1 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:11,691 - Only one. - That's enough, stand back. 2 00:03:18,657 --> 00:03:20,158 Behold! 3 00:03:20,784 --> 00:03:23,828 The traitor dragon Meleys! 4 00:03:23,954 --> 00:03:28,120 Slain at Rook's Rest 5 00:03:28,124 --> 00:03:29,834 by your king! 6 00:03:32,003 --> 00:03:33,463 To Aegon! 7 00:03:41,972 --> 00:03:45,183 - It can't be... - They killed a dragon! 8 00:03:45,308 --> 00:03:48,311 Mark my words, this is a black omen. 9 00:04:06,037 --> 00:04:08,707 Rhaenyra will answer this. 10 00:04:09,541 --> 00:04:11,209 'Tis an abomination. 11 00:04:12,377 --> 00:04:14,754 Don't they realize we won the battle? 12 00:04:15,589 --> 00:04:17,841 Strange victory... 13 00:04:18,550 --> 00:04:20,218 if it was one. 14 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:39,863 Behold! 15 00:04:40,906 --> 00:04:43,696 The traitor dragon Meleys! 16 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:45,531 I thought the dragons was gods. 17 00:04:45,535 --> 00:04:49,080 Slain at Rook's Rest by your king! 18 00:04:57,422 --> 00:04:59,090 It's just meat. 19 00:07:18,688 --> 00:07:19,773 Is he alive? 20 00:07:19,898 --> 00:07:21,900 His Grace... 21 00:07:22,025 --> 00:07:24,945 remains with us, for the moment. 22 00:08:21,668 --> 00:08:22,915 Is my son going to die? 23 00:08:22,919 --> 00:08:24,754 I'm afraid I cannot say. 24 00:08:25,005 --> 00:08:28,421 Now, if you'll excuse me, Your Grace, these next hours are most critical. 25 00:08:28,425 --> 00:08:29,634 Of course. 26 00:08:42,689 --> 00:08:44,316 Easy as you can. 27 00:09:04,169 --> 00:09:07,297 Someone will have to rule in his stead. 28 00:09:30,487 --> 00:09:33,152 - What happened? - We took the castle. 29 00:09:33,156 --> 00:09:35,909 At the cost of some 900 men. 30 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:39,329 So I've heard. 31 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:43,583 I left a meager garrison behind to protect it 32 00:09:43,708 --> 00:09:46,211 and the king's dragon. 33 00:09:46,336 --> 00:09:48,380 Sunfyrewas long in the dying. 34 00:09:48,505 --> 00:09:51,216 The king, Ser Criston, what befell him? 35 00:09:54,761 --> 00:09:57,430 His Grace fought valiantly. 36 00:10:03,562 --> 00:10:04,771 And Aemond? 37 00:10:11,903 --> 00:10:14,072 What was his part in this? 38 00:10:17,742 --> 00:10:19,911 I could not say. 39 00:10:23,373 --> 00:10:27,085 Our largest dragon has been killed. 40 00:10:27,210 --> 00:10:31,590 Criston Cole marches about the Crownlands unchallenged. 41 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:35,218 Duskendale and Rook's Rest are gone. 42 00:10:36,261 --> 00:10:37,884 We still have no ground army 43 00:10:37,888 --> 00:10:40,887 but the one we hope that Daemon will raise. 44 00:10:40,891 --> 00:10:45,061 He who has left us... after some marital spat. 45 00:10:46,938 --> 00:10:49,274 Do you take issue with me, Ser Alfred? 46 00:10:51,818 --> 00:10:53,987 My loyalty to you is proven, my queen. 47 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:56,235 Your loyalty, perhaps, 48 00:10:56,239 --> 00:10:59,071 but your willingness to give me deference in a time of war. 49 00:10:59,075 --> 00:11:02,241 I could never doubt your capability, 50 00:11:02,245 --> 00:11:05,165 or your quickness of mind. 51 00:11:06,291 --> 00:11:08,247 It is merely that the gentler sex, 52 00:11:08,251 --> 00:11:10,670 heretofore, has not been much privy 53 00:11:10,795 --> 00:11:13,628 to the strategies of battle, 54 00:11:13,632 --> 00:11:15,592 or their execution. 55 00:11:17,135 --> 00:11:18,925 There has been peace in our lifetime. 56 00:11:18,929 --> 00:11:21,473 You've seen no more battles than I have. 57 00:11:41,201 --> 00:11:43,824 Send to Maidenpool and to Crackclaw Point. 58 00:11:43,828 --> 00:11:44,992 Let them man their garrisons 59 00:11:44,996 --> 00:11:46,619 and give them stores or weapons 60 00:11:46,623 --> 00:11:48,166 if they find them wanting. 61 00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:50,665 If Cole pursues his campaign, 62 00:11:50,669 --> 00:11:53,960 - our allies must be ready. - We must answer Rook's Rest, 63 00:11:53,964 --> 00:11:56,295 - and Duskendale. - They are lost already. 64 00:11:56,299 --> 00:11:58,839 But Vhagar is depleted after such 65 00:11:58,843 --> 00:12:00,011 a hard-fought battle. 66 00:12:00,136 --> 00:12:01,300 If Aegon is dead... 67 00:12:01,304 --> 00:12:02,677 We will soon know it. 68 00:12:02,681 --> 00:12:04,637 'Twould be a victory in name only. 69 00:12:04,641 --> 00:12:06,806 They will soon prop up another in his stead. 70 00:12:06,810 --> 00:12:08,019 The time is ripe. 71 00:12:08,144 --> 00:12:09,384 If we can strike King's Landing 72 00:12:09,479 --> 00:12:10,977 before their dragon is recovered... 73 00:12:10,981 --> 00:12:12,524 Then I myself must do it. 74 00:12:12,649 --> 00:12:16,190 My queen, you are the crown. It is out of the question. 75 00:12:16,194 --> 00:12:18,822 What would you have me do? 76 00:12:39,342 --> 00:12:41,428 Jace? 77 00:12:43,722 --> 00:12:45,348 Where are you going? 78 00:12:46,558 --> 00:12:50,850 To Harrenhal. To treat with Daemon. 79 00:12:50,854 --> 00:12:52,226 Rhaenys is fallen. 80 00:12:52,230 --> 00:12:54,107 He must affirm his loyalty to my mother 81 00:12:54,232 --> 00:12:56,234 and report his standing. 82 00:12:58,945 --> 00:13:01,239 And you think you will tame him... 83 00:13:01,364 --> 00:13:02,949 when the queen herself could not? 84 00:13:03,074 --> 00:13:05,865 My mother gladly sends you away 85 00:13:05,869 --> 00:13:07,700 to scout, to fight, 86 00:13:07,704 --> 00:13:10,790 whilst I'm here being forced to play the coddled princeling. 87 00:13:10,916 --> 00:13:15,128 - It's humiliating, Baela. - She only protects you. 88 00:13:15,253 --> 00:13:16,588 You are the succession. 89 00:13:16,713 --> 00:13:20,759 Then I must be seen to act for her claim and mine. 90 00:13:24,471 --> 00:13:27,140 I can sit still no longer. 91 00:13:29,643 --> 00:13:31,269 I must act. 92 00:13:38,777 --> 00:13:40,278 The Freys. 93 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:44,612 They control the crossing at the Twins. 94 00:13:44,616 --> 00:13:47,448 Cregan Stark's graybeards are marching south. 