1 00:00:12,886 --> 00:00:16,932 As the first century of the Targaryen dynasty came to a close, 2 00:00:17,391 --> 00:00:22,229 the health of the old king, jaehaerys, was failing. 3 00:00:24,439 --> 00:00:28,443 In those days, house Targaryen stood at the height of its strength, 4 00:00:29,111 --> 00:00:32,114 with ten adult dragons under its yoke. 5 00:00:32,906 --> 00:00:35,284 No power in the world could stand against it. 6 00:00:36,868 --> 00:00:41,415 King jaehaerys reigned over nearly 60 years of peace and prosperity. 7 00:00:41,498 --> 00:00:46,878 But tragedy had claimed both his sons, leaving his succession in doubt. 8 00:00:47,504 --> 00:00:54,261 So, in the year 101, the old king called a great council to choose an heir. 9 00:00:55,762 --> 00:00:58,765 Over a thousand lords made the journey to harrenhal. 10 00:01:00,267 --> 00:01:06,398 Fourteen succession claims were heard, but only two were truly considered. 11 00:01:07,524 --> 00:01:11,278 Princess rhaenys Targaryen, the king's eldest descendant, 12 00:01:11,361 --> 00:01:14,990 and her younger cousin, prince viserys Targaryen, 13 00:01:15,073 --> 00:01:17,909 the king's eldest male descendant. 14 00:01:23,874 --> 00:01:28,962 It is declared by all lords Paramount 15 00:01:29,046 --> 00:01:32,633 and lords vassal of the seven kingdoms, 16 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,012 that prince viserys Targaryen... 17 00:01:37,095 --> 00:01:40,599 Be made prince of dragonstone. 18 00:01:40,682 --> 00:01:42,893 Rhaenys, a woman, 19 00:01:42,976 --> 00:01:45,979 would not inherit the iron throne. 20 00:01:48,523 --> 00:01:50,942 The lords instead chose viserys, 21 00:01:52,486 --> 00:01:53,695 my father. 22 00:01:57,199 --> 00:01:59,201 Jaehaerys called the great council 23 00:01:59,284 --> 00:02:02,996 to prevent a war being fought over his succession. 24 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,082 For he knew the cold truth. 25 00:02:05,165 --> 00:02:07,459 The only thing that could tear down 26 00:02:07,542 --> 00:02:10,212 the house of the dragon, 27 00:02:10,295 --> 00:02:11,505 was itself. 28 00:04:03,408 --> 00:04:06,077 Dohaeras, syrax! 29 00:04:09,498 --> 00:04:10,499 Umbas. 30 00:04:12,375 --> 00:04:13,376 Rybas! 31 00:04:25,388 --> 00:04:27,033 Welcome back, Princess. 32 00:04:27,057 --> 00:04:28,600 I trust your ride was pleasant. 33 00:04:28,683 --> 00:04:30,769 Try not to look too relieved, ser. 34 00:04:30,852 --> 00:04:31,978 I am relieved. 35 00:04:32,062 --> 00:04:35,357 Every time that golden beast brings you back unspoiled, 36 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:37,359 it saves my head from a spike. 37 00:04:38,443 --> 00:04:40,237 Syrax is growing quickly. 38 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,447 She'll soon be as large as caraxes. 39 00:04:42,531 --> 00:04:44,407 That's almost large enough to saddle two. 40 00:04:44,491 --> 00:04:47,494 I believe I'm quite content as a spectator, thank you. 41 00:04:50,497 --> 00:04:52,457 Dohaeras. 42 00:04:54,125 --> 00:04:55,126 Naejot! 43 00:06:21,755 --> 00:06:24,299 Ah, rhaenyra. 44 00:06:26,635 --> 00:06:29,804 You know I don't like you to go flying while I'm in this condition. 45 00:06:29,888 --> 00:06:32,288 You don't like me to go flying while you're in any condition. 46 00:06:34,309 --> 00:06:37,270 - Your grace. - Good morrow, alicent. 47 00:06:37,354 --> 00:06:38,647 Did you sleep? 48 00:06:38,730 --> 00:06:40,774 - I slept. - How long? 49 00:06:41,816 --> 00:06:43,985 I don't need mothering, rhaenyra. 50 00:06:44,069 --> 00:06:46,321 Well, here you are, surrounded by attendants, 51 00:06:46,404 --> 00:06:48,239 all focused on the babe. 52 00:06:48,823 --> 00:06:50,659 Someone has to attend to you. 53 00:06:52,327 --> 00:06:56,414 You will lie in this bed soon enough, rhaenyra. 54 00:06:56,498 --> 00:07:00,043 This discomfort is how we serve the realm. 55 00:07:00,126 --> 00:07:03,421 I'd rather serve as a knight and ride to battle and glory. 56 00:07:06,257 --> 00:07:08,677 We have royal wombs, you and I. 57 00:07:10,345 --> 00:07:12,430 The childbed is our battlefield. 58 00:07:14,474 --> 00:07:17,435 We must learn to face it with a stiff lip. 59 00:07:18,812 --> 00:07:20,730 Now take a bath. 60 00:07:20,814 --> 00:07:22,816 You stink of dragon. 61 00:07:24,943 --> 00:07:28,154 So, I said to him, "well, I believe you might be looking up the wrong end." 62 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:33,702 My lords. 63 00:07:33,785 --> 00:07:35,704 The growing alliance among the free cities 64 00:07:35,787 --> 00:07:38,873 has taken to styling itself "the triarchy." 65 00:07:38,957 --> 00:07:40,959 They have massed on bloodstone 66 00:07:41,042 --> 00:07:44,379 and are presently ridding the stepstones of its pirate infestation. 67 00:07:44,462 --> 00:07:47,007 Well, that sounds suspiciously like good news, lord corlys. 68 00:07:47,090 --> 00:07:49,175 A man called craghas drahar 69 00:07:49,259 --> 00:07:52,262 has styled himself the prince-admiral of this triarchy. 70 00:07:53,596 --> 00:07:55,807 They call him "the crabfeeder" 71 00:07:55,890 --> 00:07:58,810 due to his inventive methods of punishing his enemies. 72 00:07:58,893 --> 00:08:01,312 And are we meant to weep for dead pirates? 73 00:08:02,188 --> 00:08:04,232 - No, your grace. - Rhaenyra, you're late. 74 00:08:04,858 --> 00:08:06,359 King's cupbearer must not be late. 75 00:08:06,443 --> 00:08:09,487 - Leaves people wanting for cups. - I was visiting mother. 76 00:08:11,781 --> 00:08:12,991 On dragonback? 77 00:08:13,616 --> 00:08:16,202 Uh, your grace, at prince daemon's urging, 78 00:08:16,286 --> 00:08:18,830 the crown has invested significant capital 79 00:08:18,913 --> 00:08:22,333 in the re-training and re-equipping of his city watch. 80 00:08:22,417 --> 00:08:26,713 I thought you might urge your brother to fill his seat on the council 81 00:08:26,796 --> 00:08:29,591 and provide an assessment of his progress 82 00:08:29,674 --> 00:08:31,718 as commander of the watch. 