1 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:29,148 What? 2 00:02:34,029 --> 00:02:35,864 I can't understand. 3 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:48,460 Speak plainly. 4 00:02:54,049 --> 00:02:55,050 {\an8}Stop. 5 00:02:55,884 --> 00:02:57,177 {\an8}Stop it. 6 00:03:29,292 --> 00:03:32,045 There's been a raven. 7 00:03:35,674 --> 00:03:37,676 Good morrow, Your Grace. 8 00:03:38,510 --> 00:03:41,346 Slept well, I trust? 9 00:03:41,721 --> 00:03:44,224 As I said, there's been a raven. 10 00:03:46,601 --> 00:03:49,979 Aegon's army departed King's Landing a fortnight ago. 11 00:03:49,980 --> 00:03:52,419 The castles of Rosby and Stokeworth 12 00:03:52,420 --> 00:03:54,807 have both fallen without siege. 13 00:03:54,808 --> 00:03:57,194 They have raised Aegon's banner 14 00:03:57,195 --> 00:04:00,699 and added their levies to Ser Criston Cole's host. 15 00:04:01,616 --> 00:04:04,326 Both houses cited that 16 00:04:04,327 --> 00:04:07,914 sad business with the usurper's son in their declarations. 17 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:10,583 Ser Criston's army, 18 00:04:11,292 --> 00:04:13,752 now tripled in strength, 19 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:16,672 might have Harrenhal as its destination. 20 00:04:16,673 --> 00:04:20,051 Even if you can raise a host of Rivermen, 21 00:04:20,052 --> 00:04:23,054 they will not be ready in time to face him. 22 00:04:29,227 --> 00:04:32,063 Let's see what your Lord Paramount is made of. 23 00:04:37,736 --> 00:04:41,031 My prince... Uh, My-My Grace. 24 00:04:41,032 --> 00:04:42,490 Your Grace. 25 00:04:43,408 --> 00:04:46,453 Lord Grover is looking more hale and healthy than I expected. 26 00:04:46,454 --> 00:04:47,850 Uh, this is Ser Oscar Tully, 27 00:04:47,851 --> 00:04:49,382 grandson to Grover Tully. 28 00:04:49,383 --> 00:04:50,914 He is heir to Riverrun 29 00:04:50,915 --> 00:04:54,251 and the future Lord Paramount of the Riverlands. 30 00:04:54,252 --> 00:04:57,588 His Grace, the King Consort, Daemon Targaryen. 31 00:04:57,589 --> 00:05:00,884 - It is an honor, Your Grace. - Indeed. 32 00:05:06,765 --> 00:05:08,808 How fares your grandsire? 33 00:05:12,771 --> 00:05:15,773 Sadly, he remains incapacitated. 34 00:05:15,774 --> 00:05:18,776 He lies in a kind of waking sleep, 35 00:05:18,777 --> 00:05:22,322 unable to do much more than take meager drink. 36 00:05:22,323 --> 00:05:24,949 It is barely enough to sustain him. 37 00:05:24,950 --> 00:05:27,055 So, he's alive? 38 00:05:27,056 --> 00:05:29,161 Yes, gods be good. 39 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:31,705 Well, my time is short and I have need of an army. 40 00:05:31,706 --> 00:05:34,250 Perhaps you might place a feather pillow over his head 41 00:05:34,251 --> 00:05:36,503 and speed along your inheritance? 42 00:05:38,630 --> 00:05:42,300 I-I love my grandsire, like a father. 43 00:05:42,967 --> 00:05:46,638 My own lord father died suddenly, himself a young man. 44 00:05:47,305 --> 00:05:49,933 Lord Grover raised me in his stead. 45 00:05:49,934 --> 00:05:51,308 All very touching. 46 00:05:51,309 --> 00:05:53,311 Are you here to speak with your grandsire's voice? 47 00:05:53,312 --> 00:05:55,313 For House Tully and the Riverlands? 48 00:05:55,314 --> 00:05:56,815 While he still lives? 49 00:05:59,484 --> 00:06:03,238 - That is not our way. - Then you're of no use to me. 50 00:06:03,905 --> 00:06:05,699 I can see why the Blackwoods and the Brackens 51 00:06:05,700 --> 00:06:07,032 did not fear to start a war 52 00:06:07,033 --> 00:06:09,368 beneath the nose of their liege lords. 53 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:11,704 House Tully is a fish with no head. 54 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:13,706 Remind me which of your countrymen 55 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:15,833 claim to fight in the name of Aegon? 56 00:06:15,834 --> 00:06:17,960 Was it, was it Bracken or Blackwood? 57 00:06:17,961 --> 00:06:20,672 It was House Bracken that declared Green, Your Grace. 58 00:06:20,673 --> 00:06:21,881 Who could remember. 59 00:06:23,049 --> 00:06:24,112 Summon the Blackwoods here. 60 00:06:24,113 --> 00:06:25,175 I require men of action 61 00:06:25,176 --> 00:06:27,178 to lead my host of Rivermen. 62 00:06:56,041 --> 00:06:57,459 M'lady. 63 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:04,716 "Princess," if we're holding to formalities. 64 00:07:04,717 --> 00:07:07,385 Apologies. Princess. 65 00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:11,097 And you are Alyn. 66 00:07:11,098 --> 00:07:13,433 Yes, Princess. 67 00:07:14,809 --> 00:07:16,436 I'm given to understand my lord husband 68 00:07:16,437 --> 00:07:18,313 owes you his life. 69 00:07:21,483 --> 00:07:24,611 But I was not told his savior was so comely. 70 00:07:25,820 --> 00:07:28,405 Your mother must've been very beautiful. 71 00:07:28,406 --> 00:07:30,742 Rhaenys. 