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Ser Ryam was a strong
Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.

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But he was ill for some time.

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He passed in peace, I hope.

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Yes, Your Grace.

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He was found to have passed
gently in his sleep.

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His remains are being prepared
by the Silent Sisters.

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The succeeding Lord Commander,
Ser Harrold,

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would like to make haste in finding

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Ser Ryam's replacement
on the Kingsguard.

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Your Grace. My lords.

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The Kingsguard must soon be restored
to its full complement of seven.

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With the help of the Hand,

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I've invited a number
of fine candidates to court.

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All have passed fair trials.

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Four ships have now been lost.

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The last one was flying my banner.

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The Stepstones have now
grown into a conflagration,

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yet you sit here
and dither about court business.

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If you've something
to discuss, Lord Corlys...

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I want to know what is to be done

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about my ships and my men.

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The Crown will compensate you

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for your ship and crew,
and make an offering

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- to the men's families.
- I don't want compensation.

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I want to seize the Stepstones by force

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and burn out this Crabfeeder.

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I am not prepared to start
a war with the Free Cities.

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These pirates are not the Free Cities.

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Who do you think provides them
with their ships and tender?

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In all of its history,
my lord,

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the Seven Kingdoms have never entered

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open war with the Free Cities.

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Were that to happen,

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the losses would be incalculable.

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What reason does
the Crabfeeder have to fear us?

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The King's own brother has been allowed
to seize Dragonstone

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and fortify it with an army
of his Gold Cloaks.

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Daemon has squatted there
for over half a year

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without even a protest from the Crown.

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I'll caution you, Lord Corlys,

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a seat at the King's table
does not make you his equal.

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I have acted, Corlys.

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I've sent envoys to Pentos and Volantis

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to see if we might find common cause.

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Ships and men are at the ready.

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The Stepstones will be settled in time.

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You have dragonriders, Father.

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Send us.

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It isn't that simple, Rhaenyra.

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It would be a show of force.

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At least the Princess has a plan.

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- I only meant that we should at least...
- Perhaps, uh,

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there's some better use
for the Princess' talents, Your Grace.

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Why don't you take the Princess
to see about the new

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Kingsguard posting, Lord Commander?

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A fine idea, Your Grace.

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This knight will protect you as well.

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You should choose.

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Ser Desmond Caron,

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a fine knight, Princess.

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Step forward, Ser Desmond.

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Son of Ser Royce Caron,

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Ser Desmond has proved strong and steady

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in both the tourney lists and without.

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While traveling through the Kingswood
on his way to King's Landing,

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Ser Desmond recently brought
a would-be poacher

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to justice.

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You might thank him
for his leal service, Princess.

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We thank you for your
loyal service to the Crown, ser.

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Ser Rymun Mallister.

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Son of Lord Lymond Mallister of Seagard.

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Winner of the melee at Cider Hall.

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He was the last mounted
of three-and-twenty knights.

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Ser Rymun was knighted at eight-and-ten.

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Do any of these knights
have combat experience?

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Beyond capturing poachers.

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Ser Criston Cole.

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Son of the steward
of the Lord of Blackhaven.

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Be welcome, Ser Criston.

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You saw combat in the Stormlands.

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Dornish marches, Princess.

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I fought for a year as a foot solider
against the Dornish incursions.

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Ser Arlan Dondarrion
knighted me after we razed

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two of the watchtowers
along the Boneway.

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I choose Ser Criston Cole.

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Let's not be too hasty, Princess.

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There's no doubt Ser Criston
is a fine warrior,

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but houses
such as Crakehall and Mallister

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are important allies of the Crown.

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Seagard, for instance,
is the realm's prime defense

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against reavers from the Iron Islands.

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Those men
are tourney knights.

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My father should be defended by a man
who's known real combat.

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Should he not?

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Of course, Princess.

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Well, let us plan Ser Criston's
investiture then.

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The Valyrian capital
was built into a volcano,

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much like Dragonstone.

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And the dragonlords,
the highest of the nobility,

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lived here, at the volcanic face,

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closest to the source
of their magic and power.

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And this was the Anogrion.

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Where the bloodmages worked their craft.

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It is truly wondrous what you've built.

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Oh, no.

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I only pore over the histories
and provide the plans.

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The stonemasons built the structures.

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Do you believe that Westeros
can be another Valyria, Your Grace?

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That depends,
whether you speak of the Freehold

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at its height or at its fall.

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Over a thousand dragons,

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a navy large enough to span
the seas of the world.

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The glory of Old Valyria
will never be seen again.

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Seven hells.

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Tell me, how is Rhaenyra?

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- What do you mean?
- Well, these days,

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she doesn't say more
than a few words to me.

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I think she might find it difficult

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to discuss personal matters.

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It will take time.

