1 00:01:58,494 --> 00:02:00,830 -Good morrow, Lady Rhea. -Cousin. 2 00:02:00,913 --> 00:02:04,166 What's today's quarry? Rabbit? 3 00:02:04,250 --> 00:02:07,545 -Deer. -Oh. Fine challenge. 4 00:02:07,628 --> 00:02:08,921 Care for some company? 5 00:02:09,005 --> 00:02:10,256 I'd rather ride alone. 6 00:02:11,883 --> 00:02:14,010 Good fortune to you. 7 00:03:00,806 --> 00:03:02,141 Husband. 8 00:03:06,896 --> 00:03:09,774 What brings you to the Vale? 9 00:03:13,569 --> 00:03:17,573 Or have you at last come to consummate our marriage? 10 00:03:19,033 --> 00:03:21,661 The Vale's sheep might be willing, 11 00:03:21,744 --> 00:03:23,955 even if I'm not. 12 00:03:24,038 --> 00:03:27,041 Our sheep are prettier, after all. 13 00:03:28,417 --> 00:03:32,296 Or perhaps your brother has at last had his fill of your company. 14 00:03:32,380 --> 00:03:35,299 Cast you aside in favor of a little girl. 15 00:03:42,390 --> 00:03:44,016 What will you do now? 16 00:03:44,809 --> 00:03:48,062 Will you strike the child down? 17 00:03:48,145 --> 00:03:49,271 Or? 18 00:04:38,654 --> 00:04:40,489 I knew you couldn't finish. 19 00:04:42,533 --> 00:04:43,617 Craven! 20 00:05:22,698 --> 00:05:25,076 Thank you. 21 00:06:05,741 --> 00:06:07,368 A moment. 22 00:06:15,126 --> 00:06:17,253 I do not wish to see you go. 23 00:06:19,672 --> 00:06:21,549 Such is the King's decision. 24 00:06:21,632 --> 00:06:24,677 A decision I most bitterly regret. 25 00:06:26,428 --> 00:06:27,555 And yet, you made it possible. 26 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:32,560 You chose Rhaenyra. 27 00:06:33,686 --> 00:06:35,187 She swore her innocence, 28 00:06:35,271 --> 00:06:36,355 and I believed her. 29 00:06:36,438 --> 00:06:39,024 You wanted to believe her, as did her father. 30 00:06:39,108 --> 00:06:41,360 Your informant was wrong. 31 00:06:41,443 --> 00:06:42,903 An honest mistake, perhaps, 32 00:06:42,987 --> 00:06:45,948 -but I did not foresee this! -You should have. 33 00:06:46,031 --> 00:06:49,285 If you had not been so relentless in advancing Aegon as heir! 34 00:06:58,961 --> 00:07:01,839 Listen to me, daughter. 35 00:07:02,590 --> 00:07:04,633 The King will die. 36 00:07:04,717 --> 00:07:05,509 It may be months or years, 37 00:07:05,593 --> 00:07:07,136 but he'll not live to be an old man. 38 00:07:07,219 --> 00:07:10,097 And if Rhaenyra succeeds him, 39 00:07:10,181 --> 00:07:13,434 war will follow, do you understand? 40 00:07:13,517 --> 00:07:15,311 The realm will not accept her. 41 00:07:15,394 --> 00:07:16,937 And to secure her claim, 42 00:07:17,021 --> 00:07:19,732 she'll have to put your children to the sword. 43 00:07:19,815 --> 00:07:21,025 She'll have no choice. 44 00:07:23,986 --> 00:07:25,738 You know it. 45 00:07:25,821 --> 00:07:29,783 You're no fool, and yet you choose not to see it. 46 00:07:31,785 --> 00:07:33,913 The time is coming, Alicent. 47 00:07:35,289 --> 00:07:37,791 Either you prepare Aegon to rule, 48 00:07:37,875 --> 00:07:42,087 or you cleave to Rhaenyra and pray for her mercy. 49 00:09:15,389 --> 00:09:18,976 Where is Lord Corlys? He should be here to receive the King. 50 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:29,570 Welcome to High Tide, Your Grace. 51 00:09:29,653 --> 00:09:32,573 What is the meaning of this, Lady Laena? 52 00:09:32,656 --> 00:09:35,701 Is this how House Velaryon greets its King? 53 00:09:35,784 --> 00:09:38,620 My father has but just returned from his long journey 54 00:09:38,704 --> 00:09:41,248 and he has hastened to the Hall of Nine 55 00:09:41,332 --> 00:09:42,624 to await Your Grace's arrival. 56 00:09:47,171 --> 00:09:49,048 Let's just get on with it. 57 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,351 An outsider... 58 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:02,644 among the natives. 59 00:10:03,812 --> 00:10:04,855 Lord Larys. 60 00:10:06,732 --> 00:10:08,525 Malvales. 61 00:10:08,609 --> 00:10:10,194 A rare bloom. 62 00:10:10,819 --> 00:10:13,572 Indigenous to Braavos. 63 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:17,368 By all rights, 64 00:10:17,451 --> 00:10:18,577 it shouldn't be thriving here. 65 00:10:20,329 --> 00:10:23,082 Nature... such mystery. 66 00:10:24,541 --> 00:10:25,459 -The weather has been lovely. -Larys: Indeed. 67 00:10:25,542 --> 00:10:29,046 And yet it is a dark day for the realm. 68 00:10:32,341 --> 00:10:34,468 Your father was a good man. 69 00:10:35,511 --> 00:10:38,430 As is yours who took his place. 70 00:10:41,016 --> 00:10:43,102 Yet still, 71 00:10:43,185 --> 00:10:46,313 the manner of your father's departure... 72 00:10:47,523 --> 00:10:50,109 it feels something of an injustice. 73 00:10:51,944 --> 00:10:54,279 What do you know of the matter of his leaving? 74 00:10:54,363 --> 00:10:55,989 When one is never invited to speak, 75 00:10:56,073 --> 00:10:59,785 one learns instead to, um... observe. 