1 00:01:59,705 --> 00:02:02,291 - Good morrow, Lady Rhea. - Cousin. 2 00:02:02,374 --> 00:02:04,334 What's today's quarry? Rabbit? 3 00:02:04,835 --> 00:02:07,963 - Deer. - Oh, fine challenge. 4 00:02:08,046 --> 00:02:09,506 Care for some company? 5 00:02:09,589 --> 00:02:10,882 I'd rather ride alone. 6 00:02:13,302 --> 00:02:14,553 Good fortune to you. 7 00:03:01,725 --> 00:03:02,809 Husband. 8 00:03:08,357 --> 00:03:09,608 What brings you to the Vale? 9 00:03:14,196 --> 00:03:18,158 Or have you at last come to consummate our marriage? 10 00:03:19,701 --> 00:03:22,245 The Vale's sheep might be willing, 11 00:03:22,329 --> 00:03:23,789 even if I'm not. 12 00:03:24,664 --> 00:03:27,542 Our sheep are prettier, after all. 13 00:03:29,044 --> 00:03:32,756 Or perhaps your brother has at last had his fill of your company. 14 00:03:33,799 --> 00:03:36,760 Cast you aside in favor of a little girl. 15 00:03:42,933 --> 00:03:44,518 What will you do now? 16 00:03:45,477 --> 00:03:48,605 Will you strike the child down? 17 00:03:48,688 --> 00:03:49,981 Or? 18 00:04:39,239 --> 00:04:41,116 I knew you couldn't finish. 19 00:04:43,034 --> 00:04:44,244 Craven! 20 00:05:24,159 --> 00:05:25,577 Thank you. 21 00:06:07,202 --> 00:06:08,370 A moment. 22 00:06:15,794 --> 00:06:17,170 I do not wish to see you go. 23 00:06:20,215 --> 00:06:22,133 Such is the King's decision. 24 00:06:22,217 --> 00:06:23,969 A decision I most bitterly regret. 25 00:06:27,013 --> 00:06:29,015 And yet, you made it possible. 26 00:06:31,226 --> 00:06:32,727 You chose Rhaenyra. 27 00:06:34,187 --> 00:06:35,730 She swore her innocence, 28 00:06:35,814 --> 00:06:37,357 and I believed her. 29 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,443 You wanted to believe her, as did her father. 30 00:06:40,527 --> 00:06:41,945 Your informant was wrong. 31 00:06:42,028 --> 00:06:44,864 An honest mistake, perhaps, but I did not foresee this! 32 00:06:44,948 --> 00:06:46,533 You should have. 33 00:06:46,616 --> 00:06:49,786 If you had not been so relentless in advancing Aegon as heir! 34 00:07:00,463 --> 00:07:01,756 Listen to me, daughter. 35 00:07:03,133 --> 00:07:05,176 The King will die. 36 00:07:05,260 --> 00:07:08,555 It may be months or years, but he'll not live to be an old man. 37 00:07:08,638 --> 00:07:10,599 And if Rhaenyra succeeds him, 38 00:07:10,682 --> 00:07:14,019 war will follow, do you understand? 39 00:07:14,102 --> 00:07:15,895 The realm will not accept her. 40 00:07:15,979 --> 00:07:17,480 And to secure her claim, 41 00:07:17,564 --> 00:07:20,233 she'll have to put your children to the sword. 42 00:07:20,317 --> 00:07:21,610 She'll have no choice. 43 00:07:24,613 --> 00:07:26,323 You know it. 44 00:07:26,406 --> 00:07:30,076 You're no fool, and yet you choose not to see it. 45 00:07:32,329 --> 00:07:34,456 The time is coming, Alicent. 46 00:07:35,915 --> 00:07:38,418 Either you prepare Aegon to rule, 47 00:07:38,501 --> 00:07:42,714 or you cleave to Rhaenyra and pray for her mercy. 48 00:09:15,974 --> 00:09:19,561 Where is Lord Corlys? He should be here to receive the King. 49 00:09:28,486 --> 00:09:29,821 Welcome to High Tide, Your Grace. 50 00:09:31,114 --> 00:09:33,324 What is the meaning of this, Lady Laena? 51 00:09:34,117 --> 00:09:36,119 Is this how House Velaryon greets its King? 52 00:09:37,245 --> 00:09:40,039 My father has but just returned from his long journey 53 00:09:40,790 --> 00:09:44,043 and he has hastened to the Hall of Nine to await Your Grace's arrival. 54 00:09:47,672 --> 00:09:49,632 Let's just get on with it. 55 00:09:59,267 --> 00:10:00,727 An outsider... 56 00:10:01,728 --> 00:10:03,021 among the natives. 57 00:10:04,272 --> 00:10:05,482 Lord Larys. 58 00:10:07,233 --> 00:10:08,651 Malvales. 59 00:10:09,152 --> 00:10:10,278 A rare bloom. 60 00:10:11,780 --> 00:10:14,282 Indigenous to Braavos. 61 00:10:16,409 --> 00:10:20,079 By all rights, it shouldn't be thriving here. 62 00:10:20,955 --> 00:10:23,708 Nature, such mystery. 63 00:10:25,043 --> 00:10:26,961 - The weather has been lovely. - Indeed. 64 00:10:27,045 --> 00:10:28,880 And yet it is a dark day for the realm. 65 00:10:33,009 --> 00:10:34,260 Your father was a good man. 66 00:10:36,971 --> 00:10:38,473 As is yours who took his place. 67 00:10:42,435 --> 00:10:43,645 Yet still, 68 00:10:44,270 --> 00:10:46,898 the manner of your father's departure... 69 00:10:48,191 --> 00:10:50,777 it feels something of an injustice. 70 00:10:52,570 --> 00:10:54,739 What do you know of the matter of his leaving? 71 00:10:54,823 --> 00:10:56,533 When one is never invited to speak, 72 00:10:56,616 --> 00:11:00,370 one learns instead to... observe. 