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It did when I lost mine own mother.

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I wish
she would approach me.

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What if you went to her?

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There are times when I would rather face

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the Black Dread himself
than mine own daughter of 15.

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I think she would open herself
to you if invited.

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You do have such an easy way about you,
Your Grace.

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You do not mention our talks
to Rhaenyra, do you?

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I just,

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I fear that she wouldn't
understand them.

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No, Your Grace.

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It's only been half a year
since my mother died,

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and already they tried
to marry my father off

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and replace me as heir.

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I know those men and how they plot

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in their secret councils
when I've been sent away.

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You cannot worry at the matters
of lords and kings, Rhaenyra.

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What if your father were to remarry?

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Your father loves you.

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He chose you for his heir.

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He didn't choose me. He spurns Daemon.

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Kneel with me.

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I find this is a way
to be with my mother.

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Here in the quiet of the Sept,

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I feel close to her.

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- I know it sounds foolish.
- I don't think it's foolish.

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- I don't.
- Good.

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Because I thought you might try.

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If not for me, then, perhaps for them.

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What do I say?

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Whatever you wish.

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It's only for you and the gods to know.

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I want him to see me
as more than his little girl.

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Mine own father does not know
the language of girls either.

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When I wish to talk with him,

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I know that I must make the effort.

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Thank you.

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Your Grace.

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I'm glad we could meet.

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I know tempers ran hot today,

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and I wanted to assure you
how much I value the bond

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between our houses.

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Rhaenys is my favorite cousin after all.

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I wish to apologize for the tenor

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at the Small Council today, Your Grace.

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It was not my intent to make offense.

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Your fleet is one of the realm's
most important assets, Lord Corlys.

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But you must understand,

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as King, it is my obligation
to avoid war

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until such time it is unavoidable.

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None among us desire open war.

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Might I speak plainly, Your Grace?

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I always welcome the unfettered thoughts
of my council.

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I fear that the eyes of our enemies
are presently fixed on the Red Keep.

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The Queen has passed.

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A girl has been named
heir to the Iron Throne,

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the first in its history.

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The King's brother, so disinherited,

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has claimed the Targaryen seat
on Dragonstone

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without challenge.

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And now, a foreign power
has established a colony

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in our most critical shipping lane.

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You paint such an aspirant portrait
of my reign, Lord Corlys.

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It is an honest one, cousin.

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At the moment, the Crown is perceived
as being vulnerable.

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And a blind incursion in the Stepstones

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is the only way to demonstrate
that we are not?

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To elude a storm,
you can either sail into it,

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or around it.

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But you must never await its coming.

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Do you have a specific
course of action to propose,

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my lord?

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Join our families.

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Wed our daughter, Laena.

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Unite the two great surviving
Valyrian houses.

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With the Targaryen dragons
and the Velaryon fleet bound in blood,

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you can show the realm

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that the Crown's strongest days
are ahead,

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not behind.

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I must admit,

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I haven't given marriage much thought.

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It hasn't even been half a year
since Aemma passed.

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The realm expects you to take a new wife
soon or late, Your Grace,

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to strengthen your line
and produce more heirs.

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You could not ask
for a stronger match than Laena.

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We haven't spoken much...

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since.

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A regret of mine.

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We should be free to speak our minds
to one another.

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You can say whatever you'd like.

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You are the King.

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I loved your mother very much.

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As did I.

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Ser Harrold provided
a fine field of tourney knights.

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Oh?

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But in questioning them,

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I discovered that Ser Criston
was the only man among them

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with true battle experience.

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He'll make a fine
knight of the Kingsguard.

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- Today at Small Council...
- Pay it no mind.

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I thought I might have had
some insight.

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You're young.

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You will learn.

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This is our best chance
to save the digit, Your Grace.

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The maggots will remove the dead flesh

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and hopefully stop the advance
of the rot.

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I held an audience earlier today

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with Lord Corlys and Princess Rhaenys.

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That was most charitable
of you, Your Grace.

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I'm sure Lord Corlys
appreciated the spirit of it.

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He proposed a marriage.

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To whom, Your Grace?

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The Lady Laena.

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To combine the strength of our houses,

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and demonstrate my reign's
strongest days are ahead,

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not behind.

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Lord Corlys has overreached, Your Grace.

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Such matters must be discussed
with the Small Council.

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That is what I'm doing, presently.

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So, what is your advice, dear Otto.

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The Lady Laena

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is young, Your Grace.

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Indeed, but the wounds
made by the Great Council

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still linger, my king.

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A match with their daughter
would go a long way towards

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sealing the breach

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and uniting the two great
Valyrian houses

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would certainly signal unity
throughout the realm

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and beyond.

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The Grand Maester's reasoning is sound.

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I do fear what Rhaenyra might think.

