1 00:00:00,010 --> 00:00:05,510 - Synced and corrected by Firefly - - www.addic7ed.com - 2 00:01:56,334 --> 00:01:59,429 Aeron Bracken, worst horseman among us. 3 00:02:01,838 --> 00:02:03,700 Must be my swordsmanship. 4 00:02:03,705 --> 00:02:06,206 Can you even get that thing up? 5 00:02:06,806 --> 00:02:08,639 Well enough for killing Blackwoods. 6 00:02:08,644 --> 00:02:10,683 Bracken! 7 00:02:15,987 --> 00:02:19,025 Put the boundary stones back. 8 00:02:20,091 --> 00:02:21,619 We didn't move them. 9 00:02:21,624 --> 00:02:23,621 Oh, did they move themselves, then? 10 00:02:23,626 --> 00:02:24,722 Just rolled their way over 11 00:02:24,727 --> 00:02:26,457 so Bracken cows can fill their bellies 12 00:02:26,462 --> 00:02:28,327 - on Blackwood grass? - The assize at Riverrun... 13 00:02:28,331 --> 00:02:29,736 Fuck the assize... 14 00:02:30,868 --> 00:02:32,105 and fuck you. 15 00:02:32,937 --> 00:02:34,306 This is our land. 16 00:02:40,579 --> 00:02:42,115 It's Bracken land. 17 00:02:46,284 --> 00:02:48,522 - Babe-killer. - What did you say? 18 00:02:53,892 --> 00:02:57,130 Your false queen, Rhaenyra, is a kinslayer. 19 00:02:58,529 --> 00:03:01,535 Your uncle declared for Aegon, did he? 20 00:03:04,803 --> 00:03:08,766 Well then, let me tell you 21 00:03:08,771 --> 00:03:13,046 Aegon Targaryen is no true king... 22 00:03:14,211 --> 00:03:18,217 just as you are no true knight. 23 00:03:18,784 --> 00:03:22,822 You're both craven, little cunts! 24 00:03:32,631 --> 00:03:34,267 You wouldn't dare. 25 00:04:16,841 --> 00:04:19,278 He is the basest of villains. 26 00:04:19,811 --> 00:04:22,015 He sullies the grave of his brother. 27 00:04:23,881 --> 00:04:26,911 I cannot fault him for keeping his oath. 28 00:04:29,788 --> 00:04:31,886 And what of those who sent him? 29 00:04:53,511 --> 00:04:56,515 Otto Hightower would never have allowed this. 30 00:04:58,683 --> 00:05:01,220 Hotter blood has prevailed, I think. 31 00:05:02,253 --> 00:05:04,214 The young men have taken the bit in their teeth. 32 00:05:04,219 --> 00:05:06,259 They wish to punish, to avenge. 33 00:05:08,493 --> 00:05:10,453 Soon they will not even remember what it was 34 00:05:10,458 --> 00:05:12,690 that began the war in the first place. 35 00:05:12,695 --> 00:05:15,201 That is easy enough. They usurped my throne. 36 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:17,128 That is one answer. 37 00:05:21,206 --> 00:05:23,443 Or was it when the child was beheaded? 38 00:05:26,043 --> 00:05:28,281 Or when Aemond killed Luke... 39 00:05:31,916 --> 00:05:34,953 or when Luke took Aemond's eye? 40 00:05:35,886 --> 00:05:38,691 We teeter now at the point where none of it will matter. 41 00:05:40,119 --> 00:05:42,553 And the desire to kill and burn takes hold 42 00:05:42,558 --> 00:05:44,597 and reason is forgotten. 43 00:05:46,598 --> 00:05:48,826 There may be another way. 44 00:05:52,268 --> 00:05:54,307 Alicent Hightower. 45 00:05:58,576 --> 00:06:01,815 When last we met, Alicent said I would make a fine queen. 46 00:06:02,714 --> 00:06:04,407 You've seen what has happened since then. 47 00:06:04,412 --> 00:06:06,844 She came to me in the hours after your lord father's death. 48 00:06:06,849 --> 00:06:08,045 She knows war is coming, 49 00:06:08,050 --> 00:06:11,090 and that it'll be savage beyond all compare. 50 00:06:12,256 --> 00:06:17,255 There is no war so hateful to the gods as a war between kin. 51 00:06:21,265 --> 00:06:24,070 And no war so bloody as a war between dragons. 52 00:06:25,297 --> 00:06:28,542 - I do not believe she wants it. - She sent a raven. 53 00:06:30,507 --> 00:06:32,144 I do not care to read her message. 54 00:06:32,678 --> 00:06:33,678 What she did... 55 00:06:33,683 --> 00:06:35,973 It is not her but the men around her who seek bloodshed. 56 00:06:35,978 --> 00:06:37,551 She permitted it. 57 00:06:39,517 --> 00:06:40,878 As you permitted the murder 58 00:06:40,883 --> 00:06:42,447 of a little boy in his bed. 59 00:06:50,795 --> 00:06:55,034 Alicent is in King's Landing. Her son sits my throne. 60 00:06:57,635 --> 00:06:59,839 There is nothing more to be said. 61 00:07:14,486 --> 00:07:16,580 Is all well, lord Hand? 62 00:07:19,988 --> 00:07:22,261 Only they'll be waiting. 63 00:08:03,435 --> 00:08:04,796 there have been tidings in... 64 00:08:13,845 --> 00:08:16,650 Good morrow, Your Grace. My lords. 65 00:08:24,855 --> 00:08:28,486 - Forgive my lateness. - Important business, no doubt. 66 00:08:28,491 --> 00:08:30,087 You've appointed new knights 67 00:08:30,092 --> 00:08:32,757 - to the Kingsguard, Your Grace. - To replace those we lost. 68 00:08:32,762 --> 00:08:35,334 The last one needlessly, some might say. 69 00:08:37,868 --> 00:08:41,132 Ser Arryk was awarded the great duty of ending Rhaenyra's challenge. 70 00:08:41,137 --> 00:08:42,600 He failed to discharge it. 71 00:08:42,605 --> 00:08:44,234 He failed because the scheme was rash. 72 00:08:44,239 --> 00:08:46,670 Perhaps, Your Grace, but we cannot all hide in our castles 73 00:08:46,675 --> 00:08:48,072 waiting for war to come to us. 74 00:08:48,077 --> 00:08:49,406 As now it surely will. 75 00:08:49,411 --> 00:08:51,717 As, now, it already has. 76 00:08:52,616 --> 00:08:55,746 House Bracken took it upon themselves to attack the Blackwoods, 77 00:08:55,751 --> 00:08:58,015 who declared for the pretender. 78 00:08:58,020 --> 00:09:00,078 Lord Samwell Blackwood himself is slain. 79 00:09:00,083 --> 00:09:02,295 Good. First blood in our name. 80 00:09:03,294 --> 00:09:05,923 Both sides took heavy losses, Your Grace. 81 00:09:05,928 --> 00:09:07,858 I-I'm not entirely certain 82 00:09:07,863 --> 00:09:09,526 we can declare this a victory. 83 00:09:09,531 --> 00:09:10,896 The Blackwoods and the Brackens 84 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:12,029 have feuded for centuries. 85 00:09:12,034 --> 00:09:13,064 This is nothing more 86 00:09:13,069 --> 00:09:14,698 than an excuse for them to indulge 87 00:09:14,703 --> 00:09:16,509 their ancient grudge. It's no true war. 88 00:09:18,175 --> 00:09:21,715 Call it what you will... I call it war. 89 00:09:23,081 --> 00:09:24,283 And so will Dragonstone. 90 00:09:25,183 --> 00:09:28,822 The question is, what are we going to do about it? 91 00:09:34,660 --> 00:09:37,021 We send a raven to Lord Tully. 