73 00:11:02,664 --> 00:11:04,249 You're perhaps in need of an ally? 74 00:11:05,291 --> 00:11:06,501 I'm the Queen. 75 00:11:06,584 --> 00:11:09,003 - I have no shortage of allies. - Naturally. 76 00:11:09,087 --> 00:11:11,089 Princess Rhaenyra, for example. 77 00:11:12,507 --> 00:11:14,133 State your purpose, my lord. 78 00:11:16,594 --> 00:11:17,804 Um... 79 00:11:17,887 --> 00:11:20,890 I did wonder if she could be relied upon 80 00:11:20,974 --> 00:11:23,601 now that she is unwell. 81 00:11:25,061 --> 00:11:28,147 Unwell? I haven't heard anything. 82 00:11:28,898 --> 00:11:30,942 Begging your pardon, Your Grace, I may be mistaken. 83 00:11:32,610 --> 00:11:35,238 It's just that on the very same night your father was dismissed, 84 00:11:35,321 --> 00:11:38,950 the Grand Maester delivered a tea to the Princess's chambers. 85 00:11:41,077 --> 00:11:43,079 - A tea? - Yes. 86 00:11:45,874 --> 00:11:48,084 That the Grand Maester himself brought? 87 00:11:48,167 --> 00:11:51,379 At the direction of the King, as I understand it. 88 00:11:54,132 --> 00:11:56,342 I do hope she's not unwell. 89 00:11:57,844 --> 00:12:00,013 Rhaenyra sailed with the King to Driftmark 90 00:12:00,096 --> 00:12:02,515 - yesterday at daybreak. - Oh, what good news. 91 00:12:03,182 --> 00:12:04,392 I must've been in error. 92 00:12:05,977 --> 00:12:07,937 Ah, a relief. 93 00:12:09,814 --> 00:12:12,025 I thought for Mellos himself, well... 94 00:12:13,651 --> 00:12:15,653 her condition must be something very serious. 95 00:12:16,905 --> 00:12:19,908 What happiness it is to have been wrong. 96 00:12:50,730 --> 00:12:51,898 I'm sorry. 97 00:12:51,981 --> 00:12:53,316 Come, cousin. 98 00:12:53,399 --> 00:12:56,027 Let us discover what might be had for breakfast. 99 00:13:29,435 --> 00:13:30,853 Your Grace. 100 00:13:45,785 --> 00:13:47,787 Rise, Lord Corlys. 101 00:13:49,247 --> 00:13:50,540 Be welcome. 102 00:13:50,623 --> 00:13:52,250 May I offer you a chair? 103 00:13:54,085 --> 00:13:55,169 Cousin! 104 00:13:56,546 --> 00:13:57,922 Princess. 105 00:14:05,555 --> 00:14:07,765 - Are you well? - Very. 106 00:14:08,933 --> 00:14:10,935 I congratulate you, Lord Lyonel. 107 00:14:11,019 --> 00:14:14,230 I can think of no man more suited to be the Hand of the King. 108 00:14:14,313 --> 00:14:17,025 That is very kind of you to say, Lord Corlys. 109 00:14:17,108 --> 00:14:19,110 His Grace has honored me with the post. 110 00:14:21,487 --> 00:14:22,822 Pity about Ser Otto. 111 00:14:25,366 --> 00:14:28,661 Despite spending most of my days amidst the grandeur of the Red Keep, 112 00:14:28,745 --> 00:14:31,622 the halls of High Tide never fail to impress. 113 00:14:31,706 --> 00:14:33,374 You flatter me, Your Grace. 114 00:14:34,375 --> 00:14:37,045 Though I do wish we could meet under happier pretenses. 115 00:14:38,588 --> 00:14:41,049 - How so? - Daemon's wife, 116 00:14:41,132 --> 00:14:43,259 the Lady Rhea Royce, has passed. 117 00:14:44,260 --> 00:14:45,700 A hunting mishap. 118 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:48,681 She was thrown from her horse. 119 00:14:48,765 --> 00:14:51,851 Her neck and skull both crushed in the fall. 120 00:14:51,934 --> 00:14:54,187 A most surprising end. 121 00:14:54,270 --> 00:14:58,608 Lady Rhea's skill as both rider and hunter were well-known. 122 00:14:58,691 --> 00:15:00,943 - The gods are cruel. - Indeed. 123 00:15:01,819 --> 00:15:07,116 Lady Rhea was a fine woman and a good wife to my brother. 124 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,037 Sad thing that she and Daemon have no heirs to succeed her. 125 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,830 She stood to inherit Runestone. 126 00:15:13,956 --> 00:15:17,168 Mayhaps we can turn toward happier pursuits. 127 00:15:18,002 --> 00:15:20,671 - No, thank you. - What did you have in mind, Your Grace? 128 00:15:24,509 --> 00:15:27,845 I wish to propose a marriage between your son, Ser Laenor... 129 00:15:28,805 --> 00:15:31,682 and my daughter and heir, the Princess Rhaenyra. 130 00:15:31,766 --> 00:15:35,228 It's long past time our houses were united in blood. 131 00:15:35,311 --> 00:15:37,522 The last pillars of Old Valyria. 132 00:15:38,397 --> 00:15:41,984 You honor both me and my house, Your Grace. 133 00:15:42,068 --> 00:15:45,238 There are certain details I would wish clarified 134 00:15:45,321 --> 00:15:48,533 before the Princess Rhaenys and I could accept this most... 135 00:15:49,242 --> 00:15:50,868 generous proposal. 136 00:15:52,537 --> 00:15:54,163 What details? 137 00:15:56,999 --> 00:16:00,586 We would like to know how the succession will be handled. 