1 00:02:30,349 --> 00:02:32,267 There you are. 2 00:02:41,902 --> 00:02:44,905 The Sea Snake is going to die, isn't he? 3 00:02:47,699 --> 00:02:50,786 - Luke... - I can't be Lord of the Tides. 4 00:02:50,869 --> 00:02:53,455 Grandsire was the greatest sailor who ever lived. 5 00:02:53,538 --> 00:02:56,416 I get greensick before the ship even leaves the harbor. 6 00:02:57,125 --> 00:02:58,418 I'll just ruin everything. 7 00:03:00,087 --> 00:03:01,713 I don't want Driftmark. 8 00:03:02,506 --> 00:03:04,091 It should've passed on to Ser Vaemond. 9 00:03:04,174 --> 00:03:07,344 We don't choose our destiny, Luke. It chooses us. 10 00:03:07,427 --> 00:03:10,430 Grandsire let you choose whether you'd be his heir. 11 00:03:11,390 --> 00:03:12,599 You told us so. 12 00:03:17,145 --> 00:03:20,065 And do you want to know the truth of it? 13 00:03:22,818 --> 00:03:24,111 I was frightened. 14 00:03:25,862 --> 00:03:29,241 I was four-and-ten. 15 00:03:29,324 --> 00:03:30,409 Same as you are now. 16 00:03:31,868 --> 00:03:35,747 I wasn't ready to be Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. 17 00:03:36,081 --> 00:03:39,292 But it was my duty. 18 00:03:39,376 --> 00:03:41,920 And, in time, I came to understand 19 00:03:42,003 --> 00:03:44,297 I had to earn my inheritance. 20 00:03:46,091 --> 00:03:47,676 I'm not like you. 21 00:03:47,759 --> 00:03:50,095 - In what way, sweet boy? - I'm not so... 22 00:03:52,848 --> 00:03:53,849 perfect. 23 00:04:03,859 --> 00:04:05,485 I am anything but. 24 00:04:07,154 --> 00:04:11,074 My father looked after me and helped to prepare me for my duties. 25 00:04:11,158 --> 00:04:14,286 Your mother will do the same for you. 26 00:04:15,370 --> 00:04:16,705 Good morrow, Princess. 27 00:04:16,788 --> 00:04:17,956 Good morrow, Ser Lorent. 28 00:04:19,749 --> 00:04:22,294 Princess Rhaenys has just arrived on dragonback. 29 00:04:22,377 --> 00:04:25,088 She urgently requests an audience with you and Prince Daemon. 30 00:04:43,356 --> 00:04:45,609 The Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. 31 00:04:45,692 --> 00:04:46,776 Thank you, Ser Lorent. 32 00:04:51,156 --> 00:04:52,949 Princess Rhaenys, 33 00:04:53,033 --> 00:04:55,744 might we hope for news of Lord Corlys's recovery? 34 00:04:55,827 --> 00:04:57,037 Viserys is dead. 35 00:05:03,543 --> 00:05:06,213 I grieve this loss with you, Rhaenyra. 36 00:05:06,296 --> 00:05:09,174 My cousin, your father... 37 00:05:10,884 --> 00:05:12,344 possessed a kind heart. 38 00:05:23,647 --> 00:05:24,898 There is more. 39 00:05:26,816 --> 00:05:28,902 Aegon has been crowned as his successor. 40 00:05:36,284 --> 00:05:37,661 They crowned him? 41 00:05:39,746 --> 00:05:42,082 How did Viserys die? 42 00:05:42,165 --> 00:05:43,291 I could not say. 43 00:05:44,543 --> 00:05:46,586 - How long ago? - A day past, perhaps two. 44 00:05:46,670 --> 00:05:49,565 I was made a prisoner in my quarters while the Queen made her preparations. 45 00:05:49,589 --> 00:05:50,840 Viserys has been slain. 46 00:05:52,717 --> 00:05:56,805 Alicent demanded you declare for Aegon. 47 00:05:58,640 --> 00:05:59,849 She did. 48 00:06:02,477 --> 00:06:04,729 - I refused her. - And yet you are alive. 49 00:06:08,233 --> 00:06:10,610 The High Septon crowned Aegon... 50 00:06:10,694 --> 00:06:11,879 in the Dragonpit. 51 00:06:11,903 --> 00:06:14,990 I witnessed it myself just before I fled on Meleys. 52 00:06:15,073 --> 00:06:18,326 They crowned him before the masses. 53 00:06:18,410 --> 00:06:20,805 So that the masses would see him as their rightful king. 54 00:06:20,829 --> 00:06:24,082 That whore of a Queen murdered my brother and stole his throne. 55 00:06:24,165 --> 00:06:25,805 And you could have burned them all for it. 56 00:06:26,751 --> 00:06:29,963 A war is like to be fought over this treachery, to be sure. 57 00:06:31,172 --> 00:06:32,172 Hmm. 58 00:06:33,925 --> 00:06:36,886 But that war is not mine to begin. 59 00:06:37,554 --> 00:06:38,888 I only rushed this warning to you 60 00:06:38,972 --> 00:06:41,933 out of loyalty to my husband and to my house. 61 00:06:43,643 --> 00:06:45,687 The Greens are coming for you, Rhaenyra. 62 00:06:46,938 --> 00:06:48,148 And for your children. 63 00:06:50,108 --> 00:06:52,068 You should leave Dragonstone at once. 64 00:07:12,631 --> 00:07:13,673 The babe is coming. 65 00:07:21,848 --> 00:07:23,642 Her term is far from complete. 66 00:07:23,725 --> 00:07:25,411 This should not be happening. 67 00:07:25,435 --> 00:07:27,771 It is fucking happening. 