1. You're sure?Copy !req
2. With his own eyes, Your Grace.Copy !req
3. Stay here. Tell no one.Copy !req
4. Help me dress.Copy !req
5. Who knows?Copy !req
6. My handmaiden, Talya.Copy !req
7. Some of the servants.Copy !req
8. I saw him last night...Copy !req
9. before he—Copy !req
10. He told me he wished for Aegon to be king.Copy !req
11. It is the truth.Copy !req
12. Uttered with his own lips.Copy !req
13. His last words to me
and I was the only one to hear it.Copy !req
14. And now he's dead.Copy !req
15. What is it that could not
have waited an hour?Copy !req
16. Was Dorne invaded?Copy !req
17. The King is dead.Copy !req
18. We grieve for Viserys the Peaceful...Copy !req
19. our sovereign...Copy !req
20. our friend.Copy !req
21. But he has left us a gift.Copy !req
22. With his last breath, he impressed
upon the Queen his final wish:Copy !req
23. that his son, Aegon...Copy !req
24. should succeed him
as Lord of the Seven Kingdoms.Copy !req
25. Then we may proceed now
with the full assuranceCopy !req
26. of his blessing on our long-laid plans.Copy !req
27. Yes.
There is much to be done,Copy !req
28. as we've previously discussed.Copy !req
29. Now, there are two among the captainsCopy !req
30. of the City Watch that
remain loyal to Daemon.Copy !req
31. Let us replace them.
Lord Lannister.Copy !req
32. The Treasury is well in hand.Copy !req
33. The gold will be divided for safekeeping.Copy !req
34. Let ravens be sent to our allies,
Riverrun and Highgarden.Copy !req
35. Am I to understand that
members of the small councilCopy !req
36. have been planning secretly
to install my son without me?Copy !req
37. My Queen, there was no need
to sully you with darkling schemes.Copy !req
38. I will not have this.Copy !req
39. To hear that you are plottingCopy !req
40. to replace the King's chosen heir
with an imposter!Copy !req
41. His firstborn son is hardly an imposter.Copy !req
42. Hundreds of lords and landed knights
swore fealty to the Princess.Copy !req
43. That was some 20 years ago.
Most of them now dead.Copy !req
44. You heard the Lord Hand.Copy !req
45. Plot or no, the King changed his mind.Copy !req
46. I am six-and-seventy years old.Copy !req
47. I have known Viserys longer
than any who sit at this table.Copy !req
48. And I will not believe that he said this
on his deathbed, alone,Copy !req
49. with only the boy's mother as a witness.Copy !req
50. This is seizure!Copy !req
51. It is theft! It is treason!Copy !req
52. - At the least, it is—
- Mind your tongue, Lyman.Copy !req
53. The King was well last night...Copy !req
54. by all accounts.Copy !req
55. Which of you here can swear
that he died of his own accord?Copy !req
56. Which of us are you accusing of regicide,
Lord Beesbury?Copy !req
57. Whether it was one of you,
or all of you, I care not.Copy !req
58. - I will have no part—
- Sit down!Copy !req
59. Ser Criston.Copy !req
60. Throw down your sword
and remove your cloak, Ser Criston.Copy !req
61. I am your Lord Commander, Ser Criston.Copy !req
62. Cast down your sword.Copy !req
63. I will not suffer insults
to Her Grace the Queen.Copy !req
64. There was no insult to me, Ser Criston.
Put aside your blade.Copy !req
65. - Has it come to this?
- Lord Commander, enough.Copy !req
66. - Let us have Lord Beesbury removed.
- No.Copy !req
67. The door remains shut
until we finish our business.Copy !req
68. Storm's End is of concern.Copy !req
69. We may not assume
the loyalty of Lord Borros.Copy !req
70. But he has four daughters,
all of them unmarried.Copy !req
71. - The right proposal—
- What of Rhaenyra?Copy !req
72. The former heir cannot,
of course, be allowed to remain freeCopy !req
73. and draw support to her claim.Copy !req
74. - You mean to imprison her.
