1 00:01:57,451 --> 00:01:59,787 - Good morrow, Lady Rhea. - Cousin. 2 00:01:59,870 --> 00:02:03,123 What's today's quarry? Rabbit? 3 00:02:03,207 --> 00:02:06,502 - Deer. - Oh. Fine challenge. 4 00:02:06,585 --> 00:02:07,878 Care for some company? 5 00:02:07,962 --> 00:02:09,213 I'd rather ride alone. 6 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,967 Good fortune to you. 7 00:02:59,763 --> 00:03:01,098 Husband. 8 00:03:05,853 --> 00:03:08,731 What brings you to the Vale? 9 00:03:12,526 --> 00:03:16,530 Or have you at last come to consummate our marriage? 10 00:03:17,990 --> 00:03:20,618 The Vale's sheep might be willing, 11 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:22,912 even if I'm not. 12 00:03:22,995 --> 00:03:25,998 Our sheep are prettier, after all. 13 00:03:27,374 --> 00:03:31,253 Or perhaps your brother has at last had his fill of your company. 14 00:03:31,337 --> 00:03:34,256 Cast you aside in favor of a little girl. 15 00:03:41,347 --> 00:03:42,973 What will you do now? 16 00:03:43,766 --> 00:03:47,019 Will you strike the child down? 17 00:03:47,102 --> 00:03:48,228 Or? 18 00:04:37,611 --> 00:04:39,446 I knew you couldn't finish. 19 00:04:41,490 --> 00:04:42,574 Craven! 20 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:24,033 Thank you. 21 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:06,325 A moment. 22 00:06:14,083 --> 00:06:16,210 I do not wish to see you go. 23 00:06:18,629 --> 00:06:20,506 Such is the King's decision. 24 00:06:20,589 --> 00:06:23,634 A decision I most bitterly regret. 25 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:26,585 And yet, you made it possible. 26 00:06:29,681 --> 00:06:31,517 You chose Rhaenyra. 27 00:06:32,643 --> 00:06:34,144 She swore her innocence, 28 00:06:34,228 --> 00:06:35,312 and I believed her. 29 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:37,981 You wanted to believe her, as did her father. 30 00:06:38,065 --> 00:06:40,317 Your informant was wrong. 31 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:41,860 An honest mistake, perhaps, 32 00:06:41,944 --> 00:06:44,905 - but I did not foresee this! - You should have. 33 00:06:44,988 --> 00:06:48,242 If you had not been so relentless in advancing Aegon as heir! 34 00:06:57,918 --> 00:07:00,796 Listen to me, daughter. 35 00:07:01,547 --> 00:07:03,590 The King will die. 36 00:07:03,674 --> 00:07:04,466 It may be months or years, 37 00:07:04,550 --> 00:07:06,093 but he'll not live to be an old man. 38 00:07:06,176 --> 00:07:09,054 And if Rhaenyra succeeds him, 39 00:07:09,138 --> 00:07:12,391 war will follow, do you understand? 40 00:07:12,474 --> 00:07:14,268 The realm will not accept her. 41 00:07:14,351 --> 00:07:15,894 And to secure her claim, 42 00:07:15,978 --> 00:07:18,689 she'll have to put your children to the sword. 43 00:07:18,772 --> 00:07:19,982 She'll have no choice. 44 00:07:22,943 --> 00:07:24,695 You know it. 45 00:07:24,778 --> 00:07:28,740 You're no fool, and yet you choose not to see it. 46 00:07:30,742 --> 00:07:32,870 The time is coming, Alicent. 47 00:07:34,246 --> 00:07:36,748 Either you prepare Aegon to rule, 48 00:07:36,832 --> 00:07:41,044 or you cleave to Rhaenyra and pray for her mercy. 49 00:09:14,346 --> 00:09:17,933 Where is Lord Corlys? He should be here to receive the King. 50 00:09:26,858 --> 00:09:28,527 Welcome to High Tide, Your Grace. 51 00:09:28,610 --> 00:09:31,530 What is the meaning of this, Lady Laena? 52 00:09:31,613 --> 00:09:34,658 Is this how House Velaryon greets its King? 53 00:09:34,741 --> 00:09:37,577 My father has but just returned from his long journey 54 00:09:37,661 --> 00:09:40,205 and he has hastened to the Hall of Nine 55 00:09:40,289 --> 00:09:41,581 to await Your Grace's arrival. 56 00:09:46,128 --> 00:09:48,005 Let's just get on with it. 57 00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:59,308 An outsider... 58 00:09:59,891 --> 00:10:01,601 among the natives. 59 00:10:02,769 --> 00:10:03,812 Lord Larys. 60 00:10:05,689 --> 00:10:07,482 Malvales. 61 00:10:07,566 --> 00:10:09,151 A rare bloom. 62 00:10:09,776 --> 00:10:12,529 Indigenous to Braavos. 63 00:10:14,906 --> 00:10:16,325 By all rights, 64 00:10:16,408 --> 00:10:17,608 it shouldn't be thriving here. 65 00:10:19,286 --> 00:10:22,039 Nature... such mystery. 66 00:10:23,498 --> 00:10:24,416 - The weather has been lovely. - Indeed. 67 00:10:24,499 --> 00:10:28,003 And yet it is a dark day for the realm. 68 00:10:31,298 --> 00:10:33,425 Your father was a good man. 69 00:10:34,468 --> 00:10:37,387 As is yours who took his place. 70 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:42,059 Yet still, 71 00:10:42,142 --> 00:10:45,270 the manner of your father's departure... 72 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,066 it feels something of an injustice. 73 00:10:50,901 --> 00:10:53,236 What do you know of the matter of his leaving? 74 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:54,946 When one is never invited to speak, 75 00:10:55,030 --> 00:10:58,742 one learns instead to, um... observe. 