1 00:00:00,959 --> 00:00:02,002 RHAENYRA TARGARYEN: I need more dragonriders. 2 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:04,462 You understand, to claim a dragon, 3 00:00:04,462 --> 00:00:07,090 you must also be prepared to die. 4 00:00:07,090 --> 00:00:09,300 (SEASMOKE SCREECHES) 5 00:00:10,135 --> 00:00:11,803 ♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS) 6 00:00:16,641 --> 00:00:17,934 It was a reckless thought 7 00:00:18,101 --> 00:00:19,519 that an ancient Valyrian beast 8 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:21,187 would suffer a Darklyn to ride it. 9 00:00:21,312 --> 00:00:23,523 MYSARIA: Surely it was not the only possibility. 10 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:25,150 AEMOND TARGARYEN: I'll see my brother. 11 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:26,693 What do you remember? 12 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:27,944 (AEGON WHIMPERS) 13 00:00:27,944 --> 00:00:30,613 I remember nothing. 14 00:00:31,281 --> 00:00:32,157 (COMMOTION, YELLING) 15 00:00:32,615 --> 00:00:34,534 MYSARIA: The small folk of King's Landing are listening. 16 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:36,494 They are hungry. 17 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:38,204 Our gift is sent. 18 00:00:40,665 --> 00:00:42,709 (COMMOTION, YELLING) 19 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:44,044 HUGH HAMMER: Give it to me! 20 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:47,047 RICKARD THORNE: Your Graces, we must leave. 21 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:48,381 - Let's go. - (BOOING) 22 00:00:48,381 --> 00:00:50,050 - There's the queen of fishes! - (GASPS) 23 00:00:50,175 --> 00:00:52,344 TOWNSPERSON: Long live Queen Rhaenyra! 24 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,056 If you have any counsel for dealing with the river lords, 25 00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:57,182 I'd be glad of it. 26 00:00:57,182 --> 00:00:59,351 But Grover Tully is their Lord Paramount. 27 00:00:59,684 --> 00:01:02,520 Without him, they will never raise their banners as one. 28 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:04,689 SIMON STRONG: This is Ser Oscar Tully, 29 00:01:04,689 --> 00:01:05,899 grandson to Grover Tully. 30 00:01:05,899 --> 00:01:07,067 He is heir to Riverrun 31 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:09,235 and the future Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. 32 00:01:09,402 --> 00:01:12,655 Houses Bracken and Blackwood have long detested one another. 33 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:14,407 (CARAXES SCREECHES) 34 00:01:14,532 --> 00:01:16,576 We have fought them for an age and more. 35 00:01:16,868 --> 00:01:18,328 There are things the crown itself 36 00:01:18,328 --> 00:01:20,205 must not be seen to do. 37 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:21,873 Show them your worst. 38 00:01:21,873 --> 00:01:23,667 I am your servant, Your Grace. 39 00:01:24,876 --> 00:01:26,544 SPEAKER: There were works of barbarity. 40 00:01:26,878 --> 00:01:30,840 Dragon or no, we shall not raise our banners for a tyrant. 41 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,426 Your Grace, Lord Grover is dead. 42 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,720 Young Oscar Tully is now 43 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:37,222 Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. 44 00:01:37,389 --> 00:01:39,057 DAEMON TARGARYEN: When I take King's Landing, 45 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:40,892 Rhaenyra is welcome to join me there 46 00:01:40,892 --> 00:01:42,852 and take her place by my side. 47 00:01:45,188 --> 00:01:47,607 There is a large dragon in the Vale. 48 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:49,567 Large, but alas wild. 49 00:01:49,693 --> 00:01:51,903 ADDAM OF HULL: You saved his life, brother. 50 00:01:52,195 --> 00:01:53,863 Do you never think about what could be ours? 51 00:01:55,281 --> 00:01:56,783 (SEASMOKE SCREECHES) 52 00:01:58,743 --> 00:02:00,036 (SEASMOKE ROARS) 53 00:02:00,745 --> 00:02:02,622 LORENT MARBRAND: Your Grace, the dragon Seasmoke 54 00:02:02,747 --> 00:02:04,457 has been sighted flying over Spicetown. 55 00:02:04,582 --> 00:02:06,584 From what we have heard, he has a rider. 56 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:09,254 ♪ (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS) 57 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:11,881 (SYRAX GROWLS) 58 00:02:13,299 --> 00:02:14,592 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) 59 00:02:21,266 --> 00:02:24,436 (epic theme playing) 60 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:11,649 ♪ 61 00:04:05,036 --> 00:04:07,205 (theme fades out) 62 00:04:12,002 --> 00:04:14,004 (Syrax roars) 63 00:04:15,171 --> 00:04:17,173 (Seasmoke roars) 64 00:04:19,217 --> 00:04:22,220 (dragons grumbling, calling) 65 00:04:46,411 --> 00:04:52,542 (shouts) You stand before the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms... 66 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:55,754 with a dragon of House Targaryen! 67 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,215 (shouts) I had no design upon it! 68 00:04:59,215 --> 00:05:01,259 What do you want?! 69 00:05:02,052 --> 00:05:05,263 Addam of Hull: To learn the ways of dragonriders. 70 00:05:06,598 --> 00:05:08,767 And to serve my queen! 71 00:05:10,393 --> 00:05:12,479 Your Grace! 72 00:05:12,604 --> 00:05:14,773 (dragons grumbling) 73 00:05:24,449 --> 00:05:26,451 (dragons howling) 74 00:05:31,122 --> 00:05:33,124 (Seasmoke roars) 75 00:05:39,756 --> 00:05:41,966 You kneel quickly... 76 00:05:41,966 --> 00:05:44,594 for a man so suddenly elevated. 77 00:05:45,136 --> 00:05:49,140 This dragon came to me, not I to him. 78 00:05:49,265 --> 00:05:51,142 (Seasmoke howls) 79 00:05:51,142 --> 00:05:55,355 I have sweated blood in service of House Velaryon. 80 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,816 I may appear lowborn... 81 00:05:57,941 --> 00:06:00,985 but I know much and more of service! 82 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,489 And if the gods call me to greater things, 83 00:06:04,614 --> 00:06:06,324 who am I to refuse them? 84 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:17,168 Stand. 85 00:06:25,468 --> 00:06:26,970 What is your parentage? 86 00:06:26,970 --> 00:06:29,347 My mother was a shipwright. 87 00:06:30,473 --> 00:06:32,183 My father is... 88 00:06:33,351 --> 00:06:34,686 no one of consequence. 89 00:06:35,311 --> 00:06:38,314 Your ancestors, any of House Targaryen? 90 00:06:38,314 --> 00:06:41,985 We're not the sort of family to keep annals, Your Grace. 91 00:06:43,987 --> 00:06:45,697 What is your name? 92 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:48,324 Addam... of Hull. 93 00:06:51,870 --> 00:06:54,039 (Seasmoke grumbling) 94 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:59,210 You have done something... 95 00:07:00,503 --> 00:07:02,505 I feared impossible... 96 00:07:04,174 --> 00:07:06,176 Addam of Hull. 97 00:07:10,722 --> 00:07:12,724 I am glad of it. 98 00:07:13,725 --> 00:07:16,728 (light music playing) 99 00:07:16,853 --> 00:07:19,064 Do you think you can get him to Dragonstone? 100 00:07:22,067 --> 00:07:23,860 I can try. 101 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:29,699 (music fades out) 102 00:07:29,699 --> 00:07:31,576 Alicent Hightower: All my life... 103 00:07:31,576 --> 00:07:36,081 I have endeavored to serve both my house and the realm. 104 00:07:37,749 --> 00:07:39,459 And somehow none of it matters. 105 00:07:41,711 --> 00:07:43,588 We are cast aside. 106 00:07:45,590 --> 00:07:47,092 Or hated. 107 00:07:50,053 --> 00:07:52,639 You'll have a scar... 108 00:07:52,764 --> 00:07:55,934 but... (inhales) it will be easily hidden. 109 00:07:56,059 --> 00:07:58,269 (nearby scritching) 110 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:03,149 Nothing is clean here. 111 00:08:03,274 --> 00:08:05,276 (rat squeaking) 112 00:08:10,824 --> 00:08:12,784 (distant chatter) 113 00:08:12,909 --> 00:08:15,286 I wish to go out, Ser Rickard. 114 00:08:15,662 --> 00:08:17,247 Rickard Thorne: Out? 115 00:08:17,747 --> 00:08:19,165 To the Kingswood, I think. 