1 00:00:00,959 --> 00:00:02,794 SPEAKER: How fares Prince Daemon with our army? 2 00:00:03,128 --> 00:00:05,005 There has been no word. 3 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:08,925 (DRAGON GROWLS) 4 00:00:09,134 --> 00:00:10,969 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 5 00:00:11,094 --> 00:00:13,763 Your false queen Rhaenyra is a kinslayer. 6 00:00:13,763 --> 00:00:14,848 Cunts! 7 00:00:15,473 --> 00:00:17,475 RHAENYS TARGARYEN: Soon, they will not even remember 8 00:00:17,475 --> 00:00:19,185 what began the war in the first place. 9 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:21,521 CRISTON COLE: The Riverlands are the key to the war. 10 00:00:21,646 --> 00:00:23,481 Harrenhal is the key to the Riverlands. 11 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:27,485 I'm claiming Harrenhal. 12 00:00:27,652 --> 00:00:28,653 Apparently so. 13 00:00:28,987 --> 00:00:33,825 I Ser Simon Strong pledge fealty to Rhaenyra of House Targaryen. 14 00:00:34,492 --> 00:00:36,661 - (EXHALES SOFTLY) - Ser Criston. 15 00:00:36,786 --> 00:00:38,830 May I present my brother, Ser Gwayne Hightower. 16 00:00:38,830 --> 00:00:39,831 Ser Criston. 17 00:00:40,665 --> 00:00:42,667 ALICENT HIGHTOWER: Ser Gwayne has volunteered to accompany you into battle. 18 00:00:43,293 --> 00:00:45,670 (ROARS) 19 00:00:47,672 --> 00:00:49,341 A good showing, Ser Criston. 20 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:52,344 Lord Larys, my father always said 21 00:00:52,344 --> 00:00:54,888 he had no use for a master of whisperers. 22 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:56,890 I find myself wanting for one. 23 00:00:57,015 --> 00:00:58,391 You honor me, Your Grace. 24 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:00,185 They tell me that you're the one 25 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:01,853 that dragged my body out of the sea. 26 00:01:01,853 --> 00:01:03,646 I am indebted to you, Alyn. 27 00:01:03,855 --> 00:01:04,856 All hail the king! 28 00:01:04,981 --> 00:01:06,232 PATRONS: All hail the king! 29 00:01:06,358 --> 00:01:08,568 (LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY) 30 00:01:08,693 --> 00:01:09,736 Aemond the Fierce! 31 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:12,238 And yet you still lie with your very first. 32 00:01:12,405 --> 00:01:13,239 (CACKLES) 33 00:01:13,990 --> 00:01:16,368 What do you know of the movements of Alicent Hightower? 34 00:01:16,659 --> 00:01:19,579 If war can be averted, it is my duty to avert it. 35 00:01:19,871 --> 00:01:22,832 ♪ (THRILLING MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 36 00:01:24,417 --> 00:01:25,085 (GASPS) 37 00:01:25,210 --> 00:01:26,670 I must speak with you. 38 00:01:26,878 --> 00:01:28,421 I saw the king that night. 39 00:01:28,672 --> 00:01:30,382 Did you betray him at the very last? 40 00:01:30,507 --> 00:01:32,592 I have been at times unkind but never untrue. 41 00:01:32,717 --> 00:01:34,427 But he spoke Aegon's name. He said he was... 42 00:01:34,552 --> 00:01:37,055 The prince that was promised to unite the realm. 43 00:01:37,597 --> 00:01:39,724 He spoke to you of The Song of Ice and Fire? 44 00:01:39,849 --> 00:01:41,935 Do you think me capable of such naked deceit? 45 00:01:42,060 --> 00:01:43,395 A terrible war is looming. 46 00:01:43,395 --> 00:01:44,771 And even victory may be so bloody 47 00:01:44,896 --> 00:01:46,022 as to be counted a loss. 48 00:01:46,022 --> 00:01:48,608 There has been no mistake. It's too late, Rhaenyra. 49 00:01:48,608 --> 00:01:49,693 Alicent. 50 00:01:54,447 --> 00:01:56,908 YOUNG RHAENYRA TARGARYEN: Always coming and going, aren't you? 51 00:01:57,450 --> 00:01:59,577 And I have to clean up afterwards. 52 00:02:10,046 --> 00:02:13,216 (epic theme playing) 53 00:02:51,796 --> 00:02:53,965 ♪ 54 00:03:36,299 --> 00:03:38,510 ♪ 55 00:03:53,983 --> 00:03:56,319 (music fades out) 56 00:03:57,904 --> 00:04:00,907 (ominous music playing) 57 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:03,702 (door creaking) 58 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:13,003 (footsteps echoing) 59 00:04:20,719 --> 00:04:24,097 (woman speaking High Valyrian, voice echoing) 60 00:04:32,188 --> 00:04:33,106 What? 61 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:35,900 (High Valyrian continues) 62 00:04:38,069 --> 00:04:39,904 I can't understand. 63 00:04:44,242 --> 00:04:46,953 (speaking High Valyrian) 64 00:04:50,915 --> 00:04:52,584 Speak plainly. 65 00:04:58,089 --> 00:04:59,090 Stop. 66 00:04:59,924 --> 00:05:01,384 Stop it. 67 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:12,145 (tense music playing) 68 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:14,564 (crown clattering) 69 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,611 (sword falls) 70 00:05:25,950 --> 00:05:27,952 ♪ 71 00:05:33,083 --> 00:05:36,086 - (distorted) There's been a raven. - (door opens) 72 00:05:39,589 --> 00:05:42,384 Simon Strong: Good morrow, Your Grace. 73 00:05:42,384 --> 00:05:45,303 Slept well, I trust? 74 00:05:45,637 --> 00:05:48,431 As I said, there's been a raven. 75 00:05:50,308 --> 00:05:53,770 Aegon's army departed King's Landing a fortnight ago. 76 00:05:53,770 --> 00:05:57,065 The castles of Rosby and Stokeworth 77 00:05:57,065 --> 00:05:58,650 have both fallen without siege. 78 00:05:58,775 --> 00:06:00,985 They have raised Aegon's banner 79 00:06:00,985 --> 00:06:04,781 and added their levies to Ser Criston Cole's host. 80 00:06:05,532 --> 00:06:08,034 Both houses cited that 81 00:06:08,034 --> 00:06:11,996 sad business with the usurper's son in their declarations. 82 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:15,208 Ser Criston's army, 83 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:17,627 now tripled in strength, 84 00:06:17,627 --> 00:06:20,338 might have Harrenhal as its destination. 85 00:06:20,338 --> 00:06:23,842 - (goat bleats) - Even if you can raise a host of Rivermen, 86 00:06:23,842 --> 00:06:27,053 they will not be ready in time to face him. 87 00:06:33,018 --> 00:06:36,146 Let's see what your Lord Paramount is made of. 88 00:06:37,230 --> 00:06:38,815 (sighs) 89 00:06:41,651 --> 00:06:45,030 (stammers) My prince-- Uh, My-My Grace. 90 00:06:45,030 --> 00:06:46,406 Your Grace. 91 00:06:47,157 --> 00:06:50,368 Lord Grover is looking more hale and healthy than I expected. 92 00:06:50,493 --> 00:06:52,037 Uh, this is Ser Oscar Tully, 93 00:06:52,037 --> 00:06:53,204 grandson to Grover Tully. 94 00:06:53,329 --> 00:06:54,748 He is heir to Riverrun 95 00:06:54,748 --> 00:06:57,876 and the future Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. 96 00:06:57,876 --> 00:07:01,296 His Grace, the King Consort, Daemon Targaryen. 97 00:07:01,296 --> 00:07:04,883 - Oscar Tully: It is an honor, Your Grace. - Daemon Targaryen: Indeed. 98 00:07:05,008 --> 00:07:07,010 (sword clatters) 99 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,891 How fares your grandsire? 100 00:07:16,686 --> 00:07:19,898 Sadly, he remains incapacitated. 101 00:07:19,898 --> 00:07:22,650 He lies in a kind of waking sleep, 102 00:07:22,650 --> 00:07:26,279 unable to do much more than take meager drink. 103 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:28,948 It is barely enough to sustain him. 104 00:07:28,948 --> 00:07:30,658 So, he's alive? 105 00:07:30,658 --> 00:07:32,952 Yes, gods be good. 106 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:35,747 Well, my time is short and I have need of an army. 107 00:07:35,872 --> 00:07:37,999 Perhaps you might place a feather pillow over his head 108 00:07:37,999 --> 00:07:40,710 and speed along your inheritance? 109 00:07:42,545 --> 00:07:46,257 I-I love my grandsire, like a father. 110 00:07:46,883 --> 00:07:50,553 My own lord father died suddenly, himself a young man. 111 00:07:51,096 --> 00:07:53,932 Lord Grover raised me in his stead. 112 00:07:54,057 --> 00:07:55,058 All very touching. 113 00:07:55,058 --> 00:07:57,060 Are you here to speak with your grandsire's voice? 114 00:07:57,060 --> 00:07:59,270 For House Tully and the Riverlands? 115 00:07:59,270 --> 00:08:00,939 While he still lives? 116 00:08:03,274 --> 00:08:07,278 - That is not our way. - Then you're of no use to me. 117 00:08:07,779 --> 00:08:09,614 I can see why the Blackwoods and the Brackens 118 00:08:09,614 --> 00:08:10,865 did not fear to start a war 119 00:08:10,865 --> 00:08:13,368 beneath the nose of their liege lords. 120 00:08:13,368 --> 00:08:15,620 House Tully is a fish with no head. 121 00:08:15,620 --> 00:08:17,872 Remind me which of your countrymen 122 00:08:17,872 --> 00:08:19,624 claim to fight in the name of Aegon? 123 00:08:19,624 --> 00:08:21,793 Was it, was it Bracken or Blackwood? 124 00:08:21,793 --> 00:08:24,546 It was House Bracken that declared Green, Your Grace. 125 00:08:24,546 --> 00:08:25,964 Who could remember. 126 00:08:26,923 --> 00:08:27,882 Summon the Blackwoods here. 127 00:08:27,882 --> 00:08:29,134 I require men of action 128 00:08:29,259 --> 00:08:31,261 to lead my host of Rivermen. 