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In the aftermath of yet different fiery battle. The Crabfeeder continues to wreak havoc connected the battlefield. Suddenly, Caraxes approaches, burning much of the battlfield. Daemon tries to lure the Crabfeeder out. The Crabfeeder’s men retaliate with fiery bows, truthful Daemon is forced to retreat with Caraxes.
This warfare with Crabfeeder has been going connected for a mates of years. Alicent has already joined Viserys and fixed commencement to Aegon II. She’s presently large with her 2nd child.
Viserys and Rhaenyra successful occurrence 3. (HBO)A messenger comes with quality astir the Stepstones and the Crabfeeder. Viserys dismisses what’s going connected with his member and the Sea Snake since they started a warfare without his explicit permission. He’s truly acrophobic astir Rhaenyra and demands to cognize wherever she is.
Alicent goes to find her. Rhaenyra remains stubborn and refuses to spot her father, truthful Alicent is forced to exert her powerfulness arsenic queen consort. She tells Rhaenyra astir the upcoming hunt and tries to get her to articulation in, but Rhaenyra is not having it. However, she does person to articulation Viserys, Alicent, and small Aegon II successful a carriage arsenic they caput to a celebration.
Viserys attempts yet again to get Rhaenyra to beryllium a portion of the hunt. She continues to beryllium dismissive. Viserys reminds her of her duties. “No one’s present for me,” she snaps. This solemnisation is for Aegon. The assemblage cheers for the kid erstwhile they arrive, and nary 1 adjacent inquires astir Rhaenyra, the aboriginal queen. She’s near unsocial successful the carriage.
Rhaenyra & Viserys Argue Over Marriage
At a celebration, the ladies beryllium and gossip with Alicent. Daemon’s warfare comes up, and Rhaenyra is asked astir him. She says she hasn’t spoken to him successful years. One of the women fundamentally blames this warfare connected Rhaenyra due to the fact that she was named heir implicit Daemon. Alicent defends Rhaenyra, telling everyone that Rhaenyra was “more suited to the role” of ruling Westeros than Daemon.
Rhaenyra meets Jason Lannister, who isn’t shy astir the proposition of marriage. Understandably, Rhaenyra gets annoyed and walks distant furious. She confronts her father, who enactment Jason up to this. He reveals that since she’s travel of property he’s gotten matrimony proposals from crossed the Realm.
“I bash not privation to get married,” she tells her father. Viserys stresses that she indispensable marry. She can’t debar work and tradition. Otto cuts their precise nationalist combat short, giving Rhaenyra clip to thrust distant connected horseback. Ser Criston Cole follows her. When helium catches up to her, Rhaenyra opens up astir the situation. She doesn’t privation to conscionable beryllium worthy expanding the lasting of a lord of Casterly Rock. She knows she’s much than that.
Rhaenyra and Criston successful the woods. (HBO)Back astatine base, Jason presents Viserys with a sword successful grant of Aegon II. He brings up the thought of marrying Rhaenyra again and says she would beryllium well-compensated for her “loss successful station,” meaning erstwhile Viserys names Aegon II his heir. Viserys rapidly reminds him that helium didn’t sanction Rhaenyra his heir “on a whim.” He adds, “All the lords of the kingdom would bash good to retrieve that.”
Otto reminds Viserys that helium is the king. He tin bid Rhaenyra to bash immoderate helium wants. Viserys doesn’t privation to unit his girl to bash anything. He wants her to beryllium happy. Otto has different proposition for Rhaenyra’s husband: Aegon II. Viserys looks astatine Otto successful axenic daze and past laughs disconnected the idea. Aegon II conscionable turned 2 years old. All this speech of matrimony and authorities annoys Viserys, truthful helium continues to portion and drink.
Lyonel Strong is the 1 to travel up with a decent suitor: Laenor Velaryon, the lad of the Sea Snake. Laenor is of axenic Valyrian descent and heir to the wealthiest location successful the Realm. Viserys doesn’t instantly cull the idea. He conscionable stumbles to his feet and walks away.
Rhaenyra & Criston Are Attacked
Criston pleads with Rhaenyra to instrumentality to base, but she wants to resistance retired this escapade arsenic agelong arsenic possible. “Do you deliberation the Realm volition ever judge maine arsenic their queen?” she asks him. Criston replies, “They’ll person nary prime but to.”
Later, they perceive thing stirring successful the woods. A warthog comes charging astatine them and knocks Criston down. The carnal goes aft Rhaenyra, and she tries to support it from attacking her face. Criston stabs the warthog earlier helium tin bash immoderate damage. Rhaenyra grabs her weapon and continues stabbing the warthog implicit and implicit again, unleashing each the choler she’s bottled up. By the clip she’s done, Rhaenyra is covered successful blood.
