1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,160 Chaos and panic grips the Red Keep as the fog of morning 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:06,240 mingles with the fog of uncertainty. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,800 The music is dominant at first, much in the manner of season 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,360 six, episode 10 of Game of Thrones The Winds of Winter. 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:14,120 The one with the haunting piano music. 6 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:17,000 This time we've got haunting strings instead, and there's 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,360 dialogue, but it can't be made out over the music. 8 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:21,960 It's only been a few hours at most since the bloody murder of 9 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,040 Prince J Harris, but the fall has just begun. 10 00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:26,560 Welcome to another history of Westeros, House of the Dragon 11 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,400 breakdown. All the details, callbacks, 12 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:30,920 themes, and points of interest that we caught are here, and let 13 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,320 us know in the comments if we missed anything. 14 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,240 Don't forget to hit the notification bell so you can get 15 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,480 these explainers as soon as they drop. 16 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:38,200 The gates to the city are closed. 17 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,560 We see guards rounding up servants, a dog given a piece of 18 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,880 cloth to get a scent, and eventually a familiar face in 19 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,480 Sir Kristen Cole, who carries a look of guilt and shame, as is 20 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:49,400 proper and in this case somewhat deserved given his role in the 21 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,680 incident. Or perhaps lack of role is more 22 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,360 accurate. Allison as well believes her 23 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,800 relationship with Cole is partly to blame, that this is a 24 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,960 punishment for their sins. This was Damon, not the seven. 25 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,840 The music ends suddenly as we panned to King Aegon, lost to 26 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,000 grief and fury as he smashes his father's Valyrian models. 27 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,080 He shouts of traitors and villains that I declare war and 28 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,280 curiously fire from the sky. He screams I am the king. 29 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,000 A call back to win. Tywin Lannister told Joffrey any 30 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,440 man who must say I am the King King is no true king at all. 31 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,240 But he didn't say it, he screamed it. 32 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:21,760 The destruction of his father's beloved display represents how 33 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,760 Aegon views his father's legacy. It doesn't bode well, but it's 34 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,440 fitting that he's destroying the thing Viserys spent all his time 35 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,080 on. Instead of being a father or a 36 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,760 king, Aegon wants revenge and he wants it now. 37 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:34,720 He also does not want to play the political propaganda games 38 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,160 that Otto and the council believe will lend great support 39 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,200 to their cause. The claim that Jaris's blood 40 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,480 could do more for them than 1000 nights is made, and though it is 41 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,400 a cruel thing to say to a father, it is good advice to a 42 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:47,040 king. Politics must come before 43 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,840 sentiment is the message here, and given the enduring message 44 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,040 of Game of Thrones, you win or you die. 45 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,880 There's truth to this as well. If they don't play politics, 46 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,120 they will all be joining the young Prince in the grave. 47 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,440 Otto says they must investigate in case there is still danger or 48 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,320 a second enemy, but they will blame Rainier regardless and 49 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,800 capitalizing the consequences to her reputation. 50 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,520 Agons earlier rage vanishes into a wash of grief as he gives up 51 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,360 the argument. His sons body will be a 52 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,760 spectacle and his mother and sister wife the Queen will be 53 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,440 too. A lack of love and sympathy for 54 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,720 one another is on display here, and not for the first time with 55 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,560 the Greens. Egon and Helena pass each other 56 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,600 in the hall and Elena looks to him for something, anything, but 57 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,160 he cannot bring himself to speak to her. 58 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:27,160 This is how he was raised. His own mother stopped short of 59 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,280 comforting him and leaves him in tears without a word. 60 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:31,720 Elaine, of course, does not wish to share her grief with a bunch 61 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,000 of random strangers, but Allison talks her into it as she did her 62 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,760 son. Allison allows her father Otto 63 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,640 to see her grief, but not her children. 64 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:41,720 The first words of episode one are Duty is Sacrifice, remember? 65 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:44,520 And we know from A Song of Ice and Fire that it is often love 66 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,240 to get sacrificed to the altar of duty as it is here in episode 67 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,680 2 when it is most needed. The procession leaves 68 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,800 immediately without even a change of location. 69 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:55,120 In fact, we stay at the Red Key for about 15 full minutes to 70 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,440 start the episode of what is approximately a 69 minute 71 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,440 episode. Nice, but the procession is not 72 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:02,360 nice at all. Helena can barely contain her 73 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,520 discomfort as the crowd gathers and the words of a priest ring 74 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,480 out. Behold the works of Rainier, a 75 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:11,240 pretender to the throne, Defiler of the innocent and Kinslayer. 