1 00:02:11,235 --> 00:02:14,613 Ser Ryam was a strong lord commander of the Kings guard, 2 00:02:16,365 --> 00:02:18,200 but he was ill for some time. 3 00:02:18,534 --> 00:02:21,203 - He passed in peace, I hope. - Yes, Your Grace. 4 00:02:21,328 --> 00:02:23,956 He was found to have passed gently in his sleep. 5 00:02:24,540 --> 00:02:27,668 His remains are being prepared by the Silent Sisters. 6 00:02:27,793 --> 00:02:31,088 The succeeding Lord Commander, Ser Harrold 7 00:02:31,213 --> 00:02:35,593 would like to make haste in finding Ser Ryam's replacement on the Kings guard. 8 00:02:35,718 --> 00:02:38,521 Your Grace, my lords, Kings guard must soon 9 00:02:38,545 --> 00:02:41,348 be restored to its full complement of seven. 10 00:02:42,808 --> 00:02:46,687 With the help of the Hand, I have invited a number of fine candidates to court. 11 00:02:46,812 --> 00:02:48,939 All have passed fair trials. 12 00:02:52,943 --> 00:02:56,614 Four ships have now been lost. The last one was flying my banner. 13 00:02:57,281 --> 00:02:59,341 The Step stones have now grown into a conflagration. 14 00:02:59,366 --> 00:03:01,660 Yet you sit here and dither about court business. 15 00:03:01,785 --> 00:03:03,996 If you've something to discuss, Lord Corlys... 16 00:03:04,121 --> 00:03:07,750 I want to know what is to be done about my ships and my men. 17 00:03:07,875 --> 00:03:10,461 The crown will compensate you for your ship and crew 18 00:03:10,586 --> 00:03:12,974 and make an offering to the men's families. 19 00:03:12,998 --> 00:03:14,757 I don't want compensation. 20 00:03:16,884 --> 00:03:20,804 I want to seize the Step stones by force and burn out this Crabfeeder. 21 00:03:20,930 --> 00:03:23,766 I am not prepared to start a war with the Free Cities. 22 00:03:23,891 --> 00:03:26,769 These pirates are not the Free Cities. 23 00:03:26,894 --> 00:03:29,897 Who do you think provides them with their ships and tender? 24 00:03:30,272 --> 00:03:32,024 In all of its history, my lord, 25 00:03:32,149 --> 00:03:36,111 the Seven Kingdoms have never entered open war with the Free Cities. 26 00:03:36,237 --> 00:03:40,199 Were that to happen, the losses would be incalculable. 27 00:03:44,453 --> 00:03:47,414 What reason does the Crabfeeder have to fear us? 28 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,503 The king's own brother has been allowed to seize Dragons tone 29 00:03:52,628 --> 00:03:55,464 and fortify it with an army of his gold cloaks. 30 00:03:55,631 --> 00:04:00,302 Daemon has squatted there for over half a year without even a protest from the crown. 31 00:04:00,427 --> 00:04:03,180 I'll caution you, Lord Corlys: 32 00:04:03,305 --> 00:04:07,226 a seat at the king's table does not make you his equal. 33 00:04:10,312 --> 00:04:12,356 I have acted, Corlys. 34 00:04:12,982 --> 00:04:18,028 I've sent envoys to Pentos and Volantis to see if we might find common cause. 35 00:04:18,779 --> 00:04:21,615 Ships and men are at the ready. 36 00:04:21,991 --> 00:04:25,286 The Step stones will be settled. In time. 37 00:04:26,078 --> 00:04:28,289 You have dragon riders, father. 38 00:04:34,795 --> 00:04:36,171 Send us. 39 00:04:40,718 --> 00:04:43,637 It isn't that simple, Rhaenyra. 40 00:04:44,138 --> 00:04:48,100 - It would be a show of force. - At least the princess has a plan. 41 00:04:52,021 --> 00:04:53,498 I only meant that we should at least... 42 00:04:53,522 --> 00:04:59,194 Perhaps there's some better use for the princess's talents, Your Grace 43 00:05:01,655 --> 00:05:03,791 Why don't you take the princess to see about 44 00:05:03,815 --> 00:05:05,951 the new Kings guard posting, Lord Commander? 45 00:05:07,494 --> 00:05:09,913 A fine idea, Your Grace. 46 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,336 This knight will protect you as well. You should choose. 47 00:05:35,856 --> 00:05:40,235 Ser Desmond Car on, a fine knight, princess. 48 00:05:40,361 --> 00:05:42,446 Step forward, Ser Desmond. 49 00:05:44,698 --> 00:05:46,200 Son of Ser Royce Car on, 50 00:05:46,325 --> 00:05:51,246 Ser Desmond has proved strong and steady in both the tourney lists and without. 51 00:05:51,997 --> 00:05:54,792 While traveling through the Kings wood on his way to King's Landing, 52 00:05:54,958 --> 00:05:58,671 Ser Desmond recently brought a would-be poacher to justice. 53 00:06:09,890 --> 00:06:13,310 You might thank him for his leal service, princess. 54 00:06:13,435 --> 00:06:16,355 We thank you for your loyal service to the crown, Ser 55 00:06:28,283 --> 00:06:30,244 Ser Rymun Mallister. 56 00:06:32,496 --> 00:06:35,374 Son of Lord Lymond Mallister of Seagard. 57 00:06:35,541 --> 00:06:37,543 Winner of the melee of Cider Hall, 58 00:06:38,085 --> 00:06:40,754 he was the last mounted of three and-twenty knights. 