129 00:08:31,594 --> 00:08:34,305 (tense music playing) 130 00:08:38,143 --> 00:08:40,186 (indistinct chatter) 131 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,772 (dog barking) 132 00:08:45,442 --> 00:08:47,610 ♪ 133 00:08:54,159 --> 00:08:56,161 (birds cawing) 134 00:09:00,123 --> 00:09:01,666 M'lady. 135 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:08,631 "Princess," if we're holding to formalities. 136 00:09:08,631 --> 00:09:11,384 Apologies. Princess. 137 00:09:12,677 --> 00:09:15,180 And you are Alyn. 138 00:09:15,305 --> 00:09:17,640 Yes, Princess. 139 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:20,393 I'm given to understand my lord husband 140 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:22,354 owes you his life. 141 00:09:25,315 --> 00:09:28,818 But I was not told his savior was so comely. 142 00:09:29,736 --> 00:09:32,155 Your mother must've been very beautiful. 143 00:09:32,155 --> 00:09:34,866 - Corlys Velaryon: Rhaenys. - (clears throat) 144 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,918 - Is your work finished? - No, m'lord. 145 00:09:48,213 --> 00:09:50,215 (indistinct chatter) 146 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:57,889 I just had a word with your captains. 147 00:09:59,557 --> 00:10:03,269 He was the sailor who plucked you from your watery grave? 148 00:10:04,396 --> 00:10:06,398 (birds cawing) 149 00:10:11,027 --> 00:10:12,028 Yes. 150 00:10:13,196 --> 00:10:15,115 You did not think to mention it? 151 00:10:15,907 --> 00:10:17,909 I did not think it relevant. 152 00:10:19,911 --> 00:10:22,122 I know who he is, Corlys. 153 00:10:24,416 --> 00:10:27,919 Alyn's past is no fault of his. 154 00:10:27,919 --> 00:10:29,004 He saved his lord's life. 155 00:10:29,004 --> 00:10:30,422 He should be raised up and honored, 156 00:10:30,547 --> 00:10:31,673 not hidden beneath the tides. 157 00:10:31,673 --> 00:10:33,925 Is this why you came? 158 00:10:34,801 --> 00:10:36,803 To subject me to an inquisition? 159 00:10:38,555 --> 00:10:42,600 I came to tell you that Baela has called me to Dragonstone. 160 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,060 Baela? 161 00:10:44,936 --> 00:10:47,605 That council is going to dine on her and Jace for supper. 162 00:10:47,731 --> 00:10:49,774 They grow restless in Rhaenyra's absence. 163 00:10:49,774 --> 00:10:53,111 Still... Where has that woman gone? 164 00:10:53,111 --> 00:10:57,073 I suspect to try and draw us all back from the abyss. 165 00:11:09,085 --> 00:11:11,963 - (knocks at door) - (Alicent sighs) 166 00:11:14,424 --> 00:11:16,426 (distant chatter) 167 00:11:18,928 --> 00:11:22,307 - Good morrow, Your Grace. - Good morrow, Grand Maester. 168 00:11:26,144 --> 00:11:28,563 As requested. 169 00:11:28,563 --> 00:11:32,067 - I brewed it myself. - Thank you. 170 00:11:32,067 --> 00:11:34,444 I will see it delivered discreetly. 171 00:11:35,528 --> 00:11:39,866 Do report if the recipient has need of any remedy. 172 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:42,452 The tea is known to disagree with the gut. 173 00:11:43,119 --> 00:11:45,455 I shall observe the girl closely. 174 00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:49,000 (birds chirping) 175 00:11:51,878 --> 00:11:53,797 Grand Maester. 176 00:11:59,636 --> 00:12:01,888 You've ever been a practical man, 177 00:12:01,888 --> 00:12:04,516 an honorable servant to the crown. 178 00:12:05,141 --> 00:12:08,520 And you served my lord husband in his darkest hours. 179 00:12:08,853 --> 00:12:11,231 Such was my duty, Your Grace. 180 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:13,983 Tell me. 181 00:12:15,985 --> 00:12:19,197 Do you believe Viserys wanted Aegon to succeed him? 182 00:12:19,322 --> 00:12:21,324 (birds chirping) 183 00:12:23,660 --> 00:12:25,995 I could not know. 184 00:12:27,706 --> 00:12:30,917 His Grace never raised the matter with me. 185 00:12:43,430 --> 00:12:45,432 (distant chatter) 186 00:12:46,683 --> 00:12:48,893 (door closes) 187 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:52,605 (tense music playing) 188 00:13:10,248 --> 00:13:12,250 ♪ 189 00:13:15,754 --> 00:13:17,255 (groans) 190 00:13:22,594 --> 00:13:24,137 (groans) 191 00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:26,639 (coughs) 192 00:13:30,226 --> 00:13:31,686 Baela Targaryen: Ser Criston Cole's host 193 00:13:31,686 --> 00:13:33,229 has taken to exploiting the tree cover 194 00:13:33,229 --> 00:13:34,647 to conceal its movements. 195 00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:36,191 He now only travels by night 196 00:13:36,191 --> 00:13:37,442 to confound our dragons. 197 00:13:37,567 --> 00:13:39,444 Bartimos Celtigar: And what is Cole's heading? 198 00:13:39,444 --> 00:13:41,071 It is difficult to say, but there were signs 199 00:13:41,071 --> 00:13:44,115 of an army moving northwest, I believe. 200 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,492 Gormon Massey: (laughs) She believes. 201 00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:47,786 You should've burned them when you had the chance. 202 00:13:47,786 --> 00:13:48,912 Perhaps you can, Ser Alfred, 203 00:13:48,912 --> 00:13:50,413 when you next sight them on your dragon. 204 00:13:50,413 --> 00:13:53,875 - (slight chuckle) - The only reason we know any of this 205 00:13:53,875 --> 00:13:55,377 is because of Baela's efforts. 206 00:13:55,377 --> 00:13:57,087 Bartimos: What do we know, my prince? 207 00:13:57,087 --> 00:13:59,422 If you ask me, it is little and less. 208 00:13:59,422 --> 00:14:02,217 We know that Cole possesses a host that is growing in strength 209 00:14:02,217 --> 00:14:03,468 and that it is a problem. 210 00:14:03,468 --> 00:14:04,969 Gormon: Can Daemon hope to meet it 211 00:14:04,969 --> 00:14:06,596 with his own in time? 212 00:14:06,596 --> 00:14:07,555 And if I know the Riverlands, 213 00:14:07,555 --> 00:14:09,808 he has more disentangling ahead of him 214 00:14:09,933 --> 00:14:12,977 than the end of a Lyseni orgy. 215 00:14:13,103 --> 00:14:16,648 Have you heard word from your father? 216 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:22,487 - No. - Maester Gerardys: Ravens were sent to Harrenhal 217 00:14:22,612 --> 00:14:25,824 seeking news of Daemon's progress with the Riverlords. 218 00:14:25,824 --> 00:14:28,159 None have, as yet, returned. 219 00:14:28,284 --> 00:14:29,869 Alfred Broome: Just so. 220 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:32,247 An enemy host, growing in constitution, 221 00:14:32,247 --> 00:14:37,168 marches somewhere in the vastness of the Crownlands. 222 00:14:37,168 --> 00:14:40,880 We could, perhaps, act if only we had a host of our own. 223 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,465 Or someone here to lead us. 224 00:14:42,966 --> 00:14:45,051 Mind your tongue, Ser Alfred. 225 00:14:46,302 --> 00:14:48,763 Does it speak falsely, my prince? 226 00:14:48,763 --> 00:14:51,141 This council is rudderless. 227 00:14:51,141 --> 00:14:53,643 I'm doing my best to steer it, Ser Alfred. 228 00:14:54,853 --> 00:14:58,773 Why should your voice be any louder than ours, Princess? 229 00:14:58,773 --> 00:15:00,525 The queen did not name you Hand. 230 00:15:00,525 --> 00:15:03,069 It is her voice, and that of the king consort, 231 00:15:03,069 --> 00:15:06,322 that we need to raise alliances and command our vassals. 232 00:15:06,322 --> 00:15:09,743 - But they are gone. - Corlys: What has come of this council? 233 00:15:10,535 --> 00:15:11,703 (soft gasp) 234 00:15:14,831 --> 00:15:16,332 My lord. 235 00:15:19,169 --> 00:15:22,422 Our enemy is on the march. 236 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:24,716 Is there naught to be done in the absence of the queen, 237 00:15:24,841 --> 00:15:28,011 but to grouse and claw for power? 238 00:15:28,011 --> 00:15:30,180 (Bartimos sighs) 239 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:37,520 We do not know the queen's doings. 240 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,148 But we must trust that she seeks the same 241 00:15:40,148 --> 00:15:42,442 as each of us at this table. 242 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:46,529 An end to this conflict. 243 00:15:48,406 --> 00:15:51,743 - (rain pattering) - (tense music playing) 244 00:15:53,036 --> 00:15:55,205 (birds cawing) 245 00:15:59,918 --> 00:16:02,087 (indistinct shouting) 246 00:16:05,590 --> 00:16:08,093 (distant yell) 247 00:16:08,218 --> 00:16:10,553 Criston Cole: Men of House Darklyn. 248 00:16:10,553 --> 00:16:14,891 All who bend the knee to the true king, Aegon, will be spared. 249 00:16:15,767 --> 00:16:18,603 You can earn back your honor by raising his banner 250 00:16:18,728 --> 00:16:20,313 and fighting in his name 251 00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:23,274 against the Whore of Dragonstone. 252 00:16:24,067 --> 00:16:26,277 All who refuse... 