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What does it matter,
Your Grace?

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Her mother has passed.

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Her father must propagate
the royal line.

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I, uh, dearly loved my own lady wife.

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00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,163
The pain of her passing still haunts me.

257
00:20:47,873 --> 00:20:49,875
And to be compelled to...

258
00:20:51,043 --> 00:20:53,671
replace her for duty's sake.

259
00:20:55,339 --> 00:20:56,966
You are the King.

260
00:20:58,008 --> 00:21:00,010
But I do not envy you.

261
00:21:28,831 --> 00:21:31,375
What was it like flying the Black Dread?

262
00:21:31,459 --> 00:21:34,420
You were Balerion's last rider.

263
00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,299
Only for a short time before he died.

264
00:21:38,382 --> 00:21:41,969
With Balerion died the last memory
of Valyria of Old.

265
00:21:42,887 --> 00:21:44,722
But Vhagar still lives

266
00:21:45,431 --> 00:21:46,849
somewhere.

267
00:21:46,932 --> 00:21:48,934
Bit too large for the Dragonpit.

268
00:21:49,477 --> 00:21:52,104
Some would say too large for our world.

269
00:21:52,980 --> 00:21:56,066
- Do you know where she nests?
- I'm sorry?

270
00:21:56,150 --> 00:21:58,152
Do you know where Vhagar is now?

271
00:21:58,235 --> 00:22:00,946
Uh, the Dragonkeepers believe
she made home

272
00:22:01,030 --> 00:22:03,449
somewhere on the coast
of the Narrow Sea.

273
00:22:03,532 --> 00:22:07,161
The workers at Spicetown report
hearing her song at times.

274
00:22:07,244 --> 00:22:09,455
They say it is a sad thing.

275
00:22:11,248 --> 00:22:13,250
I imagine even dragons get lonely.

276
00:22:17,838 --> 00:22:19,173
Your Grace,

277
00:22:20,341 --> 00:22:22,301
it would be a great honor

278
00:22:22,384 --> 00:22:26,555
to join our houses
as they were in Old Valyria.

279
00:22:26,639 --> 00:22:29,850
I would give you many children
of pure Valyrian blood

280
00:22:29,934 --> 00:22:33,687
so that we might strengthen
the royal line and the realm.

281
00:22:33,771 --> 00:22:36,065
Is that what your father
told you to say?

282
00:22:41,028 --> 00:22:42,613
What did your mother tell you?

283
00:22:44,448 --> 00:22:47,660
That I wouldn't have to bed you
until I turned 14.

284
00:23:15,062 --> 00:23:16,564
It bothers you, does it not?

285
00:23:22,403 --> 00:23:24,029
My father is a king.

286
00:23:24,655 --> 00:23:27,908
It is his duty to take a new wife
and strengthen his line.

287
00:23:27,992 --> 00:23:30,720
I did not ask for a lesson in politics.
I asked whether this bothers you.

288
00:23:30,744 --> 00:23:33,914
Laena is your daughter, Princess.
Does it bother you?

289
00:23:35,124 --> 00:23:36,333
Of course, it does.

290
00:23:38,419 --> 00:23:41,422
But I understand the order of things.

291
00:23:43,132 --> 00:23:45,551
I'm not sure you do.

292
00:23:48,178 --> 00:23:51,473
If you mean to elicit
some anger from me,

293
00:23:51,557 --> 00:23:54,435
you should know
that you're failing, Princess.

294
00:23:55,227 --> 00:23:56,854
Quite the opposite.

295
00:23:59,857 --> 00:24:01,859
Whether it's to my daughter
or to someone else's,

296
00:24:01,942 --> 00:24:04,945
your father will remarry
sooner than late.

297
00:24:05,863 --> 00:24:08,282
His new wife will produce new heirs,

298
00:24:08,365 --> 00:24:11,243
and chances are, better than not,
that one of those will be male.

299
00:24:11,327 --> 00:24:13,912
And when that boy comes of age
and your father has passed,

300
00:24:13,996 --> 00:24:16,874
the men of the realm
will expect him to be heir,

301
00:24:16,957 --> 00:24:18,375
not you.

302
00:24:20,878 --> 00:24:22,880
Because that is the order of things.

303
00:24:25,215 --> 00:24:27,593
When I'm Queen,
I will create a new order.

304
00:24:29,094 --> 00:24:31,305
How I wish that could be, Rhaenyra.

305
00:24:31,972 --> 00:24:34,475
But the men of the realm
already had their opportunity

306
00:24:34,558 --> 00:24:36,894
to appoint a ruling queen
at the Great Council

307
00:24:36,977 --> 00:24:38,479
and they denied it.

308
00:24:38,562 --> 00:24:41,523
They denied you, Princess Rhaenys.