59 00:06:40,879 --> 00:06:42,965 Ser Rymun was knighted at eight-and-ten. 60 00:06:43,090 --> 00:06:45,843 Have any of these knights have combat experience? 61 00:06:46,593 --> 00:06:48,637 Beyond capturing poachers. 62 00:06:56,603 --> 00:06:58,689 Ser Criston Cole. 63 00:07:04,528 --> 00:07:07,448 Son of the steward of the Lord of Blackhaven. 64 00:07:09,700 --> 00:07:12,244 Be welcome, Ser Criston. 65 00:07:13,704 --> 00:07:15,789 You saw combat in the Storm lands? 66 00:07:16,081 --> 00:07:17,958 Dornish Marches, princess. 67 00:07:18,333 --> 00:07:21,587 I fought for a year as a foot-soldier against the Dornish incursions. 68 00:07:22,671 --> 00:07:24,047 Ser Arlan Dondarrion knighted me 69 00:07:24,173 --> 00:07:26,842 after we razed two of the watchtowers along the Boneway. 70 00:07:32,264 --> 00:07:34,266 I choose Ser Criston Cole. 71 00:07:34,391 --> 00:07:37,853 Let's not be too hasty, princess. 72 00:07:38,771 --> 00:07:41,815 There's no doubt Ser Criston is a fine warrior, 73 00:07:41,940 --> 00:07:46,862 but houses such as Crakehalls and Mallister are important allies of the crown. 74 00:07:46,987 --> 00:07:48,363 Seagard, for instance, 75 00:07:48,489 --> 00:07:51,533 is the realm's prime defense against reavers from the Iron Islands. 76 00:07:51,658 --> 00:07:53,160 Those men are tourney knights. 77 00:07:53,869 --> 00:07:57,080 My father should be defended by a man who's known real combat. 78 00:07:58,957 --> 00:08:00,667 Should he not? 79 00:08:02,377 --> 00:08:04,171 Of course, princess 80 00:08:04,296 --> 00:08:07,132 Well, let us plan Ser Criston's investiture then. 81 00:08:15,307 --> 00:08:19,603 The Valyrian capitol was built into a volcano, much like Dragons tone. 82 00:08:20,813 --> 00:08:24,733 When the dragon lords, the highest of the nobility lived here, 83 00:08:25,067 --> 00:08:26,652 at the volcanic face, 84 00:08:26,985 --> 00:08:29,655 closest to the source of their magic and power. 85 00:08:30,531 --> 00:08:36,286 And this was the Anogrion where the blood mages worked their craft. 86 00:08:39,081 --> 00:08:42,626 - It is truly wondrous what you've built. - Oh, no. 87 00:08:43,669 --> 00:08:46,713 I only pore over the histories and provide the plans. 88 00:08:47,214 --> 00:08:49,883 The stonemasons build the structures. 89 00:08:50,133 --> 00:08:52,886 Do you believe that Westeros can be another Valyria, Your Grace? 90 00:08:53,011 --> 00:08:57,182 That depends whether you speak of the Freehold at its height or at its fall. 91 00:08:58,725 --> 00:09:03,188 Over a thousand dragons, a navy large enough to span the seas of the world. 92 00:09:06,650 --> 00:09:09,319 The glory of Old Valyria will never be seen again. 93 00:09:11,071 --> 00:09:12,656 Seven Hells. 94 00:09:28,213 --> 00:09:31,592 - Tell me, how is Rhaenyra? - What do you mean? 95 00:09:31,717 --> 00:09:34,761 Well, these days, she doesn't say more than a few words to me. 96 00:09:35,220 --> 00:09:40,642 I think she might find it difficult to discuss personal matters. 97 00:09:42,394 --> 00:09:44,271 It will take time. 98 00:09:45,939 --> 00:09:48,108 It did when I lost mine own mother. 99 00:09:54,072 --> 00:09:56,241 I wish she would approach me. 100 00:09:57,618 --> 00:09:59,036 What if you went to her? 101 00:09:59,870 --> 00:10:02,956 There are times when I would rather face the Black Dread himself 102 00:10:03,081 --> 00:10:04,750 than mine own daughter of fifteen. 103 00:10:07,961 --> 00:10:10,505 I think she would open herself to you if invited. 104 00:10:11,965 --> 00:10:15,135 You do have such an easy way about you, Your Grace. 105 00:10:19,431 --> 00:10:22,559 You do not mention our talks to Rhaenyra, do you? 106 00:10:24,853 --> 00:10:29,733 I just... I fear that she wouldn't understand them. 107 00:10:30,275 --> 00:10:31,902 No, Your Grace 108 00:10:45,415 --> 00:10:48,251 It's only been half a year since my mother died. 109 00:10:48,377 --> 00:10:51,838 But already, they tried to marry my father off and replace me as heir. 110 00:10:52,506 --> 00:10:54,549 I know those men and how they plot 111 00:10:54,675 --> 00:10:57,761 in their secret councils when I've been sent away. 112 00:10:57,886 --> 00:11:01,098 You cannot worry at the matters of lords and kings, Rhaenyra. 113 00:11:03,725 --> 00:11:06,186 And what if your father were to remarry? 114 00:11:14,194 --> 00:11:16,071 Your father loves you. 115 00:11:22,327 --> 00:11:24,246 He chose you for his heir. 116 00:11:25,372 --> 00:11:27,791 He didn't choose me. He spurned Daemon. 117 00:11:45,684 --> 00:11:47,477 Kneel with me. 118 00:12:04,369 --> 00:12:06,872 I find this is a way to be with my mother. 119 00:12:08,665 --> 00:12:13,420 Here in the quiet of the Sept, I feel close to her. 120 00:12:18,842 --> 00:12:22,512 - I know it sounds foolish. - I don't think it's foolish. 