1. It's been near six years
since I last saw my lord husband, Maester.Copy !req
2. I must know... will he live?Copy !req
3. He led his sailors into an ambush.Copy !req
4. A ship made to look
as if it were abandoned.Copy !req
5. In the fighting, his neck was slashed
by a corsair's dagger.Copy !req
6. He fell overboard into the sea.Copy !req
7. The wound was severe.Copy !req
8. Much blood was lost.Copy !req
9. But the greater concern
is the fever that followed.Copy !req
10. The ship's maester said
he burns from within.Copy !req
11. The ravens came in from?Copy !req
12. Evenfall, Princess.Copy !req
13. So they arrive in three days.Copy !req
14. Let all be made ready to receive him,
Maester Kelvyn.Copy !req
15. The Sea Snake is strong.Copy !req
16. No doubt.Copy !req
17. And yet, I have seen blood fever
overcome men half his age.Copy !req
18. I will not suffer the talk
of crows in my house, Vaemond.Copy !req
19. I love my brother...Copy !req
20. but we must be honest with ourselves.Copy !req
21. We may greet his ship to find him gone.Copy !req
22. And who will take the Driftwood Throne?Copy !req
23. My grandmother seems
quite comfortable here.Copy !req
24. She presides only in the absence
of her husband.Copy !req
25. On his death, the seat passes.Copy !req
26. To Lucerys Velaryon.Copy !req
27. As is my lord husband's desire.Copy !req
28. I am the Sea Snake's own blood,Copy !req
29. the closest kin he has left.Copy !req
30. Be careful, good-brother.Copy !req
31. One could take your words for treason.Copy !req
32. I speak the truth, Rhaenys.Copy !req
33. And you know it.Copy !req
34. The matter has been decided.Copy !req
35. By a man whose ambitionCopy !req
36. has brought down on us
calamity after calamity.Copy !req
37. My brother cares only
for the history books.Copy !req
38. But what of the Velaryon line?Copy !req
39. Is it to be snuffed out,Copy !req
40. supplanted by the pups of House Strong?Copy !req
41. Driftmark is mine by all rights.Copy !req
42. And while I should like your support,Copy !req
43. I do not... need it.Copy !req
44. The winds have shifted.Copy !req
45. The crown has good reason to take my side.Copy !req
46. My cousin the King
would have your tongue for this.Copy !req
47. But it's not a king who sits
the Iron Throne these days, good-sister.Copy !req
48. It's a queen.Copy !req
49. The Conqueror and his sisters
sailed with a great army.Copy !req
50. And landed at the Blackwater Rush.Copy !req
51. At the end?Copy !req
52. - The mouth.
- Mouth! Come on, Jace, you knew that.Copy !req
53. Come on, Jace.Copy !req
54. Perhaps that's enough for this morning.Copy !req
55. No, no. I want to keep going.Copy !req
56. Maester.Copy !req
57. Aegon... ordered
that the trees should be...Copy !req
58. - ... killed.
- Felled.Copy !req
59. It is a related word.Copy !req
60. I don't expect you to learn
High Valyrian in a day, Jace.Copy !req
61. A king should honor the traditions
of his forbears.Copy !req
62. Well... unless you're planningCopy !req
63. to depose your own mother,
you have plenty of time to study.Copy !req
64. Leave us.Copy !req
65. Joffrey... come.Copy !req
66. He means to call into question
Luke's legitimacy.Copy !req
67. And by extension Jace,Copy !req
68. and by extension
my own claim to the throne.Copy !req
69. Vaemond cares only about Driftmark
and the Velaryon line.Copy !req
70. Not about our politics.Copy !req
71. Has he made common cause
with Otto Hightower yet?Copy !req
72. This is what I fear.Copy !req
73. Rhaenys has flown to court.Copy !req
74. Surely, she cannot
be planning to back him.Copy !req
75. No. Whatever disagreements
we may have had,Copy !req
76. she's not cruel...Copy !req
77. - or stupid enough to do that.