116 00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:20,667 Then I'll have the stewards prepare 117 00:08:20,792 --> 00:08:22,794 - a retinue. - No retinue. 118 00:08:23,795 --> 00:08:25,672 - Then your handmaidens-- - No handmaidens. 119 00:08:25,797 --> 00:08:28,466 - (birds chirping) - Just you. 120 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:37,684 (indistinct chatter) 121 00:08:37,809 --> 00:08:41,771 Jasper "Ironrod" Wylde: What are they for? The block or the crow cage? 122 00:08:41,771 --> 00:08:44,149 Larys Strong: The Wall. 123 00:08:44,274 --> 00:08:46,317 The prince regent is merciful. 124 00:08:46,317 --> 00:08:47,360 Hm. 125 00:08:49,112 --> 00:08:51,781 Well, they started a riot. 126 00:08:51,781 --> 00:08:54,951 Justice is served, I suppose. 127 00:08:56,494 --> 00:08:58,496 (horse neighs) 128 00:09:02,167 --> 00:09:05,670 I have received word of a matter of great importance. 129 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:09,841 Rumor of a sighting of the dragon Seasmoke... 130 00:09:10,842 --> 00:09:12,552 with a rider. 131 00:09:13,678 --> 00:09:15,638 A fine piece of intelligence, 132 00:09:15,638 --> 00:09:19,392 and now you seek favor by delivering it to Prince Aemond. 133 00:09:19,517 --> 00:09:23,646 Actually, I thought I might seek your advice, Lord Larys. 134 00:09:23,646 --> 00:09:25,690 Whispers being your province. 135 00:09:26,149 --> 00:09:29,861 guard: Kneel before the Prince Regent Aemond Targaryen! 136 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,489 Oh, but this is your whisper, 137 00:09:32,489 --> 00:09:35,033 Lord Jasper, not mine. 138 00:09:35,033 --> 00:09:37,911 But if you consider it valuable... 139 00:09:38,036 --> 00:09:40,080 perhaps you could deliver it 140 00:09:40,205 --> 00:09:42,499 and find favor with Aemond yourself. 141 00:09:42,499 --> 00:09:45,043 Aemond Targaryen: You will forsake your white cloaks for black. 142 00:09:45,043 --> 00:09:47,879 serve out your days at The Wall. 143 00:09:47,879 --> 00:09:49,881 Larys: Who is this rider? 144 00:09:50,006 --> 00:09:52,884 Ironrod: That is less clear, 145 00:09:52,884 --> 00:09:55,220 but it must surely be the Lady Rhaena. 146 00:09:55,345 --> 00:09:57,055 She has wanted for a dragon all her life. 147 00:09:57,180 --> 00:09:58,723 Indeed, but she tried already 148 00:09:58,848 --> 00:09:59,933 when she was four and ten. 149 00:10:00,058 --> 00:10:02,268 The beast Seasmoke very nearly devoured her. 150 00:10:02,394 --> 00:10:03,603 Who else? 151 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:07,774 Yes, it is a shallow pool. 152 00:10:07,899 --> 00:10:09,693 Where did you hear it? 153 00:10:09,693 --> 00:10:11,069 My squire. 154 00:10:12,737 --> 00:10:15,073 He heard it from a stablehand, 155 00:10:15,073 --> 00:10:18,702 who heard it from his father, a fisherman, 156 00:10:18,702 --> 00:10:21,246 whose shipmate claims he saw it. 157 00:10:22,414 --> 00:10:23,415 Oh. 158 00:10:26,626 --> 00:10:29,087 You are, of course, welcome to bring this news 159 00:10:29,087 --> 00:10:31,881 to the prince regent, but, um... 160 00:10:32,549 --> 00:10:36,428 perhaps this is one of those whispers best left to the wind. 161 00:10:40,765 --> 00:10:42,726 (prisoners struggling) 162 00:10:43,601 --> 00:10:45,395 (Ironrod clears throat) 163 00:10:45,395 --> 00:10:49,149 - (tense music playing) - (horse neighs) 164 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:00,452 (dragons calling) 165 00:11:00,577 --> 00:11:02,579 ♪ 166 00:11:14,466 --> 00:11:16,634 (music fades out) 167 00:11:16,634 --> 00:11:18,470 The queen is unharmed. 168 00:11:18,470 --> 00:11:21,306 Corlys Velaryon: What of the rider? Do we know who he is? 169 00:11:21,306 --> 00:11:23,141 He appears to be a shipwright 170 00:11:23,266 --> 00:11:25,101 in your employ, Lord Hand. 171 00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:26,603 Bartimos Celtigar: A commoner? 172 00:11:26,603 --> 00:11:29,189 With respect to your workers, Lord Corlys, 173 00:11:29,314 --> 00:11:33,276 the lowborn cannot go around seizing dragons. 174 00:11:33,276 --> 00:11:35,320 Has the thief been secured? 175 00:11:35,445 --> 00:11:38,823 Her Grace has commanded that he remain here as a guest. 176 00:11:38,823 --> 00:11:40,283 She wishes him to be instructed 177 00:11:40,283 --> 00:11:42,660 in the art of dragonriding, 178 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:45,830 and that I should teach him some High Valyrian. 179 00:11:45,955 --> 00:11:47,957 Bartimos: We know nothing about this man, 180 00:11:47,957 --> 00:11:49,793 save that he is lowborn. 181 00:11:49,793 --> 00:11:52,212 What say you, Lord Hand? 182 00:11:53,630 --> 00:11:55,507 We will await the queen's accounting... 183 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:59,469 - before passing judgment. - (Bartimos sighs) 184 00:12:01,805 --> 00:12:03,348 Where is the queen? 185 00:12:05,183 --> 00:12:07,686 Her Grace sends word she will not be attending. 186 00:12:12,023 --> 00:12:14,734 Mysaria: So he serves you and not himself. 187 00:12:15,026 --> 00:12:17,654 - That is lucky. - Lucky? 188 00:12:17,654 --> 00:12:19,823 Or somehow ordained? 189 00:12:19,823 --> 00:12:21,491 Seasmoke chose him. 190 00:12:21,491 --> 00:12:24,869 He surely has Targaryen blood in him somewhere. 191 00:12:24,994 --> 00:12:26,162 The dragon must sense it. 192 00:12:26,162 --> 00:12:27,205 There will be others. 193 00:12:27,330 --> 00:12:28,248 We will find riders 194 00:12:28,373 --> 00:12:29,541 for Vermithor and Silverwing. 195 00:12:29,666 --> 00:12:31,084 You trust this man? 196 00:12:31,876 --> 00:12:33,169 What choice do I have? 197 00:12:33,169 --> 00:12:34,504 He has a dragon. 198 00:12:34,504 --> 00:12:36,172 Without him, I have only Syrax 199 00:12:36,172 --> 00:12:38,550 who may give Aemond a second thought. 200 00:12:39,092 --> 00:12:41,177 The question is where to look. 201 00:12:41,553 --> 00:12:45,557 Targaryen blood was perhaps too thin in Ser Steffon Darklyn. 202 00:12:45,557 --> 00:12:48,018 If I can find others with a more direct line 203 00:12:48,018 --> 00:12:51,062 - of breeding. - (Mysaria chuckles) 204 00:12:51,187 --> 00:12:53,273 Forgive me, Your Grace... 205 00:12:55,358 --> 00:12:59,863 but you are better served looking under the sheets and in the woodpiles. 206 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:05,535 I once worked in a pleasure house 207 00:13:05,535 --> 00:13:09,748 where generations of Targaryen princelings had their revels. 208 00:13:09,873 --> 00:13:13,376 There are four score of their bastard progeny at least, 209 00:13:13,376 --> 00:13:15,086 that are known to me. 210 00:13:15,211 --> 00:13:17,213 There are sure to be more. 211 00:13:17,213 --> 00:13:19,257 Perhaps some here, on Dragonstone, 212 00:13:19,257 --> 00:13:23,136 the misbegotten offspring of your house. 213 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:34,230 You speak of the lowborn. 214 00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:35,732 They are as like to serve you 215 00:13:35,732 --> 00:13:39,486 as highborn lords or ladies, perhaps more. 216 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:44,824 But in the highborn houses there is... 217 00:13:44,949 --> 00:13:47,619 (inhales) an ancient fealty. 218 00:13:48,620 --> 00:13:49,788 There is honor. 219 00:13:50,455 --> 00:13:53,750 Your royal half-brothers, Aegon and Aemond, 220 00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:59,839 whose blood is pure, who wage war against you for your throne, 221 00:13:59,964 --> 00:14:01,591 are they bound by honor? 222 00:14:07,013 --> 00:14:10,600 A common shipwright vows to serve you 223 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,853 while your brothers seek to destroy you. 224 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,651 The order of things has changed, Your Grace. 225 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,487 Why not embrace it? 226 00:14:31,955 --> 00:14:35,041 For 20 years, the lords of this realm levied... 227 00:14:35,166 --> 00:14:38,837 insults at my sons behind my back. 228 00:14:46,344 --> 00:14:47,679 Well then. 229 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:52,475 Let us raise an army of bastards. 