72 00:07:38,166 --> 00:07:40,794 - Is your work finished? - No, m'lord. 73 00:07:51,763 --> 00:07:53,765 I just had a word with your captains. 74 00:07:55,809 --> 00:07:59,270 He was the sailor who plucked you from your watery grave? 75 00:08:06,861 --> 00:08:07,862 Yes. 76 00:08:09,364 --> 00:08:11,032 You did not think to mention it? 77 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:13,785 I did not think it relevant. 78 00:08:16,037 --> 00:08:18,039 I know who he is, Corlys. 79 00:08:20,458 --> 00:08:24,087 Alyn's past is no fault of his. 80 00:08:24,088 --> 00:08:25,170 He saved his lord's life. 81 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:26,464 He should be raised up and honored, 82 00:08:26,465 --> 00:08:27,799 not hidden beneath the tides. 83 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,801 Is this why you came? 84 00:08:30,885 --> 00:08:32,637 To subject me to an inquisition? 85 00:08:34,806 --> 00:08:38,643 I came to tell you that Baela has called me to Dragonstone. 86 00:08:38,644 --> 00:08:41,020 Baela? 87 00:08:41,021 --> 00:08:43,690 That council is going to dine on her and Jace for supper. 88 00:08:43,691 --> 00:08:45,859 They grow restless in Rhaenyra's absence. 89 00:08:45,860 --> 00:08:49,319 Still... Where has that woman gone? 90 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,991 I suspect to try and draw us all back from the abyss. 91 00:09:15,013 --> 00:09:18,224 - Good morrow, Your Grace. - Good morrow, Grand Maester. 92 00:09:22,020 --> 00:09:23,688 As requested. 93 00:09:24,689 --> 00:09:27,275 - I brewed it myself. - Thank you. 94 00:09:28,276 --> 00:09:30,362 I will see it delivered discreetly. 95 00:09:31,780 --> 00:09:36,034 Do report if the recipient has need of any remedy. 96 00:09:36,035 --> 00:09:39,204 The tea is known to disagree with the gut. 97 00:09:39,205 --> 00:09:41,414 I shall observe the girl closely. 98 00:09:47,962 --> 00:09:49,589 Grand Maester. 99 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:58,055 You've ever been a practical man, 100 00:09:58,056 --> 00:10:00,517 an honorable servant to the crown. 101 00:10:01,267 --> 00:10:04,521 And you served my lord husband in his darkest hours. 102 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:07,148 Such was my duty, Your Grace. 103 00:10:08,566 --> 00:10:09,776 Tell me. 104 00:10:12,070 --> 00:10:15,198 Do you believe Viserys wanted Aegon to succeed him? 105 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:21,830 I could not know. 106 00:10:23,748 --> 00:10:26,751 His Grace never raised the matter with me. 107 00:11:26,353 --> 00:11:27,895 Ser Criston Cole's host 108 00:11:27,896 --> 00:11:29,439 has taken to exploiting the tree cover 109 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:30,899 to conceal its movements. 110 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:32,296 He now only travels by night 111 00:11:32,297 --> 00:11:33,692 to confound our dragons. 112 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:35,444 And what is Cole's heading? 113 00:11:35,445 --> 00:11:37,197 It is difficult to say, but there were signs 114 00:11:37,198 --> 00:11:39,491 of an army moving northwest, I believe. 115 00:11:39,492 --> 00:11:41,784 She believes. 116 00:11:41,785 --> 00:11:43,828 You should've burned them when you had the chance. 117 00:11:43,829 --> 00:11:44,995 Perhaps you can, Ser Alfred, 118 00:11:44,996 --> 00:11:46,663 when you next sight them on your dragon. 119 00:11:46,664 --> 00:11:50,001 The only reason we know any of this 120 00:11:50,002 --> 00:11:51,627 is because of Baela's efforts. 121 00:11:51,628 --> 00:11:53,650 What do we know, my prince? 122 00:11:53,651 --> 00:11:55,673 If you ask me, it is little and less. 123 00:11:55,674 --> 00:11:58,385 We know that Cole possesses a host that is growing in strength 124 00:11:58,386 --> 00:11:59,677 and that it is a problem. 125 00:11:59,678 --> 00:12:01,054 Can Daemon hope to meet it 126 00:12:01,055 --> 00:12:02,638 with his own in time? 127 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:03,847 And if I know the Riverlands, 128 00:12:03,848 --> 00:12:05,892 he has more disentangling ahead of him 129 00:12:05,893 --> 00:12:09,144 than the end of a Lyseni orgy. 130 00:12:09,145 --> 00:12:12,607 Have you heard word from your father? 131 00:12:15,193 --> 00:12:18,529 - No. - Ravens were sent to Harrenhal 132 00:12:18,530 --> 00:12:21,866 seeking news of Daemon's progress with the Riverlords. 133 00:12:21,867 --> 00:12:24,369 None have, as yet, returned. 134 00:12:24,370 --> 00:12:25,994 Just so. 135 00:12:25,995 --> 00:12:28,414 An enemy host, growing in constitution, 136 00:12:28,415 --> 00:12:32,710 marches somewhere in the vastness of the Crownlands. 137 00:12:32,711 --> 00:12:37,007 We could, perhaps, act if only we had a host of our own. 138 00:12:37,008 --> 00:12:38,425 Or someone here to lead us. 139 00:12:39,050 --> 00:12:40,885 Mind your tongue, Ser Alfred. 