1 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:54,760 Aeron Bracken, worst horseman among us. 2 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:58,920 Must be my swordsmanship. 3 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:01,600 Can you even get that thing up? 4 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:03,800 Well enough for killing Blackwoods. 5 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:05,360 Bracken! 6 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,720 Put the boundary stones back. 7 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:16,400 We didn't move them. 8 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:17,960 Did they move themselves, then? 9 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:19,320 Just rolled their way over 10 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:20,960 so Bracken cows can fill their bellies 11 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:22,496 - on Blackwood grass? - The assize at Riverrun... 12 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,000 Fuck the assize 13 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,280 and fuck you. 14 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:28,360 This is our land. 15 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:35,880 It's Bracken land. 16 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,040 - Babe-killer. - What did you say? 17 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:50,320 Your false queen, Rhaenyra, is a kinslayer. 18 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,720 Your uncle declared for Aegon, did he? 19 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,600 Well then, let me tell you 20 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,680 Aegon Targaryen is no true king 21 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,120 just as you are no true knight. 22 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:15,120 You're both craven, little cunts! 23 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,160 You wouldn't dare. 24 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,640 He is the basest of villains. 25 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:11,360 He sullies the grave of his brother. 26 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,800 I cannot fault him for keeping his oath. 27 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:20,960 And what of those who sent him? 28 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,440 Otto Hightower would never have allowed this. 29 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,000 Hotter blood has prevailed, I think. 30 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,296 The young men have taken the bit in their teeth. 31 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,000 They wish to punish, to avenge. 32 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,240 Soon they will not even remember what it was 33 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,160 that began the war in the first place. 34 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,960 That is easy enough. They usurped my throne. 35 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:04,360 That is one answer. 36 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,600 Or was it when the child was beheaded? 37 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,120 Or when Aemond killed Luke 38 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,000 or when Luke took Aemond's eye? 39 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,920 We teeter now at the point where none of it will matter. 40 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:28,960 And the desire to kill and burn takes hold 41 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,800 and reason is forgotten. 42 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:34,920 There may be another way. 43 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,080 Alicent Hightower. 44 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,560 When last we met, Alicent said I would make a fine queen. 45 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,056 You've seen what has happened since then. 46 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,216 She came to me in the hours after your lord father's death. 47 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:53,440 She knows war is coming 48 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,080 and that it'll be savage beyond all compare. 49 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,840 There is no war so hateful to the gods 50 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:02,400 as a war between kin. 51 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,800 And no war so bloody as a war between dragons. 52 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,160 - I do not believe she wants it. - She sent a raven. 53 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,640 I do not care to read her message. 54 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:18,616 - What she did... - It is not her 55 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,280 but the men around her who seek bloodshed. 56 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:21,680 She permitted it. 57 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,520 As you permitted the murder of a little boy in his bed. 58 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:38,680 Alicent is in King's Landing. Her son sits my throne. 59 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:42,920 There is nothing more to be said. 60 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:58,640 Is all well, lord Hand? 61 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,520 Only they'll be waiting. 62 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,280 There have been tidings in... 63 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,440 Good morrow, Your Grace. My lords. 64 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:08,040 - Forgive my lateness. - Important business, no doubt. 65 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,800 You've appointed new knights to the Kingsguard, Your Grace. 66 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,320 To replace those we lost. 67 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,240 The last one needlessly, some might say. 68 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,200 Ser Arryk was awarded the great duty of ending Rhaenyra's challenge. 69 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:21,640 He failed to discharge it. 70 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,176 He failed because the scheme was rash. 71 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,481 Perhaps, Your Grace, but we cannot all hide in our castles 72 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:26,696 waiting for war to come to us. 73 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,160 As now it surely will. 74 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:30,440 As, now, it already has. 75 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,240 House Bracken took it upon themselves to attack the Blackwoods 76 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:35,920 who declared for the pretender. 77 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:38,440 Lord Samwell Blackwood himself is slain. 78 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,720 Good. First blood in our name. 79 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,960 Both sides took heavy losses, Your Grace. 80 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,640 I'm not entirely certain we can declare this a victory. 81 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,896 The Blackwoods and the Brackens have feuded for centuries. 82 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:51,920 This is nothing more than an excuse for them 83 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,360 to indulge their ancient grudge. It's no true war. 84 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,320 Call it what you will. 85 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,200 I call it war. 86 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:01,800 And so will Dragonstone. 87 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:06,000 The question is, what are we going to do about it? 88 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,880 We send a raven to Lord Tully. 