76 00:11:02,162 --> 00:11:04,039 You're perhaps in need of an ally? 77 00:11:04,748 --> 00:11:05,874 I'm the Queen. 78 00:11:05,958 --> 00:11:08,335 -I have no shortage of allies. -Naturally. 79 00:11:08,419 --> 00:11:10,546 Princess Rhaenyra, for example. 80 00:11:11,964 --> 00:11:15,008 State your purpose, my lord. 81 00:11:17,386 --> 00:11:20,264 I did wonder if she could be relied upon 82 00:11:20,347 --> 00:11:22,933 now that she is... unwell. 83 00:11:23,851 --> 00:11:28,272 Unwell? I haven't heard anything. 84 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:30,357 Begging your pardon, Your Grace, I may be mistaken. 85 00:11:31,733 --> 00:11:34,778 It's just that on the very same night your father was dismissed, 86 00:11:34,862 --> 00:11:38,365 the Grand Maester delivered a tea to the Princess's chambers. 87 00:11:40,451 --> 00:11:42,536 -A tea? -Yes. 88 00:11:45,372 --> 00:11:47,624 That the Grand Maester himself brought? 89 00:11:47,708 --> 00:11:50,669 At the direction of the King, as I understand it. 90 00:11:53,464 --> 00:11:54,882 I do hope she's not unwell. 91 00:11:57,301 --> 00:11:59,511 Rhaenyra sailed with the King to Driftmark 92 00:11:59,595 --> 00:12:02,514 -yesterday at daybreak. -Oh, what good news. 93 00:12:02,598 --> 00:12:03,682 I must've been in error. 94 00:12:05,267 --> 00:12:07,352 Oh, a relief. 95 00:12:09,271 --> 00:12:11,482 See, I thought for Mellos himself, well... 96 00:12:13,025 --> 00:12:16,320 her condition must be something very serious. 97 00:12:16,403 --> 00:12:19,865 What happiness it is to have been wrong. 98 00:12:49,311 --> 00:12:51,271 I'm sorry. 99 00:12:51,355 --> 00:12:52,314 Come, cousin. 100 00:12:52,397 --> 00:12:55,442 Let us discover what might be had for breakfast. 101 00:13:28,934 --> 00:13:30,269 Your Grace. 102 00:13:45,325 --> 00:13:47,160 Rise, Lord Corlys. 103 00:13:48,662 --> 00:13:49,955 Be welcome. 104 00:13:50,038 --> 00:13:51,999 May I offer you a chair? 105 00:13:53,458 --> 00:13:55,961 Cousin! 106 00:13:56,044 --> 00:13:57,296 Princess. 107 00:14:05,012 --> 00:14:07,097 -Are you well? -Very. 108 00:14:08,348 --> 00:14:10,309 I congratulate you, Lord Lyonel. 109 00:14:10,392 --> 00:14:12,811 I can think of no man more suited to be the Hand of the King. 110 00:14:12,894 --> 00:14:16,523 That is very kind of you to say, Lord Corlys. 111 00:14:16,607 --> 00:14:18,609 His Grace has honored me with the post. 112 00:14:20,944 --> 00:14:22,029 Pity about Ser Otto. 113 00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:28,035 Despite spending most of my days amidst the grandeur of the Red Keep, 114 00:14:28,118 --> 00:14:31,038 the halls of High Tide never fail to impress. 115 00:14:31,121 --> 00:14:33,790 You flatter me, Your Grace. 116 00:14:33,874 --> 00:14:36,501 Though I do wish we could meet under happier pretenses. 117 00:14:38,045 --> 00:14:40,547 -How so? -Daemon's wife, 118 00:14:40,631 --> 00:14:42,758 the Lady Rhea Royce, has passed. 119 00:14:43,634 --> 00:14:46,053 A hunting mishap. 120 00:14:46,136 --> 00:14:48,055 She was thrown from her horse. 121 00:14:48,138 --> 00:14:51,350 Her neck and skull both crushed in the fall. 122 00:14:51,433 --> 00:14:53,518 A most surprising end. 123 00:14:53,602 --> 00:14:54,936 Lady Rhea's skill as both 124 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:57,022 rider and hunter were well-known. 125 00:14:57,105 --> 00:15:00,359 -Rhaenys: The gods are cruel. -King Viserys: Indeed. 126 00:15:01,276 --> 00:15:02,611 Lady Rhea was a fine woman 127 00:15:02,694 --> 00:15:06,531 and a, uh... good wife to my brother. 128 00:15:06,615 --> 00:15:09,576 Sad thing that she and Daemon have no heirs to succeed her. 129 00:15:09,660 --> 00:15:13,288 She stood to inherit Runestone. 130 00:15:13,372 --> 00:15:17,292 Mayhaps we can turn toward happier pursuits. 131 00:15:17,376 --> 00:15:19,211 -No, thank you. -What did you have in mind, Your Grace? 132 00:15:24,007 --> 00:15:28,053 I wish to propose a marriage between your son, Ser Laenor... 133 00:15:28,136 --> 00:15:31,056 and my daughter and heir, the Princess Rhaenyra. 134 00:15:31,139 --> 00:15:34,559 It's long past time our houses were united in blood. 135 00:15:34,643 --> 00:15:36,853 The last pillars of Old Valyria. 136 00:15:36,937 --> 00:15:41,692 You honor both me and my house, Your Grace. 137 00:15:41,775 --> 00:15:44,695 There are certain details I would wish clarified 138 00:15:44,778 --> 00:15:47,114 before the Princess Rhaenys and I could accept this most... 139 00:15:48,615 --> 00:15:50,200 generous proposal. 140 00:15:51,993 --> 00:15:53,578 What details? 141 00:15:56,331 --> 00:15:59,918 We would like to know how the succession... will be handled. 