92 00:09:37,626 --> 00:09:39,889 These houses are his vassals, are they not? 93 00:09:39,894 --> 00:09:41,239 He must control them. 94 00:09:41,243 --> 00:09:43,728 Lord Grover Tully is a flaccid, old fool 95 00:09:43,733 --> 00:09:46,130 who couldn't control his cock in a cunny. 96 00:09:46,135 --> 00:09:47,897 Begging your pardon, Your Grace. 97 00:09:47,902 --> 00:09:50,001 Do you have any better suggestions, Lord Jasper? 98 00:09:50,005 --> 00:09:52,302 Your lord uncle Ormund marches from Oldtown 99 00:09:52,307 --> 00:09:54,237 at the head of a great host, Your Grace. 100 00:09:54,242 --> 00:09:56,774 And your brother Daeron's dragon nears fighting age. 101 00:09:56,779 --> 00:09:58,143 Call on them to suppress the Riverlands. 102 00:09:58,147 --> 00:09:59,678 Alas, they are months away. 103 00:09:59,682 --> 00:10:01,111 My lord brother Jason 104 00:10:01,116 --> 00:10:03,113 is raising a great army at Casterly Rock. 105 00:10:03,118 --> 00:10:04,849 In a matter of weeks, he will be able 106 00:10:04,854 --> 00:10:06,450 to harass the Blackwoods from the west. 107 00:10:06,455 --> 00:10:08,587 Should we not aim to unite these armies 108 00:10:08,591 --> 00:10:10,254 and then strike as one? 109 00:10:10,259 --> 00:10:12,923 Ah, the great military mind of the Citadel. 110 00:10:12,928 --> 00:10:14,458 - I served the realm... - Do remind me, 111 00:10:14,463 --> 00:10:16,593 which link in your chain denotes the art of war? 112 00:10:16,598 --> 00:10:18,963 This council must rediscover the discipline it lately had 113 00:10:18,968 --> 00:10:20,163 if it's to be of any use. 114 00:10:20,168 --> 00:10:22,266 The Riverlands are the key to the war. 115 00:10:22,971 --> 00:10:25,070 Harrenhal is the key to the Riverlands. 116 00:10:25,775 --> 00:10:27,637 I will ride out with those I can muster here. 117 00:10:27,642 --> 00:10:29,473 Men I know, men I've trained. 118 00:10:29,478 --> 00:10:32,376 You need time to raise the numbers to challenge the Rivermen. 119 00:10:32,381 --> 00:10:33,611 Speed is my ally. 120 00:10:33,616 --> 00:10:35,312 I will turn the Crownland houses 121 00:10:35,317 --> 00:10:37,014 who declared for Rhaenyra to our cause. 122 00:10:37,019 --> 00:10:40,084 We will add their numbers to our own and then turn west. 123 00:10:40,089 --> 00:10:42,052 Where I will enlist the Brackens, 124 00:10:42,057 --> 00:10:45,565 subdue the Riverlands, and take Harrenhal. 125 00:10:46,297 --> 00:10:48,568 So impatient to ride with so few men. 126 00:10:49,100 --> 00:10:52,029 So like to be destroyed by the first stronghold you meet. 127 00:10:52,034 --> 00:10:54,531 - A bold scheme indeed. - Well, the gods favor the bold. 128 00:10:54,536 --> 00:10:57,043 They did not favor Ser Arryk. 129 00:10:58,109 --> 00:10:59,779 What say you, my king? 130 00:11:02,046 --> 00:11:04,475 And you'll take Aemond and Vhagar? 131 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,686 Vhagar will remain here... 132 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:09,188 to defend the city. 133 00:11:10,289 --> 00:11:12,818 Good. To war, then. 134 00:11:12,823 --> 00:11:13,859 Hm. 135 00:11:14,691 --> 00:11:16,521 - I'll come, too, with Sunfyre. - Aegon. 136 00:11:16,525 --> 00:11:17,922 - Your Grace. - You'll need a dragon. 137 00:11:17,926 --> 00:11:19,524 My plan is not to draw attention. 138 00:11:19,528 --> 00:11:22,527 And-And what will you do if you encounter one or more 139 00:11:22,532 --> 00:11:23,761 of Rhaenyra's dragons? 140 00:11:23,766 --> 00:11:25,196 She'll want to answer for Ser Arryk. 141 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,864 We will be more like to encounter one 142 00:11:26,869 --> 00:11:28,040 if we field one of our own. 143 00:11:28,306 --> 00:11:31,168 That is precisely why you must remain, brother. 144 00:11:31,173 --> 00:11:34,414 It's a brave thought, but we cannot risk your loss. 145 00:11:39,050 --> 00:11:41,254 I'm as fearsome as any of them. 146 00:11:46,085 --> 00:11:47,217 Oh. 147 00:12:07,370 --> 00:12:09,170 I was told you turned back 148 00:12:09,175 --> 00:12:10,875 from your ship to bring warning. 149 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,611 I was not believed at first. 150 00:12:13,616 --> 00:12:15,088 You saved my life. 151 00:12:15,754 --> 00:12:18,816 What is the life of a queen worth these days? 152 00:12:18,821 --> 00:12:21,551 Hm, you wish to be rewarded. 153 00:12:21,556 --> 00:12:24,221 As, I would think, you would wish to reward me. 154 00:12:27,331 --> 00:12:28,993 What price would you set? 155 00:12:28,998 --> 00:12:31,070 A place at your court. 156 00:12:35,337 --> 00:12:37,802 You said your earnest desire was to flee Westeros. 157 00:12:37,807 --> 00:12:39,636 And you let me go. 158 00:12:39,641 --> 00:12:42,716 You showed me grace when you could have withheld it. 159 00:12:44,483 --> 00:12:46,180 I'm not often surprised. 160 00:12:50,555 --> 00:12:52,225 One turn for another, then. 161 00:12:53,391 --> 00:12:55,753 I know the workings of the Red Keep, 162 00:12:55,758 --> 00:12:58,923 and the movements of those who serve there. 163 00:12:58,928 --> 00:13:01,500 That is worth more than gold to you now. 164 00:13:02,367 --> 00:13:04,003 And what is my worth to you? 165 00:13:08,039 --> 00:13:09,667 I would punish the Hightowers 166 00:13:09,672 --> 00:13:11,429 for what they have done. 167 00:13:11,434 --> 00:13:14,673 To me... to those who served me. 168 00:13:15,678 --> 00:13:18,142 But more than that, I know the struggles 169 00:13:18,147 --> 00:13:20,444 of the smallfolk of King's Landing. 170 00:13:20,449 --> 00:13:24,456 They will be ruled either by you or by the usurper. 171 00:13:25,322 --> 00:13:28,353 And only one of you has shown yourself to be merciful. 172 00:13:29,358 --> 00:13:32,398 Well, I hope you do not confuse mercy with pliancy. 173 00:13:35,865 --> 00:13:38,730 Are they always like this? 174 00:13:38,735 --> 00:13:41,407 Seasmoke, my late lord husband's dragon. 175 00:13:42,541 --> 00:13:44,535 He's grown restless of late. 176 00:13:44,540 --> 00:13:47,580 - We cannot know why. - Maybe he's lonely. 177 00:13:56,588 --> 00:13:58,124 Rhaena. 178 00:13:59,391 --> 00:14:00,593 Your Grace. 179 00:14:03,294 --> 00:14:05,723 I've decided to send Joffrey to ward 180 00:14:05,728 --> 00:14:08,558 with my cousin, Lady Jeyne Arryn. 181 00:14:08,563 --> 00:14:11,095 She has pledged an army in return for a dragon, 182 00:14:11,100 --> 00:14:12,162 so she will have one. 183 00:14:12,167 --> 00:14:14,264 Aegon and Viserys will accompany him 184 00:14:14,269 --> 00:14:16,534 until a place of greater safety can be found. 