89 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,600 These houses are his vassals, are they not? 90 00:09:16,680 --> 00:09:17,840 He must control them. 91 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,200 Lord Grover Tully is a flaccid, old fool 92 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,240 who couldn't control his cock in a cunny. 93 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:24,296 Begging your pardon, Your Grace. 94 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,280 Do you have any better suggestions, Lord Jasper? 95 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,440 Your lord uncle Ormund marches from Oldtown 96 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:30,240 at the head of a great host, Your Grace. 97 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,760 And your brother Daeron's dragon nears fighting age. 98 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,136 Call on them to suppress the Riverlands. 99 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:35,560 Alas, they are months away. 100 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,920 My lord brother Jason is raising a great army at Casterly Rock. 101 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,000 In a matter of weeks 102 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,936 he will be able to harass the Blackwoods from the west. 103 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,840 Should we not aim to unite these armies and then strike as one? 104 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,200 The great military mind of the Citadel. 105 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:49,336 - I served the realm... - Do remind me 106 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,800 which link in your chain denotes the art of war? 107 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,056 This council must rediscover the discipline it lately had 108 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:55,160 if it's to be of any use. 109 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:56,760 The Riverlands are the key to the war. 110 00:09:58,120 --> 00:09:59,920 Harrenhal is the key to the Riverlands. 111 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,360 I will ride out with those I can muster here. 112 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,080 Men I know, men I've trained. 113 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,920 You need time to raise the numbers to challenge the Rivermen. 114 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,280 Speed is my ally. 115 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:09,800 I will turn the Crownland houses 116 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,400 who declared for Rhaenyra to our cause. 117 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,120 We will add their numbers to our own and then turn west. 118 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,600 Where I will enlist the Brackens, subdue the Riverlands 119 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,400 and take Harrenhal. 120 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,480 So impatient to ride with so few men. 121 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,840 So like to be destroyed by the first stronghold you meet. 122 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:28,160 - A bold scheme indeed. - Well, the gods favor the bold. 123 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:29,640 They did not favor Ser Arryk. 124 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:33,280 What say you, my king? 125 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,560 And you'll take Aemond and Vhagar? 126 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:39,760 Vhagar will remain here 127 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:42,360 to defend the city. 128 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,520 Good. To war, then. 129 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,240 - I'll come, too, with Sunfyre. - Aegon. 130 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:50,616 - Your Grace. - You'll need a dragon. 131 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:52,080 My plan is not to draw attention. 132 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,040 And... and what will you do if you encounter one or more 133 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:56,200 of Rhaenyra's dragons? 134 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:57,576 She'll want to answer for Ser Arryk. 135 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,480 We will be more like to encounter one if we field one of our own. 136 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:03,080 That is precisely why you must remain, Brother. 137 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,720 It's a brave thought, but we cannot risk your loss. 138 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,800 I'm as fearsome as any of them. 139 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,400 I was told you turned back from your ship to bring warning. 140 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:43,840 I was not believed at first. 141 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,360 You saved my life. 142 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,680 What is the life of a queen worth these days? 143 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:51,080 You wish to be rewarded. 144 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,120 As, I would think, you would wish to reward me. 145 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:58,200 What price would you set? 146 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:00,680 A place at your court. 147 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:07,200 You said your earnest desire was to flee Westeros. 148 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:08,560 And you let me go. 149 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:12,000 You showed me grace when you could have withheld it. 150 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,400 I'm not often surprised. 151 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:20,920 One turn for another, then. 152 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,280 I know the workings of the Red Keep 153 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:26,800 and the movements of those who serve there. 154 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,720 That is worth more than gold to you now. 155 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:32,400 And what is my worth to you? 156 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,080 I would punish the Hightowers for what they have done. 157 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,640 To me, to those who served me. 158 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:44,640 But more than that 159 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:48,040 I know the struggles of the smallfolk of King's Landing. 160 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,960 They will be ruled either by you or by the usurper. 161 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,480 And only one of you has shown yourself to be merciful. 162 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,240 Well, I hope you do not confuse mercy with pliancy. 163 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:04,560 Are they always like this? 164 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:08,320 Seasmoke, my late lord husband's dragon. 165 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:10,800 He's grown restless of late. 166 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,280 - We cannot know why. - Maybe he's lonely. 167 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:23,960 Rhaena. 168 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:26,760 Your Grace. 169 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:33,880 I've decided to send Joffrey to ward with my cousin, Lady Jeyne Arryn. 170 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,480 She has pledged an army in return for a dragon 171 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:37,920 so she will have one. 172 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:39,720 Aegon and Viserys will accompany him 173 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,960 until a place of greater safety can be found. 