121 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:25,974 - I don't. - Good. 122 00:12:29,227 --> 00:12:31,313 Because I thought you might try. 123 00:12:33,023 --> 00:12:37,736 - I... - If not for me, then perhaps for them. 124 00:13:03,595 --> 00:13:05,722 What do I say? 125 00:13:06,306 --> 00:13:11,019 Whatever you wish. It's only for you and the gods to know. 126 00:13:46,179 --> 00:13:49,349 I want him to see me as more than his little girl. 127 00:13:52,018 --> 00:13:55,021 Mine own father does not know the language of girls either. 128 00:13:59,484 --> 00:14:04,906 When I wish to talk with him, I know that I must make the effort. 129 00:14:08,410 --> 00:14:10,287 Thank you. 130 00:14:21,673 --> 00:14:24,926 - Your Grace. - I'm glad we could meet. 131 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,262 I know tempers ran hot today, 132 00:14:27,387 --> 00:14:31,099 but I wanted to assure you how much I value the bond between our houses. 133 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,977 Rhaenys is my favorite cousin, after all. 134 00:14:35,478 --> 00:14:40,609 I wish to apologize for the tenor at the small council today, Your Grace. 135 00:14:41,067 --> 00:14:43,111 It was not my intent to make offense. 136 00:14:44,029 --> 00:14:48,116 Your fleet is one of the realm's most important assets, Lord Corlys. 137 00:14:48,241 --> 00:14:52,287 But you must understand, as king, it is my obligation to avoid war 138 00:14:52,412 --> 00:14:54,539 until such time it is unavoidable. 139 00:14:54,748 --> 00:14:57,500 None among us desire open war. 140 00:14:58,585 --> 00:15:00,962 Might I speak plainly, Your Grace? 141 00:15:02,214 --> 00:15:05,258 I always welcome the unfettered thoughts of my council. 142 00:15:05,675 --> 00:15:10,138 I fear that the eyes of our enemies are presently fixed on the Red Keep. 143 00:15:10,889 --> 00:15:12,349 The queen has passed. 144 00:15:12,474 --> 00:15:16,019 A girl has been named heir to the Iron Throne; the first in its history. 145 00:15:16,645 --> 00:15:18,146 The king's brother so disinherited, 146 00:15:18,271 --> 00:15:21,733 has claimed the Targaryen seat on Dragons tone without challenge. 147 00:15:23,068 --> 00:15:27,405 And now, a foreign power has established a colony in our most critical shipping lane. 148 00:15:29,241 --> 00:15:32,619 You paint such an aspirant portrait of my reign, Lord Corlys. 149 00:15:32,744 --> 00:15:34,955 It is an honest one, cousin. 150 00:15:35,956 --> 00:15:39,000 At the moment, the crown is perceived as being vulnerable. 151 00:15:39,793 --> 00:15:41,670 And a blind incursion in the Step stones 152 00:15:41,795 --> 00:15:44,047 is the only way to demonstrate that we are not? 153 00:15:44,172 --> 00:15:48,969 To elude a storm, you can either sail into it or around it. 154 00:15:49,469 --> 00:15:51,680 But you must never await its coming. 155 00:15:53,473 --> 00:15:57,519 Do you have a specific course of action to propose, my lord? 156 00:16:00,397 --> 00:16:02,274 Join our families. 157 00:16:02,941 --> 00:16:07,737 Wed our daughter, Laena. Unite the two great surviving Valyrian houses. 158 00:16:07,862 --> 00:16:11,199 With the Targaryen dragons and the Velaryon fleet bound in blood, 159 00:16:11,324 --> 00:16:16,579 you can show the realm that the crown's strongest days are ahead, not behind. 160 00:16:21,710 --> 00:16:26,464 I must admit, I haven't given marriage much thought. 161 00:16:26,589 --> 00:16:28,925 It hasn't even been half a year since Aemma passed. 162 00:16:29,050 --> 00:16:32,554 The realm expects you to take a new wife soon or late, Your Grace, 163 00:16:32,679 --> 00:16:35,390 to strengthen your line and produce more heirs. 164 00:16:35,890 --> 00:16:39,019 You could not ask for a stronger match than Laena. 165 00:17:07,047 --> 00:17:12,761 We haven't spoken much, since... 166 00:17:16,598 --> 00:17:18,725 A regret of mine. 167 00:17:20,018 --> 00:17:23,021 We should be free to speak our minds to one another. 168 00:17:23,730 --> 00:17:26,733 You can say whatever you'd like. You are the king. 169 00:17:35,241 --> 00:17:39,037 I loved your mother very much. 170 00:17:42,665 --> 00:17:44,084 As did I. 171 00:18:00,350 --> 00:18:03,478 Ser Harrold provided a fine field of tourney knights. 172 00:18:03,603 --> 00:18:05,063 Oh? 173 00:18:05,855 --> 00:18:08,733 But in questioning them, I discovered that Ser Criston 174 00:18:08,858 --> 00:18:12,112 was the only man among them with true battle experience. 175 00:18:13,279 --> 00:18:15,573 He will make a fine knight of the Kings guard. 176 00:18:21,329 --> 00:18:24,791 - Today at the small council... - Pay it no mind. 177 00:18:24,916 --> 00:18:27,544 - I thought I might have had some insight... - You're young. 