230 00:15:13,038 --> 00:15:15,707 - My lord. - Corlys: "My lord"? 231 00:15:16,207 --> 00:15:18,543 How you have come up in the world. 232 00:15:20,712 --> 00:15:22,881 I wish to ask for leave to relinquish my part 233 00:15:22,881 --> 00:15:24,841 as a shipwright in your service. 234 00:15:24,841 --> 00:15:27,886 There are good men and strong who can take my place-- 235 00:15:32,891 --> 00:15:35,060 Your leave is granted. 236 00:15:47,072 --> 00:15:48,573 Well done. 237 00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:54,913 (intense music playing) 238 00:15:57,415 --> 00:15:59,626 (horses neigh) 239 00:16:06,049 --> 00:16:08,051 ♪ 240 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:16,893 (knocks on door) 241 00:16:16,893 --> 00:16:19,396 Simon Strong: Lord Tully has answered your summons and brought 242 00:16:19,396 --> 00:16:21,981 the Riverlords, my king. 243 00:16:27,070 --> 00:16:30,073 Daemon Targaryen: My condolences on the passing of your grandsire 244 00:16:30,073 --> 00:16:33,118 but the crown congratulates you on your ascension to the head of your house 245 00:16:33,243 --> 00:16:34,953 and Lord Paramount in the Riverlands. 246 00:16:34,953 --> 00:16:36,287 Truly glorious. Well done. 247 00:16:37,247 --> 00:16:41,751 - I did nothing. - Nevertheless, you are here, which is the important thing. 248 00:16:41,751 --> 00:16:43,586 You were quick enough to dismiss me before. 249 00:16:43,586 --> 00:16:46,131 You were of no significance to me then. 250 00:16:46,131 --> 00:16:47,590 Now... 251 00:16:50,135 --> 00:16:52,762 I shall have my great host. 252 00:16:53,513 --> 00:16:55,807 You have a decision to make. 253 00:16:55,807 --> 00:16:58,143 I presume it is clear to you which is the right one. 254 00:16:58,977 --> 00:17:00,770 Oscar Tully: You'll forgive me, Your Grace. 255 00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:02,856 I am green in this sort of matter, 256 00:17:02,856 --> 00:17:06,818 as you so kindly point out, but... (inhales) 257 00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:11,281 it does seem to me that you've made rather a mess here, 258 00:17:11,281 --> 00:17:15,285 countenancing barbarities in the queen's name. 259 00:17:15,285 --> 00:17:17,537 Whose side are you on? 260 00:17:19,330 --> 00:17:21,332 (deep breath) 261 00:17:21,833 --> 00:17:25,003 The Riverlands are held together by oaths. 262 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:30,508 House Tully swore an oath to King Viserys. 263 00:17:32,135 --> 00:17:33,386 We recognize the authority 264 00:17:33,511 --> 00:17:36,014 of the named heir, Queen Rhaenyra 265 00:17:36,473 --> 00:17:40,352 and your own... as her king consort. 266 00:17:41,686 --> 00:17:42,854 Good. 267 00:17:43,980 --> 00:17:45,482 Then we shall go to face your vassals 268 00:17:45,482 --> 00:17:46,816 and you will call your banners to war. 269 00:17:46,816 --> 00:17:49,486 That might be difficult, my king. 270 00:17:54,366 --> 00:17:55,700 Well... 271 00:17:56,910 --> 00:17:58,495 I was told they would come to heel 272 00:17:58,495 --> 00:18:00,997 when House Tully declared its allegiance. 273 00:18:00,997 --> 00:18:02,999 That may be the case, 274 00:18:02,999 --> 00:18:06,002 though it is yet to be seen that they will heed my authority 275 00:18:06,002 --> 00:18:08,046 as young as it is. 276 00:18:09,547 --> 00:18:11,716 And there is another problem. 277 00:18:13,551 --> 00:18:15,345 They all hate you. 278 00:18:15,345 --> 00:18:18,682 (quiet, tense music playing) 279 00:18:18,682 --> 00:18:20,558 I don't need their love. 280 00:18:20,684 --> 00:18:22,852 I need their swords. 281 00:18:22,852 --> 00:18:24,896 (door opens) 282 00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:29,234 Your Grace, my lord. The Riverlords await. 283 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:31,861 I fear we cannot delay them any longer. 284 00:18:38,410 --> 00:18:40,745 Daemon: Come along, Lord Oscar. 285 00:18:44,416 --> 00:18:46,584 (music intensifies) 286 00:19:03,101 --> 00:19:05,770 In the deepest darkness comes the dawn. 287 00:19:06,396 --> 00:19:07,772 A new lord, 288 00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:09,607 a new beginning. 289 00:19:10,567 --> 00:19:13,153 Let us put all the old unpleasantness behind us. 290 00:19:19,284 --> 00:19:21,286 Be welcome, my lords... 291 00:19:22,162 --> 00:19:25,415 and you have my thanks for answering my summons. 292 00:19:25,415 --> 00:19:27,959 I know I'm not the man my grandsire was, 293 00:19:28,084 --> 00:19:32,922 but I hope to begin well, and go on from there. 294 00:19:32,922 --> 00:19:36,176 Daemon: Well said. One thing is clear-- 295 00:19:36,801 --> 00:19:40,096 the Rivermen honor the old ways and abide by tradition. 296 00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:42,098 Here, then, is tradition. 297 00:19:42,098 --> 00:19:43,516 Grover Tully is dead. 298 00:19:43,641 --> 00:19:45,477 Lord Oscar raised up in his place. 299 00:19:45,602 --> 00:19:47,187 You have been summoned here 300 00:19:47,312 --> 00:19:48,938 to swear anew your fealty to him, 301 00:19:48,938 --> 00:19:53,109 and as his bannermen, answer his call. 302 00:19:53,109 --> 00:19:55,153 And what would that call be? 303 00:19:55,153 --> 00:19:57,364 In his wisdom, he has pledged his house, 304 00:19:57,489 --> 00:19:59,282 and yours, to me. 305 00:19:59,282 --> 00:20:00,992 (Riverlords murmuring) 306 00:20:01,117 --> 00:20:04,496 Lord Piper: Lord Oscar, for generations we have been guided 307 00:20:04,496 --> 00:20:06,623 by the judgment of your forebears. 308 00:20:06,956 --> 00:20:10,460 Why should we now follow a boy, younger than my own sons, 309 00:20:10,460 --> 00:20:11,795 when you will align with one 310 00:20:11,795 --> 00:20:14,172 who will desecrate the innocent to reach his aims? 311 00:20:14,172 --> 00:20:15,548 (Riverlords murmuring) 312 00:20:15,674 --> 00:20:19,844 I did only what was necessary, my lord. 313 00:20:19,844 --> 00:20:22,180 And I now deliver to you the traitor 314 00:20:22,180 --> 00:20:24,307 Amos Bracken and his son. 315 00:20:24,307 --> 00:20:27,811 No more traitor to his land than you, Willem Blackwood. 316 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,855 I take to heart your words, Lord Piper, 317 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:34,192 and I agree, I-I-I am young. 318 00:20:34,901 --> 00:20:36,069 (sighs) 319 00:20:37,028 --> 00:20:40,240 And I have no love for Daemon Targaryen. 320 00:20:40,365 --> 00:20:43,702 He has dishonored himself and the crown with his... 321 00:20:44,577 --> 00:20:47,330 comportment here. 322 00:20:47,330 --> 00:20:51,334 Nevertheless, having so little experience to guide me, 323 00:20:51,334 --> 00:20:55,171 my best course is to defer to the oath my grandsire swore 324 00:20:55,171 --> 00:20:59,217 to King Viserys when he named Rhaenyra his heir. 325 00:21:02,387 --> 00:21:05,849 I see no reason to cast aside loyalty 326 00:21:05,849 --> 00:21:09,519 no matter how loathsome I may find her representative the prince. 327 00:21:09,519 --> 00:21:10,937 King. 328 00:21:11,730 --> 00:21:13,898 Mind your tongue, boy. 329 00:21:15,233 --> 00:21:17,235 (Riverlords murmuring) 330 00:21:25,702 --> 00:21:28,204 Will you have our army or not? 331 00:21:38,715 --> 00:21:41,384 I am, in the end, a Riverman 332 00:21:41,384 --> 00:21:43,553 and the word of my house stands, 333 00:21:43,553 --> 00:21:46,389 even if certain people are unworthy of it. 334 00:21:46,389 --> 00:21:49,100 (wind blowing) 335 00:21:50,101 --> 00:21:51,269 (sighs) 336 00:21:54,272 --> 00:21:56,775 Your Lord Oscar is bold. 337 00:21:57,942 --> 00:22:00,445 But he is perhaps not wrong. 338 00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:04,074 I may have been a touch enthusiastic 339 00:22:04,074 --> 00:22:06,910 in pursuing my aims. 340 00:22:06,910 --> 00:22:10,413 But don't allow my failings to... 341 00:22:10,413 --> 00:22:13,416 keep you from supporting an upright man. 342 00:22:13,416 --> 00:22:16,336 Lady Mallister: Lord Oscar, we honor the old ways, 343 00:22:16,461 --> 00:22:18,797 as Prince Daemon says 344 00:22:18,922 --> 00:22:22,300 - and the old ways call for justice to be done. - riverlord: Yes! 345 00:22:22,425 --> 00:22:24,469 Justice has been done. 346 00:22:24,469 --> 00:22:29,140 They who bent the knee to the usurper have been brought to heel. 347 00:22:29,808 --> 00:22:34,354 And now, we unite before our liege lord... 348 00:22:36,272 --> 00:22:38,483 and our king consort. 