1 00:03:09,981 --> 00:03:12,650 - Only one. - That's enough, stand back. 2 00:03:19,616 --> 00:03:21,034 Behold! 3 00:03:21,743 --> 00:03:24,871 The traitor dragon Meleys! 4 00:03:26,289 --> 00:03:30,126 Slain at Rook's Rest by your king! 5 00:03:32,754 --> 00:03:34,339 To Aegon! 6 00:03:43,098 --> 00:03:44,933 - It can't be... - They killed a dragon! 7 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:49,062 Mark my words, this is a black omen. 8 00:04:07,038 --> 00:04:08,832 Rhaenyra will answer this. 9 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:11,960 'Tis an abomination. 10 00:04:13,294 --> 00:04:15,422 Don't they realize we won the battle? 11 00:04:16,548 --> 00:04:18,550 Strange victory 12 00:04:19,467 --> 00:04:21,011 if it was one. 13 00:04:39,821 --> 00:04:40,864 Behold! 14 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:44,659 The traitor dragon Meleys! 15 00:04:44,659 --> 00:04:46,453 I thought the dragons was gods. 16 00:04:46,453 --> 00:04:49,831 Slain at Rook's Rest by your king! 17 00:04:58,256 --> 00:04:59,883 It's just meat. 18 00:07:19,564 --> 00:07:20,732 Is he alive? 19 00:07:20,732 --> 00:07:21,983 His Grace 20 00:07:22,984 --> 00:07:25,612 remains with us, for the moment. 21 00:08:22,585 --> 00:08:23,837 Is my son going to die? 22 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:25,797 I'm afraid I cannot say. 23 00:08:26,256 --> 00:08:29,217 Now, if you'll excuse me, Your Grace, these next hours are most critical. 24 00:08:29,217 --> 00:08:30,510 Of course. 25 00:08:43,606 --> 00:08:44,983 Easy as you can. 26 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:07,630 Someone will have to rule in his stead. 27 00:09:31,529 --> 00:09:34,115 - What happened? - We took the castle. 28 00:09:34,115 --> 00:09:36,618 At the cost of some 900 men. 29 00:09:38,453 --> 00:09:40,080 So I've heard. 30 00:09:41,873 --> 00:09:44,459 I left a meager garrison behind to protect it 31 00:09:44,459 --> 00:09:46,378 and the king's dragon. 32 00:09:46,961 --> 00:09:49,464 Sunfyre was long in the dying. 33 00:09:49,464 --> 00:09:51,925 The king, Ser Criston, what befell him? 34 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,806 His Grace fought valiantly. 35 00:10:04,396 --> 00:10:05,689 And Aemond? 36 00:10:12,779 --> 00:10:14,406 What was his part in this? 37 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:20,286 I could not say. 38 00:10:24,374 --> 00:10:26,751 Our largest dragon has been killed. 39 00:10:28,169 --> 00:10:31,881 Criston Cole marches about the Crownlands unchallenged. 40 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:35,844 Duskendale and Rook's Rest are gone. 41 00:10:37,303 --> 00:10:38,763 We still have no ground army 42 00:10:38,763 --> 00:10:41,766 but the one we hope that Daemon will raise. 43 00:10:41,766 --> 00:10:46,021 He who has left us, after some marital spat. 44 00:10:48,356 --> 00:10:49,983 Do you take issue with me, Ser Alfred? 45 00:10:52,736 --> 00:10:54,904 My loyalty to you is proven, my queen. 46 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:57,240 Your loyalty, perhaps, 47 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,035 but your willingness to give me deference in a time of war. 48 00:11:00,035 --> 00:11:05,290 I could never doubt your capability, or your quickness of mind. 49 00:11:07,292 --> 00:11:11,546 It is merely that the gentler sex, heretofore, has not been much privy 50 00:11:11,546 --> 00:11:16,384 to the strategies of battle, or their execution. 51 00:11:18,094 --> 00:11:19,929 There has been peace in our lifetime. 52 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:22,307 You've seen no more battles than I have. 53 00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:44,704 Send to Maidenpool and to Crackclaw Point. 54 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:47,457 Let them man their garrisons and give them stores or weapons 55 00:11:47,457 --> 00:11:48,750 if they find them wanting. 56 00:11:50,168 --> 00:11:52,712 If Cole pursues his campaign, our allies must be ready. 57 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:55,131 We must answer Rook's Rest 58 00:11:55,131 --> 00:11:57,217 - and Duskendale. - They are lost already. 59 00:11:57,342 --> 00:12:00,970 But Vhagar is depleted after such a hard-fought battle. 60 00:12:01,513 --> 00:12:02,597 If Aegon is dead-- 61 00:12:02,597 --> 00:12:03,765 We will soon know it. 62 00:12:03,765 --> 00:12:05,684 'Twould be a victory in name only. 63 00:12:05,684 --> 00:12:07,644 They will soon prop up another in his stead. 64 00:12:07,644 --> 00:12:08,978 The time is ripe. 65 00:12:08,978 --> 00:12:11,856 If we can strike King's Landing before their dragon is recovered-- 66 00:12:11,856 --> 00:12:13,608 Then I myself must do it. 67 00:12:13,608 --> 00:12:17,153 My queen, you are the crown. It is out of the question. 68 00:12:17,153 --> 00:12:19,656 What would you have me do? 69 00:12:40,301 --> 00:12:41,678 Jace? 70 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:45,974 Where are you going? 71 00:12:47,642 --> 00:12:48,768 To Harrenhal. 72 00:12:49,894 --> 00:12:51,146 To treat with Daemon. 73 00:12:51,813 --> 00:12:53,189 Rhaenys is fallen. 74 00:12:53,189 --> 00:12:56,985 He must affirm his loyalty to my mother and report his standing. 75 00:12:59,863 --> 00:13:03,867 And you think you will tame him when the queen herself could not? 76 00:13:03,867 --> 00:13:08,705 My mother gladly sends you away to scout, to fight, 77 00:13:08,830 --> 00:13:11,916 whilst I'm here being forced to play the coddled princeling. 78 00:13:11,916 --> 00:13:13,793 It's humiliating, Baela. 79 00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:16,087 She only protects you. 80 00:13:16,087 --> 00:13:17,672 You are the succession. 81 00:13:17,672 --> 00:13:21,468 Then I must be seen to act for her claim and mine. 82 00:13:25,513 --> 00:13:27,849 I can sit still no longer. 