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Ser Ryam was a strong Lord Commander

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of the Kingsguard.

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But he was ill for some time.

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He passed in peace, I hope.

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Yes, Your Grace.

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He was found to have passed

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gently in his sleep.

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His remains are being prepared
by the Silent Sisters.

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The succeeding Lord Commander,
Ser Harrold,

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would like to make haste in finding
Ser Ryam's replacement on the Kingsguard.

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Your Grace. My lords.

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The Kingsguard must soon be restored
to its full complement of seven.

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With the help of the Hand,

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I've invited a number of
fine candidates to court.

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All have passed fair trials.

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Four ships have now been lost.

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The last one was flying my banner.

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The Stepstones have now
grown into a conflagration,

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yet you sit here
and dither about court business.

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If you've something
to discuss, Lord Corlys...

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I want to know what is to be done

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about my ships and my men.

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The Crown will compensate you

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for your ship and crew,
and make an offering

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- to the men's families.
- I don't want compensation.

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I want to seize the Stepstones by force

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and burn out this Crabfeeder.

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I am not prepared to start
a war with the Free Cities.

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These pirates are not the Free Cities.

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Who do you think provides them
with their ships and tender?

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In all of its history, my lord,

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the Seven Kingdoms have never entered

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open war with the Free Cities.

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Were that to happen,

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the losses would be incalculable.

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What reason does
the Crabfeeder have to fear us?

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The King's own brother has been allowed
to seize Dragonstone

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and fortify it with an army
of his gold cloaks.

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Daemon has squatted there
for over half a year

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without even a protest from The Crown.

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I'll caution you, Lord Corlys,

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a seat at the King's table
does not make you his equal.

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I have acted, Corlys.

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I've sent envoys to Pentos and Volantis

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to see if we might find common cause.

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Ships and men are at the ready.

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The Stepstones will be settled in time.

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You have dragonriders, father.

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Send us.

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It isn't that simple, Rhaenyra.

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It would be a show of force.

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At least the Princess has a plan.

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- I only meant that we should at least...
- Perhaps,

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there's some better use
for the Princess's talents, Your Grace.

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Why don't you take the Princess
to see about the new

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Kingsguard posting, Lord Commander?

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A fine idea, Your Grace.

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This knight will protect you as well.

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You should choose.

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Ser Desmond Caron,

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a fine knight, Princess.

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Step forward, Ser Desmond.

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Son of Ser Royce Caron,

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Ser Desmond has proved strong and steady

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in both the tourney lists and without.

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While traveling through the Kingswood
on his way to King's Landing,

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Ser Desmond recently brought
a would-be poacher

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to justice.

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You might thank him
for his leal service, Princess.

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We thank you for your loyal
service to The Crown, ser.

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Ser Rymun Mallister.

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Son of Lord Lymond Mallister of Seagard.

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Winner of the melee at Cider Hall.

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He was the last mounted
of three-and-twenty knights.

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Ser Rymun was knighted at eight-and-ten.

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Do any of these knights
have combat experience?

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Beyond capturing poachers.

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Ser Criston Cole.

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Son of the steward
of the Lord of Blackhaven.

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Be welcome, Ser Criston.

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You saw combat in the Stormlands.

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Dornish marches, Princess.

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I fought for a year as a foot solider
against the Dornish incursions.

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Ser Arlan Dondarrion
knighted me after we razed

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two of the watchtowers along the Boneway.

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I choose Ser Criston Cole.

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Let's not be too hasty, Princess.

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There's no doubt Ser Criston
is a fine warrior,

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but houses such as Crakehall and Mallister

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are important allies of The Crown.

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Seagard, for instance,
is the realm's prime defense

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against reavers from the Iron Islands.

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Those men are tourney knights.

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My father should be defended by a man
who's known real combat.

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Should he not?

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Of course, Princess.

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Well, let us plan Ser Criston's
investiture then.

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The Valyrian capital
was built into a volcano,

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much like Dragonstone.

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And the dragonlords,
the highest of the nobility,

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lived here, at the volcanic face,

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closest to the source
of their magic and power.

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And this was the Anogrion.

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Where the bloodmages worked their craft.

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It is truly wondrous what you've built.

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Oh no.

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I only pore over the histories
and provide the plans.

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The stonemasons built the structures.

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Do you believe that Westeros
can be another Valyria, Your Grace?

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That depends,
whether you speak of the Freehold

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at its height or at its fall.

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Over a thousand dragons,

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a navy large enough to span
the seas of the world.

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The glory of Old Valyria
will never be seen again.

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Seven Hells.

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Tell me, how is Rhaenyra?

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- What do you mean?
- Well, these days,

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she doesn't say more
than a few words to me.

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I think she might find it difficult

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to discuss personal matters.

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It will take time.

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It did when I lost mine own mother.

