1 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:14,014 [♪ dramatic music playing] 2 00:00:22,147 --> 00:00:24,149 [dragon chittering] 3 00:00:30,531 --> 00:00:32,533 [dragon chittering] 4 00:00:37,246 --> 00:00:39,248 [dragons growling] 5 00:01:03,855 --> 00:01:05,941 [Daemon] Glad news, Lord Ormund! 6 00:01:07,150 --> 00:01:09,193 The war is ended, your allies have scattered, 7 00:01:09,194 --> 00:01:10,903 and your nephews fled. 8 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:13,615 There is a new queen and she sits her father's throne. 9 00:01:15,450 --> 00:01:17,035 We heard rumor of this. 10 00:01:18,287 --> 00:01:21,122 Though on the road, rumors swarm like flies. 11 00:01:21,123 --> 00:01:22,790 Well, the queen, in her wisdom, offered you clemency, 12 00:01:22,791 --> 00:01:24,209 and your army with you. 13 00:01:25,085 --> 00:01:27,420 Only bend the knee and swear your allegiance, 14 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:32,216 and you may return to Oldtown and live your lives in... peace. 15 00:01:32,217 --> 00:01:34,385 [Ormund] Have you any proof of your claim? 16 00:01:34,386 --> 00:01:36,596 Or am I to trust in the reliability 17 00:01:36,597 --> 00:01:39,056 and rectitude of the Rogue Prince? 18 00:01:39,057 --> 00:01:42,602 Trust me or don't. You will encounter the truth soon enough. 19 00:01:42,603 --> 00:01:44,896 Your uncle Otto encountered it very recently... 20 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:47,774 and the Hightower guard soon after him. 21 00:01:50,402 --> 00:01:52,570 And if I am inclined to fight? 22 00:01:52,571 --> 00:01:54,238 That seems obvious enough. 23 00:01:54,239 --> 00:01:56,657 No need to sully the pleasantness of this meeting. 24 00:01:56,658 --> 00:01:58,660 [dragons grunting] 25 00:02:00,078 --> 00:02:03,497 Though I must say, I think Ulf there 26 00:02:03,498 --> 00:02:06,584 would very much enjoy settling into your chambers in the High Tower. 27 00:02:06,585 --> 00:02:09,629 Would you like to be Lord of Oldtown, Ulf? 28 00:02:09,630 --> 00:02:11,798 [dragon snarling] 29 00:02:18,263 --> 00:02:19,806 I am left no choice. 30 00:02:21,266 --> 00:02:23,185 For myself, I would resist. 31 00:02:24,353 --> 00:02:26,688 But I have many other lives to consider. 32 00:02:27,939 --> 00:02:29,983 And so, in the interest of peace... 33 00:02:32,110 --> 00:02:33,152 I will submit. 34 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:34,321 Delightful. 35 00:02:40,035 --> 00:02:42,037 [dragons calling] 36 00:02:46,792 --> 00:02:49,210 I, Ormund Hightower, 37 00:02:49,211 --> 00:02:50,795 promise to be faithful 38 00:02:50,796 --> 00:02:53,464 to Rhaenyra Targaryen, the queen. 39 00:02:53,465 --> 00:02:55,633 I pledge my fealty to her. 40 00:02:55,634 --> 00:02:57,468 [Daemon] You have chosen wisely, 41 00:02:57,469 --> 00:02:59,387 if reluctantly, Lord Ormund. 42 00:02:59,388 --> 00:03:01,180 Turn around now and lead your army home, 43 00:03:01,181 --> 00:03:02,683 and you will be spared. 44 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:08,522 [dragons continue snarling] 45 00:03:15,153 --> 00:03:16,988 Our campaign has ended. 46 00:03:18,407 --> 00:03:20,408 We take the Roseroad homeward. 47 00:03:20,409 --> 00:03:21,701 [soldier shouting] 48 00:03:21,702 --> 00:03:22,703 Ah! 49 00:03:23,578 --> 00:03:25,204 [claps] 50 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:27,249 I almost forgot. 51 00:03:28,917 --> 00:03:30,043 Your ward... 52 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:33,087 Daeron Targaryen. 53 00:03:33,088 --> 00:03:34,381 He'll be coming with me. 54 00:03:38,343 --> 00:03:40,010 You would take him hostage? 55 00:03:40,011 --> 00:03:41,679 It would be rather an oversight to allow 56 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,806 one of Prince Aegon's heirs to go prancing about the Reach 57 00:03:43,807 --> 00:03:45,641 with his dragon, no less. 58 00:03:45,642 --> 00:03:49,187 We will treat him kindly, as we would any son of Viserys. 59 00:03:50,105 --> 00:03:51,857 As long as you behave yourself. 60 00:03:54,401 --> 00:03:55,861 [scoffs] 61 00:04:24,723 --> 00:04:26,391 Be brave, young prince. 62 00:04:43,241 --> 00:04:44,409 Well met, nephew. 63 00:04:45,994 --> 00:04:47,119 Go home. 64 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,123 [♪ dramatic music playing] 65 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:56,296 {\an8}[♪ epic theme music playing] 66 00:06:43,111 --> 00:06:45,113 [high-pitched ringing] 67 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:52,704 The air is thick with ghosts. 68 00:06:59,044 --> 00:07:00,377 Not unhappy ones. 69 00:07:00,378 --> 00:07:02,589 I see myself as a child coming to... 70 00:07:04,633 --> 00:07:06,217 play him a tune I had learned. 71 00:07:09,429 --> 00:07:10,805 He was strong then. 72 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:14,225 [chuckles] And my mother. 73 00:07:20,899 --> 00:07:23,068 [Daemon] Lord Ormund surrendered. 74 00:07:24,069 --> 00:07:25,987 We have your little prince. 75 00:07:26,738 --> 00:07:28,949 Though I still say we should have incinerated them all. 76 00:07:32,118 --> 00:07:34,746 I must justify my father's faith in me. 77 00:07:37,165 --> 00:07:39,459 Rule as he would have wished. 78 00:07:43,421 --> 00:07:45,006 At any rate, we must begin. 79 00:07:46,049 --> 00:07:49,094 [♪ tense music playing] 80 00:07:52,180 --> 00:07:55,683 The sooner I'm formally crowned, the better. 81 00:07:55,684 --> 00:07:58,852 Though the preparations are no small undertaking. 82 00:07:58,853 --> 00:08:01,606 To house and feed all those who must attend, to... 83 00:08:02,941 --> 00:08:05,694 organize tourneys. The grand procession. 84 00:08:07,028 --> 00:08:08,029 Ah. 85 00:08:09,781 --> 00:08:12,492 Daeron Targaryen, Your Grace. 86 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:19,540 We've not met. 87 00:08:19,541 --> 00:08:22,877 I'm your half-sister and our father's chosen heir. 88 00:08:24,462 --> 00:08:27,464 You've flown in service of your brother, the usurper. 89 00:08:27,465 --> 00:08:28,633 What have you to say? 90 00:08:31,136 --> 00:08:33,262 Open your mouth and speak to your queen. 91 00:08:33,263 --> 00:08:36,098 You are a prisoner in this house. 92 00:08:36,099 --> 00:08:39,977 Your treatment will depend on your conduct and your pliancy. 93 00:08:39,978 --> 00:08:40,979 Look at me. 94 00:08:41,813 --> 00:08:44,314 I wish to know what Ormund knew 95 00:08:44,315 --> 00:08:46,317 of the conspiracy to deny me my throne. 96 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:50,989 What of Aemond, then? Or Aegon? 97 00:08:52,323 --> 00:08:54,366 What do you know of their movements? 98 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:56,202 [whimpered breathing] 99 00:08:57,579 --> 00:08:59,663 Oh, as you wish. 100 00:08:59,664 --> 00:09:00,874 Confine him to a chamber. 101 00:09:02,333 --> 00:09:03,668 [guard] Coming down! 102 00:09:08,757 --> 00:09:12,009 He's younger than I imagined. 103 00:09:12,010 --> 00:09:14,344 [Daemon] He's a claimant to the throne. 104 00:09:14,345 --> 00:09:16,096 You're going to have to kill him. 105 00:09:16,097 --> 00:09:17,931 [Orwyle] ...was Tyland Lannister. 106 00:09:17,932 --> 00:09:19,266 He did not confide in me. 107 00:09:19,267 --> 00:09:21,518 I know only that he spoke of dividing the gold 108 00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:23,562 and sending it out of the city for safekeeping. 109 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,355 - What gold? - It appears, Your Grace, 110 00:09:25,356 --> 00:09:26,857 the crown's wealth has been taken. 111 00:09:26,858 --> 00:09:29,693 - Taken? - Your treasury is depleted. 