95 00:13:47,452 --> 00:13:50,785 If his men had a direct route into the Riverlands, 96 00:13:50,789 --> 00:13:52,916 we would not have to wait for Daemon to act. 97 00:13:53,625 --> 00:13:56,294 I will treat with The Freys to secure it. 98 00:13:56,419 --> 00:13:58,129 She will not like it. 99 00:13:58,630 --> 00:14:02,509 Then don't tell her. Not until I'm away. 100 00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:18,817 The hour is late and my dragon is hungry. 101 00:14:18,942 --> 00:14:22,275 You have no choice but to submit. 102 00:14:22,279 --> 00:14:24,151 Our terms are simple, Lord Bracken. 103 00:14:24,155 --> 00:14:27,867 Renounce the false king Aegon as a usurper 104 00:14:27,993 --> 00:14:30,662 and bend the knee to me 105 00:14:30,787 --> 00:14:32,451 or your house burns. 106 00:14:32,455 --> 00:14:35,500 I would sooner be the Lord of Bones and Cinders 107 00:14:35,625 --> 00:14:39,959 than bend my knee before some heathen Blackwood cunt... 108 00:14:39,963 --> 00:14:41,548 and his hired dragon. 109 00:14:41,673 --> 00:14:43,174 The Brackens were a people hatched out 110 00:14:43,300 --> 00:14:45,631 of the deepest of the Seven Hells, Your Grace. 111 00:14:45,635 --> 00:14:47,174 It would be a kindness to oblige them 112 00:14:47,178 --> 00:14:49,176 and send them back whence they came. 113 00:14:49,180 --> 00:14:50,469 Did your brother's head 114 00:14:50,473 --> 00:14:53,018 keep on its way back to you, Willem? 115 00:14:53,351 --> 00:14:55,228 I heard the maggots got to it. 116 00:14:55,353 --> 00:14:58,356 That is quite the impression, Lord Bracken. 117 00:14:59,190 --> 00:15:01,401 But alas, not an answer. 118 00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:13,413 We choose fire. 119 00:15:23,256 --> 00:15:26,676 I did not think they would be so eager to die. 120 00:15:27,385 --> 00:15:29,262 They made their choice. 121 00:15:29,554 --> 00:15:32,553 - You should've indulged them. - I need them alive. 122 00:15:32,557 --> 00:15:35,518 I came here to raise swords, not corpses. 123 00:15:36,061 --> 00:15:39,227 But now you see what my house has known for generations. 124 00:15:39,231 --> 00:15:41,233 They are pigheaded, intransigent... 125 00:15:41,358 --> 00:15:43,902 They would rather burn than succumb. 126 00:15:47,572 --> 00:15:49,741 Exactly the kind of men I need. 127 00:15:51,743 --> 00:15:53,241 It may yet be possible, I think, 128 00:15:53,245 --> 00:15:55,288 for both of us to achieve our ends. 129 00:15:55,413 --> 00:15:58,079 We have fought them for an age and more. 130 00:15:58,083 --> 00:15:59,538 Then perhaps you could try 131 00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:01,920 less fighting and more... 132 00:16:05,715 --> 00:16:07,467 persuading. 133 00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:10,971 They are unyielding in battle. 134 00:16:17,727 --> 00:16:20,560 But every man has a weakness. 135 00:16:20,564 --> 00:16:23,066 You take my meaning, then. 136 00:16:26,611 --> 00:16:30,782 There are things the crown itself must not been seen to do. 137 00:16:32,117 --> 00:16:33,618 Show them your worst. 138 00:16:33,743 --> 00:16:36,079 I am your servant, Your Grace. 139 00:16:57,142 --> 00:17:00,808 Over the centuries, many and more armies 140 00:17:00,812 --> 00:17:04,107 have broken themselves against my bloody gate. 141 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:10,488 Are you listening? 142 00:17:11,281 --> 00:17:12,657 My lady. 143 00:17:13,158 --> 00:17:15,827 The Eyrie itself is impregnable. 144 00:17:17,996 --> 00:17:21,333 Unless, of course, we're descended upon from the sky. 145 00:17:21,458 --> 00:17:24,123 You promised the Queen Rhaenyra 15,000 swords... 146 00:17:24,127 --> 00:17:27,380 In return for protection. A dragon. 147 00:17:28,882 --> 00:17:31,718 Then she has exceeded your terms. 148 00:17:31,843 --> 00:17:33,011 She sent two. 149 00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:36,056 Both still wet from the egg. 150 00:17:37,682 --> 00:17:40,227 I have hunting hounds that are more fearsome. 151 00:17:40,352 --> 00:17:42,687 They are dragons nonetheless. 152 00:17:43,188 --> 00:17:44,477 I do not recall you specifying 153 00:17:44,481 --> 00:17:46,191 the size of the beast in your request. 154 00:17:46,316 --> 00:17:48,193 Will you goad me, child? 155 00:17:48,693 --> 00:17:51,696 When your bread and shelter now depend on my pleasure? 156 00:17:53,365 --> 00:17:55,408 The dragons will grow... 157 00:17:56,368 --> 00:17:58,578 - in time. - I don't have time. 158 00:18:00,330 --> 00:18:02,707 I mislike feeling powerless. 159 00:18:04,042 --> 00:18:05,543 So do I. 160 00:18:12,050 --> 00:18:13,839 This will be your chamber. 161 00:18:13,843 --> 00:18:16,054 I'll expect you at supper this evening? 162 00:18:19,015 --> 00:18:23,228 My sympathies for the death of your grandmother. 163 00:18:31,403 --> 00:18:34,193 The way they spoke at my small council today. 164 00:18:34,197 --> 00:18:37,697 Do they hold you responsible for Rhaenys and her dragon? 165 00:18:37,701 --> 00:18:39,411 I would rather they had. 166 00:18:39,911 --> 00:18:42,622 They speak around me, not to me. 167 00:18:43,290 --> 00:18:44,416 They would make me queen, 168 00:18:44,541 --> 00:18:46,706 but they wish to keep me here, confined. 169 00:18:46,710 --> 00:18:49,254 They betray their own smallness. 170 00:18:49,796 --> 00:18:51,089 In truth, I cannot fault them. 171 00:18:51,214 --> 00:18:55,381 I am now the sovereign. I cannot do as I please. 172 00:18:55,385 --> 00:18:58,092 And war has ever been for men to make. 173 00:18:58,096 --> 00:19:01,596 You are your father's chosen successor. 174 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,056 He did not prepare me to fight. 175 00:19:04,060 --> 00:19:05,937 If I had been a son, 176 00:19:06,062 --> 00:19:09,608 a sword thrust into my hand the moment I could walk. 177 00:19:10,108 --> 00:19:12,402 Instead, I was given my father's cup... 178 00:19:12,944 --> 00:19:15,488 taught the name of every lord and castle 179 00:19:15,614 --> 00:19:17,069 between Storm's End and the Twins, 180 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:20,285 but not the difference between hilt and foible. 