138 00:16:03,881 --> 00:16:06,134 Rhaenyra is my heir. 139 00:16:06,217 --> 00:16:09,428 Upon my death, my throne and my titles will pass to her. 140 00:16:09,512 --> 00:16:12,974 She and Ser Laenor's firstborn child, regardless of gender, 141 00:16:13,057 --> 00:16:15,685 will inherit the Iron Throne from her. 142 00:16:17,603 --> 00:16:22,733 Can I presume that, in keeping with Westerosi tradition... 143 00:16:23,818 --> 00:16:26,445 their children would take their father's name? 144 00:16:27,905 --> 00:16:31,284 That they would be born Velaryons? 145 00:16:31,367 --> 00:16:33,161 Surely, Lord Corlys, 146 00:16:33,244 --> 00:16:35,538 you are not proposing the Targaryen dynasty 147 00:16:35,621 --> 00:16:38,332 end with my daughter simply because she is a woman? 148 00:16:41,335 --> 00:16:43,963 I only seek clarity, Your Grace. 149 00:16:48,718 --> 00:16:50,303 Might I have a chair brought in for you? 150 00:16:50,386 --> 00:16:51,387 I do not... 151 00:16:51,470 --> 00:16:53,431 No. I do not require a chair. 152 00:16:55,975 --> 00:17:00,104 Upon their birth, Ser Laenor and Rhaenyra's children 153 00:17:00,188 --> 00:17:02,648 shall take their father's name, Velaryon... 154 00:17:03,566 --> 00:17:06,611 in keeping with our traditions. 155 00:17:06,694 --> 00:17:08,196 However, 156 00:17:08,279 --> 00:17:12,074 at such time when their firstborn ascends the Iron Throne, 157 00:17:12,158 --> 00:17:15,286 he or she will do so bearing the name Targaryen. 158 00:17:16,913 --> 00:17:21,167 Dragons will rule the Seven Kingdoms for the next hundred years, 159 00:17:21,250 --> 00:17:23,252 just as they did the last. 160 00:17:36,349 --> 00:17:38,351 This is an equitable compromise. 161 00:17:40,019 --> 00:17:41,229 Good. 162 00:17:42,104 --> 00:17:44,732 Now, if there's nothing further. 163 00:17:54,992 --> 00:17:59,330 In truth, if it had to be someone, I'm glad it is you. 164 00:18:01,707 --> 00:18:04,335 I know this union is not what you would choose. 165 00:18:05,586 --> 00:18:07,797 I hold nothing against you, cousin. 166 00:18:08,839 --> 00:18:10,258 No, I... 167 00:18:12,093 --> 00:18:13,302 Rather... 168 00:18:14,178 --> 00:18:16,806 Dare I say it is a matter of taste? 169 00:18:20,726 --> 00:18:23,729 I prefer roast duck to goose. 170 00:18:24,522 --> 00:18:26,148 I cannot say why. 171 00:18:29,694 --> 00:18:31,153 It's not for a lack of trying. 172 00:18:32,738 --> 00:18:34,949 There are those who like goose very well. 173 00:18:36,701 --> 00:18:39,078 I find it a bit greasy for my taste. 174 00:18:43,416 --> 00:18:45,793 I know that whatever agreement being struck up there 175 00:18:45,876 --> 00:18:47,837 will not change your appetites, 176 00:18:48,337 --> 00:18:50,339 nor will it change mine. 177 00:18:52,383 --> 00:18:53,426 And what do you propose? 178 00:18:59,807 --> 00:19:03,853 That we perform our duty to our fathers and to the realm 179 00:19:03,936 --> 00:19:06,105 and when it's done... 180 00:19:06,188 --> 00:19:08,607 each of us dines as we see fit. 181 00:19:19,243 --> 00:19:22,872 Viserys has taken to bed while his ship is readied. 182 00:19:25,333 --> 00:19:26,667 Perhaps I... 183 00:19:27,626 --> 00:19:29,045 overextended myself? 184 00:19:31,547 --> 00:19:32,965 Pushed him too close to the edge? 185 00:19:33,049 --> 00:19:35,843 My cousin chose to sail into this tempest, husband. 186 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,181 It was undignified of the King to drag himself here 187 00:19:40,264 --> 00:19:42,600 and beg for Laenor's hand. 188 00:19:43,017 --> 00:19:44,226 Where is Laenor? 189 00:19:44,977 --> 00:19:47,438 He and Rhaenyra are walking the coast. 190 00:19:47,521 --> 00:19:48,522 Good. 191 00:19:49,315 --> 00:19:51,942 Do they seem... familiar? 192 00:19:52,735 --> 00:19:54,335 They grew up together. 193 00:19:55,154 --> 00:19:57,698 Familiarity is not at issue. 194 00:19:57,782 --> 00:20:00,826 I'm sure Laenor was already taken with her. 195 00:20:00,910 --> 00:20:02,828 She's grown quite comely these last few years. 196 00:20:02,912 --> 00:20:04,705 You know his true nature. 197 00:20:06,123 --> 00:20:07,124 He's still young. 198 00:20:08,918 --> 00:20:10,086 He will outgrow it. 199 00:20:12,004 --> 00:20:14,548 There is no pleasure in the world like... 200 00:20:16,675 --> 00:20:17,885 bedding a woman. 201 00:20:17,968 --> 00:20:20,846 We are placing our son in danger. 202 00:20:21,764 --> 00:20:24,058 The lords of the realm bent the knee to Rhaenyra 203 00:20:24,141 --> 00:20:25,351 and swore obeisance to her. 204 00:20:25,434 --> 00:20:27,269 That was before there was a true-born prince 205 00:20:27,353 --> 00:20:29,188 named Aegon Targaryen. 