68 00:07:29,356 --> 00:07:31,900 Keep your head about you, Princess. Come. 69 00:07:33,068 --> 00:07:35,654 We've done this five times before. 70 00:07:35,737 --> 00:07:38,156 Keep your spirit, and the sixth will be no different. 71 00:07:38,239 --> 00:07:40,659 Get off, get off, get off, get off! 72 00:07:40,742 --> 00:07:43,453 Ow, ow, ow. 73 00:07:46,873 --> 00:07:48,726 I want patrols along the island's perimeter, 74 00:07:48,750 --> 00:07:51,127 looking for any small ships that might set ashore. 75 00:07:52,295 --> 00:07:55,090 If the Greens attack now, it will be by stealth... 76 00:07:55,173 --> 00:07:56,609 not directly. 77 00:07:56,633 --> 00:07:58,513 We don't have enough men to surround the island, 78 00:07:58,551 --> 00:08:01,137 but we can make ourselves appear stronger than they are. 79 00:08:04,724 --> 00:08:07,018 Conscript the Dragonkeepers. They're capable fighters. 80 00:08:07,102 --> 00:08:09,521 - Waste no time. - It will be done, my prince. 81 00:08:21,616 --> 00:08:25,078 - What was that? - I'm sorry. 82 00:08:25,745 --> 00:08:27,706 You might go easier 83 00:08:27,789 --> 00:08:29,457 on him, my prince, 84 00:08:29,541 --> 00:08:31,876 so he can learn what you're trying to teach. 85 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,504 Your lady mother needs to see you! 86 00:08:36,381 --> 00:08:38,174 Both of you. 87 00:08:39,384 --> 00:08:40,927 Mother? 88 00:08:43,972 --> 00:08:44,973 Fuck. 89 00:08:47,851 --> 00:08:48,852 Princess. 90 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,741 Your grandsire, King Viserys, has passed. 91 00:09:02,824 --> 00:09:04,200 Viserys? 92 00:09:04,284 --> 00:09:07,162 The Greens have repudiated the succession 93 00:09:07,245 --> 00:09:08,955 and claimed the Iron Throne. 94 00:09:13,084 --> 00:09:14,794 Aegon has been crowned king. 95 00:09:16,296 --> 00:09:19,007 - What is to be done about it? - Nothing yet. 96 00:09:19,090 --> 00:09:21,760 - And where is Daemon? - I don't know. 97 00:09:21,843 --> 00:09:23,386 Gone to madness. 98 00:09:25,513 --> 00:09:26,765 Gone to plot his war. 99 00:09:28,266 --> 00:09:30,894 - Leave Daemon with me. - Jace. 100 00:09:31,770 --> 00:09:32,812 Jacaerys. 101 00:09:38,526 --> 00:09:42,155 Whatever claim remains to me, you are now its heir. 102 00:09:42,655 --> 00:09:45,158 Naught is to be done but by my command. 103 00:10:00,632 --> 00:10:01,776 A raven flew in this morning. 104 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:05,053 The Sea Snake's fever has broken, and he has left Evenfall. 105 00:10:05,136 --> 00:10:08,598 - Where is he sailing? - That much is unclear, my prince. 106 00:10:08,681 --> 00:10:10,475 We'll send ravens to our nearest allies, 107 00:10:10,558 --> 00:10:13,061 Lords Darklyn, Massey... 108 00:10:13,853 --> 00:10:15,855 - ... and Bar Emmon. - Daemon! 109 00:10:17,023 --> 00:10:19,442 Do you want to speak to the maester, my prince? 110 00:10:28,034 --> 00:10:29,512 I'll fly to the Riverlands myself 111 00:10:29,536 --> 00:10:30,870 and affirm Lord Tully's support. 112 00:10:30,954 --> 00:10:31,996 You will do no such thing. 113 00:10:35,291 --> 00:10:38,336 My mother has decreed no action be taken while she's abed. 114 00:10:44,676 --> 00:10:46,970 It's good you're here, young Prince. 115 00:10:48,137 --> 00:10:50,223 You're needed to patrol the skies on Vermax. 116 00:10:50,306 --> 00:10:51,307 Did you hear what I said? 117 00:10:55,895 --> 00:10:57,313 The ravens, Lord Bartimos. 118 00:10:59,649 --> 00:11:00,817 I shall see it done. 119 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:02,402 Summon Ser Steffon. 120 00:11:02,485 --> 00:11:05,113 Our Kingsguard are needed on the Dragonmont. 121 00:11:05,738 --> 00:11:08,366 Come with me. I'll show you the true meaning of loyalty. 122 00:11:16,374 --> 00:11:18,960 You swore an oath as knights of the Kingsguard. 123 00:11:19,043 --> 00:11:21,212 As do all who wear the white cloak, my prince. 124 00:11:23,089 --> 00:11:24,299 To whom? 125 00:11:25,508 --> 00:11:29,345 I swore first to King Jaehaerys, my prince. 126 00:11:29,429 --> 00:11:30,638 And then to His Grace, 127 00:11:30,722 --> 00:11:32,932 King Viserys, when he succeeded him. 128 00:11:33,016 --> 00:11:35,143 Do you acknowledge the true line of succession? 129 00:11:35,977 --> 00:11:37,770 - Yes. - Yes, my prince. 130 00:11:44,402 --> 00:11:46,446 Do you recall 131 00:11:46,529 --> 00:11:49,073 who King Viserys named as his heir before his death? 132 00:11:52,619 --> 00:11:53,620 Princess Rhaenyra. 