1 00:01:45,766 --> 00:01:48,226 The wall Blackhaven 2 00:01:48,311 --> 00:01:51,314 are unscalable vassalstone. 3 00:01:52,773 --> 00:01:58,403 And the castle is surrounded by a deep, dry moat. 4 00:01:58,487 --> 00:02:03,034 It is well fortified against any future Dornish incursions. 5 00:02:04,493 --> 00:02:08,372 And though my seat may be lesser in size, 6 00:02:08,456 --> 00:02:12,377 it is situated most pleasingly. 7 00:02:36,567 --> 00:02:40,946 The view across the Marches is inspiring, 8 00:02:41,029 --> 00:02:44,908 so said Queen Alysanne herself when she honored my father and I... 9 00:02:44,992 --> 00:02:47,287 And tell me, Lord Dondarrion, 10 00:02:47,370 --> 00:02:49,913 did you think my great-grandmother as beautiful as they say? 11 00:02:51,373 --> 00:02:56,129 This was half a century ago, Princess. 12 00:02:56,713 --> 00:02:58,088 Yes, it was. 13 00:03:00,425 --> 00:03:02,676 That was unseemly, Princess. 14 00:03:02,759 --> 00:03:05,555 The man is older than my father. 15 00:03:05,638 --> 00:03:07,974 It's unseemly for him to put himself forward 16 00:03:08,057 --> 00:03:09,975 as a contender for my hand. 17 00:03:11,728 --> 00:03:12,728 Next! 18 00:03:23,906 --> 00:03:25,449 And now a child. 19 00:03:26,199 --> 00:03:29,412 The Black woods are an ancient house with a formidable army. 20 00:03:30,580 --> 00:03:34,751 In the River lands, they once ruled as kings. 21 00:03:34,833 --> 00:03:38,254 The blood of the First Men still flows in their veins. 22 00:03:40,422 --> 00:03:41,422 Go on. 23 00:03:43,509 --> 00:03:45,469 My Princess... 24 00:03:45,552 --> 00:03:47,430 ours is a bond that has long endured, 25 00:03:47,513 --> 00:03:50,141 since Lucas Black wood, the grand sire of my grand sire, 26 00:03:50,223 --> 00:03:52,059 aided the Dragon in his war of conquest... 27 00:03:52,142 --> 00:03:56,021 Aye, the Black woods truly turned the tide on that one. 28 00:03:58,648 --> 00:04:00,443 Coursed with the blood of the First Men, 29 00:04:00,526 --> 00:04:03,612 our history is deeply rooted in this land, 30 00:04:03,695 --> 00:04:06,657 which your house has made its home. 31 00:04:06,741 --> 00:04:08,283 If chosen as your match, Princess... 32 00:04:08,909 --> 00:04:10,702 your days shall be easy 33 00:04:10,787 --> 00:04:14,039 and nights safe under my protection. 34 00:04:14,122 --> 00:04:17,627 "Protection"? The Princess has a dragon, you dumb cunt. 35 00:04:19,670 --> 00:04:21,172 Bracken! 36 00:04:21,254 --> 00:04:22,798 I could learn to like that one. 37 00:04:23,925 --> 00:04:26,259 Let us have the next 38 00:04:26,343 --> 00:04:28,554 so we may go to supper. 39 00:04:29,889 --> 00:04:30,889 Craven. 40 00:04:33,975 --> 00:04:35,144 We're leaving. 41 00:04:37,687 --> 00:04:40,232 Sheathe that steel, you twats! 42 00:04:40,316 --> 00:04:43,110 Send word to the harbor and have Captain Oswin ready the ship. 43 00:04:43,194 --> 00:04:44,879 Princess, we're due in Bitter bridge in three days' time. 44 00:04:44,903 --> 00:04:46,798 I would happily row myself back to King's Landing 45 00:04:46,822 --> 00:04:48,908 if it brought an end to this ridiculous pageant. 46 00:04:54,454 --> 00:04:55,997 Don't look, Princess. 47 00:05:17,519 --> 00:05:20,439 We should make landfall inside the hour, Princess. 48 00:05:23,608 --> 00:05:25,278 How do you think he will take it? 49 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,530 Do you speak of how you rejected every suitor 50 00:05:27,612 --> 00:05:29,757 His Grace put before you, or how you abruptly ended the tour 51 00:05:29,781 --> 00:05:30,949 with two months remaining? 52 00:05:47,382 --> 00:05:49,218 Take cover! 53 00:05:53,889 --> 00:05:54,889 Princess! 54 00:05:56,057 --> 00:05:58,644 You all right? Are you? 55 00:05:58,728 --> 00:06:00,646 - Fetch the maester! - I'm fine. 56 00:06:52,697 --> 00:06:54,158 It's Daemon. 57 00:07:58,764 --> 00:08:01,309 Add it to the chair. 58 00:08:16,531 --> 00:08:18,074 You wear a crown. 59 00:08:19,201 --> 00:08:20,952 Do you also call yourself "King"? 60 00:08:21,954 --> 00:08:23,663 Once we smashed the Triarchy, 61 00:08:23,747 --> 00:08:26,499 they named me "King of the Narrow Sea." 62 00:08:31,047 --> 00:08:34,634 But I know that there is only one true king, Your Grace. 63 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:47,145 My crown and the Step stones... are yours. 