140 00:12:42,387 --> 00:12:44,848 Does it speak falsely, my prince? 141 00:12:44,849 --> 00:12:47,266 This council is rudderless. 142 00:12:47,267 --> 00:12:49,561 I'm doing my best to steer it, Ser Alfred. 143 00:12:51,146 --> 00:12:54,858 Why should your voice be any louder than ours, Princess? 144 00:12:54,859 --> 00:12:56,734 The queen did not name you Hand. 145 00:12:56,735 --> 00:12:59,236 It is her voice, and that of the king consort, 146 00:12:59,237 --> 00:13:02,531 that we need to raise alliances and command our vassals. 147 00:13:02,532 --> 00:13:05,744 - But they are gone. - What has come of this council? 148 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:12,250 My lord. 149 00:13:15,253 --> 00:13:18,630 Our enemy is on the march. 150 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:20,759 Is there naught to be done in the absence of the queen, 151 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,095 but to grouse and claw for power? 152 00:13:30,185 --> 00:13:32,604 We do not know the queen's doings. 153 00:13:33,772 --> 00:13:36,274 But we must trust that she seeks the same 154 00:13:36,275 --> 00:13:38,360 as each of us at this table. 155 00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:42,447 An end to this conflict. 156 00:14:04,302 --> 00:14:06,804 Men of House Darklyn. 157 00:14:06,805 --> 00:14:11,976 All who bend the knee to the true king, Aegon, will be spared. 158 00:14:11,977 --> 00:14:14,646 You can earn back your honor by raising his banner 159 00:14:14,647 --> 00:14:16,480 and fighting in his name 160 00:14:16,481 --> 00:14:19,150 against the Whore of Dragonstone. 161 00:14:20,151 --> 00:14:22,153 All who refuse... 162 00:14:23,571 --> 00:14:25,573 will have their death. 163 00:14:39,671 --> 00:14:41,297 Good morrow, Lord Darklyn. 164 00:14:42,007 --> 00:14:45,510 Is there no honor left in this world, Cole? 165 00:14:45,511 --> 00:14:47,929 Sacking your queen's own castles 166 00:14:47,930 --> 00:14:50,348 and putting her people to the sword? 167 00:14:50,349 --> 00:14:52,017 "Kingmaker." 168 00:14:56,354 --> 00:14:58,732 You are not fit for the white cloak. 169 00:15:02,193 --> 00:15:05,238 This is a better death than a traitor deserves. 170 00:15:05,739 --> 00:15:07,949 You should thank me for it. 171 00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:13,079 Yours will come in kind. 172 00:15:27,635 --> 00:15:28,887 Lord Hand. 173 00:15:44,319 --> 00:15:46,571 We'll lead the van northeast, 174 00:15:46,572 --> 00:15:48,031 follow the coastline. 175 00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:51,116 I realize you were neither born nor bred 176 00:15:51,117 --> 00:15:54,537 anywhere near the Crownlands, my good Lord Hand, 177 00:15:54,538 --> 00:15:56,956 but Harrenhal is to the west. 178 00:16:01,002 --> 00:16:02,629 Indeed it is. 179 00:16:05,507 --> 00:16:08,760 Fuck you. I told you we should've sent our dragons. 180 00:16:08,761 --> 00:16:10,595 And now look what's happened. 181 00:16:11,012 --> 00:16:13,660 Daemon, of all people, has taken Harrenhal. 182 00:16:13,661 --> 00:16:16,309 I give you a job, and now you just sit there. 183 00:16:16,310 --> 00:16:18,770 It's your fucking castle! 184 00:16:20,522 --> 00:16:24,567 Well, that castle is more crippled than I am, Your Grace. 185 00:16:25,819 --> 00:16:27,278 It's like to drive Daemon to madness 186 00:16:27,279 --> 00:16:28,738 as he attempts to make use of it. 187 00:16:28,739 --> 00:16:31,116 It is beyond his faculties. 188 00:16:31,866 --> 00:16:35,912 It is also penniless, as I happily control all of its gold. 189 00:16:35,913 --> 00:16:39,498 So, as Harrenhal saps Daemon's resolve, 190 00:16:39,499 --> 00:16:41,959 the false queen remains trapped on her island, 191 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:45,296 and Ser Criston continues felling castles in the Crownlands. 192 00:16:45,297 --> 00:16:47,382 Wh... 193 00:16:47,799 --> 00:16:49,988 I need to be informed of these things 194 00:16:49,989 --> 00:16:52,177 if I am to make informed rulings. 195 00:16:52,178 --> 00:16:54,138 I will not be made to look a fool in front of 196 00:16:54,139 --> 00:16:56,808 - my allies and enemies. - Harrenhal must wait. 197 00:17:00,353 --> 00:17:03,523 Ser Criston is marching on Rook's Rest. 198 00:17:03,524 --> 00:17:05,315 Rook's Re... A pathetic prize. 199 00:17:05,316 --> 00:17:07,485 - I gave no such command... - The castle is small, 200 00:17:08,653 --> 00:17:09,987 weakly defended, 201 00:17:09,988 --> 00:17:13,116 and Lord Staunton sits on Rhaenyra's council. 202 00:17:13,117 --> 00:17:15,325 After Cole smashes it, 203 00:17:15,326 --> 00:17:17,662 we'll have Dragonstone effectively cut off by land. 204 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:22,333 This war will not be won with dragons alone, 205 00:17:22,334 --> 00:17:25,753 but with dragons flying behind armies of men. 206 00:17:25,754 --> 00:17:29,174 No! Have him turn about. I want Harrenhal back. 207 00:17:30,342 --> 00:17:32,510 Cole is already preparing his attack. 