133 00:11:56,497 --> 00:11:57,497 Hmm. 134 00:11:58,458 --> 00:12:00,501 I'm grateful for your long service to the Crown 135 00:12:03,171 --> 00:12:05,089 So I'm presenting you with a choice. 136 00:12:28,446 --> 00:12:31,032 Swear anew your oath to Rhaenyra as your queen... 137 00:12:32,492 --> 00:12:35,870 to Prince Jacaerys as the heir to the Iron Throne. 138 00:12:40,875 --> 00:12:41,875 Or... 139 00:12:41,918 --> 00:12:44,295 if you support the usurper, speak it now... 140 00:12:46,172 --> 00:12:48,692 and you will have a clean and honorable death. 141 00:12:49,509 --> 00:12:51,386 But if you choose treachery, 142 00:12:51,928 --> 00:12:55,306 if you swear fealty now only to later turn your cloaks... 143 00:12:58,184 --> 00:13:02,063 know that you will die... screaming. 144 00:13:08,319 --> 00:13:09,988 Princess, let us help you. 145 00:13:12,740 --> 00:13:14,659 No. 146 00:13:17,036 --> 00:13:19,789 - Get out! - Princess, please. 147 00:13:19,872 --> 00:13:21,684 - Get out. - You should not do this alone, Princess. 148 00:13:21,708 --> 00:13:22,834 Let us help you. 149 00:13:36,472 --> 00:13:37,807 Ah! 150 00:13:43,896 --> 00:13:44,896 Ah! 151 00:16:47,997 --> 00:16:49,477 I mean no harm, brothers. 152 00:17:13,105 --> 00:17:14,899 I swear to ward the Queen... 153 00:17:17,777 --> 00:17:18,819 with all my strength... 154 00:17:21,239 --> 00:17:23,366 and give my blood for hers. 155 00:17:28,412 --> 00:17:29,872 I shall take no wife... 156 00:17:32,041 --> 00:17:33,459 hold no lands... 157 00:17:34,877 --> 00:17:37,171 father no children. 158 00:17:37,546 --> 00:17:39,840 I shall guard her secrets... 159 00:17:40,299 --> 00:17:42,093 obey her commands... 160 00:17:43,177 --> 00:17:46,264 ride at her side, and defend her name and honor. 161 00:18:13,499 --> 00:18:14,583 My queen. 162 00:19:56,769 --> 00:19:58,604 Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen, 163 00:19:58,687 --> 00:20:00,648 First of Her Name, 164 00:20:00,731 --> 00:20:03,192 Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men. 165 00:20:04,819 --> 00:20:07,613 Lady of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm. 166 00:20:12,034 --> 00:20:13,035 Your Grace. 167 00:20:22,128 --> 00:20:23,546 Wine, my queen. 168 00:20:26,882 --> 00:20:27,882 Thank you, Rhaena. 169 00:20:29,260 --> 00:20:30,302 Come. 170 00:20:54,869 --> 00:20:56,847 - What is our standing? - We have 30 knights, 171 00:20:56,871 --> 00:20:59,415 a hundred crossbowmen, and 300 men-at-arms. 172 00:20:59,498 --> 00:21:01,375 Dragonstone is relatively easy to defend, 173 00:21:01,459 --> 00:21:02,779 but as an instrument of conquest, 174 00:21:02,835 --> 00:21:05,087 our army leaves a lot to be desired. 175 00:21:05,171 --> 00:21:07,339 We have sent word to my loyal men in the City Watch. 176 00:21:07,423 --> 00:21:09,943 I'll have some support there, but I cannot speak to the numbers. 177 00:21:10,009 --> 00:21:13,512 We already have declarations from Celtigar and Staunton, 178 00:21:13,596 --> 00:21:15,639 Massey, Darklyn, Bar Emmon. 179 00:21:18,809 --> 00:21:20,895 My lady mother was an Arryn. 180 00:21:20,978 --> 00:21:23,397 The Vale will not turn cloak against their own kin. 181 00:21:23,481 --> 00:21:26,859 Riverrun was always a close friend to your father, Your Grace. 182 00:21:26,942 --> 00:21:28,486 With Prince Daemon's acquiescence, 183 00:21:28,569 --> 00:21:31,071 I've already sent ravens to Lord Grover. 184 00:21:34,909 --> 00:21:37,286 Lord Grover is fickle and easily swayed. 185 00:21:37,369 --> 00:21:39,729 He will need to be convinced of the strength of our position 186 00:21:39,788 --> 00:21:42,500 and that we will support him should it come to war. 187 00:21:42,583 --> 00:21:44,627 I'm going to treat with him myself. 188 00:21:44,710 --> 00:21:46,420 What of Storm's End and Winterfell? 189 00:21:46,504 --> 00:21:49,131 There has never lived a Stark who forgot an oath. 190 00:21:49,215 --> 00:21:51,926 And with House Stark, the North will follow. 191 00:21:52,009 --> 00:21:55,638 Lord Borros Baratheon will need to be reminded of his father's promises. 192 00:22:08,734 --> 00:22:10,236 What news from Driftmark? 193 00:22:13,531 --> 00:22:15,407 Lord Corlys sails for Dragonstone. 194 00:22:15,491 --> 00:22:17,117 To declare for his Queen. 195 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,081 The Velaryon fleet is in my husband's yoke. 196 00:22:22,164 --> 00:22:24,041 He decides where they sail. 197 00:22:24,124 --> 00:22:27,419 We shall pray for both you and your husband's support. 