112 00:09:29,694 --> 00:09:32,321 There is enough to see your court through a week or two. 113 00:09:32,322 --> 00:09:34,698 A little longer if you bring back the gold from Dragonstone. 114 00:09:34,699 --> 00:09:37,576 But to administer all of the Seven Kingdoms-- 115 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:40,287 No. What of my coronation? 116 00:09:40,288 --> 00:09:41,955 Oh, you must know something. 117 00:09:41,956 --> 00:09:43,540 They told me little. 118 00:09:43,541 --> 00:09:45,375 Perhaps because they trusted me little. 119 00:09:45,376 --> 00:09:47,044 Do you trust his word, Lord Corlys? 120 00:09:47,045 --> 00:09:49,755 I do not believe he knows where the gold is. 121 00:09:49,756 --> 00:09:51,882 And I fancy I can sniff a lie. 122 00:09:51,883 --> 00:09:53,259 No one asked you. 123 00:09:54,844 --> 00:09:59,515 It is the duty of my Mistress of Whisperers to advise me. 124 00:09:59,516 --> 00:10:01,893 [Corlys] After the Gullet, we must presume Ser Tyland dead. 125 00:10:03,228 --> 00:10:04,770 But he must have told someone. 126 00:10:04,771 --> 00:10:06,731 If he did, it would have been Lord Jasper. 127 00:10:08,233 --> 00:10:09,984 - "Ironrod." - [Daemon chuckles] 128 00:10:11,277 --> 00:10:12,445 Oh, dear. 129 00:10:15,490 --> 00:10:17,742 Our circumstances are... 130 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,495 unfortunate. 131 00:10:21,496 --> 00:10:23,581 But this remains, I must have a coronation. 132 00:10:24,791 --> 00:10:26,292 Aegon's was done in haste. 133 00:10:27,585 --> 00:10:30,003 Mine must be proper and leave the realm in no doubt 134 00:10:30,004 --> 00:10:31,797 as to who now rules them. 135 00:10:31,798 --> 00:10:35,008 It, uh, it seems to me, my queen, 136 00:10:35,009 --> 00:10:38,929 that to go to such expense while your people still suffer 137 00:10:38,930 --> 00:10:42,432 might set a bitter taste in their mouths. 138 00:10:42,433 --> 00:10:45,185 It is not mere vanity. It is a matter of legitimacy. 139 00:10:45,186 --> 00:10:46,770 The Triarchy navy is finished, 140 00:10:46,771 --> 00:10:49,439 but the pirates who survived have come ashore. 141 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,275 They are sacking villages. 142 00:10:51,276 --> 00:10:54,278 They are taking women and demanding ransoms none can pay. 143 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:56,780 [Mysaria] And difficulties abound in the city, Your Grace. 144 00:10:56,781 --> 00:10:58,782 It seems the granaries are near empty. 145 00:10:58,783 --> 00:11:00,367 The fields lie fallow 146 00:11:00,368 --> 00:11:02,286 and the planting season is moons away. 147 00:11:02,287 --> 00:11:03,954 If we could find some trade-- 148 00:11:03,955 --> 00:11:06,624 [Corlys] It will take time for the routes to be reestablished. 149 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:09,293 And we have not enough ships now 150 00:11:09,294 --> 00:11:11,420 to ensure the safety of goods on the high sea. 151 00:11:11,421 --> 00:11:13,463 [Mysaria] Well, in the meantime, we must find grain for bread 152 00:11:13,464 --> 00:11:15,048 or have the people go hungry again. 153 00:11:15,049 --> 00:11:17,009 [Daemon] It is a never-ending inconvenience, 154 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:19,636 this insistence of the people being fed. 155 00:11:19,637 --> 00:11:22,181 [Mysaria] And yet, a hungry population is a dangerous one, 156 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:24,141 - as the queen and I well know. - [Daemon chuckles] 157 00:11:24,142 --> 00:11:27,352 [Daemon] How much time will we squander here on trifles? 158 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:28,562 The war is won. 159 00:11:28,563 --> 00:11:30,898 Send another raven to Casterly Rock. 160 00:11:30,899 --> 00:11:33,650 If Tyland secreted gold there, 161 00:11:33,651 --> 00:11:35,485 we will have an answer from Lady Johanna. 162 00:11:35,486 --> 00:11:38,030 Send to all the great houses. 163 00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:39,324 In fact, tell them... 164 00:11:40,325 --> 00:11:42,659 their queen demands tribute. 165 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:44,786 Remind them who now commands the realm. 166 00:11:44,787 --> 00:11:47,874 Will you not bring your small council here from Dragonstone? 167 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,584 There is much to take in hand. 168 00:11:50,585 --> 00:11:54,338 They betrayed me in their silence, if not in deed. 169 00:11:54,339 --> 00:11:55,548 I have done with them. 170 00:11:57,675 --> 00:11:59,426 Where is Aemond? 171 00:11:59,427 --> 00:12:02,179 He burned Daemon's garrison at Harrenhal 172 00:12:02,180 --> 00:12:04,224 and slew the castellan and his sons. 173 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:07,685 And then, he disappeared. 174 00:12:10,521 --> 00:12:13,274 It is days now since Vhagar was last seen. 175 00:12:14,692 --> 00:12:17,861 There was a woman there, a maester of sorts. 176 00:12:17,862 --> 00:12:19,571 I have not heard tell of her. 177 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:21,698 Aemond would not dare challenge you here. 178 00:12:21,699 --> 00:12:24,243 No. But I want him found. 179 00:12:24,244 --> 00:12:25,870 And Sheepstealer as well. 180 00:12:26,913 --> 00:12:30,082 They are the dangers. Let Baela fly as a scout. 181 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:33,627 Start at Harrenhal and report when there are sightings. 182 00:12:33,628 --> 00:12:35,879 I will, in addition, offer a bounty 183 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,798 for the capture of their riders. 184 00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:39,968 We don't have a bounty, it seems. 185 00:12:41,135 --> 00:12:42,469 We will find one. 186 00:12:42,470 --> 00:12:44,137 Ah, better yet, 187 00:12:44,138 --> 00:12:47,599 to the slayer of Aemond One-Eye, I will grant Harrenhal itself. 188 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,144 I have no need of it now. All the Riverlands are mine. 189 00:12:50,895 --> 00:12:52,479 - [rat squeaking] - [gasps] 190 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,566 Ah, yes, Aegon hanged all the rat catchers. 191 00:12:58,403 --> 00:13:00,737 As honored as I am to act as your protector, 192 00:13:00,738 --> 00:13:03,407 my place is with my men in the city. 193 00:13:03,408 --> 00:13:06,410 I would counsel you to appoint a Queensguard as a matter of urgency. 194 00:13:06,411 --> 00:13:08,245 Daemon will be useful in identifying candidates. 195 00:13:08,246 --> 00:13:10,747 - We'll put the matter to him. - [steward] My queen, a moment. 196 00:13:10,748 --> 00:13:13,667 It seems rats have eaten through a large store of candles. 197 00:13:13,668 --> 00:13:16,003 Tallow is short, we-- we must requisition a new supply 198 00:13:16,004 --> 00:13:17,921 or sit in darkness. 199 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:20,465 - Then requisition it. - Of course. There is none yet 200 00:13:20,466 --> 00:13:22,009 - to control the royal purse. - Begging your pardon, good ser. 201 00:13:22,010 --> 00:13:23,552 In the matter of the bed chamber, 202 00:13:23,553 --> 00:13:25,554 - uh, I didn't know who to ask. - It's a matter for later. 203 00:13:25,555 --> 00:13:27,514 Hightower bannerman control the Arbor. 204 00:13:27,515 --> 00:13:29,933 - My lady, the price of good wine... - Move back! 205 00:13:29,934 --> 00:13:32,019 ...has tripled, if not more. 206 00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:33,438 Enough, enough! 207 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:36,690 There is time aplenty in the coming days 208 00:13:36,691 --> 00:13:37,984 to discuss the royal tipple. 209 00:13:38,943 --> 00:13:40,153 Where is my gold? 210 00:13:42,113 --> 00:13:45,115 - Your gold? - The crown's gold, the treasury. 