --> 00:33:50,322 Aemond: Mm, then let the gates be closed. 483 00:33:50,323 --> 00:33:52,491 ♪ 484 00:33:52,492 --> 00:33:55,160 No one is to leave or enter, save with our consent. 485 00:33:55,161 --> 00:33:58,039 Merchants, so forth. 486 00:33:59,874 --> 00:34:02,209 (heavy breathing) 487 00:34:02,210 --> 00:34:04,170 (clearly) Go to your tasks. 488 00:34:04,879 --> 00:34:07,381 We shall meet again at first light. 489 00:34:07,382 --> 00:34:11,511 Oh, and someone cut down the fucking ratcatchers. 490 00:34:14,013 --> 00:34:15,264 (coughs) 491 00:34:15,390 --> 00:34:18,267 - (outside street chatter) - (baby crying) 492 00:34:18,393 --> 00:34:20,728 Kat: The city's safe no longer. 493 00:34:22,397 --> 00:34:23,898 There is no food. 494 00:34:24,774 --> 00:34:26,858 Our neighbors are stealing from each other. 495 00:34:26,859 --> 00:34:28,111 We must get out. 496 00:34:28,236 --> 00:34:30,028 And where would you have us go? 497 00:34:30,029 --> 00:34:32,240 North, maybe? South? 498 00:34:32,907 --> 00:34:34,908 For all we know, every road leads into the dragons' teeth. 499 00:34:34,909 --> 00:34:37,412 Like the one they carted through the streets? 500 00:34:38,079 --> 00:34:42,458 You think Rhaenyra will let such an affront go unchallenged? 501 00:34:45,378 --> 00:34:48,089 We should make for Tumbleton. 502 00:34:48,214 --> 00:34:50,133 My brother will have room. 503 00:34:50,258 --> 00:34:52,093 You would have me turn beggar? 504 00:34:53,553 --> 00:34:55,263 (daughter groans) 505 00:34:58,099 --> 00:35:00,892 Are we not beggars already? 506 00:35:00,893 --> 00:35:02,603 Have you been paid for those machines 507 00:35:02,729 --> 00:35:03,604 you were forced to build? 508 00:35:03,605 --> 00:35:05,314 The king has promised payment. 509 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,443 (hushed) The king has lied! 510 00:35:12,113 --> 00:35:13,281 (coughs) 511 00:35:19,954 --> 00:35:21,789 By all means... 512 00:35:22,457 --> 00:35:26,002 stay and wait for his empty promises, husband. 513 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,965 With them, you can feed the mouths of ghosts. 514 00:35:42,477 --> 00:35:44,687 (dog whimpering) 515 00:35:47,148 --> 00:35:49,150 (indistinct chatter) 516 00:35:56,157 --> 00:35:57,825 (body thuds) 517 00:36:10,296 --> 00:36:12,298 Presumed you'd be here. 518 00:36:12,673 --> 00:36:15,343 Seeing faithfully to the Prince Regent's commands. 519 00:36:15,885 --> 00:36:17,969 Aemond is the next in line. 520 00:36:17,970 --> 00:36:21,139 - It is the order of things. - You know what he is... 521 00:36:21,140 --> 00:36:23,184 what he has somehow become. 522 00:36:25,853 --> 00:36:27,312 Has your loyalty faded? 523 00:36:27,313 --> 00:36:29,314 Or does it flourish only at night 524 00:36:29,315 --> 00:36:32,193 and flee the sunrise like a moth? 525 00:36:35,822 --> 00:36:37,364 What I saw at Rook's Rest... 526 00:36:37,365 --> 00:36:40,827 What? What did you see? 527 00:36:44,705 --> 00:36:46,874 Their armor melted. 528 00:36:48,543 --> 00:36:51,212 There were men walking. They were on fire. 529 00:36:54,549 --> 00:36:56,884 We have given the war to the dragons. 530 00:36:58,386 --> 00:37:00,054 A dragonrider should lead us. 531 00:37:04,392 --> 00:37:06,602 And what of justice, of temperance? 532 00:37:06,728 --> 00:37:09,897 Or is strength now to be our only god? 533 00:37:15,236 --> 00:37:17,238 So you cast me aside. 534 00:37:18,406 --> 00:37:20,408 Have I not spared you? 535 00:37:22,076 --> 00:37:26,038 What we must do now is... terrible. 536 00:37:27,749 --> 00:37:29,751 Will you preside over it? 537 00:37:30,251 --> 00:37:34,213 - Is this who you are, Alicent? - I did not ask to be spared. 538 00:37:37,592 --> 00:37:39,802 And I did not give you leave to speak my name. 539 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,769 (loud chattering) 540 00:37:52,648 --> 00:37:54,566 gold cloak: Halt! 541 00:37:54,567 --> 00:37:56,819 (crowd shouting) 542 00:38:00,114 --> 00:38:01,282 Stay back! 543 00:38:02,950 --> 00:38:04,911 townsperson: We've got to get out! 544 00:38:05,578 --> 00:38:07,121 gold cloak: Somebody get him! 545 00:38:07,789 --> 00:38:09,791 Stay back! No! 546 00:38:09,916 --> 00:38:12,126 Holdfast, holdfast! 547 00:38:12,251 --> 00:38:14,796 - (shouting, fighting) - Stay back! Hold! 548 00:38:19,467 --> 00:38:20,802 Back! 549 00:38:21,636 --> 00:38:24,764 Disperse, disperse! 550 00:38:25,681 --> 00:38:27,975 By order of Aemond Targaryen, 551 00:38:28,101 --> 00:38:30,853 Prince Regent and Protector of the Realm... 552 00:38:30,978 --> 00:38:33,271 - Aemond? - Does he mean the king? 553 00:38:33,272 --> 00:38:35,816 - I don't know. - You cannot keep us here! 554 00:38:35,817 --> 00:38:38,777 - You are ordered to return to your homes! - We want meat! 555 00:38:38,778 --> 00:38:40,445 - Meat! - Meat! 556 00:38:40,446 --> 00:38:42,281 (shouting) 557 00:38:48,496 --> 00:38:50,622 (crowd, gold cloaks clamoring) 558 00:38:50,623 --> 00:38:52,166 gold cloak: Stay back! 559 00:38:54,335 --> 00:38:56,045 (grumbles) 560 00:38:59,841 --> 00:39:04,302 Forrest Frey: Our Lord Grover Tully has not declared for Rhaenyra. 561 00:39:04,303 --> 00:39:06,638 It means death to bare steel against your liege, 562 00:39:06,639 --> 00:39:09,016 as I'm sure my prince is aware. 563 00:39:10,518 --> 00:39:12,854 And against your queen? 