83 00:08:31,801 --> 00:08:34,345 Do you think daemon is distracted by his present tasks? 84 00:08:34,429 --> 00:08:36,639 And that his thoughts and energies are occupied? 85 00:08:36,723 --> 00:08:39,684 Well, one would hope so, considering the associated costs. 86 00:08:39,768 --> 00:08:42,312 Then let us all consider your gold well-invested, lord beesbury. 87 00:08:43,229 --> 00:08:46,274 I would urge that you not allow this triarchy much latitude 88 00:08:46,357 --> 00:08:48,526 in the stepstones, your grace. 89 00:08:48,610 --> 00:08:51,696 If those shipping lanes should fall, it will beggar our ports. 90 00:08:51,780 --> 00:08:54,407 The crown has heard your report, lord corlys, 91 00:08:54,491 --> 00:08:57,118 and takes it under advisement. 92 00:09:01,873 --> 00:09:05,085 Shall we discuss the heir's tournament, your grace? 93 00:09:05,877 --> 00:09:08,338 I would be delighted. 94 00:09:08,421 --> 00:09:10,465 Will the maesters' name day prediction hold, mellos? 95 00:09:10,548 --> 00:09:14,052 You must understand that these things are mere estimations, my king, 96 00:09:14,135 --> 00:09:17,222 but we have all been poring over the moon charts, 97 00:09:17,305 --> 00:09:21,392 and we feel that our forecast is as accurate as it can be. 98 00:09:21,476 --> 00:09:24,270 The cost of the tournament is not negligible. 99 00:09:24,354 --> 00:09:28,233 Perhaps we might delay until the child is in hand? 100 00:09:28,316 --> 00:09:31,003 Most of the lords and knights are certainly on their way 101 00:09:31,027 --> 00:09:33,027 to king's landing already. To turn them back now... 102 00:09:33,071 --> 00:09:35,049 The tourney will take the better part of a week. 103 00:09:35,073 --> 00:09:37,867 Before the games are over, my son will be born, 104 00:09:37,951 --> 00:09:39,577 and the whole realm will celebrate. 105 00:09:39,661 --> 00:09:42,831 We have no way of predicting the sex of the child. 106 00:09:42,914 --> 00:09:45,667 Of course, no maester's capable of rendering an opinion 107 00:09:45,750 --> 00:09:47,168 free of conditions, are they now? 108 00:09:48,294 --> 00:09:50,296 There's a boy in the queen's belly. 109 00:09:51,131 --> 00:09:52,132 I know it. 110 00:09:53,967 --> 00:09:55,844 And my heir will soon put all of this damnable 111 00:09:55,927 --> 00:09:57,929 hand-wringing to rest himself. 112 00:10:01,015 --> 00:10:03,244 He passed through the red keep's gates at first light. 113 00:10:03,268 --> 00:10:05,228 Does my father know he's here? 114 00:10:05,311 --> 00:10:06,688 - No. - Good. 115 00:10:14,779 --> 00:10:16,406 Gods be good. 116 00:10:16,948 --> 00:10:18,575 It's all right, ser. 117 00:10:40,388 --> 00:10:41,431 Aye. 118 00:11:11,961 --> 00:11:13,504 I bought you something. 119 00:11:19,010 --> 00:11:20,428 Do you know what it is? 120 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:23,306 It's valyrian steel. 121 00:11:24,474 --> 00:11:26,100 Like dark sister. 122 00:11:29,979 --> 00:11:31,189 Turn around. 123 00:11:45,912 --> 00:11:46,913 Now, 124 00:11:48,289 --> 00:11:51,709 you and I both own a small piece of our ancestry. 125 00:12:02,136 --> 00:12:03,280 Did you read it? 126 00:12:03,304 --> 00:12:04,806 Of course, I read it. 127 00:12:04,889 --> 00:12:07,183 When Princess nymeria arrived in dorne, 128 00:12:07,267 --> 00:12:09,102 who did she take to husband? 129 00:12:09,185 --> 00:12:10,561 A man. 130 00:12:10,645 --> 00:12:12,146 What was his name? 131 00:12:12,230 --> 00:12:13,982 Lord something. 132 00:12:14,065 --> 00:12:15,668 If you answer with "lord something," 133 00:12:15,692 --> 00:12:17,443 septa Marlow will be furious. 134 00:12:17,527 --> 00:12:19,529 She's funny when she's furious. 135 00:12:22,699 --> 00:12:25,201 You're always like this when you're worried. 136 00:12:25,285 --> 00:12:26,661 Like what? 137 00:12:26,744 --> 00:12:28,204 Disagreeable. 138 00:12:32,292 --> 00:12:34,544 You're worried your father is about to overshadow you 139 00:12:34,627 --> 00:12:36,004 with a son. 140 00:12:36,087 --> 00:12:37,964 I only worry for my mother. 141 00:12:39,007 --> 00:12:41,426 I hope for my father that he gets a son. 142 00:12:42,135 --> 00:12:44,679 As long as I can recall, it's all he's wanted. 143 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:47,682 You want him to have a son? 144 00:12:47,765 --> 00:12:49,559 I want to fly with you on dragonback, 145 00:12:49,642 --> 00:12:51,394 see the great wonders across the narrow sea, 146 00:12:51,477 --> 00:12:52,729 and eat only cake. 147 00:12:52,812 --> 00:12:55,315 - I'm being serious. - I neverjest about cake. 148 00:12:55,773 --> 00:12:57,525 You aren't worried about your position? 149 00:12:57,608 --> 00:13:00,278 I like this position. It's quite comfortable. 150 00:13:04,115 --> 00:13:07,744 - Where are you going? - Home. The hour has grown late. 151 00:13:08,661 --> 00:13:10,663 Princess nymeria led her rhoynar 152 00:13:10,747 --> 00:13:12,832 across the narrow sea on 10,000 ships 153 00:13:12,915 --> 00:13:14,917 to flee their valyrian pursuers. 154 00:13:15,001 --> 00:13:18,087 She took lord mors martell of dorne to husband 155 00:13:18,171 --> 00:13:20,006 and burned her own fleet off sunspear 156 00:13:20,089 --> 00:13:22,133 to show her people that they were finished running. 157 00:13:24,385 --> 00:13:26,804 - What are you doing? - So you remember. 158 00:13:27,597 --> 00:13:30,641 - If the septa sees this book, then... - Fuck the septa. 159 00:13:30,725 --> 00:13:32,226 Rhaenyra! 160 00:13:44,906 --> 00:13:46,407 Is it healing? 161 00:13:46,491 --> 00:13:49,369 It has grown slightly, your grace. 162 00:13:51,371 --> 00:13:53,623 Can you say yet what it is? 163 00:13:53,706 --> 00:13:55,875 We've sent inquiries to the citadel. 164 00:13:55,958 --> 00:13:58,086 They are searching the texts for similar cases. 165 00:13:58,169 --> 00:14:00,421 It's a small cut from sitting the throne. 166 00:14:00,505 --> 00:14:01,506 It's nothing. 167 00:14:02,632 --> 00:14:06,302 The king has been under heavy stresses preparing for the birth. 