- Disagreements?Copy !req
78. She believes we had her son killed
so that we might marry.Copy !req
79. Yes... and yet, she's taken Baela to ward.Copy !req
80. Yes. It is Laena's memory she honors.
She has no love for us.Copy !req
81. Has the vipers' venom spread so far?Copy !req
82. Those vipers rule in my father's name.Copy !req
83. And my father—Copy !req
84. What choice do I have?Copy !req
85. To King's Landing, then.Copy !req
86. All hail Rhaenyra of House Targaryen,Copy !req
87. Princess of Dragonstone
and heir to the Iron ThroneCopy !req
88. and her royal consort,
Prince Daemon Targaryen.Copy !req
89. Welcome back, Princess.Copy !req
90. Lord Caswell.Copy !req
91. I would say it's nice to be home,
but I scarcely recognize it.Copy !req
92. We have continued to enjoy
improved customs dutiesCopy !req
93. since the settling of the Stepstones.Copy !req
94. And the extent to which we exploit thoseCopy !req
95. is contingent on
the harbor master's receipts.Copy !req
96. Of which septons have requestedCopy !req
97. half that again for a bronze bustCopy !req
98. they wish to commission
for the Festival of the Mother,Copy !req
99. which I would not recommend.Copy !req
100. Thank you for that exhaustive
accounting, Lord Beesbury.Copy !req
101. I remind you—Copy !req
102. Your guests have arrived, Your Grace.Copy !req
103. I trust they've been welcomed
as befits their station.Copy !req
104. As you instructed, Lord Hand.Copy !req
105. It was my understanding Lord Corlys
wished for his grandson LucerysCopy !req
106. to succeed him as Lord of the Tides.Copy !req
107. The boy has been raised most of his life
away from Driftmark.Copy !req
108. He can fly a dragon, yes,
but can he command a fleet?Copy !req
109. Ability does not alter his claim.Copy !req
110. The Sea Snake has never
formally named him as heir,Copy !req
111. if it comes to that.Copy !req
112. The crown must choose
what is best for the realm.Copy !req
113. He is Laenor's son.
What grounds could there be—Copy !req
114. What indeed, Lord Beesbury.Copy !req
115. What indeed.Copy !req
116. We shall hear
Princess Rhaenyra's petition,Copy !req
117. along with those of the other claimants
on the morrow.Copy !req
118. I do beg your pardon, my lords.Copy !req
119. I must greet our guests.Copy !req
120. Shall we levy a tax
on the sale of new wool?Copy !req
121. Your Grace...Copy !req
122. a matter has arisen that
requires your attention.Copy !req
123. Whatever it is, Ser Arryk,
it'll need to wait.Copy !req
124. - I'm Erryk, Your Grace.
- Of course. My apologies, ser.Copy !req
125. It's about the Prince.Copy !req
126. There's been a delicate situation
in his apartments.Copy !req
127. Father?Copy !req
128. - Who goes there?
- Father.Copy !req
129. It's me, my King.Copy !req
130. Rhaenyra.Copy !req
131. Oh...Copy !req
132. I'm here with Daemon.Copy !req
133. Daemon?Copy !req
134. Daemon?Copy !req
135. Daemon.Copy !req
136. Help me up.Copy !req
137. Oh...Copy !req
138. It has been so long.Copy !req
139. The Sea Snake has taken
a grave wound in battle in the Stepstones.Copy !req
140. When?Copy !req
141. We won that war years ago.Copy !req
142. No.Copy !req
143. The Triarchy is resurgent.Copy !req
144. The fighting is anew.Copy !req
145. There is a petition to decide
upon the succession of DriftmarkCopy !req
146. and the heir to the Driftwood Throne.Copy !req
147. Petitions?Copy !req
148. Alicent and Otto...
they see to all that business now.Copy !req
149. No, brother, listen to me.Copy !req
150. You are to affirm
your position for LucerysCopy !req
151. to be Corlys Velaryon's successor.Copy !req
152. Has something happened to Lord Corlys?Copy !req
153. Father...Copy !req
154. there's someone we wish
to introduce you to.Copy !req
155. Daemon.Copy !req
156. Brother.Copy !req
157. Who is that?Copy !req
158. Father...Copy !req
159. this is Aegon.Copy !req
160. Aegon.Copy !req
161. And this... is Viserys.Copy !req
162. Ah... Viserys.Copy !req
163. Now that is a name fit for a king.Copy !req
164. Oh...Copy !req
165. Oh, oh...Copy !req
166. Oh, I'm sorry.Copy !req
167. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.Copy !req
168. I'm so—Copy !req
169. I'm sorry. I'm sor—Copy !req
170. Please.Copy !req
171. - My tea. My tea.