564 00:39:15,022 --> 00:39:16,023 Hm? 565 00:39:19,527 --> 00:39:23,489 (sighs) Jason Lannister is marshaling to the west. 566 00:39:24,323 --> 00:39:26,743 We need to check him before he reaches Riverrun. 567 00:39:27,535 --> 00:39:29,494 That requires passage. 568 00:39:29,495 --> 00:39:31,830 And if Stark's army is too slow? 569 00:39:31,831 --> 00:39:33,665 The wind's rising. 570 00:39:33,666 --> 00:39:35,375 Winter is nigh upon us. 571 00:39:35,376 --> 00:39:36,878 Our hesitance does not lie 572 00:39:37,003 --> 00:39:39,004 in Rhaenyra as Queen, 573 00:39:39,005 --> 00:39:43,383 nor in the ruminations of Lord Tully, the oaf. 574 00:39:43,384 --> 00:39:46,178 Our fear lies in Vhagar. 575 00:39:46,179 --> 00:39:49,181 You fear a dragon leagues away 576 00:39:49,182 --> 00:39:52,101 when mine own sits outside your walls? 577 00:39:52,226 --> 00:39:54,228 (wind blowing) 578 00:39:56,189 --> 00:39:59,859 - Do you offer us your protection? - I do. 579 00:40:06,115 --> 00:40:09,242 And the protection of my uncle. 580 00:40:09,243 --> 00:40:13,623 And Daemon, I'm sure, has consented to this? 581 00:40:13,748 --> 00:40:15,707 He will do as his queen commands. 582 00:40:15,708 --> 00:40:17,709 That does lend us some comfort. 583 00:40:17,710 --> 00:40:19,044 Though it occurs to me that dragons 584 00:40:19,045 --> 00:40:22,548 - cannot be in two places at once. - Or three. 585 00:40:25,468 --> 00:40:27,387 What do you want? 586 00:40:29,389 --> 00:40:33,308 Larys Strong has been relieved of his castle. 587 00:40:33,309 --> 00:40:36,813 Does the queen intend to raise up a new lord? 588 00:40:40,983 --> 00:40:42,568 You want Harrenhal. 589 00:40:53,830 --> 00:40:57,834 (light, tense music playing) 590 00:41:01,295 --> 00:41:06,467 For that... my mother will want more than your crossing. 591 00:41:08,094 --> 00:41:10,304 What does Her Grace desire? 592 00:41:12,807 --> 00:41:15,143 Bent knees. 593 00:41:16,978 --> 00:41:19,188 (music intensifies) 594 00:41:40,043 --> 00:41:42,378 (music fades out) 595 00:41:42,503 --> 00:41:45,214 (indistinct chatter) 596 00:41:45,882 --> 00:41:48,301 (screams echoing) 597 00:41:54,015 --> 00:41:56,976 (screaming subsides) 598 00:41:57,894 --> 00:42:00,188 (indistinct chatter) 599 00:42:08,863 --> 00:42:10,031 Daemon: Up. 600 00:42:10,531 --> 00:42:12,324 Alys Rivers: You were born to wield a sword, 601 00:42:12,325 --> 00:42:16,495 but not so much an axe, perhaps. 602 00:42:16,496 --> 00:42:18,205 Daemon: There are others who would sit idle 603 00:42:18,206 --> 00:42:20,373 and wait for their claims to be brought to them. 604 00:42:20,374 --> 00:42:23,835 - That is not my way. - Does splitting firewood justify what's followed you here? 605 00:42:23,836 --> 00:42:25,879 Let it not be said that Daemon Targaryen 606 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:28,173 failed to dirty his hands in this war. 607 00:42:28,174 --> 00:42:30,343 Oh, let me see them. 608 00:42:31,219 --> 00:42:33,262 - Sit. - Daemon: Ah. 609 00:42:33,388 --> 00:42:34,555 Sit! 610 00:42:38,059 --> 00:42:41,353 (sighs) I hear strange things from Bracken land, 611 00:42:41,354 --> 00:42:44,732 from Stone Hedge and Lambswold and Mory. 612 00:42:45,733 --> 00:42:47,734 There's news, then? 613 00:42:47,735 --> 00:42:49,112 News? 614 00:42:50,279 --> 00:42:51,280 No. 615 00:42:53,241 --> 00:42:56,034 What I hear, I hear in the wind. 616 00:42:56,035 --> 00:42:59,247 - (screams echoing) - Cries of anguish. 617 00:43:01,082 --> 00:43:03,083 Children being taken from their mothers, 618 00:43:03,084 --> 00:43:07,045 men coming home to find their doors unlatched... 619 00:43:07,046 --> 00:43:09,423 their wives carried away. 620 00:43:09,424 --> 00:43:11,550 (screaming subsides) 621 00:43:11,551 --> 00:43:14,303 War is a terrible thing. 622 00:43:14,429 --> 00:43:16,264 This is not war. 623 00:43:16,931 --> 00:43:19,391 These are crimes against the innocent, 624 00:43:19,392 --> 00:43:21,560 that any upright man would repudiate. 625 00:43:21,561 --> 00:43:24,396 Surely you haven't mistaken me for an upright man. 626 00:43:24,397 --> 00:43:26,231 (Alys chuckles) 627 00:43:26,232 --> 00:43:29,776 The Brackens had their chance to do as I required. 628 00:43:29,777 --> 00:43:32,070 They will perhaps think better of their decision 629 00:43:32,071 --> 00:43:35,450 if their children's lives are staked on it. 630 00:43:36,492 --> 00:43:39,287 Is that the kind of army you would raise? 631 00:43:40,079 --> 00:43:42,290 Men who hate you... 632 00:43:42,790 --> 00:43:44,416 who serve you under duress? 633 00:43:44,417 --> 00:43:47,628 Well, once they agree to serve me, I'll treat them fairly. 634 00:43:47,754 --> 00:43:48,920 Set an example for the rest 635 00:43:48,921 --> 00:43:50,965 of the Riverlands to follow. 636 00:43:51,090 --> 00:43:53,342 And once again, in the name of power, 637 00:43:53,468 --> 00:43:56,471 it's the weak and the women who must endure. 638 00:43:59,140 --> 00:44:02,185 That fool, Aegon, is unlike to survive. 639 00:44:04,145 --> 00:44:06,522 The realm will suffer if Aemond One-Eye rules. 640 00:44:07,982 --> 00:44:09,650 You should pray you never meet him. 641 00:44:10,151 --> 00:44:12,320 He will cut you down soon as wish you good-day. 642 00:44:12,445 --> 00:44:13,988 I'd heard the same thing about you. 643 00:44:14,113 --> 00:44:15,113 But I'll cross you no further. 