174 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:43,560 Tyraxes is but a hatchling. 175 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,080 - And Stormcloud... - I want you to go with them. 176 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,560 The Red Keep is in disarray. 177 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,016 They have sent one assassin in the night 178 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,160 and their dragons are ever a short flight away. 179 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,016 You must take the little ones farther. 180 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,320 To Pentos, I think. 181 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:58,720 Where my mother died. 182 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,320 It is safer than anywhere in Westeros. 183 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,720 Write to Prince Reggio. If he will have you, then go to him. 184 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,280 I am sorry to put this upon you. 185 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:11,120 It breaks my heart to send my boys away 186 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:12,720 not knowing when I will see them again. 187 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:15,120 But you have seen what may befall them here. 188 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,040 Rhaena... 189 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:21,320 I need you to be the mother to them that I cannot. 190 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:26,640 Teach them, train them, guard them as a dragon guards her eggs. 191 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:27,920 And my sister? 192 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,600 - I need Baela here. - Because she has a dragon. 193 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:33,480 I cannot promise to make you happy. 194 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,080 But I ask you 195 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,960 make this sacrifice willingly, for all of us. 196 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:41,920 Your Grace. 197 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:19,480 Dragon! 198 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:48,600 Halt! 199 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,640 I'm claiming Harrenhal. 200 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:07,640 Apparently so. 201 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:31,240 I, Ser Simon Strong, Castellan of Harrenhal 202 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,240 pledge fealty to Rhaenyra of House Targaryen 203 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:35,640 First of Her Name. 204 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,680 I swear this by the old gods and the new. 205 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,160 Supper is venison with black cabbage and peas. 206 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,400 No redcurrant. Sorry about that. 207 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:57,440 That venison is well aged. 208 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:00,400 Shame to let it waste. 209 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:05,680 I've survived many a battle. 210 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:08,240 I do not mean to be felled by poisoned peas. 211 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,360 I'll admit that my cook's peas aren't exactly the stuff of legend 212 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,040 but poison? 213 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:16,360 Well, it's an easy way to kill a dragonrider. 214 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,720 If you've not yet surmised, you are welcome here. 215 00:19:22,360 --> 00:19:25,280 And what of your lord, Larys Strong. 216 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,200 He who sits at the false court of Aegon? 217 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,960 Larys Clubfoot is no lord of mine. 218 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,280 He is a scourge upon this castle and this family. 219 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:40,280 Do you not think it strange that his father 220 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,120 my nephew, Lord Lyonel, perished by fire? 221 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:50,080 And his son, too, here in this damp place? 222 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:53,320 It was the first fire here 223 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,640 since Balerion ended the line of Harren the Black. 224 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,240 Even in the summer, we struggle to light the hearths. 225 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,480 So, no, you will find no loyalty to Larys Strong here, my prince. 226 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:02,760 "Your Grace." 227 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,440 Forgive me. I... 228 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,280 I... I'd only assumed that as consort... 229 00:20:14,360 --> 00:20:16,560 Then we are reminded of the perilousness of assumption. 230 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,400 Indeed. 231 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:23,400 Your Grace. 232 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,480 What then brings you to our corner of the Riverlands? 233 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,120 Harrenhal is the largest castle in the Seven Kingdoms. 234 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,440 Or perhaps that has escaped your attention. 235 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,360 But it is also, not to be argumentative 236 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,240 in something of a state of disrepair 237 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,680 since your forebear incinerated much of it with his dragon. 238 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:48,000 Well, that is precisely why we must bring it into a state of repair. 239 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,240 Even if we possessed the coin, my prin... 240 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,320 Your Grace, to what possible end? 241 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,360 There are 40,000 swords in the Riverlands 242 00:20:57,440 --> 00:20:59,200 the largest undeclared host in the realm. 243 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,680 Only Harrenhal is of a size enough to garrison them. 244 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,896 You should know that a substantial number of those swords 245 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,520 have now declared and are presently at war. 246 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:09,680 Houses Bracken and Blackwood have long detested one another. 247 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:11,680 - Why? - Oh, well... 248 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:17,400 the answer to that is lost in time. 249 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,960 Sin begets sin begets sin. 250 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,840 Summon your lord paramount so that I may treat with him myself 251 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,360 and turn them to our cause. 252 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,680 That would be Lord Grover Tully, but he grows frail. 253 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,560 It's said that he can no longer speak 254 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:37,800 nor seal his bowels. 255 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,160 Begging your pardon for the impression. 256 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,096 His grip on his bannermen is weak. They feel they can do as they please. 257 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:44,680 I will speak with him, nonetheless. 258 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:46,600 People should obey their liege lord 259 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,080 whatever his condition. 