- She and her familyCopy !req
75. will be given the opportunityCopy !req
76. to publicly swear obeisance
to the new King.Copy !req
77. She will never bend the knee.Copy !req
78. Nor will Daemon, which you know.Copy !req
79. You plan to kill them.Copy !req
80. And all here accede to this.Copy !req
81. Your father is correct, Your Grace.Copy !req
82. A living challenger
invites battle and bloodshed.Copy !req
83. It is unsavory, yes.Copy !req
84. But a sacrifice we must make
to secure Aegon's succession.Copy !req
85. And then there is Daemon to consider.Copy !req
86. - The King wouldn't wish for any unsavory—
- But the King did not wishCopy !req
87. for the murder of his daughter!Copy !req
88. He loved her.
I will not have you deny this.Copy !req
89. - And yet—
- One more word and I will have you removedCopy !req
90. from this chamber and sent to the Wall!Copy !req
91. What do you suggest, Your Grace?Copy !req
92. Time is of the essence.Copy !req
93. Lord Commander Westerling...Copy !req
94. take your knights to Dragonstone.Copy !req
95. Be quick and be clean.Copy !req
96. I am Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.Copy !req
97. I recognize no authority but the King's.Copy !req
98. And until there is one...Copy !req
99. I have no place here.Copy !req
100. It is our fate, I think,
to crave always what is given to another.Copy !req
101. If one possesses a thing,
the other will take it away.Copy !req
102. Yes, Princess.Copy !req
103. Where is Aegon?Copy !req
104. Not here.Copy !req
105. He's not in his rooms.Copy !req
106. Father.Copy !req
107. What's happened?Copy !req
108. - Your father—
- There is a beast beneath the boards.Copy !req
109. Oh, my dearest love.Copy !req
110. Ser Erryk.Copy !req
111. Where's the Prince?Copy !req
112. Forgive me, Lord Hand. I do not know.Copy !req
113. But you're sworn to protect him.Copy !req
114. He exploits his authority
to order me away,Copy !req
115. and then he evades me, my Lord.Copy !req
116. I believe he may have
left the Keep secretly,Copy !req
117. gone into the city.Copy !req
118. Find him.Copy !req
119. Take no one else but your brother.Copy !req
120. And remove your white cloaks.Copy !req
121. None can know who you are
or what you seek...Copy !req
122. including the Queen.Copy !req
123. My Lord.Copy !req
124. Bring him to me, and me alone, Ser Erryk.Copy !req
125. What is the meaning of this?Copy !req
126. Guard. Guard!Copy !req
127. Prince Aegon's not to be found
within the castle walls, Your Grace.Copy !req
128. Your father has sent
Ser Erryk into the city to find him.Copy !req
129. Ser Erryk knows Aegon.
He has the advantage.Copy !req
130. I trust again to you, Ser Criston,
and to your loyalty.Copy !req
131. Aegon must be found,
and he must be brought to me.Copy !req
132. The very fate of the Seven Kingdoms
depends on it.Copy !req
133. Everything you feel for me
as your Queen.Copy !req
134. I will not fail you.Copy !req
135. I'll come with you.Copy !req
136. That would not be my desire, Aemond.Copy !req
137. - If anything has happened—
- Cole needs me, Mother.Copy !req
138. Ser Erryk isn't the only one
who knows Aegon's doings.Copy !req
139. Aegon brought me to the Street of Silk
on my thirteenth name day.Copy !req
140. It was his duty as my brother, he said,Copy !req
141. to ensure I was as educated as he was.Copy !req
142. At least that's what
I understood him to mean.Copy !req
143. I don't follow.Copy !req
144. He said, “Time to get it wet.”Copy !req
145. Every woman is an image of the Mother,
to be spoken of with reverence.Copy !req
146. Sometime last night, we...
misplaced our drinking companion.Copy !req
147. Knowing that he has been, in the past,
a patron of your fine establishment,Copy !req
148. we thought to inquire here
as to his whereabouts.Copy !req
149. And describe him.Copy !req
150. That is a delicate matter.Copy !req
151. You see, the man we seek
is the young Prince Aegon.Copy !req
152. I may trust, I hope,
in the discretion of your trade.Copy !req
153. The Prince is not here.Copy !req
154. Has he been here? Earlier, perhaps?Copy !req
155. - Quite a bit earlier. Years ago, in fact.