142 00:16:03,380 --> 00:16:05,549 Rhaenyra is my heir. 143 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:08,760 Upon my death, my throne and my titles will pass to her. 144 00:16:08,844 --> 00:16:11,304 She and Ser Laenor's firstborn child, 145 00:16:11,388 --> 00:16:12,597 regardless of gender, 146 00:16:12,681 --> 00:16:15,016 will inherit the Iron Throne from her. 147 00:16:17,060 --> 00:16:19,521 Can I presume that, 148 00:16:19,604 --> 00:16:23,108 in keeping with Westerosi tradition... 149 00:16:23,191 --> 00:16:24,943 their children would take their father's name? 150 00:16:27,362 --> 00:16:30,657 That they would be born Velaryons? 151 00:16:30,741 --> 00:16:32,534 Surely, Lord Corlys, 152 00:16:32,617 --> 00:16:36,204 you are not proposing the Targaryen dynasty end with my daughter 153 00:16:36,288 --> 00:16:37,748 simply because she is a woman? 154 00:16:40,250 --> 00:16:43,336 I only seek clarity, Your Grace. 155 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:50,761 - Might I have a chair brought in for you? - -I do not-- 156 00:16:50,844 --> 00:16:51,970 No. I do not require a chair. 157 00:16:54,556 --> 00:16:57,267 Upon their birth, 158 00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:59,561 Ser Laenor and Rhaenyra's children 159 00:16:59,644 --> 00:17:01,980 shall take their father's name, Velaryon... 160 00:17:02,939 --> 00:17:06,151 in keeping with our traditions. 161 00:17:06,234 --> 00:17:07,611 However, 162 00:17:07,694 --> 00:17:11,531 at such time when their firstborn ascends the Iron Throne, 163 00:17:11,615 --> 00:17:14,785 he or she will do so bearing the name Targaryen. 164 00:17:16,328 --> 00:17:18,330 Dragons will rule the Seven Kingdoms 165 00:17:18,413 --> 00:17:19,706 for the next hundred years, 166 00:17:19,790 --> 00:17:23,168 just as they did the last. 167 00:17:35,764 --> 00:17:37,849 This is an equitable compromise. 168 00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:41,520 King Viserys: Good. 169 00:17:41,603 --> 00:17:44,022 Now, if there's nothing further. 170 00:17:54,366 --> 00:17:57,077 In truth, if it had to be someone, 171 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,745 I'm glad it is you. 172 00:18:01,039 --> 00:18:03,750 I know this union is not what you would choose. 173 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,087 I hold nothing against you, cousin. 174 00:18:08,338 --> 00:18:09,673 No, I-- 175 00:18:10,674 --> 00:18:13,552 rather... 176 00:18:13,635 --> 00:18:16,096 Dare I say it is a matter of taste? 177 00:18:20,141 --> 00:18:22,269 I prefer roast duck to goose. 178 00:18:23,895 --> 00:18:25,522 I cannot say why. 179 00:18:28,024 --> 00:18:30,193 It's, it's not for a lack of trying. 180 00:18:32,112 --> 00:18:34,281 There are those who like goose very well. 181 00:18:36,032 --> 00:18:38,743 I find it a bit greasy for my taste. 182 00:18:42,873 --> 00:18:45,083 I know that whatever agreement being struck up there 183 00:18:45,167 --> 00:18:47,335 will not change your appetites, 184 00:18:47,419 --> 00:18:49,754 nor will it change mine. 185 00:18:51,715 --> 00:18:53,341 And what do you propose? 186 00:18:58,346 --> 00:19:03,351 That we perform our duty to our fathers and to the realm 187 00:19:03,435 --> 00:19:05,604 and when it's done... 188 00:19:05,687 --> 00:19:07,105 each of us dines as we see fit. 189 00:19:18,450 --> 00:19:20,201 Viserys has taken to bed 190 00:19:20,285 --> 00:19:22,162 while his ship is readied. 191 00:19:24,706 --> 00:19:26,958 Perhaps I... 192 00:19:27,042 --> 00:19:28,126 overextended myself? 193 00:19:30,128 --> 00:19:32,297 Pushed him too close to the edge? 194 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:36,343 My cousin chose to sail into this tempest, husband. 195 00:19:36,426 --> 00:19:39,638 It was undignified of the King to drag himself here 196 00:19:39,721 --> 00:19:42,474 and beg for Laenor's hand. 197 00:19:42,557 --> 00:19:44,267 Where is Laenor? 198 00:19:44,351 --> 00:19:47,812 -He and Rhaenyra are walking the coast. -Good. 199 00:19:47,896 --> 00:19:51,232 Do they seem... familiar? 200 00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:54,569 They grew up together. 201 00:19:54,653 --> 00:19:56,237 Familiarity is not at issue. 202 00:19:56,321 --> 00:20:00,283 Oh, I'm sure Laenor was already taken with her. 203 00:20:00,367 --> 00:20:04,204 -She's grown quite comely these last few years. -You know his true nature. 204 00:20:05,622 --> 00:20:06,957 He's still young. 205 00:20:08,375 --> 00:20:10,001 He will outgrow it. 206 00:20:11,419 --> 00:20:14,339 There is no pleasure in the world like... 207 00:20:16,174 --> 00:20:20,178 -bedding a woman. -We are placing our son in danger. 208 00:20:20,261 --> 00:20:23,515 The lords of the realm bent the knee to Rhaenyra 209 00:20:23,598 --> 00:20:24,808 and swore obeisance to her. 210 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:25,850 That was before there was a true-born prince 211 00:20:25,934 --> 00:20:28,645 named Aegon Targaryen. 212 00:20:28,728 --> 00:20:30,814 Rhaenyra's succession will be challenged. 