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speaker: How fares Prince
Daemon with our army?
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There has been no word.
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(dragon growls)
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♪ (tense music plays) ♪
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Your false queen
Rhaenyra is a kinslayer.
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Cunts!
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Rhaenys Targaryen: Soon,
they will not even remember
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what began the war
in the first place.
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Criston Cole: The Riverlands
are the key to the war.
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Harrenhal is the key
to the Riverlands.
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I'm claiming Harrenhal.
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Apparently so.
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I Ser Simon Strong pledge fealty
to Rhaenyra of House Targaryen.
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- (exhales softly)
- Ser Criston.
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May I present my brother,
Ser Gwayne Hightower.
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Ser Criston.
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Alicent Hightower: Ser Gwayne has
volunteered to accompany you into battle.
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(roars)
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A good showing, Ser Criston.
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Lord Larys, my
father always said
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he had no use for a
master of whisperers.
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I find myself wanting for one.
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You honor me, Your Grace.
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They tell me that you're the one
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that dragged my
body out of the sea.
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I am indebted to you, Alyn.
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All hail the king!
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patrons: All hail the king!
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(laughs hysterically)
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Aemond the Fierce!
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And yet you still lie
with your very first.
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(cackles)
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What do you know of the
movements of Alicent Hightower?
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If war can be averted, it
is my duty to avert it.
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♪ (thrilling music plays) ♪
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(gasps)
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I must speak with you.
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I saw the king that night.
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Did you betray him
at the very last?
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I have been at times
unkind but never untrue.
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But he spoke Aegon's
name. He said he was...
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The prince that was
promised to unite the realm.
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He spoke to you of The
Song of Ice and Fire?
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Do you think me capable
of such naked deceit?
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A terrible war is looming.
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And even victory
may be so bloody
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as to be counted a loss.
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There has been no mistake.
It's too late, Rhaenyra.
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Alicent.
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Young Rhaenyra Targaryen: Always
coming and going, aren't you?
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And I have to clean
up afterwards.
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(epic theme playing)
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♪
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♪
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(music fades out)
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(ominous music playing)
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(door creaking)
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(footsteps echoing)
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(woman speaking High
Valyrian, voice echoing)
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What?
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(High Valyrian continues)
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I can't understand.
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(speaking High Valyrian)
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Speak plainly.
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Stop.
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Stop it.
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(tense music playing)
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(crown clattering)
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(sword falls)
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♪
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- (distorted) There's been a raven.
- (door opens)
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Simon Strong:
Good morrow, Your Grace.
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Slept well, I trust?
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As I said, there's been a raven.
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Aegon's army departed King's
Landing a fortnight ago.
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The castles of
Rosby and Stokeworth
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have both fallen without siege.
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They have raised Aegon's banner
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and added their levies to
Ser Criston Cole's host.
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Both houses cited that
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sad business with the usurper's
son in their declarations.
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Ser Criston's army,
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now tripled in strength,
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might have Harrenhal
as its destination.
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- (goat bleats) - Even if you
can raise a host of Rivermen,
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they will not be ready
in time to face him.
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Let's see what your Lord
Paramount is made of.
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(sighs)
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(stammers) My prince...
Uh, My-My Grace.
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Your Grace.
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Lord Grover is looking more hale
and healthy than I expected.
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Uh, this is Ser Oscar Tully,
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grandson to Grover Tully.
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He is heir to Riverrun
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and the future Lord
Paramount of the Riverlands.
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His Grace, the King
Consort, Daemon Targaryen.
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- Oscar Tully: It is an honor, Your Grace.
- Daemon Targaryen: Indeed.
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(sword clatters)
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How fares your grandsire?
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Sadly, he remains incapacitated.
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He lies in a kind
of waking sleep,
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unable to do much more
than take meager drink.
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It is barely enough
to sustain him.
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So, he's alive?
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Yes, gods be good.
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Well, my time is short and
I have need of an army.
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Perhaps you might place a
feather pillow over his head
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and speed along
your inheritance?
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I-I love my grandsire,
like a father.
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My own lord father died
suddenly, himself a young man.
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Lord Grover raised
me in his stead.
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All very touching.
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Are you here to speak with
your grandsire's voice?
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For House Tully
and the Riverlands?
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While he still lives?
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- That is not our way.
- Then you're of no use to me.
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I can see why the
Blackwoods and the Brackens
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did not fear to start a war
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beneath the nose of
their liege lords.
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House Tully is a
fish with no head.
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Remind me which
of your countrymen
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claim to fight in
the name of Aegon?
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Was it, was it
Bracken or Blackwood?
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It was House Bracken that
declared Green, Your Grace.
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Who could remember.
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Summon the Blackwoods here.
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I require men of action
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to lead my host of Rivermen.
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(tense music playing)
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(indistinct chatter)
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(dog barking)
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♪
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(birds cawing)
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M'lady.
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"Princess," if we're
holding to formalities.
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Apologies. Princess.
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And you are Alyn.
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Yes, Princess.
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I'm given to understand
my lord husband
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owes you his life.
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But I was not told his
savior was so comely.
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Your mother must've
been very beautiful.
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- Corlys Velaryon: Rhaenys.
- (clears throat)
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- Is your work finished?
- No, m'lord.
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(indistinct chatter)
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I just had a word
with your captains.
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He was the sailor who plucked
you from your watery grave?
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(birds cawing)
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Yes.
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You did not think to mention it?
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I did not think it relevant.
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I know who he is, Corlys.
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Alyn's past is no fault of his.
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He saved his lord's life.
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He should be raised
up and honored,
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not hidden beneath the tides.
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Is this why you came?
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To subject me to an inquisition?
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I came to tell you that Baela
has called me to Dragonstone.
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Baela?
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That council is going to dine
on her and Jace for supper.
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They grow restless in
Rhaenyra's absence.
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Still... Where has
that woman gone?
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I suspect to try and draw
us all back from the abyss.
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- (knocks at door)
- (Alicent sighs)
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(distant chatter)
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- Good morrow, Your Grace.
- Good morrow, Grand Maester.
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As requested.
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- I brewed it myself.
- Thank you.
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I will see it
delivered discreetly.
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Do report if the recipient
has need of any remedy.
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The tea is known to
disagree with the gut.
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I shall observe
the girl closely.
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(birds chirping)
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Grand Maester.
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You've ever been
a practical man,
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an honorable servant
to the crown.
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And you served my lord
husband in his darkest hours.
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Such was my duty, Your Grace.
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Tell me.
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Do you believe Viserys
wanted Aegon to succeed him?
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(birds chirping)
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I could not know.
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His Grace never raised
the matter with me.
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(distant chatter)
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(door closes)
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(tense music playing)
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♪
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(groans)
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(groans)
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(coughs)
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Baela Targaryen: Ser
Criston Cole's host
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has taken to exploiting
the tree cover
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to conceal its movements.
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He now only travels by night
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to confound our dragons.
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Bartimos Celtigar: And
what is Cole's heading?
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It is difficult to say,
but there were signs
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of an army moving
northwest, I believe.
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Gormon Massey:
(laughs) She believes.
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You should've burned them
when you had the chance.
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Perhaps you can, Ser Alfred,
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when you next sight
them on your dragon.
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- (slight chuckle) - The only
reason we know any of this
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is because of Baela's efforts.
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Bartimos: What do
we know, my prince?
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If you ask me, it
is little and less.
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We know that Cole possesses a
host that is growing in strength
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and that it is a problem.
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Gormon: Can Daemon
hope to meet it
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with his own in time?
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And if I know the Riverlands,
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he has more disentangling
ahead of him
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than the end of a Lyseni orgy.
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Have you heard word
from your father?
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- No. - Maester Gerardys:
Ravens were sent to Harrenhal
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seeking news of Daemon's
progress with the Riverlords.
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None have, as yet, returned.
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Alfred Broome: Just so.
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An enemy host, growing
in constitution,
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marches somewhere in the
vastness of the Crownlands.
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We could, perhaps, act if
only we had a host of our own.
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Or someone here to lead us.
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Mind your tongue, Ser Alfred.
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Does it speak
falsely, my prince?
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This council is rudderless.
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I'm doing my best to
steer it, Ser Alfred.
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Why should your voice be any
louder than ours, Princess?
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The queen did not name you Hand.
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It is her voice, and
that of the king consort,
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that we need to raise alliances
and command our vassals.
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- But they are gone.
- Corlys: What has come of this council?
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(soft gasp)
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My lord.
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Our enemy is on the march.
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Is there naught to be done
in the absence of the queen,
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but to grouse and
claw for power?
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(Bartimos sighs)
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We do not know the
queen's doings.
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But we must trust that
she seeks the same
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as each of us at this table.
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An end to this conflict.
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- (rain pattering)
- (tense music playing)
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(birds cawing)
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(indistinct shouting)
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(distant yell)
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Criston Cole:
Men of House Darklyn.
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All who bend the knee to the
true king, Aegon, will be spared.
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You can earn back your
honor by raising his banner
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and fighting in his name
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against the Whore
of Dragonstone.
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All who refuse...
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will have their death.
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♪
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Good morrow, Lord Darklyn.
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00:16:45,797 --> 00:16:49,300
Is there no honor left
in this world, Cole?
257
00:16:49,426 --> 00:16:51,343
Sacking your queen's own castles
258
00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:54,388
and putting her
people to the sword?
259
00:16:54,389 --> 00:16:56,141
"Kingmaker."
260
00:17:00,270 --> 00:17:02,772
You are not fit for
the white cloak.