178 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:30,338 You will learn. 179 00:18:54,863 --> 00:18:58,366 This is our best chance to save the digit, Your Grace 180 00:19:00,577 --> 00:19:05,331 The maggots will remove the dead flesh and, hopefully, stop the advance of the rot. 181 00:19:11,171 --> 00:19:16,050 I held an audience earlier today with Lord Corlys and Princess Rhaenys. 182 00:19:16,176 --> 00:19:18,303 That was most charitable of you, Your Grace. 183 00:19:18,428 --> 00:19:21,639 I'm Sure Lord Corlys appreciated the spirit of it. 184 00:19:21,848 --> 00:19:23,933 He proposed a marriage. 185 00:19:25,185 --> 00:19:29,355 - To whom, Your Grace? - The Lady Laena. 186 00:19:30,523 --> 00:19:32,525 To combine the strength of our houses 187 00:19:32,650 --> 00:19:36,988 and demonstrate my reign's strongest days are ahead, not behind. 188 00:19:37,113 --> 00:19:39,866 Lord Corlys has overreached, Your Grace. 189 00:19:40,450 --> 00:19:43,828 Such matters must be discussed with the small council. 190 00:19:43,953 --> 00:19:47,081 That is what I am doing, presently. 191 00:19:48,249 --> 00:19:51,920 So, what is your advice, dear Otto? 192 00:19:52,795 --> 00:19:57,675 The Lady Laena is young, Your Grace. 193 00:19:58,051 --> 00:20:03,097 Indeed. But the wounds made by the Great Council still linger, My King. 194 00:20:03,306 --> 00:20:08,394 A match with their daughter would go a long way towards sealing the breach, 195 00:20:08,728 --> 00:20:11,606 and uniting the two great Valyrian houses 196 00:20:11,731 --> 00:20:16,694 would certainly signal unity throughout the realm and beyond. 197 00:20:17,529 --> 00:20:20,031 The Grand Maester's reasoning is sound. 198 00:20:21,824 --> 00:20:23,535 I do fear what Rhaenyra might think. 199 00:20:23,660 --> 00:20:25,578 What does it matter, Your Grace? 200 00:20:25,703 --> 00:20:30,542 Her mother has passed; her father must propagate the royal line. 201 00:20:37,632 --> 00:20:41,594 I dearly loved my own lady wife. 202 00:20:42,554 --> 00:20:45,848 The pain of her passing still haunts me. 203 00:20:47,308 --> 00:20:53,022 And to be compelled to replace her, for duty's sake... 204 00:20:54,816 --> 00:20:58,987 You are the king, but I do not envy you. 205 00:21:28,266 --> 00:21:30,893 What was it like flying the Black Dread? 206 00:21:31,227 --> 00:21:34,063 You were Balerion's last rider. 207 00:21:34,397 --> 00:21:37,692 Only for a short time. Before he died. 208 00:21:37,859 --> 00:21:41,529 With Balerion died the last memory of Valyria of Old. 209 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:46,034 But Vhagar still lives. Somewhere. 210 00:21:46,326 --> 00:21:48,620 But too large for the Dragon pit. 211 00:21:48,911 --> 00:21:51,539 Some would say too large for our world. 212 00:21:52,415 --> 00:21:55,418 - Do you know where she nests? - I'm sorry? 213 00:21:55,543 --> 00:21:57,587 Do you know where Vhagar is now? 214 00:21:57,712 --> 00:22:02,467 Uh, the Dragon keepers believe she made home somewhere on the coast of the Narrow Sea. 215 00:22:02,884 --> 00:22:06,304 The workers at Spicetown report hearing her song at times. 216 00:22:06,638 --> 00:22:08,640 They say it is a sad thing. 217 00:22:10,683 --> 00:22:13,019 I imagine even dragons get lonely. 218 00:22:17,273 --> 00:22:18,650 Your Grace? 219 00:22:19,776 --> 00:22:25,573 It would be a great honor to join our houses as they were in Old Valyria. 220 00:22:26,074 --> 00:22:29,285 I would give you many children of pure Valyrian blood 221 00:22:29,410 --> 00:22:32,997 so that we might strengthen the royal line and the realm. 222 00:22:33,206 --> 00:22:35,500 Is that what your father told you to say? 223 00:22:40,630 --> 00:22:42,799 What did your mother tell you? 224 00:22:43,841 --> 00:22:47,053 That I wouldn't have to bed you until I turn fourteen. 225 00:23:14,580 --> 00:23:16,791 It bothers you, does it not? 226 00:23:21,754 --> 00:23:23,548 My father is a king. 227 00:23:24,173 --> 00:23:27,051 It is his duty to take a new wife and strengthen his line. 228 00:23:27,176 --> 00:23:30,154 I did not ask for a lesson in politics. I asked whether this bothers you. 229 00:23:30,179 --> 00:23:33,057 Laena is your daughter, princess. Does it bother you? 230 00:23:34,517 --> 00:23:36,310 Of course it does. 231 00:23:37,770 --> 00:23:40,565 But I understand the order of things. 232 00:23:42,608 --> 00:23:44,527 I'm not sure you do. 233 00:23:47,613 --> 00:23:50,867 If you mean to elicit some anger from me, 234 00:23:50,992 --> 00:23:54,036 you should know that you are failing, princess. 235 00:23:54,704 --> 00:23:56,456 Quite the opposite. 