208 00:17:34,012 --> 00:17:36,013 Uh, how-how do you know this? 209 00:17:36,014 --> 00:17:38,016 He sent word to me. 210 00:17:39,017 --> 00:17:40,185 To you? 211 00:17:43,021 --> 00:17:45,315 The two of you have been 212 00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:49,694 plotting... without my authority? 213 00:18:10,715 --> 00:18:11,758 Mm. 214 00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:46,459 Mm. 215 00:18:52,424 --> 00:18:54,758 Harrenhal is a useful morass. 216 00:18:54,759 --> 00:18:57,762 It will keep Daemon well-occupied while we strengthen our host 217 00:18:57,763 --> 00:19:00,410 and weaken Rhaenyra's support on the mainland. 218 00:19:00,411 --> 00:19:03,924 We will deal with it in the Riverlands in time. 219 00:19:03,925 --> 00:19:07,439 But right now. Rook's Rest is an easy target 220 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:09,441 and a worthy effort. 221 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:13,486 Don't you agree, my king? 222 00:19:26,458 --> 00:19:29,502 Come. 223 00:19:33,882 --> 00:19:35,508 Lord Larys. 224 00:19:39,346 --> 00:19:41,848 I thought I'd look in on you, Your Grace, 225 00:19:41,849 --> 00:19:44,351 after your absence from the small council. 226 00:19:44,352 --> 00:19:46,435 I feared something was amiss. 227 00:19:46,436 --> 00:19:49,481 You're kind to do so, my lord, 228 00:19:49,482 --> 00:19:52,107 but indulgence was my sin. 229 00:19:52,108 --> 00:19:55,320 I... ventured into the lamprey pie at last night's supper. 230 00:19:55,321 --> 00:19:57,322 Too far, I fear. 231 00:20:00,367 --> 00:20:01,993 Mm. 232 00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:06,164 That is a rich indulgence. 233 00:20:06,998 --> 00:20:10,438 But I believe it is a sin to deny your appetites. 234 00:20:10,439 --> 00:20:13,880 They are what make us fully alive as mortal men. 235 00:20:18,176 --> 00:20:20,637 Was anything of note discussed at the council? 236 00:20:20,638 --> 00:20:22,554 Daemon having seized Harrenhal 237 00:20:22,555 --> 00:20:25,474 and His Grace's resulting displeasure. 238 00:20:25,475 --> 00:20:29,354 I would've thought you would be the most aggrieved, my lord. 239 00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:32,607 I see it as a loss for our greater good. 240 00:20:34,192 --> 00:20:36,568 Dragonstone's attentions are greatly divided. 241 00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:40,740 First in the Riverlands and the Gullet, and now the Crownlands. 242 00:20:40,741 --> 00:20:43,472 Ser Criston wins every challenge he faces there. 243 00:20:43,473 --> 00:20:46,204 That truth alone is like to incite Rhaenyra's fury. 244 00:20:46,913 --> 00:20:49,541 He's covered himself in glory, to be sure. 245 00:20:50,709 --> 00:20:53,211 And you must worry for him? 246 00:20:53,628 --> 00:20:55,880 Your sworn sword... 247 00:20:56,881 --> 00:20:58,590 on the march, 248 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:00,238 ever exposed to dragons? 249 00:21:00,239 --> 00:21:01,886 It is a perilous road. 250 00:21:05,223 --> 00:21:07,225 Ser Criston is the Hand of the King. 251 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,229 We should all pray for his victory and safe return. 252 00:21:12,272 --> 00:21:13,481 Indeed. 253 00:21:23,450 --> 00:21:26,911 If I may be so bold, my queen... 254 00:21:32,584 --> 00:21:35,003 you have not seemed yourself of late. 255 00:21:36,588 --> 00:21:38,923 Only weeks ago, my lord husband was alive 256 00:21:38,924 --> 00:21:40,967 and the realm was at peace. 257 00:21:41,426 --> 00:21:45,096 Now, I've... barely had the hours to grieve one tragedy 258 00:21:45,097 --> 00:21:46,263 before suffering the next. 259 00:21:46,264 --> 00:21:49,934 I regret if I have not been myself. 260 00:21:51,978 --> 00:21:52,979 Hm. 261 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,107 I did not know you shared your lord husband's love... 262 00:21:57,192 --> 00:21:59,027 for the histories. 263 00:22:00,445 --> 00:22:04,115 If not his love, then certainly an... an abiding interest. 264 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:06,951 The voices of history guided Viserys. 265 00:22:06,952 --> 00:22:08,912 He knew that his wisdom alone 266 00:22:08,913 --> 00:22:10,080 could only reach so far. 267 00:22:10,455 --> 00:22:12,957 Do you think that is why he changed his mind... 268 00:22:14,292 --> 00:22:16,919 in the end? 269 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:20,840 No matter how suited he thought Rhaenyra for the crown, 270 00:22:20,841 --> 00:22:25,469 the, uh, voices of history, as you say, 271 00:22:25,470 --> 00:22:28,347 would have told him how the realm would react 272 00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:30,809 - to her succession. - It was impossible to know what steered his thoughts 273 00:22:30,810 --> 00:22:32,686 in those final hours. 