206 00:20:29,271 --> 00:20:31,440 Rhaenyra's succession will be challenged. 207 00:20:31,941 --> 00:20:35,778 Knives will come out for her, her husband, and for their heirs. 208 00:20:35,861 --> 00:20:39,698 Our house controls the realm's navy and half its dragons. 209 00:20:39,782 --> 00:20:41,992 Anyone fool enough to challenge Rhaenyra's claim 210 00:20:42,076 --> 00:20:45,329 - will be crushed. - To what end, Corlys? Wealth? Power? 211 00:20:45,413 --> 00:20:47,039 - Pride? - Justice. 212 00:20:52,503 --> 00:20:54,046 By all rights, 213 00:20:54,130 --> 00:20:56,173 you should be Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. 214 00:20:58,259 --> 00:20:59,969 You were robbed of the crown by... 215 00:21:00,052 --> 00:21:03,973 I never wore the crown because the realm would not have it so. 216 00:21:04,056 --> 00:21:06,350 And I would remedy that 217 00:21:06,434 --> 00:21:10,020 small-minded error by any means necessar... 218 00:21:10,104 --> 00:21:14,358 I myself have put the business behind me, Corlys. 219 00:21:22,408 --> 00:21:25,411 I've always feared the day you'd have to marry a woman. 220 00:21:26,412 --> 00:21:27,621 And now it comes. 221 00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:30,833 Your betrothed gives you leave 222 00:21:30,916 --> 00:21:33,335 of her own free will to continue partaking of. 223 00:21:34,086 --> 00:21:36,338 Was I the duck or the goose? 224 00:21:36,422 --> 00:21:38,841 I've come to meet my fate and you make a jape of it? 225 00:21:40,509 --> 00:21:42,470 Look, Rhaenyra will be Queen of the Seven Kingdoms 226 00:21:42,553 --> 00:21:44,763 and you will be her king consort. 227 00:21:45,764 --> 00:21:47,766 Think of the tournament, 228 00:21:47,850 --> 00:21:50,102 the feast, the battles at sea. 229 00:21:53,105 --> 00:21:54,940 Will you wear your crown today, Your Grace? 230 00:21:57,485 --> 00:21:58,903 You're a fool. 231 00:22:06,243 --> 00:22:07,703 You will need a sworn protector. 232 00:22:08,496 --> 00:22:09,497 Hmm. 233 00:22:30,226 --> 00:22:32,853 This is better than we could've hoped for. 234 00:22:38,108 --> 00:22:40,027 She has a paramour of her own. 235 00:22:42,863 --> 00:22:44,114 I wonder who it is. 236 00:23:07,638 --> 00:23:10,057 Did sleep flee you as well this morning? 237 00:23:11,350 --> 00:23:13,227 I needed to see you, Princess. 238 00:23:14,228 --> 00:23:16,230 I confess I had a similar desire. 239 00:23:21,527 --> 00:23:26,240 You have confided in me now and then over the years of our acquaintance. 240 00:23:26,323 --> 00:23:32,913 I feel, forgive me, that I know you... a bit. 241 00:23:35,332 --> 00:23:36,709 You know more than a bit. 242 00:23:40,296 --> 00:23:45,509 I've heard you say so many times how you loathe the lot of your position, 243 00:23:46,135 --> 00:23:48,512 that you are to be married off at your father's whim 244 00:23:48,596 --> 00:23:51,181 with no thought given to the yearning of your own heart, 245 00:23:51,265 --> 00:23:53,892 and now the day comes. 246 00:23:55,561 --> 00:23:59,481 Ser Laenor is a good and decent man, but you did not choose him. 247 00:24:00,482 --> 00:24:03,902 - He was chosen for you. - That's true. 248 00:24:07,281 --> 00:24:09,283 If there were another path... 249 00:24:10,367 --> 00:24:12,369 one that led to freedom... 250 00:24:13,037 --> 00:24:14,288 would you tread it? 251 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,584 Rhaenyra, before I came here, 252 00:24:18,667 --> 00:24:20,878 I was a knight in the Stormlands. 253 00:24:21,629 --> 00:24:23,839 I have deep knowledge of the port at Sunspear 254 00:24:23,922 --> 00:24:26,050 where I've seen the ships of Essos setting sail 255 00:24:26,133 --> 00:24:28,510 with their hulls full of oranges and cinnamon 256 00:24:28,594 --> 00:24:30,804 and I've always wished to see where they went. 257 00:24:32,723 --> 00:24:34,350 Are you asking for leave? 258 00:24:35,726 --> 00:24:38,270 I'm asking you to come with me... 259 00:24:39,813 --> 00:24:41,815 away from all of this. 260 00:24:42,524 --> 00:24:45,486 From the burdens and indignities of your inheritance. 261 00:24:45,569 --> 00:24:48,989 Let us leave it all behind and see the world together... 262 00:24:50,783 --> 00:24:52,284 where we'll be nameless, 263 00:24:52,368 --> 00:24:53,994 and free... 264 00:24:54,912 --> 00:24:57,414 free to go where we like, to love as we like. 265 00:24:59,124 --> 00:25:00,542 In Essos... 266 00:25:03,337 --> 00:25:04,963 you could marry me. 267 00:25:08,842 --> 00:25:10,594 A marriage for love, 268 00:25:10,678 --> 00:25:12,429 not for the crown. 269 00:25:37,413 --> 00:25:40,332 I am the crown, Ser Criston. 