1 00:02:10,755 --> 00:02:13,424 Ser Ryam was a strong Lord Commander 2 00:02:13,508 --> 00:02:15,051 of the Kingsguard. 3 00:02:16,344 --> 00:02:18,304 But he was ill for some time. 4 00:02:18,388 --> 00:02:20,014 He passed in peace, I hope. 5 00:02:20,098 --> 00:02:21,057 Yes, Your Grace. 6 00:02:21,140 --> 00:02:22,392 He was found to have passed 7 00:02:22,475 --> 00:02:24,310 gently in his sleep. 8 00:02:24,394 --> 00:02:27,730 His remains are being prepared by the Silent Sisters. 9 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:31,150 The succeeding Lord Commander, Ser Harrold, 10 00:02:31,234 --> 00:02:35,530 would like to make haste in finding Ser Ryam's replacement on the Kingsguard. 11 00:02:35,613 --> 00:02:37,615 Your Grace. My lords. 12 00:02:38,283 --> 00:02:41,161 The Kingsguard must soon be restored to its full complement of seven. 13 00:02:42,579 --> 00:02:43,997 With the help of the Hand, 14 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,583 I've invited a number of fine candidates to court. 15 00:02:46,666 --> 00:02:48,543 All have passed fair trials. 16 00:02:52,797 --> 00:02:54,716 Four ships have now been lost. 17 00:02:54,799 --> 00:02:56,134 The last one was flying my banner. 18 00:02:57,176 --> 00:02:59,137 The Stepstones have now grown into a conflagration, 19 00:02:59,220 --> 00:03:01,681 yet you sit here and dither about court business. 20 00:03:01,764 --> 00:03:03,933 If you've something to discuss, Lord Corlys-- 21 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,810 I want to know what is to be done 22 00:03:05,894 --> 00:03:07,979 about my ships and my men. 23 00:03:08,062 --> 00:03:09,272 The Crown will compensate you 24 00:03:09,355 --> 00:03:11,482 for your ship and crew, and make an offering 25 00:03:11,566 --> 00:03:14,652 -to the men's families. -I don't want compensation. 26 00:03:16,779 --> 00:03:19,157 I want to seize the Stepstones by force 27 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:20,700 and burn out this Crabfeeder. 28 00:03:20,783 --> 00:03:23,703 I am not prepared to start a war with the Free Cities. 29 00:03:23,786 --> 00:03:26,497 These pirates are not the Free Cities. 30 00:03:26,581 --> 00:03:29,667 Who do you think provides them with their ships and tender? 31 00:03:30,126 --> 00:03:31,961 In all of its history, my lord, 32 00:03:32,045 --> 00:03:33,922 the Seven Kingdoms have never entered 33 00:03:34,005 --> 00:03:35,715 open war with the Free Cities. 34 00:03:35,798 --> 00:03:37,425 Were that to happen, 35 00:03:37,508 --> 00:03:40,303 the losses would be incalculable. 36 00:03:44,307 --> 00:03:47,226 What reason does the Crabfeeder have to fear us? 37 00:03:49,938 --> 00:03:52,398 The King's own brother has been allowed to seize Dragonstone 38 00:03:52,482 --> 00:03:55,485 and fortify it with an army of his gold cloaks. 39 00:03:55,568 --> 00:03:58,154 Daemon has squatted there for over half a year 40 00:03:58,237 --> 00:04:00,198 without even a protest from The Crown. 41 00:04:00,281 --> 00:04:03,076 I'll caution you, Lord Corlys, 42 00:04:03,159 --> 00:04:06,663 a seat at the King's table does not make you his equal. 43 00:04:10,166 --> 00:04:11,584 I have acted, Corlys. 44 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,922 I've sent envoys to Pentos and Volantis 45 00:04:16,005 --> 00:04:17,840 to see if we might find common cause. 46 00:04:18,675 --> 00:04:21,010 Ships and men are at the ready. 47 00:04:21,886 --> 00:04:25,223 The Stepstones will be settled in time. 48 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:28,101 You have dragonriders, father. 49 00:04:34,649 --> 00:04:35,733 Send us. 50 00:04:40,655 --> 00:04:43,908 It isn't that simple, Rhaenyra. 51 00:04:43,992 --> 00:04:45,535 It would be a show of force. 52 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,121 At least the Princess has a plan. 53 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:54,502 -I only meant that we should at least-- -Perhaps, 54 00:04:54,585 --> 00:04:58,756 there's some better use for the Princess's talents, Your Grace. 55 00:05:01,509 --> 00:05:03,720 Why don't you take the Princess to see about the new 56 00:05:03,803 --> 00:05:05,430 Kingsguard posting, Lord Commander? 57 00:05:07,306 --> 00:05:08,766 A fine idea, Your Grace. 58 00:05:10,852 --> 00:05:13,438 This knight will protect you as well. 59 00:05:13,521 --> 00:05:15,064 You should choose. 60 00:05:35,710 --> 00:05:37,754 Ser Desmond Caron, 61 00:05:37,837 --> 00:05:40,131 a fine knight, Princess. 62 00:05:40,214 --> 00:05:42,133 Step forward, Ser Desmond. 63 00:05:44,552 --> 00:05:46,137 Son of Ser Royce Caron, 64 00:05:46,220 --> 00:05:48,765 Ser Desmond has proved strong and steady 65 00:05:48,848 --> 00:05:51,768 in both the tourney lists and without. 66 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:54,687 While traveling through the Kingswood on his way to King's Landing, 67 00:05:54,771 --> 00:05:57,732 Ser Desmond recently brought a would-be poacher 68 00:05:57,815 --> 00:05:58,941 to justice. 69 00:06:09,744 --> 00:06:13,206 You might thank him for his leal service, Princess. 70 00:06:13,289 --> 00:06:16,417 We thank you for your loyal service to The Crown, ser. 71 00:06:28,096 --> 00:06:30,014 Ser Rymun Mallister. 72 00:06:32,433 --> 00:06:35,353 Son of Lord Lymond Mallister of Seagard. 73 00:06:35,436 --> 00:06:37,480 Winner of the melee at Cider Hall. 74 00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:40,775 He was the last mounted of three-and-twenty knights. 