236 00:23:59,625 --> 00:24:01,437 Whether it is to my daughter or to someone else's, 237 00:24:01,461 --> 00:24:05,047 your father will remarry sooner than late. 238 00:24:05,339 --> 00:24:07,675 His new wife will produce new heirs, 239 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,636 and chances are better than not that one of those will be male. 240 00:24:10,762 --> 00:24:13,389 And when that boy comes of age and your father has passed, 241 00:24:13,514 --> 00:24:17,518 the men of the realm will expect him to be heir, not you. 242 00:24:20,396 --> 00:24:22,899 Because that is the order of things. 243 00:24:24,609 --> 00:24:26,569 When I'm queen, I will create a new order. 244 00:24:28,529 --> 00:24:30,948 How I wish that could be, Rhaenyra. 245 00:24:31,532 --> 00:24:33,910 But the men of the realm already had their opportunity 246 00:24:34,035 --> 00:24:37,580 to appoint a ruling queen at the Great Council and they denied it. 247 00:24:38,289 --> 00:24:41,209 They denied you, Princess Rhaenys. 248 00:24:42,001 --> 00:24:43,961 "The Queen Who Never Was." 249 00:24:44,545 --> 00:24:47,298 But they bent the knee to me and called me "heir to the throne." 250 00:24:47,423 --> 00:24:50,593 Do you remind your father's men of that as you carry their cups? 251 00:24:55,097 --> 00:24:59,894 Here is the hard truth which no one else has the heart to tell you: 252 00:25:01,103 --> 00:25:04,106 Men would sooner put the realm to the torch 253 00:25:04,816 --> 00:25:07,610 than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne. 254 00:25:12,698 --> 00:25:15,368 And your father is no fool. 255 00:25:29,048 --> 00:25:32,009 The small council is urging me to remarry. 256 00:25:34,387 --> 00:25:37,098 It seems the realm wants for a new queen. 257 00:25:42,270 --> 00:25:45,314 A good and kind queen will give comfort to your subjects. 258 00:25:50,820 --> 00:25:53,406 Does the small council have a particular lady in mind? 259 00:25:56,284 --> 00:26:00,329 Lord Corlys Velaryon has offered the hand of his daughter, 260 00:26:01,038 --> 00:26:02,623 the Lady Laena. 261 00:26:03,666 --> 00:26:05,710 A very strong match, Your Grace. 262 00:26:07,295 --> 00:26:11,173 I must admit. I don't know Laena very well. 263 00:26:11,716 --> 00:26:15,928 I'm sure that she is good and kind and that she will enjoy your company. 264 00:26:16,095 --> 00:26:18,139 As I have, Your Grace. 265 00:26:33,237 --> 00:26:34,947 I brought you something. 266 00:26:55,384 --> 00:26:57,428 I asked the stonemasons to mend it. 267 00:27:01,432 --> 00:27:07,188 This is a very kind gesture, Alicent. 268 00:27:10,733 --> 00:27:12,234 Very kind. 269 00:27:19,909 --> 00:27:21,285 Come. 270 00:27:24,163 --> 00:27:26,499 The Hand, Your Grace 271 00:27:30,670 --> 00:27:34,048 Your Grace, I have called the small council to an emergency session. 272 00:27:34,173 --> 00:27:35,549 Why? 273 00:27:36,550 --> 00:27:39,136 I think it best you hear it directly. 274 00:27:40,179 --> 00:27:41,555 Very well. 275 00:28:12,253 --> 00:28:15,131 - Daemon? - The prince left a missive 276 00:28:15,256 --> 00:28:17,466 which I believe might explain. 277 00:28:18,467 --> 00:28:22,763 "It is the pleasure of Daemon Targaryen, the Prince of Dragons tone" 278 00:28:22,888 --> 00:28:27,059 "and rightful heir to the Iron Throne," 279 00:28:27,184 --> 00:28:32,398 "to announce that he is to take a second wife in the tradition of Old Valyria." 280 00:28:32,982 --> 00:28:37,403 "She is to assume the title Lady Mysaria of Dragons tone." 281 00:28:38,070 --> 00:28:42,616 "Her Grace is with child and is to have a dragon's egg" 282 00:28:42,742 --> 00:28:48,164 "placed in the babe's cradle in the custom of House Targaryen." 283 00:28:48,789 --> 00:28:53,252 The Prince has invited you to his wedding, Your Grace. 284 00:28:53,419 --> 00:28:56,630 - It is in two days' time. - Gods be good. 285 00:28:56,756 --> 00:28:58,841 Who is Lady Mysaria? 286 00:28:58,966 --> 00:29:00,968 - We believe... - Daemon's whore. 287 00:29:03,095 --> 00:29:06,140 - This is nothing less than sedition. - I strongly agree, sire. 288 00:29:06,265 --> 00:29:08,934 My brother wishes to provoke me. 289 00:29:09,310 --> 00:29:13,522 - To answer is to give him what he wants. - The realm is watching, Your Grace. 290 00:29:13,647 --> 00:29:16,567 What would you have me do? Send him to the Wall? 291 00:29:17,777 --> 00:29:19,820 Perhaps could put his head on a spike. 292 00:29:19,945 --> 00:29:21,781 Daemon has seized Dragons tone, 293 00:29:21,906 --> 00:29:24,658 has surrounded himself with an army of Gold Cloaks, 294 00:29:24,784 --> 00:29:26,744 and has now stolen a dangerous weapon. 295 00:29:26,869 --> 00:29:28,954 "Which egg, Elder?" 296 00:29:54,688 --> 00:29:57,107 Assemble a detachment, Otto. 297 00:29:57,983 --> 00:30:00,236 I will go to Dragons tone and drag Daemon back 298 00:30:00,361 --> 00:30:02,279 - to face justice myself. - Your Grace. 