185 00:14:16,539 --> 00:14:18,110 Tyraxes is but a hatchling. 186 00:14:18,742 --> 00:14:21,014 - And Stormcloud... - I want you to go with them. 187 00:14:23,482 --> 00:14:25,342 The Red Keep is in disarray. 188 00:14:25,347 --> 00:14:27,044 They have sent one assassin in the night 189 00:14:27,049 --> 00:14:29,254 and their dragons are ever a short flight away. 190 00:14:29,753 --> 00:14:32,850 You must take the little ones further. To Pentos, I think. 191 00:14:32,855 --> 00:14:34,218 Where my mother died. 192 00:14:34,223 --> 00:14:36,790 It is safer than anywhere in Westeros. 193 00:14:37,896 --> 00:14:39,022 Write to Prince Reggio. 194 00:14:39,027 --> 00:14:41,566 If he will have you, then go to him. 195 00:14:42,399 --> 00:14:44,461 I am sorry to put this upon you. 196 00:14:44,466 --> 00:14:46,764 It breaks my heart to send my boys away, 197 00:14:46,769 --> 00:14:48,565 not knowing when I will see them again. 198 00:14:48,570 --> 00:14:51,803 But you have seen what may befall them here. 199 00:14:51,808 --> 00:14:53,046 Rhaena... 200 00:14:55,079 --> 00:14:58,084 I need you to be the mother to them that I cannot. 201 00:14:59,418 --> 00:15:01,078 Teach them, train them, 202 00:15:01,083 --> 00:15:03,315 guard them as a dragon guards her eggs. 203 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:04,590 And my sister? 204 00:15:06,357 --> 00:15:08,385 - I need Baela here. - Because she has a dragon. 205 00:15:08,390 --> 00:15:10,154 I cannot promise to make you happy. 206 00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:12,418 But I ask you: 207 00:15:12,423 --> 00:15:14,892 make this sacrifice willingly, 208 00:15:14,897 --> 00:15:16,035 for all of us. 209 00:15:17,769 --> 00:15:18,972 Your Grace. 210 00:15:56,975 --> 00:15:58,803 Dragon! 211 00:18:32,531 --> 00:18:33,733 Halt! 212 00:18:47,712 --> 00:18:49,348 I'm claiming Harrenhal. 213 00:18:52,117 --> 00:18:53,620 Apparently so. 214 00:19:15,339 --> 00:19:18,568 I, Ser Simon Strong, Castellan of Harrenhal, 215 00:19:18,573 --> 00:19:21,467 pledge fealty to Rhaenyra of House Targaryen, 216 00:19:21,472 --> 00:19:22,906 First of Her Name. 217 00:19:23,411 --> 00:19:26,080 I swear this by the old gods and the new. 218 00:19:27,919 --> 00:19:30,724 Supper is venison with black cabbage and peas. 219 00:19:31,851 --> 00:19:35,061 No redcurrant. Sorry about that. 220 00:19:43,902 --> 00:19:46,000 That venison is well aged. 221 00:19:47,273 --> 00:19:48,707 Shame to let it waste. 222 00:19:52,844 --> 00:19:54,205 I've survived many a battle. 223 00:19:54,210 --> 00:19:56,874 I do not mean to be felled by poisoned peas. 224 00:19:56,879 --> 00:19:59,709 I'll admit that my cook's peas 225 00:19:59,714 --> 00:20:02,980 aren't exactly the stuff of legend, but poison? 226 00:20:02,985 --> 00:20:06,025 Well, it's an easy way to kill a dragonrider. 227 00:20:07,892 --> 00:20:10,930 If you've not yet surmised, you are welcome here. 228 00:20:11,462 --> 00:20:15,500 And what of your lord, Larys Strong, hm? 229 00:20:16,467 --> 00:20:18,663 He who sits at the false court of Aegon? 230 00:20:18,668 --> 00:20:21,695 Larys Clubfoot is no lord of mine. 231 00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:26,170 He is a scourge upon this castle and this family. 232 00:20:27,575 --> 00:20:30,616 Do you not think it's strange that his father... 233 00:20:32,651 --> 00:20:36,446 my nephew, Lord Lyonel, perished by fire? 234 00:20:36,451 --> 00:20:40,494 And his son, too, here in this damp place? 235 00:20:42,759 --> 00:20:44,755 It was the first fire here since Balerion ended 236 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,131 the line of Harren the Black. 237 00:20:46,797 --> 00:20:48,891 Even in the summer, we struggle to light the hearths. 238 00:20:48,896 --> 00:20:52,330 So, no, you will find no loyalty to Larys Strong here, my prince. 239 00:20:52,335 --> 00:20:53,506 "Your Grace". 240 00:20:58,943 --> 00:21:00,579 Forgive me. I-I, um... 241 00:21:02,647 --> 00:21:05,742 I... I'd only assumed that as consort... 242 00:21:05,747 --> 00:21:08,282 Then we are reminded of the perilousness of assumption. 243 00:21:09,821 --> 00:21:11,024 Indeed. 244 00:21:13,892 --> 00:21:15,128 Your Grace. 245 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,693 What then brings you to our corner of the Riverlands? 246 00:21:23,698 --> 00:21:26,539 Harrenhal is the largest castle in the Seven Kingdoms. 247 00:21:27,805 --> 00:21:29,900 Or perhaps that has escaped your attention. 248 00:21:29,905 --> 00:21:31,836 But it is also, not to be argumentative, 249 00:21:31,841 --> 00:21:33,803 in something of a state of disrepair 250 00:21:33,808 --> 00:21:37,341 since your forbear incinerated much of it with his dragon. 251 00:21:37,346 --> 00:21:40,686 Well, that is precisely why we must bring it into a state of repair. 252 00:21:41,653 --> 00:21:44,723 Even if we possessed the coin, my prin... 253 00:21:46,190 --> 00:21:48,451 Your Grace, to what possible end? 254 00:21:48,456 --> 00:21:50,554 There are 40,000 swords in the Riverlands, 255 00:21:50,559 --> 00:21:52,522 the largest undeclared host in the realm. 256 00:21:52,527 --> 00:21:55,025 Only Harrenhal is of a size enough to garrison them. 257 00:21:55,030 --> 00:21:56,694 You should know that a substantial number 258 00:21:56,699 --> 00:21:58,529 of those swords have now declared 259 00:21:58,534 --> 00:22:00,331 and are presently at war. 260 00:22:00,336 --> 00:22:03,634 Houses Bracken and Blackwood have long detested one another. 261 00:22:03,639 --> 00:22:05,679 - Why? - Oh, well... 262 00:22:07,544 --> 00:22:11,551 the answer to that is... lost in time. 263 00:22:13,017 --> 00:22:16,522 Sin begets sin begets sin. 264 00:22:19,424 --> 00:22:20,718 Summon your lord paramount 265 00:22:20,723 --> 00:22:22,353 so that I may treat with him myself 266 00:22:22,358 --> 00:22:24,021 and turn them to our cause. 267 00:22:24,026 --> 00:22:27,491 That would be Lord Grover Tully, but he grows frail. 268 00:22:27,496 --> 00:22:29,535 It's said that he can no longer speak... 269 00:22:31,102 --> 00:22:32,938 nor seal his bowels. 270 00:22:33,437 --> 00:22:35,166 Begging your pardon for the impression. 271 00:22:35,171 --> 00:22:36,901 His grip on his bannermen is weak. 272 00:22:36,906 --> 00:22:38,303 They feel they can do as they please. 