- What tea? This?Copy !req
172. Yes. Yes.Copy !req
173. Yes.Copy !req
174. I brought her here immediately.Copy !req
175. She's seen no one else, Your Grace.Copy !req
176. Come here, sweetling.Copy !req
177. Tell me your name.Copy !req
178. It's Dyana, Your Grace.Copy !req
179. If it please you.Copy !req
180. Dyana. What a pretty name.Copy !req
181. I understand you've found
yourself in some trouble.Copy !req
182. I was fetching the Prince his wine,Copy !req
183. and I put it on his table,
and when I turned—Copy !req
184. I didn't see him.Copy !req
185. I asked him to stop, Your Grace.Copy !req
186. I did, truly...Copy !req
187. you must believe me.Copy !req
188. Thank you for telling me, Dyana.Copy !req
189. I know it wasn't your fault.Copy !req
190. I believe you.Copy !req
191. You do?Copy !req
192. I do.Copy !req
193. But what I worry about...Copy !req
194. is what others might believe.Copy !req
195. You were alone with the Prince,
were you not?Copy !req
196. Yes, I—Copy !req
197. And no one else saw what happened
between the two of you.Copy !req
198. If anyone else were to hear about this—Copy !req
199. - I haven't told anyone.
- You told Ser Erryk and Talya and now me.Copy !req
200. And though I believe you are not to blame,
others might not be so trusting.Copy !req
201. They might think you were trying
to besmirch the Prince, or worse...Copy !req
202. that you're the sort of girl that
might have enticed him in the first place.Copy !req
203. And you know what happens
to girls like that.Copy !req
204. I wouldn't dream of breathing another word
to anyone, Your Grace.Copy !req
205. I swear it on my life.Copy !req
206. I know you won't.Copy !req
207. For your troubles.Copy !req
208. The tea, Your Grace.Copy !req
209. It's best to be certain.Copy !req
210. Get up.Copy !req
211. Aegon!Copy !req
212. Get up!Copy !req
213. Mother?Copy !req
214. - What is it?
- "What is it? What is it?Copy !req
215. What is it?"
That's all you can say for yourself?Copy !req
216. Has something happened?Copy !req
217. Dyana.Copy !req
218. The serving girl.Copy !req
219. Oh, for the gods' sake.Copy !req
220. The girl, Aegon. The one
you sent fleeing from your company.Copy !req
221. It was just harmless fun.Copy !req
222. She didn't need to go
and get upset about it.Copy !req
223. Think of the shame on your wife, on me.Copy !req
224. How can you keep carrying on like this,Copy !req
225. especially on a day like today?Copy !req
226. Why? What is it today?Copy !req
227. You are no son of mine.Copy !req
228. I did not ask for this.Copy !req
229. I've done everything you've asked me to,Copy !req
230. and I try so...Copy !req
231. I try so hard, but it will never be enough
for you or father.Copy !req
232. Have you seen Dyana?
She's supposed to dress the children.Copy !req
233. He looks like a different person.Copy !req
234. I believe we should also
consult Maester Gerardys.Copy !req
235. Perhaps if he could see the King,
he'd suggest a different—Copy !req
236. Princess Rhaenyra.Copy !req
237. And Prince Daemon.Copy !req
238. It has been so long since we were granted
the joy of your presence.Copy !req
239. Indeed, Your Grace.Copy !req
240. Though not long enough to merit a greeting
upon our arrival.Copy !req
241. I'm sure the Queen had pressing business,
my love.Copy !req
242. What can either of us
know of ruling a kingdom?Copy !req
243. I do not rule, as you well know.Copy !req
244. My father and I are mere
stewards of the King's will and wisdom.Copy !req
245. And how exactly is that wisdom expressed?Copy !req
246. In blinks and wheezes?Copy !req
247. I'd be surprised if he could remember
his own name.Copy !req
248. - Or if you could.
- King Viserys's conditionCopy !req
249. has worsened since you saw him last.Copy !req
250. It subjects him to considerable pain.Copy !req
251. - On the advice of the maesters—
- Ah, the maesters.Copy !req
252. Of course. It is they who keep him...Copy !req
253. addled on milk of the poppy
while the Hightowers warm his throne.Copy !req
254. Rhaenyra, if you would see him without it,
almost blind with suffering.Copy !req
255. Alicent, I have no doubt
it was an act of the purest mercy,Copy !req
256. but tell me, for the King's suffering,Copy !req
257. did the maesters also prescribe
the removal of Targaryen heraldryCopy !req
258. and the installation
in its stead of various statues and stars?Copy !req
259. The emblems of the Seven serve only
to guide us on an uncertain path.Copy !req
260. - To remind us of a higher authority.