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I wish she would approach me.

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What if you went to her?

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There are times when I would rather face

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the Black Dread himself
than mine own daughter of 15.

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I think she would open
herself to you if invited.

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You do have such an easy way about you,
Your Grace.

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You do not mention our talks to Rhaenyra,
do you?

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I just,

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I fear that she wouldn't understand them.

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No, Your Grace.

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It's only been half a year
since my mother died,

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and already they tried
to marry my father off

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and replace me as heir.

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I know those men and how they plot

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in their secret councils
when I've been sent away.

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You cannot worry at the matters
of lords and kings, Rhaenyra.

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What if your father were to remarry?

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Your father loves you.

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He chose you for his heir.

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He didn't choose me. He spurns Daemon.

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Kneel with me.

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I find this is a way to be with my mother.

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Here in the quiet of the Sept,

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I feel close to her.

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- I know it sounds foolish.
- I don't think it's foolish.

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- I don't.
- Good.

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Because I thought you might try.

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If not for me, then, perhaps for them.

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What do I say?

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Whatever you wish.

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It's only for you and the gods to know.

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I want him to see me as
more than his little girl.

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Mine own father does not know
the language of girls either.

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When I wish to talk with him,

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I know that I must make the effort.

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Thank you.

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Your Grace.

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I'm glad we could meet.

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I know tempers ran hot today,

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and I wanted to assure you
how much I value the bond

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between our houses.

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Rhaenys is my favorite cousin after all.

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I wish to apologize for the tenor

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at the Small Council today, Your Grace.

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It was not my intent to make offense.

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Your fleet is one of the realm's
most important assets, Lord Corlys.

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But you must understand,

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as King, it is my obligation to avoid war

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until such time it is unavoidable.

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None among us desire open war.

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Might I speak plainly, Your Grace?

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I always welcome the unfettered thoughts
of my council.

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I fear that the eyes of our enemies
are presently fixed on the Red Keep.

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The Queen has passed.

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A girl has been named
heir to the Iron Throne,

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the first in its history.

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The King's brother, so disinherited,

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has claimed the Targaryen seat
on Dragonstone

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without challenge.

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And now, a foreign power
has established a colony

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in our most critical shipping lane.

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You paint such an aspirant portrait
of my reign, Lord Corlys.

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It is an honest one, cousin.

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At the moment, The Crown is perceived
as being vulnerable.

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And a blind incursion in the Stepstones

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is the only way to demonstrate
that we are not?

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To elude a storm,
you can either sail into it,

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or around it.

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But you must never await its coming.

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Do you have a specific
course of action to propose,

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my lord?

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Join our families.

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Wed our daughter, Laena.

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Unite the two great surviving
Valyrian houses.

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With the Targaryen dragons
and the Velaryon fleet bound in blood,

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you can show the realm

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that The Crown's strongest days are ahead,

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not behind.

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I must admit,

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I haven't given marriage much thought.

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It hasn't even been half a year
since Aemma passed.

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The realm expects you to take a new wife
soon or late, Your Grace,

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to strengthen your line
and produce more heirs.

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You could not ask for
a stronger match than Laena.

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We haven't spoken much

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since.

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A regret of mine.

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We should be free to speak our minds
to one another.

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You can say whatever you'd like.

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You are the King.

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I loved your mother very much.

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As did I.

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Ser Harrold provided
a fine field of tourney knights.

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Oh?

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But in questioning them,

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I discovered that Ser Criston
was the only man among them

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with true battle experience.

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He'll make a fine
knight of the Kingsguard.

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- Today at Small Council...
- Pay it no mind.

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- I thought I might have had some insight.
- You're young.

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You will learn.

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This is our best chance
to save the digit, Your Grace.

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The maggots will remove the dead flesh

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and hopefully stop the advance of the rot.

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I held an audience earlier today

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with Lord Corlys and Princess Rhaenys.

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That was most charitable
of you, Your Grace.

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I'm sure Lord Corlys
appreciated the spirit of it.

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He proposed a marriage.

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To whom, Your Grace?

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The Lady Laena.

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To combine the strength of our houses,

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and demonstrate my reign's
strongest days are ahead,

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not behind.

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Lord Corlys has overreached, Your Grace.

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Such matters must be discussed
with the Small Council.

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That is what I'm doing, presently.

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So, what is your advice, dear Otto.

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The Lady Laena

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is young, Your Grace.

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Indeed, but the wounds
made by the Great Council

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still linger, my King.

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A match with their daughter
would go a long way towards

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sealing the breach

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and uniting the two great Valyrian houses

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would certainly signal unity
throughout the realm

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and beyond.

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The Grand Maester's reasoning is sound.

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I do fear what Rhaenyra might think.

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What does it matter, Your Grace?

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Her mother has passed.