198 00:22:27,503 --> 00:22:30,589 Just as we prayed nightly for the Sea Snake's return to good health. 199 00:22:32,216 --> 00:22:33,944 There's no port on the Narrow Sea would dare to make 200 00:22:33,968 --> 00:22:35,928 an enemy of the Velaryon fleet. 201 00:22:38,013 --> 00:22:39,013 And our enemies? 202 00:22:39,056 --> 00:22:40,656 We have no friends among the Lannisters. 203 00:22:41,392 --> 00:22:44,395 Tyland has served the Hand too long to turn against him. 204 00:22:44,478 --> 00:22:46,647 And Otto Hightower needs the Lannister fleet. 205 00:22:46,730 --> 00:22:48,291 Without the Lannisters, we are not like to find 206 00:22:48,315 --> 00:22:50,675 - any allies west of the Golden Tooth. - No. 207 00:22:53,821 --> 00:22:55,739 The Riverlands are essential, Your Grace. 208 00:22:57,408 --> 00:23:00,786 Pray forgive my bluntness, Your Grace, but talk of men is moot. 209 00:23:01,453 --> 00:23:05,082 Your cause owns a power that has not been seen in this world 210 00:23:05,165 --> 00:23:07,668 since the days of Old Valyria. 211 00:23:07,751 --> 00:23:08,877 Dragons. 212 00:23:12,131 --> 00:23:13,549 The Greens have dragons as well. 213 00:23:13,632 --> 00:23:15,634 They have three adults, by my count. 214 00:23:15,718 --> 00:23:18,554 We have Syrax, Caraxes, and Meleys. 215 00:23:18,637 --> 00:23:21,557 Your sons have Vermax, Arrax, and Tyraxes. 216 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,559 Baela has Moondancer. 217 00:23:23,642 --> 00:23:25,402 Daemon, none of our dragons have been to war. 218 00:23:25,436 --> 00:23:27,938 There are also unclaimed dragons. 219 00:23:28,022 --> 00:23:29,648 Seasmoke still resides on Driftmark. 220 00:23:29,732 --> 00:23:32,610 Vermithor and Silverwing dwell on the Dragonmont, 221 00:23:32,693 --> 00:23:33,861 still riderless. 222 00:23:34,862 --> 00:23:37,281 Then there are the three wild dragons, all of whom nest here. 223 00:23:37,364 --> 00:23:38,633 And who is to ride them? 224 00:23:38,657 --> 00:23:41,035 Dragonstone has 13 to their 4. 225 00:23:42,077 --> 00:23:45,247 I also have a score of eggs incubating in the Dragonmont. 226 00:23:45,331 --> 00:23:48,792 Now... we need a place to gather, 227 00:23:48,876 --> 00:23:52,463 a toehold large enough to house a sizable host. 228 00:23:52,546 --> 00:23:53,547 Here, at Harrenhal. 229 00:23:53,631 --> 00:23:54,631 We cut off the west, 230 00:23:54,632 --> 00:23:56,232 surround King's Landing with the dragons. 231 00:23:56,258 --> 00:23:58,111 And we could have every Green head mounted on spikes 232 00:23:58,135 --> 00:24:00,012 before the fucking moon turns. 233 00:24:00,095 --> 00:24:01,680 Your Grace... 234 00:24:01,764 --> 00:24:03,557 a ship has been sighted offshore, 235 00:24:03,641 --> 00:24:06,185 a lone galleon, flying a banner of a three-headed Green dragon. 236 00:24:06,268 --> 00:24:08,588 Alert the watchtowers. Sight the skies. 237 00:24:46,141 --> 00:24:49,103 I come at the behest of the Dowager Queen Alicent, 238 00:24:49,186 --> 00:24:51,355 mother of King Aegon, Second of His Name, 239 00:24:51,438 --> 00:24:54,233 Lord and Protector of the Seven Kingdoms. 240 00:24:55,067 --> 00:24:58,612 I've been directed to deliver her message only to Princess Rhaenyra. 241 00:25:00,406 --> 00:25:02,324 Where is the Princess? 242 00:25:56,754 --> 00:25:58,797 Princess Rhaenyra. 243 00:25:59,757 --> 00:26:01,049 I'm Queen Rhaenyra now. 244 00:26:02,634 --> 00:26:04,887 And you all are traitors to the realm. 245 00:26:05,387 --> 00:26:09,183 King Aegon Targaryen, Second of His Name... 246 00:26:10,893 --> 00:26:14,354 in his wisdom and desire for peace, 247 00:26:14,438 --> 00:26:15,939 is offering terms. 248 00:26:18,317 --> 00:26:20,027 Acknowledge Aegon as king 249 00:26:20,110 --> 00:26:22,946 and swear obeisance before the Iron Throne. 250 00:26:23,030 --> 00:26:26,742 In exchange, His Grace will confirm your possession of Dragonstone. 251 00:26:27,576 --> 00:26:31,205 It will pass to your trueborn son, Jacaerys, upon your death. 252 00:26:31,288 --> 00:26:34,625 Lucerys will be confirmed as the legitimate heir to Driftmark 253 00:26:34,708 --> 00:26:37,586 and all the lands and holdings of House Velaryon. 254 00:26:37,669 --> 00:26:39,463 Your sons by Prince Daemon 255 00:26:39,546 --> 00:26:42,466 will also be given places of high honor at court, 256 00:26:43,008 --> 00:26:45,010 Aegon the Younger as the King's squire, 257 00:26:45,093 --> 00:26:47,137 Viserys as his cupbearer. 