- But more recently?Copy !req
156. He does not frequent the Street of Silk.Copy !req
157. His tastes are known to be...Copy !req
158. less discriminating.Copy !req
159. Meaning what?Copy !req
160. I wish you luck, good Ser.
And my best to your friend.Copy !req
161. How you've grown.Copy !req
162. Viserys amended his wishes.Copy !req
163. It's as simple as that.Copy !req
164. You once swore your banners to Rhaenyra.Copy !req
165. You must now
pledge them to the future king.Copy !req
166. I must confer first
with my house on this matter.Copy !req
167. You'll not leave this room
without declaring your intention.Copy !req
168. I am no oath breaker.Copy !req
169. I will not bend the knee.Copy !req
170. Anyone else?Copy !req
171. House Fell keeps its sworn oath
to the Princess.Copy !req
172. Very well.Copy !req
173. Long live the King.Copy !req
174. It seems you were mistaken
as to Aegon's habits.Copy !req
175. He could be in the hands of mercenaries,Copy !req
176. on a ship to Yi Ti.Copy !req
177. He could be dead.Copy !req
178. Let us hope, for your mother's sake,
that is not the case.Copy !req
179. Let's have a look.Copy !req
180. - Go on.
- Come here. Come here!Copy !req
181. Get in there, you little—Copy !req
182. Yeah!Copy !req
183. Come on!Copy !req
184. How old are they?Copy !req
185. About 10 years, I should say.Copy !req
186. They have them grow their nails
and file the teeth.Copy !req
187. Makes them more formidable.Copy !req
188. Come on!Copy !req
189. Prince Aegon spends many
a night in this place.Copy !req
190. Do you see now what he is?Copy !req
191. You've not seen everything.Copy !req
192. - Aegon's?
- One of many, I'd wager.Copy !req
193. Here I am, trawling the city,
ever the good soldierCopy !req
194. in search of a wastrel who's never taken
half an interest in his birthright.Copy !req
195. 'Tis I the younger brother
who studies history and philosophy,Copy !req
196. it is I who trains with the sword,Copy !req
197. who rides the largest dragon in the world.Copy !req
198. It is I who should be—Copy !req
199. I know what it is to toil
for what others are freely given.Copy !req
200. And we can't find him, Cole.Copy !req
201. You are a decent man
with no taste for depravity.Copy !req
202. His secrets are his own...Copy !req
203. and he's welcome to them.Copy !req
204. I'm next in line to the throne.Copy !req
205. Should they come looking for me,Copy !req
206. I intend to be found.Copy !req
207. Something must be done.
Aegon is unfit to rule.Copy !req
208. You tolerated
the Prince's proclivities for years.Copy !req
209. Because it was my sworn duty, Arryk.Copy !req
210. It's for the Hand to find wisdom.Copy !req
211. We swore an oath of service until death.Copy !req
212. A moment of your time, m'lords.Copy !req
213. You'll find no buyers for your wares here.Copy !req
214. I can take you to Prince Aegon.Copy !req
215. Rather, I am sent by one
who knows where he is.Copy !req
216. Who'll tell you, for a price.Copy !req
217. Deliver him,
and we'll consider your price.Copy !req
218. My mistress will not
treat with the servants of the Keep...Copy !req
219. exalted though they may be.Copy !req
220. She'll trust this to
the Hand of the King only.Copy !req
221. Impossible.Copy !req
222. I think he will wish to hear
what the White Worm can tell him.Copy !req
223. Halt! Hold the gate!Copy !req
224. Let go of me!Copy !req
225. He was fleeing from the gate.Copy !req
226. Do you know who I am?Copy !req
227. A warning for the Princess, I'd wager.Copy !req
228. What say you?Copy !req
229. The Lord Confessor presumes.Copy !req
230. I have no love for the Princess.Copy !req
231. And where were you going then
with such urgency?Copy !req
232. Let the King's Justice take him.Copy !req
233. Let go of me!Copy !req
234. - No! This is not right!