75 00:06:40,858 --> 00:06:42,902 Ser Rymun was knighted at eight-and-ten. 76 00:06:42,985 --> 00:06:45,071 Do any of these knights have combat experience? 77 00:06:46,531 --> 00:06:48,241 Beyond capturing poachers. 78 00:06:56,457 --> 00:06:58,376 Ser Criston Cole. 79 00:07:04,423 --> 00:07:07,343 Son of the steward of the Lord of Blackhaven. 80 00:07:09,554 --> 00:07:11,305 Be welcome, Ser Criston. 81 00:07:13,641 --> 00:07:15,893 You saw combat in the Stormlands. 82 00:07:15,977 --> 00:07:18,146 Dornish marches, Princess. 83 00:07:18,229 --> 00:07:21,357 I fought for a year as a foot solider against the Dornish incursions. 84 00:07:22,483 --> 00:07:24,443 Ser Arlan Dondarrion knighted me after we razed 85 00:07:24,527 --> 00:07:26,445 two of the watchtowers along the Boneway. 86 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,828 I choose Ser Criston Cole. 87 00:07:34,370 --> 00:07:37,415 Let's not be too hasty, Princess. 88 00:07:38,624 --> 00:07:41,711 There's no doubt Ser Criston is a fine warrior, 89 00:07:41,794 --> 00:07:44,255 but houses such as Crakehall and Mallister 90 00:07:44,338 --> 00:07:46,924 are important allies of The Crown. 91 00:07:47,008 --> 00:07:49,719 Seagard, for instance, is the realm's prime defense 92 00:07:49,802 --> 00:07:51,470 against reavers from the Iron Islands. 93 00:07:51,554 --> 00:07:53,097 Those men are tourney knights. 94 00:07:53,723 --> 00:07:55,975 My father should be defended by a man who's known real combat. 95 00:07:58,811 --> 00:07:59,937 Should he not? 96 00:08:02,231 --> 00:08:04,066 Of course, Princess. 97 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:06,694 Well, let us plan Ser Criston's investiture then. 98 00:08:15,203 --> 00:08:18,122 The Valyrian capital was built into a volcano, 99 00:08:18,206 --> 00:08:19,707 much like Dragonstone. 100 00:08:20,750 --> 00:08:23,794 And the dragonlords, the highest of the nobility, 101 00:08:23,878 --> 00:08:26,797 lived here, at the volcanic face, 102 00:08:26,881 --> 00:08:30,051 closest to the source of their magic and power. 103 00:08:30,134 --> 00:08:31,928 And this was the Anogrion. 104 00:08:34,096 --> 00:08:36,224 Where the bloodmages worked their craft. 105 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:41,103 It is truly wondrous what you've built. 106 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:42,146 Oh no. 107 00:08:43,522 --> 00:08:47,068 I only pore over the histories and provide the plans. 108 00:08:47,151 --> 00:08:49,445 The stonemasons built the structures. 109 00:08:49,946 --> 00:08:52,823 Do you believe that Westeros can be another Valyria, Your Grace? 110 00:08:52,907 --> 00:08:55,076 That depends, whether you speak of the Freehold 111 00:08:55,159 --> 00:08:57,078 at its height or at its fall. 112 00:08:58,579 --> 00:09:00,248 Over a thousand dragons, 113 00:09:00,331 --> 00:09:03,251 a navy large enough to span the seas of the world. 114 00:09:06,504 --> 00:09:09,423 The glory of Old Valyria will never be seen again. 115 00:09:10,675 --> 00:09:12,218 Seven Hells. 116 00:09:28,109 --> 00:09:29,860 Tell me, how is Rhaenyra? 117 00:09:30,569 --> 00:09:32,238 -What do you mean? -Well, these days, 118 00:09:32,321 --> 00:09:34,657 she doesn't say more than a few words to me. 119 00:09:35,074 --> 00:09:37,243 I think she might find it difficult 120 00:09:38,619 --> 00:09:40,538 to discuss personal matters. 121 00:09:42,290 --> 00:09:43,499 It will take time. 122 00:09:45,710 --> 00:09:47,545 It did when I lost mine own mother. 123 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:55,845 I wish she would approach me. 124 00:09:57,513 --> 00:09:58,764 What if you went to her? 125 00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:01,559 There are times when I would rather face 126 00:10:01,642 --> 00:10:04,687 the Black Dread himself than mine own daughter of 15. 127 00:10:07,857 --> 00:10:10,776 I think she would open herself to you if invited. 128 00:10:11,819 --> 00:10:15,156 You do have such an easy way about you, Your Grace. 129 00:10:19,327 --> 00:10:22,288 You do not mention our talks to Rhaenyra, do you? 130 00:10:24,749 --> 00:10:25,875 I just, 131 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:29,378 I fear that she wouldn't understand them. 132 00:10:30,171 --> 00:10:31,714 No, Your Grace. 133 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:48,022 It's only been half a year since my mother died, 134 00:10:48,105 --> 00:10:50,107 and already they tried to marry my father off 135 00:10:50,191 --> 00:10:52,360 and replace me as heir. 136 00:10:52,443 --> 00:10:54,487 I know those men and how they plot 137 00:10:54,570 --> 00:10:57,782 in their secret councils when I've been sent away. 138 00:10:57,865 --> 00:11:01,410 You cannot worry at the matters of lords and kings, Rhaenyra. 139 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:05,414 What if your father were to remarry? 140 00:11:14,131 --> 00:11:16,050 Your father loves you. 141 00:11:22,223 --> 00:11:24,141 He chose you for his heir. 142 00:11:25,351 --> 00:11:27,895 He didn't choose me. He spurns Daemon. 143 00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:47,081 Kneel with me. 144 00:12:04,223 --> 00:12:06,767 I find this is a way to be with my mother. 