왕좌의게임 TV시리즈 이전의 역사와 전설들 1

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처음 본 영상들이 있어서 재미있게 봤는데 예전에 공개된 영상들의 원본이군요.

원본은 원래 시간순으로 편집되었었고 여러가지 에피소드의 합본 형태이군요.. 아직은 영어 자막입니다.. 나중에 시간되면 천천히 번역해드릴께요..

소설 얼불노를 읽어보신 분이라면 무리없이 읽을 수 있다고 생각합니다.

1. 영어 자막편(고화질)

목차

1. 0:00:01 The children of the forest, The fist man, and the andals(Bran Stark

speaking)

2. 0:05:44 The Old gods and the New(Bran & Catelyn Stark)

3. 0:08:47 The History of the night's watch(Jeor Morment, Maester Luwin, Tywin

Lannister)

4. 0:18:40 The order of the maesters(Maester Luwin)

5. 0:21:15 Valyria & the dragons(Viserys Targaryen, Robb Stark)

6. 0:29:21 Mad king Aerys(Robert Baratheon, Maester Ruwin, Tywin Lannister)

7. 0:38:26 Robert's rebellion(Robert Baratheon, Viserys Targayen)

8. 0:44:18 The sack of King's Landing(Viserys Targayen, Robert Baratheon, Maester

Luwin, Tywin Lannister)

9. 0:56:17 House Stark(Bran & Robb Stark)

10. 0:58:32 House Lannister(Tywin Lannister)

11. 1:02:21 House Targaryen(Viserys Targaryen)

12. 1:05:32 House Baratheon(Robert Baratheon)

13. 1:08:13 House Arryn(Catelyn Stark)

2. 저화질(유튜브에서 삭제 될까봐 원본 화일을 카페에도 올립니다.)

: 다음 카페에다가 동영상을 올리면 자막을 인식하지 못해서 자막과 함께 별도의 인코딩을 해야 하네요.. 불편하네요..

(1) 영어자막

(2) 무자막

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자막원문(작업하기 위해 번역전에 올리는 겁니다. 필요하신분은 별도로 오쳥하세요)

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Bran: In the Dawn Age of Westeros,
before the coming of man

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and the raising of castles and cities,

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there were only the Children of the Forest.

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Little is known of them now,

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but it is said they were small in stature,
dark and beautiful,

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and no taller than children
when grown to manhood.

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They lived in the depths
of the forests and hidden villages,

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crannogs and caves.

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They hunted with weirwood bows

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and armed themselves
with blades of obsidian.

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Their wise men were
called greenseers,

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and were possessed of a powerful magic.

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They worshiped nameless,
faceless gods of the forest,

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stream and stone.

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According to legend,
it was they who carved faces

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in the great white trunks
of the majestic weirwoods -

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their deep-cut eyes were red with sap,
and ever watchful.

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12,000 years ago, the First Men
came from the eastern continent,

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crossing a land bridge
called the Arm of Dorne.

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Riding their great horses
and wielding weapons of bronze,

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they cut down the Children's forests
and weirwoods.

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A terrible war raged between
the Children and the First Men

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that lasted for centuries.

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At long last, the two races sought an end
to the years of horror and bloodshed.

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They met on a small isle in the center
of a great lake called the God's Eye.

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It was there they forged the Pact.

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The First Men would be granted
dominion over the coastland,

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the mountains,
the high plains and the bogs,

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but the deep forest would
forever belong to the Children,

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and no weirwood tree
would ever again fall to man's ax.

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To seal the pact before the gods,

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the Children carved a face
in every weirwood tree on the island,

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which came to be known
as the Isle of Faces.

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But the pact could not withstand
the coming of the Andals -

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a race of tall, fair-haired warriors.

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They attacked with fire
and weapons of steel,

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slaughtering the Children of the Forest
wherever they could find them,

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burning out their weirwood groves,

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hacking away at the faces of the old gods,

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and spreading their own religion
through the land.

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Centuries of war followed,

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and the Andals conquered every kingdom
in Westeros, save one -

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the North.

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The Kings of Winter were able
to withstand the Andal invasion.

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The descendents of the First Men
dwell there to this day

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and continue to worship the old gods.

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As for the Children of the Forest,

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those who survived the slaughter
were said to have fled far north

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and have not been seen again.

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Most assume they're long dead,

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and some don't believe
they ever existed.

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They live on only through
song and legend,

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and in the faces
of the weirwood trees.

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Bran: When Aegon the Conqueror
invaded Westeros,

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he had seven kingdoms to contend with -

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the Kingdom of the North,

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the Kingdom of the Mountain
and the Vale,

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the Iron Islands,
the Kingdom of the Rock,

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the Kingdom of the Reach,
the Stormlands,

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and Dorne.

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These regions had been established
by the First Men thousands of years before,

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in the Age of Heroes.

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One hero of this fabled age
was Bran the Builder.

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Bran raised the Wall
and built the stronghold of Winterfell,

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establishing House Stark

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and reigning as the first
king in the North.

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Other legends tell of the Grey King
in the Iron Islands.

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Grey King took a mermaid to wife
and defeated Nagga,

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the first sea dragon.

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House Greyjoy of Pyke -
the current rulers of the region -

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claim to descend from him.

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House Casterly ruled
the gold-rich Westerlands

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from their mighty seat of Casterly Rock.

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But their lands and power
were swindled from them

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by the legendary trickster
Lann the Clever.

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The noble house of Lannister
is said to have descended from him.

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The verdant and fertile lands
of the Reach

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were first ruled by House Gardener.

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Its founder,
known as Garth Greenhand,

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wore a crown of flowers and vines.

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He ruled from Highgarden
as the first King of the Reach,

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and was said to have made
the land bloom.

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Many noble houses trace
their bloodlines back to him,

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including the current lords of Highgarden,
House Tyrell.

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In the Stormlands,
according to ballads of the age,

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a warrior named Durran
fell in love with Elenei,

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whose father was God of the Sea

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and mother was Goddess of the Wind.

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She gave her maidenhead to him,

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committing herself to a mortal life.

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In rage, her parents
called upon the winds and waters,

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destroying Durran's bayside keep

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and wiping out his wedding gift.

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Durran declared war on the gods
and rebuilt his keep,

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which was also destroyed.

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Four more castles he raised,
each stronger than the last.

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All fell to the power of the gods.

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But Durran's seventh castle, Storm's End,
withstood the gods' rage.

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Durran became known
as Durran Godsgrief

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and reigned as the first Storm King.

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There are countless other tales
from the Age of Heroes,

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too many to count.

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These histories weren't
recorded in a book,

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but passed down
from generation to generation

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through story and song.

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And while some of them
may be dismissed as fairy tales,

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every one of the Seven Kingdoms
is defined by them.

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Catelyn:
In the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros,

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the dominant religion
is the Faith of the Seven,

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first brought to its shores
by the Andals

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some 6,000 years ago.

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Bran: But there are some
who still keep to the old way,

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worshiping the faceless gods

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of the Children of the Forest
and the First Men.

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The old gods are countless,
nameless spirits of nature.

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In ancient times,
the Children of the Forest

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carved faces in the trunks
of the weirwood trees,

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which became sacred symbols
of their faith.

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In time, the First Men adopted
the Children's gods as their own.

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Most castles at that time
contained a godswood

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with a weirwood or a heart tree
at its center.

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Catelyn: Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea,

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a new religion was born
in the hills of Andalos.

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According to legend, the God of Seven
revealed itself to the Andals,

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and the invasion of Westeros
followed soon after.

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The Andals sailed across the sea

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on ships armed
with weapons of steel.

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Some warriors carved
a seven-pointed star into their skin

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as a symbol of their new faith.

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The invaders destroyed most of
the weirwoods in the southern land,

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slaughtered the Children of the Forest
wherever they could find them,

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and conquered every kingdom
of the First Men, save the North.

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In time, the Faith of the Seven
spread like wildfire throughout the land.

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The Seven is a single deity
with seven aspects,

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each symbolizing a different area of life,

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though most people refer to the Seven
as separate gods.