83 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:31,978 I must act. 84 00:13:39,944 --> 00:13:40,862 The Freys. 85 00:13:43,198 --> 00:13:45,658 They control the crossing at the Twins. 86 00:13:45,658 --> 00:13:48,453 Cregan Stark's graybeards are marching south. 87 00:13:48,453 --> 00:13:51,873 If his men had a direct route into the Riverlands, 88 00:13:51,873 --> 00:13:53,667 we would not have to wait for Daemon to act. 89 00:13:54,709 --> 00:13:57,295 I will treat with The Freys to secure it. 90 00:13:57,295 --> 00:13:59,005 She will not like it. 91 00:13:59,673 --> 00:14:03,301 Then don't tell her. Not until I'm away. 92 00:14:16,773 --> 00:14:19,943 The hour is late and my dragon is hungry. 93 00:14:20,735 --> 00:14:23,238 You have no choice but to submit. 94 00:14:23,238 --> 00:14:25,073 Our terms are simple, Lord Bracken. 95 00:14:25,073 --> 00:14:30,829 Renounce the false king Aegon as a usurper and bend the knee to me 96 00:14:31,579 --> 00:14:33,415 or your house burns. 97 00:14:33,415 --> 00:14:36,543 I would sooner be the Lord of Bones and Cinders 98 00:14:36,543 --> 00:14:40,797 than bend my knee before some heathen Blackwood cunt 99 00:14:40,797 --> 00:14:42,590 and his hired dragon. 100 00:14:42,590 --> 00:14:44,134 The Brackens were a people hatched out 101 00:14:44,134 --> 00:14:46,720 of the deepest of the Seven Hells, Your Grace. 102 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,054 It would be a kindness to oblige them 103 00:14:48,054 --> 00:14:50,056 and send them back whence they came. 104 00:14:50,181 --> 00:14:53,935 Did your brother's head keep on its way back to you, Willem? 105 00:14:54,352 --> 00:14:56,146 I heard the maggots got to it. 106 00:14:56,271 --> 00:14:59,024 That is quite the impression, Lord Bracken. 107 00:15:00,150 --> 00:15:02,152 But alas, not an answer. 108 00:15:11,995 --> 00:15:13,288 We choose fire. 109 00:15:24,215 --> 00:15:26,801 I did not think they would be so eager to die. 110 00:15:28,386 --> 00:15:29,846 They made their choice. 111 00:15:30,597 --> 00:15:33,558 - You should've indulged them. - I need them alive. 112 00:15:33,558 --> 00:15:36,478 I came here to raise swords, not corpses. 113 00:15:37,187 --> 00:15:40,148 But now you see what my house has known for generations. 114 00:15:40,148 --> 00:15:42,150 They are pigheaded, intransigent-- 115 00:15:42,150 --> 00:15:44,736 They would rather burn than succumb. 116 00:15:48,573 --> 00:15:50,492 Exactly the kind of men I need. 117 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:56,247 It may yet be possible, I think, for both of us to achieve our ends. 118 00:15:56,247 --> 00:15:58,917 We have fought them for an age and more. 119 00:15:58,917 --> 00:16:02,796 Then perhaps you could try less fighting and more 120 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:08,134 persuading. 121 00:16:09,219 --> 00:16:11,846 They are unyielding in battle. 122 00:16:18,728 --> 00:16:20,730 But every man has a weakness. 123 00:16:21,690 --> 00:16:23,900 You take my meaning, then. 124 00:16:27,570 --> 00:16:31,533 There are things the crown itself must not been seen to do. 125 00:16:32,951 --> 00:16:34,661 Show them your worst. 126 00:16:34,661 --> 00:16:36,913 I am your servant, Your Grace. 127 00:16:58,268 --> 00:17:01,855 Over the centuries, many and more armies 128 00:17:01,855 --> 00:17:04,941 have broken themselves against my bloody gate. 129 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,156 Are you listening? 130 00:17:12,157 --> 00:17:13,283 My lady. 131 00:17:14,034 --> 00:17:16,661 The Eyrie itself is impregnable. 132 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:22,292 Unless, of course, we're descended upon from the sky. 133 00:17:22,292 --> 00:17:25,003 You promised the Queen Rhaenyra 15,000 swords-- 134 00:17:25,003 --> 00:17:28,089 In return for protection. A dragon. 135 00:17:29,966 --> 00:17:33,720 Then she has exceeded your terms. She sent two. 136 00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:36,931 Both still wet from the egg. 137 00:17:38,683 --> 00:17:41,144 I have hunting hounds that are more fearsome. 138 00:17:41,144 --> 00:17:43,396 They are dragons nonetheless. 139 00:17:44,064 --> 00:17:47,108 I do not recall you specifying the size of the beast in your request. 140 00:17:47,108 --> 00:17:49,027 Will you goad me, child? 141 00:17:49,736 --> 00:17:52,405 When your bread and shelter now depend on my pleasure? 142 00:17:54,282 --> 00:17:56,117 The dragons will grow 143 00:17:57,327 --> 00:17:59,329 - in time. - I don't have time. 144 00:18:01,206 --> 00:18:03,416 I mislike feeling powerless. 145 00:18:04,876 --> 00:18:06,294 So do I. 146 00:18:12,926 --> 00:18:16,805 This will be your chamber. I'll expect you at supper this evening? 147 00:18:20,058 --> 00:18:23,561 My sympathies for the death of your grandmother. 148 00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:35,281 The way they spoke at my small council today. 149 00:18:35,281 --> 00:18:38,660 Do they hold you responsible for Rhaenys and her dragon? 150 00:18:38,660 --> 00:18:40,370 I would rather they had. 151 00:18:40,954 --> 00:18:43,373 They speak around me, not to me. 152 00:18:44,374 --> 00:18:47,669 They would make me queen, but they wish to keep me here, confined. 153 00:18:47,669 --> 00:18:50,130 They betray their own smallness. 154 00:18:50,839 --> 00:18:52,215 In truth, I cannot fault them. 155 00:18:52,215 --> 00:18:55,301 I am now the sovereign. I cannot do as I please. 156 00:18:56,386 --> 00:18:59,180 And war has ever been for men to make. 157 00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:02,017 You are your father’s chosen successor. 158 00:19:02,642 --> 00:19:04,853 He did not prepare me to fight. 