299 00:30:03,614 --> 00:30:07,284 My apologies, Your Grace, but I cannot allow it. It's too dangerous. 300 00:30:07,535 --> 00:30:09,703 Daemon is without limit. 301 00:30:10,496 --> 00:30:12,456 Let me go to Dragons tone. 302 00:30:39,608 --> 00:30:42,736 You're the most comely girl at court. 303 00:30:42,862 --> 00:30:45,406 Why do you destroy yourself? 304 00:30:46,156 --> 00:30:47,533 Hmm? 305 00:30:51,453 --> 00:30:53,622 Will you see the king tonight? 306 00:30:56,458 --> 00:30:57,960 If you wish it. 307 00:31:01,213 --> 00:31:03,465 - Good day, Ser Criston. - My lady. 308 00:31:04,258 --> 00:31:07,219 I've assembled twenty of your best household guards, my Lord Hand. 309 00:31:07,553 --> 00:31:09,680 Ser Harrold will also join us. 310 00:31:13,767 --> 00:31:16,312 Please look after the Hand, Ser Criston. 311 00:32:36,767 --> 00:32:38,978 Welcome to Dragons tone, Otto. 312 00:32:41,397 --> 00:32:44,483 Your occupation of this island is at an end. 313 00:32:45,484 --> 00:32:49,071 You are to relinquish the dragon's egg, disband your "army," 314 00:32:49,196 --> 00:32:51,073 banish your whore, 315 00:32:52,241 --> 00:32:55,160 and leave Dragons tone, by order of His Grace, King Visery... 316 00:32:55,285 --> 00:32:57,246 Where is the king? I don't see him. 317 00:32:57,371 --> 00:33:01,375 His Grace would never lower himself to entertain such a mummer's farce. 318 00:33:06,630 --> 00:33:08,257 Ser Crispin, wasn't it? 319 00:33:08,382 --> 00:33:12,094 - Ser Criston Cole, my prince. - Ah, yes. Apologies. I couldn't recall. 320 00:33:12,469 --> 00:33:15,764 Perhaps my prince recalls when I knocked him off his horse? 321 00:33:17,725 --> 00:33:21,103 - Very good. - This is a truly pathetic show, Daemon. 322 00:33:21,353 --> 00:33:23,230 Are you so desperate for the king's attention 323 00:33:23,355 --> 00:33:26,150 that you've resorted to skulking about like a common cut purse? 324 00:33:26,275 --> 00:33:28,485 I'm simply keeping with the traditions of my house. 325 00:33:28,610 --> 00:33:30,362 The same as my brother did for his heir. 326 00:33:30,487 --> 00:33:33,407 Those traditions are for the true-born children of royalty, 327 00:33:33,532 --> 00:33:36,618 not for bastards fathered on a common whore. 328 00:33:36,952 --> 00:33:40,164 - Lady Mysaria is to be my wife. - This is an abomination. 329 00:33:40,289 --> 00:33:44,126 With every breath, you soil your name, your house and your brother's reign. 330 00:33:44,251 --> 00:33:47,337 Our love does not know titles and traditions. 331 00:33:48,714 --> 00:33:52,634 And what of you, men of the City Watch, aiding the prince in his treason? 332 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:56,346 The king made me their commander. They are loyal to me. 333 00:33:57,139 --> 00:34:01,769 You've come for the egg. Here it is. 334 00:34:03,312 --> 00:34:06,315 Are you mad? You'd never survive this. 335 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,484 Well, happily, neither would you. 336 00:34:09,276 --> 00:34:14,073 To choose violence here is to declare war against your king. 337 00:34:14,281 --> 00:34:15,699 Wonderful. 338 00:34:16,742 --> 00:34:20,704 Even if it ends in the death of your unborn child and its mother? 339 00:34:58,909 --> 00:35:03,122 All of you, sheathe the fucking steel! 340 00:36:10,022 --> 00:36:12,691 - What are you doing here, princess? - Preventing bloodshed. 341 00:36:12,816 --> 00:36:16,111 Ser Criston, please escort the princess to safety. 342 00:36:16,236 --> 00:36:20,824 Take care not to startle Syrax, my lords. She is rather protective of me. 343 00:37:10,999 --> 00:37:13,043 I'm right here, uncle. 344 00:37:15,212 --> 00:37:20,259 The object of your ire. The reason that you were disinherited. 345 00:37:20,842 --> 00:37:25,097 If you wish to be restored as heir, you'll need to kill me. 346 00:37:26,056 --> 00:37:30,310 So do it, and be done with all this bother. 347 00:39:23,507 --> 00:39:26,093 You announced that we were to be wed? 348 00:39:27,552 --> 00:39:29,179 On the morrow. 349 00:39:30,764 --> 00:39:35,143 And that I was with child? Your child? 350 00:39:35,268 --> 00:39:38,480 Well, perhaps when we are wed, we can make that true. 351 00:39:38,605 --> 00:39:42,484 I ensured long ago that would never be threatened by childbirth. 352 00:39:42,609 --> 00:39:45,445 Good. Children can be such irritating creatures. 353 00:39:45,570 --> 00:39:48,365 You swore to protect me, Daemon. 354 00:39:50,367 --> 00:39:52,619 Dragons tone is quite secure. 355 00:39:54,538 --> 00:39:58,458 Until the king decides to reclaim his ancestral seat. 356 00:39:59,126 --> 00:40:01,920 His men might not put the prince's head on a spike, 357 00:40:02,045 --> 00:40:04,214 but what would they do with the "common whore" 358 00:40:04,339 --> 00:40:06,925 he claims he's taken to wife and made with child? 