261
00:17:04,149 --> 00:17:06,108
♪
262
00:17:06,109 --> 00:17:09,362
This is a better death
than a traitor deserves.
263
00:17:09,779 --> 00:17:12,157
You should thank me for it.
264
00:17:14,034 --> 00:17:17,287
Yours will come in kind.
265
00:17:19,122 --> 00:17:20,498
(grunts)
266
00:17:22,834 --> 00:17:24,836
(horse neighs)
267
00:17:28,006 --> 00:17:30,216
♪
268
00:17:31,676 --> 00:17:32,844
Lord Hand.
269
00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:50,362
We'll lead the van northeast,
270
00:17:50,487 --> 00:17:51,945
follow the coastline.
271
00:17:51,946 --> 00:17:53,322
(horse neighs)
272
00:17:53,323 --> 00:17:54,865
I realize you were
neither born nor bred
273
00:17:54,866 --> 00:17:58,369
anywhere near the Crownlands,
my good Lord Hand,
274
00:17:58,370 --> 00:18:01,164
but Harrenhal is to the west.
275
00:18:05,001 --> 00:18:06,711
Indeed it is.
276
00:18:09,381 --> 00:18:12,717
Fuck you. I told you we
should've sent our dragons.
277
00:18:12,842 --> 00:18:14,511
And now look what's happened.
278
00:18:14,844 --> 00:18:17,638
Daemon, of all people,
has taken Harrenhal.
279
00:18:17,639 --> 00:18:20,224
I give you a job, and
now you just sit there.
280
00:18:20,225 --> 00:18:22,852
It's your fucking castle!
281
00:18:24,396 --> 00:18:28,566
Well, that castle is more
crippled than I am, Your Grace.
282
00:18:28,692 --> 00:18:29,609
(scoffs)
283
00:18:29,610 --> 00:18:31,193
It's like to drive
Daemon to madness
284
00:18:31,194 --> 00:18:32,736
as he attempts to
make use of it.
285
00:18:32,737 --> 00:18:35,073
It is beyond his faculties.
286
00:18:35,699 --> 00:18:39,660
It is also penniless, as I
happily control all of its gold.
287
00:18:39,661 --> 00:18:43,372
So, as Harrenhal saps
Daemon's resolve,
288
00:18:43,373 --> 00:18:45,749
the false queen remains
trapped on her island,
289
00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:49,211
and Ser Criston continues felling
castles in the Crownlands.
290
00:18:49,212 --> 00:18:51,256
(stammers) Wh...
291
00:18:51,631 --> 00:18:54,425
I need to be informed
of these things
292
00:18:54,426 --> 00:18:56,094
if I am to make
informed rulings.
293
00:18:56,219 --> 00:18:57,845
I will not be made to
look a fool in front of
294
00:18:57,846 --> 00:19:00,890
- my allies and enemies.
- Aemond Targaryen: Harrenhal must wait.
295
00:19:04,269 --> 00:19:06,896
Ser Criston is marching
on Rook's Rest.
296
00:19:07,439 --> 00:19:09,231
Rook's Re... A pathetic prize.
297
00:19:09,232 --> 00:19:11,609
- I gave no such command...
- The castle is small,
298
00:19:12,736 --> 00:19:13,777
weakly defended,
299
00:19:13,778 --> 00:19:17,031
and Lord Staunton sits
on Rhaenyra's council.
300
00:19:17,032 --> 00:19:19,199
After Cole smashes it,
301
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,745
we'll have Dragonstone
effectively cut off by land.
302
00:19:23,288 --> 00:19:25,873
This war will not be
won with dragons alone,
303
00:19:25,874 --> 00:19:29,168
but with dragons flying
behind armies of men.
304
00:19:29,169 --> 00:19:34,173
No! Have him turn about.
I want Harrenhal back.
305
00:19:34,174 --> 00:19:36,634
Cole is already
preparing his attack.
306
00:19:37,969 --> 00:19:39,970
Uh, how-how do you know this?
307
00:19:39,971 --> 00:19:42,015
Aemond: He sent word to me.
308
00:19:42,974 --> 00:19:44,351
To you?
309
00:19:46,978 --> 00:19:49,272
The two of you have been
310
00:19:49,606 --> 00:19:54,026
plotting... without
my authority?
311
00:19:54,027 --> 00:19:55,487
(sighs)
312
00:19:57,822 --> 00:20:00,533
(speaking High Valyrian)
313
00:20:14,798 --> 00:20:15,840
Mm.
314
00:20:33,358 --> 00:20:35,527
(birds cawing)
315
00:20:39,030 --> 00:20:41,700
(speaking High Valyrian)
316
00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:50,583
Mm.
317
00:20:52,711 --> 00:20:54,921
(councilmember clears throat)
318
00:20:56,381 --> 00:20:58,590
Harrenhal is a useful morass.
319
00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:01,553
It will keep Daemon well-occupied
while we strengthen our host
320
00:21:01,678 --> 00:21:03,804
and weaken Rhaenyra's
support on the mainland.
321
00:21:03,805 --> 00:21:06,807
We will deal with it in
the Riverlands in time.
322
00:21:06,808 --> 00:21:11,311
But right now. Rook's
Rest is an easy target
323
00:21:11,312 --> 00:21:13,565
and a worthy effort.
324
00:21:14,399 --> 00:21:17,401
Don't you agree, my king?
325
00:21:17,402 --> 00:21:20,697
(tense music playing)
326
00:21:28,246 --> 00:21:30,372
(knocks on door)
327
00:21:30,373 --> 00:21:33,626
- (heavy breathing)
- Come.
328
00:21:37,922 --> 00:21:39,632
Lord Larys.
329
00:21:43,303 --> 00:21:45,346
I thought I'd look in
on you, Your Grace,
330
00:21:45,347 --> 00:21:48,266
after your absence
from the small council.
331
00:21:48,391 --> 00:21:50,309
I feared something was amiss.
332
00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:53,354
(sighs) You're kind
to do so, my lord,
333
00:21:53,355 --> 00:21:55,856
but indulgence was my sin.
334
00:21:55,857 --> 00:21:59,276
I... ventured into the lamprey
pie at last night's supper.
335
00:21:59,277 --> 00:22:01,195
Too far, I fear.
336
00:22:01,196 --> 00:22:03,448
(heavy breathing)
337
00:22:04,324 --> 00:22:06,076
Larys Strong: Mm.
338
00:22:07,619 --> 00:22:10,121
That is a rich indulgence.
339
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:14,500
But I believe it is a sin
to deny your appetites.
340
00:22:14,501 --> 00:22:17,962
They are what make us
fully alive as mortal men.
341
00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:24,469
Was anything of note
discussed at the council?
342
00:22:24,594 --> 00:22:26,470
Daemon having seized Harrenhal
343
00:22:26,471 --> 00:22:29,140
and His Grace's
resulting displeasure.
344
00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:34,311
I would've thought you would
be the most aggrieved, my lord.
345
00:22:34,312 --> 00:22:36,773
I see it as a loss
for our greater good.
346
00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:40,275
Dragonstone's attentions
are greatly divided.
347
00:22:40,276 --> 00:22:43,863
First in the Riverlands and the
Gullet, and now the Crownlands.
348
00:22:44,656 --> 00:22:46,573
Ser Criston wins every
challenge he faces there.
349
00:22:46,574 --> 00:22:50,161
That truth alone is like
to incite Rhaenyra's fury.
350
00:22:50,787 --> 00:22:53,665
He's covered himself
in glory, to be sure.
351
00:22:54,624 --> 00:22:57,293
And you must worry for him?
352
00:22:57,544 --> 00:22:59,963
Your sworn sword...
353
00:23:00,964 --> 00:23:02,506
on the march,
354
00:23:02,507 --> 00:23:03,675
ever exposed to dragons?
355
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,969
It is a perilous road.
356
00:23:09,014 --> 00:23:11,224
Ser Criston is the
Hand of the King.
357
00:23:12,308 --> 00:23:15,186
We should all pray for his
victory and safe return.
358
00:23:16,312 --> 00:23:17,647
Indeed.
359
00:23:19,149 --> 00:23:22,151
(sighs, inhales)
360
00:23:22,152 --> 00:23:25,196
- (Larys grunts)
- (Alicent sighs)
361
00:23:27,407 --> 00:23:30,994
If I may be so bold, my queen...
362
00:23:36,541 --> 00:23:39,044
you have not seemed
yourself of late.
363
00:23:40,503 --> 00:23:42,714
Only weeks ago, my
lord husband was alive
364
00:23:42,839 --> 00:23:44,841
and the realm was at peace.
365
00:23:45,175 --> 00:23:49,094
Now, I've... barely had the
hours to grieve one tragedy
366
00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:50,013
before suffering the next.
367
00:23:50,014 --> 00:23:54,017
I regret if I have
not been myself.
368
00:23:56,061 --> 00:23:57,061
Hm.
369
00:23:57,228 --> 00:24:00,190
I did not know you shared
your lord husband's love...
370
00:24:01,232 --> 00:24:04,151
for the histories.
371
00:24:04,152 --> 00:24:08,947
If not his love, then certainly
an... an abiding interest.
372
00:24:08,948 --> 00:24:10,783
The voices of history
guided Viserys.
373
00:24:10,784 --> 00:24:12,743
He knew that his wisdom alone
374
00:24:12,744 --> 00:24:13,912
could only reach so far.
375
00:24:14,204 --> 00:24:17,040
Do you think that is why
he changed his mind...