168 00:14:07,303 --> 00:14:11,891 Bad humors of the mind can adversely affect the body. 169 00:14:11,974 --> 00:14:15,186 Whatever it is, it needs to be kept quiet. 170 00:14:18,689 --> 00:14:20,209 We should leech it again, maester. 171 00:14:20,233 --> 00:14:22,860 It's a wound that refuses to heal, grand maester. 172 00:14:24,278 --> 00:14:25,988 Might I suggest cauterization? 173 00:14:26,072 --> 00:14:29,742 Cauterization would be a wise course of treatment, your grace. 174 00:14:30,368 --> 00:14:32,370 - It will be painful. - Fine. 175 00:14:33,830 --> 00:14:34,872 Fine. 176 00:14:47,802 --> 00:14:50,280 You spend more time in that bath than I do on the throne. 177 00:14:51,389 --> 00:14:54,767 This is the only place I can find comfort these days. 178 00:14:57,186 --> 00:14:58,688 It's tepid. 179 00:14:58,771 --> 00:15:01,274 It's as warm as the maesters will allow. 180 00:15:01,357 --> 00:15:03,776 - Don't they know dragons prefer heat? - Hmm. 181 00:15:04,986 --> 00:15:07,905 After this miserable pregnancy, 182 00:15:07,989 --> 00:15:11,325 I wouldn't be surprised if I hatched an actual dragon. 183 00:15:11,409 --> 00:15:13,870 Then he will be loved and cherished. 184 00:15:14,871 --> 00:15:17,832 Rhaenyra has already declared that she is to have a sister. 185 00:15:17,915 --> 00:15:19,333 Really? 186 00:15:19,417 --> 00:15:22,420 - She even named her. - Dare I ask? 187 00:15:23,254 --> 00:15:24,964 Visenya. 188 00:15:25,047 --> 00:15:28,551 She chose a dragon's egg for the cradle that she said reminded her of vhagar. 189 00:15:28,634 --> 00:15:30,178 Gods be good. 190 00:15:30,261 --> 00:15:32,680 This family already has its visenya. 191 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:37,310 Has there been any word from your dear brother? 192 00:15:37,393 --> 00:15:40,271 Not since I named him commander of the city watch. 193 00:15:40,855 --> 00:15:43,274 I'm sure he will reemerge for the tourney. 194 00:15:43,983 --> 00:15:46,486 He could never stay away from the lists. 195 00:15:46,569 --> 00:15:47,904 The tourney 196 00:15:47,987 --> 00:15:51,115 to celebrate the firstborn son that we presently do not have. 197 00:15:52,492 --> 00:15:56,078 You do understand nothing will cause the babe to grow a cock 198 00:15:56,162 --> 00:15:57,997 if it does not already possess one? 199 00:15:58,664 --> 00:16:00,041 This child is a boy, aemma. 200 00:16:01,334 --> 00:16:02,877 I'm certain of it. 201 00:16:03,419 --> 00:16:05,838 I've never been more certain of anything. 202 00:16:09,634 --> 00:16:11,010 The dream. 203 00:16:12,011 --> 00:16:14,013 It was clearer than a memory. 204 00:16:16,265 --> 00:16:18,768 Our son was born wearing aegon's iron crown. 205 00:16:20,937 --> 00:16:24,315 When I heard the sound of thundering hooves, 206 00:16:24,398 --> 00:16:27,610 splintering shields, and ringing swords, 207 00:16:27,693 --> 00:16:30,696 and I placed our son upon the iron throne 208 00:16:31,906 --> 00:16:34,367 as the bells of the grand sept tolled 209 00:16:34,450 --> 00:16:36,744 and all the dragons roared as one. 210 00:16:40,164 --> 00:16:41,582 Born wearing a crown? 211 00:16:42,375 --> 00:16:44,001 Gods spare me, 212 00:16:44,085 --> 00:16:46,546 birth is unpleasant enough as it is. 213 00:16:55,596 --> 00:16:59,141 This is the last time, viserys. 214 00:17:01,978 --> 00:17:03,813 I've lost one babe in the cradle, 215 00:17:03,896 --> 00:17:05,648 had two stillbirths, and two pregnancies 216 00:17:05,731 --> 00:17:07,942 ended well before their term. 217 00:17:10,820 --> 00:17:13,531 That's five in twice as many years. 218 00:17:15,199 --> 00:17:18,077 I know it is my duty to provide you an heir, 219 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,789 and I'm sorry if I have failed you in that. I am. 220 00:17:25,626 --> 00:17:28,629 But I've mourned all the dead children I can. 221 00:17:49,692 --> 00:17:51,694 Commander on the floor! 222 00:17:58,367 --> 00:18:01,871 When I took command of the watch, you were stray mongrels, 223 00:18:03,456 --> 00:18:05,750 starving and undisciplined. 224 00:18:07,460 --> 00:18:08,711 Now, 225 00:18:08,794 --> 00:18:11,339 you're a pack of hounds. 226 00:18:11,422 --> 00:18:13,966 You're sated and honed for the hunt. 227 00:18:17,845 --> 00:18:20,681 My brother's city has fallen into squalor. 228 00:18:21,974 --> 00:18:25,686 Crime of every breed has been allowed to thrive. 229 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:28,856 Nolongeh 230 00:18:28,939 --> 00:18:30,983 beginning tonight, king's landing will learn 231 00:18:31,067 --> 00:18:32,902 to fear the color gold. 232 00:19:19,365 --> 00:19:20,700 Get up! 233 00:19:40,511 --> 00:19:41,721 Raper! 234 00:19:43,931 --> 00:19:47,017 No! No! No! No! No! 235 00:19:54,775 --> 00:19:56,444 Thief! 236 00:20:03,784 --> 00:20:04,869 Murderer! 237 00:20:21,427 --> 00:20:24,764 It was an unprecedented roundup of criminals of every ilk. 238 00:20:24,847 --> 00:20:26,932 Your brother made a public show of it, 239 00:20:27,016 --> 00:20:29,852 meting out the summary judgments himself 240 00:20:29,935 --> 00:20:32,980 I'm told they needed a two-horse cart 241 00:20:33,063 --> 00:20:34,982 to haul away the resulting dismemberments 242 00:20:35,065 --> 00:20:36,233 when it was done. 243 00:20:36,317 --> 00:20:38,277 Gods be good. 244 00:20:39,195 --> 00:20:40,988 The prince cannot be allowed to act 245 00:20:41,071 --> 00:20:43,866 with this kind of unchecked impunity. 246 00:20:46,076 --> 00:20:48,078 - Brother. - Daemon. 247 00:20:49,830 --> 00:20:52,833 Carry on. You were saying something about my impunity. 248 00:20:55,336 --> 00:20:58,631 You are to explain your doings with the city watch. 249 00:21:01,217 --> 00:21:04,303 Your new "gold cloaks" made quite the impression last night, didn't they? 250 00:21:04,386 --> 00:21:05,638 Did they? 251 00:21:05,721 --> 00:21:08,974 The city watch is not a sword to be wielded at your whim. 252 00:21:09,058 --> 00:21:11,060 They're an extension of the crown. 253 00:21:11,143 --> 00:21:13,103 The watch was enforcing the crown's laws. 254 00:21:13,187 --> 00:21:14,897 Wouldn't you agree, lord strong? 