644 00:44:15,114 --> 00:44:16,657 I'm sure your tactics are, after all, 645 00:44:16,783 --> 00:44:18,617 approved by the queen. 646 00:44:18,618 --> 00:44:21,662 (tense music playing) 647 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,459 She cannot succeed, Alys. 648 00:44:27,001 --> 00:44:29,127 Even if I willed it to be so. 649 00:44:29,128 --> 00:44:31,172 The people who support her will not be led by her. 650 00:44:31,297 --> 00:44:33,298 They look to a man for strength. 651 00:44:33,299 --> 00:44:34,384 Who's better suited to it? 652 00:44:34,509 --> 00:44:36,968 The Hightowers with their scheming? 653 00:44:36,969 --> 00:44:39,389 Or Viserys's first true heir? 654 00:44:40,348 --> 00:44:42,849 When I take King's Landing... 655 00:44:42,850 --> 00:44:44,309 Rhaenyra is welcome to join me there 656 00:44:44,310 --> 00:44:46,854 and take her place by my side. 657 00:44:46,979 --> 00:44:50,983 King and queen... ruling together. 658 00:44:51,484 --> 00:44:54,194 - And if you lose? - Then I'll be dead, 659 00:44:54,195 --> 00:44:56,488 and none of this will be my problem. 660 00:44:56,489 --> 00:44:59,867 It's a pity, don't you think, that you never knew your mother? 661 00:44:59,992 --> 00:45:02,203 ♪ 662 00:45:03,371 --> 00:45:05,706 Simon: A message, Your Grace. 663 00:45:07,500 --> 00:45:08,501 Uh... 664 00:45:10,586 --> 00:45:13,423 uh, fresh news from Stone Hedge. 665 00:45:13,548 --> 00:45:15,674 The Blackwoods have overwhelmed the Brackens, 666 00:45:15,675 --> 00:45:19,387 and, uh, Lord Amos has pledged his banner to you. 667 00:45:19,721 --> 00:45:21,889 House Bracken is yours. 668 00:45:23,057 --> 00:45:26,018 Call Ser Willem here so that I might congratulate him. 669 00:45:26,352 --> 00:45:29,230 The Blackwoods will be feted in these halls. 670 00:45:30,106 --> 00:45:33,359 - (bird cawing) - (dog barking) 671 00:45:35,903 --> 00:45:38,114 (waves crashing) 672 00:45:40,408 --> 00:45:42,577 I sought you at High Tide. 673 00:45:43,202 --> 00:45:45,580 I was surprised when they said you were here. 674 00:45:46,748 --> 00:45:48,750 My castle is a tomb. 675 00:45:49,959 --> 00:45:52,128 Empty. Haunted. 676 00:45:52,795 --> 00:45:56,132 I am sad to have missed its highest days. 677 00:45:56,924 --> 00:45:58,216 I imagine your Hall of Nine 678 00:45:58,217 --> 00:46:00,552 filled with lords and kings, 679 00:46:00,553 --> 00:46:03,806 all eager to treat with the legendary Lord of the Tides. 680 00:46:05,558 --> 00:46:06,725 The wealth you brought back 681 00:46:06,726 --> 00:46:08,060 from Yi Ti and Asshai, 682 00:46:08,061 --> 00:46:11,439 inspiring awe and envy. 683 00:46:13,608 --> 00:46:15,818 I wonder if any of them knew it was all for her. 684 00:46:24,786 --> 00:46:27,163 Queen Rhaenyra wishes to name you Hand. 685 00:46:27,288 --> 00:46:29,123 (Corlys sighs) 686 00:46:30,500 --> 00:46:34,629 Even the death of my wife does not content her. 687 00:46:36,631 --> 00:46:39,008 Has she not asked enough of my house? 688 00:46:39,467 --> 00:46:42,303 It is a sign of her great esteem. 689 00:46:43,262 --> 00:46:45,181 Or does she think the position will compensate me 690 00:46:45,306 --> 00:46:47,599 for my loss? 691 00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:50,102 Pledge your peace to King's Landing, then. 692 00:46:50,103 --> 00:46:52,522 They will accept it most gleefully. 693 00:46:54,816 --> 00:46:57,777 Rather I would sail into the West and be lost. 694 00:46:58,861 --> 00:47:00,655 You have done so before, 695 00:47:00,780 --> 00:47:03,699 at great cost to yourself and those who loved you. 696 00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:09,372 Rhaenys was not only your wife... 697 00:47:09,497 --> 00:47:11,958 not a thing to be taken from you. 698 00:47:12,625 --> 00:47:16,003 She was a Targaryen princess. 699 00:47:16,129 --> 00:47:17,337 The Queen Who Never Was. 700 00:47:17,338 --> 00:47:20,132 And she flew to Rook's Rest of her own will. 701 00:47:20,133 --> 00:47:22,467 - In defense of her kin. - And she died. 702 00:47:22,468 --> 00:47:24,804 She died as she would have wished to die... 703 00:47:25,346 --> 00:47:28,516 with honor, in dragonfire. 704 00:47:29,016 --> 00:47:30,476 The way my mother chose... 705 00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:35,523 and the way I myself wish to meet my end. 706 00:47:39,485 --> 00:47:42,405 (solemn music playing) 707 00:47:42,530 --> 00:47:45,824 I grieve my grandmother who loved me 708 00:47:45,825 --> 00:47:48,035 but I carry her on with me. 709 00:47:49,078 --> 00:47:53,708 I will see Rhaenyra ascend the Iron Throne, as Rhaenys wished. 710 00:47:54,208 --> 00:47:56,377 As Rhaenys herself should have. 711 00:47:58,838 --> 00:48:01,716 You yourself may do as you see fit. 712 00:48:05,219 --> 00:48:06,845 Granddaughter. 713 00:48:06,846 --> 00:48:08,890 ♪ 714 00:48:14,228 --> 00:48:17,565 I would make you my heir. 715 00:48:19,025 --> 00:48:21,027 I am blood and fire. 716 00:48:21,444 --> 00:48:24,697 Driftmark must pass to salt and sea. 717 00:48:33,081 --> 00:48:35,416 (music fades out) 718 00:48:43,257 --> 00:48:44,634 Your Grace. 719 00:48:48,221 --> 00:48:49,639 You were correct... 720 00:48:50,932 --> 00:48:53,893 in saying our best hope of an army is with Daemon. 721 00:48:56,229 --> 00:49:01,943 And I have, perhaps, erred in waiting for him to prove himself. 722 00:49:03,945 --> 00:49:05,947 I wish you to go to Harrenhal. 