145 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:10,479 Here in the quiet of the Sept, 146 00:12:11,939 --> 00:12:13,482 I feel close to her. 147 00:12:18,863 --> 00:12:22,408 -I know it sounds foolish. -I don't think it's foolish. 148 00:12:23,659 --> 00:12:25,578 -I don't. -Good. 149 00:12:29,081 --> 00:12:31,000 Because I thought you might try. 150 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:37,882 If not for me, then, perhaps for them. 151 00:13:03,449 --> 00:13:05,367 What do I say? 152 00:13:06,202 --> 00:13:07,745 Whatever you wish. 153 00:13:09,246 --> 00:13:11,165 It's only for you and the gods to know. 154 00:13:46,075 --> 00:13:49,245 I want him to see me as more than his little girl. 155 00:13:51,914 --> 00:13:55,209 Mine own father does not know the language of girls either. 156 00:13:59,380 --> 00:14:01,215 When I wish to talk with him, 157 00:14:02,258 --> 00:14:04,385 I know that I must make the effort. 158 00:14:08,264 --> 00:14:09,098 Thank you. 159 00:14:21,527 --> 00:14:23,404 {\an8}Your Grace. 160 00:14:23,487 --> 00:14:24,780 {\an8}I'm glad we could meet. 161 00:14:25,614 --> 00:14:27,199 I know tempers ran hot today, 162 00:14:27,283 --> 00:14:29,368 and I wanted to assure you how much I value the bond 163 00:14:29,451 --> 00:14:30,995 between our houses. 164 00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:34,081 Rhaenys is my favorite cousin after all. 165 00:14:35,624 --> 00:14:38,586 I wish to apologize for the tenor 166 00:14:38,669 --> 00:14:40,963 at the Small Council today, Your Grace. 167 00:14:41,046 --> 00:14:42,631 It was not my intent to make offense. 168 00:14:43,924 --> 00:14:47,511 Your fleet is one of the realm's most important assets, Lord Corlys. 169 00:14:48,178 --> 00:14:49,722 But you must understand, 170 00:14:49,805 --> 00:14:52,224 as King, it is my obligation to avoid war 171 00:14:52,308 --> 00:14:54,518 until such time it is unavoidable. 172 00:14:54,602 --> 00:14:56,729 None among us desire open war. 173 00:14:58,439 --> 00:15:00,691 Might I speak plainly, Your Grace? 174 00:15:02,109 --> 00:15:05,487 I always welcome the unfettered thoughts of my council. 175 00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:09,908 I fear that the eyes of our enemies are presently fixed on the Red Keep. 176 00:15:10,784 --> 00:15:12,286 The Queen has passed. 177 00:15:12,369 --> 00:15:14,455 A girl has been named heir to the Iron Throne, 178 00:15:14,538 --> 00:15:16,415 the first in its history. 179 00:15:16,498 --> 00:15:18,042 The King's brother, so disinherited, 180 00:15:18,125 --> 00:15:20,252 has claimed the Targaryen seat on Dragonstone 181 00:15:20,336 --> 00:15:21,879 without challenge. 182 00:15:22,921 --> 00:15:25,507 And now, a foreign power has established a colony 183 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:27,718 in our most critical shipping lane. 184 00:15:29,053 --> 00:15:32,556 You paint such an aspirant portrait of my reign, Lord Corlys. 185 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,558 It is an honest one, cousin. 186 00:15:35,726 --> 00:15:38,771 At the moment, The Crown is perceived as being vulnerable. 187 00:15:39,730 --> 00:15:41,649 And a blind incursion in the Stepstones 188 00:15:41,732 --> 00:15:43,984 is the only way to demonstrate that we are not? 189 00:15:44,068 --> 00:15:47,613 To elude a storm, you can either sail into it, 190 00:15:47,696 --> 00:15:49,281 or around it. 191 00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:51,825 But you must never await its coming. 192 00:15:53,285 --> 00:15:56,038 Do you have a specific course of action to propose, 193 00:15:56,121 --> 00:15:57,748 my lord? 194 00:16:00,209 --> 00:16:02,044 Join our families. 195 00:16:02,878 --> 00:16:04,505 Wed our daughter, Laena. 196 00:16:04,588 --> 00:16:07,800 Unite the two great surviving Valyrian houses. 197 00:16:07,883 --> 00:16:11,095 With the Targaryen dragons and the Velaryon fleet bound in blood, 198 00:16:11,178 --> 00:16:12,638 you can show the realm 199 00:16:12,721 --> 00:16:15,474 that The Crown's strongest days are ahead, 200 00:16:15,557 --> 00:16:16,642 not behind. 201 00:16:21,605 --> 00:16:23,148 I must admit, 202 00:16:23,857 --> 00:16:25,776 I haven't given marriage much thought. 203 00:16:26,568 --> 00:16:28,862 It hasn't even been half a year since Aemma passed. 204 00:16:28,946 --> 00:16:32,491 The realm expects you to take a new wife soon or late, Your Grace, 205 00:16:32,574 --> 00:16:35,703 to strengthen your line and produce more heirs. 206 00:16:35,786 --> 00:16:38,914 You could not ask for a stronger match than Laena. 207 00:17:06,984 --> 00:17:09,111 We haven't spoken much 208 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,073 since. 209 00:17:16,577 --> 00:17:18,203 A regret of mine. 210 00:17:19,913 --> 00:17:23,500 We should be free to speak our minds to one another. 211 00:17:23,584 --> 00:17:25,127 You can say whatever you'd like. 212 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:26,920 You are the King. 213 00:17:35,137 --> 00:17:39,141 I loved your mother very much. 214 00:17:42,478 --> 00:17:43,771 As did I. 215 00:18:00,078 --> 00:18:03,248 Ser Harrold provided a fine field of tourney knights. 216 00:18:03,332 --> 00:18:04,458 Oh? 217 00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:07,419 But in questioning them, 218 00:18:07,503 --> 00:18:10,130 I discovered that Ser Criston was the only man among them 219 00:18:10,214 --> 00:18:12,341 with true battle experience. 