159 00:19:04,853 --> 00:19:07,022 If I had been a son, 160 00:19:07,022 --> 00:19:10,525 a sword thrust into my hand the moment I could walk. 161 00:19:11,192 --> 00:19:13,278 Instead, I was given my father's cup, 162 00:19:13,987 --> 00:19:18,158 taught the name of every lord and castle between Storm's End and the Twins, 163 00:19:18,158 --> 00:19:21,119 but not the difference between hilt and foible. 164 00:19:22,037 --> 00:19:23,663 And they know it. 165 00:19:25,373 --> 00:19:26,541 And Daemon as well-- 166 00:19:26,541 --> 00:19:28,668 Shall your evening meal be served here, Your Grace? 167 00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:30,378 Not now. 168 00:19:36,426 --> 00:19:38,053 Will you send to him? 169 00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:42,307 For too long, I have looked to him for strength. 170 00:19:42,307 --> 00:19:46,186 If I must be supplicant to my own husband, what does that make me? 171 00:19:49,856 --> 00:19:52,859 I do not know my part, Mysaria. 172 00:19:55,904 --> 00:19:58,531 The path I walk has never been trod. 173 00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:02,535 Criston Cole made a mistake. 174 00:20:05,038 --> 00:20:09,167 Parading a dragon's head through the streets like a prize of war, 175 00:20:09,167 --> 00:20:11,211 but the people see an ill omen. 176 00:20:11,211 --> 00:20:12,837 Yes, as do I. 177 00:20:12,837 --> 00:20:17,592 They are afraid, bread is scarce, the king has fallen, 178 00:20:17,592 --> 00:20:20,095 they whisper to each other that when Viserys lived, 179 00:20:20,095 --> 00:20:22,389 there was peace. 180 00:20:22,389 --> 00:20:26,726 But will whispers tear down stone, or break shields? 181 00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:30,105 Do not underestimate your subjects. 182 00:20:30,105 --> 00:20:33,566 They are a thousand-thousand living in the shadow of the Red Keep 183 00:20:33,566 --> 00:20:36,069 and forgotten for too long. 184 00:20:36,861 --> 00:20:39,155 And you think they will turn to me. 185 00:20:39,155 --> 00:20:43,451 To the discontented, rumors are feed. 186 00:20:48,123 --> 00:20:49,749 Your Grace. 187 00:20:52,168 --> 00:20:56,381 What you cannot do, let others do for you. 188 00:20:57,799 --> 00:21:00,969 There is more than one way to fight a war. 189 00:21:23,324 --> 00:21:27,871 The thought of her lying in a field, broken amongst her enemies. 190 00:21:39,174 --> 00:21:43,178 Did your grandmother ever tell you of the night she claimed Meleys? 191 00:21:44,179 --> 00:21:46,181 She snuck into the Dragonpit. 192 00:21:46,931 --> 00:21:49,351 She knew that place better than any Elder. 193 00:21:49,934 --> 00:21:51,936 They say she could see in the dark. 194 00:21:53,563 --> 00:21:55,357 My father was furious. 195 00:21:55,357 --> 00:21:58,985 His own mother's dragon, the fastest beast ever known 196 00:21:58,985 --> 00:22:00,945 and she'd have none of him. 197 00:22:00,945 --> 00:22:03,239 But bent her neck to Rhaenys. 198 00:22:04,324 --> 00:22:06,326 She was fierce 199 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,662 in love and in anger. 200 00:22:12,374 --> 00:22:16,002 She did not always care for me, but 201 00:22:17,796 --> 00:22:21,800 for what she gave me in the end, I'm grateful. 202 00:22:27,806 --> 00:22:30,642 I wished I had known her when she was young. 203 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,568 You are very like her in some ways. 204 00:22:43,405 --> 00:22:48,076 And with her gone, I must rely on you, I think. 205 00:22:48,076 --> 00:22:49,786 Your Grace? 206 00:22:50,995 --> 00:22:53,415 Would you give this to your grandsire? 207 00:23:05,135 --> 00:23:07,554 I do not wish to stand alone. 208 00:23:11,474 --> 00:23:13,101 Daemon. 209 00:23:17,856 --> 00:23:19,274 Daemon. 210 00:23:20,150 --> 00:23:22,777 You were always the strong one. 211 00:23:24,779 --> 00:23:27,407 The finest swordsman. 212 00:23:30,201 --> 00:23:32,829 The fearless dragonrider. 213 00:23:34,748 --> 00:23:37,959 Your brother had great love in his heart 214 00:23:42,714 --> 00:23:44,883 but he lacked your constitution. 215 00:23:46,009 --> 00:23:48,511 Viserys was unsuited for the crown 216 00:23:51,806 --> 00:23:55,685 but you, Daemon, you were made to wear it. 217 00:24:16,039 --> 00:24:18,333 If only you'd been born first. 218 00:24:20,335 --> 00:24:22,671 My favorite son. 219 00:24:29,135 --> 00:24:32,347 Is the duck not to your liking, Your Grace? 220 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,772 There's also goose, if you'd prefer it. 221 00:24:42,607 --> 00:24:44,484 I like the goose, myself. 222 00:24:52,784 --> 00:24:54,369 I'm not hungry. 223 00:24:54,369 --> 00:24:57,706 I was saying, given the rather dire news from Rook's Rest 224 00:24:59,457 --> 00:25:03,461 it appears the winds have shifted and each side has suffered great loss 225 00:25:03,461 --> 00:25:05,839 and will be unsure of what is to follow. 226 00:25:08,174 --> 00:25:10,385 A good time, then, for a show of strength. 227 00:25:11,136 --> 00:25:14,597 I believe Willem Blackwood is bringing House Bracken to heel. 228 00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:19,394 We must ready the castle to receive a great host. 229 00:25:21,688 --> 00:25:23,481 You seem sure of this. 230 00:25:23,606 --> 00:25:25,650 All men may be led, Ser Simon. 231 00:25:26,443 --> 00:25:27,986 Even Rivermen. 232 00:25:29,112 --> 00:25:32,824 'Tis a matter of showing them whom it behooves them to follow. 233 00:25:34,367 --> 00:25:36,244 How does the work here progress? 234 00:25:36,953 --> 00:25:37,912 Oh... 235 00:25:39,330 --> 00:25:40,665 We're drawing water for the kitchens 236 00:25:40,665 --> 00:25:43,209 - and lighting the forges. - Very well. 237 00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:45,670 That is merely the beginning, of course. 238 00:25:45,670 --> 00:25:48,465 The roof alone has needed tending since the reign of Aenys. 239 00:25:48,465 --> 00:25:50,967 And the storerooms. And... 240 00:25:51,926 --> 00:25:54,346 and the Wailing Tower. 