76 00:11:01,119 --> 00:11:02,996 You're perhaps in need of an ally? 77 00:11:03,705 --> 00:11:04,831 I'm the Queen. 78 00:11:04,915 --> 00:11:07,292 - I have no shortage of allies. - Naturally. 79 00:11:07,376 --> 00:11:09,503 Princess Rhaenyra, for example. 80 00:11:10,921 --> 00:11:13,965 State your purpose, my lord. 81 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:16,259 Uh... 82 00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:19,221 I did wonder if she could be relied upon 83 00:11:19,304 --> 00:11:21,890 now that she is... unwell. 84 00:11:22,808 --> 00:11:27,229 Unwell? I haven't heard anything. 85 00:11:27,312 --> 00:11:29,314 Begging your pardon, Your Grace, I may be mistaken. 86 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:33,735 It's just that on the very same night your father was dismissed, 87 00:11:33,819 --> 00:11:37,322 the Grand Maester delivered a tea to the Princess's chambers. 88 00:11:39,408 --> 00:11:41,493 - A tea? - Yes. 89 00:11:44,329 --> 00:11:46,581 That the Grand Maester himself brought? 90 00:11:46,665 --> 00:11:49,626 At the direction of the King, as I understand it. 91 00:11:52,421 --> 00:11:53,839 I do hope she's not unwell. 92 00:11:56,258 --> 00:11:58,468 Rhaenyra sailed with the King to Driftmark 93 00:11:58,552 --> 00:12:01,471 - yesterday at daybreak. - Oh, what good news. 94 00:12:01,555 --> 00:12:02,639 I must've been in error. 95 00:12:04,224 --> 00:12:06,309 Oh, a relief. 96 00:12:08,228 --> 00:12:10,439 See, I thought for Mellos himself, well... 97 00:12:11,982 --> 00:12:15,277 her condition must be something very serious. 98 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,822 What happiness it is to have been wrong. 99 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:50,228 I'm sorry. 100 00:12:50,312 --> 00:12:51,312 Come, cousin. 101 00:12:51,354 --> 00:12:54,399 Let us discover what might be had for breakfast. 102 00:13:27,891 --> 00:13:29,226 Your Grace. 103 00:13:44,282 --> 00:13:46,117 Rise, Lord Corlys. 104 00:13:47,619 --> 00:13:48,912 Be welcome. 105 00:13:48,995 --> 00:13:50,956 May I offer you a chair? 106 00:13:52,415 --> 00:13:54,918 Cousin! 107 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:56,253 Princess. 108 00:14:03,969 --> 00:14:06,054 - Are you well? - Very. 109 00:14:07,305 --> 00:14:09,266 I congratulate you, Lord Lyonel. 110 00:14:09,349 --> 00:14:11,768 I can think of no man more suited to be the Hand of the King. 111 00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:15,480 That is very kind of you to say, Lord Corlys. 112 00:14:15,564 --> 00:14:17,566 His Grace has honored me with the post. 113 00:14:19,901 --> 00:14:20,986 Pity about Ser Otto. 114 00:14:23,738 --> 00:14:26,992 Despite spending most of my days amidst the grandeur of the Red Keep, 115 00:14:27,075 --> 00:14:29,995 the halls of High Tide never fail to impress. 116 00:14:30,078 --> 00:14:32,747 You flatter me, Your Grace. 117 00:14:32,831 --> 00:14:35,458 Though I do wish we could meet under happier pretenses. 118 00:14:37,002 --> 00:14:39,504 - How so? - Daemon's wife, 119 00:14:39,588 --> 00:14:41,715 the Lady Rhea Royce, has passed. 120 00:14:42,591 --> 00:14:45,010 A hunting mishap. 121 00:14:45,093 --> 00:14:47,012 She was thrown from her horse. 122 00:14:47,095 --> 00:14:50,307 Her neck and skull both crushed in the fall. 123 00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:52,475 A most surprising end. 124 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:53,893 Lady Rhea's skill as both 125 00:14:53,977 --> 00:14:55,979 rider and hunter were well-known. 126 00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:59,316 - The gods are cruel. - Indeed. 127 00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:01,568 Lady Rhea was a fine woman 128 00:15:01,651 --> 00:15:05,488 and a, uh... good wife to my brother. 129 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:08,533 Sad thing that she and Daemon have no heirs to succeed her. 130 00:15:08,617 --> 00:15:12,245 She stood to inherit Runestone. 131 00:15:12,329 --> 00:15:16,249 Mayhaps we can turn toward happier pursuits. 132 00:15:16,333 --> 00:15:18,573 - No, thank you. - What did you have in mind, Your Grace? 133 00:15:22,964 --> 00:15:27,010 I wish to propose a marriage between your son, Ser Laenor... 134 00:15:27,093 --> 00:15:30,013 and my daughter and heir, the Princess Rhaenyra. 135 00:15:30,096 --> 00:15:33,516 It's long past time our houses were united in blood. 136 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,810 The last pillars of Old Valyria. 137 00:15:35,894 --> 00:15:40,649 You honor both me and my house, Your Grace. 138 00:15:40,732 --> 00:15:43,652 There are certain details I would wish clarified 139 00:15:43,735 --> 00:15:46,071 before the Princess Rhaenys and I could accept this most... 140 00:15:47,572 --> 00:15:49,157 generous proposal. 141 00:15:50,950 --> 00:15:52,535 What details? 142 00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:58,875 We would like to know how the succession... will be handled. 