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Her father must propagate the royal line.

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I dearly loved my own lady wife.

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The pain of her passing still haunts me.

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And to be compelled to

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00:19:52,368 --> 00:19:54,807
replace her for duty's sake.

259
00:19:56,488 --> 00:19:57,967
You are the King.

260
00:19:59,047 --> 00:20:00,887
But I do not envy you.

261
00:20:28,607 --> 00:20:31,046
What was it like flying the Black Dread?

262
00:20:31,047 --> 00:20:33,887
You were Balerion's last rider.

263
00:20:34,447 --> 00:20:37,487
Only for a short time before he died.

264
00:20:37,488 --> 00:20:38,567
With Balerion

265
00:20:38,568 --> 00:20:41,127
died the last memory of Valyria of Old.

266
00:20:42,088 --> 00:20:43,768
But Vhagar still lives

267
00:20:44,367 --> 00:20:45,887
somewhere.

268
00:20:45,967 --> 00:20:47,807
Bit too large for the Dragonpit.

269
00:20:48,408 --> 00:20:50,848
Some would say too large for our world.

270
00:20:51,766 --> 00:20:54,726
- Do you know where she nests?
- I'm sorry?

271
00:20:54,727 --> 00:20:56,726
Do you know where Vhagar is now?

272
00:20:56,808 --> 00:20:59,407
The Dragonkeepers believe she made home

273
00:20:59,408 --> 00:21:01,807
somewhere on the coast of the Narrow Sea.

274
00:21:01,888 --> 00:21:05,366
The workers at Spicetown report
hearing her song at times.

275
00:21:05,448 --> 00:21:07,487
They say it is a sad thing.

276
00:21:09,287 --> 00:21:11,087
I imagine even dragons get lonely.

277
00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:16,808
Your Grace,

278
00:21:18,008 --> 00:21:19,887
it would be a great honor

279
00:21:19,967 --> 00:21:23,966
to join our houses
as they were in Old Valyria.

280
00:21:23,967 --> 00:21:25,207
I would give you many children

281
00:21:25,208 --> 00:21:27,127
of pure Valyrian blood

282
00:21:27,128 --> 00:21:29,287
so that we might strengthen the royal line

283
00:21:29,287 --> 00:21:30,807
and the realm.

284
00:21:30,808 --> 00:21:32,967
Is that what your father told you to say?

285
00:21:37,846 --> 00:21:39,246
What did your mother tell you?

286
00:21:41,127 --> 00:21:44,127
That I wouldn't have to bed you
until I turned 14.

287
00:22:10,487 --> 00:22:11,847
It bothers you, does it not?

288
00:22:17,527 --> 00:22:19,007
My father is a king.

289
00:22:19,686 --> 00:22:22,807
It is his duty to take a new wife
and strengthen his line.

290
00:22:22,808 --> 00:22:24,046
I did not ask for a lesson in politics.

291
00:22:24,047 --> 00:22:25,446
I asked whether this bothers you.

292
00:22:25,528 --> 00:22:26,807
Laena is your daughter, Princess.

293
00:22:26,887 --> 00:22:28,487
Does it bother you?

294
00:22:29,727 --> 00:22:30,806
Of course, it does.

295
00:22:32,768 --> 00:22:35,688
But I understand the order of things.

296
00:22:37,406 --> 00:22:39,648
I'm not sure you do.

297
00:22:42,248 --> 00:22:45,406
If you mean to elicit some anger from me,

298
00:22:45,408 --> 00:22:48,128
you should know that
you're failing, Princess.

299
00:22:49,007 --> 00:22:50,488
Quite the opposite.

300
00:22:53,808 --> 00:22:55,425
Whether it's to my daughter
or to someone else's,

301
00:22:55,447 --> 00:22:58,247
your father will remarry sooner than late.

302
00:22:59,047 --> 00:23:01,527
His new wife will produce new heirs,

303
00:23:01,607 --> 00:23:04,367
and chances are better than not
that one of those will be male.

304
00:23:04,368 --> 00:23:06,926
And when that boy comes of age
and your father has passed,

305
00:23:06,927 --> 00:23:09,766
the men of the realm
will expect him to be heir,

306
00:23:09,848 --> 00:23:11,127
not you.

307
00:23:13,607 --> 00:23:15,447
Because that is the order of things.

308
00:23:17,768 --> 00:23:19,967
When I'm Queen, I will create a new order.

309
00:23:21,487 --> 00:23:23,527
How I wish that could be, Rhaenyra.

310
00:23:24,248 --> 00:23:26,647
But the men of the realm
already had their opportunity

311
00:23:26,727 --> 00:23:28,966
to appoint a ruling queen
at the Great Council

312
00:23:29,047 --> 00:23:30,486
and they denied it.

313
00:23:30,568 --> 00:23:33,326
They denied you, Princess Rhaenys.