253 00:16:27,612 --> 00:16:29,614 will have their death. 254 00:16:31,408 --> 00:16:33,785 ♪ 255 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:45,171 Good morrow, Lord Darklyn. 256 00:16:45,797 --> 00:16:49,300 Is there no honor left in this world, Cole? 257 00:16:49,426 --> 00:16:51,344 Sacking your queen's own castles 258 00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:54,389 and putting her people to the sword? 259 00:16:54,389 --> 00:16:56,141 "Kingmaker." 260 00:17:00,270 --> 00:17:02,772 You are not fit for the white cloak. 261 00:17:04,149 --> 00:17:06,109 ♪ 262 00:17:06,109 --> 00:17:09,362 This is a better death than a traitor deserves. 263 00:17:09,779 --> 00:17:12,157 You should thank me for it. 264 00:17:14,034 --> 00:17:17,287 Yours will come in kind. 265 00:17:19,122 --> 00:17:20,498 (grunts) 266 00:17:22,834 --> 00:17:24,836 (horse neighs) 267 00:17:28,006 --> 00:17:30,216 ♪ 268 00:17:31,676 --> 00:17:32,844 Lord Hand. 269 00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:50,362 We'll lead the van northeast, 270 00:17:50,487 --> 00:17:51,946 follow the coastline. 271 00:17:51,946 --> 00:17:53,323 (horse neighs) 272 00:17:53,323 --> 00:17:54,866 I realize you were neither born nor bred 273 00:17:54,866 --> 00:17:58,370 anywhere near the Crownlands, my good Lord Hand, 274 00:17:58,370 --> 00:18:01,164 but Harrenhal is to the west. 275 00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:06,711 Indeed it is. 276 00:18:09,381 --> 00:18:12,717 Fuck you. I told you we should've sent our dragons. 277 00:18:12,842 --> 00:18:14,511 And now look what's happened. 278 00:18:14,844 --> 00:18:17,639 Daemon, of all people, has taken Harrenhal. 279 00:18:17,639 --> 00:18:20,225 I give you a job, and now you just sit there. 280 00:18:20,225 --> 00:18:22,852 It's your fucking castle! 281 00:18:24,396 --> 00:18:28,566 Well, that castle is more crippled than I am, Your Grace. 282 00:18:28,692 --> 00:18:29,609 (scoffs) 283 00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:31,194 It's like to drive Daemon to madness 284 00:18:31,194 --> 00:18:32,737 as he attempts to make use of it. 285 00:18:32,737 --> 00:18:35,073 It is beyond his faculties. 286 00:18:35,699 --> 00:18:39,661 It is also penniless, as I happily control all of its gold. 287 00:18:39,661 --> 00:18:43,373 So, as Harrenhal saps Daemon's resolve, 288 00:18:43,373 --> 00:18:45,750 the false queen remains trapped on her island, 289 00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:49,212 and Ser Criston continues felling castles in the Crownlands. 290 00:18:49,212 --> 00:18:51,256 (stammers) Wh-- 291 00:18:51,631 --> 00:18:54,426 I need to be informed of these things 292 00:18:54,426 --> 00:18:56,094 if I am to make informed rulings. 293 00:18:56,219 --> 00:18:57,846 I will not be made to look a fool in front of 294 00:18:57,846 --> 00:19:00,890 - my allies and enemies. - Aemond Targaryen: Harrenhal must wait. 295 00:19:04,269 --> 00:19:06,896 Ser Criston is marching on Rook's Rest. 296 00:19:07,439 --> 00:19:09,232 Rook's Re-- A pathetic prize. 297 00:19:09,232 --> 00:19:11,609 - I gave no such command-- - The castle is small, 298 00:19:12,736 --> 00:19:13,778 weakly defended, 299 00:19:13,778 --> 00:19:17,032 and Lord Staunton sits on Rhaenyra's council. 300 00:19:17,032 --> 00:19:19,200 After Cole smashes it, 301 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,745 we'll have Dragonstone effectively cut off by land. 302 00:19:23,288 --> 00:19:25,874 This war will not be won with dragons alone, 303 00:19:25,874 --> 00:19:29,169 but with dragons flying behind armies of men. 304 00:19:29,169 --> 00:19:34,174 No! Have him turn about. I want Harrenhal back. 305 00:19:34,174 --> 00:19:36,634 Cole is already preparing his attack. 306 00:19:37,969 --> 00:19:39,971 Uh, how-how do you know this? 307 00:19:39,971 --> 00:19:42,015 Aemond: He sent word to me. 308 00:19:42,974 --> 00:19:44,351 To you? 309 00:19:46,978 --> 00:19:49,272 The two of you have been 310 00:19:49,606 --> 00:19:54,027 plotting... without my authority? 311 00:19:54,027 --> 00:19:55,487 (sighs) 312 00:19:57,822 --> 00:20:00,533 (speaking High Valyrian) 313 00:20:14,798 --> 00:20:15,840 Mm. 314 00:20:33,358 --> 00:20:35,527 (birds cawing) 315 00:20:39,030 --> 00:20:41,700 (speaking High Valyrian) 316 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:50,583 Mm. 317 00:20:52,711 --> 00:20:54,921 (councilmember clears throat) 318 00:20:56,381 --> 00:20:58,591 Harrenhal is a useful morass. 319 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:01,553 It will keep Daemon well-occupied while we strengthen our host 320 00:21:01,678 --> 00:21:03,805 and weaken Rhaenyra's support on the mainland. 321 00:21:03,805 --> 00:21:06,808 We will deal with it in the Riverlands in time. 322 00:21:06,808 --> 00:21:11,312 But right now. Rook's Rest is an easy target 323 00:21:11,312 --> 00:21:13,565 and a worthy effort. 324 00:21:14,399 --> 00:21:17,402 Don't you agree, my king? 325 00:21:17,402 --> 00:21:20,697 (tense music playing) 326 00:21:28,246 --> 00:21:30,373 (knocks on door) 327 00:21:30,373 --> 00:21:33,626 - (heavy breathing) - Come. 328 00:21:37,922 --> 00:21:39,632 Lord Larys. 329 00:21:43,303 --> 00:21:45,347 I thought I'd look in on you, Your Grace, 330 00:21:45,347 --> 00:21:48,266 after your absence from the small council. 331 00:21:48,391 --> 00:21:50,310 I feared something was amiss. 332 00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:53,355 (sighs) You're kind to do so, my lord, 333 00:21:53,355 --> 00:21:55,857 but indulgence was my sin. 334 00:21:55,857 --> 00:21:59,277 I... ventured into the lamprey pie at last night's supper. 335 00:21:59,277 --> 00:22:01,196 Too far, I fear. 336 00:22:01,196 --> 00:22:03,448 (heavy breathing) 337 00:22:04,324 --> 00:22:06,076 Larys Strong: Mm. 338 00:22:07,619 --> 00:22:10,121 That is a rich indulgence. 339 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:14,501 But I believe it is a sin to deny your appetites. 340 00:22:14,501 --> 00:22:17,962 They are what make us fully alive as mortal men. 341 00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:24,469 Was anything of note discussed at the council? 342 00:22:24,594 --> 00:22:26,471 Daemon having seized Harrenhal 343 00:22:26,471 --> 00:22:29,140 and His Grace's resulting displeasure. 344 00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:34,312 I would've thought you would be the most aggrieved, my lord. 345 00:22:34,312 --> 00:22:36,773 I see it as a loss for our greater good. 346 00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:40,276 Dragonstone's attentions are greatly divided. 347 00:22:40,276 --> 00:22:43,863 First in the Riverlands and the Gullet, and now the Crownlands. 348 00:22:44,656 --> 00:22:46,574 Ser Criston wins every challenge he faces there. 349 00:22:46,574 --> 00:22:50,161 That truth alone is like to incite Rhaenyra's fury. 350 00:22:50,787 --> 00:22:53,665 He's covered himself in glory, to be sure. 351 00:22:54,624 --> 00:22:57,293 And you must worry for him? 352 00:22:57,544 --> 00:22:59,963 Your sworn sword... 353 00:23:00,964 --> 00:23:02,507 on the march, 354 00:23:02,507 --> 00:23:03,675 ever exposed to dragons? 355 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,969 It is a perilous road. 356 00:23:09,014 --> 00:23:11,224 Ser Criston is the Hand of the King. 357 00:23:12,308 --> 00:23:15,186 We should all pray for his victory and safe return. 358 00:23:16,312 --> 00:23:17,647 Indeed. 359 00:23:19,149 --> 00:23:22,152 (sighs, inhales) 360 00:23:22,152 --> 00:23:25,196 - (Larys grunts) - (Alicent sighs) 361 00:23:27,407 --> 00:23:30,994 If I may be so bold, my queen... 362 00:23:36,541 --> 00:23:39,044 you have not seemed yourself of late. 363 00:23:40,503 --> 00:23:42,714 Only weeks ago, my lord husband was alive 364 00:23:42,839 --> 00:23:44,841 and the realm was at peace. 365 00:23:45,175 --> 00:23:49,095 Now, I've... barely had the hours to grieve one tragedy 366 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:50,013 before suffering the next. 367 00:23:50,013 --> 00:23:54,017 I regret if I have not been myself. 368 00:23:56,061 --> 00:23:56,853 Hm. 369 00:23:57,228 --> 00:24:00,190 I did not know you shared your lord husband's love... 370 00:24:01,232 --> 00:24:04,152 for the histories. 371 00:24:04,152 --> 00:24:08,948 If not his love, then certainly an-- an abiding interest. 372 00:24:08,948 --> 00:24:10,784 The voices of history guided Viserys. 373 00:24:10,784 --> 00:24:12,744 He knew that his wisdom alone 374 00:24:12,744 --> 00:24:13,912 could only reach so far. 375 00:24:14,204 --> 00:24:17,040 Do you think that is why he changed his mind... 376 00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:19,876 in the end? 377 00:24:20,794 --> 00:24:24,714 No matter how suited he thought Rhaenyra for the crown, 378 00:24:24,714 --> 00:24:29,427 the, uh, voices of history, as you say, 379 00:24:29,427 --> 00:24:32,097 would have told him how the realm would react 380 00:24:32,222 --> 00:24:34,683 - to her succession. - It was impossible to know what steered his thoughts 381 00:24:34,683 --> 00:24:36,810 in those final hours. 