64 00:08:51,399 --> 00:08:53,318 Where is Lord Corlys? 65 00:08:53,402 --> 00:08:55,488 He sailed home to Driftmark. 66 00:08:55,571 --> 00:08:58,783 - Who holds the Step stones? - The tides... 67 00:08:58,865 --> 00:09:04,330 the crabs, and 2,000 dead Triarchy corsairs, 68 00:09:04,413 --> 00:09:07,582 staked to the sand to warn those who might follow. 69 00:09:44,787 --> 00:09:46,121 Rise. 70 00:10:09,437 --> 00:10:12,815 The realm owes you a great debt, brother. 71 00:10:16,110 --> 00:10:17,110 Come. 72 00:10:22,365 --> 00:10:24,659 This is our chance... 73 00:10:24,743 --> 00:10:28,080 Daemon, he would venture off, abroad, 74 00:10:28,163 --> 00:10:30,081 winning tournaments... 75 00:10:32,042 --> 00:10:33,418 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 76 00:10:33,501 --> 00:10:35,671 I will not revisit this debate. 77 00:10:35,754 --> 00:10:37,922 You were always mother's favorite. 78 00:10:38,006 --> 00:10:40,176 No, it's no great mystery. 79 00:10:40,259 --> 00:10:41,384 You were. 80 00:10:42,887 --> 00:10:47,265 Our mother, she had no regard for custom or tradition, rules. 81 00:10:47,349 --> 00:10:50,686 And I, sadly, was no great warrior. 82 00:10:51,352 --> 00:10:53,730 Congratulations on your victory. 83 00:10:59,195 --> 00:11:00,528 Thank you, Princess. 84 00:11:06,159 --> 00:11:08,745 Perhaps Prince Daemon would care for a tour of the gallery? 85 00:11:08,828 --> 00:11:10,581 He hasn't yet seen the new tapestries 86 00:11:10,663 --> 00:11:13,625 gifted to you by Norvos and Qohor. 87 00:11:13,709 --> 00:11:17,462 Would you like to see the tapestries? 88 00:11:20,924 --> 00:11:23,469 He has no interest in such things. 89 00:11:24,887 --> 00:11:26,013 I'd like to see them. 90 00:11:27,389 --> 00:11:30,225 Then you should not deprive yourself. 91 00:11:32,186 --> 00:11:34,104 I shall enjoy them alone. 92 00:11:37,524 --> 00:11:39,067 More wine. 93 00:11:42,821 --> 00:11:45,533 As I said, you were the favorite. 94 00:11:45,615 --> 00:11:48,785 No, you were. You were. I insist. 95 00:12:04,217 --> 00:12:06,135 I surmise the tour did not go well. 96 00:12:06,762 --> 00:12:08,681 I endured it for as long as I could. 97 00:12:10,139 --> 00:12:14,812 To have every young knight and lord in the Seven Kingdoms fawning over you... 98 00:12:14,894 --> 00:12:15,894 What misery. 99 00:12:19,774 --> 00:12:23,528 It is rare for girls in this realm to get a choice between two suitors, 100 00:12:23,611 --> 00:12:25,531 no less two score of them. 101 00:12:26,447 --> 00:12:29,659 Those men and boys don't fawn over me. 102 00:12:29,743 --> 00:12:32,413 They only want my name and my Valyrian blood for their offspring. 103 00:12:35,456 --> 00:12:37,293 I think it's rather romantic. 104 00:12:39,168 --> 00:12:42,339 How romantic it must be to get imprisoned in a castle 105 00:12:42,422 --> 00:12:44,966 and made to squeeze out heirs. 106 00:12:49,888 --> 00:12:50,972 Sorry. 107 00:13:00,273 --> 00:13:02,610 How angry is he? 108 00:13:05,821 --> 00:13:08,657 The King went through great effort to arrange your tour. 109 00:13:09,283 --> 00:13:11,409 He is... frustrated. 110 00:13:12,076 --> 00:13:14,495 But I am glad you are home. 111 00:13:18,750 --> 00:13:21,669 I find I have few friends lately. 112 00:13:23,047 --> 00:13:25,966 I like to believe I'm still the Lady Alicent, but... 113 00:13:28,259 --> 00:13:32,096 all anyone sees when they look at me now is "The Queen." 114 00:13:34,350 --> 00:13:36,268 I've missed you, too. 115 00:14:11,302 --> 00:14:12,303 So... 116 00:14:13,846 --> 00:14:15,057 what do you want? 117 00:14:16,432 --> 00:14:18,601 Only the comforts of home. 118 00:14:25,609 --> 00:14:29,529 I had not thought you particularly comfortable in this home. 119 00:14:32,573 --> 00:14:36,120 Though I do suppose you seem changed by your adventures. 120 00:14:38,371 --> 00:14:39,914 More mature, perhaps. 121 00:14:41,667 --> 00:14:44,336 You've matured yourself these last four years, Princess. 122 00:14:46,922 --> 00:14:48,966 You'll get used to the attention. 123 00:14:49,048 --> 00:14:50,551 The attention I can endure. 124 00:14:50,634 --> 00:14:52,344 It's the rest I could do without. 125 00:14:52,427 --> 00:14:54,388 My father seems content to sell me off 126 00:14:54,470 --> 00:14:57,014 to whichever lord has the biggest castle. 127 00:14:58,057 --> 00:15:00,394 There are worse things to be sold for. 128 00:16:18,514 --> 00:16:20,932 Such a lonely prospect. 