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The Mother is prayed to for mercy

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and watches over fertility,
childbirth and peace.

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The Father sits in judgment over souls.

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The Warrior is prayed to for protection,
valor and skill in battle.

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The Crone is the symbol
of wisdom and foresight.

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The Smith watches over creation
and craftsmanship.

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The Maiden symbolizes purity,
love and beauty.

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Finally, there is the Stranger -
rarely prayed to -

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who represents death.

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The Faith is highly organized
and deeply influential

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in Westerosi politics and culture

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as the official religion of the monarchy.

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Worshipers gather in temples of the Faith
called septs.

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The seat of the Faith
is the Great Sept of Baelor,

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which is located in the capital city
of King's Landing.

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Bran: Still, in the North,
where descendants of the First Men dwell,

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worship of the old gods
continues to this day,

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and the sacred faces
of the weirwood trees

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keep close watch over the faithful.

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Mormont: Night gathers,
and now my watch begins.

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It shall not end until my death.

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I shall take no wife, hold no lands,
father no children.

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I shall wear no crowns
and win no glory.

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I shall live and die at my post.

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I am the sword in the darkness.

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I am the watcher on the walls.

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I am the shield that guards
the realms of men.

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I pledge my life and honor
to the Night's Watch,

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for this night and all the nights to come.

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Legend tells of a winter
that lasted a generation,

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and of a vast and terrible darkness
that fell across the land.

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It came to be known
as the Long Night.

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In the midst of this darkness,

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the white walkers
emerged from the Far North.

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With their armies of the dead,

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they waged war against the living,

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laying waste to villages and holdfasts,

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leaving terror and destruction
in their wake.

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After years of brutal conflict
and unbearable loss,

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an alliance of the First Men
and the Children of the Forest

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managed to drive the walkers
and their minions

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back into the frigid northern wastelands
from whence they came.

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To prevent another invasion,

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the First Men erected the Wall -

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a massive fortification
700 feet in height,

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stretching from the Frostfang Mountains
in the West

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to the Bay of Seals in the East.

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It was a structure
unlike any ever built.

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Indeed, some maintain
it could only have been completed

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with the aid of giants,

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or using the powerful magic
of the ancient Children of the Forest.

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Men were required to guard
and maintain it,

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and thus the Night's Watch was born -

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a sworn brotherhood tasked
with defending the realms of men

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against the dark forces
that lay beyond.

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Upon taking his vows,

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a Brother of the Night's Watch
serves for life.

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It is a life of hardship
and great sacrifice,

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so the oath must not be taken lightly.

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The punishment for desertion
is death.

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The Night's Watch is divided
into three vital branches -

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the rangers, the builders,
and the stewards.

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While all Black Brothers are expected
to take up steel should the need arise,

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the rangers are the true warriors
of the Watch.

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Centuries come and gone,

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and although the white walkers
have yet to return,

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another threat has emerged -

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barbarian tribes known as wildlings.

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The rangers are charged
with defending the realm

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against these lawless savages.

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The builders are carpenters,
masons, miners and woodsmen,

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tasked with maintaining the Wall,

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as well as its various keeps,
towers and structures,

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which have fallen into disrepair
over the years.

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The stewards serve as cooks,
butchers and hunters.

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They tend to the horses
and messenger ravens,

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sew clothing, gather firewood,

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and bring supplies up from the South.

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The Night's Watch is a diverse group -

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proud volunteers from noble houses

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stand side by side with petty thieves
conscripted from dungeons.

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Class distinctions are left behind,
as are past misdeeds.

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A man gets what he earns
on the Wall.

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And even the lowliest guttersnipe
can rise up in rank

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if he proves himself worthy.

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For thousands of years,

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the Brothers of the Night's Watch
have stood their lonely vigil.

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As the seasons changed,

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as brutal wars raged in the South,

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as dynasties rose and fell,

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the Night's Watch endured.

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We are the swords in the darkness.

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We are the watchers on the Wall.

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We are the shields
that guard the realms of men.

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Luwin: Joining the Night's Watch,
or taking the black,

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is a singular honor
for any northerner.

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For it was in the North,
some 8,000 years ago,

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that the First Men
drove back the white walkers,

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erected the Wall,

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and established
the sworn brotherhood

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that would guard the realm and its people
from the dangers beyond.

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Regrettably, the Night's Watch no longer
commands the widespread respect

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and admiration it once did.

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While House Stark and other houses
in the northern regions

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continue to recognize
its vital importance

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to the safety and stability
of the realm,

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this view is not shared
by the powerful houses

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of the southern kingdoms,
or their subjects.

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Most regard the Watch
as a misguided, obsolete order

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made up of useless outcasts.

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Admittedly, the current Night's Watch
is a shadow of its former glory.

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Their numbers have dwindled
to less than a thousand.

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Of the 19 castles along the Wall,

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only three are functional -

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the Shadow Tower, Castle Black,
and Eastwatch-by-the-Sea.

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And the Watch's mandate
of adding to the Wall

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has been abandoned entirely.

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There are barely enough resources
to maintain it.

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Recruiting officers -
known as wandering crows -

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scour the dungeons and slums
of the realm

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in hope of finding men
to fill the ranks.

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While there is still the occasional
high-born volunteer,

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the newest recruits are almost entirely
made up of lowly criminals -

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thieves, rapists and murderers -

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sentenced to the Wall
as punishment for their crimes.

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The decline of this once-fabled order
is troubling,

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as the danger it guards against
is all too real.

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While the white walkers haven't been
seen or heard from in ages,

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and may very well be the stuff of myth,

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barbarian tribes that dwell
beyond the Wall -

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known as wildlings -

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have been a menace to the North
and its people for generations.

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At certain points in history,
the disparate wildling tribes

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have united behind a single leader -

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a king beyond the Wall -

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and attempted large-scale attacks
against the Realm.

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But, thanks to the resourceful
and courageous men of the Night's Watch,

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these so-called kings
were soundly defeated.

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While many have lost faith
in the Night's Watch,

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the people of the North
are steadfast in their belief

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that the Black Brothers
will answer the call of duty.

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But with winter coming,

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diminished numbers,
and a lack of widespread support,

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will they be ready?

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Tywin: Long ago, in the wintry North,

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an army of demons emerged
from beneath the icy ground

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and spread darkness and despair
across the land.

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Astride their monstrous spiders,
flanked by giants,

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they wreaked havoc on the innocent,
slaughtering thousands.

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All hope was lost
until the fearless warriors

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of the first Night's Watch

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drove them back
into the wintry mountains

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and built a magic wall
to keep them from ever invading again.

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These stalwart Brothers in Black
continue to protect us even to this day

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from the evils that lurk
in the shadows.

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An absurd lie,

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a fairy tale spun by
many a wet nurse in the North.

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To be sure, a giant wall does exist-

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a triumph of engineering, perhaps,
but not of magic.

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As for the Night's Watch,

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there may have been a time,
centuries ago,

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when there was prestige and honor

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in the miserable, monastic life
of a Black Brother.

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But now the Wall has become
a glorified penal colony,

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full of outcasts, criminals
and assorted ne'er-do-wells.

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Today, a typical man
of the Night's Watch

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most likely started out a lowly beggar,

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or a rapist, or a village idiot.

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As for the few high-born Watchmen,

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they either fought
on the losing side of a war,

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or were disowned by their parents
for one reason or another.

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Those who persist in defending
the Night's Watch

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will claim the Seven Kingdoms
need protection

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from the wildling tribes of the Far North.

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But there's little to fear
from those primitives.

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They're a nuisance,

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but not sophisticated or powerful enough
to be a significant threat to the realm.

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And any talk of White Walkers
returning with their armies of the dead

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and their giant spiders
and their snarks,

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is just that - talk.

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Luwin: In the far southwest of Westeros,

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at the mouth of the River Honeywine,

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lies the great stone city of Oldtown.

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It is home to the Citadel,

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where men and boys
from throughout the kingdoms

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come to receive their training
as maesters.

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Maesters play an integral role
in Westerosi society,

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serving as scholars, healers,
and advisers

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to the nobility of the Seven Kingdoms.