309
00:24:42,691 --> 00:24:44,485
"The Queen Who Never Was."

310
00:24:45,152 --> 00:24:47,946
But they bent the knee to me
and called me heir to the throne.

311
00:24:48,030 --> 00:24:51,075
Do you remind your father's men of that
as you carry their cups?

312
00:24:55,663 --> 00:24:57,498
Here is the hard truth,

313
00:24:57,581 --> 00:25:00,876
which no one else
has the heart to tell you.

314
00:25:01,627 --> 00:25:04,296
Men would sooner put
the realm to the torch

315
00:25:05,381 --> 00:25:08,384
than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne.

316
00:25:13,180 --> 00:25:15,849
And your father is no fool.

317
00:25:29,613 --> 00:25:32,616
The Small Council
is urging me to remarry.

318
00:25:35,035 --> 00:25:37,454
It seems the realm
wants for a new queen.

319
00:25:42,793 --> 00:25:46,338
A good and kind queen
will give comfort to your subjects.

320
00:25:51,385 --> 00:25:54,388
Does the Small Council
have a particular lady in mind?

321
00:25:56,849 --> 00:26:01,520
Lord Corlys Velaryon has offered
the hand of his daughter,

322
00:26:01,603 --> 00:26:03,230
the Lady Laena.

323
00:26:04,273 --> 00:26:06,275
A very strong match, Your Grace.

324
00:26:07,860 --> 00:26:11,488
I must admit,
I don't know Laena very well.

325
00:26:12,281 --> 00:26:14,616
I'm sure that she is good and kind,

326
00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:18,537
and that she will enjoy your company,
as I have, Your Grace.

327
00:26:33,802 --> 00:26:35,429
I brought you something.

328
00:26:55,991 --> 00:26:58,118
I asked the stonemasons
to mend it.

329
00:27:02,039 --> 00:27:03,999
This is, uh...

330
00:27:04,082 --> 00:27:06,919
a very kind gesture, Alicent.

331
00:27:11,048 --> 00:27:12,048
Very kind.

332
00:27:20,390 --> 00:27:22,309
Come.

333
00:27:24,686 --> 00:27:26,688
The Hand, Your Grace.

334
00:27:31,235 --> 00:27:33,111
Your Grace,
I've called the Small Council

335
00:27:33,195 --> 00:27:34,404
to an emergency session.

336
00:27:34,488 --> 00:27:35,697
Why?

337
00:27:37,115 --> 00:27:39,409
I think it best you hear it directly.

338
00:27:40,786 --> 00:27:41,995
Very well.

339
00:28:12,943 --> 00:28:15,779
- Daemon.
- The Prince left a missive,

340
00:28:15,863 --> 00:28:17,948
which I believe might explain.

341
00:28:18,991 --> 00:28:21,702
"It is the pleasure
of Daemon Targaryen,

342
00:28:21,785 --> 00:28:23,579
the Prince of Dragonstone

343
00:28:23,662 --> 00:28:27,583
and rightful heir to the Iron Throne,

344
00:28:27,666 --> 00:28:30,502
to announce that he is
to take a second wife

345
00:28:30,586 --> 00:28:33,422
in the tradition of Old Valyria.

346
00:28:33,505 --> 00:28:38,594
She is to assume the title
Lady Mysaria of Dragonstone.

347
00:28:38,677 --> 00:28:40,637
Her Grace is with child

348
00:28:40,721 --> 00:28:45,893
and is to have a dragon's egg
placed in the babe's cradle

349
00:28:45,976 --> 00:28:49,271
in the custom of House Targaryen."

350
00:28:49,354 --> 00:28:53,859
The Prince has invited you
to his wedding, Your Grace.

351
00:28:53,942 --> 00:28:57,195
- It is in two days' time.
- Gods be good.

352
00:28:57,279 --> 00:28:59,281
Who is Lady Mysaria?

353
00:28:59,364 --> 00:29:01,284
- We believe...
- Daemon's whore.

354
00:29:03,619 --> 00:29:06,788
- This is nothing less than sedition.
- I strongly agree, sire.

355
00:29:06,872 --> 00:29:09,082
My brother wishes to provoke me.

356
00:29:09,791 --> 00:29:11,752
To answer is to give him what he wants.

357
00:29:11,835 --> 00:29:14,129
The realm is watching, Your Grace.

358
00:29:14,212 --> 00:29:15,756
What would you have me do?

359
00:29:15,839 --> 00:29:17,466
Send him to the Wall?

360
00:29:18,383 --> 00:29:20,385
Perhaps I could put his head on a spike.

361
00:29:20,469 --> 00:29:22,346
Daemon has seized Dragonstone,

362
00:29:22,429 --> 00:29:25,182
has surrounded himself
with an army of Gold Cloaks,

363
00:29:25,265 --> 00:29:27,434
and has now stolen a dangerous weapon.