260 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,240 Perhaps the presence of the crown 261 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:54,720 and a dragon 262 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,840 will sharpen minds around these parts. 263 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,360 Might I ask, Your Grace 264 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,280 if you are successful, well, when you are successful 265 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,160 what then? 266 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,680 We march on King's Landing and take the throne. 267 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,280 The throne. 268 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,080 It's a big chair made of swords. 269 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,280 Standard-bearers to the front! 270 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:27,960 Packhorses to the rear! 271 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,360 Clear way for the mounted knights... 272 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:43,040 Lord Commander. 273 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,040 Your host is mustered and ready to march. 274 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:46,760 He enjoys battle. 275 00:22:52,120 --> 00:22:54,160 I'm glad we're together, even briefly. 276 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:55,520 Ser Criston. 277 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,240 May I present my brother, Ser Gwayne Hightower 278 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,320 arrived last night from Oldtown. 279 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:02,720 Ser Criston. 280 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,840 Or mayhaps I should say, my lord Hand? 281 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,680 Ser Gwayne, welcome to King's Landing. 282 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:14,960 How exhilarating to arrive at court after three long months on the road 283 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,960 to find my lord father, who served three kings faithfully 284 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:21,000 unseated as Hand of the King. 285 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,880 And by a man from such modest beginnings. 286 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,560 What a giddying ascent the gods have bestowed on you. 287 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,840 Ser Gwayne has volunteered to accompany you into battle. 288 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:40,680 We have a full complement, Your Grace. 289 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:42,080 Then you shall have a fuller one. 290 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,080 The march will be hard, Ser. 291 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:48,440 No one is more delighted than I 292 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,680 to march out to war with a Dornishman. 293 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:53,240 Sister. 294 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,200 May the Seven guide you, good knight 295 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,000 and lead you not into shadow and death. 296 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,120 I thank Your Grace for her prayers. 297 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,640 And request that she grant her favor 298 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:19,920 that her Lord Commander may go into battle with her blessings 299 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:22,400 in his heart. 300 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:35,440 Your Grace. 301 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,120 Still no sightings. 302 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:30,680 No men, no horses, no ships. 303 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,640 - No dragons. - Good. 304 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,600 Then we must seize the hour and act before our enemy does. 305 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:41,920 They have penetrated our castle walls and now the Riverlands are aflame 306 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:43,680 after the Battle at the Burning Mill. 307 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,400 How fares Prince Daemon with our army? 308 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,040 There has been no word from Prince Daemon, Your Grace. 309 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,760 Then we must press what advantage we do have. 310 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,000 - And what is that? - Dragons. Send them all out. 311 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,640 Start turning Green strongholds to our cause 312 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,920 - and burn those who resist. - No. 313 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:07,400 If dragons begin fighting dragons, we invite our own destruction. 314 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,200 Fear of it is in itself a weapon. 315 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,760 The Greens will make the same calculation. 316 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,840 The value of a sword is not within its scabbard. 317 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,600 We will secure victory with armies, not with dragons alone. 318 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:26,600 The Greens understand that. 319 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,520 The Vale and the North will send men. 320 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,120 We must give Daemon time. 321 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,160 Your Grace, you have witnessed firsthand 322 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,200 just how vulnerable you are. 323 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,360 Prince Daemon is abroad 324 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,400 and Aegon's factions are enraged at the death of his son. 325 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,480 You have never been so exposed. 326 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,320 Perhaps it is time for you to think about 327 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,480 secreting yourself somewhere safe 328 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,720 while we remain here as a source of distraction for the enemy. 329 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:56,856 You propose to conduct the war in my absence. 330 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,840 - It would merely be a precaution... - It would be treason. 331 00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:05,320 You are fortunate you took it no further. 332 00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:14,720 This council would do well to remember 333 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,320 that their queen wears the crown of my grandsire 334 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,360 Jaehaerys the Conciliator. 335 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:23,080 A prudent ruler, the wisest of Targaryen kings 336 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,200 whose reign outlasted every other 337 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,320 even Aegon the Conqueror's. 338 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:36,840 So, how do they fare? 339 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:38,960 The ditherers of Dragonstone? 340 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,640 Rhaenyra's council is wayward. She has a hard task. 341 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,040 I must hope she will rise to it 342 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:48,160 but I fear she'll need you by her side sooner than late. 343 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,120 This bread, still warm. 344 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,040 There's broth too. I made sure of it. 345 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,200 I am no longer an invalid. 346 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,400 I bade farewell to Rhaena before I returned. 