213 00:20:30,897 --> 00:20:32,732 Knives will come out 214 00:20:32,816 --> 00:20:35,193 for her, her husband, and for their heirs. 215 00:20:35,276 --> 00:20:36,695 Our house controls the realm's navy 216 00:20:36,778 --> 00:20:38,238 and half its dragons. 217 00:20:38,321 --> 00:20:41,491 Anyone fool enough to challenge Rhaenyra's claim 218 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:43,868 -will be crushed. -To what end, Corlys? Wealth? Power? 219 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:46,371 -Pride? -Justice. 220 00:20:51,876 --> 00:20:53,503 By all rights, 221 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:55,296 you should be Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. 222 00:20:57,757 --> 00:20:59,467 You were robbed of the crown by-- 223 00:20:59,551 --> 00:21:01,553 I never wore the crown 224 00:21:01,636 --> 00:21:03,722 because the realm would not have it so. 225 00:21:03,805 --> 00:21:05,849 And I would remedy that... 226 00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:09,394 small-minded error by any means necessar-- 227 00:21:09,477 --> 00:21:13,732 I myself have put the business behind me, Corlys. 228 00:21:20,989 --> 00:21:24,826 I've always feared the day you'd have to marry a woman. 229 00:21:25,410 --> 00:21:27,078 And now it comes. 230 00:21:28,455 --> 00:21:29,414 Your betrothed gives you leave 231 00:21:29,497 --> 00:21:33,460 of her own free will to continue partaking of. 232 00:21:33,543 --> 00:21:35,754 Was I the duck or the goose? 233 00:21:35,837 --> 00:21:37,380 I've come to meet my fate and you make a jape of it? 234 00:21:39,966 --> 00:21:41,968 Look, Rhaenyra will be Queen of the Seven Kingdoms 235 00:21:42,052 --> 00:21:43,261 and you will be her king consort. 236 00:21:44,262 --> 00:21:47,098 Think of the tournament, 237 00:21:47,182 --> 00:21:49,893 the feast, the battles at sea. 238 00:21:51,686 --> 00:21:55,440 Will you wear your crown today, Your Grace? 239 00:21:56,858 --> 00:21:59,569 You're a fool. 240 00:22:05,617 --> 00:22:08,578 -You will need a sworn protector. -Mm-hm. 241 00:22:29,557 --> 00:22:31,351 Well, this is better than we could've hoped for. 242 00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:39,400 She has a paramour of her own. 243 00:22:42,237 --> 00:22:43,905 I wonder who it is. 244 00:23:07,137 --> 00:23:09,347 Did sleep flee you as well this morning? 245 00:23:10,849 --> 00:23:13,560 I needed to see you, Princess. 246 00:23:13,643 --> 00:23:15,603 I confess I had a similar desire. 247 00:23:21,025 --> 00:23:23,987 You have confided in me now and then 248 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:25,738 over the years of our acquaintance. 249 00:23:25,822 --> 00:23:28,908 I feel, forgive me, 250 00:23:28,992 --> 00:23:31,411 that I, I know you... a bit. 251 00:23:34,789 --> 00:23:36,666 You know more than a bit. 252 00:23:39,711 --> 00:23:42,672 I've heard you say so many times 253 00:23:42,755 --> 00:23:44,591 how you loathe the lot of your position, 254 00:23:44,674 --> 00:23:47,886 that you are to be married off at your father's whim 255 00:23:47,969 --> 00:23:50,638 with no thought given to the yearning of your own heart, 256 00:23:50,722 --> 00:23:53,600 and... now the day comes. 257 00:23:55,018 --> 00:23:57,061 Ser Laenor is a good and, and decent man, 258 00:23:57,145 --> 00:23:59,898 but you, you did not choose him. 259 00:23:59,981 --> 00:24:04,110 -He was chosen for you. -That's true. 260 00:24:06,738 --> 00:24:08,615 If there were another path... 261 00:24:09,824 --> 00:24:11,701 one that led to freedom... 262 00:24:12,660 --> 00:24:15,288 would you tread it? 263 00:24:15,371 --> 00:24:18,124 Rhaenyra, before I came here, 264 00:24:18,208 --> 00:24:21,085 I was a knight in the Stormlands. 265 00:24:21,169 --> 00:24:23,379 I have deep knowledge of the port at Sunspear 266 00:24:23,463 --> 00:24:25,423 where I've seen the ships of Essos setting sail 267 00:24:25,506 --> 00:24:27,967 with their hulls full of oranges and cinnamon 268 00:24:28,051 --> 00:24:30,261 and I've always wished to see where they went. 269 00:24:31,304 --> 00:24:33,723 Are you asking for leave? 270 00:24:35,225 --> 00:24:37,685 I'm asking you to come with me... 271 00:24:39,187 --> 00:24:41,814 away from all of this. 272 00:24:41,898 --> 00:24:44,859 From the burdens and indignities of your inheritance. 273 00:24:44,943 --> 00:24:47,528 Let us leave it all behind and see the world together... 274 00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:50,782 where we'll be nameless, 275 00:24:50,865 --> 00:24:54,327 and free... 276 00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:56,871 free to go where we like, to love as we like. 277 00:24:58,623 --> 00:25:00,166 In Essos... 278 00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:05,880 you could marry me. 279 00:25:08,216 --> 00:25:09,968 A marriage for love, 280 00:25:10,051 --> 00:25:11,844 not for the crown. 