- You did well, Lord Larys.Copy !req
235. - I will—
- Only my duty, my Lord Hand.Copy !req
236. Who do you think you are?Copy !req
237. You've spent many hours
with the Queen of late.Copy !req
238. There's no reason those hours could not,
in the end, benefit you.Copy !req
239. I will do you the considerable
courtesy of assumingCopy !req
240. there is a good reason for the outrage
of my treatment here this morning.Copy !req
241. My sincerest regrets
for the lack of ceremony.Copy !req
242. The King.Copy !req
243. And you are usurping the throne.Copy !req
244. It was my husband's dying wish.Copy !req
245. Believe it or no,
it is of no consequence.Copy !req
246. Aegon will be king.Copy !req
247. I came here to ask your support.Copy !req
248. Well, I must credit you for your boldness.Copy !req
249. House Velaryon has long allied itselfCopy !req
250. with the Princess Rhaenyra
and what has it gained you?Copy !req
251. Your daughter dead... alone in Pentos.Copy !req
252. Your son cuckolded.Copy !req
253. Rhaenyra's heirs are none of yours.Copy !req
254. It is your husband
who grasps so heedlessly for the throne.Copy !req
255. And even he has abandoned you:Copy !req
256. gone these six long years
to fight a desperate battle,Copy !req
257. returning grievously,
if not mortally, wounded,Copy !req
258. leaving the Lady of Driftmark
to chart her course alone.Copy !req
259. The word of my house is not fickle.Copy !req
260. No. But, dear cousin...Copy !req
261. you more than any soul alive
understand what I say now.Copy !req
262. Princess Rhaenys, I loved my husband,
but I will speak the truth we both know.Copy !req
263. You should've been queen.Copy !req
264. I little thought to hear
those words from you.Copy !req
265. The Iron Throne was yours
by blood and by temperament.Copy !req
266. Viserys would've lived
his days a country lord,Copy !req
267. content to hunt and study his histories,Copy !req
268. but... here we are.Copy !req
269. We do not rule
but we may guide the men that do.Copy !req
270. Gently...Copy !req
271. away from violence and sure destruction
and instead toward peace.Copy !req
272. Is it in the name of peace
that you've imprisoned me?Copy !req
273. - And what of my dragon?
- If we are overmatched,Copy !req
274. Rhaenyra will be tempted to strike us,
and war will ensue.Copy !req
275. Without your dragon,
she may be persuaded to negotiate.Copy !req
276. If it's Driftmark you want,
you shall have itCopy !req
277. for you and your granddaughters
to pass on as you see fit.Copy !req
278. You are wiser than I believed you to be...Copy !req
279. Alicent Hightower.Copy !req
280. A true queen counts
the cost to her people.Copy !req
281. And yet you toil still in service to men.Copy !req
282. Your father, your husband, your son.Copy !req
283. You desire not to be free,Copy !req
284. but to make a window
in the wall of your prison.Copy !req
285. Have you never imagined yourself...Copy !req
286. on the Iron Throne?Copy !req
287. I'll leave you with your thoughts.Copy !req
288. Ring the bell when you have an answer.Copy !req
289. My Prince.Copy !req
290. You yourself are the mysterious
White Worm, I take it.Copy !req
291. Or are you simply a further peel
in this stinking onion?Copy !req
292. My condolences
on the passing of your king.Copy !req
293. Where is Prince Aegon?Copy !req
294. I thought, the Prince is in Flea Bottom
where no one is to be trusted.Copy !req
295. I'd best secrete him somewhere safe...
in case they come looking for him.Copy !req
296. Where's the Prince?Copy !req
297. He is safely tucked away.Copy !req
298. I want an end to the savage use
of children in Flea Bottom.Copy !req
299. They are forced to fight, and worse...Copy !req
300. your gold cloaks take
the bribes given them to look away.Copy !req
301. An obscenity
either tolerated or ignored by the crown.Copy !req
302. I'll look into it.Copy !req
303. You have my word.Copy !req
304. When your plots ripenCopy !req
305. and you install your grandson
on the throne,Copy !req
306. remember it was me who put him there.Copy !req
307. I could have killed him
as easily as a wasp on fruit.Copy !req
308. There is no power but what
the people allow you to take.Copy !req
309. I will remember.Copy !req
310. Listen.Copy !req
311. No... No!Copy !req
312. No!Copy !req
313. Where is the White Worm?Copy !req
314. She sold you for a price.Copy !req
315. And why have you paid it?Copy !req
316. I want my mother.Copy !req
317. Your grandfather, the Hand,
will meet you outside the city walls.Copy !req
318. You flee what other men
die seeking, Aegon.Copy !req
319. I do regret this, friend.Copy !req
320. No! Stop! No.Copy !req
321. - I was hoping you disappeared.