347 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:10,440 I wish her well. 348 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,960 I would fight a hundred battles before I went into exile 349 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,760 with none but prattling babes. 350 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,400 One of those babes is your heir. 351 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:22,400 Joffrey. 352 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:27,560 A boy of six who knows nothing of the sea and yet somehow... 353 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,720 It would displease neither Rhaenyra nor the gods 354 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,920 if Rhaena were named heir to Driftmark. 355 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,800 Rhaena? Lord of the Tides? 356 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,320 The girl knows nothing of ships, nor even of dragons. 357 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,520 There is Rhaena or there is Joffrey. 358 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,880 Both soon to be far from the creak of ships and the ocean's roar. 359 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,760 Then we must hope to... 360 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,160 see our way forward, in time. 361 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,040 And if there is no time? 362 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,680 We are at war, Corlys. 363 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:10,960 - If something were to befall you... - Then it is well 364 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,120 that I am a good sailor. 365 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:27,880 I have much to attend to. 366 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:29,880 Corlys, Corl... 367 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,480 (High Valyrian) Be calm, Tyraxes. 368 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:51,560 Obey, Tyraxes. 369 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,840 I cannot spare a fighting dragon, but I send what I can. 370 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,960 Stormcloud and Tyraxes are small, but they will grow. 371 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,480 It is for you to remind Lady Jeyne of her pledge 372 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,800 and persuade her of the urgency of our need. 373 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,240 Go safely, Sister. 374 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:18,160 I will be safe enough. 375 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,600 Far away from any danger, with only babes to nursemaid. 376 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,640 You do a great service 377 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:26,816 and may yet find yourself glad to be out of harm's way. 378 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,400 Do not coddle me, Baela. 379 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,160 - Grant me at least that dignity. - I meant no insult. 380 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:32,800 We each do what we can. 381 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,200 And here, I think, is some consolation. 382 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,400 Tyraxes and Stormcloud are young and vulnerable. 383 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,320 These eggs are even more fragile. 384 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,200 But should all come to ruin here 385 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,840 you will bear our hope for the future. 386 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:56,760 Your Grace. 387 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:58,400 Mommy. 388 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,040 Yes. 389 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:31,840 My Queen. 390 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,120 I feel sad about Jaehaerys. 391 00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:39,680 But I ought not to, I think. 392 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:44,320 People die all the time, especially babes. 393 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,960 They're so little, so they're taken so easily. 394 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,920 Sadness is a condition of motherhood. 395 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:56,960 There's naught to be gained from it. 396 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:05,040 That horrid procession where the smallfolk all stared at me. 397 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,840 I warrant they thought I had no more right to grief than they do. 398 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,600 Surely they lose their babes more than highborn ladies. 399 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,640 The Stranger comes for us all 400 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:23,360 queen and commoner. 401 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,600 You have as much claim to grief as anyone. 402 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,240 And you? 403 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,920 I loved Jaehaerys, but my concern has been more for you 404 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,400 and what you have endured. 405 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,840 - Helaena, I... - I forgive you. 406 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:47,760 What? 407 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,200 I said that I forgive you. 408 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:01,680 Suits you, Your Grace. 409 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,720 Valyrian steel. Worth more than a castle. 410 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,320 A sight to stir the passions. 411 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,520 Aegon the Conqueror reborn. 412 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:11,960 Just get on with it. 413 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:13,360 At once, Your Grace. 414 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:14,680 What is your business? 415 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:17,640 There are rumors that the King readies himself to fly to war. 416 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:20,040 And what is it to you? 417 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:22,456 Only that I think it would benefit all of us 418 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,720 to prevent our king from being brutally slain by our enemies 419 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:27,880 and his body parts scattered to the beasts 420 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,080 and his court come to ruin. 421 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:30,360 Would you not agree? 422 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:34,680 What exquisite armor. 423 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,640 I was given the Conqueror's name and his crown 424 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,000 so I shall wear his armor to war. 425 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:44,680 I fly to meet Ser Criston. 426 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,760 Small imposition before you depart then, Your Grace. 427 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,680 There are diverse rumors whispered on the streets of your city. 428 00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:06,200 One such is that Your Grace sends his forces to battle 429 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,040 and, in his courage and wisdom, flies with them. 430 00:35:11,720 --> 00:35:15,160 Another is that His Grace was outwitted by his counselors 431 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:18,200 and persuaded to fly to war with Ser Criston 432 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,840 so that Queen Alicent may reign in his absence 433 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:24,720 with Prince Aemond at her side. 434 00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:28,080 Absurd, of course. 