376
00:24:18,291 --> 00:24:19,876
in the end?
377
00:24:20,794 --> 00:24:24,713
No matter how suited he
thought Rhaenyra for the crown,
378
00:24:24,714 --> 00:24:29,426
the, uh, voices of
history, as you say,
379
00:24:29,427 --> 00:24:32,097
would have told him how
the realm would react
380
00:24:32,222 --> 00:24:34,682
- to her succession.
- It was impossible to know what steered his thoughts
381
00:24:34,683 --> 00:24:36,810
in those final hours.
382
00:24:37,811 --> 00:24:40,230
Do you now doubt his intentions?
383
00:24:42,232 --> 00:24:43,608
(sniffles)
384
00:24:45,402 --> 00:24:47,695
(light, tense music playing)
385
00:24:47,696 --> 00:24:51,115
Rhaenyra's supporters will
believe what they wish.
386
00:24:51,116 --> 00:24:53,159
And so will Aegon's.
387
00:24:53,827 --> 00:24:58,205
The war will be fought,
many will die...
388
00:24:58,206 --> 00:25:01,167
and the victor will
eventually ascend the throne.
389
00:25:02,919 --> 00:25:06,798
The significance of Viserys's
intentions died with him.
390
00:25:08,258 --> 00:25:10,260
♪
391
00:25:12,762 --> 00:25:14,931
Yes, it did.
392
00:25:20,020 --> 00:25:21,771
(rain pattering)
393
00:25:26,151 --> 00:25:28,153
(water dripping)
394
00:25:39,456 --> 00:25:42,625
- (indistinct shouting)
- (footsteps)
395
00:25:48,340 --> 00:25:51,217
- (sword unsheathes)
- (grunts)
396
00:25:53,803 --> 00:25:56,014
(heavy breathing)
397
00:25:58,516 --> 00:26:00,185
(footsteps)
398
00:26:02,187 --> 00:26:05,190
(ominous music playing)
399
00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:19,329
(footsteps)
400
00:26:22,582 --> 00:26:24,334
(rain pattering)
401
00:26:27,754 --> 00:26:30,006
(torch clatters)
402
00:26:35,762 --> 00:26:38,014
(eerie sounds)
403
00:26:45,522 --> 00:26:47,691
(heavy breathing)
404
00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:51,403
(frog ribbits)
405
00:26:51,528 --> 00:26:54,154
It's a touch late to be
stalkin' about a strange castle,
406
00:26:54,155 --> 00:26:56,448
putting its people to the sword.
407
00:26:56,449 --> 00:26:57,909
You.
408
00:26:58,868 --> 00:27:01,328
I'm called Alys.
409
00:27:01,329 --> 00:27:02,914
Daemon: Strong?
410
00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:04,124
Rivers.
411
00:27:05,208 --> 00:27:06,208
A bastard.
412
00:27:06,584 --> 00:27:09,254
Once you get to know me,
you'll find I'm not so bad.
413
00:27:09,879 --> 00:27:14,425
- So what are you then? Some kind of maester?
- In a manner of speaking.
414
00:27:14,426 --> 00:27:18,137
I inherited the duties after
the last one fled in the night.
415
00:27:18,138 --> 00:27:21,391
- Fled? Why?
- Just never settled in.
416
00:27:22,392 --> 00:27:23,560
(chuckles)
417
00:27:23,935 --> 00:27:25,937
How are you settling in?
418
00:27:26,479 --> 00:27:29,816
I've come to know the face
of tortured rest well enough.
419
00:27:30,316 --> 00:27:34,237
Sleep can be...
thin in this place.
420
00:27:34,904 --> 00:27:37,115
What would you know of my sleep?
421
00:27:38,074 --> 00:27:41,453
Harrenhal's been cursed since
its first stone was laid.
422
00:27:42,287 --> 00:27:44,789
Black Harren felled the
grove of weirwood trees
423
00:27:44,914 --> 00:27:46,958
that grew on these lands.
424
00:27:47,083 --> 00:27:49,376
Heart trees, imbued with
the spirits of those
425
00:27:49,377 --> 00:27:51,253
who lived long before he came.
426
00:27:51,254 --> 00:27:55,049
- It's said their whispers can still be heard sometimes.
- A midwife's tale.
427
00:27:55,050 --> 00:27:59,012
Mm, the very bed you sleep in
was made from such a heart tree.
428
00:28:00,430 --> 00:28:04,267
Have you experienced
anything... of note?
429
00:28:04,768 --> 00:28:07,312
You are a strange kind of woman.
430
00:28:07,645 --> 00:28:10,439
I'm no woman at
all. I'm a barn owl.
431
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,484
Cursed to live in human form.
432
00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:18,322
(chuckles) So, you've come here
after quarreling with your wife?
433
00:28:18,323 --> 00:28:19,449
What?
434
00:28:20,700 --> 00:28:23,369
You arrive here alone
to claim the castle
435
00:28:23,370 --> 00:28:25,830
and yet, send no ravens.
436
00:28:27,791 --> 00:28:30,502
Do you now plan to
make your own claim?
437
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,045
- Perhaps to prove yourself to her.
- Do not try me
438
00:28:33,046 --> 00:28:35,006
with your insolence, witch.
439
00:28:35,131 --> 00:28:36,965
It's a hard thing,
I imagine, to give
440
00:28:36,966 --> 00:28:40,345
obeisance to one who
replaced you as heir.
441
00:28:42,681 --> 00:28:45,182
And a woman too. A...
442
00:28:45,183 --> 00:28:48,144
girl child you
bounced on your knee.
443
00:28:50,230 --> 00:28:53,023
I mean, does it please you that
her legitimacy is contested?
444
00:28:53,024 --> 00:28:55,109
As you stand here...
445
00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:57,778
with a castle and a dragon...
446
00:28:57,779 --> 00:29:00,198
attempting to draw
an army of men.
447
00:29:05,328 --> 00:29:06,996
Here. Drink this.
448
00:29:08,540 --> 00:29:12,419
You'll need your sleep if you're
to win this place to your side.
449
00:29:14,421 --> 00:29:16,423
♪
450
00:29:19,217 --> 00:29:20,552
(swallows)
451
00:29:21,678 --> 00:29:23,303
Willem Blackwood: (muffled)
I now rule my house as regent
452
00:29:23,304 --> 00:29:25,390
until my nephew
Benjicot comes of age.
453
00:29:30,729 --> 00:29:33,731
The Brackens are venal cravens,
454
00:29:33,732 --> 00:29:35,024
and they must pay
for their treachery
455
00:29:35,025 --> 00:29:37,444
against the laws
of gods and men.
456
00:29:38,611 --> 00:29:40,612
(normal) And against the crown.
457
00:29:40,613 --> 00:29:42,072
Who are you?
458
00:29:42,073 --> 00:29:43,782
Simon: Ser Willem Blackwood
of House Blackwood,
459
00:29:43,783 --> 00:29:47,078
Your Grace, as I said.
460
00:29:50,749 --> 00:29:52,083
Well met.
461
00:29:52,917 --> 00:29:54,753
What might I do for you?
462
00:29:54,878 --> 00:29:58,505
It was you who summoned
me, Your Grace.
463
00:29:58,506 --> 00:30:00,091
I was given to understand
464
00:30:00,216 --> 00:30:02,051
that you wanted an army.
465
00:30:02,052 --> 00:30:03,886
Well, who doesn't these days?
466
00:30:03,887 --> 00:30:05,764
You Blackwoods certainly
never miss a chance
467
00:30:05,889 --> 00:30:09,808
to bloody your
swords... do you?
468
00:30:09,809 --> 00:30:11,018
Some 20 years ago,
469
00:30:11,019 --> 00:30:13,145
my lord bent the
knee to King Viserys
470
00:30:13,146 --> 00:30:16,441
and acknowledged the Princess
Rhaenyra as his rightful heir.
471
00:30:16,566 --> 00:30:18,276
Daemon: So you fight
for this old oath?
472
00:30:18,401 --> 00:30:21,571
Not, of course, for your
thousand-year-old feud with the Brackens.
473
00:30:23,114 --> 00:30:25,617
I once vied for Queen
Rhaenyra's hand...
474
00:30:26,242 --> 00:30:28,286
before she wed Ser Laenor.
475
00:30:28,787 --> 00:30:30,914
I always liked her spirit.
476
00:30:31,414 --> 00:30:33,290
She had the true
blood of the dragon.
477
00:30:33,291 --> 00:30:37,587
And you're prepared to march
without the leave of your lord...
478
00:30:39,589 --> 00:30:42,592
(ominous music playing)
479
00:30:43,593 --> 00:30:45,595
(eerie sounds)
480
00:30:57,774 --> 00:30:59,692
(pouring wine)
481
00:30:59,693 --> 00:31:01,653
Willem: Your Grace?
482
00:31:02,946 --> 00:31:04,488
And once you and your dragon
483
00:31:04,489 --> 00:31:07,826
bring the queen's justice
to the Brackens...
484
00:31:08,159 --> 00:31:10,370
our armies will be yours.
485
00:31:19,337 --> 00:31:22,007
Larys: Our lords in the
Crownlands are grousing.
486
00:31:22,132 --> 00:31:24,008
Their herds of livestock
struggle to keep pace
487
00:31:24,009 --> 00:31:25,634
with the dragons'
relentless appetites.
488
00:31:25,635 --> 00:31:28,178
- Vhagar's in particular.
- Ironrod: They can either provide
489
00:31:28,179 --> 00:31:31,306
the crown what it needs, or
we can claim their holdings.