255 00:21:16,106 --> 00:21:17,566 My prince, I don't think... 256 00:21:17,650 --> 00:21:20,194 Making a public spectacle of wanton brutality 257 00:21:20,277 --> 00:21:22,071 is hardly in line with our laws. 258 00:21:22,154 --> 00:21:23,739 Nobles from every corner of the realm 259 00:21:23,823 --> 00:21:25,741 are right now descending upon king's landing 260 00:21:25,825 --> 00:21:27,368 for my brother's tourney. 261 00:21:27,451 --> 00:21:29,995 Do you want them mugged, raped, murdered? 262 00:21:30,079 --> 00:21:32,748 You mightn't know this unless you left the safety of the red keep, 263 00:21:32,832 --> 00:21:35,376 but much of king's landing is seen by the smallfolk 264 00:21:35,459 --> 00:21:38,170 as lawless and terrifying. 265 00:21:40,464 --> 00:21:42,716 Our city should be safe for all its people. 266 00:21:43,634 --> 00:21:44,635 I agree. 267 00:21:45,511 --> 00:21:49,306 I just hope you don't have to maim half of my city to achieve this. 268 00:21:49,390 --> 00:21:50,808 Time will tell. 269 00:21:53,519 --> 00:21:57,815 We installed prince daemon as commander to promote law and order. 270 00:21:57,898 --> 00:22:00,067 The criminal element should fear the city watch. 271 00:22:00,150 --> 00:22:01,819 Thank you for your support, lord corlys. 272 00:22:01,902 --> 00:22:03,779 If only the prince would show the same devotion 273 00:22:03,863 --> 00:22:06,657 to his lady wife as he does his work, your grace. 274 00:22:06,740 --> 00:22:10,411 You've not been seen in the vale or at runestone for quite some time. 275 00:22:10,494 --> 00:22:12,705 I think my bronze bitch is happier for my absence. 276 00:22:12,788 --> 00:22:14,373 Lady rhea is your wife, 277 00:22:14,456 --> 00:22:16,876 a good and honorable lady of the vale. 278 00:22:16,959 --> 00:22:19,837 In the vale, men are said to fuck sheep instead of women. 279 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,381 I can assure you, the sheep are prettier. 280 00:22:22,464 --> 00:22:23,465 Dear me. 281 00:22:23,549 --> 00:22:26,468 You made a vow before the seven to honor your wife in marriage. 282 00:22:26,552 --> 00:22:28,971 Well, I'd gladly give lady rhea to you, lord hightower, 283 00:22:29,054 --> 00:22:31,891 if you're in want of a woman to warm your bed. 284 00:22:31,974 --> 00:22:34,184 Your own lady wife passed recently. 285 00:22:36,854 --> 00:22:38,480 Did she not? 286 00:22:38,564 --> 00:22:39,565 Otto. 287 00:22:42,985 --> 00:22:45,070 Perhaps you aren't ready to move on just yet. 288 00:22:46,322 --> 00:22:48,657 You know how my brother makes sport of provoking you. 289 00:22:49,575 --> 00:22:50,951 Must you indulge him? 290 00:22:55,289 --> 00:22:57,082 My apologies, your grace. 291 00:22:57,416 --> 00:23:00,377 This council has, at great expense, 292 00:23:00,461 --> 00:23:03,088 bettered the city watch to your exacting standards. 293 00:23:03,172 --> 00:23:06,050 Enforce my laws, but understand, 294 00:23:06,467 --> 00:23:09,845 any further performances like last night's will be answered. 295 00:23:14,016 --> 00:23:15,309 Understood, your grace. 296 00:23:29,365 --> 00:23:31,951 King's landing has been in decline since my grandmother passed. 297 00:23:32,952 --> 00:23:34,286 In the end, 298 00:23:35,079 --> 00:23:38,082 this new city watch might be a good thing. 299 00:24:24,586 --> 00:24:26,588 What troubles you, my prince? 300 00:24:32,928 --> 00:24:34,930 I could bring in another. 301 00:24:35,389 --> 00:24:37,016 Perhaps a maiden. 302 00:24:38,183 --> 00:24:39,643 I have several. 303 00:24:41,603 --> 00:24:44,440 I could even arrange one with silver hair. 304 00:24:50,654 --> 00:24:52,239 You are daemon Targaryen. 305 00:24:53,449 --> 00:24:56,452 Rider of caraxes. Wielder of dark sister. 306 00:24:57,327 --> 00:24:59,246 The king cannot replace you. 307 00:25:12,468 --> 00:25:14,094 Be welcome! 308 00:25:14,928 --> 00:25:17,514 I know many of you have traveled long leagues 309 00:25:17,598 --> 00:25:19,767 to be at these games. 310 00:25:19,850 --> 00:25:23,062 But I promise, you will not be disappointed. 311 00:25:24,438 --> 00:25:27,524 When I look at the fine knights in these lists, 312 00:25:27,608 --> 00:25:31,236 I see a group without equal in our histories. 313 00:25:32,613 --> 00:25:37,701 And this great day has been made more auspicious 314 00:25:37,785 --> 00:25:41,455 by the news that I am happy to share: 315 00:25:42,581 --> 00:25:45,626 Queen aemma has begun her labors! 316 00:25:49,088 --> 00:25:52,508 May the luck of the seven shine upon all combatants! 317 00:26:12,903 --> 00:26:13,946 Ah! 318 00:26:26,125 --> 00:26:27,376 A mystery knight? 319 00:26:27,459 --> 00:26:29,586 No, a Cole, of the stormlands. 320 00:26:29,670 --> 00:26:31,130 I've never heard of house Cole. 321 00:26:31,213 --> 00:26:33,924 Princess rhaenys Targaryen! 322 00:26:34,007 --> 00:26:36,051 I would humbly ask for the favor 323 00:26:36,135 --> 00:26:38,053 of "the queen who never was." 324 00:26:44,601 --> 00:26:46,121 Good fortune to you, cousin. 325 00:26:46,145 --> 00:26:48,522 I would gladly take it if I thought I needed it. 326 00:26:55,028 --> 00:26:58,115 You could have Baratheon's tongue for that. 327 00:26:58,198 --> 00:27:00,242 Tongues will not change the succession. 328 00:27:00,701 --> 00:27:02,077 Let them wag. 329 00:27:08,542 --> 00:27:11,920 Lord stokeworth's daughter is promised to that young tarly squire. 330 00:27:12,004 --> 00:27:13,064 - Lord massey's son? - Mmm-hmm. 331 00:27:13,088 --> 00:27:16,341 They're to be married as soon as he wins his knighthood. 332 00:27:16,425 --> 00:27:17,551 Best get on with it. 333 00:27:19,094 --> 00:27:22,514 I heard that lady Elinor is hiding a swollen belly beneath her dress. 334 00:27:45,454 --> 00:27:47,831 What do you know about this ser criston Cole, ser harrold? 335 00:27:47,915 --> 00:27:49,791 I'm told ser criston is common-born, 336 00:27:49,875 --> 00:27:51,418 son of lord dondarrion's steward. 