- And on the morrow,Copy !req
261. which authority will sit in judgment
of my son's claim on his own inheritance?Copy !req
262. That would be mine... and the Hand's.Copy !req
263. But be assured,
the Father is just and commands meCopy !req
264. to forget the accusations
you have hurled in this room today.Copy !req
265. - Smaller than I remember.
- It looks exactly the same.Copy !req
266. Luke, come on.Copy !req
267. See? I told you this would still be here.Copy !req
268. And you thought you could swing
Criston's morningstar.Copy !req
269. And you almost took your own head off.Copy !req
270. - What's your problem?
- Everyone's staring at us.Copy !req
271. No one would question me
being heir to Driftmark...Copy !req
272. if...Copy !req
273. if I looked more like Ser Laenor Velaryon
than Ser Harwin Strong.Copy !req
274. It doesn't matter what they think.Copy !req
275. Well done, my Prince.Copy !req
276. You'll be winning tourneys in no time.Copy !req
277. I don't give a shit about tourneys.Copy !req
278. Nephews...Copy !req
279. have you come to train?Copy !req
280. Open the gate!Copy !req
281. Hold your nerve, my Queen.Copy !req
282. What we do,
we do for the good of the realm.Copy !req
283. I must confess a certain uneasiness
now this is at hand.Copy !req
284. - He may yet live.
- But we must be prepared if he does not.Copy !req
285. The realm has enjoyed a long peace,Copy !req
286. a credit to the work of both
Jaehaerys and Viserys,Copy !req
287. but the threat of war looms
and may arrive on our shores.Copy !req
288. When it does,
will you want a child at the commandCopy !req
289. of the greatest fleet in Westeros?Copy !req
290. We must, of course...Copy !req
291. act in the interest of our subjects.Copy !req
292. The next Lord of the Tides
will be deeply in your debt, Your Grace.Copy !req
293. As will Driftmark...Copy !req
294. in all its strength.Copy !req
295. Grandmother?Copy !req
296. Rhaena.Copy !req
297. Baela said you might be here.Copy !req
298. She's done well as your ward.Copy !req
299. You've...Copy !req
300. raised her admirably.Copy !req
301. You honor me, Princess.Copy !req
302. Might I speak to the Princess alone,
Rhaena?Copy !req
303. Princess.Copy !req
304. I wondered for many an hour
what your purpose was in coming here.Copy !req
305. Whether you'd speak for or against
the suit brought by Ser Vaemond.Copy !req
306. But then, I realized...Copy !req
307. you intend to advocate for yourself.Copy !req
308. This is no fair proceeding.Copy !req
309. It is a trap
set by the Queen and the Hand, I'd wager,Copy !req
310. to proclaim my son illegitimate.Copy !req
311. Yet you did worse than that with Laenor.Copy !req
312. Did you not?Copy !req
313. I loved your son.Copy !req
314. You may not believe it
to be true, but I did.Copy !req
315. I did not order his death.Copy !req
316. Nor was I complicit in it.
I swear this to you.Copy !req
317. I'll make you an offer.Copy !req
318. Back Luke's claim,Copy !req
319. and let us betroth
Laena's children to mine.Copy !req
320. Baela will be Queen of the Seven KingdomsCopy !req
321. and her sons will be heirs to the throne.Copy !req
322. Rhaena will rule in Driftmark, andCopy !req
323. the seat will pass to her and Lucerys's
children in time.Copy !req
324. A generous offer.Copy !req
325. - Or a desperate one.
- What does it matter?Copy !req
326. You are right in this, at least.Copy !req
327. It does not matter.Copy !req
328. You can bargain with me all you like.Copy !req
329. Bring my granddaughter
with you to soften my resolve.Copy !req
330. But tomorrow,
the Hightowers land their first blow.Copy !req
331. They force you to your knees...Copy !req
332. and I must stand alone.Copy !req
333. Alicent?Copy !req
334. Alicent...Copy !req
335. No, it's Rhaenyra, father.Copy !req
336. Rhaenyra.Copy !req
337. "The Song of Ice and Fire."