273 00:22:38,307 --> 00:22:39,937 I will speak with him nonetheless. 274 00:22:39,942 --> 00:22:42,015 People should obey their liege lord... 275 00:22:43,148 --> 00:22:44,684 whatever his condition. 276 00:22:45,950 --> 00:22:47,754 Perhaps the presence of the crown 277 00:22:49,087 --> 00:22:50,322 and a dragon 278 00:22:51,255 --> 00:22:53,793 will sharpen minds around these parts. 279 00:22:55,193 --> 00:22:57,196 Might I ask, Your Grace... 280 00:22:58,563 --> 00:22:59,724 if you are successful, 281 00:22:59,729 --> 00:23:02,027 w-well, when you are successful... 282 00:23:02,032 --> 00:23:03,302 what then? 283 00:23:04,669 --> 00:23:07,201 We march on King's Landing and take the throne. 284 00:23:09,408 --> 00:23:10,644 The throne. 285 00:23:14,178 --> 00:23:17,743 It's a big chair made of swords. 286 00:23:19,148 --> 00:23:22,747 Standard-bearers to the front! 287 00:23:22,752 --> 00:23:25,224 Packhorses to the rear! 288 00:23:25,824 --> 00:23:28,453 Clear way for the mounted knights... 289 00:23:39,603 --> 00:23:43,433 Lord Commander. Your host is mustered and ready to march. 290 00:23:43,438 --> 00:23:45,737 He enjoys battle. 291 00:23:50,148 --> 00:23:52,176 I'm glad we're together, even briefly. 292 00:23:52,181 --> 00:23:53,552 Ser Criston. 293 00:23:54,886 --> 00:23:57,815 May I present my brother, Ser Gwayne Hightower, 294 00:23:57,820 --> 00:23:59,817 arrived last night from Oldtown. 295 00:23:59,822 --> 00:24:01,060 Ser Criston. 296 00:24:02,227 --> 00:24:05,564 Or mayhaps I should say, my lord Hand? 297 00:24:06,397 --> 00:24:08,400 Ser Gwayne, welcome to King's Landing. 298 00:24:09,067 --> 00:24:12,296 How exhilarating to arrive at court after 299 00:24:12,301 --> 00:24:13,998 three long months on the road 300 00:24:14,003 --> 00:24:16,333 to find my lord father, 301 00:24:16,338 --> 00:24:18,636 who served three kings faithfully, 302 00:24:18,641 --> 00:24:20,479 unseated as Hand of the King. 303 00:24:22,413 --> 00:24:25,710 And by a man from such modest beginnings. 304 00:24:25,715 --> 00:24:26,715 Hm. 305 00:24:27,418 --> 00:24:30,423 What a giddying ascent the gods have bestowed on you. 306 00:24:32,023 --> 00:24:34,894 Ser Gwayne has volunteered to accompany you into battle. 307 00:24:38,963 --> 00:24:40,891 We have a full complement, Your Grace. 308 00:24:40,896 --> 00:24:42,769 Then you shall have a fuller one. 309 00:24:44,902 --> 00:24:46,571 The march will be hard, Ser. 310 00:24:47,171 --> 00:24:49,227 No one is more delighted than I 311 00:24:49,232 --> 00:24:51,077 to march out to war with a Dornishman. 312 00:24:52,744 --> 00:24:53,746 Sister. 313 00:25:01,787 --> 00:25:04,310 May the Seven guide you, good knight... 314 00:25:05,215 --> 00:25:07,460 and lead you not into shadow and death. 315 00:25:09,628 --> 00:25:11,397 I thank Your Grace for her prayers. 316 00:25:15,166 --> 00:25:17,395 And request that she grant her favor... 317 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,640 that her Lord Commander may go into battle with her blessings 318 00:25:23,140 --> 00:25:24,377 in his heart. 319 00:25:36,555 --> 00:25:37,791 Your Grace. 320 00:25:49,468 --> 00:25:51,004 Hyah! 321 00:26:28,070 --> 00:26:30,076 Still no sightings. 322 00:26:31,042 --> 00:26:35,581 No men, no horses, no ships. 323 00:26:37,783 --> 00:26:39,776 - No dragons. - Good. 324 00:26:39,781 --> 00:26:44,209 Then we must seize the hour and act before our enemy does. 325 00:26:44,214 --> 00:26:45,777 They have penetrated our castle walls, 326 00:26:45,782 --> 00:26:47,281 and now the Riverlands are aflame 327 00:26:47,286 --> 00:26:49,095 after the Battle at the Burning Mill. 328 00:26:49,861 --> 00:26:51,957 How fares Prince Daemon with our army? 329 00:26:53,662 --> 00:26:56,927 There has been no word from Prince Daemon, Your Grace. 330 00:26:56,932 --> 00:26:59,696 Then we must press what advantage we do have. 331 00:26:59,701 --> 00:27:03,033 - And what is that? - Dragons. Send them all out. 332 00:27:03,038 --> 00:27:06,938 Start turning Green strongholds to our cause 333 00:27:06,943 --> 00:27:09,241 - and burn those who resist. - No. 334 00:27:10,046 --> 00:27:12,009 If dragons begin fighting dragons, 335 00:27:12,014 --> 00:27:13,686 we invite our own destruction. 336 00:27:14,719 --> 00:27:16,922 Fear of it is in itself a weapon. 337 00:27:17,721 --> 00:27:20,726 The Greens will make the same calculation. 338 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:25,898 The value of a sword is not within its scabbard. 339 00:27:26,565 --> 00:27:29,193 We will secure victory with armies, 340 00:27:29,198 --> 00:27:30,737 not with dragons alone. 341 00:27:32,538 --> 00:27:34,006 The Greens understand that. 342 00:27:34,505 --> 00:27:36,742 The Vale and the North will send men. 343 00:27:38,109 --> 00:27:39,678 We must give Daemon time. 344 00:27:40,944 --> 00:27:44,509 Ah, Your Grace, you have witnessed firsthand just how 345 00:27:44,514 --> 00:27:46,310 vulnerable you are. 346 00:27:46,315 --> 00:27:48,378 Prince Daemon is abroad, 347 00:27:48,383 --> 00:27:51,414 and Aegon's factions are enraged at the death of his son. 348 00:27:51,419 --> 00:27:53,584 You have never been so exposed. 349 00:27:53,589 --> 00:27:55,686 Perhaps it is time for you to think about 350 00:27:55,691 --> 00:27:58,222 secreting yourself somewhere safe, 351 00:27:58,227 --> 00:27:59,589 while we remain here 352 00:27:59,594 --> 00:28:03,393 as a source of distraction for the enemy. 353 00:28:03,398 --> 00:28:05,462 You propose to conduct the war in my absence. 354 00:28:05,467 --> 00:28:08,542 - It would merely be a precaution... - It would be treason. 355 00:28:12,210 --> 00:28:14,280 You are fortunate you took it no further. 356 00:28:22,353 --> 00:28:24,114 This council would do well to remember 357 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,751 that their queen wears the crown of my grandsire, 358 00:28:26,756 --> 00:28:28,822 Jaehaerys the Conciliator. 359 00:28:29,621 --> 00:28:32,790 A prudent ruler, the wisest of Targaryen kings, 360 00:28:32,795 --> 00:28:35,068 whose reign outlasted every other... 361 00:28:37,403 --> 00:28:39,038 even Aegon the Conqueror's. 362 00:28:45,509 --> 00:28:47,438 So, how do they fare? 363 00:28:47,443 --> 00:28:49,539 The ditherers of Dragonstone? 