281 00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:39,998 I am the crown, Ser Criston. 282 00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:43,751 Or I will be. 283 00:25:45,253 --> 00:25:47,922 I may chafe at my duties, 284 00:25:48,006 --> 00:25:51,134 but do you think I would choose infamy 285 00:25:51,217 --> 00:25:54,887 in exchange for a bushel of oranges or a ship to Asshai? 286 00:25:58,266 --> 00:25:59,684 It is my duty 287 00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:02,854 to marry a nobleman from a great house 288 00:26:02,937 --> 00:26:04,647 and Ser Laenor will make a fine husband. 289 00:26:09,110 --> 00:26:11,904 But my, um... 290 00:26:12,947 --> 00:26:15,783 my marriage... 291 00:26:15,867 --> 00:26:17,994 does not have to be the end. 292 00:26:20,788 --> 00:26:25,793 Ser Criston, Laenor and I have an understanding. 293 00:26:27,670 --> 00:26:31,632 I've granted him leave to pursue his own interests... 294 00:26:31,716 --> 00:26:33,676 and in turn, he's granted me the same. 295 00:26:41,726 --> 00:26:43,936 So you want me to be your whore? 296 00:26:45,521 --> 00:26:48,900 I want us to continue as we began, 297 00:26:48,983 --> 00:26:52,737 with you as my sworn protector, my white knight. 298 00:26:52,820 --> 00:26:55,865 I took an oath. 299 00:26:56,491 --> 00:26:59,744 As a, as a knight of, of your Kingsguard. 300 00:26:59,827 --> 00:27:01,913 An oath of chastity. I've broken it. 301 00:27:01,996 --> 00:27:04,374 -I won't tell anyone-- -I-I've, I've soiled my, my, wh-- my white cloak. 302 00:27:04,457 --> 00:27:07,418 And it's the only thing I have to my fucking name! 303 00:27:09,879 --> 00:27:12,715 I, I thought if we were married, I might be able to restore it. 304 00:27:20,348 --> 00:27:21,516 The Iron Throne looms larger than me, 305 00:27:21,599 --> 00:27:26,020 larger than anyone in my family. 306 00:27:26,104 --> 00:27:29,774 Aegon the Conqueror united the Seven Kingdoms 307 00:27:29,857 --> 00:27:31,692 and put them on a path-- 308 00:27:32,527 --> 00:27:33,820 Ser Criston. 309 00:28:21,826 --> 00:28:23,327 - Fetch the Maester! - Lyonel Strong: Get back. 310 00:28:23,411 --> 00:28:25,079 Get Mellos! Get back! 311 00:28:25,163 --> 00:28:26,664 Prepare the crucible. 312 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,709 We'll need leeches. 313 00:28:33,713 --> 00:28:35,047 Ser Criston... 314 00:28:36,466 --> 00:28:39,302 you've been summoned. 315 00:28:39,385 --> 00:28:41,554 I left the Princess just minutes ago. 316 00:28:42,388 --> 00:28:43,973 Not the Princess, ser. 317 00:28:44,724 --> 00:28:45,933 The Queen. 318 00:29:00,698 --> 00:29:02,325 Ser Criston, Your Grace. 319 00:29:06,537 --> 00:29:07,705 That will be all. 320 00:29:21,302 --> 00:29:23,095 I fear I must question you on a, 321 00:29:23,179 --> 00:29:25,097 on a delicate matter, Ser Criston. 322 00:29:28,226 --> 00:29:30,394 I am your servant as always, my Queen. 323 00:29:31,896 --> 00:29:34,106 It concerns our dear Princess Rhaenyra. 324 00:29:35,483 --> 00:29:38,528 Please. 325 00:30:01,884 --> 00:30:05,972 You are her sworn protector and rightly loyal to her. 326 00:30:07,098 --> 00:30:10,142 I am. 327 00:30:11,727 --> 00:30:14,647 The night of Daemon's return... 328 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,943 there's been a rumor... 329 00:30:19,026 --> 00:30:24,490 or rather, my father received an accounting of... 330 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,619 a lapse of morals 331 00:30:28,703 --> 00:30:31,831 that may have occurred between-- 332 00:30:35,751 --> 00:30:37,295 It is, of course, unthinkable for me 333 00:30:37,378 --> 00:30:39,005 to question the virtue of the Princess, 334 00:30:39,088 --> 00:30:41,048 whom I hold in highest regard, 335 00:30:41,132 --> 00:30:45,469 but, I-I, I did, however, wonder if... 336 00:30:51,934 --> 00:30:55,855 I'm not unaware that in flush of youth... 337 00:30:56,981 --> 00:30:58,649 there may be errors made... 338 00:30:59,984 --> 00:31:02,612 breaches in resolve, 339 00:31:02,695 --> 00:31:05,698 -breaches, or rather lapses-- -It happened, Your Grace. 340 00:31:10,411 --> 00:31:13,289 The sin you allude to. 341 00:31:15,499 --> 00:31:17,752 I have committed it. 342 00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:24,508 At her instigation, it is true, but that should-- 343 00:31:25,676 --> 00:31:27,261 It is no excuse. 344 00:31:30,264 --> 00:31:32,725 My oath has been broken. 345 00:31:32,808 --> 00:31:34,477 I have dishonored myself. 346 00:31:36,187 --> 00:31:38,064 I deserve no consideration. 347 00:31:41,484 --> 00:31:43,527 But if... 348 00:31:44,612 --> 00:31:47,114 as a clement Queen, 349 00:31:47,198 --> 00:31:49,075 you are inclined to pity... 350 00:31:49,742 --> 00:31:52,078 I would ask only this... 351 00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:57,375 that rather than gelding me 352 00:31:57,458 --> 00:32:00,211 and having me tortured... 