364
00:29:55,295 --> 00:29:57,381
Assemble a detachment,
Otto.

365
00:29:58,548 --> 00:30:00,425
I will go to Dragonstone
and drag Daemon back

366
00:30:00,509 --> 00:30:02,886
- to face justice myself.
- Your Grace.

367
00:30:04,137 --> 00:30:06,348
My apologies, Your Grace,
but I cannot allow it.

368
00:30:06,431 --> 00:30:08,016
It's too dangerous.

369
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:10,102
Daemon is without limit.

370
00:30:11,061 --> 00:30:13,230
Let me go to Dragonstone.

371
00:30:40,090 --> 00:30:42,509
You're the most comely girl at court.

372
00:30:43,427 --> 00:30:45,637
Why do you destroy yourself?

373
00:30:46,722 --> 00:30:47,764
Hmm?

374
00:30:51,977 --> 00:30:54,146
Will you see the King tonight?

375
00:30:57,065 --> 00:30:58,483
If you wish it.

376
00:31:01,778 --> 00:31:04,740
- Good day, Ser Criston.
- My lady.

377
00:31:04,823 --> 00:31:07,826
I've assembled 20 of your best
household guards, my Lord Hand.

378
00:31:07,909 --> 00:31:10,120
Sir Harrold will also join us.

379
00:31:14,332 --> 00:31:17,335
Please look after the Hand,
Ser Criston.

380
00:32:37,332 --> 00:32:39,543
Welcome to Dragonstone, Otto.

381
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:45,006
Your occupation of this island
is at an end.

382
00:32:46,091 --> 00:32:48,093
You're to relinquish the dragon's egg,

383
00:32:48,176 --> 00:32:49,719
disband your army,

384
00:32:49,803 --> 00:32:51,596
banish your whore,

385
00:32:52,764 --> 00:32:55,350
and leave Dragonstone
by order of His Grace,

386
00:32:55,433 --> 00:32:57,853
- King Viserys.
- Where is the King? I don't see him.

387
00:32:57,936 --> 00:33:01,773
His Grace would never lower himself
to entertain such a mummer's farce.

388
00:33:07,154 --> 00:33:08,822
Ser Crispin, wasn't it?

389
00:33:08,905 --> 00:33:10,448
Ser Criston Cole, my Prince.

390
00:33:10,532 --> 00:33:12,659
Ah, yes, apologies. I couldn't recall.

391
00:33:13,076 --> 00:33:15,704
Perhaps my Prince recalls
when I knocked him off his horse.

392
00:33:17,914 --> 00:33:18,914
Very good.

393
00:33:18,957 --> 00:33:21,877
This is a truly pathetic show, Daemon.

394
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,795
Are you so desperate
for the King's attention

395
00:33:23,879 --> 00:33:26,423
that you've resorted to skulking about
like a common cutpurse?

396
00:33:26,506 --> 00:33:29,176
I'm simply keeping
with the traditions of my house,

397
00:33:29,259 --> 00:33:31,011
the same as my brother did for his heir.

398
00:33:31,094 --> 00:33:33,972
Those traditions are for the trueborn
children of royalty,

399
00:33:34,055 --> 00:33:36,892
not for bastards fathered
on a common whore.

400
00:33:37,475 --> 00:33:39,436
Lady Mysaria is to be my wife.

401
00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:40,896
This is an abomination.

402
00:33:40,979 --> 00:33:42,814
With every breath you soil your name,

403
00:33:42,898 --> 00:33:44,691
your house, and your brother's reign.

404
00:33:44,774 --> 00:33:47,986
Our love does not know
titles and traditions.

405
00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:51,573
And what of you, men of the City Watch?

406
00:33:51,656 --> 00:33:53,158
Aiding the Prince in his treason?

407
00:33:53,241 --> 00:33:55,202
The King made me their commander.

408
00:33:55,285 --> 00:33:56,661
They are loyal to me.

409
00:33:57,704 --> 00:33:59,706
You've come for the egg.

410
00:34:01,124 --> 00:34:02,417
Here it is.

411
00:34:03,877 --> 00:34:05,754
Are you mad?

412
00:34:05,837 --> 00:34:08,673
- You'd never survive this.
- Well, happily, neither would you.

413
00:34:09,841 --> 00:34:14,721
To chose violence, here,
is to declare war against your King.

414
00:34:14,804 --> 00:34:16,014
Wonderful.

415
00:34:17,307 --> 00:34:20,602
Even if it ends in the death
of your unborn child and its mother?

416
00:34:59,557 --> 00:35:01,268
All of you,

417
00:35:01,351 --> 00:35:03,353
sheathe the fucking steel.