211 00:13:45,116 --> 00:13:47,743 - Oh, you cannot claim ignorance. - I'm of no help to you. 212 00:13:47,744 --> 00:13:49,661 It was the Master of Coin who removed it. 213 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:51,455 And the queen knew nothing of it? 214 00:13:51,456 --> 00:13:53,290 They hated me from the start. 215 00:13:53,291 --> 00:13:55,334 Resented my influence, my mere presence. 216 00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:56,793 My own father kept their plot from me. 217 00:13:56,794 --> 00:13:58,128 Is that so? 218 00:13:58,129 --> 00:13:59,629 I would refer you to the man himself, 219 00:13:59,630 --> 00:14:01,466 but you slew him without ceremony. 220 00:14:02,342 --> 00:14:03,968 [Helaena] Did it make you feel better? 221 00:14:04,969 --> 00:14:06,721 Uh, about losing Jace? 222 00:14:10,558 --> 00:14:13,311 I would rather have slain Aegon as your mother and I had agreed. 223 00:14:14,729 --> 00:14:17,314 But here we are. He is gone. 224 00:14:17,315 --> 00:14:19,358 And I cannot believe you had no hand in that either. 225 00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:20,942 He did that to himself. 226 00:14:20,943 --> 00:14:22,611 [Alicent] Aegon was fled when I returned from Dragonstone. 227 00:14:22,612 --> 00:14:24,488 Has Orwyle not given you his account? 228 00:14:24,489 --> 00:14:26,323 His account, or yours? 229 00:14:26,324 --> 00:14:28,158 Do not treat me as a fool. 230 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:29,659 If you require me to foresee 231 00:14:29,660 --> 00:14:31,828 every duplicitous scheme devised by Larys Strong, 232 00:14:31,829 --> 00:14:33,663 I confess I cannot help but fall short. 233 00:14:33,664 --> 00:14:34,998 Where is Vhagar? 234 00:14:34,999 --> 00:14:37,667 - Who rides Sheepstealer? - I do not know! 235 00:14:37,668 --> 00:14:40,587 Is Aemond not flown away as I promised? 236 00:14:40,588 --> 00:14:42,714 Did the guards on the parapets not suffer you to pass? 237 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:45,175 I have done all I could. 238 00:14:45,176 --> 00:14:47,552 Will you blame me only for what men have done? 239 00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:49,388 You promised we could go. 240 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:52,058 We told the guards. We ran. 241 00:14:56,938 --> 00:14:58,689 No one knows what he looks like. 242 00:15:00,024 --> 00:15:01,691 Aegon. 243 00:15:01,692 --> 00:15:03,693 He's scarred and burned. 244 00:15:03,694 --> 00:15:05,947 His dragon is dead. Declare him dead as well. 245 00:15:07,323 --> 00:15:09,951 He cannot fight, and if Larys tries to raise him up... 246 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:13,704 you can dismiss him as an impostor. 247 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,546 [scoffs] You argue still for his life? 248 00:15:24,799 --> 00:15:26,300 You killed my father. 249 00:15:32,223 --> 00:15:34,225 [high-pitched ringing] 250 00:15:35,143 --> 00:15:37,937 [breathing deeply] 251 00:15:44,902 --> 00:15:45,903 When... 252 00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:49,782 Aemond has been found... 253 00:15:51,492 --> 00:15:53,995 and the challenge to me... 254 00:15:55,163 --> 00:15:57,914 removed, you will go free. 255 00:15:57,915 --> 00:16:00,793 But until then, I cannot be seen to favor Hightowers. 256 00:16:01,752 --> 00:16:03,670 I don't want to stay in this room. 257 00:16:03,671 --> 00:16:05,256 I will not treat you unkindly. 258 00:16:06,507 --> 00:16:09,927 You will be fed and clothed and... 259 00:16:11,095 --> 00:16:13,930 and have a maid to suit your needs. 260 00:16:13,931 --> 00:16:15,765 You may walk under guard in the Godswood... 261 00:16:15,766 --> 00:16:17,434 - Uh... - ...and I will have Jaehaera brought to you 262 00:16:17,435 --> 00:16:18,768 for an hour every few days or so. 263 00:16:18,769 --> 00:16:20,770 You cannot mean this, Rhaenyra, please. 264 00:16:20,771 --> 00:16:22,523 None of this pleases me. 265 00:16:25,610 --> 00:16:28,029 So my position is such that I must hope... 266 00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:30,947 for the capture and death of my son. 267 00:16:30,948 --> 00:16:32,158 [scoffs] 268 00:16:35,119 --> 00:16:36,704 I can only imagine. 269 00:16:38,164 --> 00:16:40,791 I want it proclaimed that we discovered Aegon here, dead. 270 00:16:42,210 --> 00:16:44,169 - A shrewd gambit, Your Grace. - And let Joffrey 271 00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:45,712 be brought back from the Vale. 272 00:16:45,713 --> 00:16:48,049 He is next in line. He must now be raised as my heir. 273 00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:57,140 I know much about this place, but never seen it before today. 274 00:16:57,141 --> 00:16:58,725 Is it as you imagined? 275 00:16:58,726 --> 00:17:01,478 It is both larger and smaller. 276 00:17:01,479 --> 00:17:02,896 - Hm. - I will guess that Alicent 277 00:17:02,897 --> 00:17:04,314 had no confidence to give you 278 00:17:04,315 --> 00:17:05,982 as to the whereabouts of the gold. 279 00:17:05,983 --> 00:17:07,192 She did not. 280 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:08,486 And you trust her yet? 281 00:17:09,529 --> 00:17:10,821 [sighs] 282 00:17:11,906 --> 00:17:13,865 She is a Hightower. 283 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:15,408 True. 284 00:17:15,409 --> 00:17:17,619 But would I not be simple to think that in a house 285 00:17:17,620 --> 00:17:19,997 as big as this one, there were only one rat? 286 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:24,334 I am much troubled about her son Daeron, 287 00:17:24,335 --> 00:17:26,336 - whom we now hold captive. - Does she know? 288 00:17:26,337 --> 00:17:29,214 By rights, I should have his head for a traitor. 289 00:17:29,215 --> 00:17:32,509 He is an heir to Aegon and a threat to you. 290 00:17:32,510 --> 00:17:34,761 Yet he is also my half-brother and has not committed the crimes 291 00:17:34,762 --> 00:17:36,681 that Aegon and Aemond have, and yet is... 292 00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:41,561 - [high-pitched ringing] - [sounds muffling and distorting] 293 00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:47,692 [gasps softly] 294 00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:51,571 - [ringing fades] - [sounds normalizing] 295 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,701 Why should I not kill him? Why should I not... 296 00:17:57,702 --> 00:17:59,912 strike him as my own sons were stricken? 297 00:18:00,955 --> 00:18:02,456 There is none to stop you. 298 00:18:03,708 --> 00:18:05,083 There are mountains to be dealt with, 299 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:06,710 and I have none yet to trust with them. 300 00:18:06,711 --> 00:18:08,920 My lady-in-waiting, Elinda? 301 00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:10,547 Elinda Massey is now in the city, 302 00:18:10,548 --> 00:18:13,049 - having served us well there. - Better send to her. 303 00:18:13,050 --> 00:18:14,884 And Mysaria, 304 00:18:14,885 --> 00:18:16,929 let the staff be questioned. 305 00:18:18,055 --> 00:18:19,557 Quietly, as only you can. 306 00:18:20,725 --> 00:18:22,309 Those who cleave to the Hightowers 307 00:18:22,310 --> 00:18:23,561 must be replaced. 308 00:18:25,896 --> 00:18:27,481 Immediately, Your Grace. 309 00:18:29,066 --> 00:18:30,234 [High Septon] Good morrow, Your Grace. 310 00:18:33,904 --> 00:18:36,073 A blessing in the name of the Seven Who Are One. 311 00:18:40,745 --> 00:18:43,788 I thank you for your swift attendance here. 312 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:46,082 Uh, much has changed in the last few days. 313 00:18:46,083 --> 00:18:48,336 These are turbulent times. 