353 00:32:00,294 --> 00:32:03,297 you would sentence me mercifully to death. 354 00:32:18,938 --> 00:32:21,607 Thank you for your honesty, Ser Criston. 355 00:32:31,325 --> 00:32:32,910 You may go. 356 00:33:03,733 --> 00:33:07,903 - Rest now, Your Grace. - I will bring the leeches. 357 00:33:07,987 --> 00:33:10,030 If I may, Grand Maester, 358 00:33:10,114 --> 00:33:13,743 I took the liberty of preparing a fresh set 359 00:33:13,826 --> 00:33:17,955 of herbal poultices that might be more... effective. 360 00:33:18,038 --> 00:33:20,458 That will not be necessary, Orwyle. 361 00:33:20,541 --> 00:33:24,044 The leechings have always brought His Grace relief. 362 00:33:43,189 --> 00:33:45,065 To help him sleep. 363 00:33:55,743 --> 00:33:56,994 Where's the Queen? 364 00:33:57,077 --> 00:34:00,581 I was given to understand 365 00:34:00,664 --> 00:34:02,833 that she is otherwise occupied, Your Grace. 366 00:34:23,103 --> 00:34:25,314 Will I be remembered as a good king, Lyonel? 367 00:34:26,524 --> 00:34:29,610 Your Grace? 368 00:34:29,693 --> 00:34:34,031 What will they say of me when the histories are written? 369 00:34:34,114 --> 00:34:35,908 I have neither fought nor conquered, 370 00:34:35,991 --> 00:34:39,036 nor suffered any great defeat. 371 00:34:41,121 --> 00:34:43,749 Some might call that good fortune. 372 00:34:46,210 --> 00:34:49,213 It hardly makes a good song, does it? 373 00:34:49,296 --> 00:34:52,216 To be sung at feasts in a hundred years... 374 00:34:52,299 --> 00:34:53,884 five hundred. 375 00:34:56,345 --> 00:35:00,099 You have carried King Jaehaerys's legacy. 376 00:35:00,182 --> 00:35:02,977 And kept the realm strong. 377 00:35:03,060 --> 00:35:05,563 Is it not better to live in peace 378 00:35:05,646 --> 00:35:08,566 than to have songs sung after you are dead? 379 00:35:08,983 --> 00:35:10,985 Perhaps. 380 00:35:12,695 --> 00:35:15,698 But there is a part of me wishes I'd been tested. 381 00:35:17,116 --> 00:35:19,910 I often think that in the crucible, 382 00:35:19,994 --> 00:35:22,454 I may have been forged a different man. 383 00:35:24,498 --> 00:35:26,917 Many that are tested, 384 00:35:27,001 --> 00:35:28,961 only wish to have been spared it. 385 00:35:30,337 --> 00:35:33,173 Another lord might assure me that I would rise like 386 00:35:33,257 --> 00:35:35,134 Aegon the Conqueror given the chance. 387 00:35:35,217 --> 00:35:38,304 -Your Grace, that is-- -You're right. 388 00:35:38,387 --> 00:35:41,265 You're right... as always. 389 00:35:44,018 --> 00:35:46,687 It is perhaps best not to know. 390 00:36:34,401 --> 00:36:36,320 It is with great pleasure 391 00:36:36,403 --> 00:36:39,823 that His Grace, King Viserys, announces the start 392 00:36:39,907 --> 00:36:42,409 of the royal wedding celebrations. 393 00:36:44,370 --> 00:36:47,831 House Lannister with their lord, Jason Lannister. 394 00:36:47,915 --> 00:36:49,917 Lord Paramount of the West, 395 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,962 and Master of Casterly Rock. 396 00:36:54,088 --> 00:36:55,756 House Hightower 397 00:36:55,839 --> 00:36:57,800 with their lord, Hobert Hightower. 398 00:36:57,883 --> 00:37:00,928 Beacon of the South, Defender of the Citadel, 399 00:37:01,011 --> 00:37:02,638 the Voice of Oldtown... 400 00:37:15,150 --> 00:37:17,069 Congratulations, Your Grace. 401 00:37:17,152 --> 00:37:19,488 You have made a fine match for the Princess. 402 00:37:19,571 --> 00:37:20,489 Thank you, Lord Jason. 403 00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:22,366 I could think of no better man than Ser Laenor. 404 00:37:22,449 --> 00:37:27,371 Well... if this is only the welcome feast, 405 00:37:27,454 --> 00:37:31,041 I admit, I cannot imagine what you might have planned for the wedding. 406 00:37:31,125 --> 00:37:34,420 Well, my daughter is the future queen. 407 00:37:34,503 --> 00:37:37,256 I wanted this to be a wedding for the histories. 408 00:37:38,799 --> 00:37:40,217 Where is the Queen? 409 00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:42,219 I had hoped to pay my respects. 410 00:37:44,054 --> 00:37:48,267 I understand the Queen is still readying herself for the celebrations. 411 00:37:48,350 --> 00:37:50,394 This is why men wage war... 412 00:37:50,477 --> 00:37:53,772 because women would never be ready for the battle in time. 413 00:37:59,028 --> 00:38:01,739 Your presence is always such a pleasure, Lord Jason. 414 00:38:01,822 --> 00:38:04,491 Princess... Your Grace. 415 00:38:14,835 --> 00:38:16,920 Your Grace, Princess Rhaenyra, 416 00:38:17,004 --> 00:38:19,757 congratulations are in order. 417 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,676 We are very honored to have you as a guest, Ser Gerold. 418 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:24,678 I must say, I was most distressed 419 00:38:24,762 --> 00:38:28,515 to hear of the Lady Rhea's tragic passing. 