723 00:49:07,615 --> 00:49:10,284 Are you removing me from your council? 724 00:49:11,786 --> 00:49:13,121 Ser Alfred... 725 00:49:13,830 --> 00:49:17,457 I-I-I will not deny you have tried my patience of late, 726 00:49:17,458 --> 00:49:19,627 or that I would prefer a council 727 00:49:19,752 --> 00:49:21,295 more inclined to champion their queen, 728 00:49:21,421 --> 00:49:24,089 but... (inhales) 729 00:49:24,090 --> 00:49:27,426 you and your house served my father well, 730 00:49:27,427 --> 00:49:30,680 and I know you will never accept the Hightower claim. 731 00:49:32,181 --> 00:49:34,934 Not while I live, Your Grace. 732 00:49:37,603 --> 00:49:41,273 We cannot challenge King's Landing without the Riverlands 733 00:49:41,274 --> 00:49:45,445 but I will not send a message by raven for Daemon to disregard. 734 00:49:47,488 --> 00:49:53,536 I ask you to... reason with him. 735 00:49:53,661 --> 00:49:58,499 Find out his state of mind and his intentions. 736 00:50:00,209 --> 00:50:01,794 Intentions? 737 00:50:02,670 --> 00:50:06,466 Whether he means to raise a host for me or for himself. 738 00:50:09,302 --> 00:50:10,511 He would not dare. 739 00:50:10,636 --> 00:50:13,514 (scoffs) Have you known Daemon to lack in daring? 740 00:50:15,016 --> 00:50:16,559 Go now with haste. 741 00:50:16,684 --> 00:50:19,520 I'll send good men to see to your safety. 742 00:50:27,028 --> 00:50:29,697 Have you any message for him? 743 00:50:33,326 --> 00:50:36,871 Tell him I would much like to finish our last conversation. 744 00:50:39,248 --> 00:50:40,666 Your Grace. 745 00:50:47,882 --> 00:50:50,843 - (rumbling) - (water dripping) 746 00:50:52,053 --> 00:50:54,055 (eerie warbling) 747 00:51:02,063 --> 00:51:03,773 (footsteps approach) 748 00:51:11,948 --> 00:51:13,950 (knocking on door) 749 00:51:16,744 --> 00:51:18,454 Simon: Your Grace. 750 00:51:19,956 --> 00:51:21,457 (panting) 751 00:51:21,916 --> 00:51:26,254 What is it, Ser Simon? Is the pudding now served? 752 00:51:26,796 --> 00:51:29,298 The Riverlords have come, Your Grace. 753 00:51:29,424 --> 00:51:32,260 - They wish an audience. - Now? 754 00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:35,263 - What godless hour is it? - The wolf. 755 00:51:35,888 --> 00:51:37,932 They are demanding to speak presently. 756 00:51:40,268 --> 00:51:43,438 (tense music playing) 757 00:51:56,576 --> 00:51:58,786 ♪ 758 00:52:08,796 --> 00:52:12,175 I see I must begin here with a lesson in etiquette. 759 00:52:12,300 --> 00:52:13,425 Or failing that, in proper fear 760 00:52:13,426 --> 00:52:15,636 of your Targaryen master. 761 00:52:17,138 --> 00:52:21,642 Is there some reason you feel free to wake a king in his bed? 762 00:52:22,351 --> 00:52:24,936 Or shall I now begin your education? 763 00:52:24,937 --> 00:52:26,271 House Bracken 764 00:52:26,272 --> 00:52:30,026 have been brought to heel at the hands of Willem Blackwood. 765 00:52:30,151 --> 00:52:33,487 - That news is stale. - (chuckles) Yes. 766 00:52:33,488 --> 00:52:35,447 There have been, um, complications. 767 00:52:35,448 --> 00:52:37,949 The sacred septs on Bracken lands 768 00:52:37,950 --> 00:52:41,370 - were looted and burned. - As were the fields and farms. 769 00:52:41,496 --> 00:52:42,830 The livestock was stolen 770 00:52:42,955 --> 00:52:44,498 and our peasants put to the sword. 771 00:52:44,499 --> 00:52:47,168 They pursued the women and the children. 772 00:52:47,293 --> 00:52:48,627 There were works of barbarity. 773 00:52:48,628 --> 00:52:52,382 Punishing Bracken for his own treasons is one thing, aye. 774 00:52:52,507 --> 00:52:55,176 - But these other acts. - The Brackens were given their chance. 775 00:52:55,301 --> 00:52:57,803 - They would not see reason. - The Blackwoods have exploited 776 00:52:57,804 --> 00:52:59,638 the war for the crown to visit atrocities 777 00:52:59,639 --> 00:53:02,182 - upon their old rivals. - Piper: I have seen my fair share of their quarrels, 778 00:53:02,183 --> 00:53:03,726 and I tell you, there is no honor in a fight 779 00:53:03,851 --> 00:53:05,811 - such as this. - Honor? What of common decency? 780 00:53:05,812 --> 00:53:08,189 These beasts proudly carried 781 00:53:08,314 --> 00:53:10,066 the banner of House Targaryen. 782 00:53:10,191 --> 00:53:12,026 Red dragon on black. 783 00:53:14,529 --> 00:53:16,697 (eerie warbling) 784 00:53:18,366 --> 00:53:21,869 female voice: A terrible war is being fought in these lands. 785 00:53:25,081 --> 00:53:27,333 Have you looked after our girls? 786 00:53:29,544 --> 00:53:32,714 (ominous music playing) 787 00:53:34,716 --> 00:53:36,718 Darry: We should've expected nothing more from a man 788 00:53:36,843 --> 00:53:38,761 who ordered the slaughter of a child 789 00:53:38,886 --> 00:53:40,596 in his mother's arms. 790 00:53:42,390 --> 00:53:45,768 That is a lie. And I will have the man who told it brought before me. 791 00:53:45,893 --> 00:53:50,732 Well, your man is half the kingdom, my prince. 792 00:53:53,568 --> 00:53:55,570 Know this, interloper: 793 00:53:56,070 --> 00:53:58,906 the Riverlands are an ancient place, 794 00:53:59,031 --> 00:54:02,744 watched closely by the eyes of old gods and new. 795 00:54:03,119 --> 00:54:04,787 And dragon or no, 796 00:54:04,912 --> 00:54:08,249 we shall not raise our banners for a tyrant. 