382 00:24:37,811 --> 00:24:40,230 Do you now doubt his intentions? 383 00:24:42,232 --> 00:24:43,608 (sniffles) 384 00:24:45,402 --> 00:24:47,696 (light, tense music playing) 385 00:24:47,696 --> 00:24:51,116 Rhaenyra's supporters will believe what they wish. 386 00:24:51,116 --> 00:24:53,159 And so will Aegon's. 387 00:24:53,827 --> 00:24:58,206 The war will be fought, many will die... 388 00:24:58,206 --> 00:25:01,167 and the victor will eventually ascend the throne. 389 00:25:02,919 --> 00:25:06,798 The significance of Viserys's intentions died with him. 390 00:25:08,258 --> 00:25:10,260 ♪ 391 00:25:12,762 --> 00:25:14,931 Yes, it did. 392 00:25:20,020 --> 00:25:21,771 (rain pattering) 393 00:25:26,151 --> 00:25:28,153 (water dripping) 394 00:25:39,456 --> 00:25:42,625 - (indistinct shouting) - (footsteps) 395 00:25:48,340 --> 00:25:51,217 - (sword unsheathes) - (grunts) 396 00:25:53,803 --> 00:25:56,014 (heavy breathing) 397 00:25:58,516 --> 00:26:00,185 (footsteps) 398 00:26:02,187 --> 00:26:05,190 (ominous music playing) 399 00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:19,329 (footsteps) 400 00:26:22,582 --> 00:26:24,334 (rain pattering) 401 00:26:27,754 --> 00:26:30,006 (torch clatters) 402 00:26:35,762 --> 00:26:38,014 (eerie sounds) 403 00:26:45,522 --> 00:26:47,691 (heavy breathing) 404 00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:51,403 (frog ribbits) 405 00:26:51,528 --> 00:26:54,155 It's a touch late to be stalkin' about a strange castle, 406 00:26:54,155 --> 00:26:56,449 putting its people to the sword. 407 00:26:56,449 --> 00:26:57,909 You. 408 00:26:58,868 --> 00:27:01,329 I'm called Alys. 409 00:27:01,329 --> 00:27:02,914 Daemon: Strong? 410 00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:04,124 Rivers. 411 00:27:05,208 --> 00:27:06,126 A bastard. 412 00:27:06,584 --> 00:27:09,254 Once you get to know me, you'll find I'm not so bad. 413 00:27:09,879 --> 00:27:14,426 - So what are you then? Some kind of maester? - In a manner of speaking. 414 00:27:14,426 --> 00:27:18,138 I inherited the duties after the last one fled in the night. 415 00:27:18,138 --> 00:27:21,391 - Fled? Why? - Just never settled in. 416 00:27:22,392 --> 00:27:23,560 (chuckles) 417 00:27:23,935 --> 00:27:25,937 How are you settling in? 418 00:27:26,479 --> 00:27:29,816 I've come to know the face of tortured rest well enough. 419 00:27:30,316 --> 00:27:34,237 Sleep can be... thin in this place. 420 00:27:34,904 --> 00:27:37,115 What would you know of my sleep? 421 00:27:38,074 --> 00:27:41,453 Harrenhal's been cursed since its first stone was laid. 422 00:27:42,287 --> 00:27:44,789 Black Harren felled the grove of weirwood trees 423 00:27:44,914 --> 00:27:46,958 that grew on these lands. 424 00:27:47,083 --> 00:27:49,377 Heart trees, imbued with the spirits of those 425 00:27:49,377 --> 00:27:51,254 who lived long before he came. 426 00:27:51,254 --> 00:27:55,050 - It's said their whispers can still be heard sometimes. - A midwife's tale. 427 00:27:55,050 --> 00:27:59,012 Mm, the very bed you sleep in was made from such a heart tree. 428 00:28:00,430 --> 00:28:04,267 Have you experienced anything... of note? 429 00:28:04,768 --> 00:28:07,312 You are a strange kind of woman. 430 00:28:07,645 --> 00:28:10,440 I'm no woman at all. I'm a barn owl. 431 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,484 Cursed to live in human form. 432 00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:18,323 (chuckles) So, you've come here after quarreling with your wife? 433 00:28:18,323 --> 00:28:19,449 What? 434 00:28:20,700 --> 00:28:23,370 You arrive here alone to claim the castle 435 00:28:23,370 --> 00:28:25,830 and yet, send no ravens. 436 00:28:27,791 --> 00:28:30,502 Do you now plan to make your own claim? 437 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,046 - Perhaps to prove yourself to her. - Do not try me 438 00:28:33,046 --> 00:28:35,006 with your insolence, witch. 439 00:28:35,131 --> 00:28:36,966 It's a hard thing, I imagine, to give 440 00:28:36,966 --> 00:28:40,345 obeisance to one who replaced you as heir. 441 00:28:42,681 --> 00:28:45,183 And a woman too. A... 442 00:28:45,183 --> 00:28:48,144 girl child you bounced on your knee. 443 00:28:50,230 --> 00:28:53,024 I mean, does it please you that her legitimacy is contested? 444 00:28:53,024 --> 00:28:55,110 As you stand here... 445 00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:57,779 with a castle and a dragon... 446 00:28:57,779 --> 00:29:00,198 attempting to draw an army of men. 447 00:29:05,328 --> 00:29:06,996 Here. Drink this. 448 00:29:08,540 --> 00:29:12,419 You'll need your sleep if you're to win this place to your side. 449 00:29:14,421 --> 00:29:16,423 ♪ 450 00:29:19,217 --> 00:29:20,552 (swallows) 451 00:29:21,678 --> 00:29:23,304 Willem Blackwood: (muffled) I now rule my house as regent 452 00:29:23,304 --> 00:29:25,390 until my nephew Benjicot comes of age. 453 00:29:30,729 --> 00:29:33,732 The Brackens are venal cravens, 454 00:29:33,732 --> 00:29:35,025 and they must pay for their treachery 455 00:29:35,025 --> 00:29:37,444 against the laws of gods and men. 456 00:29:38,611 --> 00:29:40,613 (normal) And against the crown. 457 00:29:40,613 --> 00:29:42,073 Who are you? 458 00:29:42,073 --> 00:29:43,783 Simon: Ser Willem Blackwood of House Blackwood, 459 00:29:43,783 --> 00:29:47,078 Your Grace, as I said. 460 00:29:50,749 --> 00:29:52,083 Well met. 461 00:29:52,917 --> 00:29:54,753 What might I do for you? 462 00:29:54,878 --> 00:29:58,506 It was you who summoned me, Your Grace. 463 00:29:58,506 --> 00:30:00,091 I was given to understand 464 00:30:00,216 --> 00:30:02,052 that you wanted an army. 465 00:30:02,052 --> 00:30:03,887 Well, who doesn't these days? 466 00:30:03,887 --> 00:30:05,764 You Blackwoods certainly never miss a chance 467 00:30:05,889 --> 00:30:09,809 to bloody your swords... do you? 468 00:30:09,809 --> 00:30:11,019 Some 20 years ago, 469 00:30:11,019 --> 00:30:13,146 my lord bent the knee to King Viserys 470 00:30:13,146 --> 00:30:16,441 and acknowledged the Princess Rhaenyra as his rightful heir. 471 00:30:16,566 --> 00:30:18,276 Daemon: So you fight for this old oath? 472 00:30:18,401 --> 00:30:21,571 Not, of course, for your thousand-year-old feud with the Brackens. 473 00:30:23,114 --> 00:30:25,617 I once vied for Queen Rhaenyra's hand... 474 00:30:26,242 --> 00:30:28,286 before she wed Ser Laenor. 475 00:30:28,787 --> 00:30:30,914 I always liked her spirit. 476 00:30:31,414 --> 00:30:33,291 She had the true blood of the dragon. 477 00:30:33,291 --> 00:30:37,587 And you're prepared to march without the leave of your lord... 478 00:30:39,589 --> 00:30:42,592 (ominous music playing) 479 00:30:43,593 --> 00:30:45,595 (eerie sounds) 480 00:30:57,774 --> 00:30:59,693 (pouring wine) 481 00:30:59,693 --> 00:31:01,653 Willem: Your Grace? 482 00:31:02,946 --> 00:31:04,489 And once you and your dragon 483 00:31:04,489 --> 00:31:07,826 bring the queen's justice to the Brackens... 484 00:31:08,159 --> 00:31:10,370 our armies will be yours. 485 00:31:19,337 --> 00:31:22,007 Larys: Our lords in the Crownlands are grousing. 486 00:31:22,132 --> 00:31:24,009 Their herds of livestock struggle to keep pace 487 00:31:24,009 --> 00:31:25,635 with the dragons' relentless appetites. 488 00:31:25,635 --> 00:31:28,179 - Vhagar's in particular. - Ironrod: They can either provide 489 00:31:28,179 --> 00:31:31,307 the crown what it needs, or we can claim their holdings. 490 00:31:31,307 --> 00:31:32,934 Tyland Lannister: Oh, that would be a relief, 491 00:31:32,934 --> 00:31:35,353 as we have no more coin to lend to the effort. 492 00:31:35,353 --> 00:31:37,647 Resources are certainly growing no more plentiful 493 00:31:37,647 --> 00:31:39,190 in the face of the blockade. 494 00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:41,151 Tyland: The demand on the blacksmiths, armorers and tanners 495 00:31:41,151 --> 00:31:42,527 for equipment has only grown apace 496 00:31:42,527 --> 00:31:43,737 with Ser Criston's army. 497 00:31:43,737 --> 00:31:45,989 Ironrod: Well, Cole's done splendidly, at the least, 498 00:31:45,989 --> 00:31:47,741 turning every castle and army he's faced, 499 00:31:47,741 --> 00:31:51,036 - including Duskendale, gods bless him. - (Aegon spinning marker) 500 00:31:51,036 --> 00:31:53,038 The Kingmaker, they're calling him. 501 00:31:53,163 --> 00:31:55,290 And with Aemond and Vhagar also at the ready, 502 00:31:55,290 --> 00:31:57,667 - we are a formidable opponent. - (slams marker) 503 00:31:58,877 --> 00:32:00,670 You bore me. 504 00:32:03,548 --> 00:32:05,550 You all bore me. 505 00:32:13,933 --> 00:32:16,186 (door opens) 506 00:32:19,856 --> 00:32:23,985 - (door closes) - Perhaps Ser Criston will be able to procure 507 00:32:23,985 --> 00:32:25,779 more livestock through his campaign. 