314
00:23:34,286 --> 00:23:36,167
"The Queen Who Never Was."

315
00:23:36,886 --> 00:23:39,567
But they bent the knee to me
and called me heir to the throne.

316
00:23:39,568 --> 00:23:42,488
Do you remind your father's men of that
as you carry their cups?

317
00:23:46,847 --> 00:23:48,726
Here is the hard truth,

318
00:23:48,808 --> 00:23:51,846
which no one else has
the heart to tell you.

319
00:23:52,687 --> 00:23:56,206
Men would sooner put
the realm to the torch

320
00:23:56,207 --> 00:23:59,088
than see a woman ascend the Iron Throne.

321
00:24:03,766 --> 00:24:06,247
And your father is no fool.

322
00:24:19,527 --> 00:24:22,966
The Small Council is urging me to remarry.

323
00:24:24,727 --> 00:24:27,168
It seems the realm wants for a new queen.

324
00:24:32,167 --> 00:24:35,527
A good and kind queen
will give comfort to your subjects.

325
00:24:40,406 --> 00:24:43,807
Does the Small Council
have a particular lady in mind?

326
00:24:45,647 --> 00:24:50,126
Lord Corlys Velaryon has offered
the hand of his daughter,

327
00:24:50,207 --> 00:24:51,687
the Lady Laena.

328
00:24:52,767 --> 00:24:54,607
A very strong match, Your Grace.

329
00:24:56,207 --> 00:24:59,606
I must admit,
I don't know Laena very well.

330
00:25:00,447 --> 00:25:02,686
I'm sure that she is good and kind,

331
00:25:02,687 --> 00:25:06,167
and that she will enjoy your company,
as I have, Your Grace.

332
00:25:21,088 --> 00:25:22,567
I brought you something.

333
00:25:42,368 --> 00:25:44,327
I asked the stonemasons to mend it.

334
00:25:48,166 --> 00:25:50,046
This is

335
00:25:50,047 --> 00:25:52,807
a very kind gesture, Alicent.

336
00:25:57,087 --> 00:25:58,927
Very kind.

337
00:26:05,768 --> 00:26:07,527
Come.

338
00:26:09,888 --> 00:26:11,927
The Hand, Your Grace.

339
00:26:16,167 --> 00:26:19,406
Your Grace, I've called the Small Council
to an emergency session.

340
00:26:19,488 --> 00:26:20,447
Why?

341
00:26:21,728 --> 00:26:23,967
I think it best you hear it directly.

342
00:26:25,326 --> 00:26:26,406
Very well.

343
00:26:56,166 --> 00:26:58,886
- Daemon.
- The Prince left a missive,

344
00:26:58,887 --> 00:27:00,886
which I believe might explain.

345
00:27:01,966 --> 00:27:04,566
"It is the pleasure of Daemon Targaryen,

346
00:27:04,647 --> 00:27:06,365
"the Prince of Dragonstone

347
00:27:06,367 --> 00:27:10,206
"and rightful heir to the Iron Throne,

348
00:27:10,207 --> 00:27:12,927
"to announce that he is
to take a second wife

349
00:27:13,008 --> 00:27:15,806
"in the tradition of Old Valyria.

350
00:27:15,888 --> 00:27:20,766
"She is to assume the title
Lady Mysaria of Dragonstone.

351
00:27:20,766 --> 00:27:22,727
"Her Grace is with child

352
00:27:22,728 --> 00:27:27,765
"and is to have a dragon's egg
placed in the babe's cradle

353
00:27:27,766 --> 00:27:31,007
in the custom of House Targaryen."

354
00:27:31,087 --> 00:27:34,567
The Prince has invited you
to his wedding, Your Grace.

355
00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:38,606
- It is in two days' time.
- Gods be good.

356
00:27:38,607 --> 00:27:40,607
Who is Lady Mysaria?

357
00:27:40,687 --> 00:27:42,327
- We believe...
- Daemon's whore.

358
00:27:44,767 --> 00:27:47,806
- This is nothing less than sedition.
- I strongly agree, sire.

359
00:27:47,807 --> 00:27:49,926
My brother wishes to provoke me.

360
00:27:50,687 --> 00:27:52,567
To answer is to give him what he wants.

361
00:27:52,647 --> 00:27:54,847
The realm is watching, Your Grace.

362
00:27:54,848 --> 00:27:56,407
What would you have me do?

363
00:27:56,488 --> 00:27:58,326
Send him to the Wall?

364
00:27:58,927 --> 00:28:00,846
Perhaps I could put his head on a spike.

365
00:28:00,847 --> 00:28:02,725
Daemon has seized Dragonstone,

366
00:28:02,726 --> 00:28:05,446
has surrounded himself
with an army of gold cloaks,

367
00:28:05,528 --> 00:28:07,527
and has now stolen a dangerous weapon.