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This venerable order of learned men

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dedicate their lives
to serving the realm,

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and are sworn to occupy
a neutral position

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when it comes to power and politics.

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Upon completing his training
at the Citadel and taking his vows,

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a maester renounces his family name
and takes a vow of celibacy.

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He is assigned to a castle or keep,

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and duty-bound to serve
as its counselor and healer,

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even if control of the castle
changes hands.

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A maester's allegiance
is to the realm,

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not to any one family.

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His badge of office
is a great chain,

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forged from links of different metals,
which he wears around his neck.

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It is a reminder of his role
as a servant of the realm

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and is never to be removed.

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A maester forges his chain with study,

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and each link represents the mastery
of a different kind of learning.

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For instance, a silver link signifies
mastery of the medicinal arts.

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A golden link represents
the study of money and accounting.

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An iron link indicates
knowledge of war craft.

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Ravenry is an especially important skill
for a maester,

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as it is he who breeds, trains,
and maintains carrier ravens

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for the delivering of messages
throughout the land.

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There are some maesters who have earned
a link forged of Valyrian steel.

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This signifies knowledge
of the higher mysteries,

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commonly known as magic.

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Only one maester in a hundred
possesses such a link,

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as this field of study is frowned upon
by many in the order.

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It is possible magic may have existed
for a time long ago,

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but most consider the higher mysteries
to be long gone from this world.

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Service as a maester
is a noble calling,

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one of vital importance
to a prosperous realm.

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It is little wonder there are some
who refer to the order

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as the Knights of the Mind.

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Viserys: East of Westeros
lies the Smoking Sea,

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where no ship dare sail.

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There are those who swear it
to be demon-haunted,

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and who's to say they're wrong?

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For it was there,
thousands of years ago,

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that a cataclysmic event occurred,

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destroying one of the great
civilizations in history.

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The precise details
of their origins are lost to us,

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but it is said the Valyrians were once
a modest community of shepherds,

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tending their flocks
on a small peninsula

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of the great eastern continent.

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One fateful day, in a volcanic area
known as the Fourteen Fires,

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they made a shattering discovery -

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dragons.

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They were monstrous scaled creatures,

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with massive wings,
sharp claws and fiery breath.

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They were also said to have
a deep-rooted connection to magic.

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In time, the Valyrians were able
to tame the beasts.

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Harnessing their immense power,
they established a city of wonder

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unlike any before or since.

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They became skilled at sorcery
and metallurgy,

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creating uncommon weapons
of spell-forged steel.

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Wielding these weapons,
astride their dragons,

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the Valyrians conquered
the surrounding lands

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and slowly expanded west.

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At the time, the Ghiscari Empire dominated
much of the great eastern continent,

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and tried to stop Valyria's expansion.

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The Ghiscari legions attacked
the Valyrians five times,

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but could never defeat them.

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Finally, the Valyrians
marched on their capital - Old Ghis -

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and obliterated it,

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turning its streets and buildings to ash
with dragon flame,

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and wiping the Ghiscari people
and their culture off the face of the earth.

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The Freehold of Valyria,
as it came to be known,

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became the most advanced civilization
in the known world,

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with its own language,
gods and culture.

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The Valyrians' reach
extended far and wide,

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covering most of the continent.

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Great cities were built
and roadways paved,

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all of which led back to Valyria.

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The Freehold would prosper
for nearly 5,000 years.

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But it was not to last.

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An event that became known
only as the Doom

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laid waste to the Valyrians,

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their capital city
and its surrounding lands.

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The peninsula itself was shattered,

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becoming what is now
the Smoking Sea.

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Every dragon
was thought to be lost,

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as were the Valyrians' spells,
knowledge and recorded history.

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00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,919
Thus the mighty empire collapsed.

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00:24:07,919 --> 00:24:09,470
What caused this cataclysm?

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No one knows for certain.

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Some say it was a volcanic eruption.

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00:24:15,950 --> 00:24:19,049
Others say the Valyrians' own sorcery
got the better of them.

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In any event, the Doom's devastation
of the Valyrian people was total...

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with the exception of a small
rocky island in the Narrow Sea -

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Dragonstone.

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For it was there that the Targaryens -
the last of Old Valyria - dwelled.

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They would lie in wait
for another hundred years

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before unleashing the fury of the dragon
on another continent-

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Westeros.

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Viserys: The days of the Andals
were numbered.

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One by one, their so-called kings
were bending the knee

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00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,789
or facing the wrath of Aegon Targaryen.

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Aegon of old Valyria,
Aegon who was blood of the dragon.

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00:25:12,140 --> 00:25:14,330
After defeating the lronmen
at Harrenhal

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and slaying
the last of the Storm Kings,

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Aegon and his sisters,
Rhaenys and Visenya,

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set their sights on other prizes -

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the gold mines of the Rock

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and the fertile lands of the Reach.

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King Loren Lannister of the Rock

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and King Mern Gardener of the Reach

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foolishly thought their combined armies

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could beat back the Targaryen host.

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They rode forth together,

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their proud banners flapping in the wind,

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00:25:43,860 --> 00:25:49,059
and faced off against Aegon
in a vast golden field of wheat.

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The two kings commanded
a massive force of nearly 60,000,

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and it appeared the day was theirs.

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Until Aegon unleashed
all three of his dragons,

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for the first and only time.

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Each beast was named after
the Valyrian gods of Aegon's forefathers.

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Visenya rode Vhagar,

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whose fiery breath could melt armor.

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00:26:13,570 --> 00:26:16,779
Rhaenys rode Meraxes,

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whose jaws were big enough
to swallow a horse whole.

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00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:25,039
The greatest of all...
was Balerion the Black Dread,

448
00:26:25,039 --> 00:26:28,240
with fire dark as night and wings so huge,

449
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:32,460
whole towns were covered in shadow
when he flew overhead.

450
00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:36,580
This magnificent creature
was ridden by Aegon himself.

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00:26:36,580 --> 00:26:41,789
4,000 men were bathed
in glorious dragon flame that day,

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on what came to be known
as the Field of Fire.

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King Mern was among the dead,

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and House Gardener died with him.

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00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,299
His stewards, the Tyrells,

456
00:26:53,299 --> 00:26:57,039
surrendered his ancestral stronghold
of Highgarden to Aegon,

457
00:26:57,039 --> 00:27:00,080
and were appointed
Lords Paramount of the Reach

458
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,120
and Wardens of the South.

459
00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:06,090
When Loren Lannister witnessed Mern's fate,

460
00:27:06,090 --> 00:27:08,990
he wisely bent the knee.

461
00:27:08,990 --> 00:27:10,429
Aegon spared Loren's life

462
00:27:10,429 --> 00:27:13,399
and the Lannisters were made
Lords Paramount of the Westerlands

463
00:27:13,399 --> 00:27:17,090
and Wardens of the West.

464
00:27:17,090 --> 00:27:19,659
After his triumph on the Field of Fire,

465
00:27:19,659 --> 00:27:21,980
Aegon's conquest was assured.

466
00:27:21,980 --> 00:27:25,330
In a short time,
the so-called Seven Kingdoms

467
00:27:25,330 --> 00:27:28,350
were melted down
in the heat of the dragons' flame

468
00:27:28,350 --> 00:27:31,970
and transformed into a single realm.

469
00:27:31,970 --> 00:27:33,830
Aegon would forever be known...

470
00:27:33,830 --> 00:27:35,700
as Aegon the Conqueror.

471
00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:39,269
Robb: The ascension of Aegon Targaryen
was confirmed,

472
00:27:39,269 --> 00:27:44,640
and the fate of the Seven Kingdoms
sealed on the Field of Fire.

473
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,570
Kings Loren Lannister of the Rock
and Mern Gardener of the Reach

474
00:27:48,570 --> 00:27:51,120
stood against Aegon's invasion.

475
00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:54,760
They commanded a united force
of 600 banners,

476
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:59,940
5,000 mounted knights
and 50,000 men-at-arms.

477
00:27:59,940 --> 00:28:02,059
Aegon's host was vastly outnumbered,

478
00:28:02,059 --> 00:28:04,049
and when the army of the two kings charged,

479
00:28:04,049 --> 00:28:06,240
the invaders turned heel and ran.