508 00:32:25,779 --> 00:32:29,074 Any coin we can save will be a welcome bounty. 509 00:32:38,792 --> 00:32:40,085 What are you doing here? 510 00:32:40,210 --> 00:32:41,586 Where are your father's books? 511 00:32:41,711 --> 00:32:43,755 - Aegon Targaryen: I ordered them removed. - (Alicent sighs) 512 00:32:43,755 --> 00:32:44,923 With no thought to the centuries 513 00:32:45,048 --> 00:32:46,675 of knowledge in those pages. 514 00:32:46,675 --> 00:32:48,760 (birds chirping) 515 00:32:53,431 --> 00:32:55,141 Your Grace. 516 00:32:56,393 --> 00:32:59,312 I removed them, I didn't burn them. 517 00:33:04,484 --> 00:33:05,610 What is it? 518 00:33:05,610 --> 00:33:08,279 - They don't care what I think. - (pouring wine) 519 00:33:08,279 --> 00:33:09,656 (sighs) 520 00:33:10,782 --> 00:33:13,034 - Who, Aegon? - My council. 521 00:33:13,034 --> 00:33:15,161 Cole. Aemond. They pursue their campaign 522 00:33:15,161 --> 00:33:17,580 without seeking my aid, or even my thoughts. 523 00:33:20,583 --> 00:33:22,293 What thoughts would you have? 524 00:33:23,670 --> 00:33:25,588 Wh-- I'm the king. 525 00:33:28,758 --> 00:33:32,470 Do you think simply wearing the crown imbues you with wisdom? 526 00:33:38,435 --> 00:33:42,147 Those men at your council table... 527 00:33:42,939 --> 00:33:44,941 earned their seats. 528 00:33:45,316 --> 00:33:48,528 It was my hope that (chuckles) once enthroned, 529 00:33:48,528 --> 00:33:51,072 you would honor the burden of your new duties, 530 00:33:51,072 --> 00:33:52,824 be silent, 531 00:33:52,824 --> 00:33:56,786 and strive to learn from the more studied minds around you. 532 00:33:57,996 --> 00:34:01,374 In the hope that you might be half the king your father was. 533 00:34:02,876 --> 00:34:05,462 - Tread carefully. - Or what? 534 00:34:06,796 --> 00:34:10,008 You'll hang me, as you did your ratcatchers? 535 00:34:10,133 --> 00:34:13,178 Or have me banished, as you did your Hand? 536 00:34:14,137 --> 00:34:15,430 I ruled 537 00:34:15,430 --> 00:34:17,766 in your father's absence throughout his long illness, 538 00:34:17,766 --> 00:34:20,518 and Otto Hightower was as cunning a statesman as ever lived. 539 00:34:20,518 --> 00:34:26,149 You should humbly be seeking our opinions and counsel. 540 00:34:28,193 --> 00:34:30,195 You have no idea the sacrifices that were made 541 00:34:30,195 --> 00:34:33,156 to put you on that throne. 542 00:34:33,156 --> 00:34:36,409 (tense music playing) 543 00:34:37,202 --> 00:34:38,370 Wha-- 544 00:34:40,372 --> 00:34:43,333 What would you have me do, Mother? 545 00:34:44,334 --> 00:34:46,878 Do simply what is needed of you: 546 00:34:48,672 --> 00:34:50,173 nothing. 547 00:34:52,842 --> 00:34:54,844 ♪ 548 00:34:57,514 --> 00:35:00,767 (ambient nature sounds) 549 00:35:04,896 --> 00:35:06,564 (axe striking) 550 00:35:07,357 --> 00:35:09,526 (tree crackling) 551 00:35:15,865 --> 00:35:18,576 (indistinct chatter, shouting) 552 00:35:20,078 --> 00:35:22,372 Criston: On your feet! 553 00:35:23,373 --> 00:35:25,542 To Rook's Rest! 554 00:35:26,710 --> 00:35:28,253 To battle! 555 00:35:33,133 --> 00:35:34,884 Gwayne Hightower: It's broad daylight. 556 00:35:34,884 --> 00:35:38,471 We must hold here and ready ourselves to lay siege at nightfall. 557 00:35:38,471 --> 00:35:40,682 We shall move now and strike by day. 558 00:35:40,682 --> 00:35:41,975 They will not expect it. 559 00:35:41,975 --> 00:35:43,268 They will not expect it 560 00:35:43,268 --> 00:35:45,603 because it is fucking madness. 561 00:35:47,272 --> 00:35:48,481 Did you forget the little encounter 562 00:35:48,481 --> 00:35:50,483 we had on the road to Rosby? 563 00:35:51,067 --> 00:35:52,402 I did not. 564 00:35:53,945 --> 00:35:57,323 Dragonstone and their dragons are just across the bay. 565 00:35:58,450 --> 00:36:00,660 What? Grown tired of living, have you? 566 00:36:01,453 --> 00:36:03,329 Are you afraid, Ser? 567 00:36:04,122 --> 00:36:06,624 Worse. I'm rational. 568 00:36:08,626 --> 00:36:09,961 We advance. 569 00:36:10,420 --> 00:36:13,631 (tense music playing) 570 00:36:26,770 --> 00:36:28,772 ♪ 571 00:36:30,482 --> 00:36:32,067 Jacaerys Velaryon: I see no other choice. 572 00:36:32,067 --> 00:36:34,861 - We need to send a dragon. - Rhaenyra Targaryen: Where? 573 00:36:38,656 --> 00:36:40,784 (clears throat) To support the war 574 00:36:40,784 --> 00:36:44,162 that your vassals have been fighting in your absence... 575 00:36:44,162 --> 00:36:46,539 Your Grace. 576 00:36:46,539 --> 00:36:49,751 Cole's host has grown since riding abroad. 577 00:36:49,751 --> 00:36:51,920 He raised the levies of both Rosby and Stokeworth 578 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,048 and, with their combined strength, sacked Duskendale. 579 00:36:55,048 --> 00:36:56,758 Duskendale? 580 00:36:56,758 --> 00:36:58,593 The city has fallen. 581 00:36:58,593 --> 00:37:00,512 Many Darklyn men declared for Aegon. 582 00:37:00,512 --> 00:37:02,681 Those who refused were put to the sword. 583 00:37:02,806 --> 00:37:04,349 What of my father? 584 00:37:04,474 --> 00:37:05,892 He kept his oath. 585 00:37:06,351 --> 00:37:08,478 Cole took his head for it. 586 00:37:10,397 --> 00:37:13,191 Where have you been, these last days? 587 00:37:13,191 --> 00:37:15,985 You vanished without so much as a word. 588 00:37:16,528 --> 00:37:19,531 Well, I apologize for my absence and the secrecy, 589 00:37:19,656 --> 00:37:22,409 but such was necessary. 590 00:37:22,409 --> 00:37:24,703 I went to King's Landing. 591 00:37:25,495 --> 00:37:27,163 To what possible end? 592 00:37:27,163 --> 00:37:29,457 To meet Queen Alicent and sue for peace. 593 00:37:29,457 --> 00:37:32,252 - You saw Alicent? - Rhaenyra: Yes, I did. 594 00:37:32,252 --> 00:37:34,546 You could've been taken or slain! 595 00:37:34,671 --> 00:37:38,508 I inherited 80 years of peace from my father. 596 00:37:38,508 --> 00:37:40,218 Before I was to end it, 597 00:37:40,343 --> 00:37:43,513 I needed to know that there was no other path. 598 00:37:45,932 --> 00:37:47,684 And now I do. 599 00:37:51,104 --> 00:37:53,064 Only one choice remains to me: 600 00:37:53,064 --> 00:37:57,527 either I win my claim or die. 601 00:37:59,029 --> 00:38:01,239 We stand at the ready. 602 00:38:01,948 --> 00:38:04,325 Rhaenys Targaryen: Cole's victories have only emboldened him. 603 00:38:04,325 --> 00:38:06,411 He marches on Rook's Rest. 604 00:38:06,536 --> 00:38:07,912 His host was just hours away 605 00:38:08,038 --> 00:38:11,249 - when Lord Staunton's ravens took wing. - Why Rook's Rest? 606 00:38:11,249 --> 00:38:12,542 After Duskendale? 607 00:38:12,542 --> 00:38:14,669 It is but a small coastal keep. 608 00:38:14,669 --> 00:38:18,256 Alfred: 'Cause Lord Staunton is a member of this council. 609 00:38:18,381 --> 00:38:22,427 And because his castle is small and vulnerable and there for the taking. 610 00:38:22,552 --> 00:38:24,804 Cole knows we have no army on the mainland. 611 00:38:24,804 --> 00:38:27,432 - Bartimos: He is brazen. - He is daring us to act. 612 00:38:27,557 --> 00:38:30,477 We need to send a dragon. 613 00:38:30,477 --> 00:38:33,938 (quiet, tense music playing) 614 00:38:37,275 --> 00:38:41,738 There are those who have mistaken my caution for weakness. 615 00:38:46,242 --> 00:38:49,037 Let that be their undoing. 616 00:38:49,037 --> 00:38:51,247 - I will go. - My queen-- 617 00:38:51,247 --> 00:38:54,125 - You cannot. - I will not lose dragons to war 618 00:38:54,250 --> 00:38:55,460 whilst I hide here in my castle. 619 00:38:55,460 --> 00:38:58,588 Our allies raise their banners for you, Mother. 620 00:38:58,588 --> 00:39:00,632 Rhaenyra: Yes, they do. 621 00:39:00,632 --> 00:39:03,927 If you die, all is lost. 622 00:39:03,927 --> 00:39:05,178 - Send me. - No. 623 00:39:05,178 --> 00:39:07,222 I will burn Cole's lines and withdraw before King's Landing 624 00:39:07,222 --> 00:39:09,599 - could even raise the alarm. - You lack the experience. 625 00:39:12,352 --> 00:39:14,813 You must send me, Your Grace. 626 00:39:16,815 --> 00:39:18,316 Meleys is your largest dragon 627 00:39:18,316 --> 00:39:20,610 and no stranger to battle. 628 00:39:23,196 --> 00:39:25,031 I will meet Cole. 629 00:39:25,949 --> 00:39:27,075 (sighs) 630 00:39:27,075 --> 00:39:29,160 ♪ 631 00:39:48,972 --> 00:39:50,974 ♪ 632 00:40:13,329 --> 00:40:14,998 (flagon shatters) 633 00:40:16,374 --> 00:40:18,585 ♪ 634 00:40:33,558 --> 00:40:35,393 Jacaerys: I wish only to fight for you, 635 00:40:35,518 --> 00:40:37,437 for your claim and mine. 636 00:40:37,437 --> 00:40:39,064 I-- 637 00:40:40,231 --> 00:40:42,192 There's something I need to tell you, Jace. 638 00:40:44,569 --> 00:40:47,906 Something... I should've told you 639 00:40:47,906 --> 00:40:51,368 when you first became heir to the throne. 640 00:40:51,368 --> 00:40:54,412 It's a secret that Viserys told me 641 00:40:54,412 --> 00:40:56,873 when he named me his successor. 