241 00:25:55,013 --> 00:25:57,390 The bats have made the corridors almost impassable 242 00:25:57,390 --> 00:25:59,476 with the quantity of their... 243 00:26:00,602 --> 00:26:02,020 Their shit. 244 00:26:04,397 --> 00:26:08,735 I venture there are smiths and armorers to be found near Nutton and Riverbend. 245 00:26:08,735 --> 00:26:12,906 Well, send for them, and levy the farmers from Antlers to High Heart. 246 00:26:13,239 --> 00:26:15,825 Task their huntsmen to bring us meat and wood. 247 00:26:17,577 --> 00:26:19,287 There is, of course, the matter of payment. 248 00:26:21,623 --> 00:26:25,377 After the tragedy that befell his father, 249 00:26:26,419 --> 00:26:30,173 Larys transferred his family's wealth to King's Landing. 250 00:26:32,217 --> 00:26:34,719 Is there any gold left in your coffers? 251 00:26:34,719 --> 00:26:39,182 Enough to keep this small establishment you see fed and warm. 252 00:26:40,183 --> 00:26:41,601 Relatively. 253 00:26:44,312 --> 00:26:51,027 I rather thought, Your Grace, as emissary to the Queen 254 00:26:51,152 --> 00:26:54,948 that perhaps she could provide the necessary coin 255 00:26:54,948 --> 00:26:57,575 - if you could only write to her. - No. 256 00:26:58,576 --> 00:27:00,578 Harrenhal is my command. 257 00:27:01,162 --> 00:27:03,790 I shall guarantee the payment myself. 258 00:27:04,874 --> 00:27:06,459 Up, up. 259 00:27:09,587 --> 00:27:11,589 Very well, Your Grace. 260 00:27:12,090 --> 00:27:14,884 You should address me as "my king." 261 00:27:15,468 --> 00:27:17,178 But you're the prince. 262 00:27:17,721 --> 00:27:19,889 What would you call the husband of the queen? 263 00:27:19,889 --> 00:27:21,558 - Well, the king... - There it is, then. 264 00:27:21,558 --> 00:27:23,059 ...consort. 265 00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:26,938 That last bit seems unnecessary, don't you think? 266 00:27:32,902 --> 00:27:35,030 The armor was Valyrian steel 267 00:27:35,030 --> 00:27:39,075 but His Grace suffered grievous burns over much of his body. 268 00:27:40,243 --> 00:27:42,120 He has many broken bones. 269 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:47,500 I fear there are more injuries within, injuries we cannot see. 270 00:27:49,878 --> 00:27:52,297 We are grateful for your works, Grand Maester. 271 00:27:53,548 --> 00:27:55,967 - Has he woken? - No. 272 00:27:57,594 --> 00:28:02,182 I must admit, I'm not sure he will ever wake. 273 00:28:02,182 --> 00:28:05,602 I have plied my crafts to their fullest extents. 274 00:28:05,602 --> 00:28:09,564 Our king's fate lies with the gods now. 275 00:28:20,367 --> 00:28:22,369 A king cannot rule in his sleep. 276 00:28:23,453 --> 00:28:25,663 The realm will have noticed his absence. 277 00:28:26,373 --> 00:28:28,583 Let them hear of his great deeds at Rook's Rest. 278 00:28:30,085 --> 00:28:32,796 But now we must name a regent to take his place 279 00:28:32,796 --> 00:28:34,506 until he recovers 280 00:28:36,883 --> 00:28:38,093 or does not. 281 00:28:39,761 --> 00:28:42,055 A wise strategy, Your Grace. 282 00:28:42,055 --> 00:28:46,184 A regency will assure the people of the stability of the crown. 283 00:28:49,020 --> 00:28:52,023 Did you have a candidate in mind, Your Grace? 284 00:28:52,691 --> 00:28:54,401 I myself served in this role for my husband. 285 00:28:54,401 --> 00:28:55,944 I am well-prepared to do it again. 286 00:28:55,944 --> 00:28:59,072 You played your part admirably in a time of peace, Your Grace, 287 00:28:59,072 --> 00:29:01,032 but circumstances have changed. 288 00:29:01,783 --> 00:29:03,410 And here I had forgotten. 289 00:29:03,410 --> 00:29:05,704 The king does not lack for heirs. 290 00:29:05,704 --> 00:29:10,542 The obvious choice is his immediate successor, Prince Aemond. 291 00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:11,960 Agreed. 292 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,670 Aemond is young. 293 00:29:15,088 --> 00:29:17,590 And his lack of restraint has already cost us dearly. 294 00:29:27,267 --> 00:29:31,229 It is experience that offers the surest path to security. 295 00:29:31,229 --> 00:29:34,357 Queen Alicent ably shouldered the duties of the realm 296 00:29:34,357 --> 00:29:35,984 when her husband's health failed him. 297 00:29:35,984 --> 00:29:38,903 Experience is valuable, yes, but the dowager queen is a woman. 298 00:29:39,029 --> 00:29:42,073 I am no stranger to rule or to sitting at this council. 299 00:29:42,073 --> 00:29:43,575 Aemond is a fearsome dragonrider. 300 00:29:43,575 --> 00:29:44,951 His skill is best employed in the field 301 00:29:44,951 --> 00:29:47,746 but my experience is needed here, at this table. 302 00:29:47,746 --> 00:29:50,206 No offense was meant, Your Grace, but 303 00:29:50,206 --> 00:29:54,294 - at a time when we must show strength. - Lord Larys? 304 00:29:55,545 --> 00:29:57,797 I agree, Your Grace. It must be Prince Aemond. 305 00:30:00,091 --> 00:30:02,385 What would it say if, in response to Rhaenyra's crowning, 306 00:30:02,385 --> 00:30:04,679 we raised up a woman of our own? 307 00:30:07,182 --> 00:30:08,183 But... 308 00:30:10,518 --> 00:30:14,481 but the Hand speaks for the king's voice. Ser Criston, what say you? 309 00:30:21,488 --> 00:30:23,698 Aemond is the next in line. 310 00:30:25,867 --> 00:30:27,285 It must be him. 311 00:30:31,915 --> 00:30:33,917 It's agreed then. 312 00:30:55,438 --> 00:30:57,691 What is our standing in the Riverlands? 313 00:30:59,567 --> 00:31:04,072 The banners of House Tully are in disarray, Your Grace. 314 00:31:04,072 --> 00:31:08,451 Prince Daemon has little hope of fielding an army of any size, for now. 315 00:31:09,703 --> 00:31:11,663 We would do well to send word to young Oscar Tully. 316 00:31:12,414 --> 00:31:15,875 It's only a matter of time before he inherits his grandsire's mantle. 317 00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:19,587 Tell me, Lord Strong, how I can trust the counsel of a man 318 00:31:19,587 --> 00:31:22,966 who leaves the jewel of the Riverlands to be plucked by our enemy? 