143 00:16:02,337 --> 00:16:04,506 Rhaenyra is my heir. 144 00:16:04,589 --> 00:16:07,717 Upon my death, my throne and my titles will pass to her. 145 00:16:07,801 --> 00:16:10,261 She and Ser Laenor's firstborn child, 146 00:16:10,345 --> 00:16:11,554 regardless of gender, 147 00:16:11,638 --> 00:16:13,973 will inherit the Iron Throne from her. 148 00:16:16,017 --> 00:16:18,478 Can I presume that, 149 00:16:18,561 --> 00:16:22,065 in keeping with Westerosi tradition... 150 00:16:22,148 --> 00:16:23,948 their children would take their father's name? 151 00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:29,614 That they would be born Velaryons? 152 00:16:29,698 --> 00:16:31,491 Surely, Lord Corlys, 153 00:16:31,574 --> 00:16:35,161 you are not proposing the Targaryen dynasty end with my daughter 154 00:16:35,245 --> 00:16:36,705 simply because she is a woman? 155 00:16:39,207 --> 00:16:42,293 I only seek clarity, Your Grace. 156 00:16:47,298 --> 00:16:49,777 - Might I have a chair brought in for you? - I do not... 157 00:16:49,801 --> 00:16:50,961 No. I do not require a chair. 158 00:16:53,513 --> 00:16:56,224 Upon their birth, 159 00:16:56,307 --> 00:16:58,518 Ser Laenor and Rhaenyra's children 160 00:16:58,601 --> 00:17:00,937 shall take their father's name, Velaryon... 161 00:17:01,896 --> 00:17:05,108 in keeping with our traditions. 162 00:17:05,191 --> 00:17:06,568 However, 163 00:17:06,651 --> 00:17:10,488 at such time when their firstborn ascends the Iron Throne, 164 00:17:10,572 --> 00:17:13,742 he or she will do so bearing the name Targaryen. 165 00:17:15,285 --> 00:17:17,287 Dragons will rule the Seven Kingdoms 166 00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:18,663 for the next hundred years, 167 00:17:18,747 --> 00:17:22,125 just as they did the last. 168 00:17:34,721 --> 00:17:36,806 This is an equitable compromise. 169 00:17:38,516 --> 00:17:40,477 Good. 170 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,979 Now, if there's nothing further. 171 00:17:53,323 --> 00:17:56,034 In truth, if it had to be someone, 172 00:17:56,117 --> 00:17:57,702 I'm glad it is you. 173 00:17:59,996 --> 00:18:02,707 I know this union is not what you would choose. 174 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:06,044 I hold nothing against you, cousin. 175 00:18:07,295 --> 00:18:08,630 No, I... 176 00:18:09,631 --> 00:18:12,509 Rather... 177 00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:15,053 Dare I say it is a matter of taste? 178 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:21,226 I prefer roast duck to goose. 179 00:18:22,852 --> 00:18:24,479 I cannot say why. 180 00:18:26,981 --> 00:18:29,150 It's, it's not for a lack of trying. 181 00:18:31,069 --> 00:18:33,238 There are those who like goose very well. 182 00:18:34,989 --> 00:18:37,700 I find it a bit greasy for my taste. 183 00:18:41,830 --> 00:18:44,040 I know that whatever agreement being struck up there 184 00:18:44,124 --> 00:18:46,292 will not change your appetites, 185 00:18:46,376 --> 00:18:48,711 nor will it change mine. 186 00:18:50,672 --> 00:18:52,298 And what do you propose? 187 00:18:57,303 --> 00:19:02,308 That we perform our duty to our fathers and to the realm 188 00:19:02,392 --> 00:19:04,561 and when it's done... 189 00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:06,062 each of us dines as we see fit. 190 00:19:17,407 --> 00:19:19,158 Viserys has taken to bed 191 00:19:19,242 --> 00:19:21,119 while his ship is readied. 192 00:19:23,663 --> 00:19:25,915 Perhaps I... 193 00:19:25,999 --> 00:19:27,083 overextended myself? 194 00:19:29,085 --> 00:19:31,254 Pushed him too close to the edge? 195 00:19:31,337 --> 00:19:35,300 My cousin chose to sail into this tempest, husband. 196 00:19:35,383 --> 00:19:38,595 It was undignified of the King to drag himself here 197 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:41,431 and beg for Laenor's hand. 198 00:19:41,514 --> 00:19:43,224 Where is Laenor? 199 00:19:43,308 --> 00:19:46,769 - He and Rhaenyra are walking the coast. - Good. 200 00:19:46,853 --> 00:19:50,189 Do they seem... familiar? 201 00:19:51,107 --> 00:19:53,526 They grew up together. 202 00:19:53,610 --> 00:19:55,194 Familiarity is not at issue. 203 00:19:55,278 --> 00:19:59,240 Oh, I'm sure Laenor was already taken with her. 204 00:19:59,324 --> 00:20:03,161 - She's grown quite comely these last few years. - You know his true nature. 205 00:20:04,579 --> 00:20:05,914 He's still young. 206 00:20:07,332 --> 00:20:08,958 He will outgrow it. 207 00:20:10,376 --> 00:20:13,296 There is no pleasure in the world like... 208 00:20:15,131 --> 00:20:19,135 - bedding a woman. - We are placing our son in danger. 209 00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:22,472 The lords of the realm bent the knee to Rhaenyra 210 00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:23,765 and swore obeisance to her. 211 00:20:23,848 --> 00:20:24,867 That was before there was a true-born prince 212 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:27,602 named Aegon Targaryen. 