642 00:40:57,624 --> 00:41:00,877 And it has passed from king to heir... 643 00:41:01,544 --> 00:41:04,589 since Aegon the Conqueror's time. 644 00:41:06,966 --> 00:41:08,718 (exhales) 645 00:41:10,053 --> 00:41:12,055 ♪ 646 00:41:12,597 --> 00:41:14,849 I never told you because I was unsure 647 00:41:14,849 --> 00:41:17,102 that I believed it myself. 648 00:41:17,936 --> 00:41:21,773 The Targaryen who sits the Iron Throne 649 00:41:21,773 --> 00:41:24,317 is not just a king or a queen. 650 00:41:24,317 --> 00:41:26,653 They are a Protector. 651 00:41:26,653 --> 00:41:28,947 (speaking High Valyrian) 652 00:41:30,323 --> 00:41:32,659 Rhaenyra: Ordained to lead the Seven Kingdoms, 653 00:41:32,659 --> 00:41:34,202 to strengthen them... 654 00:41:34,202 --> 00:41:36,538 (indistinct shouting) 655 00:41:36,538 --> 00:41:40,792 ...and to unite them against a common foe. 656 00:41:45,088 --> 00:41:48,425 Viserys chose me to succeed him. 657 00:41:49,259 --> 00:41:52,178 He held to this the whole of his life. 658 00:41:52,178 --> 00:41:53,972 (shouting) 659 00:41:57,642 --> 00:42:01,312 My father believed that I, alone, 660 00:42:01,438 --> 00:42:03,898 was meant to be this Protector. 661 00:42:03,898 --> 00:42:07,152 They're 1,400-, 1,500-strong at least, my lord. 662 00:42:07,152 --> 00:42:08,528 (roars) 663 00:42:08,528 --> 00:42:09,946 Rhaenyra: But to unite the realm, 664 00:42:09,946 --> 00:42:12,866 I had to send the dragons to war. 665 00:42:13,450 --> 00:42:14,951 (roars) 666 00:42:14,951 --> 00:42:16,995 ♪ 667 00:42:20,623 --> 00:42:24,669 The horrors I have just loosed cannot be for a crown alone. 668 00:42:26,629 --> 00:42:28,631 That is why I must believe 669 00:42:28,631 --> 00:42:31,718 what Viserys told me when he named me his heir. 670 00:42:31,718 --> 00:42:34,179 What Jaehaerys had told him. 671 00:42:34,846 --> 00:42:37,307 And what I will now tell you. 672 00:42:37,307 --> 00:42:39,351 (Sunfyre calls) 673 00:42:40,143 --> 00:42:41,144 What is it? 674 00:42:41,144 --> 00:42:43,188 ♪ 675 00:42:47,484 --> 00:42:49,819 Aegon the Conqueror's Dream. 676 00:42:51,738 --> 00:42:55,492 He called it "The Song of Ice and Fire." 677 00:42:55,909 --> 00:42:59,579 - (dramatic music playing) - (arrows whizzing by) 678 00:42:59,579 --> 00:43:01,873 (grunting, shouting) 679 00:43:05,251 --> 00:43:07,337 captain: Loose! New rank! 680 00:43:08,505 --> 00:43:11,675 Loose! New rank! 681 00:43:12,550 --> 00:43:15,053 Loose! New rank! 682 00:43:17,263 --> 00:43:19,557 ♪ 683 00:43:19,557 --> 00:43:20,850 Push it! 684 00:43:21,726 --> 00:43:23,561 guards (shouting): Dragon! 685 00:43:23,687 --> 00:43:25,730 Dragon! 686 00:43:25,855 --> 00:43:28,024 (all yelling) 687 00:43:29,734 --> 00:43:32,237 Gwayne: To the Seven Hells with you, Cole! 688 00:43:32,570 --> 00:43:35,031 You may as well have sounded horns to announce our coming! 689 00:43:35,031 --> 00:43:37,075 Criston: Order the Darklyn levies to break off and move ahead. 690 00:43:37,075 --> 00:43:38,993 We must keep the dragon's attention divided. 691 00:43:38,993 --> 00:43:41,037 - Make the signal. - What signal? 692 00:43:41,037 --> 00:43:43,748 Criston: All is going to plan. 693 00:43:44,374 --> 00:43:46,376 ♪ 694 00:43:49,754 --> 00:43:51,965 (blows horn) 695 00:43:53,216 --> 00:43:54,926 (growling) 696 00:44:03,768 --> 00:44:05,937 (indistinct shouting) 697 00:44:10,108 --> 00:44:12,110 (all yelling) 698 00:44:15,655 --> 00:44:18,074 (horn blowing in distance) 699 00:44:19,242 --> 00:44:21,494 (blows horn) 700 00:44:21,494 --> 00:44:23,288 (growling) 701 00:44:27,250 --> 00:44:29,252 ♪ 702 00:44:32,922 --> 00:44:35,091 (Sunfyre calls) 703 00:44:37,427 --> 00:44:38,928 (groans) 704 00:44:40,513 --> 00:44:42,265 (speaking High Valyrian) 705 00:44:50,815 --> 00:44:52,525 (exhales) 706 00:44:54,152 --> 00:44:56,154 ♪ 707 00:44:56,821 --> 00:44:58,198 (screeches) 708 00:45:03,328 --> 00:45:04,996 (grumbles) 709 00:45:06,623 --> 00:45:08,833 (all yelling) 710 00:45:10,710 --> 00:45:13,296 ♪ 711 00:45:15,298 --> 00:45:16,758 Forward, Sunfyre! 712 00:45:16,758 --> 00:45:19,177 - (Sunfyre roars) - Faster! 713 00:45:19,636 --> 00:45:21,638 guards (shouting): Dragon! 714 00:45:21,638 --> 00:45:23,682 Whose dragon is that? 715 00:45:23,807 --> 00:45:25,475 His Grace, the king's. 716 00:45:26,559 --> 00:45:28,687 This was your secret plot, Cole? 717 00:45:28,687 --> 00:45:30,313 For the king himself to lay ambush 718 00:45:30,313 --> 00:45:32,732 - and mayhaps die in the attempt?! - Criston: No! 719 00:45:32,732 --> 00:45:34,859 Loose more signal arrows! 720 00:45:38,029 --> 00:45:40,490 Stalwart men of House Targaryen, 721 00:45:41,658 --> 00:45:44,202 your king has joined you! 722 00:45:44,994 --> 00:45:47,747 Hold to your courage! Hold to your wits! 723 00:45:47,747 --> 00:45:50,542 For the Seven have blessed and shielded 724 00:45:50,667 --> 00:45:52,919 this host with divine purpose! 725 00:45:52,919 --> 00:45:55,880 For the one true king, Aegon! 726 00:45:56,006 --> 00:45:58,842 - Advance! - (soldiers shouting) 727 00:46:00,510 --> 00:46:04,055 ♪ 728 00:46:06,725 --> 00:46:09,019 Where are you, Aemond? 729 00:46:12,230 --> 00:46:13,940 (roars) 730 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,402 ♪ 731 00:46:20,697 --> 00:46:22,907 (speaks High Valyrian) 732 00:46:23,867 --> 00:46:25,452 Dracarys! 733 00:46:27,537 --> 00:46:28,872 (grunts) 734 00:46:31,875 --> 00:46:34,252 (grumbles, screeches) 735 00:46:37,964 --> 00:46:41,384 - (screeching, roaring) - (Aegon panicking) 736 00:46:45,388 --> 00:46:47,098 (yelling) 737 00:46:51,394 --> 00:46:53,396 (all yelling) 738 00:46:57,650 --> 00:46:59,944 (high-pitched calling) 739 00:47:00,904 --> 00:47:02,572 (screeching) 740 00:47:04,282 --> 00:47:06,242 captain: Another one there! 741 00:47:06,242 --> 00:47:08,661 Send a volley to those Rosby men! 742 00:47:08,661 --> 00:47:10,747 Give them no quarter! 743 00:47:11,623 --> 00:47:15,168 - (indistinct shouting) - (distant bellowing) 744 00:47:20,090 --> 00:47:22,258 We'd best get you to cover, my lord. 745 00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:30,642 ♪ 746 00:47:31,935 --> 00:47:33,645 (grumbles) 747 00:47:51,621 --> 00:47:54,541 ♪ 748 00:47:54,541 --> 00:47:56,543 (screeching) 749 00:48:06,886 --> 00:48:08,847 ♪ 750 00:48:08,972 --> 00:48:10,682 (distant screeching) 751 00:48:10,807 --> 00:48:12,976 Aegon: Thank the gods! 752 00:48:14,352 --> 00:48:15,520 Dracarys! 753 00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:16,563 Ah! 754 00:48:18,690 --> 00:48:20,191 ♪ 755 00:48:20,984 --> 00:48:23,319 No! (yells) 756 00:48:25,196 --> 00:48:28,074 - (roaring) - (Sunfyre screeching) 757 00:48:34,831 --> 00:48:36,499 (screeching) 758 00:48:40,503 --> 00:48:42,505 (soldiers yelling) 759 00:48:42,505 --> 00:48:44,049 Criston: Your Grace! 760 00:48:44,049 --> 00:48:46,343 (music softens) 761 00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:50,722 (heavy breathing) 762 00:49:00,857 --> 00:49:02,776 (speaks High Valyrian) 763 00:49:04,402 --> 00:49:07,572 - (music intensifies) - (Meleys screeches) 764 00:49:11,534 --> 00:49:12,702 (grunts) 765 00:49:23,755 --> 00:49:25,924 (nearby growling) 766 00:49:25,924 --> 00:49:28,093 ♪ 767 00:49:41,564 --> 00:49:43,566 (roars) 768 00:49:47,487 --> 00:49:50,073 - (dragons screeching) - (music stops) 769 00:49:55,662 --> 00:49:56,830 (grunts) 770 00:49:58,456 --> 00:50:00,125 (grunting) 771 00:50:00,250 --> 00:50:02,627 (music resumes) 772 00:50:02,627 --> 00:50:04,504 (indistinct shouting) 773 00:50:18,601 --> 00:50:20,520 (all yelling) 774 00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,106 (grunting, yelling) 775 00:50:23,481 --> 00:50:26,359 - (horse neighs) - (loud thud) 776 00:50:27,485 --> 00:50:29,195 (silence) 777 00:50:31,614 --> 00:50:36,161 - (slow-motion yelling) - (slow, tense music playing) 778 00:50:39,664 --> 00:50:41,666 (loud footsteps) 779 00:50:54,471 --> 00:50:56,473 ♪ 780 00:51:00,977 --> 00:51:02,645 (grumbling) 781 00:51:08,401 --> 00:51:11,654 (Meleys grumbling, groaning) 782 00:51:19,704 --> 00:51:21,706 (singers vocalizing) 783 00:51:23,875 --> 00:51:25,585 (roars) 784 00:51:29,589 --> 00:51:32,509 (indistinct chatter, shouting) 785 00:51:33,176 --> 00:51:37,430 ♪ 786 00:51:39,015 --> 00:51:41,226 (vocalizing continues) 787 00:51:48,108 --> 00:51:49,859 (screeches) 788 00:51:52,112 --> 00:51:54,948 - (screeches) - (all yelling) 789 00:51:57,200 --> 00:51:58,910 (screeching) 790 00:52:00,745 --> 00:52:02,455 (grunting) 791 00:52:02,747 --> 00:52:04,457 (screeching) 792 00:52:08,044 --> 00:52:09,963 (music slows) 793 00:52:09,963 --> 00:52:11,756 (grumbling) 794 00:52:15,885 --> 00:52:18,888 (somber music playing) 795 00:52:27,981 --> 00:52:29,733 (explosion booms) 796 00:52:37,073 --> 00:52:40,243 (triumphant music playing) 797 00:52:55,133 --> 00:52:57,344 (music fades out) 798 00:53:04,267 --> 00:53:06,436 (muffled yelling) 799 00:53:08,438 --> 00:53:11,316 (muffled roaring, rumbling) 800 00:53:21,284 --> 00:53:23,453 (gasps for air) 801 00:53:28,208 --> 00:53:29,793 (gasping) 802 00:53:34,130 --> 00:53:36,299 (labored breathing) 803 00:53:41,388 --> 00:53:44,808 (quiet, tense music playing) 804 00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:52,816 Gwayne: Fall in behind me! 805 00:53:53,817 --> 00:53:55,527 Into the breach! 