220 00:18:13,175 --> 00:18:15,719 He'll make a fine knight of the Kingsguard. 221 00:18:21,225 --> 00:18:24,812 -Today at Small Council-- -Pay it no mind. 222 00:18:24,895 --> 00:18:27,689 -I thought I might have had some insight. -You're young. 223 00:18:28,816 --> 00:18:29,942 You will learn. 224 00:18:54,758 --> 00:18:58,303 This is our best chance to save the digit, Your Grace. 225 00:19:00,430 --> 00:19:02,516 The maggots will remove the dead flesh 226 00:19:02,599 --> 00:19:05,144 and hopefully stop the advance of the rot. 227 00:19:11,024 --> 00:19:13,735 I held an audience earlier today 228 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:15,988 with Lord Corlys and Princess Rhaenys. 229 00:19:16,071 --> 00:19:18,240 That was most charitable of you, Your Grace. 230 00:19:18,323 --> 00:19:21,201 I'm sure Lord Corlys appreciated the spirit of it. 231 00:19:21,702 --> 00:19:23,620 He proposed a marriage. 232 00:19:25,038 --> 00:19:27,291 To whom, Your Grace? 233 00:19:28,041 --> 00:19:29,585 The Lady Laena. 234 00:19:30,419 --> 00:19:32,504 To combine the strength of our houses, 235 00:19:32,588 --> 00:19:35,841 and demonstrate my reign's strongest days are ahead, 236 00:19:35,924 --> 00:19:37,009 not behind. 237 00:19:37,092 --> 00:19:39,469 Lord Corlys has overreached, Your Grace. 238 00:19:40,304 --> 00:19:43,765 Such matters must be discussed with the Small Council. 239 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:46,560 That is what I'm doing, presently. 240 00:19:48,103 --> 00:19:51,648 So, what is your advice, dear Otto. 241 00:19:52,774 --> 00:19:54,318 The Lady Laena 242 00:19:55,277 --> 00:19:57,863 is young, Your Grace. 243 00:19:57,946 --> 00:20:01,158 Indeed, but the wounds made by the Great Council 244 00:20:01,241 --> 00:20:03,160 still linger, my King. 245 00:20:03,243 --> 00:20:06,496 A match with their daughter would go a long way towards 246 00:20:06,580 --> 00:20:08,582 sealing the breach 247 00:20:08,665 --> 00:20:11,543 and uniting the two great Valyrian houses 248 00:20:11,627 --> 00:20:15,088 would certainly signal unity throughout the realm 249 00:20:15,172 --> 00:20:16,673 and beyond. 250 00:20:17,424 --> 00:20:19,801 The Grand Maester's reasoning is sound. 251 00:20:21,678 --> 00:20:23,472 I do fear what Rhaenyra might think. 252 00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:25,474 What does it matter, Your Grace? 253 00:20:25,557 --> 00:20:27,893 Her mother has passed. 254 00:20:27,976 --> 00:20:30,354 Her father must propagate the royal line. 255 00:20:37,444 --> 00:20:41,365 I dearly loved my own lady wife. 256 00:20:42,491 --> 00:20:45,410 The pain of her passing still haunts me. 257 00:20:47,204 --> 00:20:49,122 And to be compelled to 258 00:20:50,374 --> 00:20:52,918 replace her for duty's sake. 259 00:20:54,670 --> 00:20:56,213 You are the King. 260 00:20:57,339 --> 00:20:59,257 But I do not envy you. 261 00:21:28,161 --> 00:21:30,706 What was it like flying the Black Dread? 262 00:21:30,789 --> 00:21:33,667 {\an8}You were Balerion's last rider. 263 00:21:34,251 --> 00:21:37,421 Only for a short time before he died. 264 00:21:37,504 --> 00:21:38,547 With Balerion 265 00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:41,216 died the last memory of Valyria of Old. 266 00:21:42,217 --> 00:21:43,969 But Vhagar still lives 267 00:21:44,594 --> 00:21:46,179 somewhere. 268 00:21:46,263 --> 00:21:48,181 Bit too large for the Dragonpit. 269 00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:51,351 Some would say too large for our world. 270 00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:55,397 -Do you know where she nests? -I'm sorry? 271 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:57,482 Do you know where Vhagar is now? 272 00:21:57,566 --> 00:22:00,277 The Dragonkeepers believe she made home 273 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:02,779 somewhere on the coast of the Narrow Sea. 274 00:22:02,863 --> 00:22:06,491 The workers at Spicetown report hearing her song at times. 275 00:22:06,575 --> 00:22:08,702 They say it is a sad thing. 276 00:22:10,579 --> 00:22:12,456 I imagine even dragons get lonely. 277 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,420 Your Grace, 278 00:22:19,671 --> 00:22:21,631 it would be a great honor 279 00:22:21,715 --> 00:22:25,886 to join our houses as they were in Old Valyria. 280 00:22:25,969 --> 00:22:27,179 I would give you many children 281 00:22:27,262 --> 00:22:29,181 of pure Valyrian blood 282 00:22:29,264 --> 00:22:31,433 so that we might strengthen the royal line 283 00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:33,018 and the realm. 284 00:22:33,101 --> 00:22:35,270 Is that what your father told you to say? 285 00:22:40,358 --> 00:22:41,818 What did your mother tell you? 286 00:22:43,779 --> 00:22:46,907 That I wouldn't have to bed you until I turned 14. 287 00:23:14,392 --> 00:23:15,811 It bothers you, does it not? 288 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:23,276 My father is a king. 289 00:23:23,985 --> 00:23:27,239 It is his duty to take a new wife and strengthen his line. 290 00:23:27,322 --> 00:23:28,532 I did not ask for a lesson in politics. 291 00:23:28,615 --> 00:23:29,991 I asked whether this bothers you. 292 00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:31,409 Laena is your daughter, Princess. 