After proceeding astir suitor aft suitor for Rhaenyra, Viserys speaks with Alicent. He’s torn astir what to bash astir Rhaenyra and the succession. He claims that helium erstwhile dreamed a prophecy wherever his lad was king. His obsession with this prophecy killed Aemma. He confesses that helium thought naming Rhaenyra his heir would relieve him of the guilt he’s felt. Viserys says helium “never imagined” helium would remarry and person a son. “What if I was wrong?” Viserys asks, alluding to naming Rhaenyra his heir.
Viserys discusses Rhaenyra and a prophecy with Alicent. (HBO)The adjacent morning, a bloodstained Rhaenrya and Criston look retired astatine the onshore astir them. Suddenly, they spot a achromatic stag. Criston prepares to termination it, but Rhaenyra tells him no. She lets the achromatic stag locomotion distant free. They caput backmost to basal with the dormant warthog. All eyes are connected Rhaenyra erstwhile she returns. No one says a word.
Otto Believes Aegon II Will Be King Over Rhaenyra
Back successful King’s Landing, Otto goes to spot Alicent. He asks however she felt astir the celebration. Otto brings up that Aegon II is the “future of the Realm” and that Aegon II’s commencement ended 15 years of “uncertainty and doubt.”
Otto believes that Aegon II was calved to regularisation the Seven Kingdoms. Alicent doesn’t look blessed astir this discussion. Otto doesn’t fto up. He says if Rhaenyra “stepped over’ Aegon to ascend the throne the “Realm would teardrop itself apart.” Alicent reminds him that everyone already swore allegiance to her, but Otto responds that everyone did truthful earlier Aegon II was successful the picture.
“Rhaenyra would beryllium a bully queen,” Alicent says. Otto says it doesn’t matter. “Rhaenrya is simply a woman,” helium says. Alicent doesn’t privation to rise her lad to bargain his sister’s birthright. “It is Aegon who’s being wronged. He’s the firstborn lad of the king. To contradict that helium is heir to the throne is to assail the gods and men. The roadworthy up is uncertain, but the extremity is clear. Aegon volition beryllium king,” Otto declares.
Otto presses Alicent to person Viserys of this. When Alicent goes to spot her husband, Viserys is nursing a immense hangover. Rhaenrya’s matrimony prospects travel up again. Viserys says Rhaenyra needs a antheral who volition service arsenic her “king consort.” Alicent believes Rhaenyra volition marry, but she needs to deliberation it’s her choice.
Corlys’ member writes a missive to Viserys explaining however Daemon is losing the warfare astatine the Stepstones. It’s a plea for aid. Alicent persuades Viserys to nonstop assistance to Daemon and the Sea Snake. It’s champion for the Realm.
Laenor Velaryon successful occurrence 3. (HBO)‘You Will Not Be Supplanted’
Later, Rhaenyra and Viserys reason again. She’s inactive pissed astir the Jason Lannister situation. Viserys apologizes, insisting that helium was lone trying to help. He asks Rhaenyra wherefore she’s ever resisting him. “Because you mean to regenerate maine with Alicent Hightower’s son, the lad you ever wanted… You person nary further usage for me,” Rhaenyra says.
Viserys swears that she has “misjudged” him. “I bash not question to regenerate you, child,” Viserys says. He conscionable wants to spot her blessed and content. She calls him retired for each this speech of advantage. If this was astir advantage, helium would person joined Laena Velaryon and not Alicent.
Viserys emphasizes that there’s nary mode astir the obvious. He says that Rhaenrya indispensable wed to “strengthen up your ain claim, enactment up your succession, multiply.” Viserys leaves it successful her hands. “I did waver astatine 1 time. But I curse to you now, connected your mother’s memory, you volition not beryllium supplanted,” Viserys promises.
Daemon Kills The Crabfeeder
At the Stepstones, the Velaryons commencement to sermon their adjacent program of onslaught without Daemon. There’s decidedly immoderate hostility there. Daemon rides successful connected Caraxes and reads Viserys’ missive that says he’s sending help. Daemon returns to the battlefield and waves a achromatic flag. The Crabfeeder shows himself.
Daemon emerges victorious successful occurrence 3. (HBO)As Daemon becomes surrounded by the Crabfeeder’s men, helium kneels with his sword. One of Crabfeeder’s men takes his sword. It’s each a ruse. Daemon stabs the antheral and kills him. The arrows travel flying, but helium manages to evade them. Daemon continues to run.
More men complaint toward him. It’s a gruesome fight. It’s Daemon vs. everyone. He’s changeable with aggregate arrows. Daemon is genuinely astir to suffer battle, but helium stands with his sword acceptable for them. Just successful the knick of time, Daemon’s soldiers get and Leanor saves him portion riding Seasmoke.
The conflict rages on, and Daemon runs into the caves to spell aft the Crabfeeder personally. He retreats with the severed assemblage of Crabfeeder. Daemon is covered successful blood, but the warfare has been won.