319 00:31:27,345 --> 00:31:28,722 Your brother's host can meet Daemon. 320 00:31:28,722 --> 00:31:31,224 He should quicken its pace and check the Rivermen 321 00:31:31,224 --> 00:31:32,851 while their banners are in disarray. 322 00:31:32,851 --> 00:31:35,228 I shall send Lord Jason encouragement. 323 00:31:35,228 --> 00:31:37,939 - What else? - We might turn our attention 324 00:31:37,939 --> 00:31:40,442 to the smallfolk here in King's Landing. 325 00:31:40,442 --> 00:31:42,944 They have grown weary of the Sea Snake's blockade. 326 00:31:42,944 --> 00:31:45,155 So have we all. 327 00:31:45,155 --> 00:31:49,701 Many are fleeing the city, spreading word of their fear and unrest. 328 00:31:50,827 --> 00:31:53,079 Then let the gates be closed. 329 00:31:55,373 --> 00:31:57,834 No one is to leave or enter, save with our consent. 330 00:31:57,834 --> 00:32:00,754 Merchants, so forth. 331 00:32:05,008 --> 00:32:06,843 Go to your tasks. 332 00:32:07,761 --> 00:32:10,138 We shall meet again at first light. 333 00:32:10,138 --> 00:32:13,933 Oh, and someone cut down the fucking ratcatchers. 334 00:32:21,107 --> 00:32:23,318 The city's safe no longer. 335 00:32:25,153 --> 00:32:26,571 There is no food. 336 00:32:27,655 --> 00:32:29,449 Our neighbors are stealing from each other. 337 00:32:29,449 --> 00:32:30,825 We must get out. 338 00:32:30,825 --> 00:32:32,202 And where would you have us go? 339 00:32:32,786 --> 00:32:34,996 North, maybe? South? 340 00:32:35,747 --> 00:32:37,749 For all we know, every road leads into the dragons' teeth. 341 00:32:37,874 --> 00:32:40,085 Like the one they carted through the streets? 342 00:32:41,002 --> 00:32:45,006 You think Rhaenyra will let such an affront go unchallenged? 343 00:32:48,093 --> 00:32:50,804 We should make for Tumbleton. 344 00:32:50,804 --> 00:32:52,847 My brother will have room. 345 00:32:52,847 --> 00:32:54,766 You would have me turn beggar? 346 00:33:00,814 --> 00:33:02,816 Are we not beggars already? 347 00:33:03,817 --> 00:33:06,403 Have you been paid for those machines you were forced to build? 348 00:33:06,403 --> 00:33:08,071 The king has promised payment. 349 00:33:08,071 --> 00:33:10,990 The king has lied! 350 00:33:22,585 --> 00:33:24,421 By all means, 351 00:33:25,255 --> 00:33:28,675 stay and wait for his empty promises, husband. 352 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,596 With them, you can feed the mouths of ghosts. 353 00:34:12,969 --> 00:34:14,637 Presumed you'd be here. 354 00:34:15,430 --> 00:34:17,974 Seeing faithfully to the Prince Regent's commands. 355 00:34:18,767 --> 00:34:20,810 Aemond is the next in line. 356 00:34:20,810 --> 00:34:22,062 It is the order of things. 357 00:34:22,062 --> 00:34:23,813 You know what he is, 358 00:34:23,813 --> 00:34:25,899 what he has somehow become. 359 00:34:29,110 --> 00:34:31,988 Has your loyalty faded? Or does it flourish only at night 360 00:34:31,988 --> 00:34:34,741 and flee the sunrise like a moth? 361 00:34:38,620 --> 00:34:40,038 What I saw at Rook's Rest-- 362 00:34:40,038 --> 00:34:43,333 What? What did you see? 363 00:34:47,504 --> 00:34:49,506 Their armor melted. 364 00:34:51,257 --> 00:34:53,885 There were men walking. They were on fire. 365 00:34:57,305 --> 00:34:59,516 We have given the war to the dragons. 366 00:35:01,101 --> 00:35:02,644 A dragonrider should lead us. 367 00:35:07,107 --> 00:35:11,903 And what of justice, of temperance? Or is strength now to be our only god? 368 00:35:17,909 --> 00:35:19,911 So you cast me aside. 369 00:35:21,079 --> 00:35:23,081 Have I not spared you? 370 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,628 What we must do now is terrible. 371 00:35:30,588 --> 00:35:32,590 Will you preside over it? 372 00:35:33,216 --> 00:35:36,136 - Is this who you are, Alicent? - I did not ask to be spared. 373 00:35:40,306 --> 00:35:42,308 And I did not give you leave to speak my name. 374 00:35:55,697 --> 00:35:56,781 Halt! 375 00:36:02,787 --> 00:36:03,913 Stay back! 376 00:36:05,790 --> 00:36:07,417 We've got to get out! 377 00:36:08,293 --> 00:36:09,794 Somebody get him! 378 00:36:10,545 --> 00:36:12,630 Stay back! No! 379 00:36:12,630 --> 00:36:15,050 Holdfast, holdfast! 380 00:36:15,508 --> 00:36:17,344 Stay back! Hold! 381 00:36:22,474 --> 00:36:23,308 Back! 382 00:36:24,351 --> 00:36:27,187 Disperse, disperse! 383 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,815 By order of Aemond Targaryen, 384 00:36:30,815 --> 00:36:33,693 Prince Regent and Protector of the Realm... 385 00:36:33,693 --> 00:36:36,196 - Aemond? - Does he mean the king? 386 00:36:36,196 --> 00:36:38,573 - I don't know. - You cannot keep us here! 387 00:36:38,573 --> 00:36:41,534 - You are ordered to return to your homes! - We want meat! 388 00:36:41,534 --> 00:36:43,119 - Meat! - Meat! 389 00:36:53,421 --> 00:36:54,839 Stay back! 390 00:37:02,847 --> 00:37:06,059 Our Lord Grover Tully has not declared for Rhaenyra. 391 00:37:07,268 --> 00:37:09,354 It means death to bare steel against your liege, 392 00:37:09,354 --> 00:37:11,648 as I'm sure my prince is aware. 393 00:37:13,191 --> 00:37:15,151 And against your queen? 394 00:37:23,827 --> 00:37:26,162 Jason Lannister is marshaling to the west. 395 00:37:27,205 --> 00:37:29,207 We need to check him before he reaches Riverrun. 396 00:37:30,208 --> 00:37:32,127 That requires passage. 397 00:37:32,127 --> 00:37:36,381 And if Stark's army is too slow? The wind's rising. 398 00:37:36,381 --> 00:37:38,049 Winter is nigh upon us. 399 00:37:38,049 --> 00:37:41,803 Our hesitance does not lie in Rhaenyra as Queen, 400 00:37:41,803 --> 00:37:45,306 nor in the ruminations of Lord Tully, the oaf. 401 00:37:46,141 --> 00:37:49,019 Our fear lies in Vhagar. 402 00:37:49,019 --> 00:37:54,691 You fear a dragon leagues away when mine own sits outside your walls? 