337 00:27:51,501 --> 00:27:54,463 But other than that, and the fact that he's just unhorsed 338 00:27:54,546 --> 00:27:56,506 both of the Baratheon lads, 339 00:27:56,590 --> 00:27:57,966 I really couldn't say. 340 00:28:16,652 --> 00:28:20,197 Prince daemon of house Targaryen, 341 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,698 prince of the city, 342 00:28:21,782 --> 00:28:25,619 will now choose his first opponent! 343 00:29:03,115 --> 00:29:05,367 For his first challenge, 344 00:29:05,450 --> 00:29:08,453 prince daemon Targaryen chooses 345 00:29:08,537 --> 00:29:11,039 ser gwayne hightower of oldtown, 346 00:29:11,123 --> 00:29:13,834 eldest son of the hand of the king. 347 00:29:26,596 --> 00:29:29,016 Five dragons on daemon. 348 00:29:49,745 --> 00:29:51,455 Ha! 349 00:30:42,130 --> 00:30:45,133 - Nicely done, uncle. - Thank you, Princess. 350 00:30:46,343 --> 00:30:50,055 Now, I'm fairly certain I can win these games, lady alicent. 351 00:30:50,138 --> 00:30:53,141 Having your favor would all but assure it. 352 00:31:07,697 --> 00:31:09,282 Good luck, my prince. 353 00:31:37,394 --> 00:31:39,980 - What's happening? - The infant is in breech, your grace. 354 00:31:40,063 --> 00:31:42,482 All attempts to turn the babe have failed. 355 00:31:44,776 --> 00:31:46,696 - Do something for her! - We've given her as much 356 00:31:46,778 --> 00:31:49,698 milk of the poppy as we can without risking the child. 357 00:31:49,781 --> 00:31:51,366 Your queen is a strong woman. 358 00:31:51,450 --> 00:31:54,870 She's fighting with all her might, but it may not be enough. 359 00:31:54,953 --> 00:31:56,246 No! 360 00:31:56,621 --> 00:31:58,248 Aemma. 361 00:31:59,332 --> 00:32:01,394 Aemma, I'm here. 362 00:32:01,418 --> 00:32:02,752 I'm here. 363 00:32:03,837 --> 00:32:05,755 I'm here. It's all right. 364 00:32:05,839 --> 00:32:07,799 - It's all right. - I can't do this. 365 00:32:07,883 --> 00:32:10,093 You're going to be all right. 366 00:32:10,177 --> 00:32:11,803 You're going to be all right. 367 00:32:17,267 --> 00:32:18,810 Ah! 368 00:32:31,156 --> 00:32:32,741 {933931 - 369 00:32:36,953 --> 00:32:37,954 Kill him! 370 00:32:38,038 --> 00:32:40,582 And the day grows ugly. 371 00:32:44,127 --> 00:32:48,256 I wonder if this is how we should celebrate the birth of our future king. 372 00:32:48,340 --> 00:32:50,467 - Hmm. - With wanton violence. 373 00:32:50,550 --> 00:32:52,987 It's been 70 years since king maegor's end. 374 00:32:53,011 --> 00:32:54,846 These knights are as green as summer grass. 375 00:32:54,930 --> 00:32:56,640 None have known real war. 376 00:32:57,766 --> 00:32:59,434 Their lords sent them to the tourney field 377 00:32:59,518 --> 00:33:02,270 with fists full of steel and balls full of seed, 378 00:33:02,354 --> 00:33:04,439 and we expect them to act with honor and grace. 379 00:33:05,106 --> 00:33:08,026 It's a marvel that war didn't break out at first blood. 380 00:33:10,237 --> 00:33:11,696 {933931 - 381 00:33:30,715 --> 00:33:31,841 Mellos. 382 00:33:32,884 --> 00:33:34,094 Your grace. 383 00:33:35,637 --> 00:33:36,846 If you would. 384 00:33:46,773 --> 00:33:48,358 During a difficult birth, 385 00:33:48,441 --> 00:33:52,862 it sometimes becomes necessary for the father 386 00:33:53,738 --> 00:33:55,740 to make an impossible choice. 387 00:33:57,033 --> 00:33:58,785 Well, speak it. 388 00:33:58,868 --> 00:34:03,123 To sacrifice one or to lose them both. 389 00:34:04,624 --> 00:34:07,711 There is a chance that we can save the child. 390 00:34:07,794 --> 00:34:09,796 A technique is taught at the citadel, 391 00:34:09,879 --> 00:34:11,798 which involves cutting directly into the womb 392 00:34:11,881 --> 00:34:13,883 to free the infant. 393 00:34:13,967 --> 00:34:16,803 - But the resulting blood loss... - Seven hells, mellos. 394 00:34:29,190 --> 00:34:31,318 You can save the child? 395 00:34:31,401 --> 00:34:35,405 We must either act now or leave it with the gods. 396 00:34:47,083 --> 00:34:50,128 Ser criston Cole will now tilt against 397 00:34:50,211 --> 00:34:54,215 ser daemon Targaryen, prince of the city! 398 00:36:05,662 --> 00:36:07,664 - Viserys. - Yes? 399 00:36:09,582 --> 00:36:11,793 They're going to bring the babe out now. 400 00:36:35,567 --> 00:36:36,776 I love you. 401 00:36:41,823 --> 00:36:43,032 Oh! 402 00:36:44,951 --> 00:36:47,203 - What is happening? - No, it's all right. 403 00:36:47,287 --> 00:36:50,123 What is happening? 404 00:36:50,206 --> 00:36:52,727 - Viserys, what... - No, it's all right. 405 00:36:52,751 --> 00:36:54,603 - What are you doing? - They're going to bring the babe out. 406 00:36:54,627 --> 00:36:55,795 How are they... 407 00:36:55,879 --> 00:36:57,422 - It's all right. - Viserys, please. 408 00:36:57,505 --> 00:36:59,674 - It's all right. - No, I'm scared. 409 00:36:59,758 --> 00:37:01,360 - Don't be scared. - What is happening? 410 00:37:01,384 --> 00:37:03,028 Don't be scared. They're going to bring the babe out. 411 00:37:03,052 --> 00:37:05,388 - No. - It's all right. 412 00:37:05,472 --> 00:37:07,474 They're going to bring the babe out. 413 00:37:08,433 --> 00:37:11,644 No! No! No! 414 00:37:11,728 --> 00:37:15,857 - I'm making the first incision. - No, no, no! 415 00:37:16,316 --> 00:37:19,277 Viserys, no! Please! 416 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,738 - No, no, no! - Don't be scared. 417 00:37:45,887 --> 00:37:47,138 Sword! 418 00:37:47,222 --> 00:37:48,473 Prince daemon Targaryen 419 00:37:48,556 --> 00:37:52,227 wishes to continue in a contest of arms! 420 00:39:38,708 --> 00:39:39,708 Ah! 421 00:39:42,462 --> 00:39:43,880 Yield. 422 00:39:45,298 --> 00:39:46,299 Yield. 423 00:40:20,249 --> 00:40:22,085 Gods. He's dornish. 424 00:40:22,794 --> 00:40:25,380 I was hoping to ask for the Princess' favor. 425 00:40:37,433 --> 00:40:39,894 I wish you luck, ser criston. 426 00:40:39,978 --> 00:40:41,354 Princess. 427 00:40:52,657 --> 00:40:55,076 Congratulations, your grace. 428 00:40:55,702 --> 00:40:57,161 You have a son. 429 00:41:01,207 --> 00:41:02,542 It's a boy? 430 00:41:02,625 --> 00:41:05,044 A new heir, your grace. 431 00:41:10,717 --> 00:41:13,344 Had you and the queen chosen a name? 432 00:41:16,806 --> 00:41:18,016 Baelon. 