129 00:16:22,935 --> 00:16:25,144 The Step stones were meant to be won for the realm, 130 00:16:25,229 --> 00:16:27,438 but over the past few days, it seems we have traded 131 00:16:27,523 --> 00:16:29,899 a crabfeeder for a sea snake. 132 00:16:29,983 --> 00:16:34,571 This is clearly a rebuke for passing over Lady Laena for Queen Alicent. 133 00:16:34,654 --> 00:16:37,533 Years have passed since the business with his daughter. 134 00:16:37,615 --> 00:16:39,659 Certainly, he cannot still be wroth? 135 00:16:39,743 --> 00:16:43,788 The Sea Snake is an over-proud man, to be sure, Your Grace. 136 00:16:43,871 --> 00:16:45,874 That pride has been injured. 137 00:16:45,957 --> 00:16:48,751 Perhaps we can salve the wound? 138 00:16:48,836 --> 00:16:51,964 I fear Lord Corlys's pride is the least of our worries. 139 00:16:52,047 --> 00:16:53,923 I don't wish to cause you further distress, 140 00:16:54,006 --> 00:16:57,427 Your Grace, but my brother has sent disturbing word from Old town. 141 00:16:58,302 --> 00:17:01,431 Lord Corlys is said to have engaged in negotiations 142 00:17:01,514 --> 00:17:03,182 with the Sea lord of Braavos. 143 00:17:03,267 --> 00:17:07,020 He plans to wed his daughter Laena to the Sealord's son. 144 00:17:09,188 --> 00:17:12,359 If House Velaryon entered into an alliance 145 00:17:12,441 --> 00:17:15,486 with the Free Cities 146 00:17:15,571 --> 00:17:16,696 then... 147 00:17:17,488 --> 00:17:21,409 we would have to seek our own marriage pact. 148 00:18:10,542 --> 00:18:13,462 - Good night, Ser Criston. - Sleep well, Princess. 149 00:20:33,601 --> 00:20:35,520 Where are we going? 150 00:21:00,462 --> 00:21:02,379 Fuck off, boy. 151 00:21:04,381 --> 00:21:05,633 He called me boy. 152 00:21:25,695 --> 00:21:28,031 Do you wish to know your death, child? 153 00:21:46,091 --> 00:21:47,633 Let me take that. 154 00:22:02,107 --> 00:22:04,441 Leave us, all of you. 155 00:22:23,378 --> 00:22:26,298 You have a far kinder touch than they do. 156 00:22:26,380 --> 00:22:27,716 Thank you, husband. 157 00:22:30,802 --> 00:22:36,140 And now we come to the matter of the great Iron Chair... 158 00:22:37,058 --> 00:22:40,270 and whose bum it might bear. 159 00:22:40,352 --> 00:22:42,272 Our good King... 160 00:22:42,354 --> 00:22:44,733 names his daughter, 161 00:22:44,815 --> 00:22:46,943 a girl, his heir. 162 00:22:51,989 --> 00:22:54,743 But then to him, a babe is born. 163 00:23:03,543 --> 00:23:06,004 A son! 164 00:23:06,087 --> 00:23:10,132 To which heir might the chair bear? 165 00:23:10,550 --> 00:23:11,801 Who will it be? 166 00:23:11,885 --> 00:23:14,178 The brother? The daughter? 167 00:23:14,262 --> 00:23:16,555 Or the little princeling of three? 168 00:23:28,318 --> 00:23:32,488 Rhaenyra... the Realm's Delight, 169 00:23:32,571 --> 00:23:35,449 a girl so young and so slight... 170 00:23:36,450 --> 00:23:39,620 loved by all of her people, 171 00:23:39,704 --> 00:23:43,500 but would she make a powerful queen, 172 00:23:43,582 --> 00:23:46,293 - or would she be feeble? - Feeble! 173 00:23:46,378 --> 00:23:49,965 Though Aegon, the babe Prince, might long for a claim, 174 00:23:50,047 --> 00:23:53,217 he has two things Rhaenyra cannot: 175 00:23:53,301 --> 00:23:55,262 a conqueror's name... 176 00:23:56,053 --> 00:23:57,179 and a cock. 177 00:24:00,934 --> 00:24:03,477 Lies, slander! Boo! 178 00:24:03,562 --> 00:24:05,229 Jest if you will, 179 00:24:05,312 --> 00:24:07,232 but many of the smallfolk are like to believe 180 00:24:07,314 --> 00:24:10,150 that, as a male, Aegon should be the heir. 181 00:24:12,027 --> 00:24:13,696 Their wants are of no consequence. 182 00:24:16,783 --> 00:24:20,160 They're of great consequence if you expect to rule them one day. 183 00:24:21,870 --> 00:24:25,375 For one night, I wish to be free of the burdens of my inheritance. 184 00:24:31,965 --> 00:24:33,132 Four coppers, street rat. 185 00:24:33,216 --> 00:24:35,342 In King's Landing, we pay for our pleasures. 186 00:24:36,844 --> 00:24:38,221 - Hey! - Stop! Boy! 187 00:24:38,304 --> 00:24:39,514 Wait, I'll find him. 188 00:25:18,136 --> 00:25:21,305 And who might you be running from, now? 189 00:25:21,389 --> 00:25:22,514 Ser Harwin. 190 00:25:23,183 --> 00:25:24,391 Princess. 191 00:25:29,229 --> 00:25:30,439 Don't. 192 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,068 You take care, boy. 193 00:25:33,150 --> 00:25:35,527 Next time, you might not be so lucky. 