274 00:22:33,978 --> 00:22:36,147 Do you now doubt his intentions? 275 00:22:43,822 --> 00:22:46,491 Rhaenyra's supporters will believe what they wish. 276 00:22:47,158 --> 00:22:49,160 And so will Aegon's. 277 00:22:49,994 --> 00:22:54,498 The war will be fought, many will die... 278 00:22:54,499 --> 00:22:57,168 and the victor will eventually ascend the throne. 279 00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:02,674 The significance of Viserys's intentions died with him. 280 00:23:08,847 --> 00:23:10,849 Yes, it did. 281 00:24:47,737 --> 00:24:50,407 It's a touch late to be stalkin' about a strange castle, 282 00:24:50,408 --> 00:24:52,492 putting its people to the sword. 283 00:24:52,493 --> 00:24:53,785 You. 284 00:24:54,953 --> 00:24:56,788 I'm called Alys. 285 00:24:57,372 --> 00:24:58,832 Strong? 286 00:24:58,833 --> 00:25:00,041 Rivers. 287 00:25:01,126 --> 00:25:02,293 A bastard. 288 00:25:02,836 --> 00:25:05,463 Once you get to know me, you'll find I'm not so bad. 289 00:25:06,214 --> 00:25:10,677 - So what are you then? Some kind of maester? - In a manner of speaking. 290 00:25:10,678 --> 00:25:14,347 I inherited the duties after the last one fled in the night. 291 00:25:14,348 --> 00:25:17,308 - Fled? Why? - Just never settled in. 292 00:25:20,020 --> 00:25:22,063 How are you settling in? 293 00:25:22,731 --> 00:25:25,942 I've come to know the face of tortured rest well enough. 294 00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:29,799 Sleep can be... thin in this place. 295 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,074 What would you know of my sleep? 296 00:25:34,159 --> 00:25:38,496 Harrenhal's been cursed since its first stone was laid. 297 00:25:38,497 --> 00:25:40,957 Black Harren felled the grove of weirwood trees 298 00:25:40,958 --> 00:25:43,167 that grew on these lands. 299 00:25:43,168 --> 00:25:45,378 Heart trees, imbued with the spirits of those 300 00:25:45,379 --> 00:25:47,504 who lived long before he came. 301 00:25:47,505 --> 00:25:51,217 - It's said their whispers can still be heard sometimes. - A midwife's tale. 302 00:25:51,218 --> 00:25:54,888 Mm, the very bed you sleep in was made from such a heart tree. 303 00:25:56,598 --> 00:26:00,185 Have you experienced anything... of note? 304 00:26:00,852 --> 00:26:03,271 You are a strange kind of woman. 305 00:26:03,688 --> 00:26:06,483 I'm no woman at all. I'm a barn owl. 306 00:26:06,484 --> 00:26:08,443 Cursed to live in human form. 307 00:26:09,944 --> 00:26:14,324 So, you've come here after quarreling with your wife? 308 00:26:14,325 --> 00:26:15,408 What? 309 00:26:16,743 --> 00:26:19,371 You arrive here alone to claim the castle 310 00:26:19,372 --> 00:26:21,623 and yet, send no ravens. 311 00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:26,544 Do you now plan to make your own claim? 312 00:26:27,045 --> 00:26:29,214 - Perhaps to prove yourself to her. - Do not try me 313 00:26:29,215 --> 00:26:31,215 with your insolence, witch. 314 00:26:31,216 --> 00:26:33,092 It's a hard thing, I imagine, to give 315 00:26:33,093 --> 00:26:36,262 obeisance to one who replaced you as heir. 316 00:26:38,723 --> 00:26:41,392 And a woman too. A... 317 00:26:41,393 --> 00:26:44,062 girl child you bounced on your knee. 318 00:26:46,398 --> 00:26:49,192 I mean, does it please you that her legitimacy is contested? 319 00:26:49,193 --> 00:26:51,276 As you stand here... 320 00:26:51,277 --> 00:26:53,904 with a castle and a dragon... 321 00:26:53,905 --> 00:26:56,116 attempting to draw an army of men. 322 00:27:01,246 --> 00:27:02,831 Here. Drink this. 323 00:27:04,749 --> 00:27:08,420 You'll need your sleep if you're to win this place to your side. 324 00:27:17,929 --> 00:27:19,556 I now rule my house as regent 325 00:27:19,557 --> 00:27:21,391 until my nephew Benjicot comes of age. 326 00:27:26,771 --> 00:27:29,773 The Brackens are venal cravens, 327 00:27:29,774 --> 00:27:31,609 and they must pay for their treachery 328 00:27:31,610 --> 00:27:33,445 against the laws of gods and men. 329 00:27:34,612 --> 00:27:36,656 And against the crown. 330 00:27:36,657 --> 00:27:38,240 Who are you? 331 00:27:38,241 --> 00:27:39,909 Ser Willem Blackwood of House Blackwood, 332 00:27:39,910 --> 00:27:42,954 Your Grace, as I said. 333 00:27:46,791 --> 00:27:47,959 Well met. 334 00:27:49,002 --> 00:27:50,836 What might I do for you? 335 00:27:50,837 --> 00:27:54,507 It was you who summoned me, Your Grace. 336 00:27:54,508 --> 00:27:56,342 I was given to understand 337 00:27:56,343 --> 00:27:58,177 that you wanted an army. 338 00:27:58,178 --> 00:27:59,970 Well, who doesn't these days? 339 00:27:59,971 --> 00:28:01,848 You Blackwoods certainly never miss a chance 340 00:28:01,849 --> 00:28:05,310 to bloody your swords... do you? 341 00:28:05,977 --> 00:28:07,144 Some 20 years ago, 342 00:28:07,145 --> 00:28:09,313 my lord bent the knee to King Viserys 343 00:28:09,314 --> 00:28:12,692 and acknowledged the Princess Rhaenyra as his rightful heir. 344 00:28:12,693 --> 00:28:14,485 So you fight for this old oath? 345 00:28:14,486 --> 00:28:17,489 Not, of course, for your thousand-year-old feud with the Brackens. 