418
00:36:10,587 --> 00:36:13,631
- What are you doing here, Princess?
- Preventing bloodshed.

419
00:36:13,715 --> 00:36:16,343
Ser Criston, please escort
the Princess to safety.

420
00:36:16,801 --> 00:36:18,762
Take care not to startle Syrax,
my lords.

421
00:36:19,429 --> 00:36:21,222
She's rather protective of me.

422
00:37:11,564 --> 00:37:13,691
I'm right here, Uncle,

423
00:37:15,777 --> 00:37:17,779
the object of your ire,

424
00:37:18,446 --> 00:37:21,324
the reason that you were disinherited.

425
00:37:21,408 --> 00:37:23,701
If you wish to be restored as heir,

426
00:37:23,785 --> 00:37:25,412
you'll need to kill me.

427
00:37:26,621 --> 00:37:27,831
So, do it.

428
00:37:29,082 --> 00:37:31,292
And be done with all this bother.

429
00:39:23,988 --> 00:39:26,950
You announced
that we were to be wed?

430
00:39:28,076 --> 00:39:29,702
On the morrow.

431
00:39:31,329 --> 00:39:33,331
And that I was with child.

432
00:39:34,123 --> 00:39:35,708
Your child.

433
00:39:35,792 --> 00:39:39,045
Well, perhaps when we are wed,
we can make that true.

434
00:39:39,128 --> 00:39:43,091
I ensured long ago that I would never be
threatened by childbirth.

435
00:39:43,174 --> 00:39:46,010
Good. Children can be such
irritating creatures.

436
00:39:46,094 --> 00:39:48,721
You swore to protect me, Daemon.

437
00:39:50,890 --> 00:39:52,559
Dragonstone is quite secure.

438
00:39:55,103 --> 00:39:59,607
Until the King decides
to reclaim his ancestral seat.

439
00:39:59,691 --> 00:40:02,443
His men might not put
the Prince's head on a spike,

440
00:40:02,527 --> 00:40:04,779
but what would they do
with the common whore

441
00:40:04,862 --> 00:40:07,532
he claims he's taken to wife
and made with child?

442
00:40:07,615 --> 00:40:09,242
No one will harm you.

443
00:40:10,368 --> 00:40:14,664
I have been sold as property
more times than I care to count,

444
00:40:14,747 --> 00:40:18,293
beginning in a homeland
I can no longer recall.

445
00:40:19,460 --> 00:40:22,880
Most of my years have been spent
living in terror.

446
00:40:23,673 --> 00:40:25,675
You're safe with me, I swear it.

447
00:40:25,758 --> 00:40:27,135
You are Targaryen.

448
00:40:27,218 --> 00:40:30,388
You can afford to play
your stupid games with the King,

449
00:40:30,471 --> 00:40:32,473
but I cannot.

450
00:40:33,474 --> 00:40:38,187
I didn't come into your service
wanting gold or power

451
00:40:38,271 --> 00:40:39,272
or station.

452
00:40:40,481 --> 00:40:44,277
- I came to you to be liberated.
- Liberated.

453
00:40:47,363 --> 00:40:48,573
From what?

454
00:40:49,866 --> 00:40:51,075
Fear.

455
00:41:18,269 --> 00:41:20,021
No, please, Lord Lyonel.

456
00:41:25,902 --> 00:41:28,821
I have come looking
for an unencumbered opinion.

457
00:41:28,905 --> 00:41:31,282
That's all I would ever give,
Your Grace.

458
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:33,534
Ever since my name was read

459
00:41:33,618 --> 00:41:35,745
by the archmaesters
at the Great Council,

460
00:41:35,828 --> 00:41:39,207
I have felt Corlys Velaryon's
envious gaze staring at me

461
00:41:39,290 --> 00:41:40,917
from across the Blackwater.

462
00:41:41,793 --> 00:41:45,213
You sit upon the highest seat
in the realm, Your Grace.

463
00:41:45,296 --> 00:41:47,674
Proud men don't like having to look up.

464
00:41:51,636 --> 00:41:52,804
Laena Velaryon.

465
00:41:55,014 --> 00:41:57,392
Lord Corlys is your Master of Ships

466
00:41:58,476 --> 00:42:02,271
and she is the eldest daughter
of the wealthiest house in the realm.

467
00:42:02,355 --> 00:42:06,109
She comes from
unimpeachable Valyrian stock

468
00:42:06,192 --> 00:42:08,820
and she has Targaryen blood.

469
00:42:08,903 --> 00:42:11,989
- What's to mislike?
- She is 12.

470
00:42:12,073 --> 00:42:13,491
She will mature.

471
00:42:15,952 --> 00:42:17,578
I never asked to remarry.

472
00:42:18,246 --> 00:42:21,457
As King,
you have a claim on all things.