76 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,720 The crowd shouts out terms that will later be associated with 77 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,120 characters yet to be born. Rainier the Monstrous and 78 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,200 another name. Rainier or the Cruel, the name 79 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,000 of the episode and meant to remind the realm of Megor, the 80 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:22,960 worst Targaryen king to date in this era. 81 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,000 Rainier's initial reaction is confusion, especially when 82 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,480 confronted with the idea that even some of her own people 83 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,360 believe her capable of issuing such a foul command. 84 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,680 There's argument and clamor with Lord Celtagard declaring that 85 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,360 this has done immeasurable damage to our 'cause. 86 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:40,520 It's only when Rainier realizes Damon has said nothing at all 87 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,040 during the meeting that she understands that he is the 88 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,960 guilty one. When Rainier confronts Damon 89 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,120 about the murder, she accuses him of putting his grievances 90 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:49,480 before their claim to the throne. 91 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,560 Before her claim to the throne, it must be said. 92 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,040 Now weakened, she points out Damon claims Viserys feared him, 93 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,680 but Ranira corrects that notion, saying no, he wasn't afraid of 94 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,200 you, he couldn't trust you. She declares that she cannot 95 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,600 trust him either and believes his former ambitions are still 96 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,600 in play. He angrily denies this and 97 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:07,640 storms off to Caraxis. Leaving the island, Raney's and 98 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,000 Carly's have another of their bedroom chats where they wonder 99 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,560 about Damon's ability to be a follower, but suggest winning 100 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,240 Harren Hall would make up for a lot. 101 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,560 Baylor also believes he's headed for Harren Hall and has a 102 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,040 conversation with Jace. After a brief chat with Ranira 103 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,079 while showing her skill with the crossbow, they discussed their 104 00:04:21,079 --> 00:04:23,880 fathers, says she has a love hate relationship with Damon, 105 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,560 and asks about her uncle Lenor and then Sir Harwin Strong. 106 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,360 It's clear she knows and that Jace knows she knows. 107 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,200 Rainier orders Bela to take her dragon and watch King's Landing 108 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,120 from a distance. She'll be able to see ships, 109 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,000 armies or Dragons coming and or going, though ships can't go 110 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,840 very far with the blockade. Tightening The blockade is 111 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:45,480 referenced as well by Hugh Hammer and his wife Kat, who we 112 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,320 see watching the funeral procession earlier. 113 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,040 As food is growing more expensive every day and those 114 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,240 with means begin to hoard, they also worry that Aegon will not 115 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,560 fulfill his promise to pay The Smiths in advance. 116 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,200 Allen of Hollows reunited with his brother Adam, a shipwright. 117 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,720 They also discuss food, but as they are working for the 118 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,920 perpetrators of the blockade, they're not wanting. 119 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,360 Adam encourages Allen to serve directly with Lord Corliss 120 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,960 because it's a means to fortune and because the Sea Snake owes 121 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,640 them something. The plot thickens when a later 122 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,440 scene shows a dragon that appears to be sea smoke circling 123 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,360 high above Adam. He watches in awe as we wonder 124 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,840 what's on his mind. And I do mean both of them. 125 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,240 Earlier, Prince Damon returned to his quarters to find the 126 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,160 secret passage open and the coins he left in the map missing 127 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,520 except for one that was dropped. He studies it and for a moment 128 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,400 the coin covers his eye. A golden dragon, the sigil of 129 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,160 the greens, covering his one good eye. 130 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:34,920 That symbolism, my friends. He quickly learns he was the 131 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,320 target of the assassins, but rather than it making him 132 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,680 frightful, it puffs up his ego. Like Damon's belief that Viserys 133 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,680 feared him, Amon in turn believes Damon fears him. 134 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:46,040 They're both wrong. He was in a brothel the night of 135 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,200 the murderer. The same one we see Cole and 136 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,320 Amon visit in season one episode so 9. 137 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,200 While looking for Aegon, Eamon tells the Madam that he regrets 138 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,920 quote that business with Luke confirming that it wasn't his 139 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,440 intention to kill, only that he lost his temper. 140 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:01,400 She reminds him that it is the small folk who suffer when 141 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,200 Princess lose their temper. A call back to virus is lined to 142 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:05,720 Ned. Why is it always the innocents 143 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,400 who suffer most when you high Lords play your Game of Thrones? 144 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,920 A topic Eamon does not raises whether or not he considers 145 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,160 himself heir to the throne over his knees, Jahara. 146 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,560 This is a consequence of Jahara's death that has yet to 147 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,720 be fully explored. Some of the houses supporting 148 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:19,680 the Greens want only men on the throne. 149 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,240 Might withhold their support if Jahara is named Aegon's heir. 150 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:24,920 Another consequence is more apparent. 