All language subtitles for 12 HOUSE DURRANDON by VARYS

VARYS: While Aegon marched on Harrenhal
after his coronation,

Orys Baratheon had taken most of his forces,
and his Queen Rhaenys with her dragon,

south to deal with the excuse for the invasion,

Argilac the Arrogant, King of the Stormlands.

Argilac had his seat at Storm's End,

a castle considered the most impregnable
in Westeros after Harrenhal.

Argilac may have been arrogant,
but he wasn't stupid or a coward.

His lords advised him to shut his gates
and wait out the siege,

but he'd heard
what had happened at Harrenhal

and refused to die a suckling pig
cooked in his own castle.

He would meet victory or defeat the same way,
with sword in hand.

He called his banners and marched
to meet Orys Baratheon in the field.

Thanks to Rhaenys' dragon, Meraxes,

Orys knew Argilac was coming,
how many men he had,

and how fast he marched.

So Orys simply seized the high ground
and dug in on the hills to wait for Argilac.

As the two armies approached,

the wind rose to meet them,
and the rain poured from the sky,

a gale which would give the battle
its name, "the Last Storm."

King Argilac's lords urged him to wait
for the weather to die down,

but the Storm King saw that the rain

was blowing into the faces
of the Baratheon men on their hills,

and Argilac outnumbered
the Baratheon host two-to-one,

with four times as many knights
and heavy horse.

Argilac attacked.

Three times Argilac led his knights
against the Baratheon line,

but the hills were steep
and the rain had beat the earth to mud.

- The warhorses foundered and slipped,
- (SWORDS CLANKING)

and the charges collapsed.

The battle seemed lost

until Argilac ordered
his spearmen up the hill.

Blinded by the rain, the Baratheons
didn't see them until it was too late.

- One hill fell, then another, and another,
- (MEN YELLING AND GRUNTING)

until only one remained
in the Baratheon center.

If Argilac could break through there,

he could split the invading army
and flank both halves.

Argilac and his men charged,
and the Baratheon line broke...

Revealing Queen Rhaenys and Meraxes.

Argilac's vanguard burst into flame,
and his men panicked.

- The victory charge fell into chaos,
- (HORSES WHINNYING)

and Argilac himself
was thrown from his horse.

But he didn't yield.

When Orys Baratheon arrived,

he found the old king holding off
half a dozen men,

another half-dozen dead at his feet.

Orys dismounted
to meet the king on equal footing

and offered Argilac one final chance to yield.

Argilac cursed him instead.

As the storm raged around them,

the grizzled old warrior
and the bearded upstart

fought for life and kingdom.

- In the end, Argilac got his wish.
- (SWORDS CLANKING)

He died, sword in hand.

As word of Argilac's death spread,

his lords and knights
threw down their swords and fled.

Orys and his vanguard rode to Storm's End
to claim Argilac's castle for Aegon

only to find the gates barred
and the walls manned.

Argilac's daughter had assumed his crown,

and the new Storm Queen
was as fond of yielding as her father.

She declared that Orys would win
only bones, blood and ashes here.

But her men were weaker than her,

and that night Orys found
Argilac's daughter delivered,

gagged, chained and naked to his camp.

Argilac had refused to give Orys her hand.

Now, Orys could have
any part of her he wished.

But Orys unchained the girl,

wrapped his cloak around her
and poured her a glass of wine.

He told her he would take the arms,
banner and words of House Durrandon,

to honor her father's courage
in the Last Storm.

Conveniently, Orys had none of his own
to discard first.

The crowned stag
became the sigil of House Baratheon,

and Storm's End their seat.

Argilac's daughter
would even remain in her home,

though as a lady instead of a princess.

The Stormlands were now Aegon's,

and as tribute, Aegon demanded
the swords of the men Orys had defeated.

For what purpose, Orys didn't know.