194 00:25:39,823 --> 00:25:41,368 Enjoyed that, did you? 195 00:25:43,285 --> 00:25:46,831 Who knows when I'll next taste freedom? 196 00:25:59,052 --> 00:26:00,969 Come. 197 00:26:05,725 --> 00:26:06,892 Pardon me, Your Grace. 198 00:26:07,811 --> 00:26:09,728 The King has requested your presence. 199 00:26:15,610 --> 00:26:16,735 The hour is quite late. 200 00:26:17,277 --> 00:26:18,821 Yes, Your Grace. 201 00:28:24,613 --> 00:28:26,533 What is this place? 202 00:28:27,617 --> 00:28:30,160 It's where people come to take what they want. 203 00:28:52,308 --> 00:28:54,851 Fucking is a pleasure, you see. 204 00:28:56,312 --> 00:28:58,856 For the woman as it is the man. 205 00:29:12,704 --> 00:29:15,622 A marriage is a duty... Yes. 206 00:29:20,043 --> 00:29:22,964 But that doesn't stop us from doing what we want. 207 00:29:26,926 --> 00:29:28,844 From fucking who we want. 208 00:30:49,926 --> 00:30:51,052 Daemon? 209 00:31:30,341 --> 00:31:31,508 Princess? 210 00:31:40,059 --> 00:31:41,977 Princess, are you, are you hurt? 211 00:31:44,981 --> 00:31:48,109 - I should alert the Lord Commander. - No. 212 00:31:53,697 --> 00:31:56,242 My helmet. 213 00:32:03,875 --> 00:32:05,083 You finished? 214 00:32:08,337 --> 00:32:09,629 Thank you. 215 00:32:40,870 --> 00:32:41,995 Stop. 216 00:36:42,819 --> 00:36:44,299 Apologies for the late hour, my Lord. 217 00:36:44,362 --> 00:36:45,447 What is it? 218 00:36:45,531 --> 00:36:48,034 A messenger brings word from the White Worm. 219 00:37:13,516 --> 00:37:15,895 Am I your prisoner? 220 00:37:15,978 --> 00:37:18,147 As I was once yours? 221 00:37:23,027 --> 00:37:25,946 I'm your protector, lucky for you. 222 00:37:33,871 --> 00:37:35,121 This will cut the fog. 223 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,627 I don't need protection from a common whore. 224 00:37:40,710 --> 00:37:42,170 I am not so common. 225 00:37:44,130 --> 00:37:46,509 A not-so-common whore then. 226 00:37:46,592 --> 00:37:49,136 I've left that life behind. 227 00:37:49,219 --> 00:37:53,348 I learned that skin-trade could only take me so far in this life. 228 00:37:54,350 --> 00:37:56,476 You never were one to stay idle. 229 00:37:57,478 --> 00:38:00,730 Hard lessons are not welcomed but suffered. 230 00:38:16,871 --> 00:38:19,417 You can pay for the room on your way out. 231 00:38:45,359 --> 00:38:46,527 Come. 232 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:57,288 What is it? 233 00:38:58,998 --> 00:39:01,667 I apologize for the early hour, Your Grace. 234 00:39:02,500 --> 00:39:03,835 I have... 235 00:39:05,170 --> 00:39:06,380 discomforting news. 236 00:39:06,464 --> 00:39:09,757 I thought it best shared discreetly before the council convenes. 237 00:39:09,842 --> 00:39:11,759 The Sea Snake. 238 00:39:14,929 --> 00:39:17,850 I'm afraid it concerns the Princess, my King. 239 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,103 Has she been harmed? 240 00:39:26,317 --> 00:39:27,692 It is no easy thing 241 00:39:27,775 --> 00:39:30,696 to tell a father of his daughter's exploits. 242 00:39:31,947 --> 00:39:33,991 I had considered saying nothing, but... 243 00:39:34,074 --> 00:39:35,743 What has she done? 244 00:39:39,163 --> 00:39:41,706 The Princess was spied last evening... 245 00:39:43,125 --> 00:39:45,668 beyond the walls of the Keep... 246 00:39:47,379 --> 00:39:48,797 in a pleasure house. 247 00:39:49,547 --> 00:39:50,674 What of it? 248 00:39:51,424 --> 00:39:54,344 She was carrying on with her uncle. 249 00:39:55,971 --> 00:40:00,558 They were engaged in behaviors unbecoming of a maiden... 250 00:40:02,228 --> 00:40:03,895 of a Princess. 251 00:40:07,065 --> 00:40:08,609 What behaviors? 252 00:40:14,822 --> 00:40:16,784 Well, must I say it, Your Grace? 253 00:40:16,866 --> 00:40:20,203 You enter my bedchamber, accusing my daughter of something. 254 00:40:20,286 --> 00:40:22,665 Now speak it... plainly. 255 00:40:26,627 --> 00:40:29,170 Daemon and Rhaenyra were seen together... 256 00:40:30,964 --> 00:40:32,967 in the bowels of a pleasure den. 257 00:40:44,353 --> 00:40:45,520 Coupling. 258 00:40:53,696 --> 00:40:55,239 This is a lie. 259 00:40:56,322 --> 00:40:57,866 You have been lied to. 260 00:40:58,951 --> 00:41:01,078 I only wish that were true, Your Grace. 