258 00:26:47,221 --> 00:26:49,181 Finally, the King, in his good grace, 259 00:26:49,264 --> 00:26:53,727 will pardon any knight or lord who conspired against his ascent. 260 00:26:54,436 --> 00:26:57,189 I would rather feed my sons to the dragons 261 00:26:57,272 --> 00:27:00,400 than have them carry shields and cups 262 00:27:00,484 --> 00:27:04,154 for your drunken, usurper cunt of a king. 263 00:27:04,613 --> 00:27:07,825 Aegon Targaryen sits the Iron Throne. 264 00:27:09,076 --> 00:27:10,869 He wears the Conqueror's crown, 265 00:27:10,953 --> 00:27:12,704 wields the Conqueror's sword, 266 00:27:12,788 --> 00:27:14,206 has the Conqueror's name. 267 00:27:14,665 --> 00:27:17,084 He was anointed by a septon of the Faith 268 00:27:17,167 --> 00:27:19,044 before the eyes of thousands. 269 00:27:19,127 --> 00:27:23,048 Every symbol of legitimacy belongs to him. 270 00:27:25,592 --> 00:27:28,887 And then there is Stark, Tully, Baratheon. 271 00:27:28,971 --> 00:27:33,016 Houses that have also received, and are at present, 272 00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:36,311 considering generous terms from their king. 273 00:27:38,105 --> 00:27:40,983 Stark, Tully, and Baratheon all swore to me 274 00:27:42,234 --> 00:27:44,903 when King Viserys named me his heir. 275 00:27:45,612 --> 00:27:49,449 Stale oaths will not put you on the Iron Throne, Princess. 276 00:27:50,117 --> 00:27:54,121 The succession changed the day your father sired a son. 277 00:27:54,621 --> 00:27:58,542 I only regret that you and he were the last to see the truth of it. 278 00:27:59,543 --> 00:28:01,837 You are no more Hand than Aegon is king. 279 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:03,547 Fucking traitor. 280 00:28:15,309 --> 00:28:16,935 Grand Maester. 281 00:28:22,232 --> 00:28:23,400 What the fuck is this? 282 00:28:38,957 --> 00:28:42,544 Queen Alicent has not forgotten the love you once had for each other. 283 00:28:44,087 --> 00:28:49,593 No blood need be spilled. The realm can carry on in peace. 284 00:28:53,096 --> 00:28:55,390 Queen Alicent eagerly awaits your answer. 285 00:28:55,474 --> 00:28:57,755 She can have her answer now, stuffed in her father's mouth 286 00:28:57,809 --> 00:28:59,019 along with his withered cock. 287 00:28:59,102 --> 00:29:00,812 Let's end this mummer's farce. 288 00:29:02,564 --> 00:29:05,901 Ser Erryk, bring me Lord Hightower so I may take the pleasure myself. 289 00:29:10,864 --> 00:29:11,865 No. 290 00:29:23,669 --> 00:29:25,837 King's Landing will have my answer on the morrow. 291 00:29:48,318 --> 00:29:51,279 It's no easy thing for a man to be a dragonslayer. 292 00:29:52,364 --> 00:29:54,783 But dragons can kill dragons. And have. 293 00:29:56,326 --> 00:29:59,496 The simple truth is this, we have more dragons than Aegon. 294 00:29:59,746 --> 00:30:02,165 Viserys spoke often of the Valyrian histories. 295 00:30:02,249 --> 00:30:03,250 I know them well. 296 00:30:04,501 --> 00:30:06,211 When dragons flew to war... 297 00:30:07,546 --> 00:30:08,714 everything burned. 298 00:30:11,133 --> 00:30:14,219 I do not wish to rule over a kingdom of ash and bone. 299 00:30:14,302 --> 00:30:16,722 Are you considering the Hightowers' terms, Your Grace? 300 00:30:17,639 --> 00:30:21,351 As Queen, what is my true duty to the realm, Lord Bartimos? 301 00:30:21,852 --> 00:30:23,395 Ensuring peace and unity? 302 00:30:23,478 --> 00:30:26,356 Or that I sit the Iron Throne, no matter the cost? 303 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,734 - That's your father talking. - My father's dead. 304 00:30:30,819 --> 00:30:33,030 And he chose me as his successor... 305 00:30:35,407 --> 00:30:37,951 to defend the realm, not cast it headlong into war. 306 00:30:38,035 --> 00:30:39,411 Well, the enemy have declared war. 307 00:30:40,287 --> 00:30:41,830 What are you gonna do about it? 308 00:30:45,417 --> 00:30:46,626 Clear the room. 309 00:31:17,115 --> 00:31:18,700 Does the promise of war excite you? 310 00:31:18,784 --> 00:31:20,577 You cannot bend the knee to the Hightowers. 311 00:31:20,660 --> 00:31:22,204 They stole your birthright. 312 00:31:22,287 --> 00:31:23,973 If you could take the Iron Throne 313 00:31:23,997 --> 00:31:26,083 without putting Otto Hightower's head on a spike, 314 00:31:26,166 --> 00:31:27,685 - would you? - Are you not angry? 315 00:31:27,709 --> 00:31:30,104 - I should declare war because I'm angry? - No. 316 00:31:30,128 --> 00:31:32,172 Because it's your duty as Queen to crush rebellion. 