349 00:22:52,372 --> 00:22:56,334 I accept you as my vassal, Willem Blackwood... 350 00:23:03,466 --> 00:23:04,718 but... 351 00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:09,472 I am Lord Paramount of all River Houses. 352 00:23:11,182 --> 00:23:12,851 And there is only one answer for the crimes 353 00:23:12,976 --> 00:23:14,853 you visited upon your neighbors. 354 00:23:18,565 --> 00:23:22,819 I did only what His Grace the king required of me. 355 00:23:22,819 --> 00:23:26,156 Oscar: It is true that he made clear his base desires, 356 00:23:26,156 --> 00:23:29,826 but you did not have to pursue such savagery. 357 00:23:30,827 --> 00:23:34,706 You did it... because you wanted to. 358 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:37,375 Our young lord speaks truly. 359 00:23:39,002 --> 00:23:41,546 - Seize him. - (Riverlords murmuring) 360 00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:46,009 Willem Blackwood: Don't fuckin' do this. 361 00:23:46,009 --> 00:23:49,220 Your Grace, command them. I've only served you. 362 00:23:53,892 --> 00:23:55,852 - Command them. - Oscar: If His Grace wishes 363 00:23:55,852 --> 00:23:58,229 to show contrition for his acts 364 00:23:58,355 --> 00:24:02,067 and to prove himself deserving of our banners 365 00:24:02,859 --> 00:24:05,528 he must now rectify his grievous error. 366 00:24:05,528 --> 00:24:08,073 Denounce your crimes... 367 00:24:09,366 --> 00:24:12,077 and dispense justice. 368 00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:14,537 Oh, dear. 369 00:24:14,537 --> 00:24:16,748 ♪ 370 00:24:27,717 --> 00:24:29,719 (muffled, echoing) No, no, no! 371 00:24:30,095 --> 00:24:33,264 I did as you asked, Your Grace, I have been faithful. 372 00:24:33,264 --> 00:24:35,266 ♪ 373 00:24:44,442 --> 00:24:45,902 (music stops) 374 00:24:45,902 --> 00:24:48,113 (wind blowing) 375 00:24:53,827 --> 00:24:57,080 (unsettling music playing) 376 00:24:58,456 --> 00:25:00,458 (goat bleating) 377 00:25:11,970 --> 00:25:14,472 (person breathing heavily) 378 00:25:18,643 --> 00:25:21,021 (music fades out) 379 00:25:31,990 --> 00:25:34,159 (crown clinks) 380 00:25:48,298 --> 00:25:51,009 (Viserys breathing heavily) 381 00:25:52,677 --> 00:25:54,888 What is this? 382 00:25:56,639 --> 00:25:59,017 I never wanted it. 383 00:26:01,519 --> 00:26:03,855 I was right not to. 384 00:26:07,525 --> 00:26:10,236 All that pain it caused. 385 00:26:13,823 --> 00:26:17,202 It crushes whoever wears it. 386 00:26:20,997 --> 00:26:23,708 You always wanted it, Daemon. 387 00:26:29,047 --> 00:26:31,591 Do you want it still? 388 00:26:32,509 --> 00:26:35,053 (high-pitched ringing) 389 00:26:40,892 --> 00:26:44,062 - (Aegon grunting) - Grand Maester Orwyle: Steady. Slowly. 390 00:26:47,065 --> 00:26:48,274 Aegon Targaryen: I can't. 391 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,236 Orwyle: You can. You must try, Your Grace. 392 00:26:52,737 --> 00:26:55,949 (Aegon groans) 393 00:26:56,074 --> 00:26:59,703 - (cane snaps, clatters) - (Aegon wincing, yelling) 394 00:26:59,703 --> 00:27:01,871 I can't, I can't! 395 00:27:01,871 --> 00:27:03,707 (groaning) 396 00:27:06,459 --> 00:27:08,586 I'm sorry, Your Grace. I'm sorry, Your Grace. 397 00:27:08,712 --> 00:27:12,132 - (cries) Oh, God. Oh, God. - (knocking at door) 398 00:27:12,257 --> 00:27:13,383 - (Aegon yells) - A moment! 399 00:27:13,383 --> 00:27:16,261 - (aggressive knocking) - A moment, please! 400 00:27:16,386 --> 00:27:18,096 (door opens) 401 00:27:19,764 --> 00:27:23,476 You really oughtn't to be doing that alone, Grand Maester. 402 00:27:23,601 --> 00:27:25,270 (groaning) 403 00:27:31,276 --> 00:27:32,569 Allow me. 404 00:27:32,569 --> 00:27:34,612 (Aegon panicking) 405 00:27:35,238 --> 00:27:36,781 Aegon: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 406 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,117 Forgive me, Your Grace. 407 00:27:40,118 --> 00:27:42,454 (grunting, yelling) 408 00:27:50,462 --> 00:27:52,922 - Orwyle: Be careful. - Wait, wait. 409 00:27:52,922 --> 00:27:54,758 (yelling) 410 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,266 (Aegon breathing heavily) 411 00:28:03,683 --> 00:28:06,102 Your progress is impressive. 412 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,608 But I'm afraid you must work harder. 413 00:28:12,984 --> 00:28:14,986 Your strength will return. 414 00:28:15,111 --> 00:28:17,280 There are... adjustments 415 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:18,990 to the gait and so forth 416 00:28:19,115 --> 00:28:21,826 that you will learn now that you are... 417 00:28:22,869 --> 00:28:24,037 as you are. 418 00:28:24,162 --> 00:28:25,997 (grunting) 419 00:28:37,217 --> 00:28:39,469 You should be more cautious. 420 00:28:39,844 --> 00:28:42,138 I, I should, Lord Larys. 421 00:28:42,138 --> 00:28:44,724 He-He needs rest. He should be abed. 422 00:28:44,849 --> 00:28:47,143 I push him on your instruction. 423 00:28:47,143 --> 00:28:49,521 I'll have the sentry give you more warning. 424 00:28:52,023 --> 00:28:53,692 Let him try again in a few hours. 425 00:28:53,692 --> 00:28:55,360 He is spent. 426 00:28:58,363 --> 00:29:01,157 (softly) It will be long before he may rest again. 427 00:29:06,162 --> 00:29:07,872 (Aegon groans) 428 00:29:08,039 --> 00:29:10,208 (indistinct chatter) 429 00:29:13,545 --> 00:29:14,713 Corlys: Alyn. 430 00:29:17,841 --> 00:29:19,384 Alyn of Hull: My lord. 431 00:29:22,387 --> 00:29:25,098 Corlys: I have tasks that need your personal attention. 432 00:29:25,515 --> 00:29:28,226 The queen requires ships at her service in King's Landing. 433 00:29:28,351 --> 00:29:31,062 Charter fishing vessels. Pay whatever they demand 434 00:29:31,062 --> 00:29:34,357 but ensure their captains are dependable. 435 00:29:36,526 --> 00:29:38,945 - Put trusted swords aboard. - Yes, m'lord. 436 00:29:39,070 --> 00:29:40,572 Have them wait just outside the harbor. 437 00:29:40,697 --> 00:29:43,742 And there will be a message to carry to one she will name. 438 00:29:50,582 --> 00:29:54,919 The queen has found a new rider for one of her dragons. 439 00:29:55,420 --> 00:29:57,922 I've heard tell of it. 440 00:29:58,048 --> 00:29:59,424 The rider is your brother. 441 00:30:03,928 --> 00:30:06,431 She now makes the call for others. 442 00:30:06,931 --> 00:30:09,100 Our people are of Old Valyria, 443 00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:12,729 but... we are no dragonlords. 444 00:30:14,272 --> 00:30:19,444 I confess, I knew little of your mother's heritage. 445 00:30:21,821 --> 00:30:23,448 If it is... 446 00:30:24,449 --> 00:30:26,618 something in the blood. 447 00:30:31,331 --> 00:30:33,917 My brother was ever restless, 448 00:30:33,917 --> 00:30:36,670 yearning for some sign of his worth. 449 00:30:38,004 --> 00:30:41,007 I am of salt and sea. 450 00:30:41,132 --> 00:30:43,468 I yearn for nothing else. 451 00:30:52,644 --> 00:30:54,437 (wind blowing) 452 00:30:54,437 --> 00:30:57,857 (tense, solemn music playing) 453 00:31:21,881 --> 00:31:23,883 ♪ 454 00:31:38,356 --> 00:31:41,693 (tense, mischievous music playing) 455 00:31:52,078 --> 00:31:54,330 (wind blowing) 456 00:32:02,714 --> 00:32:04,382 (panting) 457 00:32:08,011 --> 00:32:10,013 ♪ 458 00:32:21,441 --> 00:32:23,860 (music fades out) 459 00:32:26,237 --> 00:32:28,907 (ambient nature sounds) 460 00:32:36,414 --> 00:32:38,583 (horse grunting) 461 00:32:44,589 --> 00:32:46,966 I will retire now, Ser Rickard. 462 00:32:54,265 --> 00:32:57,769 When does Your Grace mean to return to the city? 463 00:32:59,479 --> 00:33:01,731 I'm not yet certain I do. 464 00:33:03,274 --> 00:33:04,567 Good night. 465 00:33:12,826 --> 00:33:16,079 Jacaerys Velaryon: The lowborn claiming dragons, 466 00:33:16,079 --> 00:33:17,914 was it her idea? 467 00:33:17,914 --> 00:33:19,666 Lady Mysaria? 468 00:33:19,791 --> 00:33:22,919 You were enthusiastic enough when Ser Steffon made his claim. 469 00:33:22,919 --> 00:33:25,255 He was the Lord Commander of your Queensguard. 470 00:33:25,255 --> 00:33:27,799 Heir to the Dun Fort. These people are-- 471 00:33:27,799 --> 00:33:29,009 Courageous. 