490
00:31:31,307 --> 00:31:32,933
Tyland Lannister: Oh,
that would be a relief,
491
00:31:32,934 --> 00:31:35,352
as we have no more coin
to lend to the effort.
492
00:31:35,353 --> 00:31:37,646
Resources are certainly
growing no more plentiful
493
00:31:37,647 --> 00:31:39,189
in the face of the blockade.
494
00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:41,150
Tyland: The demand on the
blacksmiths, armorers and tanners
495
00:31:41,151 --> 00:31:42,526
for equipment has
only grown apace
496
00:31:42,527 --> 00:31:43,736
with Ser Criston's army.
497
00:31:43,737 --> 00:31:45,988
Ironrod: Well, Cole's done
splendidly, at the least,
498
00:31:45,989 --> 00:31:47,740
turning every castle
and army he's faced,
499
00:31:47,741 --> 00:31:51,035
- including Duskendale, gods bless him.
- (Aegon spinning marker)
500
00:31:51,036 --> 00:31:53,038
The Kingmaker,
they're calling him.
501
00:31:53,163 --> 00:31:55,289
And with Aemond and
Vhagar also at the ready,
502
00:31:55,290 --> 00:31:57,667
- we are a formidable opponent.
- (slams marker)
503
00:31:58,877 --> 00:32:00,670
You bore me.
504
00:32:03,548 --> 00:32:05,550
You all bore me.
505
00:32:13,933 --> 00:32:16,186
(door opens)
506
00:32:19,856 --> 00:32:23,984
- (door closes) - Perhaps Ser
Criston will be able to procure
507
00:32:23,985 --> 00:32:25,778
more livestock
through his campaign.
508
00:32:25,779 --> 00:32:29,074
Any coin we can save
will be a welcome bounty.
509
00:32:38,792 --> 00:32:40,085
What are you doing here?
510
00:32:40,210 --> 00:32:41,586
Where are your father's books?
511
00:32:41,711 --> 00:32:43,754
- Aegon Targaryen: I ordered them removed.
- (Alicent sighs)
512
00:32:43,755 --> 00:32:45,024
With no thought to the centuries
513
00:32:45,048 --> 00:32:46,674
of knowledge in those pages.
514
00:32:46,675 --> 00:32:48,760
(birds chirping)
515
00:32:53,431 --> 00:32:55,141
Your Grace.
516
00:32:56,393 --> 00:32:59,312
I removed them, I
didn't burn them.
517
00:33:04,484 --> 00:33:05,609
What is it?
518
00:33:05,610 --> 00:33:08,278
- They don't care what I think.
- (pouring wine)
519
00:33:08,279 --> 00:33:09,656
(sighs)
520
00:33:10,782 --> 00:33:13,033
- Who, Aegon?
- My council.
521
00:33:13,034 --> 00:33:15,160
Cole. Aemond. They
pursue their campaign
522
00:33:15,161 --> 00:33:17,580
without seeking my aid,
or even my thoughts.
523
00:33:20,583 --> 00:33:22,293
What thoughts would you have?
524
00:33:23,670 --> 00:33:25,588
Wh... I'm the king.
525
00:33:28,758 --> 00:33:32,470
Do you think simply wearing the
crown imbues you with wisdom?
526
00:33:38,435 --> 00:33:42,147
Those men at your
council table...
527
00:33:42,939 --> 00:33:44,941
earned their seats.
528
00:33:45,316 --> 00:33:48,527
It was my hope that
(chuckles) once enthroned,
529
00:33:48,528 --> 00:33:51,071
you would honor the
burden of your new duties,
530
00:33:51,072 --> 00:33:52,823
be silent,
531
00:33:52,824 --> 00:33:56,786
and strive to learn from the
more studied minds around you.
532
00:33:57,996 --> 00:34:01,374
In the hope that you might be
half the king your father was.
533
00:34:02,876 --> 00:34:05,462
- Tread carefully.
- Or what?
534
00:34:06,796 --> 00:34:10,008
You'll hang me, as you
did your ratcatchers?
535
00:34:10,133 --> 00:34:13,178
Or have me banished,
as you did your Hand?
536
00:34:14,137 --> 00:34:15,429
I ruled
537
00:34:15,430 --> 00:34:17,765
in your father's absence
throughout his long illness,
538
00:34:17,766 --> 00:34:20,517
and Otto Hightower was as cunning
a statesman as ever lived.
539
00:34:20,518 --> 00:34:26,149
You should humbly be seeking
our opinions and counsel.
540
00:34:28,193 --> 00:34:30,194
You have no idea the
sacrifices that were made
541
00:34:30,195 --> 00:34:33,155
to put you on that throne.
542
00:34:33,156 --> 00:34:36,409
(tense music playing)
543
00:34:37,202 --> 00:34:38,370
Wha...
544
00:34:40,372 --> 00:34:43,333
What would you
have me do, Mother?
545
00:34:44,334 --> 00:34:46,878
Do simply what is needed of you:
546
00:34:48,672 --> 00:34:50,173
nothing.
547
00:34:52,842 --> 00:34:54,844
♪
548
00:34:57,514 --> 00:35:00,767
(ambient nature sounds)
549
00:35:04,896 --> 00:35:06,564
(axe striking)
550
00:35:07,357 --> 00:35:09,526
(tree crackling)
551
00:35:15,865 --> 00:35:18,576
(indistinct chatter, shouting)
552
00:35:20,078 --> 00:35:22,372
Criston: On your feet!
553
00:35:23,373 --> 00:35:25,542
To Rook's Rest!
554
00:35:26,710 --> 00:35:28,253
To battle!
555
00:35:33,133 --> 00:35:34,883
Gwayne Hightower:
It's broad daylight.
556
00:35:34,884 --> 00:35:38,470
We must hold here and ready
ourselves to lay siege at nightfall.
557
00:35:38,471 --> 00:35:40,681
We shall move now
and strike by day.
558
00:35:40,682 --> 00:35:41,974
They will not expect it.
559
00:35:41,975 --> 00:35:43,267
They will not expect it
560
00:35:43,268 --> 00:35:45,603
because it is fucking madness.
561
00:35:47,272 --> 00:35:48,480
Did you forget the
little encounter
562
00:35:48,481 --> 00:35:50,483
we had on the road to Rosby?
563
00:35:51,067 --> 00:35:52,402
I did not.
564
00:35:53,945 --> 00:35:57,323
Dragonstone and their dragons
are just across the bay.
565
00:35:58,450 --> 00:36:00,660
What? Grown tired
of living, have you?
566
00:36:01,453 --> 00:36:03,329
Are you afraid, Ser?
567
00:36:04,122 --> 00:36:06,624
Worse. I'm rational.
568
00:36:08,626 --> 00:36:09,961
We advance.
569
00:36:10,420 --> 00:36:13,631
(tense music playing)
570
00:36:26,770 --> 00:36:28,772
♪
571
00:36:30,482 --> 00:36:32,066
Jacaerys Velaryon:
I see no other choice.
572
00:36:32,067 --> 00:36:34,861
- We need to send a dragon.
- Rhaenyra Targaryen: Where?
573
00:36:38,656 --> 00:36:40,783
(clears throat)
To support the war
574
00:36:40,784 --> 00:36:44,161
that your vassals have been
fighting in your absence...
575
00:36:44,162 --> 00:36:46,538
Your Grace.
576
00:36:46,539 --> 00:36:49,750
Cole's host has grown
since riding abroad.
577
00:36:49,751 --> 00:36:51,919
He raised the levies of
both Rosby and Stokeworth
578
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,047
and, with their combined
strength, sacked Duskendale.
579
00:36:55,048 --> 00:36:56,757
Duskendale?
580
00:36:56,758 --> 00:36:58,592
The city has fallen.
581
00:36:58,593 --> 00:37:00,511
Many Darklyn men
declared for Aegon.
582
00:37:00,512 --> 00:37:02,681
Those who refused
were put to the sword.
583
00:37:02,806 --> 00:37:04,349
What of my father?
584
00:37:04,474 --> 00:37:05,892
He kept his oath.
585
00:37:06,351 --> 00:37:08,478
Cole took his head for it.
586
00:37:10,397 --> 00:37:13,190
Where have you been,
these last days?
587
00:37:13,191 --> 00:37:15,985
You vanished without
so much as a word.
588
00:37:16,528 --> 00:37:19,531
Well, I apologize for my
absence and the secrecy,
589
00:37:19,656 --> 00:37:22,408
but such was necessary.
590
00:37:22,409 --> 00:37:24,703
I went to King's Landing.
591
00:37:25,495 --> 00:37:27,162
To what possible end?
592
00:37:27,163 --> 00:37:29,456
To meet Queen Alicent
and sue for peace.
593
00:37:29,457 --> 00:37:32,251
- You saw Alicent?
- Rhaenyra: Yes, I did.
594
00:37:32,252 --> 00:37:34,546
You could've been
taken or slain!
595
00:37:34,671 --> 00:37:38,507
I inherited 80 years of
peace from my father.
596
00:37:38,508 --> 00:37:40,218
Before I was to end it,
597
00:37:40,343 --> 00:37:43,513
I needed to know that
there was no other path.
598
00:37:45,932 --> 00:37:47,684
And now I do.
599
00:37:51,104 --> 00:37:53,063
Only one choice remains to me:
600
00:37:53,064 --> 00:37:57,527
either I win my claim or die.
601
00:37:59,029 --> 00:38:01,239
We stand at the ready.