181 00:19:21,161 --> 00:19:22,954 And they know it. 182 00:19:24,289 --> 00:19:27,914 - And Daemon as well... - Shall your evening meal be served here, Your Grace? 183 00:19:27,918 --> 00:19:29,628 Not now. 184 00:19:35,467 --> 00:19:37,177 Will you send to him? 185 00:19:38,595 --> 00:19:41,427 For too long, I have looked to him for strength. 186 00:19:41,431 --> 00:19:43,516 If I must be supplicant to my own husband, 187 00:19:43,642 --> 00:19:45,477 what does that make me? 188 00:19:48,813 --> 00:19:52,025 I do not know my part, Mysaria. 189 00:19:54,861 --> 00:19:57,822 The path I walk has never been trod. 190 00:19:58,823 --> 00:20:02,619 Criston Cole made a mistake. 191 00:20:03,995 --> 00:20:08,287 Parading a dragon's head through the streets like a prize of war, 192 00:20:08,291 --> 00:20:10,331 but the people see an ill omen. 193 00:20:10,335 --> 00:20:11,832 Yes, as do I. 194 00:20:11,836 --> 00:20:15,169 They are afraid, bread is scarce, 195 00:20:15,173 --> 00:20:16,629 the king has fallen, 196 00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:19,219 they whisper to each other that when Viserys lived, 197 00:20:19,344 --> 00:20:21,467 there was peace. 198 00:20:21,471 --> 00:20:24,224 But will whispers tear down stone... 199 00:20:24,349 --> 00:20:25,725 or break shields? 200 00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:29,229 Do not underestimate your subjects. 201 00:20:29,354 --> 00:20:30,855 They are a thousand-thousand 202 00:20:30,981 --> 00:20:32,645 living in the shadow of the Red Keep 203 00:20:32,649 --> 00:20:35,193 and forgotten for too long. 204 00:20:35,860 --> 00:20:38,071 And you think they will turn to me. 205 00:20:38,196 --> 00:20:42,701 To the discontented, rumors are feed. 206 00:20:47,205 --> 00:20:48,999 Your Grace. 207 00:20:51,084 --> 00:20:55,714 What you cannot do, let others do for you. 208 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,176 There is more than one way to fight a war. 209 00:21:22,198 --> 00:21:24,864 The thought of her lying in a field, 210 00:21:24,868 --> 00:21:27,746 broken amongst her enemies. 211 00:21:38,089 --> 00:21:42,302 Did your grandmother ever tell you of the night she claimed Meleys? 212 00:21:43,303 --> 00:21:45,305 She snuck into the Dragonpit. 213 00:21:45,931 --> 00:21:48,433 She knew that place better than any Elder. 214 00:21:48,934 --> 00:21:51,102 They say she could see in the dark. 215 00:21:52,604 --> 00:21:54,439 My father was furious. 216 00:21:54,564 --> 00:21:56,562 His own mother's dragon, 217 00:21:56,566 --> 00:21:57,943 the fastest beast ever known, 218 00:21:58,068 --> 00:21:59,899 and she'd have none of him. 219 00:21:59,903 --> 00:22:02,405 But bent her neck to Rhaenys. 220 00:22:03,448 --> 00:22:05,617 She was fierce... 221 00:22:06,743 --> 00:22:08,954 in love and in anger. 222 00:22:11,456 --> 00:22:15,168 She did not always care for me, but... 223 00:22:16,795 --> 00:22:21,007 for what she gave me in the end, I'm grateful. 224 00:22:26,805 --> 00:22:29,933 I wished I had known her when she was young. 225 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:39,818 You are very like her in some ways. 226 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:47,280 And with her gone... I must rely on you, I think. 227 00:22:47,284 --> 00:22:49,949 Your Grace? 228 00:22:49,953 --> 00:22:52,706 Would you give this to your grandsire? 229 00:23:04,134 --> 00:23:06,845 I do not wish to stand alone. 230 00:23:10,515 --> 00:23:12,309 Daemon. 231 00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:18,398 Daemon. 232 00:23:19,149 --> 00:23:22,027 You were always the strong one. 233 00:23:23,862 --> 00:23:26,698 The finest swordsman... 234 00:23:29,367 --> 00:23:32,037 the fearless dragon rider. 235 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:37,584 Your brother had great love in his heart... 236 00:23:41,755 --> 00:23:44,216 ...but he lacked your constitution. 237 00:23:45,050 --> 00:23:47,844 Viserys was unsuited for the crown... 238 00:23:50,889 --> 00:23:54,935 but you... Daemon, you were made to wear it. 239 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,250 If only you'd been born first. 240 00:24:19,459 --> 00:24:21,920 My favorite son. 241 00:24:28,093 --> 00:24:31,471 Is the duck not to your liking, Your Grace? 242 00:24:36,434 --> 00:24:40,063 There's also goose, if you'd prefer it. 243 00:24:41,731 --> 00:24:43,608 I like the goose, myself. 244 00:24:51,825 --> 00:24:53,285 Uh, I'm not hungry. 245 00:24:53,410 --> 00:24:55,620 I was saying, given the rather dire news 246 00:24:55,745 --> 00:24:57,581 from Rook's Rest... 247 00:24:58,415 --> 00:25:02,415 it appears the winds have shifted and each side has suffered great loss, 248 00:25:02,419 --> 00:25:06,006 and will be unsure of what is to follow. 249 00:25:07,132 --> 00:25:10,089 A good time, then, for a show of strength. 250 00:25:10,093 --> 00:25:11,257 I believe Willem Blackwood 251 00:25:11,261 --> 00:25:13,930 is bringing House Bracken to heel. 252 00:25:15,140 --> 00:25:18,518 We must ready the castle to receive a great host. 253 00:25:20,812 --> 00:25:22,643 You seem sure of this. 254 00:25:22,647 --> 00:25:25,438 All men may be led, Ser Simon. 255 00:25:25,442 --> 00:25:27,193 Even Rivermen. 256 00:25:28,153 --> 00:25:32,157 'Tis a matter of showing them whom it behooves them to follow. 257 00:25:33,325 --> 00:25:35,660 How does the work here progress? 258 00:25:35,994 --> 00:25:39,785 Oh, um... we're drawing water for the kitchens 259 00:25:39,789 --> 00:25:42,167 - and lighting the forges. - Very well. 260 00:25:42,292 --> 00:25:44,790 That is merely the beginning, of course. 261 00:25:44,794 --> 00:25:46,546 The roof alone has needed tending 262 00:25:46,671 --> 00:25:47,627 since the reign of Aenys. 263 00:25:47,631 --> 00:25:48,836 And the storerooms. 264 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,884 And... 265 00:25:51,009 --> 00:25:53,511 and the Wailing Tower. 266 00:25:54,012 --> 00:25:56,514 The bats have made the corridors almost impassable 267 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,642 with the quantity of their... 268 00:25:59,684 --> 00:26:01,228 Their shit. 269 00:26:03,355 --> 00:26:05,232 I venture there are smiths and armorers 270 00:26:05,357 --> 00:26:07,813 to be found near Nutton and Riverbend. 