- Is our father truly dead?Copy !req
322. Yes... and they're going to make you king.Copy !req
323. - No!
- Are you going to help me?Copy !req
324. No! Let me go!Copy !req
325. Where's your brother, huh?Copy !req
326. Let me go!Copy !req
327. Brother!Copy !req
328. Let me go!Copy !req
329. I have no wish to rule!Copy !req
330. No taste for duty! I'm not suited.Copy !req
331. You'll get no argument from me.Copy !req
332. You let me go,
I will find a ship and sail away,Copy !req
333. never to be found.Copy !req
334. The Queen awaits.Copy !req
335. - Well played.
- None of this is a game.Copy !req
336. And yet you treat it as one.Copy !req
337. A charming contest,Copy !req
338. the prize, a pouch of silver.Copy !req
339. We have relied on one another
these many years.Copy !req
340. And now it is the good of the family
that we both desire.Copy !req
341. Whatever our differences,
our hearts remain as one.Copy !req
342. Our hearts were never one.Copy !req
343. I see that now.Copy !req
344. Rather, I have been a piece
that you moved about the board.Copy !req
345. If that is true, then I made you
Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.Copy !req
346. - Would you have desired it otherwise?
- How could I know?Copy !req
347. I wanted whatever you
impressed upon me to want.Copy !req
348. And now the debt comes due.Copy !req
349. - A debt you were happy enough to pay.
- A sacrifice.Copy !req
350. A sacrifice made for
the stability of the realm.Copy !req
351. No king has ever lived
that hasn't had to forfeitCopy !req
352. the lives of a few to protect the many.Copy !req
353. Though I understand your squeamishness.Copy !req
354. Reluctance to murder is not a weakness!Copy !req
355. I have Aegon.Copy !req
356. We'll proceed now as I see fit.Copy !req
357. We will send terms
to Rhaenyra on Dragonstone.Copy !req
358. True terms, such that she
may accept without shame.Copy !req
359. If she lives, her allies
will mass behind her banners,Copy !req
360. - looking for her return.
- Then she must not return.Copy !req
361. My husband would have
desired this mercy be shownCopy !req
362. - to his daughter.
- Your husband?Copy !req
363. Or you, his daughter's
childhood companion?Copy !req
364. Criston Cole will be named
Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.Copy !req
365. My son will be anointed tomorrow at dawn.Copy !req
366. The whole of King's Landing
must witness his ascent.Copy !req
367. He will assume authority.
There will be no more dithering.Copy !req
368. My son will take
the crown of his namesake, the Conqueror,Copy !req
369. and carry Blackfyre, his sword.Copy !req
370. Let the people remember
the ancient strength of House Targaryen.Copy !req
371. You look so much like your mother
in certain lights.Copy !req
372. As you wish.Copy !req
373. Your Grace.Copy !req
374. The hour is late, Lord Larys.Copy !req
375. I've found out something
that you should know.Copy !req
376. Have you asked yourself, I wonder...Copy !req
377. how it is...Copy !req
378. that your father, the Hand...Copy !req
379. found Aegon first?Copy !req
380. There is a web of spies
at work in the Red Keep.Copy !req
381. Along its threads
travels news of all our doings.Copy !req
382. Your father knows this,
but has left it in place.Copy !req
383. More than once, it has proved advantageous
to those willing to...Copy !req
384. feed the weaver.Copy !req
385. And this weaver watches me?Copy !req
386. One of the little spiders
is your lady-in-waiting.Copy !req
387. - Talya?