293 00:23:31,493 --> 00:23:33,161 Does it bother you? 294 00:23:34,454 --> 00:23:35,580 Of course, it does. 295 00:23:37,624 --> 00:23:40,669 But I understand the order of things. 296 00:23:42,462 --> 00:23:44,798 I'm not sure you do. 297 00:23:47,509 --> 00:23:50,804 If you mean to elicit some anger from me, 298 00:23:50,887 --> 00:23:53,640 you should know that you're failing, Princess. 299 00:23:54,558 --> 00:23:56,101 Quite the opposite. 300 00:23:59,563 --> 00:24:01,189 Whether it's to my daughter or to someone else's, 301 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:04,192 your father will remarry sooner than late. 302 00:24:05,026 --> 00:24:07,612 His new wife will produce new heirs, 303 00:24:07,696 --> 00:24:10,574 and chances are better than not that one of those will be male. 304 00:24:10,657 --> 00:24:13,243 And when that boy comes of age and your father has passed, 305 00:24:13,326 --> 00:24:16,204 the men of the realm will expect him to be heir, 306 00:24:16,288 --> 00:24:17,622 not you. 307 00:24:20,208 --> 00:24:22,127 Because that is the order of things. 308 00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:26,840 When I'm Queen, I will create a new order. 309 00:24:28,425 --> 00:24:30,552 How I wish that could be, Rhaenyra. 310 00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:33,805 But the men of the realm already had their opportunity 311 00:24:33,889 --> 00:24:36,224 to appoint a ruling queen at the Great Council 312 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:37,809 and they denied it. 313 00:24:37,893 --> 00:24:40,770 They denied you, Princess Rhaenys. 314 00:24:41,771 --> 00:24:43,732 "The Queen Who Never Was." 315 00:24:44,482 --> 00:24:47,277 But they bent the knee to me and called me heir to the throne. 316 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:50,322 Do you remind your father's men of that as you carry their cups? 317 00:24:54,868 --> 00:24:56,828 Here is the hard truth, 318 00:24:56,912 --> 00:25:00,081 which no one else has the heart to tell you. 319 00:25:00,957 --> 00:25:04,628 Men would sooner put the realm to the torch 320 00:25:04,711 --> 00:25:07,631 than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne. 321 00:25:12,510 --> 00:25:15,096 And your father is no fool. 322 00:25:28,944 --> 00:25:32,530 The Small Council is urging me to remarry. 323 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:36,910 It seems the realm wants for a new queen. 324 00:25:42,123 --> 00:25:45,627 A good and kind queen will give comfort to your subjects. 325 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:54,261 Does the Small Council have a particular lady in mind? 326 00:25:56,179 --> 00:26:00,850 Lord Corlys Velaryon has offered the hand of his daughter, 327 00:26:00,934 --> 00:26:02,477 the Lady Laena. 328 00:26:03,603 --> 00:26:05,522 A very strong match, Your Grace. 329 00:26:07,190 --> 00:26:10,735 I must admit, I don't know Laena very well. 330 00:26:11,611 --> 00:26:13,947 I'm sure that she is good and kind, 331 00:26:14,030 --> 00:26:17,575 and that she will enjoy your company, as I have, Your Grace. 332 00:26:33,133 --> 00:26:34,676 I brought you something. 333 00:26:55,322 --> 00:26:57,365 I asked the stonemasons to mend it. 334 00:27:01,369 --> 00:27:03,330 This is 335 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:06,207 a very kind gesture, Alicent. 336 00:27:10,670 --> 00:27:12,589 Very kind. 337 00:27:19,721 --> 00:27:21,556 Come. 338 00:27:24,017 --> 00:27:26,144 The Hand, Your Grace. 339 00:27:30,565 --> 00:27:33,943 Your Grace, I've called the Small Council to an emergency session. 340 00:27:34,027 --> 00:27:34,944 Why? 341 00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:38,698 I think it best you hear it directly. 342 00:27:40,116 --> 00:27:41,242 Very well. 343 00:28:12,273 --> 00:28:15,110 -Daemon. -The Prince left a missive, 344 00:28:15,193 --> 00:28:17,195 which I believe might explain. 345 00:28:18,321 --> 00:28:21,032 "It is the pleasure of Daemon Targaryen, 346 00:28:21,116 --> 00:28:22,909 "the Prince of Dragonstone 347 00:28:22,992 --> 00:28:26,913 "and rightful heir to the Iron Throne, 348 00:28:26,996 --> 00:28:29,749 "to announce that he is to take a second wife 349 00:28:29,833 --> 00:28:32,752 "in the tradition of Old Valyria. 350 00:28:32,836 --> 00:28:37,924 "She is to assume the title Lady Mysaria of Dragonstone. 351 00:28:38,007 --> 00:28:39,968 "Her Grace is with child 352 00:28:40,051 --> 00:28:45,223 "and is to have a dragon's egg placed in the babe's cradle 353 00:28:45,306 --> 00:28:48,601 in the custom of House Targaryen." 354 00:28:48,685 --> 00:28:52,313 The Prince has invited you to his wedding, Your Grace. 355 00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:56,526 -It is in two days' time. -Gods be good. 356 00:28:56,609 --> 00:28:58,611 Who is Lady Mysaria? 357 00:28:58,695 --> 00:29:00,405 -We believe-- -Daemon's whore. 358 00:29:02,949 --> 00:29:06,119 -This is nothing less than sedition. -I strongly agree, sire. 359 00:29:06,202 --> 00:29:08,329 My brother wishes to provoke me. 360 00:29:09,122 --> 00:29:11,082 To answer is to give him what he wants. 361 00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:13,460 The realm is watching, Your Grace. 362 00:29:13,543 --> 00:29:15,086 What would you have me do? 363 00:29:15,170 --> 00:29:17,088 Send him to the Wall? 364 00:29:17,714 --> 00:29:19,716 Perhaps I could put his head on a spike. 