271 00:26:07,817 --> 00:26:09,861 Well, send for them, and levy the farmers 272 00:26:09,986 --> 00:26:11,988 from Antlers to High Heart. 273 00:26:12,197 --> 00:26:16,034 Task their huntsmen to bring us meat and wood. 274 00:26:16,159 --> 00:26:18,828 Um, there is, of course, the matter of payment. 275 00:26:20,497 --> 00:26:25,043 After the, the tragedy that befell his father... 276 00:26:25,377 --> 00:26:31,170 Larys transferred his family's wealth to King's Landing. 277 00:26:31,174 --> 00:26:33,593 Is there any gold left in your coffers? 278 00:26:33,718 --> 00:26:38,390 Enough to keep this small establishment you see fed and warm. 279 00:26:39,391 --> 00:26:40,892 Relatively. 280 00:26:43,270 --> 00:26:46,727 I... I rather thought, Your Grace, as 281 00:26:46,731 --> 00:26:50,068 emissary to the Queen 282 00:26:50,193 --> 00:26:54,026 that p-perhaps she could provide the necessary coin 283 00:26:54,030 --> 00:26:57,617 - if you could only write to her. - No. 284 00:26:57,742 --> 00:26:59,744 Harrenhal is my command. 285 00:27:00,203 --> 00:27:03,081 I shall guarantee the payment myself. 286 00:27:03,915 --> 00:27:05,709 Up, up. 287 00:27:08,753 --> 00:27:10,755 Very well, Your Grace. 288 00:27:11,089 --> 00:27:14,259 You should address me as "my king." 289 00:27:14,593 --> 00:27:16,261 But you're the prince. 290 00:27:16,595 --> 00:27:18,930 What would you call the husband of the queen? 291 00:27:19,055 --> 00:27:20,720 - Well, the king... - There it is, then. 292 00:27:20,724 --> 00:27:22,267 ...consort. 293 00:27:23,268 --> 00:27:26,229 That last bit seems unnecessary, don't you think? 294 00:27:31,943 --> 00:27:33,900 The armor was Valyrian steel, 295 00:27:33,904 --> 00:27:38,283 but His Grace suffered grievous burns over much of his body. 296 00:27:39,242 --> 00:27:41,119 He has many broken bones. 297 00:27:41,244 --> 00:27:44,619 I fear there are more injuries within, 298 00:27:44,623 --> 00:27:46,625 injuries we cannot see. 299 00:27:48,126 --> 00:27:50,462 We are grateful for your works, 300 00:27:50,587 --> 00:27:51,588 Grand Maester. 301 00:27:52,672 --> 00:27:55,258 - Has he woken? - No. 302 00:27:56,509 --> 00:28:01,181 I must admit, I'm not sure he will ever wake. 303 00:28:01,306 --> 00:28:04,517 I have plied my crafts to their fullest extents. 304 00:28:04,643 --> 00:28:08,813 Our king's fate lies with the gods now. 305 00:28:19,324 --> 00:28:22,327 A king cannot rule in his sleep. 306 00:28:22,452 --> 00:28:24,829 The realm will have noticed his absence. 307 00:28:25,330 --> 00:28:29,042 Let them hear of his great deeds at Rook's Rest. 308 00:28:29,167 --> 00:28:31,878 But now we must name a regent to take his place 309 00:28:32,003 --> 00:28:33,672 until he recovers... 310 00:28:36,007 --> 00:28:37,342 or does not. 311 00:28:38,843 --> 00:28:41,133 A wise strategy, Your Grace. 312 00:28:41,137 --> 00:28:42,847 A regency will assure the people 313 00:28:42,973 --> 00:28:45,517 of the stability of the crown. 314 00:28:48,061 --> 00:28:51,189 Did you have a candidate in mind, Your Grace? 315 00:28:51,648 --> 00:28:53,368 I myself served in this role for my husband. 316 00:28:53,483 --> 00:28:55,022 I am well-prepared to do it again. 317 00:28:55,026 --> 00:28:56,482 You played your part admirably 318 00:28:56,486 --> 00:28:58,150 in a time of peace, Your Grace, 319 00:28:58,154 --> 00:29:00,653 but circumstances have changed. 320 00:29:00,657 --> 00:29:02,367 And here I had forgotten. 321 00:29:02,492 --> 00:29:04,657 The king does not lack for heirs. 322 00:29:04,661 --> 00:29:09,704 The obvious choice is his immediate successor, Prince Aemond. 323 00:29:09,708 --> 00:29:11,038 Agreed. 324 00:29:11,042 --> 00:29:13,874 Aemond is young. 325 00:29:13,878 --> 00:29:16,840 And his lack of restraint has already cost us dearly. 326 00:29:26,057 --> 00:29:30,228 It is experience that offers the surest path to security. 327 00:29:30,353 --> 00:29:33,352 Queen Alicent ably shouldered the duties of the realm 328 00:29:33,356 --> 00:29:35,062 when her husband's health failed him. 329 00:29:35,066 --> 00:29:36,397 Experience is valuable, yes, 330 00:29:36,401 --> 00:29:37,857 but the dowager queen is a woman. 331 00:29:37,861 --> 00:29:41,114 I am no stranger to rule or to sitting at this council. 332 00:29:41,239 --> 00:29:42,528 Aemond is a fearsome dragon rider. 333 00:29:42,532 --> 00:29:43,863 His skill is best employed in the field, 334 00:29:43,867 --> 00:29:46,866 but my experience is needed here, at this table. 335 00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:49,243 No offense was meant, Your Grace, but... 336 00:29:49,247 --> 00:29:54,419 - at a time when we must show strength. - Lord Larys? 337 00:29:54,544 --> 00:29:57,213 I agree, Your Grace. It must be Prince Aemond. 338 00:29:58,924 --> 00:30:01,380 What would it say if, in response to Rhaenyra's crowning, 339 00:30:01,384 --> 00:30:03,803 we raised up a woman of our own? 340 00:30:06,598 --> 00:30:08,099 But, um... 341 00:30:09,476 --> 00:30:11,390 but the Hand speaks for the king's voice. 342 00:30:11,394 --> 00:30:13,647 Ser Criston, what say you? 343 00:30:20,445 --> 00:30:22,822 Aemond is the next in line. 344 00:30:24,950 --> 00:30:26,493 It must be him. 345 00:30:30,997 --> 00:30:33,250 It's agreed then. 346 00:30:54,479 --> 00:30:56,815 What is our standing in the Riverlands? 347 00:30:58,316 --> 00:31:00,940 Uh, the banners of House Tully 348 00:31:00,944 --> 00:31:03,150 are in disarray, Your Grace. 349 00:31:03,154 --> 00:31:04,364 Prince Daemon has little hope 350 00:31:04,489 --> 00:31:06,992 of fielding an army of any size, for now. 351 00:31:08,618 --> 00:31:10,616 We would do well to send word to young Oscar Tully. 352 00:31:10,620 --> 00:31:12,497 It's only a matter of time 353 00:31:12,622 --> 00:31:14,996 before he inherits his grandsire's mantle. 354 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,002 Tell me, Lord Strong, 355 00:31:17,127 --> 00:31:18,545 how I can trust the counsel of a man 356 00:31:18,670 --> 00:31:20,213 who leaves the jewel of the Riverlands 357 00:31:20,338 --> 00:31:22,841 to be plucked by our enemy? 358 00:31:26,344 --> 00:31:27,846 Your brother's host can meet Daemon. 