270 00:25:42,793 --> 00:25:43,919 Or I will be. 271 00:25:45,879 --> 00:25:48,465 I may chafe at my duties, 272 00:25:48,549 --> 00:25:51,719 but do you think I would choose infamy 273 00:25:51,802 --> 00:25:55,472 in exchange for a bushel of oranges or a ship to Asshai? 274 00:25:58,892 --> 00:26:00,269 It is my duty 275 00:26:00,352 --> 00:26:03,439 to marry a nobleman from a great house 276 00:26:03,522 --> 00:26:06,066 and Ser Laenor will make a fine husband. 277 00:26:10,529 --> 00:26:12,448 But my, um... 278 00:26:13,449 --> 00:26:15,075 my marriage... 279 00:26:16,410 --> 00:26:18,579 does not have to be the end. 280 00:26:21,457 --> 00:26:26,420 Ser Criston, Laenor and I have an understanding. 281 00:26:28,172 --> 00:26:32,092 I've granted him leave to pursue his own interests... 282 00:26:33,135 --> 00:26:35,095 and in turn, he's granted me the same. 283 00:26:42,352 --> 00:26:44,188 So you want me to be your whore? 284 00:26:46,148 --> 00:26:49,610 I want us to continue as we began, 285 00:26:49,693 --> 00:26:53,197 with you as my sworn protector, my white knight. 286 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,199 I took an oath. 287 00:26:56,950 --> 00:27:00,329 As a knight of your Kingsguard. 288 00:27:00,412 --> 00:27:02,372 An oath of chastity. I've broken it. 289 00:27:02,456 --> 00:27:04,958 - I won't tell anyone... - I've soiled my white cloak. 290 00:27:05,042 --> 00:27:07,294 And it's the only thing I have to my fucking name! 291 00:27:10,547 --> 00:27:13,967 I thought if we were married, I might be able to restore it. 292 00:27:20,891 --> 00:27:22,935 The Iron Throne looms larger than me, 293 00:27:23,018 --> 00:27:26,605 larger than anyone in my family. 294 00:27:26,688 --> 00:27:30,317 Aegon the Conqueror united the Seven Kingdoms 295 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,402 and put them on a path... 296 00:27:33,111 --> 00:27:34,488 Ser Criston. 297 00:28:22,411 --> 00:28:23,888 - Fetch the Maester! - Get back. 298 00:28:23,912 --> 00:28:25,664 Get Mellos! Get back! 299 00:28:25,747 --> 00:28:27,374 Prepare the crucible. 300 00:28:28,542 --> 00:28:30,377 We'll need leeches. 301 00:28:34,256 --> 00:28:35,674 Ser Criston... 302 00:28:37,092 --> 00:28:38,510 you've been summoned. 303 00:28:39,887 --> 00:28:42,097 I left the Princess just minutes ago. 304 00:28:43,015 --> 00:28:44,600 Not the Princess, ser. 305 00:28:45,267 --> 00:28:46,351 The Queen. 306 00:29:01,283 --> 00:29:02,910 Ser Criston, Your Grace. 307 00:29:07,205 --> 00:29:08,832 That will be all. 308 00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:25,724 I fear I must question you on a delicate matter, Ser Criston. 309 00:29:28,769 --> 00:29:30,979 I am your servant as always, my Queen. 310 00:29:32,522 --> 00:29:34,733 It concerns our dear Princess Rhaenyra. 311 00:29:36,068 --> 00:29:37,277 Please. 312 00:30:03,387 --> 00:30:06,640 You are her sworn protector and rightly loyal to her. 313 00:30:07,766 --> 00:30:09,309 I am. 314 00:30:13,146 --> 00:30:15,148 The night of Daemon's return... 315 00:30:17,901 --> 00:30:19,528 there's been a rumor... 316 00:30:20,445 --> 00:30:25,075 or rather, my father received an accounting of... 317 00:30:26,660 --> 00:30:29,246 a lapse of morals 318 00:30:29,329 --> 00:30:33,333 that may have occurred between... 319 00:30:36,420 --> 00:30:39,589 It is, of course, unthinkable for me to question the virtue of the Princess, 320 00:30:39,673 --> 00:30:41,633 whom I hold in highest regard, 321 00:30:41,717 --> 00:30:46,013 but, I did, however, wonder if... 322 00:30:53,353 --> 00:30:56,565 I'm not unaware that in flush of youth... 323 00:30:57,566 --> 00:30:59,192 there may be errors made... 324 00:31:00,485 --> 00:31:03,155 breaches in resolve, 325 00:31:03,238 --> 00:31:06,241 - breaches, or rather lapses... - It happened, Your Grace. 326 00:31:11,913 --> 00:31:13,915 The sin you allude to. 327 00:31:16,918 --> 00:31:18,253 I have committed it. 328 00:31:22,090 --> 00:31:25,093 At her instigation, it is true, but that should... 329 00:31:26,261 --> 00:31:27,888 It is no excuse. 330 00:31:30,766 --> 00:31:32,434 My oath has been broken. 331 00:31:33,435 --> 00:31:35,062 I have dishonored myself. 332 00:31:36,730 --> 00:31:38,732 I deserve no consideration. 333 00:31:42,903 --> 00:31:44,112 But if... 334 00:31:45,238 --> 00:31:49,743 as a clement Queen, you are inclined to pity... 335 00:31:51,119 --> 00:31:52,746 I would ask only this... 336 00:31:55,248 --> 00:31:57,834 that rather than gelding me 337 00:31:57,918 --> 00:32:00,087 and having me tortured 338 00:32:00,879 --> 00:32:03,882 you would sentence me mercifully to death. 339 00:32:19,564 --> 00:32:21,525 Thank you for your honesty, Ser Criston. 