368
00:28:34,327 --> 00:28:36,247
Assemble a detachment, Otto.

369
00:28:37,446 --> 00:28:39,247
I will go to Dragonstone
and drag Daemon back

370
00:28:39,247 --> 00:28:41,527
- to face justice myself.
- Your Grace.

371
00:28:42,807 --> 00:28:44,927
My apologies, Your Grace,
but I cannot allow it.

372
00:28:45,007 --> 00:28:46,527
It's too dangerous.

373
00:28:46,527 --> 00:28:48,447
Daemon is without limit.

374
00:28:49,447 --> 00:28:51,447
Let me go to Dragonstone.

375
00:29:17,287 --> 00:29:19,567
You're the most comely girl at court.

376
00:29:20,487 --> 00:29:22,527
Why do you destroy yourself?

377
00:29:28,687 --> 00:29:30,726
Will you see the King tonight?

378
00:29:33,567 --> 00:29:34,847
If you wish it.

379
00:29:38,087 --> 00:29:40,925
- Good day, Ser Criston.
- My Lady.

380
00:29:40,926 --> 00:29:43,886
I've assembled 20 of your best
household guards, my Lord Hand.

381
00:29:43,967 --> 00:29:46,006
Sir Harrold will also join us.

382
00:29:50,127 --> 00:29:52,928
Please look after the Hand, Ser Criston.

383
00:31:09,728 --> 00:31:11,767
Welcome to Dragonstone, Otto.

384
00:31:14,127 --> 00:31:17,006
Your occupation of this island
is at an end.

385
00:31:18,127 --> 00:31:20,047
You're to relinquish the dragon's egg,

386
00:31:20,127 --> 00:31:21,526
disband your army,

387
00:31:21,606 --> 00:31:23,327
banish your whore,

388
00:31:24,527 --> 00:31:27,007
and leave Dragonstone
by order of His Grace,

389
00:31:27,008 --> 00:31:29,406
- King Viserys.
- Where is the King? I don't see him.

390
00:31:29,406 --> 00:31:33,126
His Grace would never lower himself
to entertain such a mummer's farce.

391
00:31:38,326 --> 00:31:39,927
Ser Crispin, wasn't it?

392
00:31:40,007 --> 00:31:41,486
Ser Criston Cole, my Prince.

393
00:31:41,486 --> 00:31:43,567
Yes, apologies. I couldn't recall.

394
00:31:44,047 --> 00:31:46,486
Perhaps my Prince recalls
when I knocked him off his horse.

395
00:31:48,646 --> 00:31:49,566
Very good.

396
00:31:49,567 --> 00:31:52,445
This is a truly pathetic show, Daemon.

397
00:31:52,447 --> 00:31:54,287
Are you so desperate
for the King's attention

398
00:31:54,287 --> 00:31:56,886
that you've resorted to skulking about
like a common cutpurse?

399
00:31:56,886 --> 00:31:59,367
I'm simply keeping with
the traditions of my house,

400
00:31:59,367 --> 00:32:01,206
the same as my brother did for his heir.

401
00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:04,046
Those traditions are for the trueborn
children of royalty,

402
00:32:04,126 --> 00:32:06,726
not for bastards fathered
on a common whore.

403
00:32:07,407 --> 00:32:09,287
Lady Mysaria is to be my wife.

404
00:32:09,366 --> 00:32:10,685
This is an abomination.

405
00:32:10,687 --> 00:32:12,526
With every breath you soil your name,

406
00:32:12,526 --> 00:32:14,326
your house, and your brother's reign.

407
00:32:14,407 --> 00:32:17,406
Our love does not know
titles and traditions.

408
00:32:18,726 --> 00:32:20,927
And what of you, men of the City Watch?

409
00:32:21,007 --> 00:32:22,447
Aiding the Prince in his treason?

410
00:32:22,527 --> 00:32:24,405
The King made me their commander.

411
00:32:24,406 --> 00:32:25,767
They are loyal to me.

412
00:32:26,807 --> 00:32:28,646
You've come for the egg.

413
00:32:30,087 --> 00:32:31,286
Here it is.

414
00:32:32,727 --> 00:32:34,527
Are you mad?

415
00:32:34,606 --> 00:32:37,247
- You'd never survive this.
- Well, happily, neither would you.

416
00:32:38,447 --> 00:32:43,126
To chose violence, here,
is to declare war against your King.

417
00:32:43,207 --> 00:32:44,286
Wonderful.

418
00:32:45,607 --> 00:32:48,687
Even if it ends in the death
of your unborn child and its mother?

419
00:33:26,126 --> 00:33:27,207
All of you,

420
00:33:27,847 --> 00:33:29,686
sheathe the fucking steel.