472 00:33:29,801 --> 00:33:31,469 Mongrels. 473 00:33:34,848 --> 00:33:36,599 (Rhaenyra sighs) 474 00:33:36,975 --> 00:33:38,351 Jace. 475 00:33:41,146 --> 00:33:43,106 Think what is at stake. 476 00:33:43,106 --> 00:33:46,317 I know well what is at stake. 477 00:33:47,986 --> 00:33:50,655 House Targaryen is the blood of the dragon. 478 00:33:50,655 --> 00:33:53,450 If any may lay claim to it, what are we then? 479 00:33:53,867 --> 00:33:56,828 The rightful rulers of the Seven Kingdoms. 480 00:33:57,162 --> 00:34:00,832 And what if one of your baseborn, silver-haired dragonriders 481 00:34:00,957 --> 00:34:03,668 decides he wants to rule the Seven Kingdoms? 482 00:34:03,793 --> 00:34:07,213 Did the Conqueror's dream foretell that? 483 00:34:07,339 --> 00:34:10,008 What else would you have me do? 484 00:34:11,718 --> 00:34:13,553 Prosecute a war, which we will lose, 485 00:34:13,678 --> 00:34:16,306 in which thousands will die. 486 00:34:16,306 --> 00:34:18,308 Or fly against Vhagar myself? 487 00:34:18,308 --> 00:34:21,895 Or perhaps you will fly against her on Vermax. 488 00:34:24,481 --> 00:34:29,194 Jace, with these riders, we can end a needless war. 489 00:34:30,195 --> 00:34:32,697 I may take my rightful place on my father's throne. 490 00:34:32,822 --> 00:34:34,866 Jacaerys: And when you die? 491 00:34:38,703 --> 00:34:41,081 (chuckles) You are my heir. 492 00:34:52,384 --> 00:34:54,719 (inhales) 493 00:34:54,844 --> 00:34:57,555 Did you think I would have dark hair? 494 00:35:05,522 --> 00:35:07,774 When you took Harwin Strong into your bed, 495 00:35:07,899 --> 00:35:09,275 did you think I might favor him, 496 00:35:09,401 --> 00:35:10,944 or did it not cross your mind? 497 00:35:13,530 --> 00:35:16,741 - Jacaerys-- - I'm no fool, Mother! 498 00:35:17,242 --> 00:35:19,577 The proof is here for all to see. 499 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,374 Yet I may argue my legitimacy to succeed you 500 00:35:24,374 --> 00:35:26,626 because I have a dragon. 501 00:35:29,713 --> 00:35:32,090 And now you say you will strip that from me too. 502 00:35:48,273 --> 00:35:50,942 I mislike all of this. (sniffles) 503 00:35:52,944 --> 00:35:54,904 Then don't pursue it. 504 00:36:00,118 --> 00:36:02,912 (light music playing) 505 00:36:02,912 --> 00:36:06,666 But I cannot gainsay that which the gods 506 00:36:06,791 --> 00:36:08,585 have laid before me. 507 00:36:16,301 --> 00:36:19,637 (light, tense music playing) 508 00:36:28,146 --> 00:36:31,149 (tense music playing) 509 00:36:33,693 --> 00:36:37,113 Do whatever you must to see that it finds her. 510 00:36:42,494 --> 00:36:44,829 ♪ 511 00:36:50,168 --> 00:36:52,170 (indistinct chatter) 512 00:37:03,306 --> 00:37:05,016 From the queen. 513 00:37:06,017 --> 00:37:08,019 ♪ 514 00:37:10,313 --> 00:37:12,691 (singers vocalizing) 515 00:37:30,041 --> 00:37:32,877 ♪ 516 00:37:46,558 --> 00:37:48,727 ♪ 517 00:37:51,771 --> 00:37:53,440 Mujja: You won't believe this. 518 00:37:53,565 --> 00:37:55,358 (indistinct chatter) 519 00:37:55,358 --> 00:37:57,193 Word is, Rhaenyra's recruiting 520 00:37:57,193 --> 00:37:59,070 smallfolk to go to (whispers) Dragonstone. 521 00:37:59,070 --> 00:38:02,032 - Oh, fuck that. - Oh, they wouldn't take you anyway. 522 00:38:02,032 --> 00:38:04,075 (laughter) 523 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,704 They're looking... for Targaryen bastards. 524 00:38:08,580 --> 00:38:10,540 Boats leave tonight. Hour of the bat. 525 00:38:10,540 --> 00:38:13,793 Seven hells, Ulf. This is it! (laughs) 526 00:38:13,918 --> 00:38:15,754 Yeah, a likely story. 527 00:38:15,754 --> 00:38:17,881 - You've been taken in, lads. - Mujja: No, no, no, no, no. 528 00:38:17,881 --> 00:38:20,717 The queen's own handmaid is here, spreadin' the word. 529 00:38:20,717 --> 00:38:22,093 Ulf: Well, that's a shame 'cause I'd have been 530 00:38:22,218 --> 00:38:25,055 first in line if it wasn't for my injury. 531 00:38:25,055 --> 00:38:27,140 - 'Cause my leg hasn't been the same since-- - Are you touched? 532 00:38:27,265 --> 00:38:29,225 He's saying you can claim a dragon. 533 00:38:29,225 --> 00:38:31,770 The barkeep from the Seven Maesters is goin'. 534 00:38:31,895 --> 00:38:33,313 And two of the girls from Mother's. 535 00:38:33,438 --> 00:38:36,399 - (hushed) A chance to stick it to Aemond. - And claim a dragon. 536 00:38:36,399 --> 00:38:38,568 - (hushed) Dragon! - Yeah, no. I know. 537 00:38:38,568 --> 00:38:41,905 - Mujja: What? - I know. I just-- I can't... 538 00:38:41,905 --> 00:38:44,407 I can't be sure it's all true. 539 00:38:47,786 --> 00:38:51,081 You can't mean that you've been drinkin' 540 00:38:51,081 --> 00:38:53,583 at the expense of all these, these good people 541 00:38:53,583 --> 00:38:55,669 - for a fiction? No, Ulf. - No, no. Shh. 542 00:38:55,794 --> 00:38:57,420 All spark and no tinder? 543 00:38:57,420 --> 00:38:59,130 - Mujja: They won't be happy. - Cley: They'll be very unhappy. 544 00:38:59,255 --> 00:39:01,299 - Never live it down. - Never live it down. 545 00:39:01,299 --> 00:39:03,802 - Come on, Ulf, the time has come! - Mujja: Come on! 546 00:39:03,802 --> 00:39:05,261 Cley: Can I see a little glimmer? 547 00:39:05,261 --> 00:39:07,806 - Mujja: Where is it? - There's the Ulf I know. 548 00:39:07,931 --> 00:39:09,974 Mujja: Yes! Yes, there he is! 549 00:39:09,974 --> 00:39:13,687 - Yes, yes! - Wine! Wine for Ulf the Dragonlord! 550 00:39:13,812 --> 00:39:15,939 - Ulf the Dragonlord! - (all cheering) 551 00:39:15,939 --> 00:39:19,776 Ulf the Dragonlord! Ulf the Dragonlord! 552 00:39:19,776 --> 00:39:22,195 (all chanting "Ulf") 553 00:39:25,824 --> 00:39:27,492 (Cley laughs) 554 00:39:27,492 --> 00:39:29,786 (fire crackling) 555 00:39:30,995 --> 00:39:33,540 Kat: I don't want you to go. 556 00:39:33,665 --> 00:39:35,458 I have to, Kat. 557 00:39:35,458 --> 00:39:37,127 We'll go to my brother in Tumbleton. 558 00:39:37,127 --> 00:39:39,671 They'll have food. You'll find work. 559 00:39:39,796 --> 00:39:41,548 I can't ignore this. 560 00:39:41,673 --> 00:39:44,175 (dog barking outside) 561 00:39:45,969 --> 00:39:47,846 I never knew my father. 562 00:39:50,223 --> 00:39:52,225 That much is true. 563 00:39:56,521 --> 00:39:58,690 But I did know my mother. 564 00:40:02,318 --> 00:40:04,320 (outside chatter) 565 00:40:11,202 --> 00:40:13,705 I hid it from you. 566 00:40:13,705 --> 00:40:15,999 And I'm sorry for that. 567 00:40:17,208 --> 00:40:18,710 (sighs) 568 00:40:19,711 --> 00:40:21,421 She worked... 569 00:40:22,714 --> 00:40:24,049 in a pleasure house. 570 00:40:25,383 --> 00:40:28,261 She was granted more freedom than most 571 00:40:28,386 --> 00:40:30,889 because of who she was. 572 00:40:33,224 --> 00:40:36,436 And because rich men paid more to fuck a woman with silver hair. 573 00:40:40,899 --> 00:40:43,026 She used to tell me... 574 00:40:44,069 --> 00:40:47,405 I was no different to her brother's boys 575 00:40:49,574 --> 00:40:52,744 Viserys... and Daemon. 576 00:40:55,914 --> 00:40:57,957 (Hugh inhales) 577 00:40:58,416 --> 00:41:00,418 But I was ashamed of her. 578 00:41:03,254 --> 00:41:06,466 I tried to make my way with my own hands. 579 00:41:08,093 --> 00:41:11,054 (solemn music playing) 580 00:41:11,054 --> 00:41:13,431 I could not protect you. 581 00:41:14,057 --> 00:41:17,143 I could not keep our girl alive. 582 00:41:24,734 --> 00:41:26,111 And now... 583 00:41:27,779 --> 00:41:31,408 we would never want again. 584 00:41:31,408 --> 00:41:33,952 If I claimed a dragon... 585 00:41:35,078 --> 00:41:37,247 they'd make you a lady. 586 00:41:37,247 --> 00:41:39,290 ♪ 587 00:41:42,752 --> 00:41:45,463 I do not care to be a lady, Hugh. 588 00:41:48,174 --> 00:41:50,969 And neither do I want to be a widow. 589 00:41:52,637 --> 00:41:54,639 ♪ 590 00:41:58,476 --> 00:42:01,021 I have to do somethin'. 