364 00:28:49,544 --> 00:28:53,577 Rhaenyra's council is wayward. She has a hard task. 365 00:28:53,582 --> 00:28:55,945 I must hope she will rise to it, 366 00:28:55,950 --> 00:28:59,383 but I fear she'll need you by her side sooner than late. 367 00:28:59,388 --> 00:29:01,426 This bread, still warm. 368 00:29:02,193 --> 00:29:04,197 There's broth too. I made sure of it. 369 00:29:05,664 --> 00:29:07,361 I am no longer an invalid. 370 00:29:14,439 --> 00:29:16,943 I bade farewell to Rhaena before I returned. 371 00:29:21,012 --> 00:29:22,548 I wish her well. 372 00:29:24,515 --> 00:29:26,910 I would fight a hundred battles before I went into exile 373 00:29:26,915 --> 00:29:28,788 with none but prattling babes. 374 00:29:30,388 --> 00:29:32,750 One of those babes is your heir. 375 00:29:32,755 --> 00:29:34,627 Joffrey. 376 00:29:35,293 --> 00:29:38,589 A boy of six who knows nothing of the sea 377 00:29:38,594 --> 00:29:40,099 and yet somehow... 378 00:29:40,965 --> 00:29:43,961 It would displease neither Rhaenyra nor the gods 379 00:29:43,966 --> 00:29:47,701 if Rhaena were named heir to Driftmark. 380 00:29:50,008 --> 00:29:52,845 Rhaena? Lord of the Tides? 381 00:29:53,644 --> 00:29:56,473 The girl knows nothing of ships, nor even of dragons. 382 00:29:56,478 --> 00:29:58,551 There is Rhaena or there is Joffrey. 383 00:29:59,550 --> 00:30:03,556 Both soon to be far from the creak of ships and the ocean's roar. 384 00:30:05,156 --> 00:30:08,720 Then we must hope to... 385 00:30:09,725 --> 00:30:12,122 see our way forward, in time. 386 00:30:12,127 --> 00:30:14,167 And if there is no time? 387 00:30:16,902 --> 00:30:18,905 We are at war, Corlys. 388 00:30:21,004 --> 00:30:25,870 - If something were to befall you... - Then... it is well 389 00:30:25,875 --> 00:30:27,541 that I am a good sailor. 390 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,388 I have much to attend to. 391 00:30:43,393 --> 00:30:45,055 Corlys, Corl... 392 00:31:08,586 --> 00:31:10,781 I cannot spare a fighting dragon, 393 00:31:10,786 --> 00:31:12,216 but I send what I can. 394 00:31:12,221 --> 00:31:14,418 Stormcloud and Tyraxes are small, 395 00:31:14,423 --> 00:31:15,895 but they will grow. 396 00:31:17,294 --> 00:31:20,191 It is for you to remind Lady Jeyne of her pledge 397 00:31:20,196 --> 00:31:23,737 and persuade her of the urgency of our need. 398 00:31:30,342 --> 00:31:32,578 Go safely, sister. 399 00:31:34,012 --> 00:31:35,548 I will be safe enough. 400 00:31:36,347 --> 00:31:38,208 Far away from any danger, 401 00:31:38,213 --> 00:31:39,944 with only babes to nursemaid. 402 00:31:39,949 --> 00:31:42,013 You do a great service, 403 00:31:42,018 --> 00:31:44,248 and may yet find yourself glad to be out of harm's way. 404 00:31:44,253 --> 00:31:46,316 Do not coddle me, Baela. 405 00:31:46,321 --> 00:31:48,953 - Grant me at least that dignity. - I meant no insult. 406 00:31:48,958 --> 00:31:51,222 We each do what we can. 407 00:31:51,227 --> 00:31:54,100 And here, I think, is some consolation. 408 00:31:56,767 --> 00:31:59,772 Tyraxes and Stormcloud are young and vulnerable. 409 00:32:00,872 --> 00:32:03,877 These eggs are even more fragile. 410 00:32:05,276 --> 00:32:08,081 But should all come to ruin here... 411 00:32:09,513 --> 00:32:11,517 you will bear our hope for the future. 412 00:32:14,252 --> 00:32:15,254 Your Grace. 413 00:32:16,121 --> 00:32:18,124 Mommy. 414 00:33:53,418 --> 00:33:54,821 My Queen. 415 00:33:57,121 --> 00:33:59,125 I feel sad about Jaehaerys. 416 00:34:00,457 --> 00:34:02,996 Mm, but I ought not to, I think. 417 00:34:03,962 --> 00:34:05,985 People die all the time, 418 00:34:06,390 --> 00:34:07,967 especially babes. 419 00:34:08,933 --> 00:34:12,471 They're so little, s-so they're taken so easily. 420 00:34:16,240 --> 00:34:19,136 Sadness is a condition of motherhood. 421 00:34:19,141 --> 00:34:21,214 There's naught to be gained from it. 422 00:34:26,150 --> 00:34:29,646 That horrid procession where the smallfolk all stared at me. 423 00:34:29,651 --> 00:34:33,692 I warrant they thought I had no more right to grief than they do. 424 00:34:36,260 --> 00:34:39,265 Surely they lose their babes more than highborn ladies. 425 00:34:43,868 --> 00:34:45,872 The Stranger comes for us all... 426 00:34:47,038 --> 00:34:48,574 queen and commoner. 427 00:34:50,708 --> 00:34:52,746 You have as much claim to grief as anyone. 428 00:34:55,347 --> 00:34:56,549 And you? 429 00:35:01,285 --> 00:35:03,213 I loved Jaehaerys, but my concern has been 430 00:35:03,218 --> 00:35:05,458 more for you and what you have endured. 431 00:35:07,625 --> 00:35:10,825 - Uh, Helaena, I... - I forgive you. 432 00:35:12,664 --> 00:35:13,733 What? 433 00:35:18,970 --> 00:35:20,974 I said that I forgive you. 434 00:35:26,678 --> 00:35:28,714 Suits you, Your Grace. 435 00:35:29,547 --> 00:35:32,810 Valyrian steel. Worth more than a castle. 436 00:35:32,815 --> 00:35:35,641 A sight to stir the passions. 437 00:35:35,646 --> 00:35:37,715 Aegon the Conqueror reborn. 438 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:39,116 Just get on with it. 439 00:35:39,121 --> 00:35:40,546 At once, Your Grace. 440 00:35:40,551 --> 00:35:42,352 What is your business? 441 00:35:42,357 --> 00:35:45,364 There are rumors that the King readies himself to fly to war. 442 00:35:46,030 --> 00:35:47,799 And what is it to you? 443 00:35:48,299 --> 00:35:50,127 Only that I think it would benefit all of us 444 00:35:50,132 --> 00:35:53,397 to prevent our king from being brutally slain by our enemies, 445 00:35:53,402 --> 00:35:55,733 and his body parts scattered to beasts, 446 00:35:55,738 --> 00:35:57,000 and his court come to ruin. 447 00:35:57,005 --> 00:35:58,244 Would you not agree? 448 00:36:01,313 --> 00:36:02,849 What exquisite armor. 449 00:36:06,284 --> 00:36:09,313 I was given the Conqueror's name and his crown, 450 00:36:09,318 --> 00:36:11,382 so I shall wear his armor to war. 451 00:36:11,387 --> 00:36:13,226 I fly to meet Ser Criston. 452 00:36:15,093 --> 00:36:17,631 Small imposition before you depart then, Your Grace. 453 00:36:28,539 --> 00:36:31,969 There are diverse rumors whispered on the streets of your city. 454 00:36:32,574 --> 00:36:35,939 One such is that Your Grace sends his forces to battle, 455 00:36:35,944 --> 00:36:37,409 and, in his courage and wisdom, 456 00:36:37,414 --> 00:36:38,685 flies with them. 457 00:36:41,452 --> 00:36:45,015 Another is that His Grace was outwitted by his counselors 458 00:36:45,020 --> 00:36:48,019 and persuaded to fly to war with Ser Criston, 459 00:36:48,024 --> 00:36:50,054 so that Queen Alicent 460 00:36:50,059 --> 00:36:52,123 may reign in his absence 461 00:36:53,028 --> 00:36:55,101 with Prince Aemond at her side. 462 00:36:57,102 --> 00:36:58,337 Absurd, of course. 