340 00:32:32,035 --> 00:32:33,161 You may go. 341 00:33:04,317 --> 00:33:07,946 Rest now, Your Grace. I will bring the leeches. 342 00:33:08,029 --> 00:33:10,657 Uh, if I may, Grand Maester, 343 00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:14,286 I took the liberty of preparing a fresh set 344 00:33:14,369 --> 00:33:18,456 of herbal poultices that might be more effective. 345 00:33:18,540 --> 00:33:21,042 That will not be necessary, Orwyle. 346 00:33:21,126 --> 00:33:24,546 The leechings have always brought His Grace relief. 347 00:33:43,773 --> 00:33:44,858 To help him sleep. 348 00:33:56,286 --> 00:33:57,495 Where's the Queen? 349 00:34:00,248 --> 00:34:03,335 I was given to understand that she is otherwise occupied, Your Grace. 350 00:34:23,772 --> 00:34:25,941 Will I be remembered as a good king, Lyonel? 351 00:34:27,984 --> 00:34:29,194 Your Grace? 352 00:34:30,278 --> 00:34:33,823 What will they say of me when the histories are written? 353 00:34:34,741 --> 00:34:37,327 I have neither fought nor conquered, 354 00:34:37,410 --> 00:34:39,704 nor suffered any great defeat. 355 00:34:41,706 --> 00:34:44,334 Some might call that good fortune. 356 00:34:46,836 --> 00:34:49,798 It hardly makes a good song, does it? 357 00:34:49,881 --> 00:34:52,717 To be sung at feasts in a hundred years... 358 00:34:52,801 --> 00:34:54,427 five hundred. 359 00:34:57,764 --> 00:35:00,642 You have carried King Jaehaerys's legacy. 360 00:35:01,643 --> 00:35:04,062 And kept the realm strong. 361 00:35:04,479 --> 00:35:06,165 Is it not better to live in peace 362 00:35:06,189 --> 00:35:09,192 than to have songs sung after you are dead? 363 00:35:10,026 --> 00:35:11,027 Perhaps. 364 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,283 But there is a part of me wishes I'd been tested. 365 00:35:17,742 --> 00:35:20,370 I often think that in the crucible, 366 00:35:20,453 --> 00:35:23,081 I may have been forged a different man. 367 00:35:25,083 --> 00:35:29,504 Many that are tested, only wish to have been spared it. 368 00:35:31,798 --> 00:35:34,592 Another lord might assure me that I would rise like 369 00:35:34,676 --> 00:35:36,553 Aegon the Conqueror given the chance. 370 00:35:36,636 --> 00:35:38,676 - Your Grace, that is... - You're right. 371 00:35:38,930 --> 00:35:41,933 You're right as always. 372 00:35:44,644 --> 00:35:47,272 It is perhaps best not to know. 373 00:36:34,986 --> 00:36:36,988 It is with great pleasure 374 00:36:37,072 --> 00:36:40,367 that His Grace, King Viserys, announces the start 375 00:36:40,450 --> 00:36:43,078 of the royal wedding celebrations. 376 00:36:44,996 --> 00:36:49,292 House Lannister with their lord, Jason Lannister. 377 00:36:49,376 --> 00:36:53,463 Lord Paramount of the West, and Master of Casterly Rock. 378 00:36:54,672 --> 00:36:58,301 House Hightower with their lord, Hobert Hightower. 379 00:36:58,385 --> 00:37:01,554 Beacon of the South, Defender of the Citadel, 380 00:37:01,638 --> 00:37:02,764 the Voice of Oldtown... 381 00:37:15,777 --> 00:37:17,570 Congratulations, Your Grace. 382 00:37:17,654 --> 00:37:19,697 You have made a fine match for the Princess. 383 00:37:19,781 --> 00:37:21,658 Thank you, Lord Jason. 384 00:37:21,741 --> 00:37:23,827 I could think of no better man than Ser Laenor. 385 00:37:25,245 --> 00:37:27,914 Well, if this is only the welcome feast, 386 00:37:27,997 --> 00:37:31,501 I admit, I cannot imagine what you might have planned for the wedding. 387 00:37:31,584 --> 00:37:34,003 My daughter is the future queen. 388 00:37:35,130 --> 00:37:37,924 I wanted this to be a wedding for the histories. 389 00:37:39,467 --> 00:37:40,844 Where is the Queen? 390 00:37:40,927 --> 00:37:43,138 I had hoped to pay my respects. 391 00:37:44,681 --> 00:37:48,852 I understand the Queen is still readying herself for the celebrations. 392 00:37:48,935 --> 00:37:51,146 This is why men wage war 393 00:37:51,938 --> 00:37:54,441 because women would never be ready for the battle in time. 394 00:37:59,612 --> 00:38:02,240 Your presence is always such a pleasure, Lord Jason. 395 00:38:02,323 --> 00:38:05,160 Princess, Your Grace. 396 00:38:15,336 --> 00:38:19,674 Your Grace, Princess Rhaenyra, congratulations are in order. 397 00:38:20,425 --> 00:38:23,219 We are very honored to have you as a guest, Ser Gerold. 398 00:38:23,303 --> 00:38:25,263 I must say, I was most distressed 399 00:38:25,346 --> 00:38:28,349 to hear of the Lady Rhea's tragic passing. 400 00:38:29,142 --> 00:38:30,768 I'm very sorry for your loss. 401 00:38:30,852 --> 00:38:33,188 Lady Rhea was a unique character. 402 00:38:33,813 --> 00:38:36,900 Her kind is not soon to be seen again. 