Do you believe it to be true?Copy !req
338. Aegon's Dream.Copy !req
339. You told meCopy !req
340. it was our duty to hold
the realm united against a common foe.Copy !req
341. By naming me heir, you divided the realm.Copy !req
342. I thought I wanted it.Copy !req
343. But the burden is a heavy one.Copy !req
344. It's too heavy.Copy !req
345. My...Copy !req
346. My only child.Copy !req
347. If you wish me to bear it, then defend me.Copy !req
348. And my children.Copy !req
349. It's...Copy !req
350. I want to have supper, Otto.Copy !req
351. - It is the morning, Your Grace.
- Tonight.Copy !req
352. The whole of my familyCopy !req
353. are gathered at the Red Keep.Copy !req
354. I want us... to dine together.Copy !req
355. Bring milk of the poppy.Copy !req
356. No.Copy !req
357. Just arrange the supper.Copy !req
358. Though it is the great hope of this courtCopy !req
359. that Lord Corlys Velaryon
survive his wounds,Copy !req
360. we gather here with the grim taskCopy !req
361. of dealing with
the succession of Driftmark.Copy !req
362. As Hand, I speak with
the King's voice on thisCopy !req
363. and all other matters.Copy !req
364. The crown will now hear the petitions.Copy !req
365. Ser Vaemond of House Velaryon.Copy !req
366. My Queen.Copy !req
367. My Lord Hand.Copy !req
368. The history of our noble houses
extends beyond the Seven KingdomsCopy !req
369. to the days of Old Valyria.Copy !req
370. For as long as House Targaryen
has ruled the skies,Copy !req
371. House Velaryon has ruled the seas.Copy !req
372. When the Doom fell on Valyria,
our houses became the last of their kind.Copy !req
373. Our forebearers came to this new land,
knowing that were they to fail,Copy !req
374. it would mean the end to their bloodlines
and their name.Copy !req
375. I have spent my entire life
on Driftmark defending my brother's seat.Copy !req
376. I am Lord Corlys's closest kin,
his own blood.Copy !req
377. The true, unimpeachable blood
of House Velaryon runs through my veins.Copy !req
378. As it does in my sons,
the offspring of Laenor Velaryon.Copy !req
379. If you cared so much
about your house's blood, Ser Vaemond,Copy !req
380. you would not be so bold as
to supplant its rightful heir.Copy !req
381. No, you only speak for yourself
and for your own ambition.Copy !req
382. You will have chance to make
your own petition, Princess Rhaenyra.Copy !req
383. Do Ser Vaemond the courtesy
of allowing his to be heard.Copy !req
384. What do you know of Velaryon blood,
Princess?Copy !req
385. I could cut my veins and show it to youCopy !req
386. and you still wouldn't recognize it.Copy !req
387. This is about the future
and survival of my house, not yours.Copy !req
388. My Queen, my Lord Hand.Copy !req
389. This is a matter of blood, not ambition.Copy !req
390. I place the continuation of the survival
of my house and my line above all.Copy !req
391. I humbly put myself before you
as my brother's successor...Copy !req
392. the Lord of Driftmark
and Lord of the Tides.Copy !req
393. Thank you, Ser Vaemond.Copy !req
394. Princess Rhaenyra, you may now speak
for your son, Lucerys Velaryon.Copy !req
395. If I am to grace this farce
with some answer,Copy !req
396. I will start by reminding the court
that nearly 20 years ago, in this very—Copy !req
397. King Viserys of House Targaryen,Copy !req
398. the First of His Name,Copy !req
399. King of the Andals, and the Rhoynar,Copy !req
400. and the First Men,Copy !req
401. Lord of the Seven Kingdoms,
and Protector of the Realm.Copy !req
402. I will sit the throne today.Copy !req
403. Your Grace.Copy !req
404. I will be fine. I will be fine.Copy !req
405. I said I'm fine.Copy !req
406. - Ah...