602
00:38:01,948 --> 00:38:04,324
Rhaenys Targaryen: Cole's
victories have only emboldened him.
603
00:38:04,325 --> 00:38:06,411
He marches on Rook's Rest.
604
00:38:06,536 --> 00:38:07,912
His host was just hours away
605
00:38:08,038 --> 00:38:11,248
- when Lord Staunton's ravens took wing.
- Why Rook's Rest?
606
00:38:11,249 --> 00:38:12,541
After Duskendale?
607
00:38:12,542 --> 00:38:14,668
It is but a small coastal keep.
608
00:38:14,669 --> 00:38:18,256
Alfred: 'Cause Lord Staunton
is a member of this council.
609
00:38:18,381 --> 00:38:22,427
And because his castle is small and
vulnerable and there for the taking.
610
00:38:22,552 --> 00:38:24,803
Cole knows we have no
army on the mainland.
611
00:38:24,804 --> 00:38:27,432
- Bartimos: He is brazen.
- He is daring us to act.
612
00:38:27,557 --> 00:38:30,476
We need to send a dragon.
613
00:38:30,477 --> 00:38:33,938
(quiet, tense music playing)
614
00:38:37,275 --> 00:38:41,738
There are those who have
mistaken my caution for weakness.
615
00:38:46,242 --> 00:38:49,036
Let that be their undoing.
616
00:38:49,037 --> 00:38:51,246
- I will go.
- My queen...
617
00:38:51,247 --> 00:38:54,125
- You cannot.
- I will not lose dragons to war
618
00:38:54,250 --> 00:38:55,459
whilst I hide here in my castle.
619
00:38:55,460 --> 00:38:58,587
Our allies raise their
banners for you, Mother.
620
00:38:58,588 --> 00:39:00,631
Rhaenyra: Yes, they do.
621
00:39:00,632 --> 00:39:03,926
If you die, all is lost.
622
00:39:03,927 --> 00:39:05,177
- Send me.
- No.
623
00:39:05,178 --> 00:39:07,221
I will burn Cole's lines and
withdraw before King's Landing
624
00:39:07,222 --> 00:39:09,599
- could even raise the alarm.
- You lack the experience.
625
00:39:12,352 --> 00:39:14,813
You must send me, Your Grace.
626
00:39:16,815 --> 00:39:18,315
Meleys is your largest dragon
627
00:39:18,316 --> 00:39:20,610
and no stranger to battle.
628
00:39:23,196 --> 00:39:25,031
I will meet Cole.
629
00:39:25,949 --> 00:39:27,074
(sighs)
630
00:39:27,075 --> 00:39:29,160
♪
631
00:39:48,972 --> 00:39:50,974
♪
632
00:40:13,329 --> 00:40:14,998
(flagon shatters)
633
00:40:16,374 --> 00:40:18,585
♪
634
00:40:33,558 --> 00:40:35,393
Jacaerys: I wish only
to fight for you,
635
00:40:35,518 --> 00:40:37,436
for your claim and mine.
636
00:40:37,437 --> 00:40:39,064
I...
637
00:40:40,231 --> 00:40:42,192
There's something I
need to tell you, Jace.
638
00:40:44,569 --> 00:40:47,905
Something... I
should've told you
639
00:40:47,906 --> 00:40:51,367
when you first became
heir to the throne.
640
00:40:51,368 --> 00:40:54,411
It's a secret that
Viserys told me
641
00:40:54,412 --> 00:40:56,873
when he named me his successor.
642
00:40:57,624 --> 00:41:00,877
And it has passed
from king to heir...
643
00:41:01,544 --> 00:41:04,589
since Aegon the
Conqueror's time.
644
00:41:06,966 --> 00:41:08,718
(exhales)
645
00:41:10,053 --> 00:41:12,055
♪
646
00:41:12,597 --> 00:41:14,848
I never told you
because I was unsure
647
00:41:14,849 --> 00:41:17,102
that I believed it myself.
648
00:41:17,936 --> 00:41:21,772
The Targaryen who
sits the Iron Throne
649
00:41:21,773 --> 00:41:24,316
is not just a king or a queen.
650
00:41:24,317 --> 00:41:26,652
They are a Protector.
651
00:41:26,653 --> 00:41:28,947
(speaking High Valyrian)
652
00:41:30,323 --> 00:41:32,658
Rhaenyra: Ordained to
lead the Seven Kingdoms,
653
00:41:32,659 --> 00:41:34,201
to strengthen them...
654
00:41:34,202 --> 00:41:36,537
(indistinct shouting)
655
00:41:36,538 --> 00:41:40,792
and to unite them
against a common foe.
656
00:41:45,088 --> 00:41:48,425
Viserys chose me to succeed him.
657
00:41:49,259 --> 00:41:52,177
He held to this the
whole of his life.
658
00:41:52,178 --> 00:41:53,972
(shouting)
659
00:41:57,642 --> 00:42:01,312
My father believed
that I, alone,
660
00:42:01,438 --> 00:42:03,897
was meant to be this Protector.
661
00:42:03,898 --> 00:42:07,151
They're 1,400-, 1,500-strong
at least, my lord.
662
00:42:07,152 --> 00:42:08,527
(roars)
663
00:42:08,528 --> 00:42:09,945
Rhaenyra: But to
unite the realm,
664
00:42:09,946 --> 00:42:12,866
I had to send the
dragons to war.
665
00:42:13,450 --> 00:42:14,950
(roars)
666
00:42:14,951 --> 00:42:16,995
♪
667
00:42:20,623 --> 00:42:24,669
The horrors I have just loosed
cannot be for a crown alone.
668
00:42:26,629 --> 00:42:28,630
That is why I must believe
669
00:42:28,631 --> 00:42:31,717
what Viserys told me when
he named me his heir.
670
00:42:31,718 --> 00:42:34,179
What Jaehaerys had told him.
671
00:42:34,846 --> 00:42:37,306
And what I will now tell you.
672
00:42:37,307 --> 00:42:39,351
(Sunfyre calls)
673
00:42:40,143 --> 00:42:41,143
What is it?
674
00:42:41,144 --> 00:42:43,188
♪
675
00:42:47,484 --> 00:42:49,819
Aegon the Conqueror's Dream.
676
00:42:51,738 --> 00:42:55,492
He called it "The
Song of Ice and Fire."
677
00:42:55,909 --> 00:42:59,578
- (dramatic music playing)
- (arrows whizzing by)
678
00:42:59,579 --> 00:43:01,873
(grunting, shouting)
679
00:43:05,251 --> 00:43:07,337
captain: Loose! New rank!
680
00:43:08,505 --> 00:43:11,675
Loose! New rank!
681
00:43:12,550 --> 00:43:15,053
Loose! New rank!
682
00:43:17,263 --> 00:43:19,556
♪
683
00:43:19,557 --> 00:43:20,850
Push it!
684
00:43:21,726 --> 00:43:23,561
guards (shouting): Dragon!
685
00:43:23,687 --> 00:43:25,730
Dragon!
686
00:43:25,855 --> 00:43:28,024
(all yelling)
687
00:43:29,734 --> 00:43:32,237
Gwayne: To the Seven
Hells with you, Cole!
688
00:43:32,570 --> 00:43:35,030
You may as well have sounded
horns to announce our coming!
689
00:43:35,031 --> 00:43:37,074
Criston: Order the Darklyn levies
to break off and move ahead.
690
00:43:37,075 --> 00:43:38,992
We must keep the dragon's
attention divided.
691
00:43:38,993 --> 00:43:41,036
- Make the signal.
- What signal?
692
00:43:41,037 --> 00:43:43,748
Criston: All is going to plan.
693
00:43:44,374 --> 00:43:46,376
♪
694
00:43:49,754 --> 00:43:51,965
(blows horn)
695
00:43:53,216 --> 00:43:54,926
(growling)
696
00:44:03,768 --> 00:44:05,937
(indistinct shouting)
697
00:44:10,108 --> 00:44:12,110
(all yelling)
698
00:44:15,655 --> 00:44:18,074
(horn blowing in distance)
699
00:44:19,242 --> 00:44:21,493
(blows horn)
700
00:44:21,494 --> 00:44:23,288
(growling)
701
00:44:27,250 --> 00:44:29,252
♪
702
00:44:32,922 --> 00:44:35,091
(Sunfyre calls)
703
00:44:37,427 --> 00:44:38,928
(groans)
704
00:44:40,513 --> 00:44:42,265
(speaking High Valyrian)
705
00:44:50,815 --> 00:44:52,525
(exhales)
706
00:44:54,152 --> 00:44:56,154
♪
707
00:44:56,821 --> 00:44:58,198
(screeches)
708
00:45:03,328 --> 00:45:04,996
(grumbles)
709
00:45:06,623 --> 00:45:08,833
(all yelling)
710
00:45:10,710 --> 00:45:13,296
♪
711
00:45:15,298 --> 00:45:16,757
Forward, Sunfyre!
712
00:45:16,758 --> 00:45:19,177
- (Sunfyre roars)
- Faster!
713
00:45:19,636 --> 00:45:21,637
guards (shouting): Dragon!
714
00:45:21,638 --> 00:45:23,682
Whose dragon is that?
715
00:45:23,807 --> 00:45:25,475
His Grace, the king's.
716
00:45:26,559 --> 00:45:28,686
This was your secret plot, Cole?
717
00:45:28,687 --> 00:45:30,312
For the king himself
to lay ambush
718
00:45:30,313 --> 00:45:32,731
- and mayhaps die in the attempt?!