213 00:20:27,685 --> 00:20:29,771 Rhaenyra's succession will be challenged. 214 00:20:29,854 --> 00:20:31,689 Knives will come out 215 00:20:31,773 --> 00:20:34,150 for her, her husband, and for their heirs. 216 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:35,652 Our house controls the realm's navy 217 00:20:35,735 --> 00:20:37,195 and half its dragons. 218 00:20:37,278 --> 00:20:40,448 Anyone fool enough to challenge Rhaenyra's claim 219 00:20:40,531 --> 00:20:42,825 - will be crushed. - To what end, Corlys? Wealth? Power? 220 00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:45,328 - Pride? - Justice. 221 00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:52,460 By all rights, 222 00:20:52,543 --> 00:20:54,253 you should be Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. 223 00:20:56,714 --> 00:20:58,424 You were robbed of the crown by... 224 00:20:58,508 --> 00:21:00,510 I never wore the crown 225 00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:02,679 because the realm would not have it so. 226 00:21:02,762 --> 00:21:04,806 And I would remedy that... 227 00:21:04,889 --> 00:21:08,351 small-minded error by any means necessar... 228 00:21:08,434 --> 00:21:12,689 I myself have put the business behind me, Corlys. 229 00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:23,783 I've always feared the day you'd have to marry a woman. 230 00:21:24,367 --> 00:21:26,035 And now it comes. 231 00:21:27,412 --> 00:21:28,430 Your betrothed gives you leave 232 00:21:28,454 --> 00:21:32,417 of her own free will to continue partaking of. 233 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:34,711 Was I the duck or the goose? 234 00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:36,834 I've come to meet my fate and you make a jape of it? 235 00:21:38,923 --> 00:21:40,925 Look, Rhaenyra will be Queen of the Seven Kingdoms 236 00:21:41,009 --> 00:21:42,289 and you will be her king consort. 237 00:21:43,219 --> 00:21:46,055 Think of the tournament, 238 00:21:46,139 --> 00:21:48,850 the feast, the battles at sea. 239 00:21:50,643 --> 00:21:54,397 Will you wear your crown today, Your Grace? 240 00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:58,526 You're a fool. 241 00:22:04,574 --> 00:22:07,535 - You will need a sworn protector. - Mm-hm. 242 00:22:28,514 --> 00:22:30,394 Well, this is better than we could've hoped for. 243 00:22:36,481 --> 00:22:38,357 She has a paramour of her own. 244 00:22:41,194 --> 00:22:42,862 I wonder who it is. 245 00:23:06,094 --> 00:23:08,304 Did sleep flee you as well this morning? 246 00:23:09,806 --> 00:23:12,517 I needed to see you, Princess. 247 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,560 I confess I had a similar desire. 248 00:23:19,982 --> 00:23:22,944 You have confided in me now and then 249 00:23:23,027 --> 00:23:24,695 over the years of our acquaintance. 250 00:23:24,779 --> 00:23:27,865 I feel, forgive me, 251 00:23:27,949 --> 00:23:30,368 that I, I know you... a bit. 252 00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:35,623 You know more than a bit. 253 00:23:38,668 --> 00:23:41,629 I've heard you say so many times 254 00:23:41,712 --> 00:23:43,548 how you loathe the lot of your position, 255 00:23:43,631 --> 00:23:46,843 that you are to be married off at your father's whim 256 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:49,595 with no thought given to the yearning of your own heart, 257 00:23:49,679 --> 00:23:52,557 and... now the day comes. 258 00:23:53,975 --> 00:23:56,018 Ser Laenor is a good and, and decent man, 259 00:23:56,102 --> 00:23:58,855 but you, you did not choose him. 260 00:23:58,938 --> 00:24:03,067 - He was chosen for you. - That's true. 261 00:24:05,695 --> 00:24:07,572 If there were another path... 262 00:24:08,781 --> 00:24:10,658 one that led to freedom... 263 00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:14,245 would you tread it? 264 00:24:14,328 --> 00:24:17,081 Rhaenyra, before I came here, 265 00:24:17,165 --> 00:24:20,042 I was a knight in the Stormlands. 266 00:24:20,126 --> 00:24:22,336 I have deep knowledge of the port at Sunspear 267 00:24:22,420 --> 00:24:24,380 where I've seen the ships of Essos setting sail 268 00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:26,924 with their hulls full of oranges and cinnamon 269 00:24:27,008 --> 00:24:29,218 and I've always wished to see where they went. 270 00:24:30,261 --> 00:24:32,680 Are you asking for leave? 271 00:24:34,182 --> 00:24:36,642 I'm asking you to come with me... 272 00:24:38,144 --> 00:24:40,771 away from all of this. 273 00:24:40,855 --> 00:24:43,816 From the burdens and indignities of your inheritance. 274 00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:46,485 Let us leave it all behind and see the world together... 275 00:24:49,113 --> 00:24:49,739 where we'll be nameless, 276 00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:53,284 and free... 277 00:24:53,367 --> 00:24:55,828 free to go where we like, to love as we like. 278 00:24:57,580 --> 00:24:59,123 In Essos... 