473
00:42:22,333 --> 00:42:23,793
Even those you don't want.

474
00:42:23,876 --> 00:42:26,629
Marriage is not an obligation
you can put off for long.

475
00:42:26,713 --> 00:42:29,382
What if I was to reject
Lord Corlys's proposal?

476
00:42:29,465 --> 00:42:31,968
He would not be like to take it well.

477
00:42:32,510 --> 00:42:36,389
I fear nothing short of a direct line
to the Iron Throne would satisfy him.

478
00:42:37,557 --> 00:42:39,976
You should also consider
that we find ourselves

479
00:42:40,059 --> 00:42:42,061
on the precipice of war
in the Stepstones.

480
00:42:43,062 --> 00:42:45,982
And the Sea Snake holds claim to nearly
half the realm's ships.

481
00:42:46,065 --> 00:42:49,152
He would not dare withhold them
in the face of the realm's need.

482
00:42:50,528 --> 00:42:53,906
- Who is he to hector me?
- No one, Your Grace.

483
00:42:55,450 --> 00:42:59,495
But Driftmark makes for a better ally
than it does an enemy.

484
00:43:00,913 --> 00:43:03,124
The Sea Snake
has made a calculated reach,

485
00:43:03,207 --> 00:43:05,376
a fair play for a man of his position.

486
00:43:07,795 --> 00:43:10,173
If you truly want
my unencumbered opinion.

487
00:43:10,256 --> 00:43:11,340
I do.

488
00:43:12,675 --> 00:43:14,844
You should wed Laena Velaryon,
Your Grace.

489
00:43:15,928 --> 00:43:19,390
Sate Lord Corlys
and fix him at your side,

490
00:43:19,474 --> 00:43:20,933
permanently, as an ally.

491
00:43:26,063 --> 00:43:27,440
Your Grace,

492
00:43:27,523 --> 00:43:30,526
the Princess has returned
from Dragonstone.

493
00:43:30,610 --> 00:43:32,236
Dragonstone?

494
00:43:52,256 --> 00:43:53,466
Your Grace.

495
00:43:57,386 --> 00:43:59,555
You disobeyed me.

496
00:43:59,639 --> 00:44:02,642
You fled King's Landing without a word

497
00:44:03,726 --> 00:44:07,355
and you acted without the Crown's leave.

498
00:44:10,441 --> 00:44:12,652
You are my only heir.

499
00:44:13,861 --> 00:44:15,863
You could've been killed.

500
00:44:19,408 --> 00:44:20,827
May I sit?

501
00:44:32,255 --> 00:44:34,549
You went to Dragonstone.

502
00:44:34,632 --> 00:44:36,717
And retrieved the egg without bloodshed.

503
00:44:39,011 --> 00:44:42,223
A feat I'm not sure Ser Otto
could've accomplished alone.

504
00:44:45,268 --> 00:44:47,228
Yes, well...

505
00:44:51,983 --> 00:44:54,569
I sometimes forget
how alike you both were.

506
00:45:04,912 --> 00:45:09,166
Your mother's absence
is a wound that will never heal.

507
00:45:10,501 --> 00:45:12,503
Without her,

508
00:45:12,587 --> 00:45:17,091
the Red Keep has lost a warmth
that I dare say it will never recover.

509
00:45:17,174 --> 00:45:20,386
It pleases me to hear you say this.

510
00:45:24,515 --> 00:45:27,810
To know that I'm not alone in my grief.

511
00:45:27,894 --> 00:45:30,313
I wish I had known better

512
00:45:30,396 --> 00:45:32,648
what to say to you in the aftermath.

513
00:45:35,067 --> 00:45:39,030
I struggled to realize that my daughter
had so quickly become a woman grown.

514
00:45:43,075 --> 00:45:44,702
But I know

515
00:45:45,328 --> 00:45:48,956
she understands
what is now expected of me.

516
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,500
The King must take a new wife.

517
00:45:56,631 --> 00:45:58,841
I could never replace your mother.

518
00:46:01,052 --> 00:46:03,346
No more than I intend
to replace you as heir.

519
00:46:05,139 --> 00:46:07,308
But you are my only heir

520
00:46:07,391 --> 00:46:10,603
and our line is vulnerable,
too easily ended.

521
00:46:11,687 --> 00:46:13,898
And by marrying again,
I may begin to ensure

522
00:46:13,981 --> 00:46:15,399
that we are better defended.

523
00:46:15,483 --> 00:46:16,567
Against whom?

524
00:46:16,651 --> 00:46:18,819
Whomever may dare to challenge us.

525
00:46:25,493 --> 00:46:28,120
I do not wish to make us estranged.

526
00:46:28,955 --> 00:46:30,414
You are the King,

527
00:46:30,957 --> 00:46:34,585
and so, your first duty is to the realm.