359 00:31:27,971 --> 00:31:29,180 He should quicken its pace 360 00:31:29,306 --> 00:31:30,303 and check the Rivermen 361 00:31:30,307 --> 00:31:31,804 while their banners are in disarray. 362 00:31:31,808 --> 00:31:34,060 I shall send Lord Jason encouragement. 363 00:31:34,185 --> 00:31:37,022 - What else? - We might turn our attention 364 00:31:37,147 --> 00:31:39,478 to the smallfolk here in King's Landing. 365 00:31:39,482 --> 00:31:42,027 They have grown weary of the Sea Snake's blockade. 366 00:31:42,152 --> 00:31:44,195 So have we all. 367 00:31:44,321 --> 00:31:45,405 Many are fleeing the city, 368 00:31:45,530 --> 00:31:48,867 spreading word of their fear and unrest. 369 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,162 Mm, then let the gates be closed. 370 00:31:54,331 --> 00:31:56,996 No one is to leave or enter, save with our consent. 371 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,878 Merchants, so forth. 372 00:32:04,049 --> 00:32:06,009 Go to your tasks. 373 00:32:06,718 --> 00:32:09,217 We shall meet again at first light. 374 00:32:09,221 --> 00:32:13,350 Oh, and someone cut down the fucking ratcatchers. 375 00:32:20,232 --> 00:32:22,567 The city's safe no longer. 376 00:32:24,236 --> 00:32:25,737 There is no food. 377 00:32:26,613 --> 00:32:28,694 Our neighbors are stealing from each other. 378 00:32:28,698 --> 00:32:29,950 We must get out. 379 00:32:30,075 --> 00:32:31,864 And where would you have us go? 380 00:32:31,868 --> 00:32:34,079 North, maybe? South? 381 00:32:34,746 --> 00:32:36,744 For all we know, every road leads into the dragons' teeth. 382 00:32:36,748 --> 00:32:39,251 Like the one they carted through the streets? 383 00:32:39,918 --> 00:32:44,297 You think Rhaenyra will let such an affront go unchallenged? 384 00:32:47,217 --> 00:32:49,928 We should make for Tumbleton. 385 00:32:50,053 --> 00:32:51,972 My brother will have room. 386 00:32:52,097 --> 00:32:53,932 You would have me turn beggar? 387 00:32:59,938 --> 00:33:02,728 Are we not beggars already? 388 00:33:02,732 --> 00:33:04,442 Have you been paid for those machines 389 00:33:04,568 --> 00:33:05,439 you were forced to build? 390 00:33:05,443 --> 00:33:07,153 The king has promised payment. 391 00:33:07,279 --> 00:33:10,282 The king has lied! 392 00:33:21,793 --> 00:33:23,628 By all means... 393 00:33:24,296 --> 00:33:27,841 stay and wait for his empty promises, husband. 394 00:33:29,759 --> 00:33:32,804 With them, you can feed the mouths of ghosts. 395 00:34:12,135 --> 00:34:14,137 Presumed you'd be here. 396 00:34:14,512 --> 00:34:17,182 Seeing faithfully to the Prince Regent's commands. 397 00:34:17,724 --> 00:34:19,805 Aemond is the next in line. 398 00:34:19,809 --> 00:34:22,975 - It is the order of things. - You know what he is... 399 00:34:22,979 --> 00:34:25,023 what he has somehow become. 400 00:34:27,692 --> 00:34:29,148 Has your loyalty faded? 401 00:34:29,152 --> 00:34:31,150 Or does it flourish only at night 402 00:34:31,154 --> 00:34:34,032 and flee the sunrise like a moth? 403 00:34:37,661 --> 00:34:39,200 What I saw at Rook's Rest... 404 00:34:39,204 --> 00:34:42,666 What? What did you see? 405 00:34:46,544 --> 00:34:48,713 Their armor melted. 406 00:34:50,382 --> 00:34:53,051 There were men walking. They were on fire. 407 00:34:56,388 --> 00:34:58,723 We have given the war to the dragons. 408 00:35:00,225 --> 00:35:01,893 A dragon rider should lead us. 409 00:35:06,231 --> 00:35:08,441 And what of justice, of temperance? 410 00:35:08,567 --> 00:35:11,736 Or is strength now to be our only god? 411 00:35:17,075 --> 00:35:19,077 So you cast me aside. 412 00:35:20,245 --> 00:35:22,247 Have I not spared you? 413 00:35:23,915 --> 00:35:27,877 What we must do now is... terrible. 414 00:35:29,588 --> 00:35:31,590 Will you preside over it? 415 00:35:32,090 --> 00:35:36,052 - Is this who you are, Alicent? - I did not ask to be spared. 416 00:35:39,431 --> 00:35:41,641 And I did not give you leave to speak my name. 417 00:35:54,487 --> 00:35:56,406 Halt! 418 00:36:01,953 --> 00:36:03,121 Stay back! 419 00:36:04,789 --> 00:36:06,750 We've got to get out! 420 00:36:07,417 --> 00:36:08,960 Somebody get him! 421 00:36:09,628 --> 00:36:11,630 Stay back! No! 422 00:36:11,755 --> 00:36:13,965 Holdfast, hold fast! 423 00:36:14,090 --> 00:36:16,635 Stay back! Hold! 424 00:36:21,306 --> 00:36:22,641 Back! 425 00:36:23,475 --> 00:36:26,603 Disperse, disperse! 426 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,814 By order of Aemond Targaryen, 427 00:36:29,940 --> 00:36:32,692 Prince Regent and Protector of the Realm... 428 00:36:32,817 --> 00:36:35,107 - Aemond? - Does he mean the king? 429 00:36:35,111 --> 00:36:37,652 - I don't know. - You cannot keep us here! 430 00:36:37,656 --> 00:36:40,613 - You are ordered to return to your homes! - We want meat! 431 00:36:40,617 --> 00:36:42,285 - Meat! - Meat! 432 00:36:52,462 --> 00:36:54,005 Stay back! 433 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:06,138 Our Lord Grover Tully has not declared for Rhaenyra. 434 00:37:06,142 --> 00:37:08,474 It means death to bare steel against your liege, 435 00:37:08,478 --> 00:37:10,855 as I'm sure my prince is aware. 436 00:37:12,357 --> 00:37:14,693 And against your queen? 437 00:37:16,861 --> 00:37:17,862 Hm? 438 00:37:21,366 --> 00:37:25,328 Jason Lannister is marshaling to the west. 439 00:37:26,162 --> 00:37:28,582 We need to check him before he reaches Riverrun. 440 00:37:29,374 --> 00:37:31,330 That requires passage. 441 00:37:31,334 --> 00:37:33,666 And if Stark's army is too slow? 442 00:37:33,670 --> 00:37:35,501 The wind's rising. 443 00:37:35,505 --> 00:37:37,211 Winter is nigh upon us. 444 00:37:37,215 --> 00:37:38,717 Our hesitance does not lie 445 00:37:38,842 --> 00:37:40,840 in Rhaenyra as Queen, 446 00:37:40,844 --> 00:37:45,219 nor in the ruminations of Lord Tully, the oaf. 447 00:37:45,223 --> 00:37:48,014 Our fear lies in Vhagar. 448 00:37:48,018 --> 00:37:51,017 You fear a dragon leagues away 449 00:37:51,021 --> 00:37:53,940 when mine own sits outside your walls? 450 00:37:58,028 --> 00:38:01,698 - Do you offer us your protection? - I do. 451 00:38:07,954 --> 00:38:11,078 And the protection of my uncle. 452 00:38:11,082 --> 00:38:15,462 And Daemon, I'm sure, has consented to this? 453 00:38:15,587 --> 00:38:17,543 He will do as his queen commands. 