403 00:37:59,029 --> 00:38:02,282 - Do you offer us your protection? - I do. 404 00:38:08,997 --> 00:38:10,915 And the protection of my uncle. 405 00:38:12,208 --> 00:38:16,379 And Daemon, I'm sure, has consented to this? 406 00:38:16,379 --> 00:38:18,465 He will do as his queen commands. 407 00:38:18,465 --> 00:38:20,425 That does lend us some comfort. 408 00:38:20,425 --> 00:38:23,595 Though it occurs to me that dragons cannot be in two places at once. 409 00:38:23,595 --> 00:38:25,221 Or three. 410 00:38:28,183 --> 00:38:29,934 What do you want? 411 00:38:32,312 --> 00:38:36,232 Larys Strong has been relieved of his castle. 412 00:38:36,232 --> 00:38:39,277 Does the queen intend to raise up a new lord? 413 00:38:43,823 --> 00:38:45,158 You want Harrenhal. 414 00:39:04,177 --> 00:39:08,014 For that, my mother will want more than your crossing. 415 00:39:10,892 --> 00:39:12,894 What does Her Grace desire? 416 00:39:15,522 --> 00:39:17,732 Bent knees. 417 00:40:11,578 --> 00:40:12,787 Up. 418 00:40:13,997 --> 00:40:17,834 You were born to wield a sword, but not so much an axe, perhaps. 419 00:40:19,461 --> 00:40:21,212 There are others who would sit idle 420 00:40:21,212 --> 00:40:23,256 and wait for their claims to be brought to them. 421 00:40:23,256 --> 00:40:24,299 That is not my way. 422 00:40:24,299 --> 00:40:26,593 Does splitting firewood justify what's followed you here? 423 00:40:26,593 --> 00:40:31,014 Let it not be said that Daemon Targaryen failed to dirty his hands in this war. 424 00:40:31,014 --> 00:40:32,932 Let me see them. 425 00:40:34,434 --> 00:40:35,352 Sit. 426 00:40:36,102 --> 00:40:37,312 Sit! 427 00:40:42,192 --> 00:40:47,322 I hear strange things from Bracken land, from Stone Hedge and Lambswold and Mory. 428 00:40:48,406 --> 00:40:50,450 There's news, then? 429 00:40:50,450 --> 00:40:51,618 News? 430 00:40:52,911 --> 00:40:53,912 No. 431 00:40:56,081 --> 00:40:58,792 What I hear, I hear in the wind. 432 00:41:00,043 --> 00:41:01,878 Cries of anguish. 433 00:41:03,838 --> 00:41:05,882 Children being taken from their mothers, 434 00:41:05,882 --> 00:41:09,803 men coming home to find their doors unlatched, 435 00:41:09,803 --> 00:41:12,055 their wives carried away. 436 00:41:14,265 --> 00:41:16,476 War is a terrible thing. 437 00:41:17,018 --> 00:41:18,853 This is not war. 438 00:41:19,646 --> 00:41:24,484 These are crimes against the innocent, that any upright man would repudiate. 439 00:41:24,484 --> 00:41:27,028 Surely you haven't mistaken me for an upright man. 440 00:41:29,155 --> 00:41:31,908 The Brackens had their chance to do as I required. 441 00:41:32,826 --> 00:41:34,786 They will perhaps think better of their decision 442 00:41:34,786 --> 00:41:38,123 if their children's lives are staked on it. 443 00:41:39,416 --> 00:41:41,835 Is that the kind of army you would raise? 444 00:41:42,836 --> 00:41:44,838 Men who hate you, 445 00:41:45,547 --> 00:41:47,257 who serve you under duress? 446 00:41:47,257 --> 00:41:50,343 Well, once they agree to serve me, I'll treat them fairly. 447 00:41:50,343 --> 00:41:53,763 Set an example for the rest of the Riverlands to follow. 448 00:41:53,763 --> 00:41:56,224 And once again, in the name of power, 449 00:41:56,224 --> 00:41:59,060 it's the weak and the women who must endure. 450 00:42:01,938 --> 00:42:04,774 That fool, Aegon, is unlike to survive. 451 00:42:06,901 --> 00:42:09,112 The realm will suffer if Aemond One-Eye rules. 452 00:42:10,739 --> 00:42:12,198 You should pray you never meet him. 453 00:42:12,907 --> 00:42:15,201 He will cut you down soon as wish you good-day. 454 00:42:15,201 --> 00:42:17,912 I'd heard the same thing about you. But I'll cross you no further. 455 00:42:17,912 --> 00:42:21,249 I'm sure your tactics are, after all, approved by the queen. 456 00:42:26,838 --> 00:42:28,673 She cannot succeed, Alys. 457 00:42:29,716 --> 00:42:31,885 Even if I willed it to be so. 458 00:42:31,885 --> 00:42:34,012 The people who support her will not be led by her. 459 00:42:34,012 --> 00:42:36,139 They look to a man for strength. 460 00:42:36,139 --> 00:42:39,726 Who's better suited to it? The Hightowers with their scheming? 461 00:42:39,726 --> 00:42:42,020 Or Viserys's first true heir? 462 00:42:43,188 --> 00:42:45,565 When I take King's Landing, 463 00:42:45,565 --> 00:42:49,611 Rhaenyra is welcome to join me there and take her place by my side. 464 00:42:49,611 --> 00:42:53,698 King and queen, ruling together. 465 00:42:54,324 --> 00:42:56,993 - And if you lose? - Then I'll be dead, 466 00:42:56,993 --> 00:42:59,329 and none of this will be my problem. 467 00:42:59,329 --> 00:43:02,582 It's a pity, don't you think, that you never knew your mother? 468 00:43:06,252 --> 00:43:08,338 A message, Your Grace. 469 00:43:13,718 --> 00:43:16,304 Fresh news from Stone Hedge. 470 00:43:16,304 --> 00:43:18,598 The Blackwoods have overwhelmed the Brackens 471 00:43:18,598 --> 00:43:21,935 and Lord Amos has pledged his banner to you. 472 00:43:22,435 --> 00:43:24,646 House Bracken is yours. 473 00:43:26,064 --> 00:43:28,650 Call Ser Willem here so that I might congratulate him. 474 00:43:29,150 --> 00:43:31,778 The Blackwoods will be feted in these halls. 475 00:43:43,206 --> 00:43:45,208 I sought you at High Tide. 476 00:43:45,959 --> 00:43:48,253 I was surprised when they said you were here. 477 00:43:49,379 --> 00:43:51,381 My castle is a tomb. 478 00:43:52,716 --> 00:43:54,926 Empty. Haunted. 479 00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,680 I am sad to have missed its highest days. 480 00:43:59,681 --> 00:44:03,393 I imagine your Hall of Nine filled with lords and kings, 481 00:44:03,393 --> 00:44:06,521 all eager to treat with the legendary Lord of the Tides. 482 00:44:08,398 --> 00:44:11,067 The wealth you brought back from Yi Ti and Asshai, 483 00:44:11,067 --> 00:44:14,070 inspiring awe and envy. 484 00:44:16,531 --> 00:44:18,533 I wonder if any of them knew it was all for her. 485 00:44:27,667 --> 00:44:29,961 Queen Rhaenyra wishes to name you Hand. 486 00:44:33,381 --> 00:44:36,801 Even the death of my wife does not content her. 487 00:44:39,554 --> 00:44:41,765 Has she not asked enough of my house? 