314 00:18:49,670 --> 00:18:51,421 I must for the time being 315 00:18:51,422 --> 00:18:53,340 forego a right and proper coronation, 316 00:18:53,341 --> 00:18:55,800 but I still wish at least to be anointed, 317 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:58,262 by you, in full sight of the people. 318 00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:02,975 Alas, that it cannot be done. 319 00:19:04,935 --> 00:19:06,520 For what reason? 320 00:19:08,356 --> 00:19:10,983 Some months ago I anointed your brother Aegon... 321 00:19:13,027 --> 00:19:15,987 and declared him the rightful king 322 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:17,489 before gods and men. 323 00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:20,325 Yes, Aegon is dead, and I now sit the throne. 324 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:22,161 [rats squeaking] 325 00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:26,457 So you now say. 326 00:19:27,458 --> 00:19:29,460 Is it your contention that I am a liar? 327 00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:32,713 We have not seen his remains. 328 00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:37,968 Nor have the Silent Sisters been summoned to tend to them. 329 00:19:40,971 --> 00:19:42,014 You understand... 330 00:19:43,140 --> 00:19:46,976 that if there has been some kind of error. 331 00:19:46,977 --> 00:19:49,062 Oh, there has been no error. 332 00:19:49,063 --> 00:19:51,481 I am my father's heir. 333 00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:53,191 And the gods themselves 334 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:54,984 decree that I must rule the Seven Kingdoms. 335 00:19:54,985 --> 00:19:57,195 Have they not raised me up 336 00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:59,155 and cast the usurper into ruin? 337 00:19:59,156 --> 00:20:00,657 That has happened. It is true. 338 00:20:00,658 --> 00:20:02,326 How has it happened if they did not will it? 339 00:20:05,162 --> 00:20:08,581 A dragon appeared to me in my greatest need. 340 00:20:08,582 --> 00:20:11,335 My gods do not deal in dragons. 341 00:20:12,503 --> 00:20:15,004 They are a profane magic 342 00:20:15,005 --> 00:20:17,340 created in darkness and pride 343 00:20:17,341 --> 00:20:19,927 and lust for power, for impunity. 344 00:20:21,011 --> 00:20:24,598 They destroy, but they do not create. 345 00:20:25,349 --> 00:20:27,351 There is no good that can come of them. 346 00:20:30,688 --> 00:20:31,939 [chuckles] 347 00:20:34,191 --> 00:20:36,527 You have made your position exceedingly clear. 348 00:20:38,696 --> 00:20:40,530 With respect, I advise you, 349 00:20:40,531 --> 00:20:42,700 do not make an enemy of the Faith. 350 00:20:43,951 --> 00:20:47,371 It exhorts and comforts and binds together your people. 351 00:20:48,706 --> 00:20:50,541 Underestimate it at your peril. 352 00:20:52,793 --> 00:20:54,294 I must confess to you now 353 00:20:54,295 --> 00:20:56,422 a thing you may have guessed before. 354 00:20:58,549 --> 00:21:00,718 Alyn of Hull and his brother Addam are my sons. 355 00:21:02,011 --> 00:21:04,262 They are born of a woman, a shipwright 356 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:06,265 I met on my earlier travels. 357 00:21:07,808 --> 00:21:09,477 I did not claim them as mine. 358 00:21:11,145 --> 00:21:12,313 I was ashamed. 359 00:21:13,355 --> 00:21:16,316 And I dreaded grieving Rhaenys, my wife. 360 00:21:16,317 --> 00:21:17,942 And I am grateful 361 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:20,821 she showed me grace before she died. 362 00:21:23,741 --> 00:21:25,576 I did not guess. 363 00:21:26,911 --> 00:21:31,248 Though I believe I see it now. 364 00:21:33,584 --> 00:21:35,710 You need fear no reproach from me. 365 00:21:35,711 --> 00:21:39,506 It is many a lord who has mixed noble and common blood. 366 00:21:39,507 --> 00:21:42,802 Their sons are no less stout of heart. 367 00:21:46,096 --> 00:21:48,139 Each has shown himself worthy of more 368 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:49,599 than was given him before now. 369 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,811 Indeed, we owe Alyn a great debt 370 00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:55,439 for his valiance in both the Stepstones, and lately in the Gullet. 371 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,942 You have shown yourself a leader of men. 372 00:21:58,943 --> 00:22:01,487 I was only doing my duty, Your Grace. 373 00:22:02,446 --> 00:22:04,113 And Addam has been my assurance 374 00:22:04,114 --> 00:22:05,366 that the gods favor me. 375 00:22:06,492 --> 00:22:08,452 When my hope had waned, they sent me you. 376 00:22:09,286 --> 00:22:11,330 It is my great honor to serve you, Your Grace. 377 00:22:19,129 --> 00:22:20,881 To that end, my queen... 378 00:22:22,550 --> 00:22:25,301 I have acknowledged my sons. 379 00:22:25,302 --> 00:22:26,970 Mm. 380 00:22:26,971 --> 00:22:30,474 And more than that, I would name Alyn my heir. 381 00:22:35,521 --> 00:22:38,482 I ask that you legitimize them. 382 00:22:39,817 --> 00:22:41,986 Let them now be Velaryons. 383 00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:44,572 Lords of the realm. 384 00:22:45,990 --> 00:22:48,157 For without them, 385 00:22:48,158 --> 00:22:49,577 my line is ended... 386 00:22:50,744 --> 00:22:52,162 and my name erased. 387 00:22:56,333 --> 00:22:57,543 [silverware clattering] 388 00:22:59,420 --> 00:23:03,424 It is well that you have found an heir. 389 00:23:05,009 --> 00:23:07,261 We have both of us suffered greatly, and I... 390 00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:10,388 I cannot begrudge you a new way forward, 391 00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:12,892 - but Lord Corlys-- - A word from the throne. 392 00:23:14,351 --> 00:23:16,020 It is simple enough. 393 00:23:21,025 --> 00:23:24,028 [♪ dramatic music playing] 394 00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:46,091 [♪ dramatic music continues] 395 00:24:46,110 --> 00:24:48,112 [Daemon sighs] 396 00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:57,496 [♪ tense music playing] 397 00:24:59,289 --> 00:25:01,291 [wind whistling] 398 00:25:05,462 --> 00:25:07,296 [Elinda] Are your nerves steady, Your Grace? 399 00:25:07,297 --> 00:25:08,966 As steady as they may be. 400 00:25:10,175 --> 00:25:11,801 I have courted the smallfolk from afar, 401 00:25:11,802 --> 00:25:14,012 but I have not yet come before them as their queen. 402 00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:15,848 You have been much anticipated. 403 00:25:16,974 --> 00:25:20,561 Then, there will be much expected. 404 00:25:21,562 --> 00:25:22,854 And our resources are few. 405 00:25:22,855 --> 00:25:24,732 I do not know what satisfaction I can give. 406 00:25:26,817 --> 00:25:30,237 For some, it will be enough to say they have looked on a queen. 407 00:25:32,656 --> 00:25:34,033 Will I bring your jewels? 408 00:25:36,827 --> 00:25:39,370 I will wear no needless ornament. 409 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:42,582 I must show strength, readiness. 410 00:25:42,583 --> 00:25:44,168 But the sword perhaps. 411 00:25:45,002 --> 00:25:47,670 Might that not contradict what you wish to convey 412 00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:49,339 to petitioners in need? 413 00:25:51,050 --> 00:25:52,925 Fair point. 414 00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:54,010 Still. 415 00:25:54,011 --> 00:25:55,179 [sighs] 416 00:25:56,096 --> 00:25:59,016 A chain, I think. For gravity. 417 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:01,018 One of these. 