463 00:37:00,572 --> 00:37:03,376 Who spreads these lies? 464 00:37:04,410 --> 00:37:05,644 It matters little. 465 00:37:06,577 --> 00:37:08,581 Tales take on a life of their own... 466 00:37:09,614 --> 00:37:10,816 like weeds. 467 00:37:11,349 --> 00:37:13,152 Unless they are tended. 468 00:37:14,486 --> 00:37:16,055 Well, tend to them then. 469 00:37:24,696 --> 00:37:25,965 Lord Larys. 470 00:37:28,099 --> 00:37:30,494 My father always said he had no use 471 00:37:30,499 --> 00:37:32,338 for a master of whisperers. 472 00:37:33,938 --> 00:37:37,944 And yet... I find myself wanting for one. 473 00:37:39,811 --> 00:37:41,881 I should be glad of your talents. 474 00:37:46,485 --> 00:37:48,287 You honor me, Your Grace. 475 00:37:54,892 --> 00:37:57,697 Shall we escort you to the Dragonpit, Your Grace? 476 00:38:01,032 --> 00:38:02,035 Uh... 477 00:38:04,703 --> 00:38:07,029 I think, mayhaps, I shall fly another day. 478 00:38:07,034 --> 00:38:10,333 Yeah, it-it does seem wise on reflection. 479 00:38:10,338 --> 00:38:12,802 You could come out with us, my king. 480 00:38:12,807 --> 00:38:15,147 Ser Martyn has a new squire that wants bedding in. 481 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,883 He's never fucked a woman. 482 00:38:18,582 --> 00:38:21,420 But you are sworn to chastity now. 483 00:38:23,554 --> 00:38:25,792 Of course, Your Grace. 484 00:38:31,529 --> 00:38:32,766 Yes, Your Grace. 485 00:38:35,901 --> 00:38:36,903 Hm. 486 00:39:10,135 --> 00:39:12,363 No, no, no, no, no, no. Don't tell me you're going. 487 00:39:12,368 --> 00:39:14,597 - I'm not going yet. - I've only just got here. 488 00:39:18,444 --> 00:39:19,604 There he is! 489 00:39:21,444 --> 00:39:24,117 Ulf, Ulf, come on, son! 490 00:39:25,950 --> 00:39:28,179 It turns out, it was her sister. 491 00:39:28,184 --> 00:39:30,213 Probably should've told me. 492 00:39:30,218 --> 00:39:32,783 I know, I know, I know! 493 00:39:32,788 --> 00:39:35,319 Take that one. You'll get your pound of flesh, don't worry. 494 00:39:35,324 --> 00:39:37,020 Sit yourself down, mate. 495 00:39:37,025 --> 00:39:39,057 - Hello. - I've been tellin' this fella all about you. 496 00:39:39,061 --> 00:39:41,019 Oh, lads. 497 00:39:41,024 --> 00:39:43,193 - I've had quite a day of it. - Yeah? 498 00:39:43,198 --> 00:39:45,263 Not sure I'm much for talkin'. 499 00:39:46,068 --> 00:39:49,508 Although, you know, a wet whistle works wonders. 500 00:39:50,442 --> 00:39:51,444 Hm. 501 00:39:54,476 --> 00:39:57,374 Come on, Ulf, give us a flagon over there, yeah? 502 00:39:57,379 --> 00:40:00,545 Yeah, my darling, one for the flagon, one for yourself. 503 00:40:00,550 --> 00:40:02,713 There's a good girl, eh? 504 00:40:06,758 --> 00:40:08,485 No sense of fun, some of 'em. 505 00:40:08,490 --> 00:40:12,063 - For you, man of Dorne. - Dornish, are ya? 506 00:40:13,030 --> 00:40:16,927 - Yes, I am. - The part of Westeros my house never settled. 507 00:40:16,932 --> 00:40:18,329 Although, it's said even Dorne 508 00:40:18,334 --> 00:40:21,432 mourned the passing of my grandsire. Is that so? 509 00:40:21,437 --> 00:40:23,009 Who was your grandsire? 510 00:40:26,678 --> 00:40:29,215 They call him the Conciliator. 511 00:40:30,281 --> 00:40:32,285 - King Jaehaerys? - Shh! 512 00:40:34,052 --> 00:40:37,447 Thousand apologies. Please, continue. 513 00:40:37,452 --> 00:40:40,026 Look, I-I really shouldn't be telling you this. 514 00:40:41,026 --> 00:40:42,519 You'll cost me my head. 515 00:40:42,524 --> 00:40:45,098 - You are saying you're a Targaryen? - Shh-shh-shh. 516 00:40:50,134 --> 00:40:53,398 I'm the son of Baelon the Brave. 517 00:40:54,103 --> 00:40:57,100 Bastard brother to Prince Daemon 518 00:40:57,105 --> 00:40:59,036 and the late King Viserys. 519 00:40:59,041 --> 00:41:04,116 Uncle to the one true queen, Rhaenyra Targaryen. 520 00:41:05,316 --> 00:41:08,045 The blood of the dragon runs through these veins. 521 00:41:08,050 --> 00:41:11,490 And, yes... men would take my head for it. 522 00:41:14,258 --> 00:41:16,481 A Dragonseed must watch his own neck 523 00:41:16,486 --> 00:41:19,966 when he has no white-cloaked guardsmen to do it for him. 524 00:41:22,067 --> 00:41:24,370 You do not look very much like King Viserys 525 00:41:25,404 --> 00:41:26,806 or Prince Daemon. 526 00:41:29,274 --> 00:41:31,029 How do you know what they look like? 527 00:41:31,034 --> 00:41:33,003 He speaks truth, right enough. 528 00:41:33,008 --> 00:41:36,573 Look, you can tell... by his hair. 529 00:41:36,578 --> 00:41:39,911 Yeah, 'cause I'm their half-brother, you fuckwit. 530 00:41:39,916 --> 00:41:42,412 Yeah, I'll tell you who else doesn't have silver hair. 531 00:41:42,417 --> 00:41:44,181 The rightful heir to the Iron Throne, 532 00:41:44,186 --> 00:41:47,018 my nephew, Prince Jacaerys Velaryon. 533 00:41:51,095 --> 00:41:52,631 Here's your other nephew. 534 00:41:59,871 --> 00:42:03,409 - All hail the King! - All hail the King! 535 00:42:04,909 --> 00:42:08,540 Drinks for all! At the pleasure of the crown! 536 00:42:10,779 --> 00:42:15,349 Woo! At the pleasure of the crown! 537 00:42:16,688 --> 00:42:18,950 Sit down. Sit yourself down. 538 00:42:18,955 --> 00:42:21,051 - Sit! - Drink the wine, boy. 539 00:42:21,056 --> 00:42:23,220 - Come on, then! - Drink up, little piggy! 540 00:42:23,225 --> 00:42:26,590 This night is for you. 541 00:42:26,595 --> 00:42:28,462 You! 542 00:42:36,307 --> 00:42:39,737 Did I, did I tell you I came here as a lad? 543 00:42:39,742 --> 00:42:42,306 It's, mm, a little tame, 544 00:42:42,311 --> 00:42:45,175 but a good a place as any to get it wet. 545 00:42:45,180 --> 00:42:48,755 I know just the tutor for you, my boy. 546 00:42:52,388 --> 00:42:53,551 No. 547 00:42:53,556 --> 00:42:55,486 She's worth three times the price. 548 00:42:58,262 --> 00:43:01,992 - Oh, gods be good. - That's you! 549 00:43:01,997 --> 00:43:04,328 Her name is, uh, Sylvi 550 00:43:04,333 --> 00:43:08,233 or Selyse or, I don't know, something like that. 551 00:43:17,181 --> 00:43:18,809 Aemond, the fierce! 552 00:43:18,814 --> 00:43:22,246 You have come so far, 553 00:43:22,251 --> 00:43:25,483 and, and yet you still lie with your very first. 554 00:43:26,655 --> 00:43:29,687 What a fine, sweet thing. 