279 00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:04,837 you could marry me. 280 00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:08,925 A marriage for love, 281 00:25:09,008 --> 00:25:10,801 not for the crown. 282 00:25:35,826 --> 00:25:38,955 I am the crown, Ser Criston. 283 00:25:41,123 --> 00:25:42,708 Or I will be. 284 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:46,879 I may chafe at my duties, 285 00:25:46,963 --> 00:25:50,091 but do you think I would choose infamy 286 00:25:50,174 --> 00:25:53,844 in exchange for a bushel of oranges or a ship to Asshai? 287 00:25:57,223 --> 00:25:58,641 It is my duty 288 00:25:58,724 --> 00:26:01,811 to marry a nobleman from a great house 289 00:26:01,894 --> 00:26:03,604 and Ser Laenor will make a fine husband. 290 00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:10,861 But my, um... 291 00:26:11,904 --> 00:26:14,740 my marriage... 292 00:26:14,824 --> 00:26:16,951 does not have to be the end. 293 00:26:19,745 --> 00:26:24,750 Ser Criston, Laenor and I have an understanding. 294 00:26:26,627 --> 00:26:30,589 I've granted him leave to pursue his own interests... 295 00:26:30,673 --> 00:26:32,633 and in turn, he's granted me the same. 296 00:26:40,683 --> 00:26:42,893 So you want me to be your whore? 297 00:26:44,478 --> 00:26:47,857 I want us to continue as we began, 298 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:51,694 with you as my sworn protector, my white knight. 299 00:26:51,777 --> 00:26:54,822 I took an oath. 300 00:26:55,448 --> 00:26:58,701 As a, as a knight of, of your Kingsguard. 301 00:26:58,784 --> 00:27:00,870 An oath of chastity. I've broken it. 302 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:03,390 - I won't tell anyone... - I-I've, I've soiled my, my, wh... my white cloak. 303 00:27:03,414 --> 00:27:06,375 And it's the only thing I have to my fucking name! 304 00:27:08,836 --> 00:27:11,672 I, I thought if we were married, I might be able to restore it. 305 00:27:19,305 --> 00:27:20,532 The Iron Throne looms larger than me, 306 00:27:20,556 --> 00:27:24,977 larger than anyone in my family. 307 00:27:25,061 --> 00:27:28,731 Aegon the Conqueror united the Seven Kingdoms 308 00:27:28,814 --> 00:27:30,649 and put them on a path... 309 00:27:31,484 --> 00:27:32,777 Ser Criston. 310 00:28:20,783 --> 00:28:22,344 - Fetch the Maester! - Get back. 311 00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:24,036 Get Mellos! Get back! 312 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:25,800 Prepare the crucible. 313 00:28:26,997 --> 00:28:28,666 We'll need leeches. 314 00:28:32,670 --> 00:28:34,004 Ser Criston... 315 00:28:35,423 --> 00:28:38,259 you've been summoned. 316 00:28:38,342 --> 00:28:40,511 I left the Princess just minutes ago. 317 00:28:41,345 --> 00:28:42,930 Not the Princess, ser. 318 00:28:43,681 --> 00:28:44,890 The Queen. 319 00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:01,282 Ser Criston, Your Grace. 320 00:29:05,494 --> 00:29:06,734 That will be all. 321 00:29:20,259 --> 00:29:22,052 I fear I must question you on a, 322 00:29:22,136 --> 00:29:24,054 on a delicate matter, Ser Criston. 323 00:29:27,183 --> 00:29:29,351 I am your servant as always, my Queen. 324 00:29:30,853 --> 00:29:33,063 It concerns our dear Princess Rhaenyra. 325 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,485 Please. 326 00:30:00,841 --> 00:30:04,929 You are her sworn protector and rightly loyal to her. 327 00:30:06,055 --> 00:30:09,099 I am. 328 00:30:10,684 --> 00:30:13,604 The night of Daemon's return... 329 00:30:15,397 --> 00:30:17,900 there's been a rumor... 330 00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:23,447 or rather, my father received an accounting of... 331 00:30:25,157 --> 00:30:27,576 a lapse of morals 332 00:30:27,660 --> 00:30:30,788 that may have occurred between... 333 00:30:34,708 --> 00:30:36,252 It is, of course, unthinkable for me 334 00:30:36,335 --> 00:30:37,962 to question the virtue of the Princess, 335 00:30:38,045 --> 00:30:40,005 whom I hold in highest regard, 336 00:30:40,089 --> 00:30:44,426 but, I-I, I did, however, wonder if... 337 00:30:50,891 --> 00:30:54,812 I'm not unaware that in flush of youth... 338 00:30:55,938 --> 00:30:57,606 there may be errors made... 339 00:30:58,941 --> 00:31:01,569 breaches in resolve, 340 00:31:01,652 --> 00:31:04,655 - breaches, or rather lapses... - It happened, Your Grace. 341 00:31:09,368 --> 00:31:12,246 The sin you allude to. 342 00:31:14,456 --> 00:31:16,709 I have committed it. 343 00:31:20,504 --> 00:31:23,465 At her instigation, it is true, but that should... 344 00:31:24,633 --> 00:31:26,218 It is no excuse. 345 00:31:29,221 --> 00:31:31,682 My oath has been broken. 346 00:31:31,765 --> 00:31:33,434 I have dishonored myself. 347 00:31:35,144 --> 00:31:37,021 I deserve no consideration. 348 00:31:40,441 --> 00:31:42,484 But if... 349 00:31:43,569 --> 00:31:46,071 as a clement Queen, 350 00:31:46,155 --> 00:31:48,032 you are inclined to pity... 351 00:31:48,699 --> 00:31:51,035 I would ask only this... 352 00:31:53,537 --> 00:31:56,332 that rather than gelding me 353 00:31:56,415 --> 00:31:59,168 and having me tortured... 