435 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:32,960 Who spreads these lies? 436 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:34,960 It matters little. 437 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,600 Tales take on a life of their own 438 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,040 like weeds. 439 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:41,760 Unless they are tended. 440 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:44,800 Well, tend to them then. 441 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:54,560 Lord Larys. 442 00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:00,360 My father always said he had no use for a master of whisperers. 443 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,880 And yet I find myself wanting for one. 444 00:36:07,720 --> 00:36:09,600 I should be glad of your talents. 445 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:15,720 You honor me, Your Grace. 446 00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,560 Shall we escort you to the Dragonpit, Your Grace? 447 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,000 I think, mayhaps, I should fly another day. 448 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,200 Yeah, it does seem wise on reflection. 449 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:38,960 You could come out with us, my King. 450 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,760 Ser Martyn has a new squire that wants bedding in. 451 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,160 He's never fucked a woman. 452 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:46,520 But you are sworn to chastity now. 453 00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:50,960 Of course, Your Grace. 454 00:36:57,240 --> 00:36:58,480 Yes, Your Grace. 455 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,200 All right! Hey! 456 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,400 No... don't tell me you're going. 457 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,360 - I'm not going yet. - I've only just got here. 458 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,040 - I'm not done yet. - I won't tell her. 459 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:43,560 There he is! 460 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,440 - I've got a good one for you. - Ulf, Ulf, come on, son! 461 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:53,320 It turns out, it was her sister. Probably should've told me. 462 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,280 - Ulf! Ulf! Come on! - I know... 463 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,456 Take that one. You'll get your pound of flesh, don't worry. 464 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,560 - Sit yourself down, mate. - Hello. 465 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,296 I've been tellin' this fella all about you. 466 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:03,520 Oh, lads. 467 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:05,840 - I've had quite a day of it. - Yeah? 468 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:07,680 Not sure I'm much for talkin'. 469 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,120 Although, you know, a wet whistle works wonders. 470 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,520 Come on, Ulf, give us a flagon over there, yeah? 471 00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,640 Here, my darling, one for the flagon, one for yourself. 472 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:24,240 There's a good girl, eh? 473 00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:30,240 No sense of fun, some of 'em. 474 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:31,840 For you, man of Dorne. 475 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,000 Dornish, are ya? 476 00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:35,800 Yes, I am. 477 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,360 The part of Westeros my house never settled. 478 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:39,720 Although, it's said even Dorne 479 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,080 mourned the passing of my grandsire. Is that so? 480 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:44,080 Who was your grandsire? 481 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,080 They call him the Conciliator. 482 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,360 King Jaehaerys? 483 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:58,000 Thousand apologies. Please, continue. 484 00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,480 Look, I really shouldn't be telling you this. 485 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:02,840 You'll cost me my head. 486 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:04,760 You are saying you're a Targaryen? 487 00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,080 I'm the son of Baelon the Brave. 488 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:18,560 Bastard brother to Prince Daemon and the late King Viserys. 489 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:23,480 Uncle to the one true queen, Rhaenyra Targaryen. 490 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,320 The blood of the dragon runs through these veins. 491 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,720 And, yes, men would take my head for it. 492 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:35,400 A Dragonseed must watch his own neck 493 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,600 when he has no white-cloaked guardsmen to do it for him. 494 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:43,040 You do not look very much like King Viserys 495 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:45,400 or Prince Daemon. 496 00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:49,496 How do you know what they look like? 497 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:54,880 He speaks truth, right enough. Look, you can tell by his hair. 498 00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:57,920 Yeah, 'cause I'm their half-brother, you fuckwit. 499 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,320 Yeah, I'll tell you who else doesn't have silver hair. 500 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:04,960 The rightful heir to the Iron Throne, my nephew, Prince Jacaerys Velaryon. 501 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:10,080 Here's your other nephew. 502 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,320 - All hail the King! - All hail the King! 503 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:25,320 Drinks for all! At the pleasure of the crown! 504 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:28,400 - Yes! - Yeah! 505 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,000 At the pleasure of the crown! 506 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,320 Sit down. Sit yourself down. 507 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,440 - Sit! - Drink the wine, boy. 508 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:39,800 - Come on, then! - Drink up, little piggy! 509 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:42,520 This night is for you. 510 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:44,160 - You! - Me? 511 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:45,640 - Hey! - Go on! Tell another story. 512 00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:47,480 More! Come on! More! 513 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,880 Did I... did I tell you I came here as a lad? 514 00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:57,840 It's... a little tame 515 00:40:57,920 --> 00:41:00,360 but a good a place as any to get it wet. 516 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,040 I know just the tutor for you, my boy. 517 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:08,600 - No. - Oh, shit! 518 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,560 She's worth three times the price. 519 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:14,920 Oh, gods be good. 520 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:17,920 - That's you! - Her name is... 521 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:22,440 Sylvi, or Selyse or, I don't know, something like that. 522 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,960 Aemond, the fierce! 