- Criston: No!
719
00:45:32,732 --> 00:45:34,859
Loose more signal arrows!
720
00:45:38,029 --> 00:45:40,490
Stalwart men of House Targaryen,
721
00:45:41,658 --> 00:45:44,202
your king has joined you!
722
00:45:44,994 --> 00:45:47,746
Hold to your courage!
Hold to your wits!
723
00:45:47,747 --> 00:45:50,542
For the Seven have
blessed and shielded
724
00:45:50,667 --> 00:45:52,918
this host with divine purpose!
725
00:45:52,919 --> 00:45:55,880
For the one true king, Aegon!
726
00:45:56,006 --> 00:45:58,842
- Advance!
- (soldiers shouting)
727
00:46:00,510 --> 00:46:04,055
♪
728
00:46:06,725 --> 00:46:09,019
Where are you, Aemond?
729
00:46:12,230 --> 00:46:13,940
(roars)
730
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,402
♪
731
00:46:20,697 --> 00:46:22,907
(speaks High Valyrian)
732
00:46:23,867 --> 00:46:25,452
Dracarys!
733
00:46:27,537 --> 00:46:28,872
(grunts)
734
00:46:31,875 --> 00:46:34,252
(grumbles, screeches)
735
00:46:37,964 --> 00:46:41,384
- (screeching, roaring)
- (Aegon panicking)
736
00:46:45,388 --> 00:46:47,098
(yelling)
737
00:46:51,394 --> 00:46:53,396
(all yelling)
738
00:46:57,650 --> 00:46:59,944
(high-pitched calling)
739
00:47:00,904 --> 00:47:02,572
(screeching)
740
00:47:04,282 --> 00:47:06,241
captain: Another one there!
741
00:47:06,242 --> 00:47:08,660
Send a volley to
those Rosby men!
742
00:47:08,661 --> 00:47:10,747
Give them no quarter!
743
00:47:11,623 --> 00:47:15,168
- (indistinct shouting)
- (distant bellowing)
744
00:47:20,090 --> 00:47:22,258
We'd best get you
to cover, my lord.
745
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:30,642
♪
746
00:47:31,935 --> 00:47:33,645
(grumbles)
747
00:47:51,621 --> 00:47:54,540
♪
748
00:47:54,541 --> 00:47:56,543
(screeching)
749
00:48:06,886 --> 00:48:08,847
♪
750
00:48:08,972 --> 00:48:10,682
(distant screeching)
751
00:48:10,807 --> 00:48:12,976
Aegon: Thank the gods!
752
00:48:14,352 --> 00:48:15,519
Dracarys!
753
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:16,563
Ah!
754
00:48:18,690 --> 00:48:20,191
♪
755
00:48:20,984 --> 00:48:23,319
No! (yells)
756
00:48:25,196 --> 00:48:28,074
- (roaring)
- (Sunfyre screeching)
757
00:48:34,831 --> 00:48:36,499
(screeching)
758
00:48:40,503 --> 00:48:42,504
(soldiers yelling)
759
00:48:42,505 --> 00:48:44,048
Criston: Your Grace!
760
00:48:44,049 --> 00:48:46,343
(music softens)
761
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:50,722
(heavy breathing)
762
00:49:00,857 --> 00:49:02,776
(speaks High Valyrian)
763
00:49:04,402 --> 00:49:07,572
- (music intensifies)
- (Meleys screeches)
764
00:49:11,534 --> 00:49:12,702
(grunts)
765
00:49:23,755 --> 00:49:25,923
(nearby growling)
766
00:49:25,924 --> 00:49:28,093
♪
767
00:49:41,564 --> 00:49:43,566
(roars)
768
00:49:47,487 --> 00:49:50,073
- (dragons screeching)
- (music stops)
769
00:49:55,662 --> 00:49:56,830
(grunts)
770
00:49:58,456 --> 00:50:00,125
(grunting)
771
00:50:00,250 --> 00:50:02,626
(music resumes)
772
00:50:02,627 --> 00:50:04,504
(indistinct shouting)
773
00:50:18,601 --> 00:50:20,519
(all yelling)
774
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,106
(grunting, yelling)
775
00:50:23,481 --> 00:50:26,359
- (horse neighs)
- (loud thud)
776
00:50:27,485 --> 00:50:29,195
(silence)
777
00:50:31,614 --> 00:50:36,161
- (slow-motion yelling)
- (slow, tense music playing)
778
00:50:39,664 --> 00:50:41,666
(loud footsteps)
779
00:50:54,471 --> 00:50:56,473
♪
780
00:51:00,977 --> 00:51:02,645
(grumbling)
781
00:51:08,401 --> 00:51:11,654
(Meleys grumbling, groaning)
782
00:51:19,704 --> 00:51:21,706
(singers vocalizing)
783
00:51:23,875 --> 00:51:25,585
(roars)
784
00:51:29,589 --> 00:51:32,509
(indistinct chatter, shouting)
785
00:51:33,176 --> 00:51:37,430
♪
786
00:51:39,015 --> 00:51:41,226
(vocalizing continues)
787
00:51:48,108 --> 00:51:49,859
(screeches)
788
00:51:52,112 --> 00:51:54,948
- (screeches)
- (all yelling)
789
00:51:57,200 --> 00:51:58,910
(screeching)
790
00:52:00,745 --> 00:52:02,455
(grunting)
791
00:52:02,747 --> 00:52:04,457
(screeching)
792
00:52:08,044 --> 00:52:09,962
(music slows)
793
00:52:09,963 --> 00:52:11,756
(grumbling)
794
00:52:15,885 --> 00:52:18,888
(somber music playing)
795
00:52:27,981 --> 00:52:29,733
(explosion booms)
796
00:52:37,073 --> 00:52:40,243
(triumphant music playing)
797
00:52:55,133 --> 00:52:57,344
(music fades out)
798
00:53:04,267 --> 00:53:06,436
(muffled yelling)
799
00:53:08,438 --> 00:53:11,316
(muffled roaring, rumbling)
800
00:53:21,284 --> 00:53:23,453
(gasps for air)
801
00:53:28,208 --> 00:53:29,793
(gasping)
802
00:53:34,130 --> 00:53:36,299
(labored breathing)
803
00:53:41,388 --> 00:53:44,808
(quiet, tense music playing)
804
00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:52,816
Gwayne: Fall in behind me!
805
00:53:53,817 --> 00:53:55,527
Into the breach!
806
00:53:55,652 --> 00:53:57,821
(indistinct shouting)
807
00:54:02,033 --> 00:54:04,035
♪
808
00:54:08,331 --> 00:54:10,542
(heavy breathing)
809
00:54:19,926 --> 00:54:21,928
♪
810
00:54:27,017 --> 00:54:29,853
(breathy) The king has
fallen. We must find him.
811
00:54:32,856 --> 00:54:34,858
(armor clatters)
812
00:54:43,366 --> 00:54:45,577
♪
813
00:54:54,377 --> 00:54:56,588
(indistinct shouting)
814
00:55:06,806 --> 00:55:08,808
♪
815
00:55:19,944 --> 00:55:21,154
Criston: Aemond!
816
00:55:22,113 --> 00:55:23,781
(Sunfyre grumbles)
817
00:55:23,782 --> 00:55:26,826
♪
818
00:55:36,586 --> 00:55:38,755
Where's His Grace?
819
00:55:41,299 --> 00:55:43,510
(Sunfyre grumbling)
820
00:55:45,845 --> 00:55:49,432
(suspenseful, solemn
music playing)
821
00:55:54,646 --> 00:55:56,606
(helmet clatters)
822
00:56:14,541 --> 00:56:16,960
(music fades out)
823
00:56:22,340 --> 00:56:25,719
(light, tense music playing)
824
00:56:59,878 --> 00:57:01,880
♪
825
00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:38,875
speaker: Behold!
The traitor dragon, Meleys.
826
00:57:40,251 --> 00:57:42,379
Slain by King Aegon!
827
00:57:44,089 --> 00:57:45,382
Alicent Hightower:
Is he alive?
828
00:57:46,257 --> 00:57:47,425
♪ (tense music plays)
829
00:57:47,550 --> 00:57:49,760
Rhaenyra Targaryen: We cannot
challenge King's Landing
830
00:57:49,761 --> 00:57:50,887
without the Riverlands.
831
00:57:51,096 --> 00:57:52,554
Daemon Targaryen:
Our terms are simple.
832
00:57:52,555 --> 00:57:55,433
Bend the knee to me,
or your house burns.
833
00:57:55,892 --> 00:57:59,312
mysterious voice: Daemon, you
were made to wear a crown.
834
00:58:00,438 --> 00:58:02,482
Otto Hightower: The king
does not lack for heirs.
835
00:58:02,774 --> 00:58:04,066
Alicent: So, you
cast me aside?
836
00:58:04,067 --> 00:58:05,859
We have given the
war to the dragons.
837
00:58:05,860 --> 00:58:07,570
Will you preside over it?
838
00:58:07,946 --> 00:58:09,048
Mysaria: The people whispered,
839
00:58:09,072 --> 00:58:10,907
when Viserys lived,
there was peace.
840
00:58:11,616 --> 00:58:13,326
The path I walk has
never been trod.
841
00:58:14,244 --> 00:58:16,955
Mysaria: There is more than
one way to fight a war.
842
00:58:18,081 --> 00:58:20,792
Ser Criston Cole: What we
must do now is terrible.