317 00:31:32,255 --> 00:31:35,967 You know my oath reaches beyond our personal ambitions. 318 00:31:39,262 --> 00:31:40,764 A Song of Ice and Fire. 319 00:31:43,892 --> 00:31:44,893 What? 320 00:31:46,394 --> 00:31:48,164 The coming war against the darkness in the North. 321 00:31:48,188 --> 00:31:49,272 The Conqueror's Dream. 322 00:31:50,315 --> 00:31:52,275 Viserys shared it with me when he named me heir. 323 00:31:57,322 --> 00:32:01,326 My brother... was a slave to his omens and portents. 324 00:32:02,577 --> 00:32:05,831 Anything to make his feckless reign appear to have purpose. 325 00:32:09,835 --> 00:32:11,378 Dreams didn't make us kings. 326 00:32:12,879 --> 00:32:13,964 Dragons did. 327 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:33,775 He never told you... 328 00:32:37,821 --> 00:32:39,030 did he? 329 00:33:16,318 --> 00:33:20,155 I've had men whipped for falling asleep on their watch. 330 00:33:26,703 --> 00:33:27,787 You are no man. 331 00:33:33,043 --> 00:33:34,252 You abandoned me... 332 00:33:36,630 --> 00:33:37,839 when I most needed you. 333 00:33:39,549 --> 00:33:41,343 Both our children stolen from us. 334 00:33:43,220 --> 00:33:44,387 I needed you. 335 00:33:45,096 --> 00:33:46,514 Baela and Rhaena needed you, 336 00:33:46,598 --> 00:33:49,684 and you abandoned us for more adventure at sea. 337 00:33:49,768 --> 00:33:51,811 As has always been your way. 338 00:33:53,521 --> 00:33:55,607 I had no other place to turn. 339 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,278 - I lost everything. - We lost, Corlys. 340 00:34:02,656 --> 00:34:03,657 We. 341 00:34:16,753 --> 00:34:18,296 I understand we have a new king. 342 00:34:19,130 --> 00:34:21,925 The Stranger casts a long shadow over this family. 343 00:34:28,890 --> 00:34:30,475 Your brother is also dead. 344 00:34:35,730 --> 00:34:38,692 In his haste to bury you and claim your seat, 345 00:34:38,775 --> 00:34:40,277 he stood before the King 346 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,238 and denounced Laenor's sons as illegitimate. 347 00:34:48,326 --> 00:34:49,786 Daemon took his head for it. 348 00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:59,212 Heedless ambition has always been a Velaryon weakness. 349 00:35:04,342 --> 00:35:05,969 You were right, Rhaenys. 350 00:35:08,096 --> 00:35:11,349 I reached too far. And for nothing. 351 00:35:13,977 --> 00:35:18,565 Our pursuit of the Iron Throne... is at an end. 352 00:35:23,278 --> 00:35:25,697 We shall declare for no one. 353 00:35:27,699 --> 00:35:29,326 We will retire to High Tide 354 00:35:29,951 --> 00:35:31,077 to be content... 355 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,497 with our grandchildren and... 356 00:35:34,581 --> 00:35:37,292 Jace, Luke, and Joff are claimants to the throne. 357 00:35:39,461 --> 00:35:42,005 Those boys'll not be safe so long as Aegon is king. 358 00:35:44,841 --> 00:35:48,636 Rhaenyra was complicit in our son's death. 359 00:35:50,472 --> 00:35:53,099 That girl destroys everything she touches. 360 00:35:53,183 --> 00:35:55,143 That "girl"... 361 00:35:55,226 --> 00:35:57,228 is holding the realm together at present. 362 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,273 Every man standing 'round the Painted Table 363 00:36:00,357 --> 00:36:02,192 urges her to plunge the realm into war. 364 00:36:04,903 --> 00:36:08,114 Rhaenyra's the only one who's demonstrated restraint. 365 00:36:08,198 --> 00:36:10,367 The purpose of war is to fill graveyards, 366 00:36:10,450 --> 00:36:11,534 my dear Lord Staunton. 367 00:36:11,618 --> 00:36:14,788 The trick is to put more of their men in the ground than your own. 368 00:36:14,871 --> 00:36:16,474 Easy words for a lord who commands 369 00:36:16,498 --> 00:36:18,100 - from the safety of his castle. - Doesn't make it any less true. 370 00:36:18,124 --> 00:36:19,484 The Lord of the Tides! 371 00:36:20,418 --> 00:36:21,836 Lord Corlys Velaryon... 372 00:36:23,296 --> 00:36:26,466 and his wife, the Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. 373 00:36:38,228 --> 00:36:39,813 My lords. 374 00:36:39,896 --> 00:36:41,523 Lord Corlys. 375 00:36:42,357 --> 00:36:45,068 It brings much relief to see you hale and healthy again. 376 00:36:47,487 --> 00:36:50,323 I'm very sorry about your father, Princess. 377 00:36:50,865 --> 00:36:52,867 He was a good man. 378 00:37:04,129 --> 00:37:05,338 Where is Daemon? 379 00:37:06,464 --> 00:37:09,467 There were other concerns which demanded the Prince's attention. 