591 00:42:01,813 --> 00:42:04,983 (tense music playing) 592 00:42:16,453 --> 00:42:18,455 ♪ 593 00:42:27,839 --> 00:42:31,551 - (music fades out) - (ambient nature sounds) 594 00:42:32,469 --> 00:42:35,472 (light music playing) 595 00:42:52,322 --> 00:42:54,324 (wind blowing) 596 00:42:57,369 --> 00:42:59,371 ♪ 597 00:43:21,351 --> 00:43:23,353 ♪ 598 00:43:51,631 --> 00:43:54,718 ♪ 599 00:44:15,655 --> 00:44:17,657 (music intensifies) 600 00:44:38,136 --> 00:44:39,929 (music fades out) 601 00:44:40,305 --> 00:44:42,682 (dragonkeeper speaking High Valyrian) 602 00:44:43,933 --> 00:44:46,144 (speaking High Valyrian) 603 00:45:36,194 --> 00:45:38,530 (nearby dragon growls) 604 00:45:39,489 --> 00:45:41,491 (deep breath) 605 00:46:01,052 --> 00:46:05,432 I used to think I knew what it was to claim a dragon, but... 606 00:46:09,894 --> 00:46:12,564 I understand now that what I thought I knew is... 607 00:46:13,231 --> 00:46:15,233 ash in the wind. 608 00:46:27,620 --> 00:46:29,914 Perhaps it is blood. 609 00:46:29,914 --> 00:46:32,250 Or worth. 610 00:46:32,250 --> 00:46:34,711 Or perhaps it's something else. 611 00:46:39,049 --> 00:46:45,138 Each of you... has left behind a life to answer this call. 612 00:46:46,264 --> 00:46:51,269 A life to which... you might never return. 613 00:46:53,104 --> 00:46:56,274 If you survive, you will be transformed. 614 00:46:57,317 --> 00:47:01,404 No man or woman can face a dragon and be otherwise. 615 00:47:06,785 --> 00:47:10,413 Some of you may welcome the prospect of change, 616 00:47:10,413 --> 00:47:14,167 even death, given the alternatives: 617 00:47:14,501 --> 00:47:18,922 privation... starvation, war. 618 00:47:19,923 --> 00:47:22,258 This is our purpose, 619 00:47:22,258 --> 00:47:24,636 to end those hardships. 620 00:47:26,513 --> 00:47:27,847 For you... 621 00:47:29,307 --> 00:47:32,686 for your kin, for all the realm. 622 00:47:33,687 --> 00:47:38,024 With these two dragons added to our number, 623 00:47:38,149 --> 00:47:40,819 the enemy will have no choice but to give way. 624 00:47:42,195 --> 00:47:44,948 And peace will be restored... 625 00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:50,954 suffering will be ended, 626 00:47:50,954 --> 00:47:53,665 and without bloodshed... 627 00:47:54,833 --> 00:47:56,835 gods willing. 628 00:47:58,336 --> 00:48:00,672 (nearby dragon growls) 629 00:48:06,011 --> 00:48:10,306 - (tense music playing) - (deep breath) 630 00:48:11,725 --> 00:48:13,893 The dragon 631 00:48:14,019 --> 00:48:16,021 named Vermithor... 632 00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:21,026 is the largest in the world after Vhagar, 633 00:48:21,026 --> 00:48:24,821 and... perhaps, the most fierce. 634 00:48:29,034 --> 00:48:31,161 He's called the Bronze Fury. 635 00:48:31,161 --> 00:48:33,371 ♪ 636 00:48:37,334 --> 00:48:39,044 We'll go to him now. 637 00:48:41,171 --> 00:48:42,547 And... 638 00:48:45,925 --> 00:48:47,677 may the gods bless you. 639 00:48:52,349 --> 00:48:54,559 ♪ 640 00:49:15,413 --> 00:49:17,749 (music fades out) 641 00:49:26,758 --> 00:49:29,302 (Rhaenyra speaking High Valyrian) 642 00:49:38,978 --> 00:49:41,314 (heavy footstep) 643 00:49:41,439 --> 00:49:43,274 (rumbling) 644 00:49:58,456 --> 00:50:00,625 (heavy footsteps) 645 00:50:17,183 --> 00:50:19,436 (Vermithor roars) 646 00:50:30,864 --> 00:50:33,116 (Rhaenyra speaking High Valyrian) 647 00:50:33,950 --> 00:50:35,535 (screeches) 648 00:50:37,328 --> 00:50:39,497 (Vermithor grumbling) 649 00:50:59,476 --> 00:51:01,686 (Vermithor calms) 650 00:51:06,858 --> 00:51:08,526 (grumbling) 651 00:51:43,061 --> 00:51:45,397 (Vermithor growling) 652 00:51:49,776 --> 00:51:52,070 Who among you would be first? 653 00:51:53,405 --> 00:51:55,573 (all murmuring) 654 00:52:02,414 --> 00:52:04,582 (Vermithor grumbles) 655 00:52:08,586 --> 00:52:10,463 (grumbling) 656 00:52:21,766 --> 00:52:23,768 I have nothing more to tell you. 657 00:52:23,768 --> 00:52:26,604 It must be the dragon who speaks. 658 00:52:33,486 --> 00:52:35,739 (all murmuring) 659 00:52:48,460 --> 00:52:50,670 (Vermithor grumbling) 660 00:53:17,197 --> 00:53:19,032 (all panicking) 661 00:53:19,324 --> 00:53:22,827 (deep, low growling) 662 00:53:37,634 --> 00:53:39,844 (Vermithor calms) 663 00:53:44,015 --> 00:53:45,684 (panting) 664 00:53:51,064 --> 00:53:52,190 (roars) 665 00:53:52,315 --> 00:53:54,317 (all screaming) 666 00:54:00,865 --> 00:54:03,535 - Your Grace, we must away! - No. 667 00:54:07,205 --> 00:54:08,873 (screaming) 668 00:54:14,087 --> 00:54:15,088 (grunts) 669 00:54:16,047 --> 00:54:17,757 (screaming) 670 00:54:21,386 --> 00:54:22,721 (grunts) 671 00:54:26,016 --> 00:54:27,684 (screaming) 672 00:54:32,063 --> 00:54:33,231 (roars) 673 00:54:39,237 --> 00:54:41,239 dragonseed: Help me! Help-- 674 00:54:41,948 --> 00:54:43,116 Help me! 675 00:54:45,869 --> 00:54:49,247 (tense, solemn music playing) 676 00:55:06,097 --> 00:55:08,099 ♪ 677 00:55:14,272 --> 00:55:16,274 (Vermithor screeches) 678 00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:23,948 (coughing) 679 00:55:24,407 --> 00:55:27,410 - (Vermithor roars) - (panting) 680 00:55:30,622 --> 00:55:31,956 Oh, f-- 681 00:55:34,834 --> 00:55:38,088 (tense music playing) 682 00:55:41,424 --> 00:55:44,928 - (indistinct yelling) - (Vermithor screeches) 683 00:55:44,928 --> 00:55:46,680 (panting) 684 00:55:50,350 --> 00:55:52,352 (smallfolk screaming) 685 00:55:54,145 --> 00:55:57,315 - (Hugh panting) - (smallfolk yelling) 686 00:55:57,440 --> 00:55:59,984 (Vermithor screeches, roars) 687 00:56:01,111 --> 00:56:02,278 (screams) 688 00:56:02,987 --> 00:56:04,155 (grunts) 689 00:56:04,989 --> 00:56:07,158 (smallfolk screaming) 690 00:56:10,829 --> 00:56:12,789 - No! - Shh, shh, shh! 691 00:56:12,789 --> 00:56:15,000 (both panting) 692 00:56:17,961 --> 00:56:20,171 (smallfolk screaming) 693 00:56:22,173 --> 00:56:23,299 (roars) 694 00:56:23,299 --> 00:56:25,051 (screaming) 695 00:56:32,017 --> 00:56:33,184 (roars) 696 00:56:33,184 --> 00:56:34,978 (panting) 697 00:56:35,645 --> 00:56:37,856 (smallfolk screaming) 698 00:56:38,690 --> 00:56:40,859 (heavy footsteps) 699 00:56:41,860 --> 00:56:44,029 (Vermithor grumbles) 700 00:56:46,406 --> 00:56:48,158 (screeches) 701 00:56:52,579 --> 00:56:54,330 (roaring) 702 00:56:58,043 --> 00:56:59,210 (grunts) 703 00:57:03,423 --> 00:57:05,175 (grumbling) 704 00:57:08,219 --> 00:57:09,387 (groans) 705 00:57:10,430 --> 00:57:12,849 (smallfolk panicking) 706 00:57:12,849 --> 00:57:16,061 Here! Here I am! 707 00:57:16,061 --> 00:57:17,854 (roaring) 708 00:57:28,740 --> 00:57:30,241 I'm ready. 709 00:57:30,241 --> 00:57:32,035 (roaring) 710 00:57:45,757 --> 00:57:49,427 (yells) Come on! 711 00:57:49,427 --> 00:57:51,429 (heavy breathing) 712 00:57:51,554 --> 00:57:53,556 (Vermithor grumbling) 713 00:58:08,905 --> 00:58:11,116 (Vermithor calms) 714 00:58:27,298 --> 00:58:29,300 ♪ 715 00:58:47,652 --> 00:58:49,612 (music intensifies) 716 00:58:49,612 --> 00:58:52,198 ♪ 717 00:59:03,001 --> 00:59:05,128 (music fades out) 718 00:59:05,128 --> 00:59:08,340 (Ulf panting, grunts) 719 00:59:29,361 --> 00:59:31,404 (grunting) 720 00:59:31,529 --> 00:59:33,198 (coughing) 721 00:59:34,908 --> 00:59:37,327 (groans, panting) 722 00:59:38,370 --> 00:59:39,537 (coughs) 723 00:59:46,211 --> 00:59:47,921 (panting) 724 00:59:53,677 --> 00:59:55,679 (dragon growls) 725 01:00:03,061 --> 01:00:05,230 (heavy breathing) 726 01:00:07,190 --> 01:00:09,401 (dragon grumbling) 727 01:00:22,247 --> 01:00:25,375 - (roars) - (heavy footsteps) 728 01:00:29,587 --> 01:00:31,297 (grumbles) 729 01:00:34,926 --> 01:00:37,262 (Ulf grunting) 730 01:00:45,311 --> 01:00:47,063 (grumbling) 731 01:01:03,663 --> 01:01:05,665 (Silverwing calms) 732 01:01:10,795 --> 01:01:12,464 (panting) 733 01:01:12,464 --> 01:01:14,257 (grunting) 734 01:01:15,091 --> 01:01:16,801 (grumbles) 735 01:01:30,440 --> 01:01:31,775 (exhales) 736 01:01:31,775 --> 01:01:33,526 (laughing) 737 01:01:34,986 --> 01:01:39,282 "Lord Ormund Hightower makes slow progress. 738 01:01:39,282 --> 01:01:41,785 "There is great concern that his host 739 01:01:41,785 --> 01:01:42,952 "is threatened on two fronts 740 01:01:42,952 --> 01:01:46,498 by armies allied with House Beesbury." 741 01:01:46,498 --> 01:01:48,958 (outside chatter) 742 01:01:48,958 --> 01:01:51,211 However, in happier tidings, 743 01:01:51,336 --> 01:01:52,962 Prince Daeron's dragon, Tessarion, 744 01:01:52,962 --> 01:01:54,631 has at last taken to wing. 745 01:01:54,631 --> 01:01:57,175 Your brother expects to join the fight soon. 746 01:01:57,300 --> 01:01:59,511 guard (shouts): Dragon! 747 01:01:59,803 --> 01:02:01,221 Ironrod: And when he does, 748 01:02:01,346 --> 01:02:03,973 the Hightower host will be unstoppable. 