480
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,840
But Andal might was no match
for dragon flame.

481
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,679
When Aegon unleashed
all three of his dragons,

482
00:28:12,679 --> 00:28:17,600
4,000 souls were horrendously burned alive
on the battlefield,

483
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,059
King Mern among them.

484
00:28:20,059 --> 00:28:22,200
Realizing all hope was lost,

485
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,480
King Loren surrendered.

486
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:30,279
The Starks of Winterfell had no intention
of submitting to Targaryen rule.

487
00:28:30,279 --> 00:28:33,799
They had reigned as kings in the North
since the days of the First Men,

488
00:28:33,799 --> 00:28:36,440
and were determined to resist
the Targaryen invaders,

489
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:40,659
just as they had resisted the Andals
thousands of years before.

490
00:28:40,659 --> 00:28:44,610
King Torrhen Stark led his army
to the Red Fork just east of Riverrun,

491
00:28:44,610 --> 00:28:47,559
hoping to succeed
where Loren and Mern had failed.

492
00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:51,830
But when Torrhen saw the size
of Aegon's now mighty host

493
00:28:51,830 --> 00:28:54,690
along with his monstrous dragons,

494
00:28:54,690 --> 00:28:59,549
he knew he couldn't subject his followers
to the horror of another field of fire.

495
00:28:59,549 --> 00:29:02,320
He bent the knee,
and swore fealty to Aegon,

496
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,669
who allowed the Starks to maintain
their lordship over the region

497
00:29:05,669 --> 00:29:09,760
as Lords Paramount
and Wardens of the North.

498
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:14,960
Without question, Torrhen Stark
saved thousands of lives that day.

499
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:25,360
He was ever after known
as the King Who Knelt.

500
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:34,269
Robert: Aerys Targaryen was the last
of his name to sit on the Iron Throne.

501
00:29:34,269 --> 00:29:36,929
Known far and wide as the Mad King,

502
00:29:36,929 --> 00:29:40,840
his was a reign of instability and terror.

503
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,510
The Seven Kingdoms are
well rid of him and his kind.

504
00:29:43,510 --> 00:29:47,880
Oh, he may have appeared to be
a capable ruler at first,

505
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,059
but that was due in no small part
to his councilors,

506
00:29:51,059 --> 00:29:54,990
led by the Hand of the King,
Tywin Lannister.

507
00:29:54,990 --> 00:29:59,159
There may have been years of peace
and prosperity during Aerys' reign,

508
00:29:59,159 --> 00:30:02,590
but it was Tywin who was really
running the country,

509
00:30:02,590 --> 00:30:06,970
as Aerys spiraled further
and further into insanity.

510
00:30:06,970 --> 00:30:11,230
The dragon spawn were famous
for losing their minds.

511
00:30:11,230 --> 00:30:16,600
It was the price they paid for centuries
of keeping the bloodlines pure.

512
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,179
And Aerys more than happily continued

513
00:30:19,179 --> 00:30:24,669
the noble sister-fucking tradition
of his forefathers.

514
00:30:24,669 --> 00:30:29,360
As the years passed, Aerys' behavior
became increasingly erratic.

515
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:33,090
He cut himself so often on his Iron Throne,

516
00:30:33,090 --> 00:30:35,450
many referred to him as King Scab,

517
00:30:35,450 --> 00:30:38,929
though never to his face.

518
00:30:38,929 --> 00:30:42,580
It was rumored he had developed
an obsession with wildfire,

519
00:30:42,580 --> 00:30:45,029
and was known
to inflict horrific punishments

520
00:30:45,029 --> 00:30:47,090
on those he considered enemies,

521
00:30:47,090 --> 00:30:50,330
including burning them alive.

522
00:30:50,330 --> 00:30:53,080
As his paranoia and blood-lust grew,

523
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,950
he had a bitter falling-out with Lord Tywin

524
00:30:55,950 --> 00:31:00,740
who had served the Crown
faithfully for 20 years.

525
00:31:00,740 --> 00:31:06,940
At least Tywin was able to leave the job
with his life and fortunes intact.

526
00:31:06,940 --> 00:31:10,690
Subsequent Hands of King Aerys
weren't so fortunate.

527
00:31:10,690 --> 00:31:15,210
Then the Targaryens went too far.

528
00:31:15,210 --> 00:31:19,350
The Crown Prince Rhaegar
abducted Lyanna Stark,

529
00:31:19,350 --> 00:31:23,929
daughter of Rickard Stark,
the Lord of Winterfell.

530
00:31:23,929 --> 00:31:28,220
She was my betrothed. She was my beloved.

531
00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:32,080
Beautiful and spirited woman.

532
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,490
And I loved her more than life itself.

533
00:31:35,490 --> 00:31:39,019
Rhaegar went south with Lyanna,

534
00:31:39,019 --> 00:31:41,919
hiding her away in Dome.

535
00:31:41,919 --> 00:31:46,860
What harm he inflicted on the poor girl,
the gods only know.

536
00:31:46,860 --> 00:31:50,519
Brandon Stark, Lyanna's eldest brother,
was outraged.

537
00:31:50,519 --> 00:31:54,539
He rode to King's Landing
to confront the king

538
00:31:54,539 --> 00:31:58,019
and demand his sister's safe return.

539
00:31:58,019 --> 00:32:01,220
Instead, Aerys had him executed.

540
00:32:01,220 --> 00:32:05,070
His father, Rickard Stark, as well.

541
00:32:05,070 --> 00:32:09,590
There wasn't much left
to discuss after that.

542
00:32:09,590 --> 00:32:13,779
Aerys feared their loved ones
would seek revenge for what he did.

543
00:32:13,779 --> 00:32:17,760
He was right to be afraid.

544
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:21,690
Aerys wasted no time in calling
for the heads of Brandon's younger brother,

545
00:32:21,690 --> 00:32:23,399
my friend Eddard Stark,

546
00:32:23,399 --> 00:32:27,299
and my head, too, of course.

547
00:32:27,299 --> 00:32:31,429
I'm sorry he didn't come
looking for it himself.

548
00:32:31,429 --> 00:32:33,250
Alongside Jon Arryn of the Vale -

549
00:32:33,250 --> 00:32:35,659
the man who fostered
Ned and I as children -

550
00:32:35,659 --> 00:32:41,630
Baratheons, Starks and Tullys
all called their banners.

551
00:32:41,630 --> 00:32:43,440
Once our rebellion began,

552
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:47,010
the Mad King's days were numbered.

553
00:32:47,010 --> 00:32:50,610
Luwin: As word of King Aerys'
erratic and troubling behavior

554
00:32:50,610 --> 00:32:53,340
spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms,

555
00:32:53,340 --> 00:32:56,830
Lord Rickard Stark
continued to serve his king faithfully

556
00:32:56,830 --> 00:32:59,549
as Warden of the North.

557
00:32:59,549 --> 00:33:01,799
The proud father of four children,

558
00:33:01,799 --> 00:33:05,429
his daughter Lyanna
was engaged to Robert Baratheon,

559
00:33:05,429 --> 00:33:10,080
the young lord of Storm's End.

560
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,690
Centuries of peace
between the North and the Iron Throne

561
00:33:13,690 --> 00:33:18,360
ended the day Rhaegar Targaryen,
Prince of Dragonstone,

562
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,039
abducted Lyanna.

563
00:33:21,039 --> 00:33:24,750
Enraged, Brandon Stark
rode to King's Landing

564
00:33:24,750 --> 00:33:27,049
demanding the release of his sister

565
00:33:27,049 --> 00:33:29,700
and the death of Rhaegar.

566
00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:33,539
Aerys arrested him for treason

567
00:33:33,539 --> 00:33:34,700
and called his father

568
00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:37,850
to come to the capital to ransom him.

569
00:33:37,850 --> 00:33:39,210
When Lord Rickard complied,

570
00:33:39,210 --> 00:33:45,230
Aerys, now utterly mad,
arrested him for treason as well.