151 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,520 Laris informs the council that they've caught a gold cloak in 152 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,920 possession of the prince's head. The prisoner quickly admits 153 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,600 Damon hired him before the king takes his revenge personally. 154 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,120 Part of it anyway. As he continues to drink, the 155 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,680 King's rage turns to excitement as a plan is given to him by Sir 156 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:42,960 Kristen Cole, who is eager to wipe out his own shame but not 157 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:44,480 eager to take responsibility for it. 158 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,040 He throws the blame at Sir Arek in what was likely a false 159 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,280 display of anger designed to guilt the knight into taking 160 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:52,080 direct. Or maybe Sir Kristen really is 161 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,360 that big of a hypocrite. After first shaming him over a 162 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,080 literal stain on his cloak, he refers to the bigger 163 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,920 metaphorical stain of a Prince dying on his watch. 164 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,760 This is clearly projection on Cole's part, and Sir Ark knows 165 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,160 it. He points out that Sir Kristen 166 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,560 is the Lord Commander, not him, that he was where he was 167 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,080 supposed to be with the King. And why exactly didn't Sir 168 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,640 Kristen have any guards posted at Queen Helena's chambers, 169 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:14,840 where the heir and his young sister slept every night? 170 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,600 But as is well established, Sir Ark is a man of duty and the 171 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,320 guilt trip works well enough despite the hypocrisy. 172 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:23,000 The Lord Commander orders Sir Ark to go to Dragonstone to kill 173 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,760 Ranira, expecting that the guards will mistake him for his 174 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:27,520 twin brother. Otto learns of this and is 175 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,360 stunned that this prank, as he calls it, was put into action 176 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,840 without consulting the council. He learns this just after he 177 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,680 discovers that Egon has hanged the city rat catchers. 178 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,560 The guilty man was indeed hanged, but so were 99 innocent 179 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:40,400 ones. This is a call back to Megor the 180 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,760 Cruel, who had all the builders executed after having the Red 181 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,880 Keeps tunnels built. This scene is also the first 182 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,520 time we see Off the White, though his role is yet to come. 183 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,720 Otto, a man who always thinks of politics first, who chooses his 184 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,720 words carefully, doesn't do either and loses his temper. 185 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,640 He compounds his unwise yet understandable diatribe by 186 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,720 bringing up King Viserys legacy, but as we pointed out earlier, 187 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:04,440 Aegon isn't a fan of his father's legacy and doesn't want 188 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:06,320 to be like him. Just as Aegon and Cole can't 189 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,080 help themselves in their pursuit of immediate violent 190 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,400 gratification, Otto can't seem to help himself in thinking of 191 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,560 Aegon as his grandson instead of as the King. 192 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:16,640 He goes too far and remembering the recent advice by Laurice, 193 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,200 Aegon fires him, replacing him with Sir Kristen. 194 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,720 The security failure is apparently forgiven by way of an 195 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,640 assassination plot. He says that his new hand will 196 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,800 be a steel fist. Fresh off is firing. 197 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,280 Otto speaks with Allison in private about how they can get 198 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,120 back in control of their family. The script has been flipped 199 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:33,720 here. Otto and Allison were constantly 200 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,000 in odds in season one, now they're working directly 201 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,640 together. Meanwhile it is the reverse for 202 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:39,200 the Blacks. Ranira and Damon were in 203 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,600 cooperation on most things in season one, but now their trust 204 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,919 is in question and they are not currently working in concert. 205 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:46,520 Damon and Otto both scoring their sovereign on the way out 206 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,000 while pointing to how little King Viserus thought of them. 207 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,480 Damon tells Renira she wouldn't have been queen if not for 208 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,160 Viserys needing a way to push him aside, while Otto scorns 209 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,520 Aegons belief that Viseros wanted him to be king at all. 210 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,360 Damon is discussed. Seemed to be heading for 211 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,360 Harrenhal, while Otto says he'll go to Old Town, where Allison's 212 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,000 other son Daron is a Squire and a dragon rider and obedient. 213 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,160 Allison still believes she can steer her son, the King, in the 214 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,760 right direction, but her feelings of guilt related to her 215 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:13,800 sin remains strong, which Otto tells her to keep to herself. 216 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,520 She returns almost immediately to that very same sin upon 217 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,640 finding Sir Kristen waiting in her bed chamber. 218 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,480 A hot guy who took a vow of chastity. 219 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,400 A hot woman who was married to a much older, not to mention sick, 220 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,160 man as a teenager. There's no temptation here 221 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,800 whatsoever. Let's not forget this was once 222 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,280 Rainier his bed chamber, but Cole has now gotten more action 223 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:32,600 in that room than either of them. 224 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,080 Rainier his portion of the episode will also have a climax 225 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:36,920 in her bedroom. But before that there's a scene 226 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:38,880 with her that takes place in Dragon Sons library. 