346 00:28:19,199 --> 00:28:22,327 I once vied for Queen Rhaenyra's hand... 347 00:28:22,328 --> 00:28:24,662 before she wed Ser Laenor. 348 00:28:24,663 --> 00:28:26,998 I always liked her spirit. 349 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:29,500 She had the true blood of the dragon. 350 00:28:29,501 --> 00:28:33,505 And you're prepared to march without the leave of your lord... 351 00:28:55,735 --> 00:28:57,612 Your Grace? 352 00:28:58,947 --> 00:29:00,698 And once you and your dragon 353 00:29:00,699 --> 00:29:03,868 bring the queen's justice to the Brackens... 354 00:29:04,285 --> 00:29:06,287 our armies will be yours. 355 00:29:15,547 --> 00:29:17,819 Our lords in the Crownlands are grousing. 356 00:29:17,820 --> 00:29:20,093 Their herds of livestock struggle to keep pace 357 00:29:20,094 --> 00:29:21,885 with the dragons' relentless appetites. 358 00:29:21,886 --> 00:29:24,701 - Vhagar's in particular. - They can either provide 359 00:29:24,702 --> 00:29:27,517 the crown what it needs, or we can claim their holdings. 360 00:29:27,518 --> 00:29:29,540 Oh, that would be a relief, 361 00:29:29,541 --> 00:29:31,615 as we have no more coin to lend to the effort. 362 00:29:31,616 --> 00:29:33,690 Resources are certainly growing no more plentiful 363 00:29:33,691 --> 00:29:35,357 in the face of the blockade. 364 00:29:35,358 --> 00:29:37,277 The demand on the blacksmiths, armorers and tanners 365 00:29:37,278 --> 00:29:38,528 for equipment has only grown apace 366 00:29:38,529 --> 00:29:40,070 with Ser Criston's army. 367 00:29:40,071 --> 00:29:42,073 Well, Cole's done splendidly, at the least, 368 00:29:42,074 --> 00:29:44,074 turning every castle and army he's faced, 369 00:29:44,075 --> 00:29:47,120 including Duskendale, gods bless him. 370 00:29:47,121 --> 00:29:49,204 The Kingmaker, they're calling him. 371 00:29:49,205 --> 00:29:51,415 And with Aemond and Vhagar also at the ready, 372 00:29:51,416 --> 00:29:53,626 we are a formidable opponent. 373 00:29:54,919 --> 00:29:56,629 You bore me. 374 00:29:59,466 --> 00:30:01,468 You all bore me. 375 00:30:16,107 --> 00:30:20,111 Perhaps Ser Criston will be able to procure 376 00:30:20,112 --> 00:30:22,112 more livestock through his campaign. 377 00:30:22,113 --> 00:30:24,866 Any coin we can save will be a welcome bounty. 378 00:30:34,793 --> 00:30:36,251 What are you doing here? 379 00:30:36,252 --> 00:30:37,836 Where are your father's books? 380 00:30:37,837 --> 00:30:39,798 I ordered them removed. 381 00:30:39,799 --> 00:30:41,237 With no thought to the centuries 382 00:30:41,238 --> 00:30:42,676 of knowledge in those pages. 383 00:30:49,349 --> 00:30:50,975 Your Grace. 384 00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:55,188 I removed them, I didn't burn them. 385 00:31:00,402 --> 00:31:01,819 What is it? 386 00:31:01,820 --> 00:31:04,155 They don't care what I think. 387 00:31:06,825 --> 00:31:09,159 - Who, Aegon? - My council. 388 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,328 Cole. Aemond. They pursue their campaign 389 00:31:11,329 --> 00:31:13,498 without seeking my aid, or even my thoughts. 390 00:31:16,710 --> 00:31:18,169 What thoughts would you have? 391 00:31:19,671 --> 00:31:21,506 Wh... I'm the king. 392 00:31:25,010 --> 00:31:28,388 Do you think simply wearing the crown imbues you with wisdom? 393 00:31:34,519 --> 00:31:37,939 Those men at your council table... 394 00:31:38,898 --> 00:31:40,942 earned their seats. 395 00:31:41,401 --> 00:31:44,299 It was my hope that once enthroned, 396 00:31:44,300 --> 00:31:47,198 you would honor the burden of your new duties, 397 00:31:47,199 --> 00:31:49,074 be silent, 398 00:31:49,075 --> 00:31:52,746 and strive to learn from the more studied minds around you. 399 00:31:54,247 --> 00:31:57,250 In the hope that you might be half the king your father was. 400 00:31:58,877 --> 00:32:01,296 - Tread carefully. - Or what? 401 00:32:03,048 --> 00:32:06,050 You'll hang me, as you did your ratcatchers? 402 00:32:06,051 --> 00:32:09,054 Or have me banished, as you did your Hand? 403 00:32:10,180 --> 00:32:11,597 I ruled 404 00:32:11,598 --> 00:32:14,016 in your father's absence throughout his long illness, 405 00:32:14,017 --> 00:32:16,728 and Otto Hightower was as cunning a statesman as ever lived. 406 00:32:16,729 --> 00:32:21,941 You should humbly be seeking our opinions and counsel. 407 00:32:24,277 --> 00:32:26,279 You have no idea the sacrifices that were made 408 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,573 to put you on that throne. 409 00:32:33,244 --> 00:32:34,245 Wha... 410 00:32:36,456 --> 00:32:39,125 What would you have me do, Mother? 