359 00:40:07,050 --> 00:40:09,010 No one will harm you. 360 00:40:09,845 --> 00:40:13,723 I have been sold as property more times than I care to count, 361 00:40:14,182 --> 00:40:17,602 beginning in a homeland I can no longer recall. 362 00:40:18,937 --> 00:40:22,524 Most of my years have been spent living in terror. 363 00:40:23,108 --> 00:40:26,611 - You're safe with me. I swear it. - You are a Targaryen. 364 00:40:26,736 --> 00:40:29,823 You can afford to play your stupid games with the king. 365 00:40:29,948 --> 00:40:32,534 But I cannot. 366 00:40:32,951 --> 00:40:38,623 I didn't come into your service wanting gold or power or station. 367 00:40:39,916 --> 00:40:43,545 - I came to you to be liberated. - Liberated? 368 00:40:46,798 --> 00:40:50,552 - From what? - Fear. 369 00:41:17,662 --> 00:41:19,998 No, please, Lord Lyonel. 370 00:41:25,420 --> 00:41:28,173 I have come looking for an unencumbered opinion. 371 00:41:28,298 --> 00:41:30,425 That's all I would ever give, Your Grace 372 00:41:31,635 --> 00:41:35,138 Ever since my name was read by the archmaesters at the Great Council, 373 00:41:35,263 --> 00:41:38,558 I have felt Corlys Velaryon's envious gaze staring at me 374 00:41:38,725 --> 00:41:40,727 from across the Blackwater. 375 00:41:41,228 --> 00:41:44,272 You sit upon the highest seat in the realm, Your Grace. 376 00:41:44,731 --> 00:41:47,192 Proud men don't like having to look up. 377 00:41:51,071 --> 00:41:52,989 Laena Velaryon. 378 00:41:54,491 --> 00:41:57,160 Lord Corlys is your master of ships. 379 00:41:57,911 --> 00:42:01,665 And she is the eldest daughter of the wealthiest house in the realm. 380 00:42:01,790 --> 00:42:05,544 She comes from unimpeachable Valyrian stock, 381 00:42:05,669 --> 00:42:09,631 and she has Targaryen blood. What's to mislike? 382 00:42:09,756 --> 00:42:12,342 - She's twelve. - She will mature. 383 00:42:15,428 --> 00:42:17,556 I never asked to remarry. 384 00:42:17,681 --> 00:42:23,103 As king, you have a claim on all things, even those you don't want. 385 00:42:23,228 --> 00:42:26,022 Marriage is not an obligation you can put off for long. 386 00:42:26,398 --> 00:42:28,817 What if was to reject Lord Corlys's proposal? 387 00:42:29,192 --> 00:42:31,361 He would not be like to take it well. 388 00:42:32,028 --> 00:42:35,448 I fear nothing short of a direct line to the Iron Throne would satisfy him. 389 00:42:36,658 --> 00:42:39,327 You should also consider that we find ourselves 390 00:42:39,452 --> 00:42:42,080 on the precipice of war in the Step stones. 391 00:42:42,497 --> 00:42:45,375 And the Sea Snake holds claim to nearly half the realm's ships. 392 00:42:45,500 --> 00:42:48,795 He would not dare withhold them in the face of the realm's need. 393 00:42:50,046 --> 00:42:53,341 - Who is he to hector me? - No one, Your Grace. 394 00:42:54,926 --> 00:42:58,680 But Driftmark makes for a better ally than it does an enemy. 395 00:43:00,348 --> 00:43:04,769 The Sea Snake has made a calculated reach a fair play for a man of his position. 396 00:43:07,188 --> 00:43:09,524 If you truly want my "unencumbered opinion"... 397 00:43:09,649 --> 00:43:11,067 I do. 398 00:43:12,110 --> 00:43:14,738 You should wed Laena Velaryon, Your Grace. 399 00:43:15,363 --> 00:43:20,368 Sate Lord Corlys and fix him at your side, permanently, as an ally. 400 00:43:25,540 --> 00:43:29,711 Your Grace. The princess has returned from Dragons tone. 401 00:43:30,045 --> 00:43:31,838 Dragons tone? 402 00:43:51,691 --> 00:43:53,276 Your Grace. 403 00:43:56,863 --> 00:44:01,951 You disobeyed me. You fled King's Landing without a word. 404 00:44:03,161 --> 00:44:06,414 And you acted without the crown's leave. 405 00:44:09,876 --> 00:44:14,798 You're my only heir, you could have been killed! 406 00:44:18,885 --> 00:44:20,303 May I sit? 407 00:44:31,648 --> 00:44:33,817 You went to Dragons tone. 408 00:44:34,109 --> 00:44:36,820 And retrieved the egg without bloodshed. 409 00:44:38,446 --> 00:44:41,533 A feat I'm not sure Ser Otto could have accomplished alone. 410 00:44:44,744 --> 00:44:46,579 Yes. Well... 411 00:44:51,418 --> 00:44:54,212 I sometimes forget how alike you both were. 412 00:45:04,431 --> 00:45:08,309 Your mother's absence is a wound that will never heal. 413 00:45:09,936 --> 00:45:15,775 Without her, the Red Keep has lost a warmth that I daresay it will never recover. 414 00:45:16,651 --> 00:45:20,196 It pleases me to hear you say this. 415 00:45:23,950 --> 00:45:26,578 To know that I'm not alone in my grief. 416 00:45:27,370 --> 00:45:31,833 I wish I had known better what to say to you in the aftermath. 417 00:45:34,627 --> 00:45:38,548 I struggled to realize that my daughter had so quickly become a woman-grown. 