227 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:40,680 Look at all those books and scrolls. 228 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:43,320 It is lore porn. Or would be if we could see the 229 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,000 pages. We only get like two. 230 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,800 She reads a book about Visenya and ancestors she seems to have 231 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,320 some interest in. Recall back in season one 232 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,880 episode one that while her father wanted a boy to be named 233 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,480 Bailon, Rainiera wanted the newborn to be a sister named 234 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,520 Asenia. Last episodes of Blockade picked 235 00:09:57,520 --> 00:09:59,440 up the White Worm fleeing King's Landing. 236 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:01,680 Mazzaria believes the Hightower's burned her home and 237 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:04,680 is partly right. She also believes men like Otto 238 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:07,040 and Damon will never accept her. And she's completely right. 239 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,960 She told Sir Eric, last time we met there were two of you, and 240 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,400 this turned out to be foreshadowing of sorts. 241 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,280 Mazzaria is skilled at mixing deeply held truths with 242 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,720 fabrications, and she wins enough of Rainiera's trust to be 243 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,320 given the freedom that Damon promised her. 244 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,400 Despite her complicity in Blood and Cheese. 245 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,160 She might gain even more than trust after the event at the end 246 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,320 of the episode, we'll see. But it's a big deal to save a 247 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,800 Queen's life, and it's strongly implied that's what's happened, 248 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,760 that she rushed back to the castle to inform Sir Eric that 249 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:33,680 his brother was masquerading as him. 250 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,680 Sir Eric is able to evade his brother by hiding around a 251 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:39,120 corner, but everyone else he simply walks past. 252 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,640 Much of it is quite similar to Blood, and she's simply walking 253 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,200 past everyone like they belonged. 254 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,600 Sir Eric strolls past the Painted Table, not unlike how 255 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,680 they walked through the throne room past Sir Arik. 256 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,040 Then he takes Sir Laurent Marbrand away from his post at 257 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:56,240 Rainier Chambers and waits a bit longer, presumably for Sir 258 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:58,360 Laurent to get further away. Then he makes his move. 259 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,560 He enters slowly, showing some hesitation, and indeed he had 260 00:11:02,560 --> 00:11:05,040 earlier expressed grave reservations about a night of 261 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,480 the Kingsguard, quote trafficking in deception. 262 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:10,320 Once again, however, his sense of duty takes hold, but not 263 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,040 before his brother was warned and manages to interrupt him 264 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,040 just in time. The two brothers clash in a 265 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,080 moment that will reverberate through the ages. 266 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,320 I wonder if the onlookers had any clue they were watching a 267 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,320 legend play out before their eyes, but that's exactly what 268 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,040 happened. This duel is mentioned not only 269 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,360 in the historical sources Fire and Blood and The World of Ice 270 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:30,000 and Fire, but in Brands second chapter of A Game of Thrones 271 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,560 book one. He grew up wanting to be a King 272 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,280 Transguard himself and recalls their tragic duel as one of the 273 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,720 most famous events in White Sword history. 274 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,400 In fact, they're mentioned before Rainier and Egon ever 275 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:40,760 are. House of the Dragon combined 276 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:42,960 elements from the histories to give us a thrilling and tragic 277 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:44,400 fight. They expressed love for each 278 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,840 other that differing views on duty tore them apart, all while 279 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,520 sending identical blows at one another. 280 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:52,920 The BTS makes it clear that each brother received an identical 281 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:56,720 wound in the leg and in the arm, and they didn't want people to 282 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,280 even know that much. The onlookers in the room, as 283 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,120 well as all of us watching, had little idea which brother was 284 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:05,600 which until Sir Eric fell on his sword in grief, believing 285 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,400 himself to be responsible for the threat. 286 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,000 It's confirmed that that was him and that Ranira understood it as 287 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:12,840 soon as he called her Your Grace. 288 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,880 Even though he defeated that deadly threat and in doing so 289 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,960 performed the highest duty possible for a Kings Guard or 290 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:22,880 Queens Guard, he felt the most pain he had ever felt in slaying 291 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:24,760 his twin. Episode one had a theme of duty, 292 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,200 but episode 2 saw duty cast aside for revenge and all the 293 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,680 accompanying consequences to both perpetrator and victims. 294 00:12:30,680 --> 00:12:33,400 The escalation towards All at War with Dragons continues. 295 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:35,920 Make sure to catch History of Westeros full podcast episode 296 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,120 where everything here and much more is discussed in greater 297 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:39,400 detail. And check out our preview 298 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,800 episodes filled with predictions and guesses and theories but 299 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,560 never leaks. Until next time, Valari Ritas.