411 00:32:40,418 --> 00:32:42,837 Do simply what is needed of you: 412 00:32:44,589 --> 00:32:45,965 nothing. 413 00:33:16,121 --> 00:33:18,164 On your feet! 414 00:33:19,457 --> 00:33:21,459 To Rook's Rest! 415 00:33:22,627 --> 00:33:24,045 To battle! 416 00:33:29,175 --> 00:33:31,135 It's broad daylight. 417 00:33:31,136 --> 00:33:34,639 We must hold here and ready ourselves to lay siege at nightfall. 418 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,641 We shall move now and strike by day. 419 00:33:36,642 --> 00:33:37,996 They will not expect it. 420 00:33:37,997 --> 00:33:39,351 They will not expect it 421 00:33:39,352 --> 00:33:41,521 because it is fucking madness. 422 00:33:43,314 --> 00:33:44,649 Did you forget the little encounter 423 00:33:44,650 --> 00:33:46,359 we had on the road to Rosby? 424 00:33:47,027 --> 00:33:48,236 I did not. 425 00:33:50,155 --> 00:33:53,158 Dragonstone and their dragons are just across the bay. 426 00:33:54,576 --> 00:33:56,578 What? Grown tired of living, have you? 427 00:33:57,537 --> 00:33:59,164 Are you afraid, Ser? 428 00:34:00,165 --> 00:34:02,500 Worse. I'm rational. 429 00:34:04,544 --> 00:34:06,503 We advance. 430 00:34:26,566 --> 00:34:28,359 I see no other choice. 431 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,862 - We need to send a dragon. - Where? 432 00:34:34,783 --> 00:34:37,034 To support the war 433 00:34:37,035 --> 00:34:40,205 that your vassals have been fighting in your absence... 434 00:34:40,206 --> 00:34:41,456 Your Grace. 435 00:34:42,749 --> 00:34:46,001 Cole's host has grown since riding abroad. 436 00:34:46,002 --> 00:34:48,546 He raised the levies of both Rosby and Stokeworth 437 00:34:48,547 --> 00:34:51,091 and, with their combined strength, sacked Duskendale. 438 00:34:51,092 --> 00:34:52,716 Duskendale? 439 00:34:52,717 --> 00:34:54,760 The city has fallen. 440 00:34:54,761 --> 00:34:56,721 Many Darklyn men declared for Aegon. 441 00:34:56,722 --> 00:34:58,682 Those who refused were put to the sword. 442 00:34:58,683 --> 00:35:00,538 What of my father? 443 00:35:00,539 --> 00:35:02,393 He kept his oath. 444 00:35:02,394 --> 00:35:04,270 Cole took his head for it. 445 00:35:06,481 --> 00:35:09,191 Where have you been, these last days? 446 00:35:09,192 --> 00:35:11,903 You vanished without so much as a word. 447 00:35:12,612 --> 00:35:15,740 Well, I apologize for my absence and the secrecy, 448 00:35:15,741 --> 00:35:17,742 but such was necessary. 449 00:35:18,576 --> 00:35:20,578 I went to King's Landing. 450 00:35:21,579 --> 00:35:23,247 To what possible end? 451 00:35:23,248 --> 00:35:25,812 To meet Queen Alicent and sue for peace. 452 00:35:25,813 --> 00:35:28,378 - You saw Alicent? - Yes, I did. 453 00:35:28,379 --> 00:35:30,754 You could've been taken or slain! 454 00:35:30,755 --> 00:35:34,634 I inherited 80 years of peace from my father. 455 00:35:34,635 --> 00:35:36,301 Before I was to end it, 456 00:35:36,302 --> 00:35:39,347 I needed to know that there was no other path. 457 00:35:41,933 --> 00:35:43,518 And now I do. 458 00:35:47,105 --> 00:35:50,232 Only one choice remains to me: 459 00:35:50,233 --> 00:35:53,361 either I win my claim or die. 460 00:35:54,988 --> 00:35:57,282 We stand at the ready. 461 00:35:58,158 --> 00:36:00,452 Cole's victories have only emboldened him. 462 00:36:00,453 --> 00:36:02,308 He marches on Rook's Rest. 463 00:36:02,309 --> 00:36:04,163 His host was just hours away 464 00:36:04,164 --> 00:36:07,292 - when Lord Staunton's ravens took wing. - Why Rook's Rest? 465 00:36:07,293 --> 00:36:08,667 After Duskendale? 466 00:36:08,668 --> 00:36:10,836 It is but a small coastal keep. 467 00:36:10,837 --> 00:36:14,631 'Cause Lord Staunton is a member of this council. 468 00:36:14,632 --> 00:36:18,595 And because his castle is small and vulnerable and there for the taking. 469 00:36:18,596 --> 00:36:21,013 Cole knows we have no army on the mainland. 470 00:36:21,014 --> 00:36:23,600 - He is brazen. - He is daring us to act. 471 00:36:23,601 --> 00:36:26,728 We need to send a dragon. 472 00:36:33,568 --> 00:36:37,572 There are those who have mistaken my caution for weakness. 473 00:36:42,202 --> 00:36:44,204 Let that be their undoing. 474 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,331 - I will go. - My queen... 475 00:36:47,332 --> 00:36:50,168 - You cannot. - I will not lose dragons to war 476 00:36:50,169 --> 00:36:51,543 whilst I hide here in my castle. 477 00:36:51,544 --> 00:36:54,714 Our allies raise their banners for you, Mother. 478 00:36:54,715 --> 00:36:57,300 Yes, they do. 479 00:36:57,301 --> 00:36:59,886 If you die, all is lost. 480 00:36:59,887 --> 00:37:01,512 - Send me. - No. 481 00:37:01,513 --> 00:37:03,452 I will burn Cole's lines and withdraw before King's Landing 482 00:37:03,453 --> 00:37:05,653 - could even raise the alarm. - You lack the experience. 483 00:37:08,395 --> 00:37:10,689 You must send me, Your Grace. 