354 00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:02,254 you would sentence me mercifully to death. 355 00:32:17,895 --> 00:32:20,564 Thank you for your honesty, Ser Criston. 356 00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:31,867 You may go. 357 00:33:02,690 --> 00:33:06,860 Rest now, Your Grace. I will bring the leeches. 358 00:33:06,944 --> 00:33:08,987 If I may, Grand Maester, 359 00:33:09,071 --> 00:33:12,700 I took the liberty of preparing a fresh set 360 00:33:12,783 --> 00:33:16,912 of herbal poultices that might be more... effective. 361 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:19,415 That will not be necessary, Orwyle. 362 00:33:19,498 --> 00:33:23,001 The leechings have always brought His Grace relief. 363 00:33:42,146 --> 00:33:44,022 To help him sleep. 364 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:55,951 Where's the Queen? 365 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:59,538 I was given to understand 366 00:33:59,621 --> 00:34:01,790 that she is otherwise occupied, Your Grace. 367 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:24,271 Will I be remembered as a good king, Lyonel? 368 00:34:25,481 --> 00:34:28,567 Your Grace? 369 00:34:28,650 --> 00:34:32,988 What will they say of me when the histories are written? 370 00:34:33,071 --> 00:34:34,865 I have neither fought nor conquered, 371 00:34:34,948 --> 00:34:37,993 nor suffered any great defeat. 372 00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:42,706 Some might call that good fortune. 373 00:34:45,167 --> 00:34:48,170 It hardly makes a good song, does it? 374 00:34:48,253 --> 00:34:51,173 To be sung at feasts in a hundred years... 375 00:34:51,256 --> 00:34:52,841 five hundred. 376 00:34:55,302 --> 00:34:59,056 You have carried King Jaehaerys's legacy. 377 00:34:59,139 --> 00:35:01,934 And kept the realm strong. 378 00:35:02,017 --> 00:35:04,520 Is it not better to live in peace 379 00:35:04,603 --> 00:35:07,523 than to have songs sung after you are dead? 380 00:35:07,940 --> 00:35:09,942 Perhaps. 381 00:35:11,652 --> 00:35:14,655 But there is a part of me wishes I'd been tested. 382 00:35:16,073 --> 00:35:18,867 I often think that in the crucible, 383 00:35:18,951 --> 00:35:21,411 I may have been forged a different man. 384 00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:25,874 Many that are tested, 385 00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:27,918 only wish to have been spared it. 386 00:35:29,294 --> 00:35:32,130 Another lord might assure me that I would rise like 387 00:35:32,214 --> 00:35:34,091 Aegon the Conqueror given the chance. 388 00:35:34,174 --> 00:35:37,261 - Your Grace, that is... - You're right. 389 00:35:37,344 --> 00:35:40,222 You're right... as always. 390 00:35:42,975 --> 00:35:45,644 It is perhaps best not to know. 391 00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:35,277 It is with great pleasure 392 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,780 that His Grace, King Viserys, announces the start 393 00:36:38,864 --> 00:36:41,366 of the royal wedding celebrations. 394 00:36:43,327 --> 00:36:46,788 House Lannister with their lord, Jason Lannister. 395 00:36:46,872 --> 00:36:48,874 Lord Paramount of the West, 396 00:36:48,957 --> 00:36:51,919 and Master of Casterly Rock. 397 00:36:53,045 --> 00:36:54,713 House Hightower 398 00:36:54,796 --> 00:36:56,757 with their lord, Hobert Hightower. 399 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,885 Beacon of the South, Defender of the Citadel, 400 00:36:59,968 --> 00:37:01,595 the Voice of Oldtown... 401 00:37:14,107 --> 00:37:16,026 Congratulations, Your Grace. 402 00:37:16,109 --> 00:37:18,445 You have made a fine match for the Princess. 403 00:37:18,528 --> 00:37:19,446 Thank you, Lord Jason. 404 00:37:19,529 --> 00:37:21,369 I could think of no better man than Ser Laenor. 405 00:37:21,406 --> 00:37:26,328 Well... if this is only the welcome feast, 406 00:37:26,411 --> 00:37:29,998 I admit, I cannot imagine what you might have planned for the wedding. 407 00:37:30,082 --> 00:37:33,377 Well, my daughter is the future queen. 408 00:37:33,460 --> 00:37:36,213 I wanted this to be a wedding for the histories. 409 00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:39,174 Where is the Queen? 410 00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:41,176 I had hoped to pay my respects. 411 00:37:43,011 --> 00:37:47,224 I understand the Queen is still readying herself for the celebrations. 412 00:37:47,307 --> 00:37:49,351 This is why men wage war... 413 00:37:49,434 --> 00:37:52,729 because women would never be ready for the battle in time. 414 00:37:57,985 --> 00:38:00,696 Your presence is always such a pleasure, Lord Jason. 415 00:38:00,779 --> 00:38:03,448 Princess... Your Grace. 416 00:38:13,792 --> 00:38:15,877 Your Grace, Princess Rhaenyra, 417 00:38:15,961 --> 00:38:18,714 congratulations are in order. 