421
00:34:34,246 --> 00:34:37,165
- What are you doing here, Princess?
- Preventing bloodshed.

422
00:34:37,166 --> 00:34:40,126
Ser Criston, please escort
the Princess to safety.

423
00:34:40,207 --> 00:34:42,007
Take care not to startle Syrax, my lords.

424
00:34:42,727 --> 00:34:44,366
She's rather protective of me.

425
00:35:32,726 --> 00:35:34,686
I'm right here, Uncle,

426
00:35:36,766 --> 00:35:38,606
the object of your ire,

427
00:35:39,327 --> 00:35:42,085
the reason that you were disinherited.

428
00:35:42,087 --> 00:35:44,365
If you wish to be restored as heir,

429
00:35:44,367 --> 00:35:45,927
you'll need to kill me.

430
00:35:47,167 --> 00:35:48,246
So, do it.

431
00:35:49,526 --> 00:35:51,566
And be done with all this bother.

432
00:37:39,726 --> 00:37:42,447
You announced that we were to be wed?

433
00:37:43,646 --> 00:37:45,126
On the morrow.

434
00:37:46,766 --> 00:37:48,606
And that I was with child.

435
00:37:49,447 --> 00:37:50,966
Your child.

436
00:37:50,967 --> 00:37:54,166
Well, perhaps when we are wed,
we can make that true.

437
00:37:54,246 --> 00:37:58,046
I ensured long ago that I would never be
threatened by childbirth.

438
00:37:58,127 --> 00:38:00,846
Good. Children can be such
irritating creatures.

439
00:38:00,846 --> 00:38:03,407
You swore to protect me, Daemon.

440
00:38:05,527 --> 00:38:07,566
Dragonstone is quite secure.

441
00:38:09,566 --> 00:38:13,885
Until the King decides to reclaim
his ancestral seat.

442
00:38:13,887 --> 00:38:16,606
His men might not put
the Prince's head on a spike,

443
00:38:16,606 --> 00:38:18,845
but what would they do
with the common whore

444
00:38:18,847 --> 00:38:21,486
he claims he's taken to wife
and made with child?

445
00:38:21,566 --> 00:38:23,047
No one will harm you.

446
00:38:24,205 --> 00:38:28,326
I have been sold as property
more times than I care to count,

447
00:38:28,406 --> 00:38:31,687
beginning in a homeland
I can no longer recall.

448
00:38:32,927 --> 00:38:36,127
Most of my years have been spent
living in terror.

449
00:38:36,966 --> 00:38:38,886
You're safe with me, I swear it.

450
00:38:38,966 --> 00:38:40,286
You are Targaryen.

451
00:38:40,366 --> 00:38:43,405
You can afford to play
your stupid games with the King,

452
00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:45,325
but I cannot.

453
00:38:46,366 --> 00:38:50,885
I didn't come into your service
wanting gold or power

454
00:38:50,887 --> 00:38:53,006
or station.

455
00:38:53,086 --> 00:38:56,686
- I came to you to be liberated.
- Liberated.

456
00:38:59,686 --> 00:39:00,807
From what?

457
00:39:02,085 --> 00:39:03,166
Fear.

458
00:39:29,326 --> 00:39:30,927
No, please, Lord Lyonel.

459
00:39:36,645 --> 00:39:39,325
I have come looking for
an unencumbered opinion.

460
00:39:39,327 --> 00:39:41,766
That's all I would ever give, Your Grace.

461
00:39:42,686 --> 00:39:46,085
Ever since my name was read
by the archmaesters at the Great Council,

462
00:39:46,167 --> 00:39:49,405
I have felt Corlys Velaryon's
envious gaze staring at me

463
00:39:49,487 --> 00:39:50,967
from across the Blackwater.

464
00:39:51,887 --> 00:39:55,166
You sit upon the highest seat
in the realm, Your Grace.

465
00:39:55,246 --> 00:39:57,485
Proud men don't like having to look up.

466
00:40:01,325 --> 00:40:03,207
Laena Velaryon.

467
00:40:04,566 --> 00:40:07,806
Lord Corlys is your Master of Ships

468
00:40:07,806 --> 00:40:11,526
and she is the eldest daughter
of the wealthiest house in the realm.

469
00:40:11,526 --> 00:40:15,206
She comes from
unimpeachable Valyrian stock

470
00:40:15,206 --> 00:40:17,806
and she has Targaryen blood.

471
00:40:17,886 --> 00:40:20,645
- What's to mislike?
- She is 12.

472
00:40:20,727 --> 00:40:22,206
She will mature.

473
00:40:24,646 --> 00:40:26,166
I never asked to remarry.

474
00:40:26,846 --> 00:40:29,846
As King, you have a claim on all things.

475
00:40:30,767 --> 00:40:32,166
Even those you don't want.