403 00:38:36,983 --> 00:38:40,403 If there is anything the crown might do to aid House Royce... 404 00:38:48,411 --> 00:38:51,372 Lord Corlys of House Velaryon. 405 00:38:51,456 --> 00:38:54,083 Lord of the Tides, Master of Driftmark. 406 00:38:54,167 --> 00:38:57,962 And his lady wife, Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. 407 00:38:58,046 --> 00:39:01,508 And their son and heir, Ser Laenor Velaryon, 408 00:39:01,591 --> 00:39:04,219 the future king consort. 409 00:39:45,510 --> 00:39:47,804 - My Betrothed. - My Betrothed. 410 00:41:11,554 --> 00:41:15,558 Be welcome, as we join together in celebration. 411 00:41:16,934 --> 00:41:18,519 Tonight is only its beginning. 412 00:41:19,395 --> 00:41:21,981 We honor the crown's oldest 413 00:41:22,065 --> 00:41:25,193 and fiercest ally, House Velaryon. 414 00:41:27,737 --> 00:41:32,408 Reaching back to the days of Old Valyria and the Age of Dragons. 415 00:41:34,577 --> 00:41:37,580 With House Targaryen and... 416 00:42:16,411 --> 00:42:18,079 The King will not be happy. 417 00:42:18,162 --> 00:42:20,331 Right in the midst of his speech. 418 00:42:31,551 --> 00:42:33,928 The beacon on the Hightower, 419 00:42:34,011 --> 00:42:37,849 do you know what color it glows when Oldtown calls its banners to war? 420 00:42:38,808 --> 00:42:40,017 Green. 421 00:42:51,821 --> 00:42:53,281 Congratulations, stepdaughter. 422 00:42:54,615 --> 00:42:56,033 What a blessing this is for you. 423 00:43:08,504 --> 00:43:09,839 Please be seated. 424 00:43:19,348 --> 00:43:20,433 Where was I? 425 00:43:20,516 --> 00:43:22,435 The joining of the two houses, Your Grace. 426 00:43:22,518 --> 00:43:23,978 Yeah. 427 00:43:25,396 --> 00:43:26,814 Yes. 428 00:43:32,278 --> 00:43:37,867 With House Targaryen and House Velaryon united, 429 00:43:37,950 --> 00:43:41,996 I hope to herald in a second Age of Dragons 430 00:43:42,079 --> 00:43:43,498 in Westeros. 431 00:43:54,133 --> 00:43:57,136 And after tonight's small affair... 432 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,059 ...seven days of tournament and feasting. 433 00:44:06,270 --> 00:44:07,897 At the end of it all... 434 00:44:09,065 --> 00:44:12,485 At the end of it all, a royal wedding... 435 00:44:13,528 --> 00:44:14,904 between my daughter, 436 00:44:15,863 --> 00:44:17,073 my heir... 437 00:44:17,824 --> 00:44:19,033 your future Queen... 438 00:44:20,326 --> 00:44:24,163 and Ser Laenor Velaryon, the heir to Driftmark. 439 00:45:16,924 --> 00:45:18,524 I was never much of a dancer. 440 00:45:18,593 --> 00:45:19,945 It's not much different to combat. 441 00:45:19,969 --> 00:45:22,305 Hmm. I shall hope for a different outcome. 442 00:46:36,295 --> 00:46:39,674 - Your Grace. - We thank you for coming, uncle. 443 00:46:39,757 --> 00:46:42,385 I worried that given leave of your father's shadow, 444 00:46:42,468 --> 00:46:44,679 you might wither in King's Landing's sun. 445 00:46:45,805 --> 00:46:47,807 But you stood tall. 446 00:46:49,016 --> 00:46:50,977 Know that Oldtown stands with you. 447 00:47:18,129 --> 00:47:22,174 In the Vale, men are made to answer for their crimes. 448 00:47:24,635 --> 00:47:26,804 Even Targaryens. 449 00:47:26,887 --> 00:47:27,972 Who are you? 450 00:47:28,055 --> 00:47:31,058 Ser Gerold Royce of Runestone. 451 00:47:32,810 --> 00:47:34,186 And? 452 00:47:42,903 --> 00:47:46,490 I am cousin to your late lady wife. 453 00:47:46,574 --> 00:47:49,702 Ah, yes. Terrible thing. 454 00:47:49,785 --> 00:47:53,080 I'm positively bereft. Such a tragic accident. 455 00:47:53,164 --> 00:47:56,125 You know better than anyone, it was no accident. 456 00:47:56,208 --> 00:47:58,169 Are you confessing some guilt, Ser Gerold? 457 00:47:58,252 --> 00:48:01,047 I am making an accusation. 458 00:48:03,758 --> 00:48:07,178 In King's Landing, men are made to answer for their slanders. 459 00:48:07,261 --> 00:48:09,055 Even old bronze cunts like you. 460 00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:13,040 The truth is, I'm glad you've come. 461 00:48:13,100 --> 00:48:15,352 I wish to speak to you about my inheritance. 462 00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:19,482 - What inheritance? - Lady Rhea and I had no heirs. 463 00:48:19,565 --> 00:48:22,777 As her husband, whatever she was due now passes to me. 464 00:48:24,445 --> 00:48:28,908 She stood to inherit all of Runestone. Did she not? 465 00:48:32,411 --> 00:48:34,580 After my niece's wedding, I plan to fly to the Eyrie 466 00:48:34,663 --> 00:48:36,207 and petition Lady Jeyne myself. 467 00:48:36,290 --> 00:48:38,292 Perhaps I'll see you there, Ser Gerold. 