- Come on.Copy !req
407. Steady.Copy !req
408. I must... admit... my confusion.Copy !req
409. I do not understandCopy !req
410. why petitions are being heard
over a settled succession.Copy !req
411. The only one present...Copy !req
412. who might offer keener insight
into Lord Corlys's wishesCopy !req
413. is the Princess Rhaenys.Copy !req
414. Indeed, Your Grace.Copy !req
415. It was ever my husband's
will that DriftmarkCopy !req
416. pass through Ser LaenorCopy !req
417. to his trueborn son...Copy !req
418. Lucerys Velaryon.Copy !req
419. His mind never changed.Copy !req
420. Nor did my support of him.Copy !req
421. As a matter of fact, the Princess Rhaenyra
has just informed me of her desireCopy !req
422. to marry her sons Jace and LukeCopy !req
423. to Lord Corlys's granddaughters,
Baela and Rhaena.Copy !req
424. A proposal to which I heartily agree.Copy !req
425. Well... the matter is settled.Copy !req
426. Again.Copy !req
427. I hereby reaffirm
Prince Lucerys of House VelaryonCopy !req
428. as heir to Driftmark,Copy !req
429. the Driftwood Throne,
and the next Lord of the Tides.Copy !req
430. You break law...Copy !req
431. and centuries of traditionCopy !req
432. to install your daughter as heir.Copy !req
433. Yet you dare tell me...Copy !req
434. who deserves to inherit the name Velaryon.Copy !req
435. No.Copy !req
436. I will not allow it.Copy !req
437. "Allow it"?Copy !req
438. Do not forget yourself, Vaemond.Copy !req
439. That is no true Velaryon,Copy !req
440. and certainly no nephew of mine.Copy !req
441. Go to your chambers.
You have said enough.Copy !req
442. Lucerys is my true-born grandson.Copy !req
443. And you...Copy !req
444. are no more
than the second son of Driftmark.Copy !req
445. You... may run your house
as you see fit...Copy !req
446. but you will not decide
the future of mine.Copy !req
447. My house survived the DoomCopy !req
448. and a thousand tribulations besides.Copy !req
449. And gods be damned...Copy !req
450. I will not see it ended
on the account of this—Copy !req
451. Say it.Copy !req
452. Her children...Copy !req
453. are bastards!Copy !req
454. And she...Copy !req
455. is...Copy !req
456. a whore.Copy !req
457. I...Copy !req
458. will have your tongue for that.Copy !req
459. He can keep his tongue.Copy !req
460. - Disarm him!
- No need.Copy !req
461. - Call the maesters!
- Father?Copy !req
462. Please, my love. You must
take something for the pain.Copy !req
463. I will not cloud my mind.Copy !req
464. I must put things right.Copy !req
465. The body will be ready for its return
to Driftmark on the morrow, my lady.Copy !req
466. You may wish to leave the Silent Sisters
to their work.Copy !req
467. It is ill luck to look
upon the face of death.Copy !req
468. The Stranger has visited me more times
than I can count, Grand Maester.Copy !req
469. I assure you...Copy !req
470. he cares little whether my eyes
are open or closed.Copy !req
471. How good it is...
to see you all tonight...Copy !req
472. together.Copy !req
473. - Prayer before we begin?
- Yes.Copy !req
474. May the Mother smile down
on this gathering with love.Copy !req
475. May the Smith mend the bonds
that have been broken for far too long.Copy !req
476. And to Vaemond Velaryon,
may the gods give him rest.Copy !req
477. This is an occasion for celebration,
it seems.Copy !req
478. My grandsons, Jace and Luke,Copy !req
479. will marry their cousins,
Baela and Rhaena,Copy !req
480. further strengthening the bond
between our houses.Copy !req
481. A toast to the young Princes...Copy !req
482. - and their betrothed.
- Hear, hear!Copy !req
483. Well done, Jace.
You'll finally get to lie with a woman.Copy !req
484. Let us toast as well Prince Lucerys...Copy !req
485. the future Lord of the Tides.Copy !req
486. Hear, hear.Copy !req
487. You'll be great.Copy !req
488. You do know how the act is done, I assume?Copy !req
489. At least in principle?Copy !req
490. Where to put your cock and all that.Copy !req
491. Let it be, cousin.Copy !req
492. You can play the jester if you wish,
but hold your tongue before my betrothed.Copy !req
493. It both gladdens my heartCopy !req
494. and fills me with sorrowCopy !req
495. to see these faces around the table.Copy !req
496. The faces most dear
to me in all the world...Copy !req
497. yet grown so distant from each other...Copy !req
498. in the years past.Copy !req
499. My own face...Copy !req
500. is no longer a handsome one...Copy !req
501. if indeed it ever was.Copy !req