454 00:38:17,547 --> 00:38:19,545 That does lend us some comfort. 455 00:38:19,549 --> 00:38:20,880 Though it occurs to me that dragons 456 00:38:20,884 --> 00:38:24,387 - cannot be in two places at once. - Or three. 457 00:38:27,307 --> 00:38:29,226 What do you want? 458 00:38:31,228 --> 00:38:35,144 Larys Strong has been relieved of his castle. 459 00:38:35,148 --> 00:38:38,652 Does the queen intend to raise up a new lord? 460 00:38:42,822 --> 00:38:44,407 You want Harrenhal. 461 00:39:03,134 --> 00:39:08,306 For that... my mother will want more than your crossing. 462 00:39:09,933 --> 00:39:12,143 What does Her Grace desire? 463 00:39:14,646 --> 00:39:16,982 Bent knees. 464 00:40:10,702 --> 00:40:11,870 Up. 465 00:40:12,370 --> 00:40:14,160 You were born to wield a sword, 466 00:40:14,164 --> 00:40:18,331 but not so much an axe, perhaps. 467 00:40:18,335 --> 00:40:20,041 There are others who would sit idle 468 00:40:20,045 --> 00:40:22,209 and wait for their claims to be brought to them. 469 00:40:22,213 --> 00:40:25,671 - That is not my way. - Does splitting firewood justify what's followed you here? 470 00:40:25,675 --> 00:40:27,715 Let it not be said that Daemon Targaryen 471 00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:30,009 failed to dirty his hands in this war. 472 00:40:30,013 --> 00:40:32,182 Oh, let me see them. 473 00:40:33,058 --> 00:40:35,101 - Sit. - Ah. 474 00:40:35,227 --> 00:40:36,394 Sit! 475 00:40:39,898 --> 00:40:43,189 I hear strange things from Bracken land, 476 00:40:43,193 --> 00:40:46,571 from Stone Hedge and Lambswold and Mory. 477 00:40:47,572 --> 00:40:49,570 There's news, then? 478 00:40:49,574 --> 00:40:50,951 News? 479 00:40:52,118 --> 00:40:53,119 No. 480 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,870 What I hear, I hear in the wind. 481 00:40:57,874 --> 00:41:01,086 Cries of anguish. 482 00:41:02,921 --> 00:41:04,919 Children being taken from their mothers, 483 00:41:04,923 --> 00:41:08,881 men coming home to find their doors unlatched... 484 00:41:08,885 --> 00:41:11,263 their wives carried away. 485 00:41:13,390 --> 00:41:16,142 War is a terrible thing. 486 00:41:16,268 --> 00:41:18,103 This is not war. 487 00:41:18,770 --> 00:41:21,227 These are crimes against the innocent, 488 00:41:21,231 --> 00:41:23,396 that any upright man would repudiate. 489 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,236 Surely you haven't mistaken me for an upright man. 490 00:41:28,071 --> 00:41:31,612 The Brackens had their chance to do as I required. 491 00:41:31,616 --> 00:41:33,906 They will perhaps think better of their decision 492 00:41:33,910 --> 00:41:37,289 if their children's lives are staked on it. 493 00:41:38,331 --> 00:41:41,126 Is that the kind of army you would raise? 494 00:41:41,918 --> 00:41:44,129 Men who hate you... 495 00:41:44,629 --> 00:41:46,252 who serve you under duress? 496 00:41:46,256 --> 00:41:49,467 Well, once they agree to serve me, I'll treat them fairly. 497 00:41:49,593 --> 00:41:50,756 Set an example for the rest 498 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,804 of the Riverlands to follow. 499 00:41:52,929 --> 00:41:55,181 And once again, in the name of power, 500 00:41:55,307 --> 00:41:58,310 it's the weak and the women who must endure. 501 00:42:00,979 --> 00:42:04,024 That fool, Aegon, is unlike to survive. 502 00:42:05,984 --> 00:42:08,361 The realm will suffer if Aemond One-Eye rules. 503 00:42:09,821 --> 00:42:11,489 You should pray you never meet him. 504 00:42:11,990 --> 00:42:14,159 He will cut you down soon as wish you good-day. 505 00:42:14,284 --> 00:42:15,827 I'd heard the same thing about you. 506 00:42:15,952 --> 00:42:16,949 But I'll cross you no further. 507 00:42:16,953 --> 00:42:18,496 I'm sure your tactics are, after all, 508 00:42:18,622 --> 00:42:20,457 approved by the queen. 509 00:42:25,879 --> 00:42:28,298 She cannot succeed, Alys. 510 00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:30,963 Even if I willed it to be so. 511 00:42:30,967 --> 00:42:33,011 The people who support her will not be led by her. 512 00:42:33,136 --> 00:42:35,134 They look to a man for strength. 513 00:42:35,138 --> 00:42:36,223 Who's better suited to it? 514 00:42:36,348 --> 00:42:38,804 The Hightowers with their scheming? 515 00:42:38,808 --> 00:42:41,228 Or Viserys's first true heir? 516 00:42:42,187 --> 00:42:44,685 When I take King's Landing... 517 00:42:44,689 --> 00:42:46,145 Rhaenyra is welcome to join me there 518 00:42:46,149 --> 00:42:48,693 and take her place by my side. 519 00:42:48,818 --> 00:42:52,822 King and queen... ruling together. 520 00:42:53,323 --> 00:42:56,030 - And if you lose? - Then I'll be dead, 521 00:42:56,034 --> 00:42:58,324 and none of this will be my problem. 522 00:42:58,328 --> 00:43:01,706 It's a pity, don't you think, that you never knew your mother? 523 00:43:05,210 --> 00:43:07,545 A message, Your Grace. 524 00:43:09,339 --> 00:43:10,340 Uh... 525 00:43:12,425 --> 00:43:15,262 uh, fresh news from Stone Hedge. 526 00:43:15,387 --> 00:43:17,510 The Blackwoods have overwhelmed the Brackens, 527 00:43:17,514 --> 00:43:21,226 and, uh, Lord Amos has pledged his banner to you. 528 00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:23,728 House Bracken is yours. 529 00:43:24,896 --> 00:43:27,857 Call Ser Willem here so that I might congratulate him. 530 00:43:28,191 --> 00:43:31,069 The Blackwoods will be feted in these halls. 531 00:43:42,247 --> 00:43:44,416 I sought you at High Tide. 532 00:43:45,041 --> 00:43:47,419 I was surprised when they said you were here. 533 00:43:48,587 --> 00:43:50,589 My castle is a tomb. 534 00:43:51,798 --> 00:43:53,967 Empty. Haunted. 535 00:43:54,634 --> 00:43:57,971 I am sad to have missed its highest days. 536 00:43:58,763 --> 00:44:00,052 I imagine your Hall of Nine 537 00:44:00,056 --> 00:44:02,388 filled with lords and kings, 538 00:44:02,392 --> 00:44:05,645 all eager to treat with the legendary Lord of the Tides. 