555 00:43:31,326 --> 00:43:33,457 Did you fuck her like a hound? 556 00:43:37,503 --> 00:43:39,697 You see, I do not exaggerate. 557 00:43:39,702 --> 00:43:41,832 Such is the madam's prowess, 558 00:43:41,837 --> 00:43:45,503 that even now my brother will not sample another. 559 00:43:48,245 --> 00:43:50,007 Hard luck for your squire, though. 560 00:43:50,012 --> 00:43:51,842 As you can see, she... 561 00:43:51,847 --> 00:43:54,379 she's now very much occupied. 562 00:44:03,094 --> 00:44:05,122 Your squire is welcome to her. 563 00:44:06,729 --> 00:44:08,626 One whore is as good as another. 564 00:44:16,642 --> 00:44:18,077 Ah... 565 00:45:25,910 --> 00:45:28,415 Ser Gwayne! Halt! 566 00:45:34,085 --> 00:45:36,685 Ser Gwayne, our company is camped back yonder. 567 00:45:36,690 --> 00:45:37,690 Mm. 568 00:45:37,989 --> 00:45:39,583 On the cold, hard ground. 569 00:45:40,288 --> 00:45:42,586 Which is why we make for the Bull, 570 00:45:42,591 --> 00:45:44,387 a tavern with an excellent reputation 571 00:45:44,392 --> 00:45:46,189 on the Rosby Road, not two miles away, 572 00:45:46,194 --> 00:45:48,321 - if memory serves. - We march to make the first strike 573 00:45:48,325 --> 00:45:49,535 in the name of His Grace. 574 00:45:50,334 --> 00:45:53,940 I assure you, my nephew will not begrudge me a night of comfort. 575 00:45:59,978 --> 00:46:02,306 If it soothes your brow, Cole, 576 00:46:02,311 --> 00:46:04,884 we will rendezvous with your army at first light. 577 00:46:05,683 --> 00:46:06,811 Or, if their wine is good, 578 00:46:06,816 --> 00:46:08,447 perhaps a little after first light. 579 00:46:11,421 --> 00:46:13,059 - We're exposed. - What? 580 00:46:15,492 --> 00:46:19,089 - Cole? - Get to the trees! 581 00:46:19,094 --> 00:46:21,467 Hyah! Hyah! 582 00:46:49,725 --> 00:46:51,731 Hah! Hyah! 583 00:48:16,382 --> 00:48:18,184 A good showing, Ser Criston. 584 00:48:21,952 --> 00:48:23,182 I am in your debt. 585 00:48:23,187 --> 00:48:25,717 They know we're abroad. They'll be hunting. 586 00:48:25,722 --> 00:48:27,051 And we must move under the trees 587 00:48:27,056 --> 00:48:29,095 and by cover of dark, starting tonight. 588 00:48:30,194 --> 00:48:32,198 And no fucking inns. 589 00:48:35,595 --> 00:48:37,237 Ser Criston Cole... 590 00:48:38,303 --> 00:48:41,131 with some half-dozen other knights, I'm sure of it. 591 00:48:41,136 --> 00:48:43,266 Perhaps a scout party for a greater army. 592 00:48:43,271 --> 00:48:45,402 The ravens confirm it, Your Grace. 593 00:48:45,407 --> 00:48:48,271 Lord Farring has reported a larger force 594 00:48:48,276 --> 00:48:51,174 moving northeast towards Rosby. 595 00:48:51,779 --> 00:48:54,511 Could you be certain it was Cole from such a great height? 596 00:48:54,516 --> 00:48:56,590 It was not such a great height, Your Grace. 597 00:48:59,356 --> 00:49:02,785 You said not to engage, so I didn't, exactly. 598 00:49:02,790 --> 00:49:06,924 Your Grace, we commend the Lady Baela for her sharp eyes, 599 00:49:06,929 --> 00:49:08,459 but we can tarry no longer. 600 00:49:08,464 --> 00:49:10,594 The time for action is surely now. 601 00:49:10,599 --> 00:49:12,196 Your Grace, I must agree 602 00:49:12,201 --> 00:49:13,530 and request your permission 603 00:49:13,535 --> 00:49:16,100 to return to Rook's Rest and fortify my lands. 604 00:49:16,105 --> 00:49:17,803 I shouldn't fret, Lord Simon. 605 00:49:17,807 --> 00:49:19,604 They'll be making for Harrenhal. 606 00:49:19,609 --> 00:49:21,539 'Tis Prince Daemon who ought to worry. 607 00:49:21,544 --> 00:49:23,140 Prince Daemon has Caraxes. 608 00:49:23,145 --> 00:49:25,210 Cole will look to increase his numbers, 609 00:49:25,214 --> 00:49:27,278 and he may call upon a dragon of his own. 610 00:49:27,283 --> 00:49:30,515 This is why you must act now, Your Grace. 611 00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,784 Loose the dragons. Root Cole out and burn him. 612 00:49:49,775 --> 00:49:51,777 I have heard your arguments. 613 00:49:53,311 --> 00:49:54,914 And will consider them. 614 00:51:54,131 --> 00:51:56,636 Always coming and going, aren't you? 615 00:52:03,407 --> 00:52:05,612 And I have to clean up afterwards. 616 00:52:47,151 --> 00:52:48,788 You will die in this place. 617 00:53:08,404 --> 00:53:11,368 my youngest brother, Emmon, would stand at guard 618 00:53:11,373 --> 00:53:13,270 with the soldiers when he was three years old. 619 00:53:13,275 --> 00:53:14,771 Father has sent him to the Citadel. 620 00:53:14,776 --> 00:53:17,250 - Now, if you ask me... - Thank you, Elinda. 621 00:53:17,882 --> 00:53:19,085 Your Grace. 622 00:53:26,490 --> 00:53:29,295 What do you know of the movements of Alicent Hightower? 623 00:53:32,964 --> 00:53:35,501 W-Would you take her hostage? 624 00:53:36,300 --> 00:53:38,428 Or kill her outright? 625 00:53:38,433 --> 00:53:41,274 I would speak with her, myself. 626 00:53:42,307 --> 00:53:44,343 Killing her would be easier. 627 00:53:46,077 --> 00:53:49,081 If war can be averted, it is my duty to avert it. 628 00:53:50,014 --> 00:53:52,551 I have reason to believe she may be of the same opinion. 629 00:53:53,517 --> 00:53:56,747 She sent a raven. She has expressed her remorse. 630 00:53:56,752 --> 00:53:58,449 I can have a message brought to her, 631 00:53:58,454 --> 00:54:01,118 - in secret. - She would not agree to it. 632 00:54:01,123 --> 00:54:04,588 She would suspect some subterfuge, 633 00:54:04,593 --> 00:54:06,891 as would I, if I received such a message. 634 00:54:06,896 --> 00:54:10,103 I must see her face to face. 635 00:54:13,671 --> 00:54:15,599 She is the queen dowager. 636 00:54:15,604 --> 00:54:18,644 She goes nowhere without many eyes watching her. 637 00:54:20,678 --> 00:54:23,682 Unless... 638 00:54:27,753 --> 00:54:29,956 - 'Tis fraught. - Speak it. 639 00:54:31,222 --> 00:54:34,661 There are fishing boats aplenty in the bay. 640 00:54:35,694 --> 00:54:37,320 The city depends on them. 641 00:54:37,325 --> 00:54:39,556 Daemon made the journey unhindered. 642 00:54:39,861 --> 00:54:43,026 - But if I'm recognized... - You may be surprised to learn it, 643 00:54:43,031 --> 00:54:46,931 but most folk pay no mind to a woman who has not dressed as a queen, 644 00:54:46,936 --> 00:54:49,976 or allured herself for the eyes of men. 645 00:54:53,211 --> 00:54:56,640 So, I make my way to the Red Keep, I presume, 646 00:54:56,645 --> 00:54:58,543 and ring the bell. 647 00:54:59,048 --> 00:55:01,679 Or do I scale the wall and enter at her window? 