418 00:26:02,186 --> 00:26:03,227 [softly] Fuck. 419 00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:04,229 Your Grace? 420 00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:06,440 I'm bleeding. 421 00:26:07,524 --> 00:26:08,775 - You're sure? - Yes. 422 00:26:08,776 --> 00:26:11,361 Fuck! [groaning] 423 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:13,780 Of course. 424 00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:15,365 I'll fetch some cloths. 425 00:26:16,450 --> 00:26:19,285 [Luthor Largent] Rhaenyra Targaryen, First of Her Name. 426 00:26:19,286 --> 00:26:23,122 Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. 427 00:26:23,123 --> 00:26:26,794 Lady of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm. 428 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,213 [weaver] Your Grace, I am a weaver 429 00:26:30,214 --> 00:26:32,091 and my trade is in wool. 430 00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:35,259 We have a great shortage now in fleece, 431 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:39,055 and such sheep as there are have been taken by dragons. 432 00:26:39,056 --> 00:26:41,307 [people murmuring] 433 00:26:41,308 --> 00:26:43,518 Might not the fleece be harvested 434 00:26:43,519 --> 00:26:46,229 before the animal is consumed? That seems easy enough. 435 00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:48,564 It would be a help, surely, 436 00:26:48,565 --> 00:26:51,234 but there are many in our guild. 437 00:26:51,235 --> 00:26:54,655 To restore our resources, we would need an investment. 438 00:26:55,572 --> 00:26:57,615 Five hundred golden dragons. 439 00:26:57,616 --> 00:26:59,325 [murmuring continues] 440 00:26:59,326 --> 00:27:01,662 [butcher] With regards to the sheep, my queen... 441 00:27:02,913 --> 00:27:05,415 such an outcome does nothing to supply us with meat. 442 00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:09,418 - We butchers have no trade. - Is there no game to be had? 443 00:27:09,419 --> 00:27:11,337 Oh, not for miles. 444 00:27:11,338 --> 00:27:14,257 And all the hunters have been taken for archers. 445 00:27:14,258 --> 00:27:16,300 If we could but receive some expenditure 446 00:27:16,301 --> 00:27:18,636 - from the crown-- - Might-- might we consider the Kingswood? 447 00:27:18,637 --> 00:27:21,055 [murmuring continues] 448 00:27:21,056 --> 00:27:23,850 That would be a bold gesture, Your Grace. 449 00:27:23,851 --> 00:27:26,436 One that would have offended your royal forebears. 450 00:27:27,855 --> 00:27:30,189 Neither stags nor boars, 451 00:27:30,190 --> 00:27:32,692 but, uh, rabbits, perhaps. 452 00:27:32,693 --> 00:27:35,863 [Corlys] It bears discussion in a forum other than this one. 453 00:27:36,780 --> 00:27:38,282 Let the next petitioner come. 454 00:27:39,158 --> 00:27:41,617 I am Sylvi, Your Grace. 455 00:27:41,618 --> 00:27:43,327 I was privileged to be of assistance 456 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:46,707 to the Lady Mysaria in her campaign against the usurper. 457 00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:51,127 I thank you, a-and all here who kept the faith. 458 00:27:51,128 --> 00:27:53,463 My appeal is not for coin... 459 00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:57,175 but for justice for what the commonfolk 460 00:27:57,176 --> 00:27:58,968 have suffered these long months. 461 00:27:58,969 --> 00:28:00,971 [low murmuring] 462 00:28:01,972 --> 00:28:04,891 The blockade is lifted. It will not be long now 463 00:28:04,892 --> 00:28:06,851 - before trade routes are reestablished-- - It was not only the blockade 464 00:28:06,852 --> 00:28:09,354 that drove us to want, Your Grace. 465 00:28:11,231 --> 00:28:14,692 It was the rich. The noble lords. 466 00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:17,320 They bought up everything they could for their storehouses 467 00:28:17,321 --> 00:28:19,155 and left the poorer folk with nothing. 468 00:28:19,156 --> 00:28:21,324 - [murmuring continues] - Is this true? 469 00:28:21,325 --> 00:28:24,368 I am no innocent, my queen. 470 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:26,245 It is the way of the world. 471 00:28:26,246 --> 00:28:28,247 But when the highborn take even what little remains 472 00:28:28,248 --> 00:28:31,668 and put it aside, while the lowborn starve... 473 00:28:33,670 --> 00:28:36,340 then that is a matter I would put before my queen... 474 00:28:37,758 --> 00:28:42,012 who came to power as a champion of her people. 475 00:28:43,096 --> 00:28:44,889 [murmuring continues] 476 00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:46,558 [rats squeaking] 477 00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:51,230 [♪ dramatic music playing] 478 00:28:53,649 --> 00:28:56,025 It is a dangerous element that seeks to blame the wealthy 479 00:28:56,026 --> 00:28:57,735 for the city's woes. 480 00:28:57,736 --> 00:29:00,404 In a war, all suffer. 481 00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:03,199 - Some more than others. - [Daemon] That has ever been so. 482 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,451 And yet, in times like these, it is a cudgel 483 00:29:05,452 --> 00:29:09,372 in irresponsible hands used to strike up unrest and rebellion. 484 00:29:09,373 --> 00:29:10,957 - [Mysaria] Do the commonfolk... - [whispering] For the cramps. 485 00:29:10,958 --> 00:29:12,583 ...not deserve the providence 486 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:14,252 and protection of their ruler? 487 00:29:14,253 --> 00:29:16,212 It is a covenant broken 488 00:29:16,213 --> 00:29:18,214 - at our peril. - [Daemon] Eh. 489 00:29:18,215 --> 00:29:19,715 They look to us for order and security. 490 00:29:19,716 --> 00:29:21,384 [Mysaria] They look to us for meat 491 00:29:21,385 --> 00:29:23,052 and fuel for their fires. 492 00:29:23,053 --> 00:29:25,221 And who is us, in your telling? 493 00:29:25,222 --> 00:29:28,224 I have earned my seat at this table, 494 00:29:28,225 --> 00:29:30,142 though I was not born to it. 495 00:29:30,143 --> 00:29:33,271 I will leave others to judge which path most has merit. 496 00:29:33,272 --> 00:29:35,398 Has Baela returned? 497 00:29:35,399 --> 00:29:37,149 What news of Vhagar and Sheepstealer? 498 00:29:37,150 --> 00:29:38,986 The only dragon she saw was Sunfyre. 499 00:29:40,070 --> 00:29:41,570 Long dead and decaying. 500 00:29:41,571 --> 00:29:43,239 She flies again this evening. 501 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:44,950 Let us send Addam with her. 502 00:29:46,243 --> 00:29:47,744 They cannot hide for long. 503 00:29:50,163 --> 00:29:51,497 You will have justice. 504 00:29:51,498 --> 00:29:53,083 I will never have justice. 505 00:29:54,459 --> 00:29:58,088 But what crumbs of it may be snatched, I will devour. 506 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:02,091 [Mysaria] In the meantime, Your Grace, 507 00:30:02,092 --> 00:30:04,010 I urge you, turn your mind to the issue before us-- 508 00:30:04,011 --> 00:30:05,511 [Daemon] There is no issue. There are bellyachers 509 00:30:05,512 --> 00:30:08,014 bleating their dissatisfaction at the order of things. 510 00:30:08,015 --> 00:30:09,099 Lord Corlys. 511 00:30:11,101 --> 00:30:12,436 I defer to the queen. 512 00:30:13,687 --> 00:30:14,938 Useless. 513 00:30:16,023 --> 00:30:17,941 What would your father do? 514 00:30:24,698 --> 00:30:26,783 A banquet, I think. 515 00:30:28,869 --> 00:30:30,871 ♪ 516 00:30:34,958 --> 00:30:37,001 Great day for the three of you. 517 00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:39,128 We are much honored, Your Grace. 518 00:30:39,129 --> 00:30:41,964 Ulf, how will you style yourself? 519 00:30:41,965 --> 00:30:43,300 Oh, uh... 520 00:30:44,843 --> 00:30:46,344 Targaryen, Your Grace. 