433 00:42:35,927 --> 00:42:37,929 They're waiting for you. 434 00:43:33,776 --> 00:43:34,944 Dracarys. 435 00:44:14,442 --> 00:44:15,919 - Where's rhaenyra? - Your grace. 436 00:44:15,943 --> 00:44:19,739 This is the last thing any of us wish to discuss at this dark hour, 437 00:44:19,822 --> 00:44:22,158 but I consider the matter urgent. 438 00:44:22,241 --> 00:44:23,242 What matter? 439 00:44:24,619 --> 00:44:26,204 That of your succession. 440 00:44:26,871 --> 00:44:30,416 These recent tragedies have left you without an obvious heir. 441 00:44:30,499 --> 00:44:32,293 The king has an heir, my lord hand. 442 00:44:32,376 --> 00:44:34,837 Despite how difficult this time is, your grace, 443 00:44:34,921 --> 00:44:38,049 I feel it important the succession be firmly in place 444 00:44:38,132 --> 00:44:39,592 for the stability of the realm. 445 00:44:39,675 --> 00:44:41,844 The succession is already set 446 00:44:41,928 --> 00:44:43,429 by precedent and by law. 447 00:44:43,512 --> 00:44:45,139 Shall we say his name? 448 00:44:47,683 --> 00:44:49,227 Daemon Targaryen. 449 00:44:49,310 --> 00:44:52,230 If daemon were to remain the uncontested heir, 450 00:44:52,313 --> 00:44:54,815 it could destabilize the realm. 451 00:44:54,899 --> 00:44:56,817 The realm? Or this council? 452 00:44:56,901 --> 00:44:59,695 No one here can know what daemon would do were he king, 453 00:44:59,779 --> 00:45:02,406 but no one can doubt his ambition. 454 00:45:02,490 --> 00:45:05,159 Look at what he did with the gold cloaks. 455 00:45:05,243 --> 00:45:07,286 The city watch is fiercely loyal to him. 456 00:45:07,370 --> 00:45:11,165 - An army 2,000 strong. - An army you gave him, Otto. 457 00:45:11,249 --> 00:45:15,211 I named daemon master of laws, but you said he was a tyrant. 458 00:45:15,294 --> 00:45:17,755 As master of coin, you said he was a spendthrift 459 00:45:17,838 --> 00:45:19,340 that would beggar the realm. 460 00:45:19,423 --> 00:45:21,634 Putting daemon in command of the city watch 461 00:45:21,717 --> 00:45:23,177 was your solution! 462 00:45:23,261 --> 00:45:25,263 A half-measure, your grace. 463 00:45:25,346 --> 00:45:28,349 The truth is, daemon should be far away from this court. 464 00:45:28,432 --> 00:45:29,600 Daemon is my brother. 465 00:45:30,643 --> 00:45:31,852 My blood. 466 00:45:32,812 --> 00:45:34,772 And he will have his place at my court. 467 00:45:34,855 --> 00:45:36,917 Let him keep his place at court, your grace, 468 00:45:36,941 --> 00:45:41,112 but if the gods should visit some further tragedy on you, 469 00:45:41,195 --> 00:45:44,407 - either by design or by accident. - "Design"? 470 00:45:44,949 --> 00:45:46,325 What are you saying? 471 00:45:46,409 --> 00:45:48,744 My brother would murder me, take my crown? 472 00:45:50,454 --> 00:45:51,455 Are you? 473 00:45:53,332 --> 00:45:54,333 Please. 474 00:45:55,501 --> 00:45:59,171 Daemon has ambition, yes, but not for the throne. 475 00:45:59,255 --> 00:46:00,965 He lacks the Patience for it. 476 00:46:01,048 --> 00:46:02,550 The gods have yet to make a man 477 00:46:02,633 --> 00:46:06,178 who lacks the Patience for absolute power, your grace. 478 00:46:06,262 --> 00:46:10,266 Under such circumstances, it would not be an aberration 479 00:46:10,349 --> 00:46:12,935 for the king to name a successor. 480 00:46:13,019 --> 00:46:14,729 Well, who else would have a claim? 481 00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:23,529 The king's firstborn child. 482 00:46:23,612 --> 00:46:25,781 Rhaenyra? A girl? 483 00:46:27,491 --> 00:46:29,452 No queen has ever sat the iron throne. 484 00:46:29,535 --> 00:46:31,662 That is only by tradition and precedent, lord strong. 485 00:46:31,746 --> 00:46:33,956 If order and stability so concerns this council, 486 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:37,877 then perhaps we shouldn't break 100 years of it by naming a girl heir. 487 00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:41,714 Daemon would be a second maegor, or worse. 488 00:46:41,797 --> 00:46:43,799 He is impulsive and violent. 489 00:46:44,508 --> 00:46:46,385 It is the duty of this council 490 00:46:46,469 --> 00:46:49,472 to protect the king and the realm from him. 491 00:46:50,848 --> 00:46:53,225 I'm sorry, your grace, but that is the truth as I see it, 492 00:46:53,309 --> 00:46:54,852 and I know that others here agree. 493 00:46:54,935 --> 00:46:58,898 I will not be made to choose between my brother and my daughter. 494 00:46:58,981 --> 00:47:00,816 You wouldn't have to, your grace. 495 00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:02,943 There are others who would have a claim. 496 00:47:03,027 --> 00:47:05,071 Such as your wife, lord corlys? 497 00:47:05,154 --> 00:47:07,394 - "The queen who never was"? - Rhaenys was the only child 498 00:47:07,448 --> 00:47:08,616 of jaehaerys' eldest son. 499 00:47:08,699 --> 00:47:10,701 She had a strong claim at the great council, 500 00:47:10,785 --> 00:47:12,745 and she already has a male heir. 501 00:47:12,828 --> 00:47:15,247 Just moments ago, you announced your support for daemon! 502 00:47:15,331 --> 00:47:17,351 If we cannot agree on an heir, then how can we expect... 503 00:47:17,375 --> 00:47:18,793 My wife and son are dead! 504 00:47:21,003 --> 00:47:25,549 I will not sit here and suffer crows that come to feast on their corpses! 505 00:47:59,417 --> 00:48:01,043 Send a raven to oldtown. 506 00:48:01,502 --> 00:48:02,837 Straight away. 507 00:48:05,589 --> 00:48:06,674 My lady. 508 00:48:17,351 --> 00:48:18,394 My darling. 509 00:48:27,945 --> 00:48:29,071 How's rhaenyra? 510 00:48:32,158 --> 00:48:33,325 She lost her mother. 511 00:48:35,369 --> 00:48:37,496 The queen was well-loved by all. 512 00:48:40,082 --> 00:48:43,294 I found myself thinking of your own mother today. 513 00:48:49,884 --> 00:48:52,511 - How is his grace? - Very low. 514 00:48:53,971 --> 00:48:55,848 Which is why I sent for you. 515 00:49:01,145 --> 00:49:02,730 I thought you might go to him, 516 00:49:03,898 --> 00:49:04,982 offer him comfort. 