380 00:37:11,010 --> 00:37:12,010 Mmm. 381 00:37:20,812 --> 00:37:22,230 Your declared allies? 382 00:37:23,773 --> 00:37:26,776 - Yes. - Too few to win a war for the throne. 383 00:37:29,028 --> 00:37:31,698 Well, we would also hope to have the support 384 00:37:31,781 --> 00:37:34,784 - of Houses Arryn, Baratheon, and Stark. - Hope... 385 00:37:35,660 --> 00:37:37,203 is the fool's ally. 386 00:37:38,830 --> 00:37:42,041 Both Arryn and Baratheon share blood with my house. 387 00:37:42,125 --> 00:37:44,169 But all of them swore oaths to me. 388 00:37:44,252 --> 00:37:46,087 As did House Hightower... 389 00:37:46,171 --> 00:37:47,338 if I remember. 390 00:37:47,422 --> 00:37:50,467 As did you, Lord Corlys. 391 00:38:04,230 --> 00:38:05,648 Your father's realm... 392 00:38:06,774 --> 00:38:09,694 was one of justice and honor. 393 00:38:10,737 --> 00:38:14,824 Our houses are bound by common blood and common cause. 394 00:38:16,743 --> 00:38:19,746 This Hightower treason cannot stand. 395 00:38:25,376 --> 00:38:28,588 You have the full support of our fleet and house. 396 00:38:30,548 --> 00:38:31,549 Your Grace. 397 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,393 You honor me, Lord Corlys. 398 00:38:48,566 --> 00:38:50,610 Princess Rhaenys. 399 00:38:54,614 --> 00:38:58,284 But, as I said to my bannermen, 400 00:38:58,368 --> 00:39:01,996 I made a promise to my father to hold the realm strong and united. 401 00:39:03,915 --> 00:39:07,001 If war's first stroke is to fall, it will not be by my hand. 402 00:39:08,461 --> 00:39:09,837 You do not mean to act? 403 00:39:09,921 --> 00:39:13,424 Taking caution does not mean standing fast. 404 00:39:13,508 --> 00:39:18,513 I wish to know who my allies are before I send them to war. 405 00:39:26,229 --> 00:39:27,564 The consequence of my... 406 00:39:28,773 --> 00:39:31,776 near-demise in the Stepstones... 407 00:39:33,027 --> 00:39:34,862 is that we now control them. 408 00:39:35,530 --> 00:39:38,116 I took care to fully garrison the territory this time. 409 00:39:38,199 --> 00:39:40,034 A total blockade of the shipping lanes 410 00:39:40,118 --> 00:39:43,162 will be in place in days, if not already. 411 00:39:43,246 --> 00:39:45,665 The Triarchy have been routed. 412 00:39:45,748 --> 00:39:47,709 The Narrow Sea is ours. 413 00:39:50,503 --> 00:39:53,298 If we further seal the Gullet, 414 00:39:53,381 --> 00:39:56,384 we can cut off all seaborne travel and trade 415 00:39:56,467 --> 00:39:57,719 to King's Landing. 416 00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:01,222 I shall take Meleys and patrol the Gullet myself. 417 00:40:06,436 --> 00:40:08,146 When we drain the Narrow Sea, 418 00:40:09,314 --> 00:40:11,316 we can surround King's Landing, 419 00:40:11,399 --> 00:40:13,651 lay siege to the Red Keep, 420 00:40:13,735 --> 00:40:16,195 and force the Greens' surrender. 421 00:40:16,279 --> 00:40:19,991 If we are to have enough swords to surround King's Landing, 422 00:40:20,074 --> 00:40:23,703 we must first secure the support of Winterfell, the Eyrie, and Storm's End. 423 00:40:23,786 --> 00:40:25,830 I'll prepare the ravens, Your Grace. 424 00:40:26,664 --> 00:40:28,264 We should bear those messages. 425 00:40:30,209 --> 00:40:32,295 Dragons can fly faster than ravens 426 00:40:33,254 --> 00:40:34,380 and they're more convincing. 427 00:40:38,426 --> 00:40:39,636 Send us. 428 00:40:41,554 --> 00:40:43,014 The Prince is right, Your Grace. 429 00:40:52,649 --> 00:40:53,691 Very well. 430 00:40:54,692 --> 00:40:56,820 Prince Jacaerys will fly north. 431 00:40:57,862 --> 00:41:01,032 First to the Eyrie to see my mother's cousin, the Lady Jeyne Arryn, 432 00:41:01,115 --> 00:41:04,035 and then to Winterfell to treat with Lord Cregan Stark 433 00:41:04,118 --> 00:41:06,037 for the support of the North. 434 00:41:07,163 --> 00:41:09,957 Prince Lucerys will fly south to Storm's End 435 00:41:10,041 --> 00:41:12,835 and treat with Lord Borros Baratheon. 436 00:41:12,919 --> 00:41:17,048 We must remind these lords of the oaths they swore. 437 00:41:18,675 --> 00:41:21,135 And... the cost of breaking them. 438 00:41:45,785 --> 00:41:50,331 It's been said that as Targaryens, we are closer to gods than to men. 439 00:41:52,875 --> 00:41:55,378 And the Iron Throne puts us a touch closer, perhaps. 440 00:41:57,588 --> 00:42:01,217 But, if we are to serve the Seven Kingdoms... 441 00:42:02,552 --> 00:42:05,012 we must answer to their gods. 442 00:42:05,555 --> 00:42:10,101 If you take this errand, you go as messengers... not as warriors. 