843
00:58:29,843 --> 00:58:32,302
(horns blare)
844
00:58:32,303 --> 00:58:35,015
♪ (tense music plays) ♪
845
00:58:37,475 --> 00:58:39,309
Ryan Condal: Cole is
now a real problem
846
00:58:39,310 --> 00:58:41,414
that's going to have to be
dealt with in the Crownlands.
847
00:58:41,438 --> 00:58:44,273
He's taken down Duskendale,
and Rosby, and Darklyn,
848
00:58:44,274 --> 00:58:45,941
and should be
marching on Harrenhal
849
00:58:45,942 --> 00:58:47,302
with the force that
he's assembled.
850
00:58:47,485 --> 00:58:49,653
Rhaenys Targaryen: Cole's
victories have only emboldened him.
851
00:58:49,654 --> 00:58:50,988
He marches on Rook's Rest.
852
00:58:50,989 --> 00:58:52,990
Rook's Rest, it's
a tiny coastal keep
853
00:58:52,991 --> 00:58:53,992
right across the bay.
854
00:58:54,159 --> 00:58:55,492
Rhaenyra seizes upon that...
855
00:58:55,493 --> 00:58:57,286
There are those
who have mistaken
856
00:58:57,287 --> 00:58:59,122
my caution for weakness.
857
00:59:00,331 --> 00:59:01,708
Let that be their undoing.
858
00:59:02,125 --> 00:59:03,543
And plays right
into Cole's hand.
859
00:59:03,710 --> 00:59:06,713
♪ (intense music plays) ♪
860
00:59:11,509 --> 00:59:12,676
George always said about Daemon,
861
00:59:12,677 --> 00:59:14,679
he's heroic and
villainous in equal parts.
862
00:59:14,846 --> 00:59:17,015
And that's what makes him
fascinating as a character.
863
00:59:17,182 --> 00:59:19,350
Part of Daemon's story
at Harrenhal this season
864
00:59:19,351 --> 00:59:23,563
is having to face and atone
for the sins of his past.
865
00:59:23,813 --> 00:59:24,856
Laena.
866
00:59:25,357 --> 00:59:27,525
Laena Velaryon: Dracarys!
867
00:59:29,527 --> 00:59:30,528
Ryan: Aemond...
868
00:59:31,363 --> 00:59:34,491
who he probably had a hand,
a bit, in his creation.
869
00:59:36,368 --> 00:59:38,912
And very much young Rhaenyra.
870
00:59:39,037 --> 00:59:41,498
(speaking in High Valyrian)
871
00:59:41,706 --> 00:59:42,706
Speak plainly.
872
00:59:42,916 --> 00:59:45,019
Matt Smith: It's a journey
of discovery and unraveling,
873
00:59:45,043 --> 00:59:49,005
and it's all beginning to make
him become really unstuck.
874
00:59:49,422 --> 00:59:51,674
Daemon is experiencing
one of his core injuries.
875
00:59:51,675 --> 00:59:54,009
This is the room that has
caused him so much pain,
876
00:59:54,010 --> 00:59:58,098
it's the seat that he's coveted
for so long and was denied,
877
00:59:58,390 --> 01:00:00,725
and then the little girl
who stole it from him.
878
01:00:00,934 --> 01:00:02,185
Before he knows it...
879
01:00:05,730 --> 01:00:06,856
he exacts vengeance.
880
01:00:07,065 --> 01:00:08,376
Matt: It's the
blood of the dragon.
881
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:10,610
They're connected
in such a deep way.
882
01:00:11,111 --> 01:00:13,405
And the idea that
he could harm her
883
01:00:13,530 --> 01:00:15,573
is, you know, really alien.
884
01:00:15,865 --> 01:00:19,910
He's still very closed to
these intrusive visions,
885
01:00:19,911 --> 01:00:21,621
but they start to break down
886
01:00:21,746 --> 01:00:23,790
the very carefully
constructed walls
887
01:00:23,915 --> 01:00:25,625
that he's put up around himself.
888
01:00:27,752 --> 01:00:30,755
Touch late to be stalking
about a strange castle.
889
01:00:31,589 --> 01:00:33,967
Alys Rivers is written about
quite a bit in the book.
890
01:00:34,092 --> 01:00:35,969
She's described as a
kind of woods witch
891
01:00:36,094 --> 01:00:37,137
that lives at Harrenhal,
892
01:00:37,262 --> 01:00:39,221
has possibly been there
for hundreds of years.
893
01:00:39,222 --> 01:00:41,140
You don't really
know immediately
894
01:00:41,141 --> 01:00:44,394
whether she is what
she says she is.
895
01:00:45,228 --> 01:00:47,104
You are a strange kind of woman.
896
01:00:47,105 --> 01:00:49,607
I'm no woman at
all. I'm a barn owl,
897
01:00:49,941 --> 01:00:51,650
cursed to live in human form.
898
01:00:51,651 --> 01:00:53,068
Gayle Rankin: She's
not afraid of him,
899
01:00:53,069 --> 01:00:55,321
and I think that
he recognizes that,
900
01:00:55,447 --> 01:00:56,948
and that's unusual for him.
901
01:00:57,657 --> 01:00:59,659
Have you experienced
anything of note?
902
01:00:59,784 --> 01:01:03,496
She instills a sort of
curiosity in Daemon.
903
01:01:03,788 --> 01:01:07,000
What is she? Why is she
here? Is she influencing me?
904
01:01:07,125 --> 01:01:09,126
Am I beholden to her?
905
01:01:09,127 --> 01:01:10,794
She understands
things about him,
906
01:01:10,795 --> 01:01:13,172
whether because she's just
a good reader of people
907
01:01:13,173 --> 01:01:14,841
or there's something
else going on,
908
01:01:15,008 --> 01:01:18,260
and she penetrates him in a way
that I think fascinates him,
909
01:01:18,261 --> 01:01:19,678
but also makes him
very uncomfortable.
910
01:01:19,679 --> 01:01:21,430
Gayle: I think it's
really up for debate
911
01:01:21,431 --> 01:01:24,475
whether Alys is shaping
Daemon's journey,
912
01:01:24,476 --> 01:01:27,353
in terms of his kind
of spiritual awakening,
913
01:01:27,354 --> 01:01:29,689
or if he's doing that himself.
914
01:01:31,524 --> 01:01:32,609
(gulps)
915
01:01:34,444 --> 01:01:36,684
Aemond Targaryen: Ser Criston
is marching on Rook's Rest.
916
01:01:38,990 --> 01:01:41,451
The two of you
have been plotting
917
01:01:42,786 --> 01:01:44,287
without my authority.
918
01:01:44,954 --> 01:01:46,164
(sighs)
919
01:01:46,373 --> 01:01:48,142
Alan Taylor: I love scenes
that involve Valyrian.
920
01:01:48,166 --> 01:01:49,334
It's a real language for us.
921
01:01:49,626 --> 01:01:51,627
And the fact there are people
who speak it at different levels
922
01:01:51,628 --> 01:01:52,795
becomes part of their character.
923
01:01:52,796 --> 01:01:55,715
Aemond in this scene
is still furious at
924
01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:58,051
- his humiliation at the brothel.
- (laughter echoes)
925
01:01:58,718 --> 01:02:00,344
Aemond and Aegon
both, of course,
926
01:02:00,345 --> 01:02:01,804
learned High
Valyrian as children.
927
01:02:01,805 --> 01:02:04,516
It's just that Aemond paid a
little more attention to it.
928
01:02:05,058 --> 01:02:08,895
(speaking in High Valyrian)
929
01:02:09,521 --> 01:02:12,022
That scene is a public
execution, in a way.
930
01:02:12,023 --> 01:02:14,192
Only him and Aegon
can understand.
931
01:02:14,526 --> 01:02:15,984
It's a public shaming.
932
01:02:15,985 --> 01:02:19,239
(speaking in High Valyrian)
933
01:02:19,864 --> 01:02:21,509
Tom Glynn-Carney: He's
aware that everyone else
934
01:02:21,533 --> 01:02:23,909
is feeling certain
resentment towards him,
935
01:02:23,910 --> 01:02:25,704
but then when Aemond does it,
936
01:02:26,246 --> 01:02:28,707
that really breaks a
bit of his heart off.
937
01:02:29,207 --> 01:02:34,546
(speaking in High Valyrian)
938
01:02:38,341 --> 01:02:39,758
If there's one rule to take away
939
01:02:39,759 --> 01:02:41,844
from House of the Dragon,
don't laugh at Aemond.
940
01:02:41,845 --> 01:02:43,388
Bad things happen to you.
941
01:02:44,514 --> 01:02:46,433
They don't care what I think.
942
01:02:47,017 --> 01:02:48,017
(sighs)
943
01:02:48,226 --> 01:02:51,895
Alicent's just come off of
this near-assassination attempt
944
01:02:51,896 --> 01:02:53,063
with her head spinning,
945
01:02:53,064 --> 01:02:55,232
wondering whether
she misinterpreted
946
01:02:55,233 --> 01:02:57,068
what Viserys' final words were.
947
01:02:57,235 --> 01:02:59,737
And then she comes back home
and sees Aegon just, you know,
948
01:02:59,738 --> 01:03:02,282
stomping around and ranting
like a petulant teenager.
949
01:03:02,407 --> 01:03:05,743
My council, Cole, Aemond,
they pursue their campaign
950
01:03:05,744 --> 01:03:08,079
without seeking my aid
or even my thoughts.