365 00:29:19,799 --> 00:29:21,676 Daemon has seized Dragonstone, 366 00:29:21,759 --> 00:29:24,512 has surrounded himself with an army of gold cloaks, 367 00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:26,681 and has now stolen a dangerous weapon. 368 00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:56,628 Assemble a detachment, Otto. 369 00:29:57,879 --> 00:29:59,756 I will go to Dragonstone and drag Daemon back 370 00:29:59,839 --> 00:30:02,133 -to face justice myself. -Your Grace. 371 00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:05,678 My apologies, Your Grace, but I cannot allow it. 372 00:30:05,762 --> 00:30:07,347 It's too dangerous. 373 00:30:07,430 --> 00:30:09,349 Daemon is without limit. 374 00:30:10,391 --> 00:30:12,477 Let me go to Dragonstone. 375 00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:41,798 You're the most comely girl at court. 376 00:30:42,757 --> 00:30:44,884 Why do you destroy yourself? 377 00:30:51,307 --> 00:30:53,434 Will you see the King tonight? 378 00:30:56,396 --> 00:30:57,730 If you wish it. 379 00:31:01,109 --> 00:31:04,070 -Good day, Ser Criston. -My Lady. 380 00:31:04,153 --> 00:31:07,156 I've assembled 20 of your best household guards, my Lord Hand. 381 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,367 Sir Harrold will also join us. 382 00:31:13,663 --> 00:31:16,583 Please look after the Hand, Ser Criston. 383 00:32:36,663 --> 00:32:38,790 Welcome to Dragonstone, Otto. 384 00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:44,253 Your occupation of this island is at an end. 385 00:32:45,421 --> 00:32:47,423 You're to relinquish the dragon's egg, 386 00:32:47,507 --> 00:32:48,966 disband your army, 387 00:32:49,050 --> 00:32:50,843 banish your whore, 388 00:32:52,095 --> 00:32:54,681 and leave Dragonstone by order of His Grace, 389 00:32:54,764 --> 00:32:57,183 -King Viserys. -Where is the King? I don't see him. 390 00:32:57,266 --> 00:33:01,062 His Grace would never lower himself to entertain such a mummer's farce. 391 00:33:06,484 --> 00:33:08,152 Ser Crispin, wasn't it? 392 00:33:08,236 --> 00:33:09,779 Ser Criston Cole, my Prince. 393 00:33:09,862 --> 00:33:11,948 Yes, apologies. I couldn't recall. 394 00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:14,992 Perhaps my Prince recalls when I knocked him off his horse. 395 00:33:17,245 --> 00:33:18,204 Very good. 396 00:33:18,287 --> 00:33:21,207 This is a truly pathetic show, Daemon. 397 00:33:21,290 --> 00:33:23,126 Are you so desperate for the King's attention 398 00:33:23,209 --> 00:33:25,837 that you've resorted to skulking about like a common cutpurse? 399 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,423 I'm simply keeping with the traditions of my house, 400 00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:30,341 the same as my brother did for his heir. 401 00:33:30,425 --> 00:33:33,302 Those traditions are for the trueborn children of royalty, 402 00:33:33,386 --> 00:33:36,097 not for bastards fathered on a common whore. 403 00:33:36,806 --> 00:33:38,766 Lady Mysaria is to be my wife. 404 00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:40,226 This is an abomination. 405 00:33:40,309 --> 00:33:42,145 With every breath you soil your name, 406 00:33:42,228 --> 00:33:44,021 your house, and your brother's reign. 407 00:33:44,105 --> 00:33:47,233 Our love does not know titles and traditions. 408 00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:50,903 And what of you, men of the City Watch? 409 00:33:50,987 --> 00:33:52,488 Aiding the Prince in his treason? 410 00:33:52,572 --> 00:33:54,532 The King made me their commander. 411 00:33:54,615 --> 00:33:55,950 They are loyal to me. 412 00:33:57,034 --> 00:33:58,953 You've come for the egg. 413 00:34:00,455 --> 00:34:01,706 Here it is. 414 00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:05,084 Are you mad? 415 00:34:05,168 --> 00:34:07,920 -You'd never survive this. -Well, happily, neither would you. 416 00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:14,051 To chose violence, here, is to declare war against your King. 417 00:34:14,135 --> 00:34:15,261 Wonderful. 418 00:34:16,637 --> 00:34:19,849 Even if it ends in the death of your unborn child and its mother? 419 00:34:58,888 --> 00:35:00,014 All of you, 420 00:35:00,681 --> 00:35:02,600 sheathe the fucking steel. 421 00:36:09,917 --> 00:36:12,962 -What are you doing here, Princess? -Preventing bloodshed. 422 00:36:13,045 --> 00:36:16,048 Ser Criston, please escort the Princess to safety. 423 00:36:16,132 --> 00:36:18,009 Take care not to startle Syrax, my lords. 424 00:36:18,759 --> 00:36:20,469 She's rather protective of me. 425 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:12,939 I'm right here, Uncle, 426 00:37:15,107 --> 00:37:17,026 the object of your ire, 427 00:37:17,777 --> 00:37:20,655 the reason that you were disinherited. 428 00:37:20,738 --> 00:37:23,032 If you wish to be restored as heir, 429 00:37:23,115 --> 00:37:24,659 you'll need to kill me. 430 00:37:25,952 --> 00:37:27,078 So, do it. 431 00:37:28,412 --> 00:37:30,539 And be done with all this bother. 432 00:39:23,319 --> 00:39:26,155 You announced that we were to be wed? 433 00:39:27,406 --> 00:39:28,949 On the morrow. 434 00:39:30,659 --> 00:39:32,578 And that I was with child. 435 00:39:33,454 --> 00:39:35,039 Your child. 436 00:39:35,122 --> 00:39:38,375 Well, perhaps when we are wed, we can make that true. 437 00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:42,421 I ensured long ago that I would never be threatened by childbirth. 