539 00:44:07,397 --> 00:44:08,561 The wealth you brought back 540 00:44:08,565 --> 00:44:09,896 from Yi Ti and Asshai, 541 00:44:09,900 --> 00:44:13,278 inspiring awe and envy. 542 00:44:15,447 --> 00:44:17,657 I wonder if any of them knew it was all for her. 543 00:44:26,625 --> 00:44:29,002 Queen Rhaenyra wishes to name you Hand. 544 00:44:32,339 --> 00:44:36,468 Even the death of my wife does not content her. 545 00:44:38,470 --> 00:44:40,847 Has she not asked enough of my house? 546 00:44:41,306 --> 00:44:44,142 It is a sign of her great esteem. 547 00:44:45,101 --> 00:44:47,021 Or does she think the position will compensate me 548 00:44:47,145 --> 00:44:49,435 for my loss? 549 00:44:49,439 --> 00:44:51,938 Pledge your peace to King's Landing, then. 550 00:44:51,942 --> 00:44:54,361 They will accept it most gleefully. 551 00:44:56,655 --> 00:44:59,616 Rather I would sail into the West and be lost. 552 00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:02,494 You have done so before, 553 00:45:02,619 --> 00:45:05,538 at great cost to yourself and those who loved you. 554 00:45:07,999 --> 00:45:11,211 Rhaenys was not only your wife... 555 00:45:11,336 --> 00:45:13,797 not a thing to be taken from you. 556 00:45:14,464 --> 00:45:17,842 She was a Targaryen princess. 557 00:45:17,968 --> 00:45:19,173 The Queen Who Never Was. 558 00:45:19,177 --> 00:45:21,968 And she flew to Rook's Rest of her own will. 559 00:45:21,972 --> 00:45:24,303 - In defense of her kin. - And she died. 560 00:45:24,307 --> 00:45:26,643 She died as she would have wished to die... 561 00:45:27,185 --> 00:45:30,355 with honor, in dragon fire. 562 00:45:30,855 --> 00:45:32,315 The way my mother chose... 563 00:45:34,359 --> 00:45:37,362 and the way I myself wish to meet my end. 564 00:45:44,369 --> 00:45:47,660 I grieve my grandmother who loved me 565 00:45:47,664 --> 00:45:49,874 but I carry her on with me. 566 00:45:50,917 --> 00:45:55,547 I will see Rhaenyra ascend the Iron Throne, as Rhaenys wished. 567 00:45:56,047 --> 00:45:58,216 As Rhaenys herself should have. 568 00:46:00,677 --> 00:46:03,555 You yourself may do as you see fit. 569 00:46:07,058 --> 00:46:08,685 Granddaughter. 570 00:46:16,067 --> 00:46:19,404 I would make you my heir. 571 00:46:20,864 --> 00:46:22,866 I am blood and fire. 572 00:46:23,283 --> 00:46:26,536 Driftmark must pass to salt and sea. 573 00:46:45,096 --> 00:46:46,473 Your Grace. 574 00:46:50,060 --> 00:46:51,478 You were correct... 575 00:46:52,771 --> 00:46:55,732 in saying our best hope of an army is with Daemon. 576 00:46:58,068 --> 00:47:03,782 And I have, perhaps, erred in waiting for him to prove himself. 577 00:47:05,784 --> 00:47:07,786 I wish you to go to Harrenhal. 578 00:47:09,454 --> 00:47:12,123 Are you removing me from your council? 579 00:47:13,625 --> 00:47:14,960 Ser Alfred... 580 00:47:15,669 --> 00:47:19,293 I-I-I will not deny you have tried my patience of late, 581 00:47:19,297 --> 00:47:21,466 or that I would prefer a council 582 00:47:21,591 --> 00:47:23,134 more inclined to champion their queen, 583 00:47:23,260 --> 00:47:25,925 but... 584 00:47:25,929 --> 00:47:29,262 you and your house served my father well, 585 00:47:29,266 --> 00:47:32,519 and I know you will never accept the Hightower claim. 586 00:47:34,020 --> 00:47:36,773 Not while I live, Your Grace. 587 00:47:39,442 --> 00:47:43,109 We cannot challenge King's Landing without the Riverlands 588 00:47:43,113 --> 00:47:47,284 but I will not send a message by raven for Daemon to disregard. 589 00:47:49,327 --> 00:47:55,375 I ask you to... reason with him. 590 00:47:55,500 --> 00:48:00,338 Find out his state of mind and his intentions. 591 00:48:02,048 --> 00:48:03,633 Intentions? 592 00:48:04,509 --> 00:48:08,305 Whether he means to raise a host for me or for himself. 593 00:48:11,141 --> 00:48:12,350 He would not dare. 594 00:48:12,475 --> 00:48:15,353 Have you known Daemon to lack in daring? 595 00:48:16,855 --> 00:48:18,398 Go now with haste. 596 00:48:18,523 --> 00:48:21,359 I'll send good men to see to your safety. 597 00:48:28,867 --> 00:48:31,536 Have you any message for him? 598 00:48:35,165 --> 00:48:38,710 Tell him I would much like to finish our last conversation. 599 00:48:41,087 --> 00:48:42,505 Your Grace. 600 00:49:18,583 --> 00:49:20,293 Your Grace. 601 00:49:23,755 --> 00:49:28,093 What is it, Ser Simon? Is the pudding now served? 602 00:49:28,635 --> 00:49:31,137 The Riverlords have come, Your Grace. 603 00:49:31,263 --> 00:49:34,099 - They wish an audience. - Now? 604 00:49:34,599 --> 00:49:37,102 - What godless hour is it? - The wolf. 605 00:49:37,727 --> 00:49:39,771 They are demanding to speak presently. 606 00:50:10,635 --> 00:50:14,014 I see I must begin here with a lesson in etiquette. 607 00:50:14,139 --> 00:50:15,261 Or failing that, in proper fear 608 00:50:15,265 --> 00:50:17,475 of your Targaryen master. 609 00:50:18,977 --> 00:50:23,481 Is there some reason you feel free to wake a king in his bed? 610 00:50:24,190 --> 00:50:26,772 Or shall I now begin your education? 611 00:50:26,776 --> 00:50:28,107 House Bracken 612 00:50:28,111 --> 00:50:31,865 have been brought to heel at the hands of Willem Blackwood. 613 00:50:31,990 --> 00:50:35,323 - That news is stale. - Yes. 614 00:50:35,327 --> 00:50:37,283 There have been, um, complications. 615 00:50:37,287 --> 00:50:39,785 The sacred septs on Bracken lands 616 00:50:39,789 --> 00:50:43,209 - were looted and burned. - As were the fields and farms. 617 00:50:43,335 --> 00:50:44,669 The livestock was stolen 618 00:50:44,794 --> 00:50:46,334 and our peasants put to the sword. 619 00:50:46,338 --> 00:50:49,007 They pursued the women and the children. 620 00:50:49,132 --> 00:50:50,463 There were works of barbarity. 621 00:50:50,467 --> 00:50:54,221 Punishing Bracken for his own treasons is one thing, aye. 622 00:50:54,346 --> 00:50:57,015 - But these other acts. - The Brackens were given their chance. 623 00:50:57,140 --> 00:50:59,639 - They would not see reason. - The Blackwoods have exploited 624 00:50:59,643 --> 00:51:01,474 the war for the crown to visit atrocities 625 00:51:01,478 --> 00:51:04,018 - upon their old rivals. - I have seen my fair share of their quarrels, 626 00:51:04,022 --> 00:51:05,686 and I tell you, there is no honor in a fight 627 00:51:05,690 --> 00:51:07,647 - such as this. - Honor? What of common decency? 628 00:51:07,651 --> 00:51:10,028 These beasts proudly carried 629 00:51:10,153 --> 00:51:11,905 the banner of House Targaryen. 