951
01:03:08,455 --> 01:03:10,414
Contrary to many
people's beliefs,
952
01:03:10,415 --> 01:03:12,292
Aegon is a very
sensitive individual.
953
01:03:12,625 --> 01:03:15,628
He wants his mom's love. He
wants his mom's validation.
954
01:03:15,795 --> 01:03:17,964
He wants her to believe in him.
955
01:03:18,214 --> 01:03:22,092
Alicent can coat her words
in honey a little bit more
956
01:03:22,093 --> 01:03:24,137
to Aegon, if she chooses.
957
01:03:24,596 --> 01:03:28,099
But the tension is bubbling.
958
01:03:28,308 --> 01:03:29,600
Do you think simply
wearing the crown
959
01:03:29,601 --> 01:03:30,935
imbues you with wisdom?
960
01:03:31,478 --> 01:03:32,770
She's lost a bit
of the composure
961
01:03:32,771 --> 01:03:34,647
that you're used to
seeing in Alicent,
962
01:03:34,814 --> 01:03:36,607
and she simply
tells him, you know,
963
01:03:36,608 --> 01:03:38,651
you need to do what's
needed of you, which is...
964
01:03:38,777 --> 01:03:39,986
Nothing.
965
01:03:41,279 --> 01:03:44,907
And it's the most
devastating, most demeaning,
966
01:03:44,908 --> 01:03:46,909
belittling thing that she
could have said to her son
967
01:03:46,910 --> 01:03:47,910
in that moment.
968
01:03:47,994 --> 01:03:51,331
It's the first time we
see Alicent point-blank
969
01:03:51,956 --> 01:03:54,459
tell him everything
that he can't hear.
970
01:03:54,668 --> 01:03:57,420
Especially the way, how fragile
he is at that time, too.
971
01:03:57,921 --> 01:03:59,922
And how he's just becoming
more and more naked
972
01:03:59,923 --> 01:04:00,923
and more and more alone.
973
01:04:00,965 --> 01:04:02,676
And that's one of the
final straws for him,
974
01:04:02,801 --> 01:04:05,136
I think, before he
fully, fully spirals.
975
01:04:06,471 --> 01:04:07,681
(jug shatters)
976
01:04:08,431 --> 01:04:10,618
Ryan: The thing that everybody
has warned Rhaenyra against is,
977
01:04:10,642 --> 01:04:11,975
"You're the queen,
you're the sovereign,
978
01:04:11,976 --> 01:04:13,018
you cannot ride to battle."
979
01:04:13,019 --> 01:04:15,187
Aegon has just muscled
everybody out of the way
980
01:04:15,188 --> 01:04:16,548
and decided to ride
into the battle
981
01:04:16,606 --> 01:04:18,315
to prove that he was
just as much a man
982
01:04:18,316 --> 01:04:19,775
as Cole and his brother.
983
01:04:19,776 --> 01:04:22,529
(Sunfyre trills)
984
01:04:23,822 --> 01:04:25,614
Alan: Cole has arrived
with his forces.
985
01:04:25,615 --> 01:04:28,992
He's facing a tiny keep
that can't hope to win.
986
01:04:28,993 --> 01:04:30,285
Rook's Rest is really not
987
01:04:30,286 --> 01:04:32,371
a significant
strategic advantage.
988
01:04:32,372 --> 01:04:33,873
Why would Cole take that risk?
989
01:04:34,040 --> 01:04:36,000
He never intends or
cares about the keep.
990
01:04:36,001 --> 01:04:37,877
He's there to draw out a dragon.
991
01:04:38,169 --> 01:04:40,797
You must send me, Your Grace.
992
01:04:41,381 --> 01:04:42,841
I will meet Cole.
993
01:04:43,341 --> 01:04:45,175
Eve Best: Rhaenys
chooses to step in,
994
01:04:45,176 --> 01:04:47,512
having said for
the whole season,
995
01:04:47,679 --> 01:04:51,516
"We mustn't use dragons.
Anything but using dragons."
996
01:04:51,725 --> 01:04:55,687
If it has to be done, if
this action has to be taken,
997
01:04:55,812 --> 01:04:57,396
then it's better
that she does it
998
01:04:57,397 --> 01:04:58,565
than anybody else.
999
01:04:58,815 --> 01:05:02,152
Ultimately, she is expendable,
where Rhaenyra is not.
1000
01:05:02,694 --> 01:05:06,197
What should be a small
campaign to take a small keep
1001
01:05:06,364 --> 01:05:08,866
turns into a kind
of watershed moment.
1002
01:05:08,867 --> 01:05:10,076
soldier: Dragon!
1003
01:05:10,201 --> 01:05:13,204
Alan: The first act of
full-on dragon conflict.
1004
01:05:13,663 --> 01:05:16,540
- (Meleys screeching)
- (soldiers yelling)
1005
01:05:16,541 --> 01:05:18,167
All bets are off.
All order is gone.
1006
01:05:18,168 --> 01:05:19,918
Whatever you thought was
important on the battlefield
1007
01:05:19,919 --> 01:05:20,919
doesn't matter at all.
1008
01:05:20,920 --> 01:05:24,215
It's basically just a
collateral damage site
1009
01:05:24,758 --> 01:05:27,510
because the real battle is
going on over your heads.
1010
01:05:30,930 --> 01:05:32,222
(Sunfyre screeches)
1011
01:05:32,223 --> 01:05:35,059
Aegon has arrived as the fly
in the ointment, so to speak.
1012
01:05:35,060 --> 01:05:36,102
(frustrated grunt)
1013
01:05:36,269 --> 01:05:37,395
It's changed the strategy.
1014
01:05:37,604 --> 01:05:39,606
Now, Vhagar and Cole have
to contend with the fact
1015
01:05:39,731 --> 01:05:40,899
that the King is in the fray,
1016
01:05:41,024 --> 01:05:42,344
and they have to
protect the King.
1017
01:05:42,776 --> 01:05:43,943
Dracarys!
1018
01:05:45,528 --> 01:05:46,613
(Rhaenys grunts)
1019
01:05:47,781 --> 01:05:49,616
- (Meleys roars)
- (Sunfyre screeches)
1020
01:05:53,620 --> 01:05:54,980
Aegon II Targaryen:
Thank the gods!
1021
01:05:56,206 --> 01:05:57,415
Dracarys!
1022
01:05:57,707 --> 01:06:00,293
The question it raises,
did he seize an opportunity
1023
01:06:00,585 --> 01:06:02,419
where he could take two
players off the board,
1024
01:06:02,420 --> 01:06:04,588
or was Aegon just collateral?
1025
01:06:04,589 --> 01:06:05,799
(Aegon yells)
1026
01:06:07,133 --> 01:06:09,427
Tom: When he's
plummeting to the earth
1027
01:06:09,552 --> 01:06:11,262
after being hit
by a ball of fire,
1028
01:06:11,471 --> 01:06:14,890
all of his fears of
Aemon's betrayal...
1029
01:06:14,891 --> 01:06:16,893
- (Sunfyre screeches)
- Come true.
1030
01:06:18,395 --> 01:06:20,313
(soldiers yelling)
1031
01:06:20,438 --> 01:06:21,438
Criston Cole: Your Grace!
1032
01:06:21,439 --> 01:06:23,441
Of all the people
affected by this,
1033
01:06:23,817 --> 01:06:25,734
Cole is the one who's
most slammed by it
1034
01:06:25,735 --> 01:06:27,444
because it was his plan.
1035
01:06:27,445 --> 01:06:28,612
Cole has been in battle before.
1036
01:06:28,613 --> 01:06:29,655
He's seen people die.
1037
01:06:29,656 --> 01:06:31,073
He's seen people
crushed beneath horses.
1038
01:06:31,074 --> 01:06:33,493
And so Cole had to be
particularly touched
1039
01:06:33,618 --> 01:06:36,830
by the distinct and specific
nature of dragon war
1040
01:06:37,080 --> 01:06:39,290
and how insignificant
it made soldiers
1041
01:06:39,416 --> 01:06:41,126
like him on the battlefield.
1042
01:06:41,626 --> 01:06:44,462
He's playing chess and
messing with things
1043
01:06:44,671 --> 01:06:46,256
he can barely get
his head around.
1044
01:06:48,299 --> 01:06:50,010
(soldiers groaning)
1045
01:06:50,135 --> 01:06:54,764
It's the sort of moral
loss by his own actions.
1046
01:06:55,098 --> 01:06:57,350
Cole is responsible for
the worst possible thing
1047
01:06:57,475 --> 01:06:58,685
that could have happened.
1048
01:07:02,522 --> 01:07:04,649
- (Vhagar roars)
- (Meleys screeches)
1049
01:07:10,155 --> 01:07:12,281
Ryan: I think it's a Pyrrhic
victory for both sides.
1050
01:07:12,282 --> 01:07:13,700
We lose Rhaenys,
1051
01:07:13,825 --> 01:07:15,994
one of Rhaenyra's most
trusted counselors.
1052
01:07:16,786 --> 01:07:18,162
We don't really
know the condition
1053
01:07:18,163 --> 01:07:19,456
of Sunfyre or Aegon.
1054
01:07:19,789 --> 01:07:23,001
You just have to regard it
as a great emblem, an example
1055
01:07:23,126 --> 01:07:25,670
of how horrible and
awful dragon war is
1056
01:07:25,795 --> 01:07:27,714
and the reason that
it needs to be waged
1057
01:07:27,839 --> 01:07:29,382
with great restraint.
1058
01:07:29,507 --> 01:07:34,554
♪ (ominous music plays) ♪