438 00:39:42,505 --> 00:39:45,341 Good. Children can be such irritating creatures. 439 00:39:45,424 --> 00:39:48,010 You swore to protect me, Daemon. 440 00:39:50,221 --> 00:39:52,348 Dragonstone is quite secure. 441 00:39:54,433 --> 00:39:58,938 Until the King decides to reclaim his ancestral seat. 442 00:39:59,021 --> 00:40:01,774 His men might not put the Prince's head on a spike, 443 00:40:01,857 --> 00:40:04,110 but what would they do with the common whore 444 00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:06,862 he claims he's taken to wife and made with child? 445 00:40:06,946 --> 00:40:08,489 No one will harm you. 446 00:40:09,698 --> 00:40:13,994 I have been sold as property more times than I care to count, 447 00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:17,498 beginning in a homeland I can no longer recall. 448 00:40:18,791 --> 00:40:22,128 Most of my years have been spent living in terror. 449 00:40:23,003 --> 00:40:25,005 You're safe with me, I swear it. 450 00:40:25,089 --> 00:40:26,465 You are Targaryen. 451 00:40:26,549 --> 00:40:29,718 You can afford to play your stupid games with the King, 452 00:40:29,802 --> 00:40:31,720 but I cannot. 453 00:40:32,805 --> 00:40:37,518 I didn't come into your service wanting gold or power 454 00:40:37,601 --> 00:40:39,728 or station. 455 00:40:39,812 --> 00:40:43,566 -I came to you to be liberated. -Liberated. 456 00:40:46,694 --> 00:40:47,862 From what? 457 00:40:49,196 --> 00:40:50,322 Fear. 458 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,268 No, please, Lord Lyonel. 459 00:41:25,232 --> 00:41:28,027 I have come looking for an unencumbered opinion. 460 00:41:28,110 --> 00:41:30,571 That's all I would ever give, Your Grace. 461 00:41:31,530 --> 00:41:35,075 Ever since my name was read by the archmaesters at the Great Council, 462 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:38,537 I have felt Corlys Velaryon's envious gaze staring at me 463 00:41:38,621 --> 00:41:40,164 from across the Blackwater. 464 00:41:41,123 --> 00:41:44,543 You sit upon the highest seat in the realm, Your Grace. 465 00:41:44,627 --> 00:41:46,962 Proud men don't like having to look up. 466 00:41:50,966 --> 00:41:52,927 Laena Velaryon. 467 00:41:54,345 --> 00:41:57,723 Lord Corlys is your Master of Ships 468 00:41:57,806 --> 00:42:01,602 and she is the eldest daughter of the wealthiest house in the realm. 469 00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:05,439 She comes from unimpeachable Valyrian stock 470 00:42:05,522 --> 00:42:08,150 and she has Targaryen blood. 471 00:42:08,234 --> 00:42:11,111 -What's to mislike? -She is 12. 472 00:42:11,195 --> 00:42:12,738 She will mature. 473 00:42:15,282 --> 00:42:16,867 I never asked to remarry. 474 00:42:17,576 --> 00:42:20,704 As King, you have a claim on all things. 475 00:42:21,664 --> 00:42:23,123 Even those you don't want. 476 00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:26,210 Marriage is not an obligation you can put off for long. 477 00:42:26,293 --> 00:42:28,921 What if I was to reject Lord Corlys's proposal? 478 00:42:29,004 --> 00:42:31,257 He would not be like to take it well. 479 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:35,636 I fear nothing short of a direct line to the Iron Throne would satisfy him. 480 00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:39,181 You should also consider that we find ourselves 481 00:42:39,265 --> 00:42:41,350 on the precipice of war in the Stepstones. 482 00:42:42,393 --> 00:42:45,312 And the Sea Snake holds claim to nearly half the realm's ships. 483 00:42:45,396 --> 00:42:48,440 He would not dare withhold them in the face of the realm's need. 484 00:42:49,858 --> 00:42:53,195 -Who is he to hector me? -No one, Your Grace. 485 00:42:54,780 --> 00:42:58,784 But Driftmark makes for a better ally than it does an enemy. 486 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,454 The Sea Snake has made a calculated reach, 487 00:43:02,538 --> 00:43:04,665 a fair play for a man of his position. 488 00:43:07,126 --> 00:43:09,503 If you truly want my unencumbered opinion. 489 00:43:09,586 --> 00:43:10,587 I do. 490 00:43:12,006 --> 00:43:14,133 You should wed Laena Velaryon, Your Grace. 491 00:43:15,259 --> 00:43:18,721 Sate Lord Corlys and fix him at your side, 492 00:43:18,804 --> 00:43:20,639 permanently, as an ally. 493 00:43:25,394 --> 00:43:26,770 Your Grace, 494 00:43:26,854 --> 00:43:29,857 the Princess has returned from Dragonstone. 495 00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:31,608 Dragonstone? 496 00:43:51,587 --> 00:43:52,713 Your Grace. 497 00:43:56,717 --> 00:43:58,886 You disobeyed me. 498 00:43:58,969 --> 00:44:02,973 You fled King's Landing without a word 499 00:44:03,057 --> 00:44:06,602 and you acted without The Crown's leave. 500 00:44:09,772 --> 00:44:11,940 You are my only heir. 501 00:44:13,192 --> 00:44:15,110 You could've been killed. 502 00:44:18,739 --> 00:44:20,115 May I sit? 503 00:44:31,585 --> 00:44:33,879 You went to Dragonstone. 504 00:44:33,962 --> 00:44:36,006 And retrieved the egg without bloodshed. 505 00:44:38,342 --> 00:44:41,470 A feat I'm not sure Ser Otto could've accomplished alone. 