418 00:38:18,797 --> 00:38:21,633 We are very honored to have you as a guest, Ser Gerold. 419 00:38:21,717 --> 00:38:23,635 I must say, I was most distressed 420 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:27,472 to hear of the Lady Rhea's tragic passing. 421 00:38:27,556 --> 00:38:29,224 I'm very sorry for your loss. 422 00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:31,202 Lady Rhea was a unique character. 423 00:38:31,226 --> 00:38:35,397 Her kind... is not soon to be seen again. 424 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,442 If there is anything the crown might do to aid House Royce... 425 00:38:46,825 --> 00:38:49,828 Lord Corlys of House Velaryon. 426 00:38:49,911 --> 00:38:52,831 Lord of the Tides, Master of Driftmark. 427 00:38:52,914 --> 00:38:56,251 And his lady wife, Princess Rhaenys Targaryen. 428 00:38:56,335 --> 00:38:59,755 And their son and heir, Ser Laenor Velaryon, 429 00:38:59,838 --> 00:39:02,716 the future king consort. 430 00:39:44,007 --> 00:39:45,300 - My Betrothed. - My Betrothed. 431 00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:10,594 Be welcome, 432 00:41:10,677 --> 00:41:13,847 as we join together in celebration. 433 00:41:15,265 --> 00:41:16,892 Tonight is only its beginning. 434 00:41:17,809 --> 00:41:20,270 We honor the crown's oldest 435 00:41:20,353 --> 00:41:23,481 and fiercest ally, House Velaryon. 436 00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:28,069 Reaching back to the days of Old Valyria 437 00:41:28,153 --> 00:41:31,323 and the Age of Dragons. 438 00:41:32,991 --> 00:41:35,911 With House Targaryen and H... 439 00:42:14,824 --> 00:42:16,451 The King will not be happy. 440 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:18,662 Right in the midst of his speech. 441 00:42:30,006 --> 00:42:32,259 The beacon on the Hightower, 442 00:42:32,342 --> 00:42:33,718 do you know what color it glows 443 00:42:33,802 --> 00:42:36,304 when Oldtown calls its banners to war? 444 00:42:37,180 --> 00:42:39,975 Green. 445 00:42:49,317 --> 00:42:52,988 Congratulations, stepdaughter. 446 00:42:53,071 --> 00:42:54,948 What a blessing this is for you. 447 00:43:06,042 --> 00:43:08,295 Please be seated. 448 00:43:17,429 --> 00:43:18,805 Where was I? 449 00:43:18,888 --> 00:43:20,849 The joining of the two houses, Your Grace. 450 00:43:20,932 --> 00:43:22,809 Yeah. 451 00:43:23,143 --> 00:43:24,894 Yes. 452 00:43:30,692 --> 00:43:32,193 With House Targaryen 453 00:43:32,277 --> 00:43:36,364 and House Velaryon united, 454 00:43:36,448 --> 00:43:40,410 I hope to herald in a second Age of Dragons 455 00:43:40,493 --> 00:43:41,703 in Westeros. 456 00:43:51,671 --> 00:43:56,259 And after tonight's small affair... 457 00:43:58,094 --> 00:44:00,555 seven days of tournament and feasting. 458 00:44:04,684 --> 00:44:06,269 At the end of it all... 459 00:44:07,312 --> 00:44:10,774 At the end of it all, a royal wedding... 460 00:44:11,733 --> 00:44:13,360 between my daughter, 461 00:44:14,194 --> 00:44:15,487 my heir... 462 00:44:16,112 --> 00:44:18,573 your future Queen... 463 00:44:18,656 --> 00:44:22,786 and Ser Laenor Velaryon, the heir to Driftmark. 464 00:45:15,380 --> 00:45:16,900 I was never much of a dancer. 465 00:45:16,965 --> 00:45:18,341 It's not much different to combat. 466 00:45:18,425 --> 00:45:20,760 Hm, I shall hope for a different outcome. 467 00:45:52,083 --> 00:45:53,543 Ah! 468 00:46:34,792 --> 00:46:38,046 - Your Grace. - We thank you for coming, uncle. 469 00:46:38,129 --> 00:46:40,715 I worried that given leave of your father's shadow, 470 00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:43,218 you might wither in King's Landing's sun. 471 00:46:43,301 --> 00:46:46,179 But you stood tall. 472 00:46:47,472 --> 00:46:48,932 Know that Oldtown stands with you. 473 00:47:16,459 --> 00:47:18,086 In the Vale, 474 00:47:18,169 --> 00:47:21,130 men are made to answer for their crimes. 475 00:47:23,132 --> 00:47:25,260 Even Targaryens. 476 00:47:25,343 --> 00:47:25,927 Who are you? 477 00:47:26,010 --> 00:47:29,430 Ser Gerold Royce of Runestone. 478 00:47:31,140 --> 00:47:32,600 And? 479 00:47:41,359 --> 00:47:44,904 I am cousin to your late lady wife. 480 00:47:44,988 --> 00:47:48,032 Ahh, yes. Terrible thing. 481 00:47:48,116 --> 00:47:51,536 I'm positively bereft. Such a tragic accident. 482 00:47:51,619 --> 00:47:54,622 You know better than anyone, it was no accident. 483 00:47:54,706 --> 00:47:56,457 Are you confessing some guilt, Ser Gerold? 484 00:47:56,541 --> 00:47:59,460 I am making an accusation. 485 00:48:01,713 --> 00:48:03,214 You know, in King's Landing, 486 00:48:03,298 --> 00:48:05,466 men are made to answer for their slanders. 487 00:48:05,550 --> 00:48:07,427 Even old bronze cunts like you. 488 00:48:09,971 --> 00:48:11,347 The truth is, I'm glad you've come. 489 00:48:11,431 --> 00:48:13,975 I wish to speak to you about my inheritance. 490 00:48:14,058 --> 00:48:17,979 - What inheritance? - Lady Rhea and I had no heirs. 