521 00:30:46,345 --> 00:30:47,804 Oh, absolutely not. 522 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:52,391 Then, I have no style. 523 00:30:52,392 --> 00:30:54,353 So fashion one. 524 00:30:57,731 --> 00:30:58,982 White, then? 525 00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:04,738 Good. Um, and you? 526 00:31:06,907 --> 00:31:09,368 I'm a blacksmith by trade, Your Grace. 527 00:31:10,660 --> 00:31:11,828 I go by Hammer. 528 00:31:14,164 --> 00:31:15,540 Hugh the Hammer. 529 00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:17,834 Ulf the White. 530 00:31:24,007 --> 00:31:25,675 And Addam of Hull. 531 00:31:35,102 --> 00:31:36,353 [Daemon] Kneel. 532 00:31:38,063 --> 00:31:39,439 [Ulf grunts] 533 00:31:47,030 --> 00:31:50,617 In the name of the Warrior, I charge you to be brave. 534 00:31:57,374 --> 00:32:00,419 In the name of the Father, I charge you to be just. 535 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:06,924 In the name of the Mother, I charge you 536 00:32:06,925 --> 00:32:08,802 to defend the young and the innocent. 537 00:32:11,054 --> 00:32:12,556 [sword sheathing] 538 00:32:16,309 --> 00:32:19,229 - Is that it? - [Rhaenyra] Ser Ulf. 539 00:32:21,565 --> 00:32:24,316 Ser Hugh. Ser Addam. 540 00:32:24,317 --> 00:32:26,694 Knights in your queen's service. 541 00:32:26,695 --> 00:32:29,947 Will you swear fealty to your ruler and her cause? 542 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:33,576 To be servants and agents of the crown for all of your days? 543 00:32:33,577 --> 00:32:35,245 I swear it, Your Grace. 544 00:32:36,580 --> 00:32:38,414 As do I. 545 00:32:38,415 --> 00:32:40,207 [Ulf] Until death. 546 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:42,126 Ser Luthor, I wish to consult with you 547 00:32:42,127 --> 00:32:44,420 about a notion I have. 548 00:32:44,421 --> 00:32:47,339 A dinner for various nobles whom you may identify-- 549 00:32:47,340 --> 00:32:48,592 [Hugh] Your Grace. 550 00:32:51,511 --> 00:32:55,306 I was wondering what sort of living I may expect, 551 00:32:55,307 --> 00:32:57,433 now that we're in King's Landing. 552 00:32:57,434 --> 00:33:00,269 Uh... uh, yes, of course. 553 00:33:00,270 --> 00:33:03,772 Uh, I did promise to provide for you and your wife. 554 00:33:03,773 --> 00:33:06,275 She's gone. I went into the city to find her, 555 00:33:06,276 --> 00:33:08,527 only to hear that she's gone to live with her brother in Tumbleton. 556 00:33:08,528 --> 00:33:10,446 There was nothing for her here. 557 00:33:10,447 --> 00:33:13,115 Send to her, and, uh, we will set aside 558 00:33:13,116 --> 00:33:15,326 a house for you on Visenya's Hill. 559 00:33:15,327 --> 00:33:18,621 And when might that be, Your Grace? 560 00:33:18,622 --> 00:33:20,289 As soon as I am able. 561 00:33:20,290 --> 00:33:23,168 I have no small council at present. 562 00:33:24,544 --> 00:33:26,086 Nor a Queensguard to serve me. 563 00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:29,840 I am awash in dilemmas and deficiencies. 564 00:33:29,841 --> 00:33:31,675 Let me find my footing, 565 00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:33,720 and I will attend to your requests. 566 00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:37,807 [sighs] 567 00:33:38,725 --> 00:33:41,143 - [knocking] - [door opens] 568 00:33:41,144 --> 00:33:43,354 [Gold Cloak captain] The queen dowager, Your Grace. 569 00:33:43,355 --> 00:33:45,272 [rats squeaking] 570 00:33:45,273 --> 00:33:46,899 [sighs] 571 00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:48,568 Uh, very well. 572 00:33:53,031 --> 00:33:54,241 [sniffling] 573 00:33:59,162 --> 00:34:00,330 With thanks. 574 00:34:03,083 --> 00:34:04,167 Your Grace. 575 00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:07,546 I'm sorry I was sharp when we spoke. 576 00:34:10,507 --> 00:34:12,592 I have a small request only. 577 00:34:14,427 --> 00:34:16,179 We'll hear it. 578 00:34:17,514 --> 00:34:21,101 Only that my father's remains be sent to Oldtown... 579 00:34:22,394 --> 00:34:24,187 where they may lie beside my mother's. 580 00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:34,697 As you say. 581 00:34:34,698 --> 00:34:35,907 Thank you. 582 00:34:42,539 --> 00:34:43,873 [chuckles] 583 00:34:47,877 --> 00:34:50,714 It is odd to be here with you. 584 00:34:52,757 --> 00:34:53,758 Alicent. 585 00:35:03,101 --> 00:35:05,311 You ruled this realm in all but name 586 00:35:05,312 --> 00:35:06,771 while my father lay ill. 587 00:35:08,565 --> 00:35:09,649 I did. 588 00:35:14,571 --> 00:35:15,739 I heard... 589 00:35:16,740 --> 00:35:18,241 petitions today. 590 00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:23,413 There are many of them. 591 00:35:24,748 --> 00:35:26,625 And their needs are many more. It's a... 592 00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:29,753 - heavy weight. - [scoffs] 593 00:35:33,673 --> 00:35:35,258 How did you bear it? 594 00:35:38,595 --> 00:35:39,638 In truth? 595 00:35:44,809 --> 00:35:48,855 You may not rule and remain yourself. 596 00:35:52,359 --> 00:35:53,984 There are choices to be made 597 00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:56,695 and you may, on occasion, 598 00:35:56,696 --> 00:35:59,449 have to turn your face away while people suffer and die. 599 00:36:01,951 --> 00:36:03,787 There is in you a door that must shut. 600 00:36:05,288 --> 00:36:07,373 You will do things 601 00:36:07,374 --> 00:36:10,042 that your heart would have recoiled from 602 00:36:10,043 --> 00:36:12,003 - before you came to the throne. - [scoffs] 603 00:36:12,879 --> 00:36:15,673 I acknowledge the struggle. 604 00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:17,467 But I dispute that I must become what I am not. 605 00:36:20,637 --> 00:36:21,971 Time will tell. 606 00:36:24,349 --> 00:36:26,016 My father remained himself. 607 00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:28,977 [scoffs] Your father lived in a world of his own construction. 608 00:36:28,978 --> 00:36:30,980 You and I have never set foot there. 609 00:36:35,402 --> 00:36:36,695 [Rhaenyra] Be welcome. 610 00:36:39,823 --> 00:36:42,241 You have all heard, I'm sure, 611 00:36:42,242 --> 00:36:45,369 that our ascension is proclaimed throughout the realm. 612 00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:47,913 Already the Hightowers have bent the knee before me, 613 00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:52,167 and, likewise, those in this room have pledged their loyalty. 614 00:36:52,168 --> 00:36:54,211 [scattered chatter] 615 00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:56,296 - Later than I would have liked. - [laughter] 616 00:36:56,297 --> 00:36:59,718 But I come before you as a conciliator. 617 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:09,352 [lord clears throat] 618 00:37:11,521 --> 00:37:14,690 It is our privilege, Your Grace, 619 00:37:14,691 --> 00:37:17,277 to attend you here at last. 620 00:37:18,278 --> 00:37:21,655 I avow, which all here know, 621 00:37:21,656 --> 00:37:25,034 that I mistrusted the Hightower claim from the beginning. 622 00:37:26,536 --> 00:37:28,078 I'm sure that's true, 623 00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:30,998 even if I heard no tale of you rising up to protest it. 624 00:37:30,999 --> 00:37:32,791 - [scattered laughter] - [bell jingling] 625 00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:35,711 Ah. I see our feast is served. 626 00:37:35,712 --> 00:37:37,714 [guests chattering] 627 00:37:50,977 --> 00:37:53,229 [dishes thudding] 628 00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:57,400 [guests murmuring] 629 00:38:03,573 --> 00:38:04,741 What is this? 630 00:38:06,701 --> 00:38:09,495 This is what the commonfolk of my city ate, 631 00:38:09,496 --> 00:38:12,456 this and worse, while you and those like you 632 00:38:12,457 --> 00:38:14,250 hid provisions away in your storehouses. 