420 00:38:28,599 --> 00:38:30,267 I'm very sorry for your loss. 421 00:38:30,350 --> 00:38:32,186 Lady Rhea was a unique character. 422 00:38:32,269 --> 00:38:36,440 Her kind... is not soon to be seen again. 423 00:38:36,523 --> 00:38:39,485 If there is anything the crown might do to aid House Royce-- 424 00:38:47,868 --> 00:38:50,871 Lord Corlys of House Velaryon. 425 00:38:50,954 --> 00:38:53,874 Lord of the Tides, Master of Driftmark. 426 00:38:53,957 --> 00:38:57,294 And his lady wife, Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. 427 00:38:57,378 --> 00:39:00,798 And their son and heir, Ser Laenor Velaryon, 428 00:39:00,881 --> 00:39:03,759 the future king consort. 429 00:39:45,050 --> 00:39:46,343 -My Betrothed. -My Betrothed. 430 00:41:10,844 --> 00:41:11,637 Be welcome, 431 00:41:11,720 --> 00:41:14,890 as we join together in celebration. 432 00:41:16,308 --> 00:41:17,935 Tonight is only its beginning. 433 00:41:18,852 --> 00:41:21,313 We honor the crown's oldest 434 00:41:21,396 --> 00:41:24,524 and fiercest ally, House Velaryon. 435 00:41:27,194 --> 00:41:29,112 Reaching back to the days of Old Valyria 436 00:41:29,196 --> 00:41:32,366 and the Age of Dragons. 437 00:41:34,034 --> 00:41:36,954 With House Targaryen and H-- 438 00:42:15,867 --> 00:42:17,494 The King will not be happy. 439 00:42:17,577 --> 00:42:19,705 Right in the midst of his speech. 440 00:42:31,049 --> 00:42:33,302 The beacon on the Hightower, 441 00:42:33,385 --> 00:42:34,761 do you know what color it glows 442 00:42:34,845 --> 00:42:37,347 when Oldtown calls its banners to war? 443 00:42:38,223 --> 00:42:41,018 Green. 444 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:54,031 Congratulations, stepdaughter. 445 00:42:54,114 --> 00:42:55,991 What a blessing this is for you. 446 00:43:07,085 --> 00:43:09,338 Please be seated. 447 00:43:18,472 --> 00:43:19,848 Where was I? 448 00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:21,892 The joining of the two houses, Your Grace. 449 00:43:21,975 --> 00:43:23,852 Yeah. 450 00:43:24,186 --> 00:43:25,937 Yes. 451 00:43:31,735 --> 00:43:33,236 With House Targaryen 452 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:37,407 and House Velaryon united, 453 00:43:37,491 --> 00:43:41,453 I hope to herald in a second Age of Dragons 454 00:43:41,536 --> 00:43:42,746 in Westeros. 455 00:43:52,714 --> 00:43:57,302 And after tonight's small affair... 456 00:43:59,137 --> 00:44:01,598 seven days of tournament and feasting. 457 00:44:05,727 --> 00:44:07,312 At the end of it all... 458 00:44:08,355 --> 00:44:11,817 At the end of it all, a royal wedding... 459 00:44:12,776 --> 00:44:14,403 between my daughter, 460 00:44:15,237 --> 00:44:16,530 my heir... 461 00:44:17,155 --> 00:44:19,616 your future Queen... 462 00:44:19,699 --> 00:44:23,829 and Ser Laenor Velaryon, the heir to Driftmark. 463 00:45:16,423 --> 00:45:17,924 I was never much of a dancer. 464 00:45:18,008 --> 00:45:19,384 It's not much different to combat. 465 00:45:19,468 --> 00:45:21,803 Hm, I shall hope for a different outcome. 466 00:46:35,835 --> 00:46:39,089 -Your Grace. -We thank you for coming, uncle. 467 00:46:39,172 --> 00:46:41,758 I worried that given leave of your father's shadow, 468 00:46:41,841 --> 00:46:44,261 you might wither in King's Landing's sun. 469 00:46:44,344 --> 00:46:47,222 But you stood tall. 470 00:46:48,515 --> 00:46:49,975 Know that Oldtown stands with you. 471 00:47:17,502 --> 00:47:19,129 In the Vale, 472 00:47:19,212 --> 00:47:22,173 men are made to answer for their crimes. 473 00:47:24,175 --> 00:47:26,303 Even Targaryens. 474 00:47:26,386 --> 00:47:26,970 Who are you? 475 00:47:27,053 --> 00:47:30,473 Ser Gerold Royce of Runestone. 476 00:47:32,183 --> 00:47:33,643 And? 477 00:47:42,402 --> 00:47:45,947 I am cousin to your late lady wife. 478 00:47:46,031 --> 00:47:49,075 Ahh, yes. Terrible thing. 479 00:47:49,159 --> 00:47:52,579 I'm positively bereft. Such a tragic accident. 480 00:47:52,662 --> 00:47:55,665 You know better than anyone, it was no accident. 481 00:47:55,749 --> 00:47:57,500 Are you confessing some guilt, Ser Gerold? 482 00:47:57,584 --> 00:48:00,503 I am making an accusation. 483 00:48:02,756 --> 00:48:04,257 You know, in King's Landing, 484 00:48:04,341 --> 00:48:06,509 men are made to answer for their slanders. 485 00:48:06,593 --> 00:48:08,470 Even old bronze cunts like you. 486 00:48:11,014 --> 00:48:12,390 The truth is, I'm glad you've come. 487 00:48:12,474 --> 00:48:15,018 I wish to speak to you about my inheritance. 488 00:48:15,101 --> 00:48:19,022 -What inheritance? -Lady Rhea and I had no heirs. 489 00:48:19,105 --> 00:48:22,108 As her husband, whatever she was due now passes to me. 490 00:48:23,943 --> 00:48:28,323 She stood to inherit all of Runestone... Did she not? 491 00:48:31,951 --> 00:48:33,995 After my niece's wedding, I plan to fly to the Eyrie 492 00:48:34,079 --> 00:48:35,705 and petition Lady Jeyne myself. 