261 00:41:03,163 --> 00:41:05,290 Who is responsible for this gossip? 262 00:41:06,333 --> 00:41:08,793 Have this rumormonger brought before me at once. 263 00:41:08,877 --> 00:41:10,879 And I will take their eyes. 264 00:41:10,962 --> 00:41:14,549 As your Hand, I must maintain trusted sources of information. 265 00:41:14,632 --> 00:41:17,302 And this one, as yet, has never led me astray. 266 00:41:18,094 --> 00:41:21,431 And several of the servants have now admitted to seeing her, 267 00:41:21,514 --> 00:41:23,058 the Princess... 268 00:41:23,641 --> 00:41:25,810 creeping through the gates from King's Landing, 269 00:41:25,893 --> 00:41:27,770 disguised as a page 270 00:41:27,855 --> 00:41:29,982 during the hour of the owl. 271 00:41:31,442 --> 00:41:33,609 Are you so sick with ambition 272 00:41:33,694 --> 00:41:35,612 that you would have my daughter stalked? 273 00:41:36,196 --> 00:41:37,739 Spied upon? 274 00:41:38,406 --> 00:41:41,493 Awaiting your best chance to destroy her reputation? 275 00:41:42,453 --> 00:41:45,246 I have no such intent, Your Grace. 276 00:41:45,330 --> 00:41:47,248 You think yourself a cunning man. 277 00:41:48,458 --> 00:41:49,877 Your designs are obvious. 278 00:41:51,629 --> 00:41:53,964 Do you wish to have your blood on the Iron Throne so badly 279 00:41:54,047 --> 00:41:56,382 that you are willing to destroy mine own? 280 00:41:58,886 --> 00:42:00,011 Just get out. 281 00:42:04,141 --> 00:42:06,685 Leave me... at once. 282 00:42:12,065 --> 00:42:13,525 Your Grace. 283 00:42:53,857 --> 00:42:56,192 I'm dressed, An nor a. Come. 284 00:43:06,078 --> 00:43:07,203 Princess. 285 00:43:13,042 --> 00:43:14,085 Come. 286 00:43:23,886 --> 00:43:26,514 Princess, I have a message from the Queen. 287 00:43:51,165 --> 00:43:52,748 What happened last night? 288 00:43:54,625 --> 00:43:56,587 What do you mean? 289 00:43:56,670 --> 00:43:59,297 My father has made some worrying allegations about you. 290 00:44:02,301 --> 00:44:03,844 Were you with your uncle? 291 00:44:06,054 --> 00:44:08,056 Oh, I... 292 00:44:08,139 --> 00:44:09,850 I haven't seen him in years. 293 00:44:09,933 --> 00:44:11,453 He took me into the city for some fun. 294 00:44:11,476 --> 00:44:13,728 Tell me the whole of it, Rhaenyra. 295 00:44:13,812 --> 00:44:15,730 Your father accused me of something. 296 00:44:16,857 --> 00:44:18,859 That I drank wine? 297 00:44:18,942 --> 00:44:21,360 Left the castle after dark? 298 00:44:21,444 --> 00:44:23,322 That you fucked Daemon in a pleasure house. 299 00:44:32,121 --> 00:44:36,375 This is a vile accusation. 300 00:44:36,460 --> 00:44:37,502 Is it? 301 00:44:37,585 --> 00:44:40,505 You Targaryens do have queer customs. 302 00:44:40,589 --> 00:44:43,759 - And Daemon certainly knows no limit. - Alicent... 303 00:44:43,842 --> 00:44:46,427 Your Grace, sister, you must know I would, 304 00:44:46,511 --> 00:44:47,846 I would never. 305 00:44:47,929 --> 00:44:49,388 You cannot believe such gossip. 306 00:44:49,473 --> 00:44:50,681 My father is no gossip. 307 00:44:50,766 --> 00:44:51,993 Well, certainly he's been misled. 308 00:44:52,016 --> 00:44:53,368 He could not have witnessed such a thing. 309 00:44:53,393 --> 00:44:55,062 - Why not? - Because it did not happen. 310 00:44:55,145 --> 00:44:57,063 - He was told that you... - Told? 311 00:44:59,607 --> 00:45:01,527 Who made these claims to your father? 312 00:45:05,489 --> 00:45:07,406 I am the Princess. 313 00:45:08,199 --> 00:45:11,118 To question my virtue is an act of treason. 314 00:45:13,538 --> 00:45:16,208 - I do not know specifically... - Your father did not tell you? 315 00:45:16,958 --> 00:45:18,877 He reported it to the King. 316 00:45:21,755 --> 00:45:22,880 I overheard. 317 00:45:26,969 --> 00:45:29,513 So you are accusing me of slanders... 318 00:45:30,388 --> 00:45:31,931 you overheard? 319 00:45:32,808 --> 00:45:34,851 I only want to help you, Rhaenyra. 320 00:45:43,569 --> 00:45:45,362 We drank in a tavern. 321 00:45:47,029 --> 00:45:49,574 Several... taverns. 322 00:45:50,741 --> 00:45:52,536 It was getting late... 323 00:45:53,286 --> 00:45:54,830 and I asked to go home. 324 00:45:55,913 --> 00:45:57,833 But Daemon wished to continue. 325 00:46:00,627 --> 00:46:03,087 As he was my escort, I had no real choice. 326 00:46:03,170 --> 00:46:04,380 "Continue"... 327 00:46:07,174 --> 00:46:08,301 in a brothel? 