633 00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:17,961 Your Grace, we were afraid. 634 00:38:17,962 --> 00:38:20,672 Will you have had us starve and our families with us? 635 00:38:20,673 --> 00:38:22,007 I would have no one starve. 636 00:38:22,008 --> 00:38:24,176 I would have those with much 637 00:38:24,177 --> 00:38:27,679 exercise stewardship and tend to those with little, 638 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,848 as a shepherd tends to their sheep. 639 00:38:29,849 --> 00:38:32,559 [Lord Bywater] The poor, like rats, overrun the city. 640 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,978 They thieve and fight for every crumb. 641 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:37,940 And would you not do the same if your children were hungry? 642 00:38:37,941 --> 00:38:39,441 No, I would not. 643 00:38:39,442 --> 00:38:40,859 Hm, admirable restraint. 644 00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:43,321 You would lie genteel in your grave. 645 00:38:45,031 --> 00:38:47,699 As you sit here, my Gold Cloaks 646 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:49,326 are entering each of your houses. 647 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:52,037 - [guests murmuring] - They are searching your storerooms 648 00:38:52,038 --> 00:38:53,914 for all that you hoarded away. 649 00:38:53,915 --> 00:38:55,582 And they will bring what they find back to me 650 00:38:55,583 --> 00:38:58,502 for distribution to those in my city who need it. 651 00:38:58,503 --> 00:39:01,213 - This is unconscionable. - We're being robbed! 652 00:39:01,214 --> 00:39:03,632 What the crown demands of you 653 00:39:03,633 --> 00:39:05,300 is not plunder, but a duty. 654 00:39:05,301 --> 00:39:07,177 And tonight, will serve as a lesson 655 00:39:07,178 --> 00:39:10,472 in what I will require of you now and henceforth. 656 00:39:10,473 --> 00:39:11,516 Good evening. 657 00:39:17,814 --> 00:39:19,816 [guests continue murmuring] 658 00:39:24,070 --> 00:39:25,321 Your Grace. 659 00:39:29,659 --> 00:39:31,493 House Manderly, is it? 660 00:39:31,494 --> 00:39:33,537 Ser Torrhen Manderly, Your Grace, 661 00:39:33,538 --> 00:39:34,873 your humble servant. 662 00:39:35,915 --> 00:39:38,751 Is it humility that causes you to smile so, Ser Torrhen? 663 00:39:39,752 --> 00:39:41,713 It is admiration only for a hand well played. 664 00:39:43,006 --> 00:39:45,591 My Gold Cloaks will be visitors to your household as well. 665 00:39:45,592 --> 00:39:48,261 And no doubt I am as deserving as any here. 666 00:39:49,095 --> 00:39:51,889 It is a bold move, and the smallfolk will cheer it. 667 00:39:51,890 --> 00:39:54,266 It may even make them forget that it was your blockade 668 00:39:54,267 --> 00:39:56,185 that made bread scarce in the first place. 669 00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:59,521 [♪ tense music playing] 670 00:39:59,522 --> 00:40:01,232 Well, rest assured, Ser Torrhen... 671 00:40:02,358 --> 00:40:03,735 my memory is long. 672 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:08,196 [Daemon] They'll resent you for this. 673 00:40:08,197 --> 00:40:11,366 They are merchants and minor nobles. 674 00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:12,868 They've been in error and they know it. 675 00:40:12,869 --> 00:40:14,369 I do admit, I find it amusing. 676 00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:16,246 It will help a certain number of people 677 00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:17,581 for a certain number of weeks 678 00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:19,124 and do nothing for the rest of them. 679 00:40:19,125 --> 00:40:21,793 - It is a gesture only. - Yes, and gestures matter. 680 00:40:21,794 --> 00:40:26,381 But you say rightly that this is not a lasting solution. 681 00:40:26,382 --> 00:40:27,884 For that, I will need you to fly. 682 00:40:29,052 --> 00:40:30,552 Go to the Vale. 683 00:40:30,553 --> 00:40:33,055 Lady Jeyne never sent the swords she promised. 684 00:40:33,056 --> 00:40:34,557 She may pay her debt in coin. 685 00:40:36,142 --> 00:40:37,810 This is an errand I will relish. 686 00:40:38,853 --> 00:40:41,396 The other great houses I will summon here. 687 00:40:41,397 --> 00:40:42,981 In the meantime, return with gold 688 00:40:42,982 --> 00:40:45,735 or pledges of gold, else we are hobbled before we begin. 689 00:40:50,907 --> 00:40:53,283 You have come so far, 690 00:40:53,284 --> 00:40:55,453 and yet you still don't know who you are. 691 00:40:56,579 --> 00:40:58,538 If I fail to administer my city, 692 00:40:58,539 --> 00:41:00,332 how will I be trusted to govern a realm? 693 00:41:00,333 --> 00:41:02,084 Aegon the Conqueror had three dragons. 694 00:41:02,085 --> 00:41:05,212 You now have six. It is a power beyond imagining. 695 00:41:05,213 --> 00:41:07,798 Why scrabble here for gold when the world lies before us? 696 00:41:07,799 --> 00:41:09,759 Dorne could be ours. 697 00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:14,096 And then Essos and the Free Cities, 698 00:41:14,097 --> 00:41:15,682 Yi Ti and its riches. 699 00:41:19,686 --> 00:41:21,937 They say there is a city at the edge of the world 700 00:41:21,938 --> 00:41:23,439 where men have wings. 701 00:41:26,943 --> 00:41:29,945 I remember wishing to go there to see them for myself. 702 00:41:29,946 --> 00:41:32,323 Those men will serve us. They will serve you. 703 00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:37,620 You will have an empire unassailable. 704 00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:41,665 And our children will rule it forever and a day. 705 00:41:41,666 --> 00:41:43,792 You style us commandeers and marauders 706 00:41:43,793 --> 00:41:45,377 like the pirates that plague us. 707 00:41:45,378 --> 00:41:47,171 I style us gods, Rhaenyra. 708 00:41:51,384 --> 00:41:53,177 As we were always meant to be. 709 00:41:59,642 --> 00:42:01,811 {\an8}[speaking High Valyrian] 710 00:42:26,502 --> 00:42:28,004 And I've made my peace with him. 711 00:42:29,338 --> 00:42:30,923 But he renounced his dragon. 712 00:42:55,948 --> 00:42:57,200 Your Grace. 713 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:02,705 You still have to kill Daeron. 714 00:43:04,082 --> 00:43:07,085 [♪ ominous music playing] 715 00:43:33,903 --> 00:43:36,906 [♪ ominous music continues] 716 00:43:54,632 --> 00:43:56,342 [Mysaria] You are tired today. 717 00:43:57,426 --> 00:43:58,969 I cannot sleep in that bed. 718 00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:01,347 Mm, a new mattress, perhaps. 719 00:44:02,598 --> 00:44:04,642 - [carriage rattling] - Perhaps. 720 00:44:07,019 --> 00:44:09,354 You have buried your grief. 721 00:44:09,355 --> 00:44:11,440 I feel no grief, I feel nothing. 722 00:44:14,610 --> 00:44:17,280 Well, no. There is rage. 723 00:44:20,283 --> 00:44:22,285 A rage that billows beyond my grasp. 724 00:44:23,161 --> 00:44:24,453 I have known such rage. 725 00:44:30,626 --> 00:44:33,171 I will look on those who killed my sons, Mysaria. 726 00:44:35,173 --> 00:44:36,174 I will. 727 00:44:40,303 --> 00:44:42,305 - [bell tolling] - [people applauding and cheering] 728 00:44:46,684 --> 00:44:48,686 [cheering and applause continue] 729 00:44:54,692 --> 00:44:57,319 Let the Septon deny you. 730 00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:58,988 This will be your anointing. 731 00:45:00,865 --> 00:45:02,867 [cheering and applause continue] 732 00:45:08,581 --> 00:45:11,083 [townsperson] Rhaenyra! Rhaenyra! 733 00:45:14,253 --> 00:45:17,423 I have been away, uh, too long. 734 00:45:18,841 --> 00:45:23,011 But we are at last reunited. 