797 00:54:11,419 --> 00:54:14,630 (tense music playing) 798 00:54:26,100 --> 00:54:28,102 ♪ 799 00:54:50,249 --> 00:54:52,251 (indistinct chatter) 800 00:54:54,128 --> 00:54:56,130 ♪ 801 00:55:14,148 --> 00:55:15,983 ♪ 802 00:55:16,109 --> 00:55:20,154 - Move along, lass. - I have an errand... for the lady Mysaria. 803 00:55:21,322 --> 00:55:22,490 I thought she was dead. 804 00:55:23,282 --> 00:55:25,827 Would she die without collecting her due? 805 00:55:27,328 --> 00:55:29,205 I must see an old friend. 806 00:55:30,832 --> 00:55:33,000 Most people want out these days. 807 00:55:36,295 --> 00:55:38,297 ♪ 808 00:55:46,347 --> 00:55:48,349 ♪ 809 00:55:55,398 --> 00:55:57,150 (rain pattering) 810 00:56:02,196 --> 00:56:05,199 - (indistinct chatter) - (thunder rumbling) 811 00:56:14,876 --> 00:56:17,086 (music softens) 812 00:56:18,254 --> 00:56:19,213 Elinda. 813 00:56:19,338 --> 00:56:21,257 (wind blowing) 814 00:56:21,382 --> 00:56:24,385 (pensive music playing) 815 00:56:26,554 --> 00:56:28,723 (deep breathing) 816 00:56:43,905 --> 00:56:45,530 (thunder rumbling) 817 00:56:45,531 --> 00:56:48,785 (tense music playing) 818 00:56:50,536 --> 00:56:53,247 (unsettling vocalizing) 819 00:57:03,424 --> 00:57:05,426 ♪ 820 00:57:10,932 --> 00:57:13,142 Was it worth the price? 821 00:57:19,607 --> 00:57:21,818 (shallow breathing) 822 00:57:25,613 --> 00:57:27,281 (thunder continues) 823 00:57:27,407 --> 00:57:30,410 (solemn music playing) 824 00:57:53,641 --> 00:57:55,643 ♪ 825 00:58:00,815 --> 00:58:03,025 (door opens) 826 00:58:03,985 --> 00:58:05,945 (hoarsely) Mummy. 827 00:58:09,157 --> 00:58:11,159 ♪ 828 00:58:16,497 --> 00:58:17,956 (footstep approach) 829 00:58:17,957 --> 00:58:20,334 (music fades out) 830 00:58:22,837 --> 00:58:24,380 Prince Jacaerys, Your Grace. 831 00:58:41,814 --> 00:58:44,192 (distant dragon grumbles) 832 00:58:49,197 --> 00:58:50,531 Visenya. 833 00:58:51,365 --> 00:58:57,080 Vhagar's first rider, and the first wielder of Dark Sister. 834 00:58:58,539 --> 00:59:00,999 I hope you do not mean to use her as an example. 835 00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:02,709 Why shouldn't I? 836 00:59:02,710 --> 00:59:05,088 W... It was a long time ago. 837 00:59:15,181 --> 00:59:17,558 What is the mood at the Twins? 838 00:59:19,060 --> 00:59:21,396 Did his lordship quibble? 839 00:59:23,564 --> 00:59:27,527 He wishes for the Freys to be granted Harrenhal. 840 00:59:28,903 --> 00:59:31,239 At war's end. Assuming. 841 00:59:33,908 --> 00:59:35,451 I'm proud of you, Jace. 842 00:59:35,576 --> 00:59:38,079 You have done our cause a great service. 843 00:59:40,289 --> 00:59:43,292 Then, why do you look angry? 844 00:59:49,924 --> 00:59:51,383 (sighs) 845 00:59:51,384 --> 00:59:54,386 You chafed at being prevented from action. 846 00:59:54,387 --> 00:59:57,222 Imagine my lot. I'm a dragonrider as well, 847 00:59:57,223 --> 01:00:00,268 with a war being fought over my ascension. 848 01:00:01,269 --> 01:00:03,438 And yet, I must wait here... 849 01:00:04,439 --> 01:00:06,732 always prudent... 850 01:00:06,733 --> 01:00:08,108 sending others to fight 851 01:00:08,109 --> 01:00:10,570 and be felled in my name. 852 01:00:10,945 --> 01:00:13,322 Even you have managed to do your part. 853 01:00:13,906 --> 01:00:15,616 Jacaerys Velaryon: You are the queen... 854 01:00:15,992 --> 01:00:17,242 the tie that binds us. 855 01:00:17,243 --> 01:00:18,953 - No harm can come to you. - And you are my son, 856 01:00:19,078 --> 01:00:21,289 and I did not give you leave to go. 857 01:00:23,124 --> 01:00:25,835 You do not give me leave to go to anything. 858 01:00:26,169 --> 01:00:27,419 But who else is there? Rhaenys is dead, 859 01:00:27,420 --> 01:00:29,296 and Baela cannot bear the burden alone. 860 01:00:29,297 --> 01:00:31,965 And when Aemond comes hunting for you? 861 01:00:31,966 --> 01:00:34,301 Your dragon is young. 862 01:00:34,302 --> 01:00:36,596 Will you fly before Vhagar as Luke did? 863 01:00:43,311 --> 01:00:45,438 Perhaps Daemon could... 864 01:00:48,816 --> 01:00:50,651 Daemon is not here. 865 01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:54,946 And Aemond now rules in King's Landing. 866 01:00:54,947 --> 01:00:59,284 - Is Aegon dead? - Dead or alive, we have no answer for Vhagar. 867 01:00:59,285 --> 01:01:02,663 Aemond will not wait long to press his advantage. And then what? 868 01:01:05,124 --> 01:01:06,834 I have done all I can from here, 869 01:01:06,959 --> 01:01:09,669 sent my messages, invoked my alliances. 870 01:01:09,670 --> 01:01:12,298 But if all else fails, it is I who must fight. 871 01:01:14,008 --> 01:01:16,802 Vhagar is big, but Syrax is quicker. 872 01:01:16,803 --> 01:01:21,557 - So was Meleys. - Meleys fought two dragons and one of them is slain. 873 01:01:23,142 --> 01:01:24,352 Shall I fight for my birthright? 874 01:01:24,477 --> 01:01:27,355 Or shall I wait here until we are all destroyed? 875 01:01:33,027 --> 01:01:35,196 I need dragons. 876 01:01:38,366 --> 01:01:41,536 We have no dearth of dragons. 877 01:01:42,203 --> 01:01:45,205 We have two large enough to stand against Vhagar. 878 01:01:45,206 --> 01:01:48,500 They are called Vermithor and Silverwing 879 01:01:48,501 --> 01:01:50,044 and they sleep just beneath our feet. 880 01:01:50,169 --> 01:01:51,253 Yes, and if only they had riders, 881 01:01:51,254 --> 01:01:53,548 none could stand against me. 882 01:01:54,173 --> 01:01:57,552 I would go forth in strength and not from necessity. 