806 00:53:55,652 --> 00:53:57,821 (indistinct shouting) 807 00:54:02,033 --> 00:54:04,035 ♪ 808 00:54:08,331 --> 00:54:10,542 (heavy breathing) 809 00:54:19,926 --> 00:54:21,928 ♪ 810 00:54:27,017 --> 00:54:29,853 (breathy) The king has fallen. We must find him. 811 00:54:32,856 --> 00:54:34,858 (armor clatters) 812 00:54:43,366 --> 00:54:45,577 ♪ 813 00:54:54,377 --> 00:54:56,588 (indistinct shouting) 814 00:55:06,806 --> 00:55:08,808 ♪ 815 00:55:19,944 --> 00:55:21,154 Criston: Aemond! 816 00:55:22,113 --> 00:55:23,782 (Sunfyre grumbles) 817 00:55:23,782 --> 00:55:26,826 ♪ 818 00:55:36,586 --> 00:55:38,755 Where's His Grace? 819 00:55:41,299 --> 00:55:43,510 (Sunfyre grumbling) 820 00:55:45,845 --> 00:55:49,432 (suspenseful, solemn music playing) 821 00:55:54,646 --> 00:55:56,606 (helmet clatters) 822 00:56:14,541 --> 00:56:16,960 (music fades out) 823 00:56:22,340 --> 00:56:25,719 (light, tense music playing) 824 00:56:59,878 --> 00:57:01,880 ♪ 825 00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:38,875 SPEAKER: Behold! The traitor dragon, Meleys. 826 00:57:40,251 --> 00:57:42,379 Slain by King Aegon! 827 00:57:44,089 --> 00:57:45,382 ALICENT HIGHTOWER: Is he alive? 828 00:57:46,257 --> 00:57:47,425 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) 829 00:57:47,550 --> 00:57:49,761 RHAENYRA TARGARYEN: We cannot challenge King's Landing 830 00:57:49,761 --> 00:57:50,887 without the Riverlands. 831 00:57:51,096 --> 00:57:52,555 DAEMON TARGARYEN: Our terms are simple. 832 00:57:52,555 --> 00:57:55,433 Bend the knee to me, or your house burns. 833 00:57:55,892 --> 00:57:59,312 MYSTERIOUS VOICE: Daemon, you were made to wear a crown. 834 00:58:00,438 --> 00:58:02,482 OTTO HIGHTOWER: The king does not lack for heirs. 835 00:58:02,774 --> 00:58:04,067 ALICENT: So, you cast me aside? 836 00:58:04,067 --> 00:58:05,860 We have given the war to the dragons. 837 00:58:05,860 --> 00:58:07,570 Will you preside over it? 838 00:58:07,946 --> 00:58:08,947 MYSARIA: The people whispered, 839 00:58:09,072 --> 00:58:10,907 when Viserys lived, there was peace. 840 00:58:11,616 --> 00:58:13,326 The path I walk has never been trod. 841 00:58:14,244 --> 00:58:16,955 MYSARIA: There is more than one way to fight a war. 842 00:58:18,081 --> 00:58:20,792 SER CRISTON COLE: What we must do now is terrible. 843 00:58:29,843 --> 00:58:32,303 (HORNS BLARE) 844 00:58:32,303 --> 00:58:35,015 ♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 845 00:58:37,475 --> 00:58:39,310 RYAN CONDAL: Cole is now a real problem 846 00:58:39,310 --> 00:58:41,312 that's going to have to be dealt with in the Crownlands. 847 00:58:41,438 --> 00:58:44,274 He's taken down Duskendale, and Rosby, and Darklyn, 848 00:58:44,274 --> 00:58:45,942 and should be marching on Harrenhal 849 00:58:45,942 --> 00:58:47,193 with the force that he's assembled. 850 00:58:47,485 --> 00:58:49,654 RHAENYS TARGARYEN: Cole's victories have only emboldened him. 851 00:58:49,654 --> 00:58:50,989 He marches on Rook's Rest. 852 00:58:50,989 --> 00:58:52,991 Rook's Rest, it's a tiny coastal keep 853 00:58:52,991 --> 00:58:53,992 right across the bay. 854 00:58:54,159 --> 00:58:55,493 Rhaenyra seizes upon that... 855 00:58:55,493 --> 00:58:57,287 There are those who have mistaken 856 00:58:57,287 --> 00:58:59,122 my caution for weakness. 857 00:59:00,331 --> 00:59:01,708 Let that be their undoing. 858 00:59:02,125 --> 00:59:03,543 ...and plays right into Cole's hand. 859 00:59:03,710 --> 00:59:06,713 ♪ (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 860 00:59:11,509 --> 00:59:12,677 George always said about Daemon, 861 00:59:12,677 --> 00:59:14,679 he's heroic and villainous in equal parts. 862 00:59:14,846 --> 00:59:17,015 And that's what makes him fascinating as a character. 863 00:59:17,182 --> 00:59:19,351 Part of Daemon's story at Harrenhal this season 864 00:59:19,351 --> 00:59:23,563 is having to face and atone for the sins of his past. 865 00:59:23,813 --> 00:59:24,856 Laena. 866 00:59:25,357 --> 00:59:27,525 LAENA VELARYON: Dracarys! 867 00:59:29,527 --> 00:59:30,528 RYAN: Aemond... 868 00:59:31,363 --> 00:59:34,491 who he probably had a hand, a bit, in his creation. 869 00:59:36,368 --> 00:59:38,912 And very much young Rhaenyra. 870 00:59:39,037 --> 00:59:41,498 (SPEAKING IN HIGH VALYRIAN) 871 00:59:41,706 --> 00:59:42,582 Speak plainly. 872 00:59:42,916 --> 00:59:44,918 MATT SMITH: It's a journey of discovery and unraveling, 873 00:59:45,043 --> 00:59:49,005 and it's all beginning to make him become really unstuck. 874 00:59:49,422 --> 00:59:51,675 Daemon is experiencing one of his core injuries. 875 00:59:51,675 --> 00:59:54,010 This is the room that has caused him so much pain, 876 00:59:54,010 --> 00:59:58,098 it's the seat that he's coveted for so long and was denied, 877 00:59:58,390 --> 01:00:00,725 and then the little girl who stole it from him. 878 01:00:00,934 --> 01:00:02,185 Before he knows it... 879 01:00:05,730 --> 01:00:06,856 he exacts vengeance. 880 01:00:07,065 --> 01:00:08,274 MATT: It's the blood of the dragon. 881 01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:10,610 They're connected in such a deep way. 882 01:00:11,111 --> 01:00:13,405 And the idea that he could harm her 883 01:00:13,530 --> 01:00:15,573 is, you know, really alien. 884 01:00:15,865 --> 01:00:19,911 He's still very closed to these intrusive visions, 885 01:00:19,911 --> 01:00:21,621 but they start to break down 886 01:00:21,746 --> 01:00:23,790 the very carefully constructed walls 887 01:00:23,915 --> 01:00:25,625 that he's put up around himself. 888 01:00:27,752 --> 01:00:30,755 Touch late to be stalking about a strange castle. 889 01:00:31,589 --> 01:00:33,967 Alys Rivers is written about quite a bit in the book. 890 01:00:34,092 --> 01:00:35,969 She's described as a kind of woods witch 891 01:00:36,094 --> 01:00:37,137 that lives at Harrenhal, 892 01:00:37,262 --> 01:00:39,222 has possibly been there for hundreds of years. 893 01:00:39,222 --> 01:00:41,141 You don't really know immediately 894 01:00:41,141 --> 01:00:44,394 whether she is what she says she is. 895 01:00:45,228 --> 01:00:47,105 You are a strange kind of woman. 896 01:00:47,105 --> 01:00:49,607 I'm no woman at all. I'm a barn owl, 897 01:00:49,941 --> 01:00:51,651 cursed to live in human form. 898 01:00:51,651 --> 01:00:53,069 GAYLE RANKIN: She's not afraid of him, 899 01:00:53,069 --> 01:00:55,321 and I think that he recognizes that, 900 01:00:55,447 --> 01:00:56,948 and that's unusual for him. 901 01:00:57,657 --> 01:00:59,659 Have you experienced anything of note? 902 01:00:59,784 --> 01:01:03,496 She instills a sort of curiosity in Daemon. 903 01:01:03,788 --> 01:01:07,000 What is she? Why is she here? Is she influencing me? 904 01:01:07,125 --> 01:01:09,127 Am I beholden to her? 905 01:01:09,127 --> 01:01:10,795 She understands things about him, 906 01:01:10,795 --> 01:01:13,173 whether because she's just a good reader of people 907 01:01:13,173 --> 01:01:14,841 or there's something else going on, 908 01:01:15,008 --> 01:01:18,261 and she penetrates him in a way that I think fascinates him, 909 01:01:18,261 --> 01:01:19,679 but also makes him very uncomfortable. 910 01:01:19,679 --> 01:01:21,431 GAYLE: I think it's really up for debate 911 01:01:21,431 --> 01:01:24,476 whether Alys is shaping Daemon's journey, 912 01:01:24,476 --> 01:01:27,354 in terms of his kind of spiritual awakening, 913 01:01:27,354 --> 01:01:29,689 or if he's doing that himself. 914 01:01:31,524 --> 01:01:32,609 (GULPS) 915 01:01:34,444 --> 01:01:36,529 AEMOND TARGARYEN: Ser Criston is marching on Rook's Rest. 916 01:01:38,990 --> 01:01:41,451 The two of you have been plotting 917 01:01:42,786 --> 01:01:44,287 without my authority. 918 01:01:44,954 --> 01:01:46,164 (SIGHS) 919 01:01:46,373 --> 01:01:48,041 ALAN TAYLOR: I love scenes that involve Valyrian. 920 01:01:48,166 --> 01:01:49,334 It's a real language for us. 921 01:01:49,626 --> 01:01:51,628 And the fact there are people who speak it at different levels 922 01:01:51,628 --> 01:01:52,796 becomes part of their character. 923 01:01:52,796 --> 01:01:55,715 Aemond in this scene is still furious at 924 01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:58,051 - his humiliation at the brothel. - (LAUGHTER ECHOES) 925 01:01:58,718 --> 01:02:00,345 Aemond and Aegon both, of course, 926 01:02:00,345 --> 01:02:01,805 learned High Valyrian as children. 927 01:02:01,805 --> 01:02:04,516 It's just that Aemond paid a little more attention to it. 928 01:02:05,058 --> 01:02:08,895 (SPEAKING IN HIGH VALYRIAN) 929 01:02:09,521 --> 01:02:12,023 That scene is a public execution, in a way. 930 01:02:12,023 --> 01:02:14,192 Only him and Aegon can understand. 931 01:02:14,526 --> 01:02:15,985 It's a public shaming. 