571
00:33:45,230 --> 00:33:48,990
Lord Rickard demanded a trial by combat.

572
00:33:48,990 --> 00:33:52,519
Aerys declared fire
the champion of House Targaryen

573
00:33:52,519 --> 00:33:55,889
and had Lord Rickard suspended
from the rafters of the throne room

574
00:33:55,889 --> 00:33:59,620
while pyromancers lit a blaze beneath him.

575
00:33:59,620 --> 00:34:01,450
As he burned,

576
00:34:01,450 --> 00:34:03,789
Brandon was brought into the throne room,

577
00:34:03,789 --> 00:34:09,740
a leather cord attached to a strangulation
device was wrapped around his neck.

578
00:34:09,740 --> 00:34:12,740
Aerys told Brandon
his father was a dead man...

579
00:34:12,740 --> 00:34:15,560
but there was a chance to save him.

580
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:20,480
A longsword was placed on the floor
just out of Brandon's reach.

581
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,310
And the more he struggled to reach it,

582
00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:26,210
the more the cord tightened
around his throat.

583
00:34:26,210 --> 00:34:28,970
Brandon Stark strangled himself,

584
00:34:28,970 --> 00:34:31,250
trying to free his father...

585
00:34:31,250 --> 00:34:35,770
who was roasted alive in his own armor.

586
00:34:35,770 --> 00:34:41,570
The entire court stood
and watched this atrocity take place...

587
00:34:41,570 --> 00:34:45,790
Ser Jaime Lannister and the Kingsguard
among them.

588
00:34:45,790 --> 00:34:49,130
The Mad King was reported
to have laughed hysterically

589
00:34:49,130 --> 00:34:55,750
as these two noble men were tortured
and brutally killed before him.

590
00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:59,330
Seeking to rid the world
of all his supposed enemies,

591
00:34:59,330 --> 00:35:03,190
Aerys called for the head
of Rickard's youngest son, Eddard Stark,

592
00:35:03,190 --> 00:35:06,460
and Lyanna's betrothed -
Robert Baratheon.

593
00:35:06,460 --> 00:35:09,050
He sent word to Lord Jon Arryn -

594
00:35:09,050 --> 00:35:11,240
who had fostered
both young men at the Eyrie -

595
00:35:11,240 --> 00:35:13,090
to apprehend them.

596
00:35:13,090 --> 00:35:14,170
Instead...

597
00:35:14,170 --> 00:35:19,600
Lord Arryn joined Houses Stark
and Baratheon in rebellion.

598
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,040
Robert vowed to kill Rhaegar Targaryen

599
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,990
and get his beloved Lyanna back.

600
00:35:24,990 --> 00:35:30,180
Tywin: As Aerys Targaryen's behavior
grew more and more erratic,

601
00:35:30,180 --> 00:35:35,660
the task of ruling the Seven Kingdoms
fell to me, Tywin Lannister.

602
00:35:35,660 --> 00:35:37,880
I had served Aerys for nearly 20 years

603
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,130
and as a result the realm had prospered.

604
00:35:41,130 --> 00:35:46,240
The royal coffers were full,
the land was at peace.

605
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:48,850
But Aerys grew increasingly hostile -

606
00:35:48,850 --> 00:35:53,900
jealous of the success many credited to me.

607
00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:57,230
My power and influence unnerved him.

608
00:35:57,230 --> 00:36:00,140
The captain of my personal guard,
Ser llyn Payne,

609
00:36:00,140 --> 00:36:02,830
was once overheard
making offhand comments

610
00:36:02,830 --> 00:36:07,130
regarding who was
the true ruler of Westeros.

611
00:36:07,130 --> 00:36:09,930
When the king was given this information,

612
00:36:09,930 --> 00:36:14,770
he had llyn Payne's tongue
ripped out with hot pincers.

613
00:36:14,770 --> 00:36:18,860
It was my desire to unite the Houses
of Lannister and Targaryen

614
00:36:18,860 --> 00:36:20,800
through marriage.

615
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:26,010
My daughter, Cersei, would marry
Aerys' eldest son, Prince Rhaegar.

616
00:36:26,010 --> 00:36:29,730
Such a union made perfect sense
for all parties.

617
00:36:29,730 --> 00:36:36,260
However, Aerys' senses had begun
to leave him quite some time earlier.

618
00:36:36,260 --> 00:36:41,650
Instead of uniting the royal family
with its most loyal and powerful ally,

619
00:36:41,650 --> 00:36:46,220
Aerys chose instead to insult my family,

620
00:36:46,220 --> 00:36:49,690
indicating that such a match
was beneath Rhaegar.

621
00:36:49,690 --> 00:36:55,750
Instead, he chose Elia Martell of Dorne
to be Rhaegar's wife.

622
00:36:55,750 --> 00:36:58,850
As if to rub salt in my wounds,

623
00:36:58,850 --> 00:37:03,010
Aerys appointed Jaime, my son,
to the Kingsguard.

624
00:37:03,010 --> 00:37:07,150
The Kingsguard may be an honor
for lesser families than ours,

625
00:37:07,150 --> 00:37:09,220
but it is a lifetime appointment

626
00:37:09,220 --> 00:37:14,240
that forces him to renounce
all family holdings.

627
00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:20,510
This creates a difficulty in naming an heir
to Casterly Rock.

628
00:37:20,510 --> 00:37:24,060
But Aerys knew all that.

629
00:37:24,060 --> 00:37:27,670
I had grown tired of the king's
constant provocation.

630
00:37:27,670 --> 00:37:31,390
Thus I resigned my post as Aerys' Hand

631
00:37:31,390 --> 00:37:34,320
and returned to Casterly Rock

632
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,250
with my considerable forces.

633
00:37:37,250 --> 00:37:40,720
When Robert Baratheon rebelled
against the throne,

634
00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:43,550
Aerys grew fearful that I would
join with Robert's forces

635
00:37:43,550 --> 00:37:45,240
and rise against him.

636
00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:52,050
He thought himself clever, and
kept Jaime very close, as if warning me.

637
00:37:52,050 --> 00:37:56,350
He sunk deeper and deeper into delusion,
paranoia and violence.

638
00:37:56,350 --> 00:38:00,680
I've heard it said he became
obsessed with wildfire -

639
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:05,920
a substance which, once lit,
cannot be extinguished.

640
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,250
Convinced he had enemies all around him,

641
00:38:08,250 --> 00:38:11,830
he wouldn't allow blades in his presence,

642
00:38:11,830 --> 00:38:13,400
save for those of his Kingsguard.

643
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,010
Alas, that proved to be his undoing.

644
00:38:15,010 --> 00:38:16,070
Viserys: The Targaryens, blood of the
dragon, and the last of old Valyria,

645
00:38:16,070 --> 00:38:16,070
were loved by their subjects
and admired far and wide

646
00:38:16,070 --> 00:38:16,400
as the greatest dynasty
in the history of the western world.

647
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:16,480
But the peace and prosperity
of nearly three centuries of Targaryen rule

648
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:16,520
were shattered by the Usurper,
Robert Baratheon,

649
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:16,550
and his band of traitors.

650
00:38:16,550 --> 00:38:16,610
House Baratheon owed
its very existence to the Targaryens.

651
00:38:16,610 --> 00:38:16,660
Was it not Aegon the Dragon himself

652
00:38:16,660 --> 00:38:16,730
who elevated the bastard Orys Baratheon
in the War of Conquest?

653
00:38:16,730 --> 00:38:16,760
And what of the Starks?

654
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:16,800
The Lannisters?
The Arryns of the Vale?

655
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:16,970
All had been spared
and allowed to keep their lands

656
00:38:16,970 --> 00:38:17,030
when Aegon could
easily have wiped them out.

657
00:38:17,030 --> 00:38:17,370
Centuries later,
the Usurper and his lackeys

658
00:38:17,370 --> 00:38:17,390
repaid Aegon's benevolence
with treachery.

659
00:38:17,390 --> 00:38:17,430
There are some who dare to claim

660
00:38:17,430 --> 00:38:17,460
Robert and his allies had reason to rebel.