493 00:48:35,789 --> 00:48:38,041 Perhaps I'll see you there, Ser Gerold. 494 00:49:51,698 --> 00:49:55,201 Has anybody ever told you you're nearly as pretty as your brother? 495 00:49:55,285 --> 00:49:57,537 Well, you flatter me, my Prince. 496 00:49:57,620 --> 00:50:01,207 -I was sorry to hear about your lady wife. -Don't be, I wasn't. 497 00:50:01,291 --> 00:50:02,876 My lady was never very kind to me. 498 00:50:02,959 --> 00:50:05,462 I know who it is. 499 00:50:05,545 --> 00:50:07,630 The handsome paramour. 500 00:50:07,714 --> 00:50:08,757 Who? 501 00:50:09,549 --> 00:50:12,010 Ser Criston Cole. 502 00:50:12,093 --> 00:50:15,180 -Laenor: Her sworn protector? -Joffrey: Look at him. 503 00:50:15,263 --> 00:50:18,099 The man is fully cunt-struck. 504 00:50:18,183 --> 00:50:20,018 A Targaryen prince, 505 00:50:20,101 --> 00:50:22,228 a dashing knight, and a dragonrider. 506 00:50:22,312 --> 00:50:23,897 You appear to be every young maiden's dream. 507 00:50:23,980 --> 00:50:26,149 That's only because you don't know me yet. 508 00:50:26,232 --> 00:50:28,485 I believe Ser Criston has bloodied that white cloak of his 509 00:50:28,568 --> 00:50:30,904 -with your bride's maidenhead. -Oh, keep your voice down. 510 00:50:30,987 --> 00:50:34,240 -Perhaps that is something we might remedy, my Prince. -Perhaps it is. 511 00:50:35,909 --> 00:50:39,037 This is a good thing. She knows your secret... 512 00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:40,914 and now you know hers. 513 00:50:46,836 --> 00:50:48,254 All: Hey! 514 00:50:54,803 --> 00:50:56,012 All: Hey! 515 00:50:57,847 --> 00:51:00,892 All: Hey! 516 00:51:04,938 --> 00:51:06,272 All: Hey! 517 00:51:08,274 --> 00:51:11,319 Hey! 518 00:51:11,569 --> 00:51:13,530 They make a handsome match, don't they? 519 00:51:14,405 --> 00:51:16,533 What? 520 00:51:16,616 --> 00:51:18,493 Well, the Princess and Ser Laenor. 521 00:51:21,621 --> 00:51:22,956 All: Hey! 522 00:51:28,127 --> 00:51:30,713 Ser Joffrey Lonmouth, 523 00:51:30,797 --> 00:51:31,714 or the Knight of Kisses, they call me, 524 00:51:31,798 --> 00:51:35,718 though I don't know why. 525 00:51:35,802 --> 00:51:37,428 I'm on watch. What's your business? 526 00:51:37,512 --> 00:51:40,098 You don't know me, Ser Criston. 527 00:51:40,181 --> 00:51:41,641 But we are both deeply invested in this union. 528 00:51:41,724 --> 00:51:43,268 All: Hey! 529 00:51:45,770 --> 00:51:48,898 If you have something to say, Ser Joffrey, speak it. 530 00:51:48,982 --> 00:51:51,150 Ser Laenor is quite dear to me. 531 00:51:52,193 --> 00:51:55,363 As I know... the Princess is to you. 532 00:51:57,365 --> 00:51:59,826 We should swear to each other to guard them, 533 00:51:59,909 --> 00:52:01,703 and their secrets, 534 00:52:01,786 --> 00:52:03,538 because if those are kept safe... 535 00:52:06,207 --> 00:52:07,292 then so are we all. 536 00:52:27,687 --> 00:52:29,731 All: Hey! 537 00:52:31,733 --> 00:52:33,234 All: Hey! 538 00:52:36,446 --> 00:52:37,780 All: Hey! 539 00:52:51,711 --> 00:52:54,756 -May I, Ser Harwin? -Of course, my Prince. 540 00:53:58,611 --> 00:54:01,698 All: Hey! 541 00:54:13,126 --> 00:54:14,836 What in the Seven Hells is going on? 542 00:54:14,919 --> 00:54:17,255 Laenor! 543 00:54:52,540 --> 00:54:54,500 - Corlys: Stop this! - Where's Rhaenyra? 544 00:55:14,854 --> 00:55:16,564 Princess? 545 00:55:27,408 --> 00:55:29,035 Put me down! 546 00:56:22,130 --> 00:56:25,466 The love of the Seven is holy and eternal. 547 00:56:27,218 --> 00:56:29,345 The source of life and love. 548 00:56:31,764 --> 00:56:36,060 We stand here tonight in thanks and praise 549 00:56:36,144 --> 00:56:39,814 to join two souls as one. 550 00:56:44,777 --> 00:56:46,279 Father... 551 00:56:47,822 --> 00:56:50,158 Mother... 552 00:56:52,243 --> 00:56:53,578 Warrior... 553 00:56:54,787 --> 00:56:57,456 Smith... 554 00:56:57,540 --> 00:56:58,833 Maiden... 555 00:56:59,250 --> 00:57:01,252 Crone... 556 00:57:01,752 --> 00:57:04,797 Stranger. 557 00:57:05,381 --> 00:57:08,009 Hear now their vows. 558 00:57:09,719 --> 00:57:12,638 I am yours and you are mine. 559 00:57:15,433 --> 00:57:17,268 Whatever may come. 560 00:57:19,395 --> 00:57:22,607 I am yours and you are mine. 561 00:57:23,733 --> 00:57:25,735 Whatever may come. 562 00:57:25,818 --> 00:57:30,239 Here, in the presence of gods and men, 563 00:57:30,323 --> 00:57:31,908 I proclaim... 564 00:57:33,326 --> 00:57:35,995 Laenor of House Velaryon... 565 00:57:37,205 --> 00:57:41,584 Rhaenyra of House Targaryen, 566 00:57:41,667 --> 00:57:43,502 to be man and wife. 567 00:57:47,173 --> 00:57:49,300 One flesh... 568 00:57:50,009 --> 00:57:51,594 one heart... 569 00:57:52,678 --> 00:57:54,305 one soul... 570 00:57:55,014 --> 00:57:59,101 now and forever. 571 00:57:59,185 --> 00:58:01,312 Ser Criston.