883 01:01:58,845 --> 01:02:00,096 There is Rhaena. 884 01:02:00,221 --> 01:02:03,391 (scoffs) Who nearly lost her life in her last attempt. 885 01:02:04,767 --> 01:02:06,769 I would not risk it again. 886 01:02:12,567 --> 01:02:15,737 There are those of our line who never ruled. 887 01:02:16,404 --> 01:02:19,949 Those who married into other noble houses, 888 01:02:20,074 --> 01:02:22,701 their children born with other names. 889 01:02:22,702 --> 01:02:26,538 A generation ago, or more. Their blood would be thin. 890 01:02:26,539 --> 01:02:27,915 And yet... 891 01:02:29,041 --> 01:02:33,378 A dragon will only accept a dragonlord to ride it. (sighs) 892 01:02:33,379 --> 01:02:37,382 - Or so say the histories. - (chuckles) Valyrian histories. 893 01:02:37,383 --> 01:02:39,551 Written to gild us in glory. 894 01:02:39,552 --> 01:02:42,262 (chuckles) 895 01:02:42,263 --> 01:02:45,058 Are you suggesting we put a Mallister on a dragon? 896 01:02:45,475 --> 01:02:49,270 - A Tarly? - It's better than death and defeat. 897 01:02:55,068 --> 01:02:58,403 There are records here, surely, of our line 898 01:02:58,404 --> 01:03:00,782 and of those who fell out of it. 899 01:03:00,907 --> 01:03:03,910 (intense music playing) 900 01:03:08,247 --> 01:03:09,915 There could be scores of them. 901 01:03:09,916 --> 01:03:11,501 (exhales) 902 01:03:17,632 --> 01:03:19,509 It's a mad thought. 903 01:03:22,261 --> 01:03:24,472 ♪ 904 01:03:28,810 --> 01:03:31,187 (music fades out) 905 01:03:35,775 --> 01:03:38,778 ♪ 906 01:04:06,180 --> 01:04:08,349 ♪ 907 01:04:43,384 --> 01:04:45,762 (music fades out) 908 01:04:51,517 --> 01:04:52,226 ♪ (pensive music plays) 909 01:04:52,727 --> 01:04:53,895 Rhaenyra Targaryen: It has never been attempted before. 910 01:04:54,395 --> 01:04:55,229 (dragon growls) 911 01:04:56,439 --> 01:04:57,607 To claim a dragon, 912 01:04:58,024 --> 01:05:00,610 you must also be prepared to die. 913 01:05:01,569 --> 01:05:03,237 Perhaps the gods will favor us. 914 01:05:03,738 --> 01:05:04,906 ♪ (intense music plays) ♪ 915 01:05:05,031 --> 01:05:06,698 Criston Cole: If Daemon prevails in the Riverlands, 916 01:05:06,699 --> 01:05:08,701 I no longer have the numbers to challenge him. 917 01:05:09,035 --> 01:05:11,245 My uncle is a challenge I welcome, 918 01:05:11,370 --> 01:05:12,246 if he dares face me. 919 01:05:12,580 --> 01:05:14,248 Alicent Hightower: You have the arrogance of youth. 920 01:05:15,416 --> 01:05:16,917 Have the indignities of your childhood 921 01:05:16,918 --> 01:05:18,252 not yet sufficiently been avenged? 922 01:05:19,587 --> 01:05:22,381 Rhaenyra: You must see in me a ruler and the symbols of authority. 923 01:05:22,382 --> 01:05:24,133 The shield and the sword. 924 01:05:24,258 --> 01:05:25,759 Jacaerys Velaryon: We will still never match 925 01:05:25,760 --> 01:05:27,260 the strength of the Green armies. 926 01:05:27,261 --> 01:05:28,388 We need Daemon. 927 01:05:29,263 --> 01:05:31,933 Rhaenyra: I must now proceed as if I stand alone. 928 01:05:33,226 --> 01:05:35,560 It is my fault that you have forgotten to fear me. 929 01:05:35,561 --> 01:05:37,271 (commotion, yelling) 930 01:05:41,609 --> 01:05:44,945 (dragon growls) 931 01:05:44,946 --> 01:05:45,947 (dragon roars) 932 01:05:48,908 --> 01:05:50,660 ♪ (music concludes) 933 01:05:53,162 --> 01:05:54,830 (commotion) 934 01:05:54,831 --> 01:05:57,124 Clare Kilner: This episode is very much 935 01:05:57,125 --> 01:05:59,168 everybody vying for power, 936 01:05:59,293 --> 01:06:03,088 but also, it's very much about that happening through grief. 937 01:06:03,089 --> 01:06:05,341 ♪ (solemn music plays) ♪ 938 01:06:06,134 --> 01:06:08,969 Much of episode five revolves around how Rhaenys' death 939 01:06:08,970 --> 01:06:11,638 is resonating across all of the different characters, 940 01:06:11,639 --> 01:06:15,351 and no one as much as it lands with her husband, Corlys. 941 01:06:16,644 --> 01:06:19,104 This poor guy, over the course of these two seasons, 942 01:06:19,105 --> 01:06:21,357 has slowly had every human connection 943 01:06:21,482 --> 01:06:23,651 stripped away from him, one by one. 944 01:06:23,985 --> 01:06:25,652 He's sitting in the Hall of Nine, 945 01:06:25,653 --> 01:06:27,028 but it means nothing to him anymore 946 01:06:27,029 --> 01:06:28,155 because she's gone. 947 01:06:28,156 --> 01:06:29,948 And all of this stuff, who cares? 948 01:06:29,949 --> 01:06:31,992 Clare: Steve is an incredible actor. 949 01:06:31,993 --> 01:06:36,372 He has such deep soul to all of his performances. 950 01:06:37,206 --> 01:06:40,208 I had no clue that he was gonna have this tear, 951 01:06:40,209 --> 01:06:42,211 like this silent tear, roll down his face. 952 01:06:42,336 --> 01:06:45,006 It was incredibly moving to see it. 953 01:06:47,633 --> 01:06:49,719 Alfred Broome: Our largest dragon has been killed. 954 01:06:50,303 --> 01:06:53,180 Duskendale and Rook's Rest are gone. 955 01:06:53,181 --> 01:06:54,306 I think everybody's reeling. 956 01:06:54,307 --> 01:06:55,725 I mean, Rhaenyra, not the least of which. 957 01:06:56,017 --> 01:06:58,351 And you hear a lot of this backbiting 958 01:06:58,352 --> 01:06:59,729 and bickering going on at the table 959 01:06:59,854 --> 01:07:02,564 because everybody is under a tremendous amount of stress. 960 01:07:02,565 --> 01:07:03,900 They don't know how to react. 