523 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,160 You have come so far 524 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:39,280 and... and yet you still lie with your very first. 525 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,120 What a fine, sweet thing. 526 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,760 Did you fuck her like a hound? 527 00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,720 You see, I do not exaggerate. 528 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:54,920 Such is the madam's prowess 529 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,640 that even now my brother will not sample another. 530 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,800 Hard luck for your squire, though. 531 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:06,600 As you can see, she... she's now very much occupied. 532 00:42:15,240 --> 00:42:17,160 Your squire is welcome to her. 533 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:20,440 One whore is as good as another. 534 00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,080 Ser Gwayne! Halt! 535 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,480 Ser Gwayne, our company is camped back yonder. 536 00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:47,720 On the cold, hard ground. 537 00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:50,160 Which is why we make for the Bull 538 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,240 a tavern with an excellent reputation on the Rosby Road 539 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:54,840 not two miles away, if memory serves. 540 00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,320 We march to make the first strike in the name of His Grace. 541 00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:01,240 I assure you, my nephew will not begrudge me a night of comfort. 542 00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,160 If it soothes your brow, Cole 543 00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:11,960 we will rendezvous with your army at first light. 544 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,520 Or, if their wine is good, perhaps a little after first light. 545 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:19,880 - We're exposed. - What? 546 00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:24,840 - Cole? - Get to the trees! 547 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:18,480 (High Valyrian) Rise! 548 00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:04,680 Fly! 549 00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:20,000 A good showing, Ser Criston. 550 00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:24,600 I am in your debt. 551 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:26,520 They know we're abroad. They'll be hunting. 552 00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:28,456 And we must move under the trees 553 00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:30,240 and by cover of dark, starting tonight. 554 00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:33,200 And no fucking inns. 555 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:37,960 Ser Criston Cole 556 00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,520 with some half-dozen other knights, I'm sure of it. 557 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:43,840 Perhaps a scout party for a greater army. 558 00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:45,920 The ravens confirm it, Your Grace. 559 00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:48,760 Lord Farring has reported a larger force 560 00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:51,640 moving northeast towards Rosby. 561 00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:54,720 Could you be certain it was Cole from such a great height? 562 00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:56,720 It was not such a great height, Your Grace. 563 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,520 You said not to engage, so I didn't, exactly. 564 00:47:02,720 --> 00:47:06,480 Your Grace, we commend the Lady Baela for her sharp eyes 565 00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:08,040 but we can tarry no longer. 566 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:10,160 The time for action is surely now. 567 00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:12,920 Your Grace, I must agree and request your permission 568 00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:15,480 to return to Rook's Rest and fortify my lands. 569 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:18,760 I shouldn't fret, Lord Simon. They'll be making for Harrenhal. 570 00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:20,680 'Tis Prince Daemon who ought to worry. 571 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:22,240 Prince Daemon has Caraxes. 572 00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:24,120 Cole will look to increase his numbers 573 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,080 and he may call upon a dragon of his own. 574 00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:29,440 This is why you must act now, Your Grace. 575 00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:32,600 Loose the dragons. Root Cole out and burn him. 576 00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:49,480 I have heard your arguments. 577 00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:52,600 And will consider them. 578 00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,680 Always coming and going, aren't you? 579 00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:58,040 And I have to clean up afterwards. 580 00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:39,560 You will die in this place. 581 00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:01,120 My youngest brother, Emmon, would stand at guard 582 00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:03,000 with the soldiers when he was three years old. 583 00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:04,376 Father has sent him to the Citadel. 584 00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:06,120 - Now, if you ask me... - Thank you, Elinda. 585 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:08,520 Your Grace. 586 00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:17,920 What do you know of the movements of Alicent Hightower? 587 00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:24,120 Would you take her hostage? 588 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:26,960 Or kill her outright? 589 00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:29,920 I would speak with her, myself. 590 00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:32,480 Killing her would be easier. 591 00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:37,160 If war can be averted, it is my duty to avert it. 592 00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:40,360 I have reason to believe she may be of the same opinion. 593 00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:44,160 She sent a raven. She has expressed her remorse. 594 00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:47,040 I can have a message brought to her, in secret. 595 00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:48,520 She would not agree to it. 596 00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:51,640 She would suspect some subterfuge 597 00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:53,880 as would I, if I received such a message. 598 00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:57,480 I must see her face to face. 599 00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:02,640 She is the queen dowager. 600 00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:05,600 She goes nowhere without many eyes watching her. 601 00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:10,800 Unless... 602 00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:16,480 - 'Tis fraught. - Speak it. 603 00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:21,040 There are fishing boats aplenty in the bay. 604 00:52:21,960 --> 00:52:23,440 The city depends on them. 605 00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:25,520 Daemon made the journey unhindered. 