476
00:40:32,246 --> 00:40:35,125
Marriage is not an obligation
you can put off for long.

477
00:40:35,127 --> 00:40:37,726
What if I was to reject
Lord Corlys's proposal?

478
00:40:37,726 --> 00:40:39,967
He would not be like to take it well.

479
00:40:40,526 --> 00:40:44,166
I fear nothing short of a direct line
to the Iron Throne would satisfy him.

480
00:40:44,966 --> 00:40:47,566
You should also consider
that we find ourselves

481
00:40:47,646 --> 00:40:49,646
on the precipice of war in the Stepstones.

482
00:40:50,647 --> 00:40:53,445
And the Sea Snake holds claim to nearly
half the realm's ships.

483
00:40:53,527 --> 00:40:56,446
He would not dare withhold them
in the face of the realm's need.

484
00:40:57,806 --> 00:41:01,006
- Who is he to hector me?
- No one, Your Grace.

485
00:41:02,527 --> 00:41:06,367
But Driftmark makes for a better ally
than it does an enemy.

486
00:41:07,685 --> 00:41:09,886
The Sea Snake has made a calculated reach,

487
00:41:09,967 --> 00:41:12,006
a fair play for a man of his position.

488
00:41:14,367 --> 00:41:16,645
If you truly want my unencumbered opinion.

489
00:41:16,646 --> 00:41:17,685
I do.

490
00:41:19,046 --> 00:41:21,086
You should wed Laena Velaryon, Your Grace.

491
00:41:22,167 --> 00:41:25,485
Sate Lord Corlys and fix him at your side,

492
00:41:25,487 --> 00:41:27,326
permanently, as an ally.

493
00:41:31,886 --> 00:41:33,205
Your Grace,

494
00:41:33,286 --> 00:41:36,166
the Princess has returned
from Dragonstone.

495
00:41:36,166 --> 00:41:37,846
Dragonstone?

496
00:41:57,006 --> 00:41:58,087
Your Grace.

497
00:42:01,927 --> 00:42:04,006
You disobeyed me.

498
00:42:04,006 --> 00:42:07,925
You fled King's Landing without a word

499
00:42:08,006 --> 00:42:11,406
and you acted without The Crown's leave.

500
00:42:14,446 --> 00:42:16,526
You are my only heir.

501
00:42:17,727 --> 00:42:19,566
You could've been killed.

502
00:42:23,047 --> 00:42:24,365
May I sit?

503
00:42:35,366 --> 00:42:37,565
You went to Dragonstone.

504
00:42:37,565 --> 00:42:39,605
And retrieved the egg without bloodshed.

505
00:42:41,847 --> 00:42:44,846
A feat I'm not sure Ser Otto
could've accomplished alone.

506
00:42:47,845 --> 00:42:49,646
Yes, well,

507
00:42:54,286 --> 00:42:56,725
I sometimes forget
how alike you both were.

508
00:43:06,686 --> 00:43:10,687
Your mother's absence
is a wound that will never heal.

509
00:43:12,046 --> 00:43:13,326
Without her,

510
00:43:14,045 --> 00:43:18,365
the Red Keep has lost a warmth
that I dare say it will never recover.

511
00:43:18,367 --> 00:43:21,445
It pleases me to hear you say this.

512
00:43:25,487 --> 00:43:28,645
To know that I'm not alone in my grief.

513
00:43:28,647 --> 00:43:31,044
I wish I had known better

514
00:43:31,046 --> 00:43:33,245
what to say to you in the aftermath.

515
00:43:35,607 --> 00:43:39,366
I struggled to realize that my daughter
had so quickly become a woman grown.

516
00:43:43,286 --> 00:43:44,766
But I know

517
00:43:45,445 --> 00:43:48,926
she understands
what is now expected of me.

518
00:43:48,926 --> 00:43:51,326
The King must take a new wife.

519
00:43:56,285 --> 00:43:58,326
I could never replace your mother.

520
00:44:00,526 --> 00:44:02,686
No more than I intend
to replace you as heir.

521
00:44:04,446 --> 00:44:06,525
But you are my only heir

522
00:44:06,607 --> 00:44:09,646
and our line is vulnerable,
too easily ended.

523
00:44:10,727 --> 00:44:12,726
And by marrying again,
I may begin to ensure

524
00:44:12,806 --> 00:44:14,285
that we are better defended.

525
00:44:14,287 --> 00:44:15,405
Against whom?

526
00:44:15,407 --> 00:44:17,526
Whomever may dare to challenge us.

527
00:44:23,965 --> 00:44:26,406
I do not wish to make us estranged.

528
00:44:27,285 --> 00:44:28,645
You are the King,

529
00:44:29,205 --> 00:44:32,645
and so, your first duty is to the realm.