- There are more like her.Copy !req
388. Even I do not know their number.Copy !req
389. There is one way to destroy his advantage.Copy !req
390. It must be taken out at the head.Copy !req
391. When the Queen dies,
the bees fly without purpose.Copy !req
392. Begging your pardon
for the turn of phrase, Your Grace.Copy !req
393. I assume this task
falls within your expertise.Copy !req
394. If you wish it...Copy !req
395. it will be done.Copy !req
396. Out of my way!Copy !req
397. With me, Princess.Copy !req
398. I cannot let this treachery stand.Copy !req
399. - Where are we?
- Just south of King's Way.Copy !req
400. The Blackwater's this way.Copy !req
401. I won't leave Meleys.Copy !req
402. - If I could get to the Dragonpit, then—
- No.Copy !req
403. They'll expect you there, Princess.Copy !req
404. You won't get past the gates.Copy !req
405. Now come.Copy !req
406. You must make for the riverfront
and find a ship.Copy !req
407. Before they know you've gone.Copy !req
408. Move it! Go! Go!Copy !req
409. This way!Copy !req
410. Keep moving! That's right.Copy !req
411. That's right!Copy !req
412. - Onward!
- This way.Copy !req
413. Halt! Halt!Copy !req
414. Keep moving!Copy !req
415. All of you, move forward!Copy !req
416. Keep moving!Copy !req
417. Out of the way!Copy !req
418. Out of the way!Copy !req
419. Have the decency to look grateful.Copy !req
420. Do you know what has been
done to give you this day?Copy !req
421. In an hour, you will be king.Copy !req
422. - And my father never wanted this.
- That's not true.Copy !req
423. He had 20 years to name me heir
and never did.Copy !req
424. Steadfastly, he upheld Rhaenyra's claim.Copy !req
425. He changed his mind.Copy !req
426. No...Copy !req
427. He could have, but he never didCopy !req
428. because he didn't like me.Copy !req
429. And yet, with his final breath,Copy !req
430. he whispered to me that you
should take his place on the throne.Copy !req
431. - Do not toy with me, Mother.
- I speak the truth.Copy !req
432. Listen to me, Aegon.Copy !req
433. Your grandfather, the Hand,
will try to impress on youCopy !req
434. that Rhaenyra should be put to the sword.Copy !req
435. You must reject this counsel.Copy !req
436. We must not rule
with cruelty and callousness.Copy !req
437. For all her faults, she is your sister,
your father's daughter—Copy !req
438. Do you love me?Copy !req
439. You imbecile.Copy !req
440. Make way for the royal wheelhouse!Copy !req
441. Hey, hey, forward then.Copy !req
442. Go on, move yourself! Come on!Copy !req
443. People of King's Landing...Copy !req
444. today is the saddest of days.Copy !req
445. Our beloved king...Copy !req
446. Viserys the Peaceful...Copy !req
447. is dead.Copy !req
448. But it is also the most joyous of days...Copy !req
449. for as his spirit left us...Copy !req
450. he whispered his final wish:Copy !req
451. that his firstborn son, Aegon...Copy !req
452. should succeed him.Copy !req
453. Guards!Copy !req
454. Out of the way! Move!Copy !req
455. Halt!Copy !req
456. Turn!Copy !req
457. Present...Copy !req
458. arms!Copy !req
459. It is your great good fortuneCopy !req
460. and privilege...
to be here to witness this:Copy !req
461. a new day for our city...Copy !req
462. a new day for our realm.Copy !req
463. A new king... to lead us.Copy !req
464. May the Warrior give him courage.Copy !req
465. May the Smith
lend strength to his sword and shield.Copy !req
466. May the Father defend him in his need.Copy !req
467. May the Crone lift her shining lamp
and light his way to wisdom.Copy !req
468. The crown of the Conqueror,
passed down through generations.Copy !req
469. Let the Seven bear witness:Copy !req
470. Aegon Targaryen
is the true heir to the Iron Throne.Copy !req
471. All hail His Grace, Aegon,Copy !req
472. Second of his Name,Copy !req
473. King of the Andals and the Rhoynar
and the First Men,Copy !req
474. Lord of the Seven KingdomsCopy !req
475. and Protector of the Realm.Copy !req
476. Aegon the King!Copy !req
477. Aegon the King!
Long live Aegon!Copy !req
478. Open the doors!Copy !req
479. Open the doors!Copy !req
480. Get Helaena.Copy !req