328 00:46:09,136 --> 00:46:11,388 He took me to a show. 329 00:46:13,264 --> 00:46:16,183 I was only a spectator. I didn't do anything. 330 00:46:21,815 --> 00:46:24,692 And then Daemon sank into his cups and 331 00:46:26,319 --> 00:46:29,864 abandoned me for some whore. 332 00:46:34,453 --> 00:46:36,371 I should've known better. 333 00:46:42,543 --> 00:46:43,879 So you did not? 334 00:46:47,007 --> 00:46:49,551 Must I truly refute that? 335 00:46:53,513 --> 00:46:55,973 Daemon never touched me. 336 00:46:57,726 --> 00:47:01,813 I swear this to you upon the memory of my mother. 337 00:47:05,359 --> 00:47:07,420 It was foolish of you to place yourself in a position 338 00:47:07,444 --> 00:47:09,612 where your virtue could even come into question. 339 00:47:13,659 --> 00:47:15,618 The King has strived to find you a good match. 340 00:47:15,701 --> 00:47:17,036 And so have I. 341 00:47:17,996 --> 00:47:20,123 If that lord were to think that you had been... 342 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:23,125 sullied... 343 00:47:24,877 --> 00:47:27,214 - it would ruin everything. - I know... 344 00:47:28,089 --> 00:47:29,091 Your Grace. 345 00:47:31,092 --> 00:47:32,176 I regret it. 346 00:47:46,817 --> 00:47:50,027 The King demands an audience, my Prince. 347 00:47:50,112 --> 00:47:52,697 Take your fucking hands off me. 348 00:48:40,620 --> 00:48:41,663 My daughter. 349 00:48:49,295 --> 00:48:51,882 Won't you even deny it? 350 00:48:51,964 --> 00:48:55,761 I need to understand the charge before I can attempt to discredit it. 351 00:48:57,136 --> 00:48:58,388 You defiled her. 352 00:49:07,230 --> 00:49:08,732 Still, you say nothing. 353 00:49:08,815 --> 00:49:11,109 What does it matter, brother? 354 00:49:11,192 --> 00:49:12,444 When we were Rhaenyra's age, 355 00:49:12,527 --> 00:49:14,404 we fucked our way through most of the brothels 356 00:49:14,487 --> 00:49:15,947 on the Street of Silk. 357 00:49:16,031 --> 00:49:17,574 We were young men. 358 00:49:18,074 --> 00:49:19,993 She is just a girl. 359 00:49:20,076 --> 00:49:22,286 - Your niece! - Rhaenyra's a woman-grown. 360 00:49:22,370 --> 00:49:24,790 Better her first experience be with me than some whore. 361 00:49:24,873 --> 00:49:25,873 You fucking... 362 00:49:27,583 --> 00:49:29,835 You have ruined her! 363 00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,087 What lord will wed her now? In this condition? 364 00:49:32,172 --> 00:49:34,716 Who gives a fuck what some lord thinks? 365 00:49:34,799 --> 00:49:38,886 You are the dragon. Your word is truth and law. 366 00:49:38,969 --> 00:49:41,431 I have spent a lifetime defending you. 367 00:49:42,056 --> 00:49:44,518 But your heart is even blacker than I thought. 368 00:49:44,601 --> 00:49:49,105 I should disinherit her as I already did you and be done with it. 369 00:49:50,105 --> 00:49:51,650 Wed her to me. 370 00:49:53,234 --> 00:49:56,446 When I offered up my crown, you said I could have anything. 371 00:49:56,529 --> 00:49:58,824 I want Rhaenyra. I'll take her as she is, 372 00:49:58,906 --> 00:50:00,866 and wed her in the tradition of our house. 373 00:50:00,951 --> 00:50:03,245 You are already wed. 374 00:50:03,328 --> 00:50:05,955 That didn't stop Aegon the Conqueror from taking a second wife. 375 00:50:06,748 --> 00:50:08,375 You are no conqueror. 376 00:50:08,458 --> 00:50:11,920 You are a plague... sent to destroy me. 377 00:50:12,002 --> 00:50:14,922 Give me Rhaenyra to take to wife 378 00:50:15,005 --> 00:50:18,759 and we will return the House of the Dragon to its proper glory. 379 00:50:18,844 --> 00:50:20,094 Of course. 380 00:50:20,177 --> 00:50:22,721 It's not my daughter you lust for, is it? 381 00:50:23,723 --> 00:50:24,891 It's my throne. 382 00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:30,063 Go back to the Vale, Daemon, 383 00:50:30,145 --> 00:50:32,065 to your lawful wife. 384 00:50:33,065 --> 00:50:38,029 Strive to restore whatever scrap of honor remains in you. 385 00:50:38,112 --> 00:50:40,949 Or don't. Matters not to me. 386 00:50:41,658 --> 00:50:43,909 As long as you are gone from my sight for good. 387 00:50:51,458 --> 00:50:53,377 As you wish, brother. 388 00:51:23,616 --> 00:51:25,284 Have you spoken to her? 389 00:51:27,953 --> 00:51:28,955 No. 390 00:51:34,293 --> 00:51:36,837 It is not in Rhaenyra's nature to be deceitful. 