491 00:48:18,062 --> 00:48:21,065 As her husband, whatever she was due now passes to me. 492 00:48:22,900 --> 00:48:27,280 She stood to inherit all of Runestone... Did she not? 493 00:48:30,908 --> 00:48:32,952 After my niece's wedding, I plan to fly to the Eyrie 494 00:48:33,036 --> 00:48:34,662 and petition Lady Jeyne myself. 495 00:48:34,746 --> 00:48:36,998 Perhaps I'll see you there, Ser Gerold. 496 00:49:50,655 --> 00:49:54,158 Has anybody ever told you you're nearly as pretty as your brother? 497 00:49:54,242 --> 00:49:56,494 Well, you flatter me, my Prince. 498 00:49:56,577 --> 00:50:00,164 - I was sorry to hear about your lady wife. - Don't be, I wasn't. 499 00:50:00,248 --> 00:50:01,833 My lady was never very kind to me. 500 00:50:01,916 --> 00:50:04,419 - I know who it is. - Hm? 501 00:50:04,502 --> 00:50:06,587 The handsome paramour. 502 00:50:06,671 --> 00:50:07,714 Who? 503 00:50:08,506 --> 00:50:10,967 Ser Criston Cole. 504 00:50:11,050 --> 00:50:14,137 - Her sworn protector? - Look at him. 505 00:50:14,220 --> 00:50:17,056 The man is fully cunt-struck. 506 00:50:17,140 --> 00:50:18,975 A Targaryen prince, 507 00:50:19,058 --> 00:50:21,185 a dashing knight, and a dragonrider. 508 00:50:21,269 --> 00:50:22,913 You appear to be every young maiden's dream. 509 00:50:22,937 --> 00:50:25,106 That's only because you don't know me yet. 510 00:50:25,189 --> 00:50:27,470 I believe Ser Criston has bloodied that white cloak of his 511 00:50:27,525 --> 00:50:29,861 - with your bride's maidenhead. - Oh, keep your voice down. 512 00:50:29,944 --> 00:50:33,197 - Perhaps that is something we might remedy, my Prince. - Perhaps it is. 513 00:50:34,866 --> 00:50:37,994 This is a good thing. She knows your secret... 514 00:50:38,077 --> 00:50:39,871 and now you know hers. 515 00:50:45,793 --> 00:50:47,211 Hey! 516 00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:54,969 Hey! 517 00:50:56,804 --> 00:50:59,849 Hey! 518 00:51:03,895 --> 00:51:05,229 Hey! 519 00:51:07,231 --> 00:51:10,276 Hey! 520 00:51:10,526 --> 00:51:12,487 They make a handsome match, don't they? 521 00:51:13,362 --> 00:51:15,490 What? 522 00:51:15,573 --> 00:51:17,450 Well, the Princess and Ser Laenor. 523 00:51:20,578 --> 00:51:21,913 Hey! 524 00:51:27,084 --> 00:51:29,670 Ser Joffrey Lonmouth, 525 00:51:29,754 --> 00:51:30,671 or the Knight of Kisses, they call me, 526 00:51:30,755 --> 00:51:34,675 though I don't know why. 527 00:51:34,759 --> 00:51:36,385 I'm on watch. What's your business? 528 00:51:36,469 --> 00:51:39,055 You don't know me, Ser Criston. 529 00:51:39,138 --> 00:51:40,657 But we are both deeply invested in this union. 530 00:51:40,681 --> 00:51:42,225 Hey! 531 00:51:44,727 --> 00:51:47,855 If you have something to say, Ser Joffrey, speak it. 532 00:51:47,939 --> 00:51:50,107 Ser Laenor is quite dear to me. 533 00:51:51,150 --> 00:51:54,320 As I know... the Princess is to you. 534 00:51:56,322 --> 00:51:58,783 We should swear to each other to guard them, 535 00:51:58,866 --> 00:52:00,660 and their secrets, 536 00:52:00,743 --> 00:52:02,495 because if those are kept safe... 537 00:52:05,164 --> 00:52:06,249 then so are we all. 538 00:52:26,644 --> 00:52:28,688 Hey! 539 00:52:30,690 --> 00:52:32,191 Hey! 540 00:52:35,403 --> 00:52:36,737 Hey! 541 00:52:50,668 --> 00:52:53,713 - May I, Ser Harwin? - Of course, my Prince. 542 00:53:57,568 --> 00:54:00,655 Hey! 543 00:54:12,083 --> 00:54:13,793 What in the Seven Hells is going on? 544 00:54:13,876 --> 00:54:16,212 Laenor! 545 00:54:51,497 --> 00:54:53,457 - Stop this! - Where's Rhaenyra? 546 00:55:13,811 --> 00:55:15,521 Princess? 547 00:55:26,365 --> 00:55:27,992 Put me down! 548 00:56:21,087 --> 00:56:24,423 The love of the Seven is holy and eternal. 549 00:56:26,175 --> 00:56:28,302 The source of life and love. 550 00:56:30,721 --> 00:56:35,017 We stand here tonight in thanks and praise 551 00:56:35,101 --> 00:56:38,771 to join two souls as one. 552 00:56:43,734 --> 00:56:45,236 Father... 553 00:56:46,779 --> 00:56:49,115 Mother... 554 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:52,535 Warrior... 555 00:56:53,744 --> 00:56:56,413 Smith... 556 00:56:56,497 --> 00:56:57,790 Maiden... 557 00:56:58,207 --> 00:57:00,209 Crone... 558 00:57:00,709 --> 00:57:03,754 Stranger. 559 00:57:04,338 --> 00:57:06,966 Hear now their vows. 560 00:57:08,676 --> 00:57:11,595 I am yours and you are mine. 561 00:57:14,390 --> 00:57:16,225 Whatever may come. 562 00:57:18,352 --> 00:57:21,564 I am yours and you are mine. 563 00:57:22,690 --> 00:57:24,692 Whatever may come. 564 00:57:24,775 --> 00:57:29,196 Here, in the presence of gods and men, 565 00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:30,865 I proclaim... 566 00:57:32,283 --> 00:57:34,952 Laenor of House Velaryon... 567 00:57:36,162 --> 00:57:40,541 Rhaenyra of House Targaryen, 568 00:57:40,624 --> 00:57:42,459 to be man and wife. 569 00:57:46,130 --> 00:57:48,257 One flesh... 570 00:57:48,966 --> 00:57:50,551 one heart... 571 00:57:51,635 --> 00:57:53,262 one soul... 572 00:57:53,971 --> 00:57:58,058 now and forever. 573 00:57:58,142 --> 00:58:00,269 Ser Criston.