468 00:49:52,283 --> 00:49:55,286 Has anybody ever told you you're nearly as pretty as your brother? 469 00:49:55,369 --> 00:49:58,164 You flatter me, my Prince. 470 00:49:58,247 --> 00:49:59,915 I was sorry to hear about your lady wife. 471 00:49:59,999 --> 00:50:01,667 Don't be, I wasn't. 472 00:50:01,750 --> 00:50:03,502 My lady was never very kind to me. 473 00:50:03,586 --> 00:50:05,129 I know who it is. 474 00:50:05,212 --> 00:50:06,212 Hmm? 475 00:50:06,255 --> 00:50:08,215 The handsome paramour. 476 00:50:08,299 --> 00:50:09,300 Who? 477 00:50:10,217 --> 00:50:11,844 Ser Criston Cole. 478 00:50:12,595 --> 00:50:15,806 - Her sworn protector? - Look at him. 479 00:50:15,890 --> 00:50:17,641 The man is fully cunt-struck. 480 00:50:18,767 --> 00:50:22,771 A Targaryen prince, a dashing knight, and a dragonrider. 481 00:50:22,855 --> 00:50:24,607 You appear to be every young maiden's dream. 482 00:50:24,690 --> 00:50:26,609 That's only because you don't know me yet. 483 00:50:26,692 --> 00:50:29,069 I believe Ser Criston has bloodied that white cloak of his 484 00:50:29,153 --> 00:50:31,488 - with your bride's maidenhead. - Keep your voice down. 485 00:50:31,572 --> 00:50:33,782 Perhaps that is something we might remedy, my Prince. 486 00:50:33,866 --> 00:50:34,867 Perhaps it is. 487 00:50:36,368 --> 00:50:38,996 This is a good thing. She knows your secret, 488 00:50:40,206 --> 00:50:41,457 and now you know hers. 489 00:50:47,796 --> 00:50:48,881 Hey! 490 00:50:55,429 --> 00:50:56,555 Hey! 491 00:50:58,474 --> 00:50:59,683 Hey! 492 00:51:05,564 --> 00:51:06,565 Hey! 493 00:51:08,734 --> 00:51:09,818 Hey! 494 00:51:12,112 --> 00:51:14,114 They make a handsome match, don't they? 495 00:51:14,990 --> 00:51:16,283 What? 496 00:51:17,117 --> 00:51:19,119 The Princess and Ser Laenor. 497 00:51:22,498 --> 00:51:23,582 Hey! 498 00:51:28,712 --> 00:51:30,130 Ser Joffrey Lonmouth, 499 00:51:31,131 --> 00:51:32,883 or the Knight of Kisses, they call me, 500 00:51:32,967 --> 00:51:35,594 though I don't know why. 501 00:51:36,303 --> 00:51:38,031 I'm on watch. What's your business? 502 00:51:38,055 --> 00:51:40,766 You don't know me, Ser Criston. 503 00:51:40,849 --> 00:51:43,435 But we are both deeply invested in this union. 504 00:51:43,519 --> 00:51:44,687 Hey! 505 00:51:46,397 --> 00:51:49,566 If you have something to say, Ser Joffrey, speak it. 506 00:51:49,650 --> 00:51:51,652 Ser Laenor is quite dear to me. 507 00:51:52,820 --> 00:51:55,990 As I know the Princess is to you. 508 00:51:57,992 --> 00:52:00,452 We should swear to each other to guard them, 509 00:52:00,536 --> 00:52:04,123 and their secrets, because if those are kept safe... 510 00:52:06,750 --> 00:52:07,793 then so are we all. 511 00:52:29,273 --> 00:52:30,274 Hey! 512 00:52:33,319 --> 00:52:34,320 Hey! 513 00:52:36,947 --> 00:52:38,073 Hey! 514 00:52:52,254 --> 00:52:54,840 - May I, Ser Harwin? - Of course, my Prince. 515 00:53:04,058 --> 00:53:05,059 Hey! 516 00:53:59,530 --> 00:54:00,656 Hey! 517 00:54:13,752 --> 00:54:15,337 What in the Seven Hells is going on? 518 00:54:17,005 --> 00:54:18,424 Laenor! 519 00:54:53,125 --> 00:54:55,127 - Stop this! - Where's Rhaenyra? 520 00:55:15,397 --> 00:55:16,648 Princess? 521 00:55:27,993 --> 00:55:29,620 Put me down! 522 00:56:22,714 --> 00:56:26,927 The love of the Seven is holy and eternal. 523 00:56:27,844 --> 00:56:30,847 The source of life and love. 524 00:56:32,349 --> 00:56:36,728 We stand here tonight in thanks and praise 525 00:56:36,812 --> 00:56:40,440 to join two souls as one. 526 00:56:45,487 --> 00:56:46,780 Father... 527 00:56:49,283 --> 00:56:50,701 Mother... 528 00:56:52,828 --> 00:56:54,246 Warrior... 529 00:56:55,455 --> 00:56:56,873 Smith... 530 00:56:58,041 --> 00:56:59,459 Maiden... 531 00:57:00,127 --> 00:57:01,753 Crone... 532 00:57:02,379 --> 00:57:04,006 Stranger. 533 00:57:05,966 --> 00:57:08,594 Hear now their vows. 534 00:57:10,304 --> 00:57:13,307 I am yours and you are mine. 535 00:57:16,018 --> 00:57:17,102 Whatever may come. 536 00:57:20,856 --> 00:57:23,275 I am yours and you are mine. 537 00:57:24,234 --> 00:57:25,652 Whatever may come. 538 00:57:26,445 --> 00:57:30,824 Here, in the presence of gods and men, 539 00:57:30,907 --> 00:57:32,534 I proclaim... 540 00:57:33,952 --> 00:57:36,580 Laenor of House Velaryon... 541 00:57:38,665 --> 00:57:42,127 Rhaenyra of House Targaryen, 542 00:57:42,210 --> 00:57:44,212 to be man and wife. 543 00:57:47,758 --> 00:57:49,801 One flesh... 544 00:57:50,636 --> 00:57:52,262 one heart... 545 00:57:53,221 --> 00:57:54,848 one soul... 546 00:57:56,475 --> 00:57:59,102 now and forever. 547 00:57:59,853 --> 00:58:02,648 Ser Criston.