484 00:37:12,941 --> 00:37:14,671 Meleys is your largest dragon 485 00:37:14,672 --> 00:37:16,403 and no stranger to battle. 486 00:37:19,197 --> 00:37:21,032 I will meet Cole. 487 00:38:29,642 --> 00:38:31,478 I wish only to fight for you, 488 00:38:31,479 --> 00:38:33,563 for your claim and mine. 489 00:38:33,564 --> 00:38:35,023 I... 490 00:38:36,441 --> 00:38:38,121 There's something I need to tell you, Jace. 491 00:38:40,653 --> 00:38:44,114 Something... I should've told you 492 00:38:44,115 --> 00:38:46,326 when you first became heir to the throne. 493 00:38:47,452 --> 00:38:50,559 It's a secret that Viserys told me 494 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,666 when he named me his successor. 495 00:38:53,667 --> 00:38:57,024 And it has passed from king to heir... 496 00:38:57,025 --> 00:39:00,382 since Aegon the Conqueror's time. 497 00:39:08,682 --> 00:39:11,017 I never told you because I was unsure 498 00:39:11,018 --> 00:39:14,019 that I believed it myself. 499 00:39:14,020 --> 00:39:17,189 The Targaryen who sits the Iron Throne 500 00:39:17,190 --> 00:39:19,671 is not just a king or a queen. 501 00:39:19,672 --> 00:39:22,153 They are a Protector. 502 00:39:26,574 --> 00:39:28,827 Ordained to lead the Seven Kingdoms, 503 00:39:28,828 --> 00:39:30,745 to strengthen them... 504 00:39:32,664 --> 00:39:36,668 ...and to unite them against a common foe. 505 00:39:41,214 --> 00:39:45,467 Viserys chose me to succeed him. 506 00:39:45,468 --> 00:39:48,179 He held to this the whole of his life. 507 00:39:53,727 --> 00:39:57,354 My father believed that I, alone, 508 00:39:57,355 --> 00:40:00,065 was meant to be this Protector. 509 00:40:00,066 --> 00:40:03,153 They're 1,400-, 1,500-strong at least, my lord. 510 00:40:04,654 --> 00:40:06,155 But to unite the realm, 511 00:40:06,156 --> 00:40:08,742 I had to send the dragons to war. 512 00:40:16,875 --> 00:40:20,545 The horrors I have just loosed cannot be for a crown alone. 513 00:40:22,630 --> 00:40:24,715 That is why I must believe 514 00:40:24,716 --> 00:40:27,886 what Viserys told me when he named me his heir. 515 00:40:27,887 --> 00:40:30,888 What Jaehaerys had told him. 516 00:40:30,889 --> 00:40:33,350 And what I will now tell you. 517 00:40:36,061 --> 00:40:37,103 What is it? 518 00:40:43,443 --> 00:40:45,653 Aegon the Conqueror's Dream. 519 00:40:47,822 --> 00:40:51,493 He called it "The Song of Ice and Fire." 520 00:41:01,252 --> 00:41:03,254 Loose! New rank! 521 00:41:04,422 --> 00:41:07,467 Loose! New rank! 522 00:41:08,593 --> 00:41:10,929 Loose! New rank! 523 00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:16,643 Push it! 524 00:41:17,811 --> 00:41:19,646 Dragon! 525 00:41:19,647 --> 00:41:21,272 Dragon! 526 00:41:25,777 --> 00:41:28,446 To the Seven Hells with you, Cole! 527 00:41:28,863 --> 00:41:31,073 You may as well have sounded horns to announce our coming! 528 00:41:31,074 --> 00:41:33,284 Order the Darklyn levies to break off and move ahead. 529 00:41:33,285 --> 00:41:35,161 We must keep the dragon's attention divided. 530 00:41:35,162 --> 00:41:37,392 - Make the signal. - What signal? 531 00:41:37,393 --> 00:41:39,624 All is going to plan. 532 00:43:11,216 --> 00:43:12,883 Forward, Sunfyre! 533 00:43:12,884 --> 00:43:15,095 Faster! 534 00:43:15,637 --> 00:43:17,722 Dragon! 535 00:43:17,723 --> 00:43:19,578 Whose dragon is that? 536 00:43:19,579 --> 00:43:21,434 His Grace, the king's. 537 00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:24,541 This was your secret plot, Cole? 538 00:43:24,542 --> 00:43:26,522 For the king himself to lay ambush 539 00:43:26,523 --> 00:43:28,858 - and mayhaps die in the attempt?! - No! 540 00:43:28,859 --> 00:43:30,735 Loose more signal arrows! 541 00:43:34,114 --> 00:43:36,408 Stalwart men of House Targaryen, 542 00:43:37,659 --> 00:43:41,036 your king has joined you! 543 00:43:41,037 --> 00:43:43,810 Hold to your courage! Hold to your wits! 544 00:43:43,811 --> 00:43:46,584 For the Seven have blessed and shielded 545 00:43:46,585 --> 00:43:49,316 this host with divine purpose! 546 00:43:49,317 --> 00:43:51,975 For the one true king, Aegon! 547 00:43:51,976 --> 00:43:54,634 Advance! 548 00:44:02,767 --> 00:44:04,853 Where are you, Aemond? 549 00:44:19,951 --> 00:44:21,453 Dracarys! 550 00:45:00,408 --> 00:45:02,451 Another one there! 551 00:45:02,452 --> 00:45:04,704 Send a volley to those Rosby men! 552 00:45:04,705 --> 00:45:06,748 Give them no quarter! 553 00:45:16,174 --> 00:45:18,176 We'd best get you to cover, my lord. 554 00:46:06,850 --> 00:46:08,768 Thank the gods! 555 00:46:10,270 --> 00:46:11,521 Dracarys! 556 00:46:11,522 --> 00:46:12,564 Ah! 557 00:46:17,068 --> 00:46:19,154 No! 558 00:46:38,277 --> 00:46:40,133 Your Grace! 559 00:51:46,564 --> 00:51:48,733 Fall in behind me! 560 00:51:49,734 --> 00:51:51,735 Into the breach! 561 00:52:23,268 --> 00:52:25,770 The king has fallen. We must find him. 562 00:53:15,862 --> 00:53:17,155 Aemond! 563 00:53:32,629 --> 00:53:34,673 Where's His Grace?