961 01:07:04,484 --> 01:07:06,194 But Rhaenyra finds herself at sea. 962 01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:09,906 I mean, that was her last great female advisor. 963 01:07:10,239 --> 01:07:13,033 Clare: And that's also when Rhaenyra sees 964 01:07:13,034 --> 01:07:15,077 this huge power vacuum 965 01:07:15,078 --> 01:07:16,579 and knows she's got to do something. 966 01:07:17,246 --> 01:07:19,248 Queen Rhaenyra wishes to name you Hand. 967 01:07:19,707 --> 01:07:22,752 Even the death of my wife does not content her. 968 01:07:23,086 --> 01:07:25,003 She's playing the role of the great politician here. 969 01:07:25,004 --> 01:07:27,090 The next best thing, next to having Daemon back, 970 01:07:27,215 --> 01:07:29,508 is one of the most respected men in Westeros, 971 01:07:29,509 --> 01:07:30,718 and that's the Sea Snake. 972 01:07:31,010 --> 01:07:33,553 And she doesn't exploit Rhaenys' death to do it. 973 01:07:33,554 --> 01:07:35,889 She knows that the man is there, looking for purpose, 974 01:07:35,890 --> 01:07:37,266 probably looking for a bit of vengeance, 975 01:07:37,392 --> 01:07:39,226 and she probably takes advantage of that in the moment 976 01:07:39,227 --> 01:07:40,728 to try to get him back on side. 977 01:07:42,855 --> 01:07:44,440 The path I walk has never been trod. 978 01:07:44,607 --> 01:07:48,569 What you cannot do, let others do for you. 979 01:07:49,112 --> 01:07:51,739 There is more than one way to fight a war. 980 01:07:52,281 --> 01:07:55,283 I think Mysaria's power increases in Rhaenys' absence 981 01:07:55,284 --> 01:07:56,743 because I think Rhaenyra is desperate 982 01:07:56,744 --> 01:07:59,789 and looking for that sympathetic female voice in her life. 983 01:08:00,289 --> 01:08:02,082 Mysaria's offering another way, which is, 984 01:08:02,083 --> 01:08:03,960 "I understand the will of the people, 985 01:08:04,127 --> 01:08:05,919 and we can manipulate that 986 01:08:05,920 --> 01:08:07,379 and play that to your advantage." 987 01:08:07,380 --> 01:08:09,465 An element of what we're watching 988 01:08:09,590 --> 01:08:10,757 is propaganda war. 989 01:08:10,758 --> 01:08:12,427 How to win the hearts of the people. 990 01:08:12,552 --> 01:08:15,262 And that's all learning that she receives from Mysaria. 991 01:08:15,263 --> 01:08:17,723 Ryan Condal: I don't think this is something that Rhaenyra 992 01:08:17,724 --> 01:08:18,808 had thought of or considered 993 01:08:18,933 --> 01:08:20,768 until Mysaria brought it to the fore. 994 01:08:21,060 --> 01:08:22,645 And it's a bit of a modern concept, 995 01:08:22,770 --> 01:08:25,439 this idea of the, quote-unquote, "power of the people." 996 01:08:25,440 --> 01:08:27,984 I have an errand for the Lady Mysaria. 997 01:08:28,151 --> 01:08:30,277 Ryan: In real history, smart and sometimes cunning 998 01:08:30,278 --> 01:08:34,239 and ruthless medieval sovereigns did use people and their will 999 01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:35,490 to their advantage. 1000 01:08:35,491 --> 01:08:36,743 speaker: Behold! 1001 01:08:37,243 --> 01:08:39,996 The traitor dragon, Meleys! 1002 01:08:40,496 --> 01:08:42,457 townsperson: It is. Look, they've killed a dragon. 1003 01:08:42,665 --> 01:08:45,126 townsperson 2: Mark my words, this is a black omen. 1004 01:08:45,251 --> 01:08:47,252 I think this is very... this is very Cole. 1005 01:08:47,253 --> 01:08:49,129 Clare: His expectations are so high. 1006 01:08:49,130 --> 01:08:51,841 His expectations are for people to honor him 1007 01:08:51,966 --> 01:08:53,801 and put him up on a pedestal. 1008 01:08:53,968 --> 01:08:55,302 If you look like you've won 1009 01:08:55,303 --> 01:08:57,304 and you carry yourselves like you've won, 1010 01:08:57,305 --> 01:08:59,264 and the public don't know what's really happened, 1011 01:08:59,265 --> 01:09:00,808 then that's what everyone's going to believe. 1012 01:09:01,142 --> 01:09:03,019 But what happens is so different. 1013 01:09:03,144 --> 01:09:04,937 Don't they realize we won the battle? 1014 01:09:05,480 --> 01:09:07,689 Strange victory, if it was one. 1015 01:09:07,690 --> 01:09:09,483 Ryan: The calculation that he doesn't make 1016 01:09:09,484 --> 01:09:11,193 is how it will land on the small folk. 1017 01:09:11,194 --> 01:09:13,196 I mean, Meleys is a beloved dragon 1018 01:09:13,321 --> 01:09:15,322 that probably flew over that city hundreds of times 1019 01:09:15,323 --> 01:09:17,115 and is seen as one of these symbols 1020 01:09:17,116 --> 01:09:18,533 of the unshakableness, 1021 01:09:18,534 --> 01:09:21,037 of the invincibility of the Targaryens. 1022 01:09:21,162 --> 01:09:22,496 I thought the dragons was gods. 1023 01:09:22,497 --> 01:09:23,830 Freddie Fox: You know, as soon as people can see 1024 01:09:23,831 --> 01:09:26,375 you can kill dragons, well, then anybody can do it. 1025 01:09:26,501 --> 01:09:29,003 And that... does that mean that these people that have... 1026 01:09:29,128 --> 01:09:30,629 we've always thought of as being gods 1027 01:09:30,630 --> 01:09:32,715 because of their ability to ride dragons 1028 01:09:33,174 --> 01:09:35,635 is actually all a bit of a mirage? 1029 01:09:36,677 --> 01:09:39,055 Ryan: This is, at best, a terrible omen 1030 01:09:39,180 --> 01:09:41,682 and at worst, a harbinger of the things to come. 1031 01:09:46,020 --> 01:09:48,814 The King. Ser Criston, what befell him? 1032 01:09:48,815 --> 01:09:50,400 His Grace fought valiantly. 