661
00:38:17,460 --> 00:38:17,510
They say the crown prince
stole the Usurper's lady love.

662
00:38:17,510 --> 00:38:17,540
They say my father, King Aerys,

663
00:38:17,540 --> 00:38:17,580
murdered Rickard Stark and his son
without just cause.

664
00:38:17,580 --> 00:38:17,620
Whether these charges are true or not,
it doesn't matter.

665
00:38:17,620 --> 00:38:17,650
The dragon answers to no one.

666
00:38:17,650 --> 00:38:19,270
Aerys' good name has been besmirched
in the years since the rebellion.

667
00:38:19,270 --> 00:38:21,750
He has been called
a dangerous madman, a monster,

668
00:38:21,750 --> 00:38:24,240
a tyrant that brought
his tragic end upon himself.

669
00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:24,510
Lies!

670
00:38:24,510 --> 00:38:27,270
My father was a victim
of weaklings in his council,

671
00:38:27,270 --> 00:38:29,760
lack-wits who failed him
in his hour of need

672
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:30,920
and let the rebellion spin out of control.

673
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:30,990
But it was not enough.

674
00:38:30,990 --> 00:38:31,130
The royal army was crushed
at the Battle of the Trident.

675
00:38:31,130 --> 00:38:31,280
It was there the valiant Rhaegar
met Robert in single combat,

676
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:31,350
but the gods betrayed him...

677
00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:31,440
and he perished by the Usurper's hand.

678
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:31,630
As the Field of Fire had marked
the end of the Andals centuries before...

679
00:38:31,630 --> 00:38:31,820
the Battle of the Trident seemed
to herald the end of the dragon kings.

680
00:38:31,820 --> 00:38:31,950
When word reached the capital
of my brother Rhaegar's death,

681
00:38:31,950 --> 00:38:32,050
my father Aerys moved to protect me,

682
00:38:32,050 --> 00:38:32,170
as I was the surviving heir to the throne.

683
00:38:32,170 --> 00:38:32,290
He sent me to the
island fortress of Dragonstone,

684
00:38:32,290 --> 00:38:32,440
along with my mother, Queen Rhaella,
who was great with child.

685
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:32,540
But as my father, my king...
Aerys Targaryen...

686
00:38:32,540 --> 00:38:32,660
prepared to defend his throne
to the bitter end...

687
00:38:32,660 --> 00:38:32,790
little did he know
of the horrors and betrayals

688
00:38:32,790 --> 00:38:32,890
that awaited him and our family.
Robert: Rebellion!

689
00:38:32,890 --> 00:38:38,430
The crimes of House Targaryen
were too heinous to go unanswered.

690
00:38:38,430 --> 00:38:42,920
The noble Houses of Baratheon,
Stark, and Arryn,

691
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:47,620
united to oppose and overthrow
the line of the cursed dragon kings.

692
00:38:47,620 --> 00:38:53,680
While Ned Stark and Arryn secured
an alliance with the Tullys of Riverrun,

693
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:56,370
I called the banners of Storm's End

694
00:38:56,370 --> 00:39:01,240
and rode out in force against the Mad King
and his minions.

695
00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:05,280
Gods, those were some battles!

696
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,400
Our first victory occurred at Summerhall

697
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,660
where I faced off against
an army of dragon loyalists

698
00:39:10,660 --> 00:39:13,460
and won three battles in a single day -

699
00:39:13,460 --> 00:39:15,110
three in one day!

700
00:39:15,110 --> 00:39:19,110
Seven hells, that was a glorious day!

701
00:39:19,110 --> 00:39:21,750
We tried to take Ashford Castle
in the Reach,

702
00:39:21,750 --> 00:39:25,010
but the Tyrells beat us back.

703
00:39:25,010 --> 00:39:26,470
We had to regroup.

704
00:39:26,470 --> 00:39:30,240
My army was pursued north by Aerys' army

705
00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:34,610
and took refuge in the Stoney Sept
in the riverlands.

706
00:39:34,610 --> 00:39:36,920
When the Targaryen army entered the town,

707
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:38,820
the sept bells tolled,

708
00:39:38,820 --> 00:39:43,190
a signal to the townspeople
of the battle that was to come.

709
00:39:43,190 --> 00:39:46,640
As the Targaryens searched
from house to house for me,

710
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:51,440
the combined forces of Ned Stark
and the Tullys swept into the city.

711
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:55,250
Gods, what a day that was!

712
00:39:55,250 --> 00:39:59,320
It's now known as the Battle of the Bells.

713
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,040
We overwhelmed the Mad King's forces

714
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:05,430
and sent them scampering
back to King's Landing.

715
00:40:05,430 --> 00:40:11,000
Aerys' son, Rhaegar,
who started the whole damn thing,

716
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,660
finally emerged from hiding in the South,

717
00:40:13,660 --> 00:40:16,950
and assembled his own army to face us.

718
00:40:16,950 --> 00:40:21,330
As for the Mad King,
he must have been pissing himself.

719
00:40:21,330 --> 00:40:25,020
The battle that would decide the fate
of the Seven Kingdoms

720
00:40:25,020 --> 00:40:29,840
occurred at the crossing of the Green Fork
of the Trident river.

721
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:35,560
Rhaegar commanded the royal host,
which was some 40,000 strong.

722
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:39,420
My forces were outnumbered
by nearly 5,000 men,

723
00:40:39,420 --> 00:40:42,400
but that didn't matter.

724
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:43,630
They were fresh,

725
00:40:43,630 --> 00:40:49,600
but we were battle hardened
and had justice on our side.

726
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:54,050
As the battle raged around us,
I faced off with Rhaegar -

727
00:40:54,050 --> 00:40:57,980
the stag and the dragon
right there in the ford of the river.

728
00:40:57,980 --> 00:41:01,840
I fought with the fury of ten men,

729
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,940
raining blow after blow
upon that vile prince

730
00:41:04,940 --> 00:41:07,990
before burying my war hammer in his chest.

731
00:41:07,990 --> 00:41:12,170
I hit him so hard,
the rubies on his armor broke free,

732
00:41:12,170 --> 00:41:14,100
flinging them into the stream.

733
00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:17,420
They call it the Ruby Ford now.

734
00:41:17,420 --> 00:41:22,030
With that scum Rhaegar dead
and the royal army shattered,

735
00:41:22,030 --> 00:41:24,930
our next move was
to make for King's Landing.

736
00:41:24,930 --> 00:41:29,850
But I'd sustained a few wounds
in the battle and was unable to ride.

737
00:41:29,850 --> 00:41:32,320
I sent Ned Stark to the capital

738
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:37,010
to face the Mad King
and make him pay for his crimes.

739
00:41:37,010 --> 00:41:42,210
(Viserys): The Targaryens, blood of the
dragon, and the last of old Valyria,

740
00:41:42,210 --> 00:41:43,860
were loved by their subjects

741
00:41:43,860 --> 00:41:45,860
and admired far and wide

742
00:41:45,860 --> 00:41:50,250
as the greatest dynasty
in the history of the western world.

743
00:41:50,250 --> 00:41:54,120
But the peace and prosperity
of nearly three centuries of Targaryen rule

744
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:58,790
were shattered by the Usurper,
Robert Baratheon,

745
00:41:58,790 --> 00:42:01,470
and his band of traitors.

746
00:42:01,470 --> 00:42:06,140
House Baratheon owed
its very existence to the Targaryens.

747
00:42:06,140 --> 00:42:07,870
Was it not Aegon the Dragon himself

748
00:42:07,870 --> 00:42:12,620
who elevated the bastard Orys Baratheon
in the War of Conquest?

749
00:42:12,620 --> 00:42:13,700
And what of the Starks?

750
00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:14,380
The Lannisters?

751
00:42:14,380 --> 00:42:18,100
The Arryns of the Vale?

752
00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:21,050
All had been spared
and allowed to keep their lands

753
00:42:21,050 --> 00:42:24,910
when Aegon could
easily have wiped them out.

754
00:42:24,910 --> 00:42:27,440
Centuries later,
the Usurper and his lackeys

755
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:32,000
repaid Aegon's benevolence
with treachery.