502. But tonight...Copy !req
503. I wish you to see me... as I am.Copy !req
504. Not just a king...Copy !req
505. but your father.Copy !req
506. Your brother.Copy !req
507. Your husband...Copy !req
508. and your grandsire.Copy !req
509. Who may not, it seems...Copy !req
510. walk for much longer among you.Copy !req
511. Let us no longer hold
ill feelings in our hearts.Copy !req
512. The crown cannot stand strongCopy !req
513. if the House of the Dragon
remains divided.Copy !req
514. But set aside your grievances.Copy !req
515. if not for the sake of the crown...Copy !req
516. then for the sake of this old manCopy !req
517. who loves you allCopy !req
518. so dearly.Copy !req
519. I wish to raise my cup
to Her Grace, the Queen.Copy !req
520. I love my father.Copy !req
521. But I must admit that no one has stood...Copy !req
522. more loyally by his side
than his good wife.Copy !req
523. She has tended to him with...Copy !req
524. unfailing devotion,Copy !req
525. love, and honor.Copy !req
526. And for that, she has my gratitude...Copy !req
527. and my apology.Copy !req
528. Your graciousness moves me deeply, Princess.Copy !req
529. We are both mothers...Copy !req
530. and we love our children.Copy !req
531. We have more in common
than we sometimes allow.Copy !req
532. I raise my cup to you and to your house.Copy !req
533. You will make a fine queen.Copy !req
534. I...Copy !req
535. I regret the disappointment
you are soon to suffer.Copy !req
536. But if you ever wish to know
what it is to be well satisfied,Copy !req
537. all you have to do is ask.Copy !req
538. Jace.Copy !req
539. To Prince Aegon and Prince Aemond.Copy !req
540. We have not seen each other in years,Copy !req
541. but I have fond memories
of our shared youth.Copy !req
542. And as men, I hope we may
yet be friends and allies.Copy !req
543. To you and your family's
good health, dear uncles.Copy !req
544. To you as well.Copy !req
545. Beware the beast beneath the boards.Copy !req
546. Well done, my boy.Copy !req
547. I would like to toast to Baela and Rhaena.Copy !req
548. They'll be married soon.Copy !req
549. It isn't so bad.
Mostly he just ignores you...Copy !req
550. except sometimes when he's drunk.Copy !req
551. - Good.
- Let us have some music.Copy !req
552. Excuse me.Copy !req
553. Guards.Copy !req
554. Please, sit down.Copy !req
555. Final tribute.Copy !req
556. To the health of my nephews:Copy !req
557. Jace...Copy !req
558. Luke...Copy !req
559. and Joffrey.Copy !req
560. Each of them handsome, wise...Copy !req
561. - strong.
- Aemond.Copy !req
562. Come...Copy !req
563. let us drain our cups to these three...Copy !req
564. - Strong boys.
- I dare you to say that again.Copy !req
565. Why? 'Twas only a compliment.Copy !req
566. Do you not think yourself Strong?Copy !req
567. - Jace!
- That is enough!Copy !req
568. Why would you say such a thing
before these people?Copy !req
569. I was merely expressing how proud I am
of my family, Mother.Copy !req
570. Mm, though it seems my nephews
aren't quite as proud of theirs.Copy !req
571. Wait, wait!Copy !req
572. Go to your quarters.
All of you go, now.Copy !req
573. Rhaenyra.Copy !req
574. It's best, I think,
if we go back to Dragonstone.Copy !req
575. You've only just arrived.Copy !req
576. Let me see the children home.Copy !req
577. I'll...Copy !req
578. return on dragonback.Copy !req
579. The King and I would both like that.Copy !req
580. It's been quite a night
at the castle, it seems.Copy !req
581. Yes, my lady.Copy !req
582. Come on, come on.Copy !req
583. That's it.Copy !req
584. Oh...Copy !req
585. Well done.Copy !req
586. - I'm sorry.
- Shh.Copy !req
587. - I'm sorry.
- Shh, shh, shh.Copy !req
588. But you wanted to know...Copy !req
589. if I believe it to be true.Copy !req
590. Believe what to be true, my King?Copy !req
591. Don't you remember?Copy !req
592. Aegon...Copy !req
593. Our son?Copy !req
594. His Dream.Copy !req
595. The Song of Ice... and Fi—Copy !req
596. It is true.Copy !req
597. What he saw in the North.Copy !req
598. The Prince That Was Promised.Copy !req
599. I don't understand, Viserys.Copy !req
600. The Prince.Copy !req
601. Prince Aegon?Copy !req
602. To unite the realmCopy !req
603. against the cold... and the dark.Copy !req
604. It is you.Copy !req
605. You are the one.Copy !req
606. You must do this.Copy !req
607. You must do this.Copy !req
608. I understand, my King.Copy !req
609. No more.Copy !req
610. No more.Copy !req
611. My love.Copy !req