528
00:46:37,630 --> 00:46:39,632
Mother would've understood this.

529
00:46:42,259 --> 00:46:43,886
Just as I do.

530
00:47:30,766 --> 00:47:32,768
Good morrow, my lords.

531
00:47:43,946 --> 00:47:47,575
I have decided to take a new wife.

532
00:48:05,926 --> 00:48:07,678
I intend to marry...

533
00:48:14,268 --> 00:48:16,479
the Lady Alicent Hightower...

534
00:48:18,355 --> 00:48:20,357
before spring's end.

535
00:48:27,073 --> 00:48:28,741
This is an absurdity.

536
00:48:29,825 --> 00:48:32,620
My house is Valyrian,

537
00:48:32,703 --> 00:48:34,914
the greatest power in the realm.

538
00:48:36,207 --> 00:48:38,209
And I am your King.

539
00:49:02,817 --> 00:49:04,235
Rhaenyra.

540
00:49:26,590 --> 00:49:30,219
House Velaryon's origins
reach back to Old Valyria.

541
00:49:32,221 --> 00:49:34,849
More ancient even than House Targaryen

542
00:49:36,725 --> 00:49:38,727
according to some texts.

543
00:49:40,146 --> 00:49:41,730
But unlike the Targaryens,

544
00:49:42,815 --> 00:49:44,817
we were no dragonlords.

545
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:48,988
For centuries,
my house had to scratch out

546
00:49:49,071 --> 00:49:53,075
an existence from the sea
with grit and luck.

547
00:49:55,578 --> 00:49:57,997
When I ascended the Driftwood Throne,

548
00:49:59,165 --> 00:50:00,791
I knew what I wanted.

549
00:50:02,793 --> 00:50:04,795
So I went out and seized it.

550
00:50:06,255 --> 00:50:07,756
Unlike every other lord of the realm,

551
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:10,885
I can say that I built
my house's high seat

552
00:50:10,968 --> 00:50:13,179
with the strength of mine own back.

553
00:50:19,727 --> 00:50:22,396
I've always thought
of you and I as having been

554
00:50:22,479 --> 00:50:24,315
made from the same cloth.

555
00:50:33,240 --> 00:50:36,076
I wasn't aware you had
a king for a brother.

556
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:39,663
We're both men who have had
to cut our own way through the world.

557
00:50:40,539 --> 00:50:43,542
We've been passed over too often.

558
00:50:46,337 --> 00:50:47,546
Did you call me to Driftmark

559
00:50:47,630 --> 00:50:50,007
to remind me of my
low standing, Lord Corlys,

560
00:50:50,090 --> 00:50:52,092
or was there some other reason?

561
00:50:55,846 --> 00:50:58,098
You've heard of the troubles
in the Stepstones?

562
00:51:01,185 --> 00:51:05,231
<i>Some Myrish Prince is
feeding Westerosi sailors to the crabs.</i>

563
00:51:05,314 --> 00:51:07,983
<i>I have been petitioning
the King to send my navy</i>

564
00:51:08,067 --> 00:51:09,777
<i>into the territory,</i>

565
00:51:09,860 --> 00:51:12,029
but he's denied me.

566
00:51:12,112 --> 00:51:14,281
It was never
my brother's strongest trait.

567
00:51:14,365 --> 00:51:15,449
What?

568
00:51:16,825 --> 00:51:18,327
Being King.

569
00:51:22,790 --> 00:51:25,167
<i>The Crabfeeder is backed
by powerful entities</i>

570
00:51:25,251 --> 00:51:28,879
<i>within the Free Cities who wish to see
Westeros weakened.</i>

571
00:51:30,965 --> 00:51:34,635
<i>And the King's failures
have allowed him to accumulate strength.</i>

572
00:51:36,428 --> 00:51:38,430
If those shipping lanes fall,

573
00:51:39,473 --> 00:51:41,475
my house will be crippled.

574
00:51:42,309 --> 00:51:44,603
And I will not have Driftmark
beggared while our King

575
00:51:44,687 --> 00:51:48,190
idles himself with feasts,
and balls, and tourneys.

576
00:51:48,274 --> 00:51:51,277
I will speak of my brother as I wish.

577
00:51:53,153 --> 00:51:54,280
You will not.

578
00:51:58,075 --> 00:51:59,868
Waiting in the Stepstones

579
00:51:59,952 --> 00:52:02,204
is a chance for you to prove your worth

580
00:52:02,288 --> 00:52:04,498
to any who might yet doubt it.

581
00:52:06,166 --> 00:52:08,794
We are the realm's second sons, Daemon.

582
00:52:10,254 --> 00:52:12,256
Our worth is not given.

583
00:52:13,799 --> 00:52:15,801
It must be made.