1033 01:09:51,067 --> 01:09:53,694 And Aemond? What was his part in this? 1034 01:09:53,820 --> 01:09:55,029 I could not say. 1035 01:09:55,405 --> 01:09:58,741 Ryan: The dramatic tension that looms over the episode is, 1036 01:09:58,866 --> 01:10:00,409 what is the state of Aegon? 1037 01:10:00,410 --> 01:10:04,038 And did he survive the end of episode four? 1038 01:10:04,539 --> 01:10:06,332 And will he survive through the end of this episode? 1039 01:10:06,666 --> 01:10:08,166 And I think that's what's kind of looming 1040 01:10:08,167 --> 01:10:10,086 over all these characters, that big question, 1041 01:10:10,378 --> 01:10:13,172 to show the cost of letting your sovereign 1042 01:10:13,339 --> 01:10:15,091 get on his dragon and ride into battle. 1043 01:10:15,258 --> 01:10:17,259 Someone will have to rule in his stead. 1044 01:10:17,260 --> 01:10:19,052 Ewan Mitchell: I mean, it's everything he ever wanted. 1045 01:10:19,053 --> 01:10:21,179 With great power comes great responsibility, 1046 01:10:21,180 --> 01:10:22,932 and he's got to be seen as someone 1047 01:10:23,057 --> 01:10:24,225 who knows how to wield it. 1048 01:10:24,434 --> 01:10:26,727 I agree, Your Grace. It must be Prince Aemond. 1049 01:10:26,728 --> 01:10:28,395 Ryan: I mean, this is a massive power shift, 1050 01:10:28,396 --> 01:10:29,896 all of a sudden, at the Green Council. 1051 01:10:29,897 --> 01:10:33,066 It was dramatized by the meeting where Aemond takes power 1052 01:10:33,067 --> 01:10:34,277 in this very kind of banal way, 1053 01:10:34,444 --> 01:10:36,445 where he just stands up from the foot of the table, 1054 01:10:36,446 --> 01:10:38,196 takes his ball, and moves over to the King's seat, 1055 01:10:38,197 --> 01:10:39,574 and puts it down, and sits, 1056 01:10:39,699 --> 01:10:41,241 and then starts doling out orders 1057 01:10:41,242 --> 01:10:42,909 while everybody, including Alicent, 1058 01:10:42,910 --> 01:10:43,952 especially Alicent, 1059 01:10:43,953 --> 01:10:45,913 are reeling from the decision. 1060 01:10:46,038 --> 01:10:47,414 And you feel the shift in that way 1061 01:10:47,415 --> 01:10:49,791 and how different the Red Keep is going to be 1062 01:10:49,792 --> 01:10:52,211 with Aemond in charge versus the way it was with Aegon. 1063 01:10:52,587 --> 01:10:54,964 Someone cut down the fucking ratcatchers. 1064 01:10:55,089 --> 01:10:56,090 (horse whinnies) 1065 01:10:56,549 --> 01:10:58,050 Daemon Targaryen: Our terms are simple, Lord Bracken. 1066 01:10:58,051 --> 01:11:00,803 Renounce the false King Aegon as a usurper. 1067 01:11:01,888 --> 01:11:03,222 Bend the knee to me, 1068 01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:05,933 or your house burns. 1069 01:11:06,434 --> 01:11:09,102 Daemon approaches life always trying to hammer 1070 01:11:09,103 --> 01:11:11,271 that square peg into the round hole, 1071 01:11:11,272 --> 01:11:14,901 and he's just trying to force his will upon this place. 1072 01:11:15,610 --> 01:11:18,945 I love the image of him in his full dragon battle armor, 1073 01:11:18,946 --> 01:11:19,989 sitting on the rock, 1074 01:11:20,323 --> 01:11:22,783 and not understanding what's happened, and saying... 1075 01:11:22,784 --> 01:11:25,410 I did not think they would be so eager to die. 1076 01:11:25,411 --> 01:11:28,331 And the Riverlands is just this unwrangleable place to him. 1077 01:11:28,456 --> 01:11:30,123 He's brought his values 1078 01:11:30,124 --> 01:11:32,835 and sort of Targaryen dragon lord values 1079 01:11:32,960 --> 01:11:34,169 into a place that is rich 1080 01:11:34,170 --> 01:11:35,796 with the old gods and these old ways. 1081 01:11:35,797 --> 01:11:38,423 These people just don't respect the dragon lords 1082 01:11:38,424 --> 01:11:40,635 the way Daemon is hoping or used to. 1083 01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:43,304 I see I must begin here with a lesson in etiquette. 1084 01:11:43,471 --> 01:11:46,932 On the page, I thought, "Yeah, this is the right territory. 1085 01:11:46,933 --> 01:11:49,267 This is where we should be. This is where his head's at." 1086 01:11:49,268 --> 01:11:51,603 It's how mental his kind of state is. 1087 01:11:51,604 --> 01:11:54,523 Clare: Is Daemon trying to usurp Rhaenyra? 1088 01:11:54,524 --> 01:11:57,693 It's, like, unfair that he wasn't given the crown, 1089 01:11:57,819 --> 01:12:00,153 that he isn't listened to, 1090 01:12:00,154 --> 01:12:02,031 that he doesn't have that power. 1091 01:12:02,198 --> 01:12:03,990 We just don't know what he's going to do 1092 01:12:03,991 --> 01:12:06,368 or, ultimately, how he's going to turn. 1093 01:12:06,369 --> 01:12:08,829 And while I don't think that anybody could ever be asked 1094 01:12:08,830 --> 01:12:11,331 to believe that he would turn against Rhaenyra 1095 01:12:11,332 --> 01:12:12,834 and, like, go to war against her, 1096 01:12:13,000 --> 01:12:15,211 I think we could all believe that maybe Daemon would just go 1097 01:12:15,336 --> 01:12:17,170 and claim the throne for himself 1098 01:12:17,171 --> 01:12:18,297 and then see what happens. 1099 01:12:18,506 --> 01:12:20,383 What would you call the husband of the Queen? 1100 01:12:20,550 --> 01:12:22,634 - Well, the King... - Daemon: There it is, then. 1101 01:12:22,635 --> 01:12:23,678 ...consort. 1102 01:12:25,221 --> 01:12:27,557 That last bit seems unnecessary, don't you think?