735 00:45:23,012 --> 00:45:25,014 [cheering and applause] 736 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:33,688 The usurpers are vanquished, 737 00:45:33,689 --> 00:45:35,774 and I have taken my rightful throne... 738 00:45:35,775 --> 00:45:37,275 [scattered cheers] 739 00:45:37,276 --> 00:45:40,780 ...from which I shall rule judiciously... 740 00:45:41,781 --> 00:45:45,243 with strength, but also mercy... 741 00:45:46,369 --> 00:45:49,204 as befits a true queen. 742 00:45:49,205 --> 00:45:51,582 [cheering and applause] 743 00:45:53,709 --> 00:45:57,546 In token of which I bring you gifts for your relief. 744 00:46:01,300 --> 00:46:05,804 And in honor of my father who came before me. 745 00:46:05,805 --> 00:46:07,807 [cheering and applause] 746 00:46:08,724 --> 00:46:10,225 Gods be with you. 747 00:46:10,226 --> 00:46:13,229 [♪ dramatic music playing] 748 00:46:37,962 --> 00:46:39,088 [Corlys] Your Grace. 749 00:46:41,090 --> 00:46:43,092 - A word. - [Rhaenyra] Walk with me. 750 00:46:44,010 --> 00:46:45,593 You made Addam a knight, 751 00:46:45,594 --> 00:46:49,097 but it seems you styled him Hull rather than Velaryon. 752 00:46:49,098 --> 00:46:51,933 We had agreed, I thought, that he and Alyn 753 00:46:51,934 --> 00:46:53,435 would be legitimized. 754 00:46:53,436 --> 00:46:55,771 Now, if it is a matter of ceremony or... 755 00:46:56,856 --> 00:46:59,482 Um, I'm sorry, Corlys, 756 00:46:59,483 --> 00:47:02,445 but in this moment I cannot do as you ask. 757 00:47:05,364 --> 00:47:08,825 I have given all I had, 758 00:47:08,826 --> 00:47:11,203 everything, in service to you. 759 00:47:12,455 --> 00:47:14,205 My castle lies in ashes, 760 00:47:14,206 --> 00:47:16,625 and I have asked no favor in return but this. 761 00:47:18,377 --> 00:47:20,337 You know very well the rumors 762 00:47:20,338 --> 00:47:22,381 that have dogged my sons from the first. 763 00:47:23,674 --> 00:47:25,884 My reign has just begun. 764 00:47:25,885 --> 00:47:29,347 I cannot in this moment be seen to raise up those... 765 00:47:31,182 --> 00:47:33,225 born outside of noble troth, I... 766 00:47:35,144 --> 00:47:37,146 And so you will insult my house... 767 00:47:38,481 --> 00:47:40,983 so that you may be seen to be something you are not. 768 00:47:42,151 --> 00:47:43,818 I have Joffrey to think of. 769 00:47:43,819 --> 00:47:45,987 I was staunch in my defense 770 00:47:45,988 --> 00:47:48,823 when your own troth was... doubted. 771 00:47:48,824 --> 00:47:51,326 Yes, and I thank you for this, 772 00:47:51,327 --> 00:47:52,745 among many other things. 773 00:47:53,746 --> 00:47:55,706 But all eyes look to me now. 774 00:47:56,957 --> 00:48:00,710 Perhaps one day when there is not so much scrutiny-- 775 00:48:00,711 --> 00:48:02,213 You are ashamed. 776 00:48:04,131 --> 00:48:05,757 Well... 777 00:48:05,758 --> 00:48:08,511 - It is a matter of legitimacy. - Your son Joffrey... 778 00:48:09,887 --> 00:48:11,263 is a bastard. 779 00:48:13,224 --> 00:48:14,933 Your son, Lucerys, 780 00:48:14,934 --> 00:48:17,353 whom I accepted as my heir... 781 00:48:18,896 --> 00:48:20,772 - was a bastard. - Lord Corlys. 782 00:48:20,773 --> 00:48:24,443 Your son Jacaerys lived and died a bastard! 783 00:48:28,030 --> 00:48:30,532 Say aloud to me the reason your children 784 00:48:30,533 --> 00:48:32,450 deserve what mine are denied. 785 00:48:32,451 --> 00:48:34,453 ♪ 786 00:48:39,083 --> 00:48:41,918 Helaena has gone to the Godswood, with thanks. 787 00:48:41,919 --> 00:48:44,462 I have your son Daeron here 788 00:48:44,463 --> 00:48:46,048 within these walls. 789 00:48:49,135 --> 00:48:50,885 Here since when? 790 00:48:50,886 --> 00:48:52,804 Uh, he was delivered to me two days ago 791 00:48:52,805 --> 00:48:57,309 as part of the terms under which your cousin surrendered. 792 00:49:05,317 --> 00:49:06,569 And what do you... 793 00:49:07,570 --> 00:49:09,071 what do you plan to do with him? 794 00:49:09,905 --> 00:49:11,824 By rights, I should have his head, but... 795 00:49:12,825 --> 00:49:15,411 he had no part in his brothers' treachery. 796 00:49:16,745 --> 00:49:19,706 He did only what was expected of him by his elders. 797 00:49:19,707 --> 00:49:23,919 Therefore, I will send him north to the Wall. 798 00:49:27,465 --> 00:49:29,924 He will take the Black and he will not return, 799 00:49:29,925 --> 00:49:31,302 but he will keep his life. 800 00:49:34,930 --> 00:49:36,265 Do you wish me to thank you? 801 00:49:37,766 --> 00:49:39,768 I see you have been merciful. 802 00:49:41,604 --> 00:49:43,647 And yet I grieve for what could have been. 803 00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:49,277 He was-- he was sent to ward as an infant. 804 00:49:49,278 --> 00:49:50,987 I've seen him once in the last five years. 805 00:49:50,988 --> 00:49:52,822 I hardly know the boy. 806 00:49:52,823 --> 00:49:54,116 [sighs] And yet... 807 00:49:56,952 --> 00:50:00,122 From all accounts, he has borne his lot very bravely. 808 00:50:04,293 --> 00:50:05,711 I wish to see him. 809 00:50:07,129 --> 00:50:09,797 You will join the Night's Watch 810 00:50:09,798 --> 00:50:11,634 and serve out your days there. 811 00:50:13,135 --> 00:50:15,137 It's a hard road, but there is honor in it. 812 00:50:25,439 --> 00:50:27,815 I see that nothing moves you. It's a pity. 813 00:50:27,816 --> 00:50:29,068 Your mother is here. 814 00:50:30,819 --> 00:50:33,989 I would counsel you to unguard yourself. 815 00:50:34,823 --> 00:50:37,242 One time at least, before you take your long journey. 816 00:50:37,243 --> 00:50:38,494 The queen dowager, ser. 817 00:50:46,544 --> 00:50:49,004 Here she is. Look at her. 818 00:51:07,898 --> 00:51:09,900 [♪ uneasy music playing] 819 00:51:13,571 --> 00:51:15,030 You don't know this boy. 820 00:51:17,866 --> 00:51:19,285 He is not Daeron. 821 00:51:31,630 --> 00:51:33,715 Who are you then? 822 00:51:33,716 --> 00:51:35,216 Speak! 823 00:51:35,217 --> 00:51:37,135 He compelled me. 824 00:51:37,136 --> 00:51:39,220 - I begged him. - Who compelled you? 825 00:51:39,221 --> 00:51:40,723 Lord Ormund Hightower. 826 00:51:43,058 --> 00:51:44,892 He blenched my hair, 827 00:51:44,893 --> 00:51:47,062 told me I must play the part of the prince. 828 00:51:47,938 --> 00:51:49,773 Even if she burned me with dragons. 829 00:51:50,774 --> 00:51:53,401 - [Rhaenyra scoffs] - I must stay silent, 830 00:51:53,402 --> 00:51:55,571 or he would have my mother hanged. 831 00:51:56,905 --> 00:51:58,240 My real mother. 832 00:52:00,409 --> 00:52:02,952 She isn't a queen, Your Grace. 833 00:52:02,953 --> 00:52:06,956 She's only a lady, and our people are merchants. 834 00:52:06,957 --> 00:52:08,167 Ormund... 835 00:52:09,251 --> 00:52:10,502 has deceived me. 836 00:52:12,588 --> 00:52:14,590 Your real son, he keeps with him, no doubt. 837 00:52:16,175 --> 00:52:18,509 Did he think I would not discover it? 838 00:52:18,510 --> 00:52:21,347 [♪ tense music playing] 839 00:52:41,533 --> 00:52:43,118 What game does he play? 840 00:52:46,622 --> 00:52:47,665 Your Grace. 841 00:52:48,499 --> 00:52:50,833 I am sent to tell you our work here is all but complete. 842 00:52:50,834 --> 00:52:53,212 The Hightower colors have been removed throughout these walls. 843 00:52:54,505 --> 00:52:55,881 Burn all of it. 844 00:52:59,718 --> 00:53:00,843 Your Grace. 845 00:53:00,844 --> 00:53:02,471 There's a dragonkeeper at the gate. 846 00:53:07,142 --> 00:53:08,310 What is it? 847 00:53:13,315 --> 00:53:14,733 [speaking High Valyrian] 848 00:53:20,572 --> 00:53:22,074 - What? - Yeah. 849 00:54:21,425 --> 00:54:23,427 [flames whooshing] 850 00:54:27,723 --> 00:54:30,726 [♪ dramatic music playing] 851 00:54:52,247 --> 00:54:55,250 [♪ dramatic music continues] 852 00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:06,970 ♪