756
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:33,820
There are some who dare to claim

757
00:42:33,820 --> 00:42:37,600
Robert and his allies had reason to rebel.

758
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:42,210
They say the crown prince
stole the Usurper's lady love.

759
00:42:42,210 --> 00:42:44,890
They say my father, King Aerys,

760
00:42:44,890 --> 00:42:49,020
murdered Rickard Stark and his son
without just cause.

761
00:42:49,020 --> 00:42:51,680
Whether these charges are true or not,
it doesn't matter.

762
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:55,340
The dragon answers to no one.

763
00:42:55,340 --> 00:42:58,940
Aerys' good name has been besmirched
in the years since the rebellion.

764
00:42:58,940 --> 00:43:02,920
He has been called
a dangerous madman, a monster,

765
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:07,500
a tyrant that brought
his tragic end upon himself.

766
00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:09,070
Lies!

767
00:43:09,070 --> 00:43:13,130
My father was a victim
of weaklings in his council,

768
00:43:13,130 --> 00:43:15,630
lack-wits who failed him
in his hour of need

769
00:43:15,630 --> 00:43:19,600
and let the rebellion spin out of control.

770
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,900
But it was not enough.

771
00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:25,700
The royal army was crushed
at the Battle of the Trident.

772
00:43:25,700 --> 00:43:29,210
It was there the valiant Rhaegar
met Robert in single combat,

773
00:43:29,210 --> 00:43:31,760
but the gods betrayed him...

774
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:35,570
and he perished by the Usurper's hand.

775
00:43:35,570 --> 00:43:41,030
As the Field of Fire had marked
the end of the Andals centuries before...

776
00:43:41,030 --> 00:43:45,690
the Battle of the Trident seemed
to herald the end of the dragon kings.

777
00:43:45,690 --> 00:43:49,020
When word reached the capital
of my brother Rhaegar's death,

778
00:43:49,020 --> 00:43:51,950
my father Aerys moved to protect me,

779
00:43:51,950 --> 00:43:54,650
as I was the surviving heir to the throne.

780
00:43:54,650 --> 00:43:58,130
He sent me to the
island fortress of Dragonstone,

781
00:43:58,130 --> 00:44:02,310
along with my mother, Queen Rhaella,
who was great with child.

782
00:44:02,310 --> 00:44:06,150
But as my father, my king...
Aerys Targaryen...

783
00:44:06,150 --> 00:44:10,120
prepared to defend his throne
to the bitter end...

784
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,270
little did he know
of the horrors and betrayals

785
00:44:12,270 --> 00:44:18,520
that awaited him and our family.

786
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:24,660
Viserys: The Battle of the Trident

787
00:44:24,660 --> 00:44:28,070
may have been an important victory
for the Usurper,

788
00:44:28,070 --> 00:44:31,930
but it was the treachery
and barbarism of Tywin Lannister

789
00:44:31,930 --> 00:44:35,770
that sealed the fate
of the Targaryen dynasty.

790
00:44:35,770 --> 00:44:37,210
My father, King Aerys,

791
00:44:37,210 --> 00:44:41,410
had ever been a friend
to the Lions of the Rock.

792
00:44:41,410 --> 00:44:45,110
Aerys graciously brought Tywin to court,

793
00:44:45,110 --> 00:44:49,480
making him the youngest
Hand of the King in history.

794
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,320
He gave him power.

795
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,170
He gave him respect.

796
00:44:53,170 --> 00:44:58,500
He made it possible for Tywin
to restore House Lannister to glory.

797
00:44:58,500 --> 00:45:03,980
Aerys and Tywin governed side by side
for 20 prosperous years.

798
00:45:03,980 --> 00:45:08,090
Still, when the Usurper
called his banners in rebellion,

799
00:45:08,090 --> 00:45:11,780
Tywin Lannister
ignored his king's pleas for help,

800
00:45:11,780 --> 00:45:15,560
and stayed holed up
in his stronghold of Casterly Rock.

801
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:20,490
In time, my brother Prince Rhaegar
was dead.

802
00:45:20,490 --> 00:45:22,680
The realm was in turmoil...

803
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:26,540
and the Usurper's forces were
said to be riding for King's Landing.

804
00:45:26,540 --> 00:45:30,200
What a glorious sight it must have been

805
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:33,020
when a force of 10,000 Lannister men

806
00:45:33,020 --> 00:45:35,310
showed up at the gate of the capital

807
00:45:35,310 --> 00:45:37,980
with Lord Tywin at their head,

808
00:45:37,980 --> 00:45:41,510
pledging support to his beleaguered king.

809
00:45:41,510 --> 00:45:45,170
Aerys opened the gates for his old friend.

810
00:45:45,170 --> 00:45:48,080
Instead, Lannister and his men

811
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:50,110
proceeded to plunder and destroy

812
00:45:50,110 --> 00:45:55,090
the city that he had called home
for decades.

813
00:45:55,090 --> 00:45:56,570
As the capital was ravaged

814
00:45:56,570 --> 00:45:58,440
and its people terrorized,

815
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:02,070
Jaime Lannister, son of Lord Tywin,

816
00:46:02,070 --> 00:46:04,980
proved every bit as treacherous.

817
00:46:04,980 --> 00:46:09,860
He killed my father, the king,
at the foot of the Iron Throne.

818
00:46:09,860 --> 00:46:11,650
The Lannisters entered the Red Keep

819
00:46:11,650 --> 00:46:16,510
and Tywin ordered the deaths
of the rest of the royal family.

820
00:46:16,510 --> 00:46:20,560
It is said Princess Rhaenys was found
cowering under her father's bed

821
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:23,130
and put to the sword.

822
00:46:23,130 --> 00:46:25,800
She was only a child.

823
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,190
As for Rhaegar's widow, Elia,

824
00:46:28,190 --> 00:46:29,440
she was forced to watch

825
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:34,540
as Lannister thugs dashed
her baby son's head against a wall,

826
00:46:34,540 --> 00:46:38,630
before being raped and murdered herself.

827
00:46:38,630 --> 00:46:40,800
As I was the heir to my father's throne,

828
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:42,960
I had been spirited away to Dragonstone

829
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:46,880
with my mother, Queen Rhaella,
who was with child.

830
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:50,000
As a raging summer storm
battered the island fortress

831
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:54,100
and destroyed the Targaryen fleet
as it lay at anchor,

832
00:46:54,100 --> 00:46:57,410
my sister Daenerys was born.

833
00:46:57,410 --> 00:47:00,900
My mother, the queen, died giving birth.

834
00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:03,820
Now, some 17 years later,

835
00:47:03,820 --> 00:47:06,720
the rightful king still lives in exile.

836
00:47:06,720 --> 00:47:10,520
But a day of reckoning is coming.

837
00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:15,430
I will sail west,
as Aegon the Dragon did centuries before.

838
00:47:15,430 --> 00:47:21,550
I will take back my father's throne
with blood and fire.

839
00:47:21,550 --> 00:47:24,410
And I will punish the treacherous dogs
who sought to destroy my family.

840
00:47:24,410 --> 00:47:27,720
And the people shall rejoice.

841
00:47:27,720 --> 00:47:31,010
Robert: For our rebellion to succeed,

842
00:47:31,010 --> 00:47:34,610
King's Landing had to be taken forcefully.

843
00:47:34,610 --> 00:47:36,590
No one was foolish enough to believe

844
00:47:36,590 --> 00:47:40,840
that Aerys was gonna
hand his crown over peacefully.

845
00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:45,110
The Mad King's reign needed to end.

846
00:47:45,110 --> 00:47:48,380
What Tywin Lannister's forces did
was unfortunate,

847
00:47:48,380 --> 00:47:51,160
but it was necessary
to secure the Iron Throne

848
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:55,380
and bring peace and justice
to the Seven Kingdoms.

849
00:47:55,380 --> 00:47:58,560
My glorious victory at the Trident
left me wounded,

850
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:03,750
but I sent my personal maester
to attend to Ser Barristan Selmy instead.

851
00:48:03,750 --> 00:48:06,770
His wounds were more severe.