506 00:44:44,598 --> 00:44:46,475 Yes, well, 507 00:44:51,313 --> 00:44:53,857 I sometimes forget how alike you both were. 508 00:45:04,243 --> 00:45:08,414 Your mother's absence is a wound that will never heal. 509 00:45:09,832 --> 00:45:11,166 Without her, 510 00:45:11,917 --> 00:45:16,422 the Red Keep has lost a warmth that I dare say it will never recover. 511 00:45:16,505 --> 00:45:19,633 It pleases me to hear you say this. 512 00:45:23,846 --> 00:45:27,141 To know that I'm not alone in my grief. 513 00:45:27,224 --> 00:45:29,643 I wish I had known better 514 00:45:29,726 --> 00:45:31,937 what to say to you in the aftermath. 515 00:45:34,398 --> 00:45:38,318 I struggled to realize that my daughter had so quickly become a woman grown. 516 00:45:42,406 --> 00:45:43,949 But I know 517 00:45:44,658 --> 00:45:48,287 she understands what is now expected of me. 518 00:45:48,370 --> 00:45:50,789 The King must take a new wife. 519 00:45:55,961 --> 00:45:58,088 I could never replace your mother. 520 00:46:00,382 --> 00:46:02,634 No more than I intend to replace you as heir. 521 00:46:04,470 --> 00:46:06,638 But you are my only heir 522 00:46:06,722 --> 00:46:09,892 and our line is vulnerable, too easily ended. 523 00:46:11,018 --> 00:46:13,103 And by marrying again, I may begin to ensure 524 00:46:13,187 --> 00:46:14,730 that we are better defended. 525 00:46:14,813 --> 00:46:15,898 Against whom? 526 00:46:15,981 --> 00:46:18,108 Whomever may dare to challenge us. 527 00:46:24,823 --> 00:46:27,367 I do not wish to make us estranged. 528 00:46:28,285 --> 00:46:29,703 You are the King, 529 00:46:30,287 --> 00:46:33,874 and so, your first duty is to the realm. 530 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,879 Mother would've understood this. 531 00:46:41,590 --> 00:46:43,133 Just as I do. 532 00:47:30,097 --> 00:47:32,015 Good morrow, my lords. 533 00:47:43,277 --> 00:47:46,822 I have decided to take a new wife. 534 00:48:05,257 --> 00:48:06,925 I intend to marry 535 00:48:13,599 --> 00:48:15,726 the Lady Alicent Hightower 536 00:48:17,686 --> 00:48:19,605 before spring's end. 537 00:48:26,403 --> 00:48:27,988 This is an absurdity. 538 00:48:29,156 --> 00:48:31,950 My house is Valyrian, 539 00:48:32,034 --> 00:48:34,161 the greatest power in the realm. 540 00:48:35,537 --> 00:48:37,456 And I am your King. 541 00:49:01,980 --> 00:49:03,523 Rhaenyra. 542 00:49:25,921 --> 00:49:29,466 House Velaryon's origins reach back to Old Valyria. 543 00:49:31,551 --> 00:49:34,096 More ancient even than House Targaryen 544 00:49:36,056 --> 00:49:37,974 according to some texts. 545 00:49:39,476 --> 00:49:42,062 But unlike the Targaryens, 546 00:49:42,145 --> 00:49:44,064 we were no dragonlords. 547 00:49:45,691 --> 00:49:49,986 For centuries, my house had to scratch out an existence from the sea 548 00:49:50,070 --> 00:49:52,614 with grit and luck. 549 00:49:54,908 --> 00:49:57,244 When I ascended the Driftwood Throne, 550 00:49:58,495 --> 00:50:00,038 I knew what I wanted. 551 00:50:02,124 --> 00:50:04,042 So I went out and seized it. 552 00:50:05,711 --> 00:50:07,087 Unlike every other lord of the realm, 553 00:50:07,170 --> 00:50:10,215 I can say that I built my house's high seat 554 00:50:10,298 --> 00:50:12,426 with the strength of mine own back. 555 00:50:19,057 --> 00:50:21,727 I've always thought of you and I as having been 556 00:50:21,810 --> 00:50:23,562 made from the same cloth. 557 00:50:32,571 --> 00:50:35,407 I wasn't aware you had a king for a brother. 558 00:50:35,490 --> 00:50:38,910 We're both men who have had to cut our own way through the world. 559 00:50:39,870 --> 00:50:42,789 We've been passed over too often. 560 00:50:45,667 --> 00:50:46,877 Did you call me to Driftmark 561 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,337 to remind me of my low standing, Lord Corlys, 562 00:50:49,421 --> 00:50:51,339 or was there some other reason? 563 00:50:55,177 --> 00:50:57,304 You've heard of the troubles in the Stepstones? 564 00:51:00,515 --> 00:51:04,561 Some Myrish Prince is feeding Westerosi sailors to the crabs. 565 00:51:04,644 --> 00:51:07,314 I have been petitioning the King to send my navy 566 00:51:07,397 --> 00:51:09,107 into the territory, 567 00:51:09,191 --> 00:51:11,109 but he's denied me. 568 00:51:11,193 --> 00:51:13,612 It was never my brother's strongest trait. 569 00:51:13,695 --> 00:51:14,654 What? 570 00:51:16,198 --> 00:51:17,616 Being King. 571 00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:24,498 The Crabfeeder is backed by powerful entities 572 00:51:24,581 --> 00:51:28,126 within the Free Cities who wish to see Westeros weakened. 573 00:51:30,295 --> 00:51:33,882 And the King's failures have allowed him to accumulate strength. 574 00:51:35,759 --> 00:51:38,720 If those shipping lanes fall, 575 00:51:38,804 --> 00:51:40,722 my house will be crippled. 576 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:43,934 And I will not have Driftmark beggared while our King 577 00:51:44,017 --> 00:51:47,521 idles himself with feasts, and balls, and tourneys. 578 00:51:47,604 --> 00:51:50,524 I will speak of my brother as I wish. 579 00:51:52,484 --> 00:51:53,985 You will not. 580 00:51:57,405 --> 00:51:59,199 Waiting in the Stepstones 581 00:51:59,282 --> 00:52:01,409 is a chance for you to prove your worth 582 00:52:01,493 --> 00:52:03,787 to any who might yet doubt it. 583 00:52:05,497 --> 00:52:08,041 We are the realm's second sons, Daemon. 584 00:52:09,584 --> 00:52:11,503 Our worth is not given. 585 00:52:13,129 --> 00:52:15,048 It must be made.