443 00:42:10,727 --> 00:42:12,895 You must take no part in any fighting. 444 00:42:14,731 --> 00:42:18,067 Swear it to me now under the eyes of the Seven. 445 00:42:23,573 --> 00:42:24,741 I swear it. 446 00:42:29,620 --> 00:42:30,788 I swear it. 447 00:42:31,998 --> 00:42:32,999 Thank you. 448 00:42:36,711 --> 00:42:38,713 Cregan Stark is... 449 00:42:39,589 --> 00:42:41,132 closer to your age than to mine. 450 00:42:41,758 --> 00:42:45,428 I would hope, that as men, you can find some common interest. 451 00:42:46,637 --> 00:42:47,722 Yes, Your Grace. 452 00:42:56,397 --> 00:42:58,608 Storm's End is a short flight from here. 453 00:43:00,401 --> 00:43:03,905 You have Baratheon blood from your grandmother, Rhaenys. 454 00:43:03,988 --> 00:43:05,323 And... 455 00:43:05,406 --> 00:43:07,825 Lord Borros is an eternally proud man. 456 00:43:08,785 --> 00:43:11,662 He will be honored to host a prince of the realm... 457 00:43:12,914 --> 00:43:14,248 and his dragon. 458 00:43:23,216 --> 00:43:25,760 I expect you will receive a very warm welcome. 459 00:43:27,804 --> 00:43:29,555 Yes, Mother. Your Grace. 460 00:43:39,065 --> 00:43:40,817 Go to it then. 461 00:47:21,996 --> 00:47:23,748 I am Prince Lucerys Velaryon. 462 00:47:24,749 --> 00:47:26,834 I bring a message to Lord Borros from the Queen. 463 00:47:43,893 --> 00:47:45,519 Prince Lucerys Velaryon. 464 00:47:52,401 --> 00:47:55,404 Son of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. 465 00:47:59,992 --> 00:48:01,410 Lord Borros... 466 00:48:03,204 --> 00:48:04,914 I brought you a message from my mother... 467 00:48:06,332 --> 00:48:07,541 the Queen. 468 00:48:08,584 --> 00:48:11,545 Yet earlier this day, I received an envoy from the King. 469 00:48:13,172 --> 00:48:14,215 Which is it? 470 00:48:14,924 --> 00:48:17,635 King or Queen? 471 00:48:17,718 --> 00:48:20,221 The House of the Dragon does not seem to know who rules it. 472 00:48:23,224 --> 00:48:25,017 What's your mother's message? 473 00:48:41,951 --> 00:48:43,661 Where's the bloody maester? 474 00:49:18,487 --> 00:49:21,740 "Remind" me of my father's oath? 475 00:49:23,576 --> 00:49:25,536 King Aegon at least came with an offer, 476 00:49:25,619 --> 00:49:28,414 my swords and banners for a marriage pact. 477 00:49:29,707 --> 00:49:31,667 If I do as your mother bids... 478 00:49:33,002 --> 00:49:35,337 which one of my daughters will you wed... 479 00:49:37,047 --> 00:49:38,048 boy? 480 00:49:39,216 --> 00:49:42,303 My lord... I am not free to marry. 481 00:49:43,721 --> 00:49:45,055 I'm already betrothed. 482 00:49:47,391 --> 00:49:49,685 So you come with empty hands. 483 00:49:51,896 --> 00:49:54,064 Go home, pup. 484 00:49:54,148 --> 00:49:56,317 And tell your mother that the Lord of Storm's End 485 00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:00,988 is not some dog that she can whistle up at need to set against her foes. 486 00:50:03,157 --> 00:50:06,493 I shall take your answer to the Queen, my lord. 487 00:50:13,250 --> 00:50:14,335 Wait... 488 00:50:16,629 --> 00:50:18,047 my lord Strong. 489 00:50:23,093 --> 00:50:27,431 Did you really think that you could just fly about the realm 490 00:50:27,514 --> 00:50:30,142 trying to steal my brother's throne at no cost? 491 00:50:31,894 --> 00:50:33,103 I will not fight you. 492 00:50:34,647 --> 00:50:37,524 I came as a messenger, not a warrior. 493 00:50:37,608 --> 00:50:39,235 A fight would be little challenge. 494 00:50:42,321 --> 00:50:43,530 No. 495 00:50:44,406 --> 00:50:46,408 I want you to put out your eye. 496 00:50:49,328 --> 00:50:50,663 As payment for mine. 497 00:50:53,082 --> 00:50:54,166 One will serve. 498 00:50:58,420 --> 00:50:59,630 I would not blind you. 499 00:51:02,967 --> 00:51:05,177 Plan to make a gift of it to my mother. 500 00:51:09,473 --> 00:51:10,474 No. 501 00:51:11,725 --> 00:51:13,686 Then you are craven as well as a traitor. 502 00:51:13,769 --> 00:51:15,813 - Not here. - Give me your eye, 503 00:51:16,397 --> 00:51:18,023 or I will take it, bastard! 504 00:51:19,024 --> 00:51:20,442 Not in my hall! 505 00:51:21,610 --> 00:51:23,404 The boy came as an envoy. 506 00:51:23,487 --> 00:51:25,447 I'll not have bloodshed beneath my roof. 507 00:51:26,115 --> 00:51:28,284 Take Prince Lucerys back to his dragon. 508 00:51:29,118 --> 00:51:30,119 Now. 509 00:55:09,171 --> 00:55:13,592 No, no, no, no, no! No, Vhagar! No! 510 00:55:14,594 --> 00:55:15,946 Serve me, Vhagar! No! 511 00:55:39,451 --> 00:55:42,579 Vhagar! No! No.