517 00:49:08,027 --> 00:49:09,195 In his chambers? 518 00:49:15,910 --> 00:49:17,411 I wouldn't know what to say. 519 00:49:18,454 --> 00:49:19,580 Stop that. 520 00:49:21,624 --> 00:49:23,167 He'll be glad of a visitor. 521 00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:33,886 You might wear one of your mother's dresses. 522 00:50:10,965 --> 00:50:13,592 The lady alicent hightower, your grace. 523 00:50:19,306 --> 00:50:21,016 What is it, alicent? 524 00:50:21,100 --> 00:50:23,227 I thought I might come and look in on you, your grace. 525 00:50:25,563 --> 00:50:26,981 I brought a book. 526 00:50:29,275 --> 00:50:30,818 That's very kind, thank you. 527 00:50:36,323 --> 00:50:37,825 It's a favorite of mine. 528 00:50:38,742 --> 00:50:41,370 I do know how passionate you are for the histories. 529 00:50:42,663 --> 00:50:44,665 Yes, I am. 530 00:51:02,308 --> 00:51:03,350 When my mother died, 531 00:51:05,311 --> 00:51:07,062 people only ever spoke to me in riddles. 532 00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:11,650 All I wanted was for someone to say that they were sorry 533 00:51:11,734 --> 00:51:12,776 for what happened to me. 534 00:51:17,489 --> 00:51:18,824 I'm very sorry, your grace. 535 00:52:07,289 --> 00:52:08,290 Thank you. 536 00:52:10,459 --> 00:52:12,836 The king's sole heir once again. 537 00:52:14,713 --> 00:52:17,508 Might we drink to our future? 538 00:52:19,009 --> 00:52:20,719 Quiet! 539 00:52:20,803 --> 00:52:23,430 Your prince will speak! 540 00:52:26,517 --> 00:52:28,519 Shence! 541 00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:36,443 Before we begin, your grace, 542 00:52:36,527 --> 00:52:40,531 I have a report I feel compelled to share. 543 00:52:42,616 --> 00:52:43,826 Last night, 544 00:52:44,660 --> 00:52:47,329 prince daemon bought out one of the pleasure houses 545 00:52:47,413 --> 00:52:49,039 on the street of silk, 546 00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:53,293 to entertain officers of the city watch 547 00:52:53,377 --> 00:52:55,003 and other friends of his. 548 00:52:58,716 --> 00:53:00,884 King and council have long rued my position 549 00:53:00,968 --> 00:53:03,095 as next in line for the throne. 550 00:53:04,430 --> 00:53:06,974 But dream and pray as they all might, 551 00:53:07,057 --> 00:53:10,644 it seems I'm not so easily replaced. 552 00:53:12,271 --> 00:53:15,023 The gods give just as the gods take away. 553 00:53:15,107 --> 00:53:16,984 He toasted prince baelon. 554 00:53:17,067 --> 00:53:18,235 To the king's son. 555 00:53:19,278 --> 00:53:20,696 Styling him 556 00:53:22,030 --> 00:53:24,616 "the heir for a day." 557 00:53:31,457 --> 00:53:35,377 I corroborated this report with three separate witnesses. 558 00:53:35,461 --> 00:53:39,298 The evening was, by all accounts, a celebration. 559 00:53:41,842 --> 00:53:44,344 You cut the image of the conqueror, brother. 560 00:53:46,305 --> 00:53:47,598 Did you say it? 561 00:53:49,892 --> 00:53:51,226 I don't know what you mean. 562 00:53:51,310 --> 00:53:52,787 You will address me as "your grace," 563 00:53:52,811 --> 00:53:56,148 or I will have my kingsguard cut out your tongue. 564 00:53:59,651 --> 00:54:04,072 "The heir for a day." Did you say it? 565 00:54:13,540 --> 00:54:16,585 We must all mourn in our own way, your grace. 566 00:54:18,003 --> 00:54:21,381 My family has just been destroyed. 567 00:54:22,466 --> 00:54:25,636 But instead of being by my side, or rhaenyra's, 568 00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:28,430 you chose to celebrate your own rise! 569 00:54:28,514 --> 00:54:31,225 Laughing with your whores and your iickspittles! 570 00:54:33,852 --> 00:54:36,939 You have no allies at court but me! 571 00:54:37,022 --> 00:54:39,733 I have only ever defended you! 572 00:54:39,817 --> 00:54:42,236 Yet everything I've given you, you've thrown back in my face. 573 00:54:42,319 --> 00:54:44,154 You've only ever tried to send me away. 574 00:54:44,238 --> 00:54:46,949 To the vale, to the city watch, 575 00:54:47,032 --> 00:54:48,992 anywhere but by your side. 576 00:54:49,076 --> 00:54:51,119 Ten years you've been king, 577 00:54:51,203 --> 00:54:54,331 and yet not once have you asked me to be your hand! 578 00:54:54,414 --> 00:54:57,501 - Why would I do that? - Because I'm your brother. 579 00:54:58,544 --> 00:55:00,504 And the blood of the dragon runs thick. 580 00:55:00,587 --> 00:55:02,589 Then why do you cut me so deeply? 581 00:55:02,673 --> 00:55:05,676 I've only ever spoken the truth. I see Otto hightower for what he is. 582 00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:08,238 An unwavering and loyal hand? 583 00:55:08,262 --> 00:55:09,262 A cunt. 584 00:55:10,764 --> 00:55:12,766 A second son who stands to inherit nothing 585 00:55:12,850 --> 00:55:14,268 he doesn't seize for himself. 586 00:55:14,351 --> 00:55:16,436 Otto hightower is a more honorable man 587 00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:18,647 - than you could ever be. - He doesn't protect you. 588 00:55:18,730 --> 00:55:20,691 - I would. - From what? 589 00:55:20,774 --> 00:55:21,984 Yourself. 590 00:55:25,696 --> 00:55:28,448 You're weak, viserys. 591 00:55:30,993 --> 00:55:32,494 And that council of leeches knows it. 592 00:55:32,578 --> 00:55:34,580 They all prey on you for their own ends. 593 00:55:39,501 --> 00:55:41,587 I have decided to name a new heir. 594 00:55:41,670 --> 00:55:44,298 - I'm your heir. - Not anymore. 595 00:55:45,716 --> 00:55:49,344 You are to return to runestone and your lady wife at once, 596 00:55:49,428 --> 00:55:51,513 and you are to do so without quarrel 597 00:55:52,598 --> 00:55:54,600 by order of your king. 598 00:56:09,531 --> 00:56:10,949 Your grace. 599 00:57:10,467 --> 00:57:11,677 Father. 600 00:57:15,931 --> 00:57:17,766 Balerion was the last living creature 601 00:57:17,849 --> 00:57:20,143 to have seen old valyria before the doom. 602 00:57:23,146 --> 00:57:25,232 Its greatness and its flaws. 