530
00:44:35,606 --> 00:44:37,445
Mother would've understood this.

531
00:44:40,046 --> 00:44:41,525
Just as I do.

532
00:45:26,567 --> 00:45:28,405
Good morrow, my lords.

533
00:45:39,207 --> 00:45:42,606
I have decided to take a new wife.

534
00:46:00,286 --> 00:46:01,886
I intend to marry

535
00:46:08,287 --> 00:46:10,327
the Lady Alicent Hightower

536
00:46:12,206 --> 00:46:14,047
before spring's end.

537
00:46:20,565 --> 00:46:22,085
This is an absurdity.

538
00:46:23,206 --> 00:46:25,885
My house is Valyrian,

539
00:46:25,967 --> 00:46:28,006
the greatest power in the realm.

540
00:46:29,325 --> 00:46:31,167
And I am your King.

541
00:46:54,686 --> 00:46:56,166
Rhaenyra.

542
00:47:17,645 --> 00:47:21,045
House Velaryon's origins
reach back to Old Valyria.

543
00:47:23,045 --> 00:47:25,487
More ancient even than House Targaryen

544
00:47:27,366 --> 00:47:29,206
according to some texts.

545
00:47:30,646 --> 00:47:33,125
But unlike the Targaryens,

546
00:47:33,125 --> 00:47:35,045
we were no dragonlords.

547
00:47:36,606 --> 00:47:40,725
For centuries, my house had to scratch out
an existence from the sea

548
00:47:40,806 --> 00:47:43,246
with grit and luck.

549
00:47:45,445 --> 00:47:47,686
When I ascended the Driftwood Throne,

550
00:47:48,885 --> 00:47:50,366
I knew what I wanted.

551
00:47:52,366 --> 00:47:54,205
So I went out and seized it.

552
00:47:55,806 --> 00:47:57,124
Unlike every other lord of the realm,

553
00:47:57,125 --> 00:48:00,124
I can say that I built
my house's high seat

554
00:48:00,126 --> 00:48:02,246
with the strength of mine own back.

555
00:48:08,605 --> 00:48:11,166
I've always thought of
you and I as having been

556
00:48:11,166 --> 00:48:12,925
made from the same cloth.

557
00:48:21,565 --> 00:48:24,284
I wasn't aware you had
a king for a brother.

558
00:48:24,286 --> 00:48:27,645
We're both men who have had to cut
our own way through the world.

559
00:48:28,565 --> 00:48:31,366
We've been passed over too often.

560
00:48:34,125 --> 00:48:35,285
Did you call me to Driftmark

561
00:48:35,285 --> 00:48:37,645
to remind me of my
low standing, Lord Corlys,

562
00:48:37,725 --> 00:48:39,565
or was there some other reason?

563
00:48:43,246 --> 00:48:45,286
You've heard of the troubles
in the Stepstones?

564
00:48:48,365 --> 00:48:52,244
<i>Some Myrish Prince
is feeding Westerosi sailors to the crabs.</i>

565
00:48:52,246 --> 00:48:54,885
<i>I have been petitioning
the King to send my navy</i>

566
00:48:54,885 --> 00:48:56,605
<i>into the territory,</i>

567
00:48:56,685 --> 00:48:58,525
but he's denied me.

568
00:48:58,606 --> 00:49:00,924
It was never my brother's strongest trait.

569
00:49:00,926 --> 00:49:01,925
What?

570
00:49:03,405 --> 00:49:04,765
Being King.

571
00:49:09,085 --> 00:49:11,365
<i>The Crabfeeder is backed
by powerful entities</i>

572
00:49:11,366 --> 00:49:14,846
<i>within the Free Cities who wish to see
Westeros weakened.</i>

573
00:49:16,926 --> 00:49:20,366
<i>And the King's failures
have allowed him to accumulate strength.</i>

574
00:49:22,166 --> 00:49:25,005
If those shipping lanes fall,

575
00:49:25,086 --> 00:49:26,926
my house will be crippled.

576
00:49:27,805 --> 00:49:30,004
And I will not have Driftmark
beggared while our King

577
00:49:30,006 --> 00:49:33,445
idles himself with feasts,
and balls, and tourneys.

578
00:49:33,446 --> 00:49:36,325
I will speak of my brother as I wish.

579
00:49:38,205 --> 00:49:39,646
You will not.

580
00:49:42,926 --> 00:49:44,644
Waiting in the Stepstones

581
00:49:44,646 --> 00:49:46,766
is a chance for you to prove your worth

582
00:49:46,845 --> 00:49:49,045
to any who might yet doubt it.

583
00:49:50,685 --> 00:49:53,126
We are the realm's second sons, Daemon.

584
00:49:54,605 --> 00:49:56,446
Our worth is not given.

585
00:49:58,005 --> 00:49:59,845
It must be made.