418 00:45:42,552 --> 00:45:48,308 But I know she understands what is now expected of me. 419 00:45:48,641 --> 00:45:50,852 The king must take a new wife. 420 00:45:56,065 --> 00:45:58,651 I could never replace your mother. 421 00:46:00,528 --> 00:46:03,239 No more than intend to replace you as heir. 422 00:46:04,574 --> 00:46:10,205 But you are my only heir. And our line is vulnerable, too easily ended. 423 00:46:11,039 --> 00:46:14,667 And by marrying again, I may begin to ensure that we are better defended. 424 00:46:14,793 --> 00:46:18,254 - Against whom? - Whomever may dare to challenge us. 425 00:46:24,969 --> 00:46:27,347 I do not wish to make us estranged. 426 00:46:28,348 --> 00:46:33,520 You are the king, and so your first duty is to the realm. 427 00:46:37,065 --> 00:46:43,279 Mother would have understood this... just as I do. 428 00:47:06,094 --> 00:47:09,681 It is little surprise. The iron Islands follow no law but their own. 429 00:47:09,806 --> 00:47:11,432 We should levy a tax. 430 00:47:11,558 --> 00:47:14,602 You cannot solve every problem in the realm with a tax, Lyman. 431 00:47:14,727 --> 00:47:18,189 I disagree. A well-aimed tax can be stronger than an army. 432 00:47:18,356 --> 00:47:21,317 I propose we move our gold to Braavos, Grand Maester, 433 00:47:21,442 --> 00:47:23,820 before Beesbury taxes it into dust. 434 00:47:30,201 --> 00:47:32,495 Good morrow, my lords. 435 00:47:43,381 --> 00:47:47,010 I have decided to take a new wife. 436 00:48:05,361 --> 00:48:07,238 I intend to marry... 437 00:48:13,661 --> 00:48:19,834 the Lady Alicent High tower before spring's end. 438 00:48:26,507 --> 00:48:28,635 This is an absurdity. 439 00:48:29,302 --> 00:48:34,682 My house is Valyrian; the greatest power in the realm. 440 00:48:35,642 --> 00:48:37,769 And I am your king. 441 00:49:02,210 --> 00:49:03,628 Rhaenyra. 442 00:49:26,067 --> 00:49:29,654 House Velaryon's origins reach back to Old Valyria. 443 00:49:31,656 --> 00:49:34,325 More ancient even than the House Targaryen, 444 00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,162 according to some texts. 445 00:49:39,622 --> 00:49:44,460 But unlike the Targaryens, we were no dragon lords. 446 00:49:45,712 --> 00:49:50,174 For centuries, my house had to scratch out an existence from the sea 447 00:49:50,299 --> 00:49:52,760 with grit and luck. 448 00:49:54,971 --> 00:49:59,809 When I ascended the Driftwood Throne, I knew what I wanted. 449 00:50:02,228 --> 00:50:04,355 So I went out and seized it. 450 00:50:05,898 --> 00:50:10,319 Unlike every other lord of the realm, I can say that I built my House's high seat 451 00:50:10,445 --> 00:50:13,239 with the strength of mine own back. 452 00:50:19,203 --> 00:50:23,624 I've always thought of you and I as having been made from the same cloth. 453 00:50:32,759 --> 00:50:35,470 I wasn't aware that you had a king for a brother. 454 00:50:35,636 --> 00:50:38,848 We're both men who have had to cut our own way through the world. 455 00:50:39,932 --> 00:50:43,227 We've been passed over. Too often. 456 00:50:45,772 --> 00:50:49,358 Did you call me to Driftmark to remind me of my low standing, Lord Corlys? 457 00:50:49,484 --> 00:50:52,070 Or was there some other reason? 458 00:50:55,281 --> 00:50:57,408 You've heard of the troubles in the Step stones? 459 00:51:00,369 --> 00:51:04,582 "Some Myrish prince is feeding Westerosi sailors to the crabs." 460 00:51:04,707 --> 00:51:08,753 "I have been petitioning the king to send my navy into the territory." 461 00:51:09,629 --> 00:51:11,172 But he has denied me. 462 00:51:11,297 --> 00:51:14,842 - It never was my brother's strongest trait. - What? 463 00:51:16,302 --> 00:51:18,096 Being king. 464 00:51:22,433 --> 00:51:25,645 "The Crabfeeder is backed by powerful entities within the Free Cities" 465 00:51:25,770 --> 00:51:29,148 "who wish to see Westeros weakened." 466 00:51:30,358 --> 00:51:33,444 "And the king's failures have allowed him to accumulate strength." 467 00:51:35,905 --> 00:51:40,493 If those shipping lanes fall, my house will be crippled. 468 00:51:41,744 --> 00:51:43,304 And I will not have Driftmark beggared 469 00:51:43,329 --> 00:51:47,625 while our king idles himself with feasts and balls and tourneys. 470 00:51:47,750 --> 00:51:50,586 I will speak of my brother as wish. 471 00:51:52,588 --> 00:51:54,173 You will not. 472 00:51:57,635 --> 00:52:00,471 Waiting in the Step stones is a chance for you 473 00:52:00,596 --> 00:52:03,724 to prove your worth to any who might yet doubt it. 474 00:52:05,643 --> 00:52:08,729 We are the realm's second sons, Daemon. 475 00:52:09,647 --> 00:52:14,819 Our worth is not given; it must be made. 476 00:52:35,882 --> 00:52:39,010 Subtitled by: Tarjama LTD Amman - Jordan