603 00:57:25,774 --> 00:57:28,318 When you look at the dragons, what do you see? 604 00:57:28,402 --> 00:57:29,444 What? 605 00:57:29,528 --> 00:57:32,698 You haven't spoken a word to me since mother's funeral, 606 00:57:32,781 --> 00:57:35,200 - and now you send your kingsguard down. - Answer me. 607 00:57:38,245 --> 00:57:39,246 It's important. 608 00:57:40,330 --> 00:57:41,748 What do you see? 609 00:57:49,589 --> 00:57:52,217 - I suppose I see us. - Tell me. 610 00:57:53,301 --> 00:57:57,180 Everyone says targaryens are closer to gods than to men, 611 00:57:57,264 --> 00:57:59,516 but they say that because of our dragons. 612 00:58:01,435 --> 00:58:04,021 Without them, we're just like everyone else. 613 00:58:06,606 --> 00:58:09,776 The idea that we control the dragons 614 00:58:10,694 --> 00:58:12,320 is an illusion. 615 00:58:14,031 --> 00:58:17,034 They're a power man should never have trifled with. 616 00:58:18,493 --> 00:58:20,871 One that brought valyria its doom. 617 00:58:20,954 --> 00:58:24,541 If we don't mind our own histories, it will do the same to us. 618 00:58:25,083 --> 00:58:27,294 Targaryen must understand this to be king 619 00:58:29,087 --> 00:58:30,088 or queen. 620 00:58:34,509 --> 00:58:36,136 I'm sorry, rhaenyra. 621 00:58:37,095 --> 00:58:40,057 I have wasted the years since you were born 622 00:58:40,140 --> 00:58:41,266 wanting for a son. 623 00:58:53,737 --> 00:58:55,822 You are the very best of your mother. 624 00:58:58,950 --> 00:59:01,119 And I believe it, I know she did, 625 00:59:01,203 --> 00:59:03,538 that you could be a great ruling queen. 626 00:59:03,622 --> 00:59:05,332 Daemon is your heir. 627 00:59:06,958 --> 00:59:09,669 Daemon was not made to wear the crown. 628 00:59:10,170 --> 00:59:11,755 But I believe that you were. 629 00:59:12,839 --> 00:59:15,801 Corlys of house velaryon, 630 00:59:15,884 --> 00:59:19,971 lord of the tides and master of driftmark. 631 00:59:20,055 --> 00:59:22,557 I, corlys velaryon, 632 00:59:23,266 --> 00:59:26,436 lord of the tides and master of driftmark, 633 00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:28,605 promise to be faithful to king viserys 634 00:59:28,688 --> 00:59:31,525 and his named heir, the Princess rhaenyra. 635 00:59:31,608 --> 00:59:32,818 I pledge fealty to them 636 00:59:33,944 --> 00:59:35,862 and shall defend them against all enemies 637 00:59:35,946 --> 00:59:38,573 in good faith and without deceit. 638 00:59:42,911 --> 00:59:45,914 I swear this by the old gods and the new. 639 00:59:48,625 --> 00:59:50,836 This is no trivial gesture, rhaenyra. 640 00:59:51,336 --> 00:59:53,755 A dragon's saddle is one thing, 641 00:59:53,839 --> 00:59:56,758 but the iron throne is the most dangerous seat in the realm. 642 00:59:57,634 --> 00:59:59,594 I, lord hobert hightower, 643 00:59:59,678 --> 01:00:02,013 beacon of the south, defender of the citadel, 644 01:00:02,097 --> 01:00:03,640 and voice of oldtown, 645 01:00:03,723 --> 01:00:06,017 promise to be faithful to king viserys 646 01:00:06,101 --> 01:00:09,688 and his named heir, the Princess rhaenyra. 647 01:00:12,399 --> 01:00:13,984 I pledge fealty to them 648 01:00:14,067 --> 01:00:15,986 and shall defend them against all enemies 649 01:00:16,069 --> 01:00:18,905 in good faith and without deceit. 650 01:00:19,531 --> 01:00:22,659 I swear this by the old gods and the new. 651 01:00:29,541 --> 01:00:30,959 Give me your hand. 652 01:00:45,557 --> 01:00:47,475 I, boremund Baratheon, 653 01:00:48,643 --> 01:00:51,855 promise to be faithful to king viserys. 654 01:00:53,982 --> 01:00:56,985 There's something else that I need to tell you. 655 01:00:57,736 --> 01:00:59,905 It might be difficult for you to understand, 656 01:00:59,988 --> 01:01:01,239 but you must hear it. 657 01:01:02,532 --> 01:01:03,992 Our histories, 658 01:01:04,075 --> 01:01:07,204 they tell us that aegon looked across the Blackwater from dragonstone, 659 01:01:07,287 --> 01:01:09,915 saw a rich land ripe for the capture. 660 01:01:11,249 --> 01:01:14,252 But ambition alone is not what drove him to conquest. 661 01:01:15,170 --> 01:01:16,463 It was a dream. 662 01:01:17,214 --> 01:01:19,591 And just as daenys foresaw the end of valyria, 663 01:01:19,674 --> 01:01:22,302 aegon foresaw the end of the world of men. 664 01:01:23,178 --> 01:01:26,014 'Tis to begin with a terrible winter 665 01:01:26,097 --> 01:01:28,350 gusting out of the distant north. 666 01:01:28,433 --> 01:01:30,310 I, rickon stark, 667 01:01:30,393 --> 01:01:31,645 lord of winterfell... 668 01:01:31,728 --> 01:01:35,148 Aegon saw absolute darkness riding on those winds. 669 01:01:35,232 --> 01:01:38,401 And whatever dwells within will destroy the world of the living. 670 01:01:39,486 --> 01:01:41,488 When this great winter comes, rhaenyra, 671 01:01:42,781 --> 01:01:45,408 all of Westeros must stand against it. 672 01:01:45,492 --> 01:01:47,011 And if the world of men is to survive, 673 01:01:47,035 --> 01:01:49,996 a Targaryen must be seated on the iron throne. 674 01:01:50,080 --> 01:01:53,166 A king or queen, strong enough to unite the realm 675 01:01:53,250 --> 01:01:55,835 against the cold and the dark. 676 01:01:58,046 --> 01:02:00,840 Aegon called his dream "the song of ice and fire." 677 01:02:03,802 --> 01:02:04,970 This secret, 678 01:02:06,054 --> 01:02:09,015 it's been passed from king to heir since aegon's time. 679 01:02:10,517 --> 01:02:12,727 Now you must promise to carry it 680 01:02:13,270 --> 01:02:14,354 and protect it. 681 01:02:17,857 --> 01:02:19,985 Promise me this, rhaenyra. 682 01:02:24,114 --> 01:02:25,323 Promise me. 683 01:02:31,371 --> 01:02:36,501 I, viserys Targaryen, first of his name... 684 01:02:38,169 --> 01:02:40,547 King of the andals, and the rhoynar, 685 01:02:40,630 --> 01:02:42,799 and the first men, 686 01:02:42,882 --> 01:02:45,135 lord of the seven kingdoms, 687 01:02:45,218 --> 01:02:47,220 and protector of the realm, 688 01:02:48,013 --> 01:02:49,556 do hereby name 689 01:02:50,265 --> 01:02:52,309 rhaenyra Targaryen, 690 01:02:52,392 --> 01:02:54,644 Princess of dragonstone 691 01:02:54,728 --> 01:02:56,980 and heir to the iron throne.