488 00:44:42,265 --> 00:44:44,893 It is a sign of her great esteem. 489 00:44:46,019 --> 00:44:49,272 Or does she think the position will compensate me for my loss? 490 00:44:50,523 --> 00:44:52,150 Pledge your peace to King's Landing, then. 491 00:44:52,859 --> 00:44:55,153 They will accept it most gleefully. 492 00:44:57,781 --> 00:45:00,408 Rather I would sail into the West and be lost. 493 00:45:01,576 --> 00:45:03,578 You have done so before, 494 00:45:03,578 --> 00:45:06,373 at great cost to yourself and those who loved you. 495 00:45:08,917 --> 00:45:14,631 Rhaenys was not only your wife, not a thing to be taken from you. 496 00:45:15,465 --> 00:45:18,093 She was a Targaryen princess. 497 00:45:18,843 --> 00:45:20,303 The Queen Who Never Was. 498 00:45:20,303 --> 00:45:22,847 And she flew to Rook's Rest of her own will. 499 00:45:22,847 --> 00:45:25,308 - In defense of her kin. - And she died. 500 00:45:25,308 --> 00:45:27,435 She died as she would have wished to die, 501 00:45:28,103 --> 00:45:31,106 with honor, in dragonfire. 502 00:45:31,690 --> 00:45:33,024 The way my mother chose 503 00:45:35,318 --> 00:45:38,154 and the way I myself wish to meet my end. 504 00:45:45,328 --> 00:45:50,792 I grieve my grandmother who loved me but I carry her on with me. 505 00:45:52,085 --> 00:45:56,297 I will see Rhaenyra ascend the Iron Throne, as Rhaenys wished. 506 00:45:56,923 --> 00:45:58,925 As Rhaenys herself should have. 507 00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:04,347 You yourself may do as you see fit. 508 00:46:07,934 --> 00:46:09,519 Granddaughter. 509 00:46:17,027 --> 00:46:20,113 I would make you my heir. 510 00:46:21,698 --> 00:46:23,700 I am blood and fire. 511 00:46:24,284 --> 00:46:27,287 Driftmark must pass to salt and sea. 512 00:46:46,056 --> 00:46:47,265 Your Grace. 513 00:46:50,935 --> 00:46:52,270 You were correct 514 00:46:53,897 --> 00:46:56,524 in saying our best hope of an army is with Daemon. 515 00:46:59,194 --> 00:47:04,616 And I have, perhaps, erred in waiting for him to prove himself. 516 00:47:06,659 --> 00:47:08,661 I wish you to go to Harrenhal. 517 00:47:10,413 --> 00:47:12,832 Are you removing me from your council? 518 00:47:14,376 --> 00:47:15,794 Ser Alfred, 519 00:47:16,753 --> 00:47:20,256 I will not deny you have tried my patience of late, 520 00:47:20,256 --> 00:47:24,094 or that I would prefer a council more inclined to champion their queen 521 00:47:24,094 --> 00:47:25,637 but... 522 00:47:26,888 --> 00:47:30,183 you and your house served my father well 523 00:47:30,183 --> 00:47:33,311 and I know you will never accept the Hightower claim. 524 00:47:34,938 --> 00:47:37,565 Not while I live, Your Grace. 525 00:47:40,402 --> 00:47:44,239 We cannot challenge King's Landing without the Riverlands 526 00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:47,951 but I will not send a message by raven for Daemon to disregard. 527 00:47:50,328 --> 00:47:55,166 I ask you to reason with him. 528 00:47:56,459 --> 00:48:00,755 Find out his state of mind and his intentions. 529 00:48:02,966 --> 00:48:04,384 Intentions? 530 00:48:05,552 --> 00:48:08,972 Whether he means to raise a host for me or for himself. 531 00:48:12,017 --> 00:48:13,351 He would not dare. 532 00:48:13,977 --> 00:48:16,104 Have you known Daemon to lack in daring? 533 00:48:17,689 --> 00:48:22,110 Go now with haste. I'll send good men to see to your safety. 534 00:48:29,701 --> 00:48:32,328 Have you any message for him? 535 00:48:36,291 --> 00:48:39,502 Tell him I would much like to finish our last conversation. 536 00:48:42,005 --> 00:48:43,214 Your Grace. 537 00:49:19,584 --> 00:49:21,002 Your Grace. 538 00:49:24,798 --> 00:49:29,010 What is it, Ser Simon? Is the pudding now served? 539 00:49:29,678 --> 00:49:32,055 The Riverlords have come, Your Grace. 540 00:49:32,055 --> 00:49:34,974 - They wish an audience. - Now? 541 00:49:35,558 --> 00:49:37,977 - What godless hour is it? - The wolf. 542 00:49:38,728 --> 00:49:40,563 They are demanding to speak presently. 543 00:50:11,594 --> 00:50:14,889 I see I must begin here with a lesson in etiquette. 544 00:50:14,889 --> 00:50:18,226 Or failing that, in proper fear of your Targaryen master. 545 00:50:20,020 --> 00:50:24,232 Is there some reason you feel free to wake a king in his bed? 546 00:50:25,108 --> 00:50:27,569 Or shall I now begin your education? 547 00:50:27,569 --> 00:50:32,949 House Bracken have been brought to heel at the hands of Willem Blackwood. 548 00:50:32,949 --> 00:50:36,244 - That news is stale. - Yes. 549 00:50:36,244 --> 00:50:38,204 There have been complications. 550 00:50:38,204 --> 00:50:42,417 The sacred septs on Bracken lands were looted and burned. 551 00:50:42,417 --> 00:50:44,127 As were the fields and farms. 552 00:50:44,127 --> 00:50:47,589 The livestock was stolen and our peasants put to the sword. 553 00:50:47,589 --> 00:50:49,883 They pursued the women and the children. 554 00:50:49,883 --> 00:50:51,426 There were works of barbarity. 555 00:50:51,426 --> 00:50:55,388 Punishing Bracken for his own treasons is one thing, aye. 556 00:50:55,388 --> 00:50:58,141 - But these other acts. - The Brackens were given their chance. 557 00:50:58,141 --> 00:51:00,602 - They would not see reason. - The Blackwoods have exploited 558 00:51:00,602 --> 00:51:02,645 the war for the crown to visit atrocities 559 00:51:02,645 --> 00:51:04,314 - upon their old rivals. - I have seen my fair share of 560 00:51:04,314 --> 00:51:06,566 their quarrels, and I tell you, there is no honor in a fight 561 00:51:06,566 --> 00:51:08,610 - such as this. - Honor? What of common decency? 562 00:51:08,610 --> 00:51:12,739 These beasts proudly carried the banner of House Targaryen. 