749 01:02:03,973 --> 01:02:07,018 guard (shouts): Dragon! Inside! Now! 750 01:02:07,018 --> 01:02:10,480 (indistinct shouting outside) 751 01:02:15,026 --> 01:02:17,987 (tense music playing) 752 01:02:17,987 --> 01:02:20,198 (bells ringing) 753 01:02:21,366 --> 01:02:23,493 guard (shouts): Take positions! 754 01:02:23,493 --> 01:02:25,704 (guards shouting) 755 01:02:25,704 --> 01:02:28,248 ♪ 756 01:02:28,373 --> 01:02:30,542 (Silverwing calling) 757 01:02:34,713 --> 01:02:36,715 (yelling) 758 01:02:39,926 --> 01:02:43,221 (yelling, laughing) 759 01:02:58,194 --> 01:03:00,447 ♪ 760 01:03:00,572 --> 01:03:02,198 - (Aemond grunts) - (horse neighs) 761 01:03:02,198 --> 01:03:03,908 Open the gates! 762 01:03:04,034 --> 01:03:07,579 (chattering, shouting) 763 01:03:19,924 --> 01:03:22,260 (music fades out) 764 01:03:23,803 --> 01:03:26,806 (intense music playing) 765 01:03:27,807 --> 01:03:29,225 (roars) 766 01:03:41,446 --> 01:03:43,448 ♪ 767 01:03:47,952 --> 01:03:49,287 (roars) 768 01:03:51,414 --> 01:03:53,792 (speaking High Valyrian) 769 01:03:56,795 --> 01:03:57,962 (roars) 770 01:04:05,637 --> 01:04:07,263 (roars) 771 01:04:12,811 --> 01:04:14,813 ♪ 772 01:04:27,158 --> 01:04:29,828 (roars) 773 01:04:32,664 --> 01:04:34,666 (dragons roaring) 774 01:04:34,666 --> 01:04:36,876 (music fades out) 775 01:04:41,381 --> 01:04:44,634 (tense music playing) 776 01:05:09,159 --> 01:05:11,703 (singers vocalizing) 777 01:05:18,585 --> 01:05:20,587 ♪ 778 01:05:58,208 --> 01:05:59,709 CRISTON COLE: The dragons dance, 779 01:06:01,252 --> 01:06:03,546 and men are like dust under their feet. 780 01:06:03,755 --> 01:06:04,923 (DRAGON SCREECHES) 781 01:06:05,215 --> 01:06:07,217 We march now toward our annihilation. 782 01:06:07,217 --> 01:06:08,426 (DRAGON SCREECHES) 783 01:06:08,551 --> 01:06:10,387 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 784 01:06:10,804 --> 01:06:13,890 RHAENYRA TARGARYEN: I have entrusted you with a power only few have known. 785 01:06:15,225 --> 01:06:17,811 We must strike while we have the advantage. 786 01:06:18,478 --> 01:06:20,230 The Prince Regent is angry. 787 01:06:20,230 --> 01:06:21,731 There is no telling what he will do. 788 01:06:21,981 --> 01:06:23,942 ALICENT HIGHTOWER: You wish to rule the Seven Kingdoms, 789 01:06:23,942 --> 01:06:25,902 but you reign ruin and death. 790 01:06:26,778 --> 01:06:28,863 SPEAKER: While you have mustered an army, 791 01:06:28,863 --> 01:06:30,073 Rhaenyra has faltered. 792 01:06:30,740 --> 01:06:32,784 Pretenders raise new riders against us. 793 01:06:32,909 --> 01:06:34,828 I need you to fly with Dreamfyre to battle. 794 01:06:35,745 --> 01:06:38,456 We will answer outrage with outrage. 795 01:06:39,916 --> 01:06:42,002 DAEMON TARGARYEN: For every one of us who falls, 796 01:06:43,253 --> 01:06:44,921 a hundred of them. 797 01:06:45,171 --> 01:06:47,841 There will be no mercy! 798 01:06:47,841 --> 01:06:49,175 (SOLDIERS YELL) 799 01:06:49,300 --> 01:06:50,802 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 800 01:06:58,643 --> 01:07:02,981 (DRAGON GROWLS) 801 01:07:04,149 --> 01:07:06,151 RYAN CONDAL: In this episode, Rhaenyra throws off 802 01:07:06,276 --> 01:07:08,778 all dissenting opinions around her, 803 01:07:08,778 --> 01:07:10,488 and then takes her court of commoners 804 01:07:10,488 --> 01:07:12,157 all out onto the platform. 805 01:07:12,657 --> 01:07:14,451 Who among you would be first? 806 01:07:18,705 --> 01:07:20,832 (SYRAX VOCALIZES) 807 01:07:21,958 --> 01:07:23,710 RYAN: I always talked about that coastline scene 808 01:07:23,835 --> 01:07:24,961 as a Western showdown, 809 01:07:25,211 --> 01:07:28,048 a scene out of Sergio Leone, Once Upon a Time in the West... 810 01:07:28,715 --> 01:07:29,799 (SYRAX VOCALIZES) 811 01:07:30,008 --> 01:07:31,968 ...with the dragon being the Colt on their hip, 812 01:07:31,968 --> 01:07:33,845 and the way they carefully approach each other 813 01:07:33,970 --> 01:07:35,347 and size each other up. 814 01:07:35,513 --> 01:07:36,848 What do you want? 815 01:07:37,015 --> 01:07:39,017 RYAN: Until this point, she's thinking about people 816 01:07:39,017 --> 01:07:41,394 that are after their own rise and personal gain. 817 01:07:41,519 --> 01:07:43,188 And I think she wants to get a sense of whether 818 01:07:43,313 --> 01:07:46,358 she has to kill this man or kill his dragon. 819 01:07:46,483 --> 01:07:47,901 To serve my Queen. 820 01:07:48,026 --> 01:07:50,862 To meet somebody that actually does this miraculous thing 821 01:07:50,862 --> 01:07:52,822 and then immediately bends the knee to her, 822 01:07:52,822 --> 01:07:54,532 in a way, that is a bit of a shock. 823 01:07:55,033 --> 01:07:57,035 Do you think you can get him to Dragonstone? 824 01:07:57,160 --> 01:07:59,829 EMMA D'ARCY: The moment Addam claims Seasmoke, 825 01:07:59,829 --> 01:08:02,207 suddenly Rhaenyra understands that she was right, 826 01:08:02,207 --> 01:08:05,835 that people with some Targaryen blood 827 01:08:05,835 --> 01:08:08,046 somewhere in their lineage can claim dragons. 828 01:08:09,172 --> 01:08:11,549 - These people are-- - Courageous. 829 01:08:12,550 --> 01:08:13,385 Mongrels. 830 01:08:13,551 --> 01:08:14,928 HARRY COLLETT: Yeah, it's a big, big moment. 831 01:08:15,053 --> 01:08:17,097 You know, obviously, last time that Jace 832 01:08:17,222 --> 01:08:18,848 probably would've said anything was in season one, 833 01:08:18,848 --> 01:08:21,726 when little Jace said, "Am I a bastard?" 834 01:08:21,851 --> 01:08:23,728 House Targaryen is the blood of the dragon. 835 01:08:23,895 --> 01:08:25,855 If any may lay claim to it, what are we then? 836 01:08:25,855 --> 01:08:27,273 Jace very simply looks at it as like, 837 01:08:27,399 --> 01:08:30,193 "You're going to just take any gutter rat from King's Landing 838 01:08:30,193 --> 01:08:31,528 and try to put them on dragons? 839 01:08:31,528 --> 01:08:33,238 It makes me a common aristocrat 840 01:08:33,363 --> 01:08:35,240 with black hair and a checkered past." 841 01:08:42,872 --> 01:08:43,873 My Lord. 842 01:08:44,082 --> 01:08:45,250 CORLYS VELARYON: My Lord? 843 01:08:45,250 --> 01:08:46,918 How you have come up in the world. 844 01:08:47,085 --> 01:08:48,545 STEVE TOUSSAINT: Being initially shocked, 845 01:08:48,545 --> 01:08:50,088 Corlys is then very proud. 846 01:08:50,255 --> 01:08:51,548 It's because that's my son. 847 01:08:51,548 --> 01:08:53,550 Off his own back, he's made something of himself. 848 01:08:53,550 --> 01:08:55,301 And I think that's very important for Corlys 849 01:08:55,427 --> 01:08:57,262 because that's how he sees himself. 850 01:08:59,431 --> 01:09:00,432 Well done. 851 01:09:01,099 --> 01:09:05,228 Yes, two words, but they mean just more than "well done." 852 01:09:05,228 --> 01:09:07,272 They're-- They mean, "I see you." 853 01:09:09,816 --> 01:09:11,484 RYAN: Daemon goes out into the godswood, 854 01:09:11,609 --> 01:09:12,610 expecting a certain outcome, 855 01:09:12,777 --> 01:09:15,613 and then the fun of that scene is seeing all the cards 856 01:09:15,739 --> 01:09:16,781 as they're turned over. 857 01:09:17,115 --> 01:09:20,243 Why should we now follow a boy when you will align with one 858 01:09:20,243 --> 01:09:22,620 who will desecrate the innocent to reach his aims? 859 01:09:22,620 --> 01:09:24,914 RYAN: Not only are you going to have to show your belly to them 860 01:09:24,914 --> 01:09:26,082 in order to get your way... 861 01:09:26,458 --> 01:09:29,127 I may have been a touch enthusiastic 862 01:09:29,127 --> 01:09:30,420 in pursuing my aims. 863 01:09:30,628 --> 01:09:31,463 Seize him. 864 01:09:31,755 --> 01:09:34,007 Your Grace, command them. I've only served you. 865 01:09:34,257 --> 01:09:35,967 ...but now you're going to go one step further 866 01:09:36,092 --> 01:09:38,345 and actually take the head of this guy 867 01:09:38,470 --> 01:09:41,306 that pledged his life in service to you. 868 01:09:41,306 --> 01:09:42,307 No, no, no! 869 01:09:42,474 --> 01:09:44,184 Daemon isn't the most honorable guy in the world, 870 01:09:44,309 --> 01:09:47,020 but I think he does have that kind of mafia honor to him. 871 01:09:47,145 --> 01:09:48,980 He's made this sort of life-and-death pact 872 01:09:49,105 --> 01:09:51,274 with Willem Blackwood and said, "You do my way, 873 01:09:51,274 --> 01:09:53,193 and I'll see that the sky's the limit for you." 874 01:09:53,318 --> 01:09:54,819 He's so used to being in control, 875 01:09:54,944 --> 01:09:56,529 and it all just slips through his fingers. 