391 00:51:38,172 --> 00:51:40,091 I cannot say the same for your brother. 392 00:51:41,092 --> 00:51:42,426 You believe he lied? 393 00:51:43,677 --> 00:51:45,804 How often does he speak the pure truth? 394 00:51:47,223 --> 00:51:50,143 How does confessing to such things serve him? 395 00:51:53,103 --> 00:51:54,855 By reducing you. 396 00:52:01,112 --> 00:52:04,658 Whatever transpired, Rhaenyra is not innocent. 397 00:52:05,533 --> 00:52:07,953 Only because Daemon tried to corrupt her. 398 00:52:08,036 --> 00:52:11,288 Daemon and Rhaenyra share the blood of the dragon. 399 00:52:11,373 --> 00:52:13,165 They are restless and chaotic. 400 00:52:13,248 --> 00:52:16,002 She swore to me that she remains a maiden. 401 00:52:17,712 --> 00:52:19,255 And I believe her. 402 00:53:23,527 --> 00:53:27,114 That dagger once belonged to Aegon the Conqueror. 403 00:53:28,741 --> 00:53:30,659 It was Aenar's before that. 404 00:53:31,578 --> 00:53:33,121 And before that... 405 00:53:34,038 --> 00:53:35,956 t is difficult to know. 406 00:53:41,712 --> 00:53:45,674 Before Aegon's death, the last of the Valyrian pyromancers 407 00:53:45,759 --> 00:53:47,301 hid his song in the steel. 408 00:53:54,976 --> 00:53:56,978 "From my blood... 409 00:53:57,728 --> 00:54:00,940 "come the Prince That Was Promised... 410 00:54:03,067 --> 00:54:06,612 and his will be the Song of Ice and Fire." 411 00:54:11,076 --> 00:54:14,536 The responsibility I have handed to you, 412 00:54:14,621 --> 00:54:16,748 the burden of this knowledge... 413 00:54:17,998 --> 00:54:21,502 it is larger than the throne, the king. 414 00:54:21,585 --> 00:54:23,129 It is larger than you 415 00:54:23,212 --> 00:54:25,297 and your desires. 416 00:54:29,927 --> 00:54:32,388 Jaehaerys would've disinherited you. 417 00:54:32,471 --> 00:54:33,598 For a lie? 418 00:54:35,058 --> 00:54:37,726 You've yet to ask me for the truth of what happened. 419 00:54:37,810 --> 00:54:40,313 The truth does not matter, Rhaenyra. 420 00:54:40,395 --> 00:54:42,272 Only perception. 421 00:54:42,357 --> 00:54:44,109 You have exposed yourself. 422 00:54:44,192 --> 00:54:46,194 Now we must both suffer the consequences. 423 00:54:46,777 --> 00:54:49,989 Were I born a man, I could bed whomever I wanted. 424 00:54:50,739 --> 00:54:52,408 I could father a dozen bastards, 425 00:54:52,491 --> 00:54:55,203 and no one in your court would blink an eye. 426 00:54:55,286 --> 00:54:58,498 You are right... but you were born a woman. 427 00:54:59,540 --> 00:55:02,252 So you'll strip me of my titles and name Aegon in my stead. 428 00:55:02,335 --> 00:55:03,460 I would. 429 00:55:04,545 --> 00:55:08,674 But it is mine to hold the realm together, not sow it with further division. 430 00:55:10,551 --> 00:55:13,179 Your courtship is at an end. 431 00:55:13,263 --> 00:55:15,473 You will wed Ser Laenor Velaryon, 432 00:55:15,556 --> 00:55:17,851 and you will do so without protest. 433 00:55:19,018 --> 00:55:20,978 The son of the Sea Snake. 434 00:55:21,062 --> 00:55:23,565 So I can be a remedy for your political headaches. 435 00:55:23,647 --> 00:55:26,442 You are my political headache! 436 00:55:30,737 --> 00:55:32,991 Your wedding to Ser Laenor Velaryon 437 00:55:33,074 --> 00:55:35,909 will unite the two most powerful houses in the realm. 438 00:55:35,993 --> 00:55:39,998 With the combined strength of our shared dragons and naval fleets, 439 00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:42,750 no one would dare to stand against us. 440 00:55:42,833 --> 00:55:44,168 The House of the Dragon 441 00:55:44,252 --> 00:55:46,712 will stand as one for a further generation. 442 00:55:46,795 --> 00:55:50,592 And what will you do about the vulture who perches upon your throne? 443 00:55:51,134 --> 00:55:52,467 What vulture? 444 00:55:53,094 --> 00:55:54,304 Your Hand. 445 00:55:56,013 --> 00:56:00,101 Otto High tower has served two kings loyally and faithfully. 446 00:56:01,393 --> 00:56:03,313 He wants Aegon to be named heir. 447 00:56:04,022 --> 00:56:06,607 And he will stop at nothing to see it done. 448 00:56:06,690 --> 00:56:09,652 Including spying on me to bring about my ruin. 449 00:56:11,112 --> 00:56:13,697 You speak of The Conqueror's vision 450 00:56:13,781 --> 00:56:17,034 and the need for strength and unity across the realm. 451 00:56:17,118 --> 00:56:18,745 But how can that be accomplished 452 00:56:18,828 --> 00:56:21,371 with your most trusted adviser so self-interested? 