563 00:51:12,739 --> 00:51:14,699 Red dragon on black. 564 00:51:21,289 --> 00:51:24,501 A terrible war is being fought in these lands. 565 00:51:28,004 --> 00:51:30,006 Have you looked after our girls? 566 00:51:37,555 --> 00:51:39,557 We should've expected nothing more from a man 567 00:51:39,557 --> 00:51:43,144 who ordered the slaughter of a child in his mother's arms. 568 00:51:45,397 --> 00:51:48,608 That is a lie. And I will have the man who told it brought before me. 569 00:51:48,608 --> 00:51:53,321 Well, your man is half the kingdom, my prince. 570 00:51:56,282 --> 00:51:58,284 Know this, interloper: 571 00:51:58,993 --> 00:52:01,788 the Riverlands are an ancient place, 572 00:52:01,788 --> 00:52:05,291 watched closely by the eyes of old gods and new. 573 00:52:05,792 --> 00:52:07,627 And dragon or no, 574 00:52:07,627 --> 00:52:10,922 we shall not raise our banners for a tyrant. 575 00:53:18,948 --> 00:53:22,786 - Move along, lass. - I have an errand for the lady Mysaria. 576 00:53:24,037 --> 00:53:25,246 I thought she was dead. 577 00:53:26,164 --> 00:53:28,375 Would she die without collecting her due? 578 00:53:30,043 --> 00:53:31,878 I must see an old friend. 579 00:53:33,630 --> 00:53:35,632 Most people want out these days. 580 00:54:20,927 --> 00:54:21,886 Elinda. 581 00:55:13,772 --> 00:55:15,774 Was it worth the price? 582 00:56:06,825 --> 00:56:08,451 Mummy. 583 00:56:25,635 --> 00:56:27,053 Prince Jacaerys, Your Grace. 584 00:56:51,828 --> 00:56:53,246 Visenya. 585 00:56:54,247 --> 00:56:59,085 Vhagar's first rider, and the first wielder of Dark Sister. 586 00:57:01,463 --> 00:57:03,757 I hope you do not mean to use her as an example. 587 00:57:03,757 --> 00:57:05,425 Why shouldn't I? 588 00:57:05,425 --> 00:57:07,677 It was a long time ago. 589 00:57:17,979 --> 00:57:20,190 What is the mood at the Twins? 590 00:57:21,816 --> 00:57:24,027 Did his lordship quibble? 591 00:57:26,529 --> 00:57:30,158 He wishes for the Freys to be granted Harrenhal. 592 00:57:31,659 --> 00:57:33,870 At war's end. Assuming. 593 00:57:36,664 --> 00:57:40,669 I'm proud of you, Jace. You have done our cause a great service. 594 00:57:43,171 --> 00:57:45,924 Then, why do you look angry? 595 00:57:54,349 --> 00:57:57,268 You chafed at being prevented from action. 596 00:57:57,268 --> 00:58:02,899 Imagine my lot. I'm a dragonrider as well, with a war being fought over my ascension. 597 00:58:04,109 --> 00:58:06,111 And yet, I must wait here, 598 00:58:07,070 --> 00:58:08,905 always prudent, 599 00:58:09,531 --> 00:58:13,201 sending others to fight and be felled in my name. 600 00:58:13,743 --> 00:58:15,954 Even you have managed to do your part. 601 00:58:16,621 --> 00:58:18,248 You are the queen, 602 00:58:18,790 --> 00:58:20,083 the tie that binds us. 603 00:58:20,083 --> 00:58:21,751 - No harm can come to you. - And you are my son, 604 00:58:21,751 --> 00:58:23,837 and I did not give you leave to go. 605 00:58:25,964 --> 00:58:28,591 You do not give me leave to go to anything. 606 00:58:29,009 --> 00:58:32,137 But who else is there? Rhaenys is dead, and Baela cannot bear the burden alone. 607 00:58:32,137 --> 00:58:34,264 And when Aemond comes hunting for you? 608 00:58:34,889 --> 00:58:37,142 Your dragon is young. 609 00:58:37,142 --> 00:58:39,227 Will you fly before Vhagar as Luke did? 610 00:58:46,192 --> 00:58:48,028 Perhaps Daemon could-- 611 00:58:51,531 --> 00:58:53,366 Daemon is not here. 612 00:58:54,242 --> 00:58:56,453 And Aemond now rules in King's Landing. 613 00:58:58,038 --> 00:58:59,372 Is Aegon dead? 614 00:58:59,372 --> 00:59:02,083 Dead or alive, we have no answer for Vhagar. 615 00:59:02,083 --> 00:59:05,378 Aemond will not wait long to press his advantage. And then what? 616 00:59:07,881 --> 00:59:11,718 I have done all I can from here, sent my messages, invoked my alliances. 617 00:59:12,677 --> 00:59:14,846 But if all else fails, it is I who must fight. 618 00:59:16,765 --> 00:59:19,726 Vhagar is big, but Syrax is quicker. 619 00:59:19,726 --> 00:59:20,894 So was Meleys. 620 00:59:20,894 --> 00:59:24,230 Meleys fought two dragons and one of them is slain. 621 00:59:26,149 --> 00:59:27,233 Shall I fight for my birthright? 622 00:59:27,233 --> 00:59:29,944 Or shall I wait here until we are all destroyed? 623 00:59:35,784 --> 00:59:37,702 I need dragons. 624 00:59:41,206 --> 00:59:44,125 We have no dearth of dragons. 625 00:59:45,001 --> 00:59:48,004 We have two large enough to stand against Vhagar. 626 00:59:48,004 --> 00:59:52,842 They are called Vermithor and Silverwing and they sleep just beneath our feet. 627 00:59:52,842 --> 00:59:56,179 Yes, and if only they had riders, none could stand against me. 628 00:59:56,930 --> 01:00:00,141 I would go forth in strength and not from necessity. 629 01:00:01,518 --> 01:00:02,894 There is Rhaena. 630 01:00:03,603 --> 01:00:05,980 Who nearly lost her life in her last attempt. 631 01:00:07,482 --> 01:00:09,484 I would not risk it again. 632 01:00:15,407 --> 01:00:18,410 There are those of our line who never ruled. 633 01:00:19,285 --> 01:00:25,583 Those who married into other noble houses, their children born with other names. 634 01:00:25,583 --> 01:00:29,170 A generation ago, or more. Their blood would be thin. 635 01:00:29,170 --> 01:00:30,672 And yet... 636 01:00:32,048 --> 01:00:36,177 A dragon will only accept a dragonlord to ride it. 637 01:00:36,177 --> 01:00:40,223 - Or so say the histories. - Valyrian histories. 638 01:00:40,223 --> 01:00:42,142 Written to gild us in glory. 639 01:00:45,145 --> 01:00:47,772 Are you suggesting we put a Mallister on a dragon? 640 01:00:48,356 --> 01:00:51,776 - A Tarly? - It's better than death and defeat. 641 01:00:57,782 --> 01:01:01,244 There are records here, surely, of our line 642 01:01:01,244 --> 01:01:03,496 and of those who fell out of it. 643 01:01:11,004 --> 01:01:12,630 There could be scores of them. 644 01:01:20,305 --> 01:01:22,140 It's a mad thought.