876 01:09:58,156 --> 01:10:00,992 And you see how he just comes apart at the end of it. 877 01:10:04,996 --> 01:10:06,956 I had a long conversation with Paddy, 878 01:10:06,956 --> 01:10:08,291 and he said, "I'll play the part, 879 01:10:08,291 --> 01:10:10,627 but I want to play the final scene, 880 01:10:10,627 --> 01:10:11,795 when he offers the crown up, 881 01:10:11,795 --> 01:10:13,838 I want to do it in the decrepit makeup." 882 01:10:14,631 --> 01:10:17,175 It was Paddy's idea, which is just a clever idea. 883 01:10:17,300 --> 01:10:20,178 And then he turns around, and Daemon, for the first time, 884 01:10:20,178 --> 01:10:24,015 sees the full kind of degradation of his face. 885 01:10:24,015 --> 01:10:25,475 And he presents him the crown. 886 01:10:25,475 --> 01:10:27,894 He's like, "God, is that what I wanted? Do I need it?" 887 01:10:28,019 --> 01:10:29,646 There's a lot going on in that scene. 888 01:10:29,979 --> 01:10:31,523 Do you want it still? 889 01:10:33,483 --> 01:10:34,818 LONI PERISTERE: One of the things I love about 890 01:10:34,818 --> 01:10:38,405 House of the Dragon is that it's a generational narrative. 891 01:10:38,530 --> 01:10:40,699 We have a lot of young characters 892 01:10:40,824 --> 01:10:44,244 that are all coming of age, one of whom is Rhaena. 893 01:10:44,369 --> 01:10:46,538 PHOEBE CAMPBELL: Lady Jeyne's been promised a dragon. 894 01:10:46,538 --> 01:10:49,332 She receives two, but it's like, asterisk, they're babies. 895 01:10:49,332 --> 01:10:51,042 They can't protect her. 896 01:10:52,210 --> 01:10:53,837 So, when she embarks on her journey, 897 01:10:53,837 --> 01:10:55,338 she's desperate to find, like, 898 01:10:55,338 --> 01:10:56,715 more than just a dragon, it's purpose. 899 01:10:56,840 --> 01:10:59,384 She doesn't stop, and she's not going to stop. 900 01:11:01,886 --> 01:11:05,223 OLIVIA COOKE: In episode seven, Alicent has lost any power, 901 01:11:05,348 --> 01:11:06,891 any legitimacy that she held. 902 01:11:07,017 --> 01:11:11,604 She does notice a cut similar in placement to Rhaenyra's, 903 01:11:11,730 --> 01:11:14,566 and I think it sort of brings into focus 904 01:11:14,691 --> 01:11:16,609 the absurdity of it all. 905 01:11:17,235 --> 01:11:19,070 I wish to go out, Ser Rickard. 906 01:11:19,195 --> 01:11:23,033 Her need to escape King's Landing 907 01:11:23,033 --> 01:11:25,201 is to sort of zoom out from it all a bit 908 01:11:25,201 --> 01:11:27,871 and get some clarity on the situation. 909 01:11:27,871 --> 01:11:29,247 RYAN: Alicent's disillusioned. 910 01:11:29,372 --> 01:11:31,249 She doesn't know that she has a place in the Red Keep, 911 01:11:31,249 --> 01:11:33,084 or if she did, whether she wants it. 912 01:11:33,418 --> 01:11:35,420 And I think at the beginning of it, we're sort of wondering, 913 01:11:35,545 --> 01:11:37,714 "Is Alicent out here to end it all?" 914 01:11:37,714 --> 01:11:42,052 This moment of peace that could potentially be 915 01:11:42,052 --> 01:11:43,428 the last time for her. 916 01:11:43,595 --> 01:11:46,097 RYAN: We see her go through a bit of an awakening. 917 01:11:46,264 --> 01:11:47,140 When her eyes open, 918 01:11:47,432 --> 01:11:49,476 snap back into reality with a sense of purpose. 919 01:11:49,601 --> 01:11:52,103 I mean, what that purpose is remains to be seen. 920 01:11:54,230 --> 01:11:59,277 (SPEAKING HIGH VALYRIAN) 921 01:11:59,444 --> 01:12:01,821 RYAN: The dragonkeepers very much reject Rhaenyra's idea, 922 01:12:01,946 --> 01:12:03,114 so Rhaenyra is left alone. 923 01:12:03,239 --> 01:12:05,075 This was actually Emma's pitch for Rhaenyra to go 924 01:12:05,075 --> 01:12:06,910 and, like, walk amongst the seeds, 925 01:12:06,910 --> 01:12:09,412 as though a pastor amongst her flock 926 01:12:09,412 --> 01:12:11,247 in the terms of a religious cult. 927 01:12:11,247 --> 01:12:13,583 RHAENYRA: Suffering will be ended. 928 01:12:13,750 --> 01:12:15,835 And without bloodshed. 929 01:12:21,299 --> 01:12:23,426 RYAN: When you realize that Rhaenyra is just basically 930 01:12:23,426 --> 01:12:26,304 throwing stuff against the wall and seeing whether it sticks 931 01:12:26,429 --> 01:12:28,306 and seeing if somebody can emerge from this, 932 01:12:28,473 --> 01:12:29,808 it goes very bad, very quickly. 933 01:12:29,974 --> 01:12:32,519 In many ways, I think there's a way of looking at that scene 934 01:12:32,644 --> 01:12:34,437 as ritual sacrifice. 935 01:12:34,437 --> 01:12:35,522 (SCREAMING) 936 01:12:38,817 --> 01:12:40,151 KIERAN BEW: The whole sequence where I'm running 937 01:12:40,276 --> 01:12:41,945 through the cavern in front of Vermithor, 938 01:12:41,945 --> 01:12:44,030 it took a whole day of rehearsing, 939 01:12:44,155 --> 01:12:45,657 running it through with the Steadicam. 940 01:12:45,824 --> 01:12:47,200 (VERMITHOR ROARS) 941 01:12:47,659 --> 01:12:49,494 They call Vermithor the Bronze Fury, 942 01:12:49,619 --> 01:12:51,705 and I think that's really fitting for Hugh. 943 01:12:51,830 --> 01:12:53,498 He's quite angry inside. 944 01:12:53,623 --> 01:12:57,002 Come on! 945 01:12:57,210 --> 01:12:58,169 KIERAN: It's a mystery. 946 01:12:58,378 --> 01:13:00,296 No one really knows how the Targaryens 947 01:13:00,296 --> 01:13:02,298 are talking to the dragons. 948 01:13:03,883 --> 01:13:06,344 RYAN: We wanted to not just see the same thing again and again, 949 01:13:06,469 --> 01:13:09,014 which is a guy claiming a dragon and getting it to bend the neck. 950 01:13:09,139 --> 01:13:11,391 (SILVERWING ROARS) 951 01:13:13,560 --> 01:13:16,479 Every fiber of Ulf's body wants out. 952 01:13:17,731 --> 01:13:20,191 Close my eyes, pray for a quick death, 953 01:13:20,859 --> 01:13:21,901 which doesn't come. 954 01:13:22,027 --> 01:13:23,153 I think it's that supplication 955 01:13:23,319 --> 01:13:25,697 and the way that he showed deference to Silverwing 956 01:13:25,697 --> 01:13:27,574 that probably makes her choose him. 957 01:13:27,699 --> 01:13:30,035 But we didn't want to get too much into the whys and hows. 958 01:13:30,035 --> 01:13:32,871 We don't really understand why a dragon chooses its rider. 959 01:13:33,038 --> 01:13:36,666 I've said I'm a Targaryen. Turns out, I'm a Targaryen. 960 01:13:37,709 --> 01:13:39,252 SOLDIER: Dragon! 961 01:13:40,712 --> 01:13:43,173 RYAN: I don't think the news of Seasmoke really reached Aemond, 962 01:13:43,173 --> 01:13:44,549 and you can tell that by the way 963 01:13:44,549 --> 01:13:46,676 Larys and Ironrod exchanged glances 964 01:13:46,676 --> 01:13:48,553 when they hear the dragon flying over the city 965 01:13:48,720 --> 01:13:50,555 because I think they both assumed that it's Seasmoke. 966 01:13:50,930 --> 01:13:53,892 EWAN MITCHELL: Rhaenyra's raised new riders in the dragonseeds. 967 01:13:54,059 --> 01:13:56,019 Aemond retaliates without even thinking, 968 01:13:56,019 --> 01:13:57,103 and he goes to meet them. 969 01:13:57,228 --> 01:13:58,396 Open the gates! 970 01:13:58,563 --> 01:14:00,440 RYAN: He was supposed to be the special one. 971 01:14:00,565 --> 01:14:02,275 The fact that somebody else is out there that did this 972 01:14:02,400 --> 01:14:03,443 just breaks his brain. 973 01:14:03,568 --> 01:14:05,070 So, his immediate response is, of course, 974 01:14:05,195 --> 01:14:07,405 he rides and gets on his dragon with the intent of going out 975 01:14:07,530 --> 01:14:08,740 and killing Silverwing. 976 01:14:08,740 --> 01:14:10,742 And he gets more than he bargained for. 977 01:14:11,076 --> 01:14:12,202 (VHAGAR ROARS) 978 01:14:12,202 --> 01:14:13,703 (SPEAKING HIGH VALYRIAN) 979 01:14:13,703 --> 01:14:16,081 RYAN: And for the first time since season one, 980 01:14:16,247 --> 01:14:17,749 we see fear in his eye. 981 01:14:19,793 --> 01:14:22,587 And literally, the Dragon Queen coming out of the Dragonmont. 982 01:14:22,587 --> 01:14:25,465 Not only Silverwing, but Vermithor and also Syrax. 983 01:14:25,590 --> 01:14:27,717 And whatever questions she was faced with, 984 01:14:27,717 --> 01:14:28,760 she was right in the end 985 01:14:28,760 --> 01:14:31,262 and was able to assemble this army of dragons. 986 01:14:34,599 --> 01:14:36,434 (DRAGON ROARS)