453 00:56:21,455 --> 00:56:23,917 Every lord and lady that calls for an audience with me, 454 00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:25,835 every man on my small council, 455 00:56:25,918 --> 00:56:28,880 and all councils past, has been self-interested. 456 00:56:28,962 --> 00:56:31,424 - It is unavoidable. - I disagree. 457 00:56:31,507 --> 00:56:35,677 I will do my duty as heir and wed Ser Laenor. 458 00:56:38,013 --> 00:56:40,725 But you must first do yours as king. 459 00:56:51,277 --> 00:56:53,196 Your Grace. 460 00:56:55,989 --> 00:56:57,116 Five days. 461 00:57:00,536 --> 00:57:02,496 I'm sorry, Your Grace? 462 00:57:02,580 --> 00:57:04,915 Though it was some time ago. 463 00:57:04,998 --> 00:57:07,877 The details... they fade in memory. 464 00:57:09,045 --> 00:57:12,422 My father was a hale and healthy warrior and dragon rider 465 00:57:12,507 --> 00:57:14,424 at the peak of his abilities. 466 00:57:15,217 --> 00:57:16,927 Jaehaerys named a great royal hunt 467 00:57:17,011 --> 00:57:19,179 to celebrate him being named the Hand of the King. 468 00:57:21,391 --> 00:57:24,935 Five days later my father lay dead. 469 00:57:26,813 --> 00:57:28,230 Tourneys last longer. 470 00:57:30,023 --> 00:57:32,317 Baelon the Brave, 471 00:57:32,402 --> 00:57:34,487 rider of Vhagar, 472 00:57:34,569 --> 00:57:36,489 heir to the Iron Throne... 473 00:57:37,991 --> 00:57:39,909 dead of a burst belly. 474 00:57:41,868 --> 00:57:43,288 The gods have a dark wit. 475 00:57:44,496 --> 00:57:46,415 It was a grim day. 476 00:57:47,708 --> 00:57:50,252 - I recall it all too well. - Yeah... 477 00:57:51,337 --> 00:57:53,255 It was a good day for you. 478 00:57:54,674 --> 00:57:57,217 Jaehaerys named you Hand in Baelon's stead. 479 00:58:00,638 --> 00:58:03,558 That's hardly how I viewed it, Your Grace. 480 00:58:04,475 --> 00:58:06,018 It was a duty. 481 00:58:08,855 --> 00:58:12,607 You served my grand sire nobly in his final days. 482 00:58:14,027 --> 00:58:16,237 You are the man that taught me how to be King. 483 00:58:18,239 --> 00:58:21,784 You honor me, Your Grace. 484 00:58:22,409 --> 00:58:23,953 Just five days... 485 00:58:25,746 --> 00:58:29,042 you went from being another man in Jaehaerys's court, 486 00:58:29,125 --> 00:58:31,127 to the second most powerful man in the realm. 487 00:58:32,462 --> 00:58:33,587 I wonder... 488 00:58:35,089 --> 00:58:37,842 how long did it take you to choose yourself over your King? 489 00:58:40,927 --> 00:58:42,054 Your Grace? 490 00:58:43,348 --> 00:58:45,891 I will never recover from Aemma's death. 491 00:58:46,893 --> 00:58:48,018 But Alicent... 492 00:58:49,103 --> 00:58:51,063 she took me through the worst of my grief. 493 00:58:53,607 --> 00:58:56,152 She was a calculated distraction. 494 00:58:57,487 --> 00:59:00,614 I only now realize how well-calculated it was. 495 00:59:00,697 --> 00:59:03,116 That is an absurdity. 496 00:59:03,743 --> 00:59:05,661 The Queen loves you... 497 00:59:06,953 --> 00:59:08,955 as I know you love her. 498 00:59:09,040 --> 00:59:12,417 Your interests no longer align with those of the realm. 499 00:59:12,502 --> 00:59:14,879 Your judgment has been compromised. 500 00:59:14,962 --> 00:59:17,464 A loyal Hand must tell his king 501 00:59:17,547 --> 00:59:20,676 a discomforting truth from time to time, Your Grace. 502 00:59:20,759 --> 00:59:22,302 If he doesn't... 503 00:59:23,763 --> 00:59:25,723 he's failed as a servant. 504 00:59:26,808 --> 00:59:29,143 You were a faithful servant, Otto. 505 00:59:38,819 --> 00:59:40,696 The crown and the realm 506 00:59:40,779 --> 00:59:43,699 both owe you a debt that can never be repaid. 507 00:59:44,951 --> 00:59:47,453 But I can no longer trust your judgment. 508 01:00:11,978 --> 01:00:13,020 Come. 509 01:00:17,900 --> 01:00:20,819 I hope you can forgive the late hour, Princess. 510 01:00:25,783 --> 01:00:28,703 I took great care in its preparation. 511 01:00:31,455 --> 01:00:34,333 If not brewed properly, it can either prove ineffective 512 01:00:34,417 --> 01:00:38,420 - or else bear unpleasant... - Brewed properly? 513 01:00:40,339 --> 01:00:41,882 I'm sorry, what is that? 514 01:00:42,674 --> 01:00:44,594 A tea, Princess. 515 01:00:45,386 --> 01:00:46,888 From the King. 516 01:00:48,013 --> 01:00:53,143 It will rid you of any unwanted consequences.