932 01:02:15,985 --> 01:02:19,239 (SPEAKING IN HIGH VALYRIAN) 933 01:02:19,864 --> 01:02:21,408 TOM GLYNN-CARNEY: He's aware that everyone else 934 01:02:21,533 --> 01:02:23,910 is feeling certain resentment towards him, 935 01:02:23,910 --> 01:02:25,704 but then when Aemond does it, 936 01:02:26,246 --> 01:02:28,707 that really breaks a bit of his heart off. 937 01:02:29,207 --> 01:02:34,546 (SPEAKING IN HIGH VALYRIAN) 938 01:02:38,341 --> 01:02:39,759 If there's one rule to take away 939 01:02:39,759 --> 01:02:41,845 from House of the Dragon, don't laugh at Aemond. 940 01:02:41,845 --> 01:02:43,388 Bad things happen to you. 941 01:02:44,514 --> 01:02:46,433 They don't care what I think. 942 01:02:47,017 --> 01:02:47,934 (SIGHS) 943 01:02:48,226 --> 01:02:51,896 Alicent's just come off of this near-assassination attempt 944 01:02:51,896 --> 01:02:53,064 with her head spinning, 945 01:02:53,064 --> 01:02:55,233 wondering whether she misinterpreted 946 01:02:55,233 --> 01:02:57,068 what Viserys' final words were. 947 01:02:57,235 --> 01:02:59,738 And then she comes back home and sees Aegon just, you know, 948 01:02:59,738 --> 01:03:02,282 stomping around and ranting like a petulant teenager. 949 01:03:02,407 --> 01:03:05,744 My council, Cole, Aemond, they pursue their campaign 950 01:03:05,744 --> 01:03:08,079 without seeking my aid or even my thoughts. 951 01:03:08,455 --> 01:03:10,415 Contrary to many people's beliefs, 952 01:03:10,415 --> 01:03:12,292 Aegon is a very sensitive individual. 953 01:03:12,625 --> 01:03:15,628 He wants his mom's love. He wants his mom's validation. 954 01:03:15,795 --> 01:03:17,964 He wants her to believe in him. 955 01:03:18,214 --> 01:03:22,093 Alicent can coat her words in honey a little bit more 956 01:03:22,093 --> 01:03:24,137 to Aegon, if she chooses. 957 01:03:24,596 --> 01:03:28,099 But the tension is bubbling. 958 01:03:28,308 --> 01:03:29,601 Do you think simply wearing the crown 959 01:03:29,601 --> 01:03:30,935 imbues you with wisdom? 960 01:03:31,478 --> 01:03:32,771 She's lost a bit of the composure 961 01:03:32,771 --> 01:03:34,647 that you're used to seeing in Alicent, 962 01:03:34,814 --> 01:03:36,608 and she simply tells him, you know, 963 01:03:36,608 --> 01:03:38,651 you need to do what's needed of you, which is... 964 01:03:38,777 --> 01:03:39,986 Nothing. 965 01:03:41,279 --> 01:03:44,908 And it's the most devastating, most demeaning, 966 01:03:44,908 --> 01:03:46,910 belittling thing that she could have said to her son 967 01:03:46,910 --> 01:03:47,786 in that moment. 968 01:03:47,994 --> 01:03:51,331 It's the first time we see Alicent point-blank 969 01:03:51,956 --> 01:03:54,459 tell him everything that he can't hear. 970 01:03:54,668 --> 01:03:57,420 Especially the way, how fragile he is at that time, too. 971 01:03:57,921 --> 01:03:59,923 And how he's just becoming more and more naked 972 01:03:59,923 --> 01:04:00,840 and more and more alone. 973 01:04:00,965 --> 01:04:02,676 And that's one of the final straws for him, 974 01:04:02,801 --> 01:04:05,136 I think, before he fully, fully spirals. 975 01:04:06,471 --> 01:04:07,681 (JUG SHATTERS) 976 01:04:08,431 --> 01:04:10,517 RYAN: The thing that everybody has warned Rhaenyra against is, 977 01:04:10,642 --> 01:04:11,976 "You're the queen, you're the sovereign, 978 01:04:11,976 --> 01:04:13,019 you cannot ride to battle." 979 01:04:13,019 --> 01:04:15,188 Aegon has just muscled everybody out of the way 980 01:04:15,188 --> 01:04:16,481 and decided to ride into the battle 981 01:04:16,606 --> 01:04:18,316 to prove that he was just as much a man 982 01:04:18,316 --> 01:04:19,776 as Cole and his brother. 983 01:04:19,776 --> 01:04:22,529 (SUNFYRE TRILLS) 984 01:04:23,822 --> 01:04:25,615 ALAN: Cole has arrived with his forces. 985 01:04:25,615 --> 01:04:28,993 He's facing a tiny keep that can't hope to win. 986 01:04:28,993 --> 01:04:30,286 Rook's Rest is really not 987 01:04:30,286 --> 01:04:32,372 a significant strategic advantage. 988 01:04:32,372 --> 01:04:33,873 Why would Cole take that risk? 989 01:04:34,040 --> 01:04:36,001 He never intends or cares about the keep. 990 01:04:36,001 --> 01:04:37,877 He's there to draw out a dragon. 991 01:04:38,169 --> 01:04:40,797 You must send me, Your Grace. 992 01:04:41,381 --> 01:04:42,841 I will meet Cole. 993 01:04:43,341 --> 01:04:45,176 EVE BEST: Rhaenys chooses to step in, 994 01:04:45,176 --> 01:04:47,512 having said for the whole season, 995 01:04:47,679 --> 01:04:51,516 "We mustn't use dragons. Anything but using dragons." 996 01:04:51,725 --> 01:04:55,687 If it has to be done, if this action has to be taken, 997 01:04:55,812 --> 01:04:57,397 then it's better that she does it 998 01:04:57,397 --> 01:04:58,565 than anybody else. 999 01:04:58,815 --> 01:05:02,152 Ultimately, she is expendable, where Rhaenyra is not. 1000 01:05:02,694 --> 01:05:06,197 What should be a small campaign to take a small keep 1001 01:05:06,364 --> 01:05:08,867 turns into a kind of watershed moment. 1002 01:05:08,867 --> 01:05:10,076 SOLDIER: Dragon! 1003 01:05:10,201 --> 01:05:13,204 ALAN: The first act of full-on dragon conflict. 1004 01:05:13,663 --> 01:05:16,541 - (MELEYS SCREECHING) - (SOLDIERS YELLING) 1005 01:05:16,541 --> 01:05:18,168 All bets are off. All order is gone. 1006 01:05:18,168 --> 01:05:19,919 Whatever you thought was important on the battlefield 1007 01:05:19,919 --> 01:05:20,920 doesn't matter at all. 1008 01:05:20,920 --> 01:05:24,215 It's basically just a collateral damage site 1009 01:05:24,758 --> 01:05:27,510 because the real battle is going on over your heads. 1010 01:05:30,930 --> 01:05:32,223 (SUNFYRE SCREECHES) 1011 01:05:32,223 --> 01:05:35,060 Aegon has arrived as the fly in the ointment, so to speak. 1012 01:05:35,060 --> 01:05:36,102 (FRUSTRATED GRUNT) 1013 01:05:36,269 --> 01:05:37,395 It's changed the strategy. 1014 01:05:37,604 --> 01:05:39,606 Now, Vhagar and Cole have to contend with the fact 1015 01:05:39,731 --> 01:05:40,899 that the King is in the fray, 1016 01:05:41,024 --> 01:05:42,233 and they have to protect the King. 1017 01:05:42,776 --> 01:05:43,943 Dracarys! 1018 01:05:45,528 --> 01:05:46,613 (RHAENYS GRUNTS) 1019 01:05:47,781 --> 01:05:49,616 - (MELEYS ROARS) - (SUNFYRE SCREECHES) 1020 01:05:53,620 --> 01:05:54,954 AEGON II TARGARYEN: Thank the gods! 1021 01:05:56,206 --> 01:05:57,415 Dracarys! 1022 01:05:57,707 --> 01:06:00,293 The question it raises, did he seize an opportunity 1023 01:06:00,585 --> 01:06:02,420 where he could take two players off the board, 1024 01:06:02,420 --> 01:06:04,589 or was Aegon just collateral? 1025 01:06:04,589 --> 01:06:05,799 (AEGON YELLS) 1026 01:06:07,133 --> 01:06:09,427 TOM: When he's plummeting to the earth 1027 01:06:09,552 --> 01:06:11,262 after being hit by a ball of fire, 1028 01:06:11,471 --> 01:06:14,891 all of his fears of Aemon's betrayal... 1029 01:06:14,891 --> 01:06:16,893 - (SUNFYRE SCREECHES) - ...come true. 1030 01:06:18,395 --> 01:06:20,313 (SOLDIERS YELLING) 1031 01:06:20,438 --> 01:06:21,439 CRISTON COLE: Your Grace! 1032 01:06:21,439 --> 01:06:23,441 Of all the people affected by this, 1033 01:06:23,817 --> 01:06:25,735 Cole is the one who's most slammed by it 1034 01:06:25,735 --> 01:06:27,445 because it was his plan. 1035 01:06:27,445 --> 01:06:28,613 Cole has been in battle before. 1036 01:06:28,613 --> 01:06:29,656 He's seen people die. 1037 01:06:29,656 --> 01:06:31,074 He's seen people crushed beneath horses. 1038 01:06:31,074 --> 01:06:33,493 And so Cole had to be particularly touched 1039 01:06:33,618 --> 01:06:36,830 by the distinct and specific nature of dragon war 1040 01:06:37,080 --> 01:06:39,290 and how insignificant it made soldiers 1041 01:06:39,416 --> 01:06:41,126 like him on the battlefield. 1042 01:06:41,626 --> 01:06:44,462 He's playing chess and messing with things 1043 01:06:44,671 --> 01:06:46,256 he can barely get his head around. 1044 01:06:48,299 --> 01:06:50,010 (SOLDIERS GROANING) 1045 01:06:50,135 --> 01:06:54,764 It's the sort of moral loss by his own actions. 1046 01:06:55,098 --> 01:06:57,350 Cole is responsible for the worst possible thing 1047 01:06:57,475 --> 01:06:58,685 that could have happened. 1048 01:07:02,522 --> 01:07:04,649 - (VHAGAR ROARS) - (MELEYS SCREECHES) 1049 01:07:10,155 --> 01:07:12,282 RYAN: I think it's a Pyrrhic victory for both sides. 1050 01:07:12,282 --> 01:07:13,700 We lose Rhaenys, 1051 01:07:13,825 --> 01:07:15,994 one of Rhaenyra's most trusted counselors. 1052 01:07:16,786 --> 01:07:18,163 We don't really know the condition 1053 01:07:18,163 --> 01:07:19,456 of Sunfyre or Aegon. 1054 01:07:19,789 --> 01:07:23,001 You just have to regard it as a great emblem, an example 1055 01:07:23,126 --> 01:07:25,670 of how horrible and awful dragon war is 1056 01:07:25,795 --> 01:07:27,714 and the reason that it needs to be waged 1057 01:07:27,839 --> 01:07:29,382 with great restraint. 1058 01:07:29,507 --> 01:07:34,554 ♪ (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS) ♪