648 00:55:01,684 --> 00:55:04,549 There is one place Alicent goes 649 00:55:04,554 --> 00:55:06,819 outside the castle walls... 650 00:55:08,324 --> 00:55:10,129 where you may yet find her alone. 651 00:55:31,583 --> 00:55:33,911 Stop. Search the carts. 652 00:55:38,389 --> 00:55:40,151 What's your business here? 653 00:55:40,156 --> 00:55:43,396 Move 'em on through, move 'em on through. 654 00:58:05,837 --> 00:58:08,032 No, no. Shh. 655 00:58:08,037 --> 00:58:10,075 - What... - Shh. 656 00:58:10,875 --> 00:58:13,112 - What... H... - I must speak with you. 657 00:58:17,916 --> 00:58:19,485 If I c-cry out? 658 00:58:20,519 --> 00:58:21,709 Your knights would find me. 659 00:58:21,714 --> 00:58:23,714 I would be taken or slain, 660 00:58:23,719 --> 00:58:25,483 though not before I killed you. 661 00:58:25,488 --> 00:58:28,094 And then what? 662 00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:30,129 W... 663 00:58:32,430 --> 00:58:34,634 I have begun badly. 664 00:58:47,645 --> 00:58:50,508 We watched the tourney together, you and I... 665 00:58:50,513 --> 00:58:52,752 the day my brother was born. 666 00:58:54,819 --> 00:58:57,581 We knew, even then, that men trained up for battle 667 00:58:57,586 --> 00:59:01,460 are eager to fight, to seek blood and glory. 668 00:59:01,993 --> 00:59:03,530 But you are... 669 00:59:05,797 --> 00:59:08,802 I know you do not have that desire within you. 670 00:59:15,273 --> 00:59:17,534 Rhaenys has counseled me. 671 00:59:17,539 --> 00:59:18,919 She said she saw in you 672 00:59:18,924 --> 00:59:21,479 a wish to avert the worst of what may now come. 673 00:59:25,082 --> 00:59:26,920 So, you've come to surrender then? 674 00:59:28,652 --> 00:59:33,159 I have come to see if we may uncover some path towards peace. 675 00:59:34,759 --> 00:59:37,587 My dragons are restless. They smell battle. 676 00:59:37,592 --> 00:59:40,024 But if you and I may come to terms... 677 00:59:40,029 --> 00:59:41,635 There are no terms now. 678 00:59:43,502 --> 00:59:44,828 You have no army, 679 00:59:44,833 --> 00:59:47,164 your allies turn from you when they hear of your depravity, 680 00:59:47,169 --> 00:59:49,067 your hands are bloodied in a crime I could never have 681 00:59:49,071 --> 00:59:51,144 - imagined you... - The trespass was not mine. 682 00:59:52,544 --> 00:59:54,079 Ah, think what you will. 683 00:59:54,678 --> 00:59:57,508 I am a mother too and you have yet to answer for the murder of my son. 684 00:59:57,513 --> 01:00:00,586 - I repudiate that act with all my heart. - Of course, you do. 685 01:00:01,485 --> 01:00:04,690 And the usurping of my rightful inheritance? 686 01:00:21,739 --> 01:00:23,133 Have you now stooped so low 687 01:00:23,138 --> 01:00:24,702 that you will countenance the suffering 688 01:00:24,707 --> 01:00:26,070 and death of thousands, 689 01:00:26,075 --> 01:00:27,705 in order that your feckless son... 690 01:00:27,710 --> 01:00:29,235 Your father changed his mind. 691 01:00:29,940 --> 01:00:31,474 Oh, so you say. 692 01:00:31,479 --> 01:00:33,777 And so your father has proclaimed to the realm. 693 01:00:34,282 --> 01:00:36,355 I saw the king that night. 694 01:00:37,522 --> 01:00:38,950 Mere hours before I left him, 695 01:00:38,955 --> 01:00:41,185 he had affirmed my right to the throne, 696 01:00:41,190 --> 01:00:44,121 a right he upheld steadfastly, 697 01:00:44,126 --> 01:00:46,365 every day of his life after my mother died. 698 01:00:48,366 --> 01:00:50,494 And yet, you will maintain that his mind was changed 699 01:00:50,499 --> 01:00:52,005 - in an instant? - I will. 700 01:00:53,838 --> 01:00:55,108 You lie. 701 01:00:56,373 --> 01:00:58,011 No, Rhaenyra. 702 01:01:00,945 --> 01:01:02,481 My father loved me, Alicent. 703 01:01:03,547 --> 01:01:05,551 And I believe he loved you, too. 704 01:01:07,452 --> 01:01:09,455 Did you betray him at the very last? 705 01:01:11,155 --> 01:01:13,183 When was your plan first laid? 706 01:01:13,188 --> 01:01:16,688 - Was your ambition so keen... - He changed his mind, Rhaenyra. 707 01:01:16,693 --> 01:01:18,231 He changed his mind. 708 01:01:22,967 --> 01:01:25,972 I swear this to you on the memory of my mother. 709 01:01:30,208 --> 01:01:32,746 I have been, at times, unkind, but never untrue. 710 01:01:33,681 --> 01:01:35,606 I pronounced before all gathered in that room 711 01:01:35,611 --> 01:01:37,676 that you would make a fine queen. 712 01:01:38,781 --> 01:01:40,786 Do you think me capable of such naked deceit? 713 01:02:01,607 --> 01:02:03,609 What did he say, at the end? 714 01:02:07,078 --> 01:02:09,115 Did he speak my name? 715 01:02:29,367 --> 01:02:30,904 He was weary. 716 01:02:33,371 --> 01:02:35,609 It was hard, at times, to understand. 717 01:02:38,309 --> 01:02:39,846 But he spoke Aegon's name. 718 01:02:48,219 --> 01:02:49,947 He said he was the prince that was promised 719 01:02:49,952 --> 01:02:51,224 to unite the realm. 720 01:02:52,451 --> 01:02:54,284 - What? - I desire peace as you do, 721 01:02:54,289 --> 01:02:56,754 - but if... - Did my father use those words? 722 01:02:57,359 --> 01:02:58,656 The Prince That Was Promised? 723 01:03:01,029 --> 01:03:02,293 Did he? 724 01:03:02,298 --> 01:03:03,570 Yes, he did. 725 01:03:07,304 --> 01:03:11,169 He... spoke to you of the Song of Ice and Fire? 726 01:03:18,244 --> 01:03:20,746 It's a story he once told... 727 01:03:22,051 --> 01:03:24,290 about Aegon the Conqueror. 728 01:03:29,995 --> 01:03:31,598 The C... The Conqueror. 729 01:03:49,714 --> 01:03:51,474 You must go before you are discovered. 730 01:03:51,479 --> 01:03:53,545 - There's been a mistake. - There's been no mistake. 731 01:03:53,550 --> 01:03:54,587 Please. 732 01:03:56,454 --> 01:03:58,257 You can prevent this, Alicent. 733 01:04:00,058 --> 01:04:01,753 A terrible war is looming, 734 01:04:01,758 --> 01:04:03,687 and even victory may be so bloody 735 01:04:03,692 --> 01:04:05,055 as to be counted a loss. 736 01:04:05,060 --> 01:04:08,802 - Do not let your pride blind... - There's been no mistake. 737 01:04:12,871 --> 01:04:14,674 My father is gone from court. 738 01:04:16,307 --> 01:04:18,111 Cole is on the march, Aemond... 739 01:04:20,879 --> 01:04:22,415 you know what Aemond is. 740 01:04:29,187 --> 01:04:31,424 - It's too late, Rhaenyra. - Alicent. 741 01:05:41,632 --> 01:05:49,132 - Synced and corrected by Firefly - - www.addic7ed.com -