630 00:51:12,030 --> 00:51:13,865 Red dragon on black. 631 00:51:20,205 --> 00:51:23,708 A terrible war is being fought in these lands. 632 00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,172 Have you looked after our girls? 633 00:51:36,555 --> 00:51:38,557 We should've expected nothing more from a man 634 00:51:38,682 --> 00:51:40,600 who ordered the slaughter of a child 635 00:51:40,725 --> 00:51:42,435 in his mother's arms. 636 00:51:44,229 --> 00:51:47,607 That is a lie. And I will have the man who told it brought before me. 637 00:51:47,732 --> 00:51:52,571 Well, your man is half the kingdom, my prince. 638 00:51:55,407 --> 00:51:57,409 Know this, interloper: 639 00:51:57,909 --> 00:52:00,745 the Riverlands are an ancient place, 640 00:52:00,870 --> 00:52:04,583 watched closely by the eyes of old gods and new. 641 00:52:04,958 --> 00:52:06,626 And dragon or no, 642 00:52:06,751 --> 00:52:10,088 we shall not raise our banners for a tyrant. 643 00:53:17,948 --> 00:53:21,993 - Move along, lass. - I have an errand... for the lady Mysaria. 644 00:53:23,161 --> 00:53:24,329 I thought she was dead. 645 00:53:25,121 --> 00:53:27,666 Would she die without collecting her due? 646 00:53:29,167 --> 00:53:31,044 I must see an old friend. 647 00:53:32,671 --> 00:53:34,839 Most people want out these days. 648 00:54:20,093 --> 00:54:21,052 Elinda. 649 00:55:12,771 --> 00:55:14,981 Was it worth the price? 650 00:56:05,824 --> 00:56:07,784 Mummy. 651 00:56:24,676 --> 00:56:26,219 Prince Jacaerys, Your Grace. 652 00:56:51,036 --> 00:56:52,370 Visenya. 653 00:56:53,204 --> 00:56:58,919 Vhagar's first rider, and the first wielder of Dark Sister. 654 00:57:00,378 --> 00:57:02,835 I hope you do not mean to use her as an example. 655 00:57:02,839 --> 00:57:04,545 Why shouldn't I? 656 00:57:04,549 --> 00:57:06,927 W... It was a long time ago. 657 00:57:17,020 --> 00:57:19,397 What is the mood at the Twins? 658 00:57:20,899 --> 00:57:23,235 Did his lordship quibble? 659 00:57:25,403 --> 00:57:29,366 He wishes for the Freys to be granted Harrenhal. 660 00:57:30,742 --> 00:57:33,078 At war's end. Assuming. 661 00:57:35,747 --> 00:57:37,290 I'm proud of you, Jace. 662 00:57:37,415 --> 00:57:39,918 You have done our cause a great service. 663 00:57:42,128 --> 00:57:45,131 Then, why do you look angry? 664 00:57:53,223 --> 00:57:56,222 You chafed at being prevented from action. 665 00:57:56,226 --> 00:57:59,058 Imagine my lot. I'm a dragon rider as well, 666 00:57:59,062 --> 00:58:02,107 with a war being fought over my ascension. 667 00:58:03,108 --> 00:58:05,277 And yet, I must wait here... 668 00:58:06,278 --> 00:58:08,568 always prudent... 669 00:58:08,572 --> 00:58:09,944 sending others to fight 670 00:58:09,948 --> 00:58:12,409 and be felled in my name. 671 00:58:12,784 --> 00:58:15,161 Even you have managed to do your part. 672 00:58:15,745 --> 00:58:17,455 You are the queen... 673 00:58:17,831 --> 00:58:19,078 the tie that binds us. 674 00:58:19,082 --> 00:58:20,913 - No harm can come to you. - And you are my son, 675 00:58:20,917 --> 00:58:23,128 and I did not give you leave to go. 676 00:58:24,963 --> 00:58:27,674 You do not give me leave to go to anything. 677 00:58:28,008 --> 00:58:29,255 But who else is there? Rhaenys is dead, 678 00:58:29,259 --> 00:58:31,132 and Baela cannot bear the burden alone. 679 00:58:31,136 --> 00:58:33,801 And when Aemond comes hunting for you? 680 00:58:33,805 --> 00:58:36,137 Your dragon is young. 681 00:58:36,141 --> 00:58:38,435 Will you fly before Vhagar as Luke did? 682 00:58:45,150 --> 00:58:47,277 Perhaps Daemon could... 683 00:58:50,655 --> 00:58:52,490 Daemon is not here. 684 00:58:53,199 --> 00:58:56,782 And Aemond now rules in King's Landing. 685 00:58:56,786 --> 00:59:01,120 - Is Aegon dead? - Dead or alive, we have no answer for Vhagar. 686 00:59:01,124 --> 00:59:04,502 Aemond will not wait long to press his advantage. And then what? 687 00:59:06,963 --> 00:59:08,673 I have done all I can from here, 688 00:59:08,798 --> 00:59:11,505 sent my messages, invoked my alliances. 689 00:59:11,509 --> 00:59:14,137 But if all else fails, it is I who must fight. 690 00:59:15,847 --> 00:59:18,638 Vhagar is big, but Syrax is quicker. 691 00:59:18,642 --> 00:59:23,396 - So was Meleys. - Meleys fought two dragons and one of them is slain. 692 00:59:24,981 --> 00:59:26,261 Shall I fight for my birthright? 693 00:59:26,316 --> 00:59:29,194 Or shall I wait here until we are all destroyed? 694 00:59:34,866 --> 00:59:37,035 I need dragons. 695 00:59:40,205 --> 00:59:43,375 We have no dearth of dragons. 696 00:59:44,042 --> 00:59:47,041 We have two large enough to stand against Vhagar. 697 00:59:47,045 --> 00:59:50,336 They are called Vermithor and Silverwing 698 00:59:50,340 --> 00:59:51,883 and they sleep just beneath our feet. 699 00:59:52,008 --> 00:59:53,089 Yes, and if only they had riders, 700 00:59:53,093 --> 00:59:55,387 none could stand against me. 701 00:59:56,012 --> 00:59:59,391 I would go forth in strength and not from necessity. 702 01:00:00,684 --> 01:00:01,935 There is Rhaena. 703 01:00:02,060 --> 01:00:05,230 Who nearly lost her life in her last attempt. 704 01:00:06,606 --> 01:00:08,608 I would not risk it again. 705 01:00:14,406 --> 01:00:17,576 There are those of our line who never ruled. 706 01:00:18,243 --> 01:00:21,788 Those who married into other noble houses, 707 01:00:21,913 --> 01:00:24,537 their children born with other names. 708 01:00:24,541 --> 01:00:28,374 A generation ago, or more. Their blood would be thin. 709 01:00:28,378 --> 01:00:29,754 And yet... 710 01:00:30,880 --> 01:00:35,214 A dragon will only accept a dragon lord to ride it. 711 01:00:35,218 --> 01:00:39,218 - Or so say the histories. - Valyrian histories. 712 01:00:39,222 --> 01:00:41,391 Written to gild us in glory. 713 01:00:44,102 --> 01:00:46,897 Are you suggesting we put a Mallister on a dragon? 714 01:00:47,314 --> 01:00:51,109 - A Tarly? - It's better than death and defeat. 715 01:00:56,907 --> 01:01:00,239 There are records here, surely, of our line 716 01:01:00,243 --> 01:01:02,621 and of those who fell out of it. 717 01:01:10,086 --> 01:01:11,755 There could be scores of them. 718 01:01:19,471 --> 01:01:21,348 It's a mad thought.