606 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:28,960 - But if I'm recognized... - You may be surprised to learn it 607 00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:31,080 but most folk pay no mind to a woman 608 00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:32,800 who has not dressed as a queen 609 00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:35,600 or allured herself for the eyes of men. 610 00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:42,040 So, I make my way to the Red Keep, I presume 611 00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:43,960 and ring the bell. 612 00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:46,680 Or do I scale the wall and enter at her window? 613 00:52:46,920 --> 00:52:51,720 There is one place Alicent goes outside the castle walls 614 00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:55,240 where you may yet find her alone. 615 00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:16,480 Stop. 616 00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:17,760 Search the carts. 617 00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:19,560 Give me your sword. 618 00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:23,400 What's your business here? 619 00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:26,760 Move 'em on through, move 'em on through. 620 00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:44,960 No, no. 621 00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:46,800 What... 622 00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:50,680 - What... - I must speak with you. 623 00:55:55,240 --> 00:55:56,480 If I cry out? 624 00:55:57,560 --> 00:55:58,616 Your knights would find me. 625 00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:01,960 I would be taken or slain, though not before I killed you. 626 00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:05,240 And then what? 627 00:56:09,120 --> 00:56:10,680 I have begun badly. 628 00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:25,680 We watched the tourney together, you and I 629 00:56:26,240 --> 00:56:28,360 the day my brother was born. 630 00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:33,160 We knew, even then, that men trained up for battle 631 00:56:33,240 --> 00:56:36,800 are eager to fight, to seek blood and glory. 632 00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:38,640 But you are... 633 00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:43,720 I know you do not have that desire within you. 634 00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:51,880 Rhaenys has counseled me. 635 00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:54,280 She said she saw in you a wish to avert 636 00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:56,040 the worst of what may now come. 637 00:56:59,600 --> 00:57:01,200 So you've come to surrender then? 638 00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:07,080 I have come to see if we may uncover some path towards peace. 639 00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:10,840 My dragons are restless. They smell battle. 640 00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:13,880 But if you and I may come to terms... 641 00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:15,600 There are no terms now. 642 00:57:17,240 --> 00:57:18,440 You have no army. 643 00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:20,736 Your allies turn from you when they hear of your depravity 644 00:57:20,760 --> 00:57:22,056 your hands are bloodied in a crime 645 00:57:22,080 --> 00:57:24,640 - I could never have imagined you... - The trespass was not mine. 646 00:57:25,880 --> 00:57:27,080 Think what you will. 647 00:57:28,200 --> 00:57:30,576 I am a mother too and you have yet to answer for the murder of my son. 648 00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:32,120 I repudiate that act with all my heart. 649 00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:33,400 Of course, you do. 650 00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:36,320 And the usurping of my rightful inheritance? 651 00:57:54,080 --> 00:57:55,160 Have you now stooped so low 652 00:57:55,200 --> 00:57:58,040 that you will countenance the suffering and death of thousands 653 00:57:58,120 --> 00:57:59,560 in order that your feckless son... 654 00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:01,000 Your father changed his mind. 655 00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:03,120 Oh, so you say. 656 00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:05,200 And so your father has proclaimed to the realm. 657 00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:07,840 I saw the king that night. 658 00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:10,280 Mere hours before I left him 659 00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:12,520 he had affirmed my right to the throne 660 00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:15,240 a right he upheld steadfastly 661 00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:17,320 every day of his life after my mother died. 662 00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:21,376 And yet, you will maintain that his mind was changed 663 00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:22,880 - in an instant? - I will. 664 00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:25,840 You lie. 665 00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:28,280 No, Rhaenyra. 666 00:58:31,560 --> 00:58:32,960 My father loved me, Alicent. 667 00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:35,800 And I believe he loved you, too. 668 00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:39,440 Did you betray him at the very last? 669 00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:43,200 When was your plan first laid? 670 00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:46,360 - Was your ambition so keen... - He changed his mind, Rhaenyra. 671 00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:48,080 He changed his mind. 672 00:58:52,760 --> 00:58:55,680 I swear this to you on the memory of my mother. 673 00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:02,000 I have been at times unkind but never untrue. 674 00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:04,496 I pronounced before all gathered in that room 675 00:59:04,520 --> 00:59:06,600 that you would make a fine queen. 676 00:59:07,840 --> 00:59:09,720 Do you think me capable of such naked deceit? 677 00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:31,400 What did he say, at the end? 678 00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:36,640 Did he speak my name? 679 00:59:56,280 --> 00:59:57,560 He was weary. 680 01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:02,120 It was hard, at times, to understand. 681 01:00:04,840 --> 01:00:06,400 But he spoke Aegon's name. 682 01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:17,080 He said he was the prince that was promised to unite the realm. 683 01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:20,720 - What? - I desire peace as you do but if... 684 01:00:20,800 --> 01:00:22,440 Did my father use those words? 685 01:00:23,160 --> 01:00:24,400 "The Prince That Was Promised"? 686 01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:27,960 Did he? 687 01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:29,360 Yes, he did. 688 01:00:32,800 --> 01:00:36,520 He spoke to you of the Song of Ice and Fire? 689 01:00:43,280 --> 01:00:45,600 It's a story he once told 690 01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:48,800 about Aegon the Conqueror. 691 01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:55,840 The Conqueror. 692 01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:15,040 You must go before you are discovered. 693 01:01:15,120 --> 01:01:17,056 - There's been a mistake. - There's been no mistake. 694 01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:18,280 Please. 695 01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:21,440 You can prevent this, Alicent. 696 01:01:23,240 --> 01:01:24,800 A terrible war is looming 697 01:01:25,240 --> 01:01:27,760 and even victory may be so bloody as to be counted a loss. 698 01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:31,640 - Do not let your pride blind... - There's been no mistake. 699 01:01:35,560 --> 01:01:37,120 My father is gone from court. 700 01:01:38,840 --> 01:01:40,400 Cole is on the march, Aemond... 701 01:01:43,240 --> 01:01:44,520 you know what Aemond is. 702 01:01:51,280 --> 01:01:53,320 - It's too late, Rhaenyra. - Alicent.