852
00:48:06,770 --> 00:48:09,820
Even though Ser Barristan
was a member of Aerys' Kingsguard

853
00:48:09,820 --> 00:48:12,220
and fought on the opposing side,

854
00:48:12,220 --> 00:48:16,130
that man's bravery and loyalty
were something to behold.

855
00:48:16,130 --> 00:48:19,290
But this meant my wounds
would take longer to heal

856
00:48:19,290 --> 00:48:22,540
and I couldn't ride
to King's Landing myself.

857
00:48:22,540 --> 00:48:25,880
I sent the one man I trusted
over anyone else in this world,

858
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:28,430
Ned Stark, in my place.

859
00:48:28,430 --> 00:48:30,440
Had I been able to ride,

860
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,180
perhaps I could have
reached King's Landing sooner

861
00:48:33,180 --> 00:48:36,080
and prevented some of the violence
that occurred

862
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:38,290
when the Lannisters entered the city.

863
00:48:38,290 --> 00:48:43,240
Still, what Lord Tywin did
was for the greater good.

864
00:48:43,240 --> 00:48:47,070
Even what happened
to Princess Elia and her children.

865
00:48:47,070 --> 00:48:49,050
Babies or no,

866
00:48:49,050 --> 00:48:51,400
theirs was the same cursed blood

867
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:54,160
that flowed within the Mad King's veins.

868
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:56,620
They were dragon spawn

869
00:48:56,620 --> 00:48:58,730
and couldn't be allowed to survive.

870
00:48:58,730 --> 00:49:01,380
What would they grow to be?

871
00:49:01,380 --> 00:49:03,290
Loyal subjects?

872
00:49:03,290 --> 00:49:07,950
Ned, with his damn northern honor.

873
00:49:07,950 --> 00:49:10,470
He and I had our first major fight

874
00:49:10,470 --> 00:49:14,220
over the deaths
of the Targaryen children.

875
00:49:14,220 --> 00:49:17,180
Ned called it murder.

876
00:49:17,180 --> 00:49:18,950
Murder?

877
00:49:18,950 --> 00:49:21,580
It was war.

878
00:49:21,580 --> 00:49:24,840
It was war.

879
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:26,750
Lord Stark demanded that the Lannisters

880
00:49:26,750 --> 00:49:29,160
be held responsible for their crimes.

881
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:34,020
Was it a crime to put an end
to a family of lunatics born of incest?

882
00:49:34,020 --> 00:49:36,860
I wouldn't - and still won't - blame Tywin.

883
00:49:36,860 --> 00:49:39,360
Instead, I sent Ned Stark south

884
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:43,470
to finish off the remaining
Targaryen loyalists.

885
00:49:43,470 --> 00:49:48,020
It was only Lyanna Stark's death
that reconciled us.

886
00:49:48,020 --> 00:49:49,870
Ned had lost his sister.

887
00:49:49,870 --> 00:49:54,470
I had lost my betrothed and beloved.

888
00:49:54,470 --> 00:49:59,040
We shared that sad bond together,
Ned and I.

889
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:02,590
Through it,
our friendship was made strong again.

890
00:50:02,590 --> 00:50:06,220
As for the Mad King's surviving heirs...

891
00:50:06,220 --> 00:50:10,410
those that were able to scurry away
in the face of my fury

892
00:50:10,410 --> 00:50:15,010
now live somewhere across the Narrow Sea.

893
00:50:15,010 --> 00:50:18,240
They had best stay there.

894
00:50:18,240 --> 00:50:21,440
If they ever set foot in Westeros again,

895
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:24,620
they will face the king's justice.

896
00:50:24,620 --> 00:50:28,510
Luwin: Robert Baratheon's victory
at the Trident

897
00:50:28,510 --> 00:50:31,380
was a turning point
in the war for the Iron Throne.

898
00:50:31,380 --> 00:50:35,660
While it was clear the gods
were smiling on the rebel forces,

899
00:50:35,660 --> 00:50:39,160
Aerys Targaryen still held
the Red Keep at King's Landing.

900
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:42,910
As Robert was wounded and unable to ride,

901
00:50:42,910 --> 00:50:45,770
it was up to Eddard Stark
to make for the capital

902
00:50:45,770 --> 00:50:50,800
and force the Mad King
to give up the throne.

903
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,150
Lord Stark reached the city gates

904
00:50:53,150 --> 00:50:57,280
to find that Tywin Lannister,
Lord of Casterly Rock,

905
00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:00,660
had already sacked the city
in Robert's name.

906
00:51:00,660 --> 00:51:03,750
House Lannister had remained neutral
up to this point,

907
00:51:03,750 --> 00:51:07,890
ignoring requests for help
from both the crown and the rebels.

908
00:51:07,890 --> 00:51:10,680
Now that Robert's eventual victory
was assured,

909
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:15,280
it seemed Lord Tywin
had finally chosen a side.

910
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:19,900
Lord Eddard was horrified by
what he saw when he entered the city -

911
00:51:19,900 --> 00:51:22,520
homes looted and burned,
women raped,

912
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:25,060
scores of innocent citizens killed.

913
00:51:25,060 --> 00:51:29,710
Disgusted, he led his force
up Visenya's hill to the Red Keep.

914
00:51:29,710 --> 00:51:31,350
Upon entering the throne room,

915
00:51:31,350 --> 00:51:35,210
he found King Aerys
lying in a pool of blood...

916
00:51:35,210 --> 00:51:38,860
dead, by the hand of
his own sworn Kingsguard,

917
00:51:38,860 --> 00:51:40,650
Jaime Lannister,

918
00:51:40,650 --> 00:51:45,390
who sat brazenly upon the throne.

919
00:51:45,390 --> 00:51:48,650
Demanding to know
the whereabouts of Queen Rhaella,

920
00:51:48,650 --> 00:51:52,510
Lord Eddard was informed
the queen and her son Viserys

921
00:51:52,510 --> 00:51:56,520
had been spirited away to Dragonstone
before the Lannisters arrived.

922
00:51:56,520 --> 00:52:00,080
But other members of the royal family
were not as fortunate.

923
00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:03,430
Elia Martell of Dorne,
who was the wife of Prince Rhaegar,

924
00:52:03,430 --> 00:52:07,530
had been raped and murdered
by Ser Gregor Clegane

925
00:52:07,530 --> 00:52:09,200
on Lord Tywin's orders.

926
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:14,320
Ser Gregor and his men had also
butchered Rhaegar's young children.

927
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:16,750
When Robert was well enough
to reach the capital,

928
00:52:16,750 --> 00:52:22,140
Lord Eddard demanded the Lannisters
answer for their heinous crimes.

929
00:52:22,140 --> 00:52:23,890
Robert refused,

930
00:52:23,890 --> 00:52:28,280
and sent himself to relieve
the Baratheon stronghold of Storm's End,

931
00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:32,040
which was still under siege
by forces loyal to the crown.

932
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:36,620
Whatever words passed between
the two old friends are known only to them,

933
00:52:36,620 --> 00:52:40,880
but Lord Eddard is said
to have left King's Landing in anger.

934
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:43,200
Later, when Robert was crowned,

935
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:46,910
he appointed Jon Arryn
as Hand of the King.

936
00:52:46,910 --> 00:52:48,930
Lord Arryn's first order of business

937
00:52:48,930 --> 00:52:51,950
was to broker a truce
with the Martells of Dorne,

938
00:52:51,950 --> 00:52:53,680
who were outraged by the brutal murder

939
00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:56,920
of Princess Elia and her children.

940
00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:59,220
Following the death of Lyanna Stark,

941
00:52:59,220 --> 00:53:01,550
who had been betrothed to Robert,

942
00:53:01,550 --> 00:53:04,480
Houses Baratheon and Lannister
were joined in marriage

943
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:08,590
when the new king took
Tywin Lannister's eldest daughter, Cersei,

944
00:53:08,590 --> 00:53:09,860
as his queen.

945
00:53:09,860 --> 00:53:15,690
As for Eddard Stark, he returned
to his stronghold of Winterfell,

946
00:53:15,690 --> 00:53:17,690
forever haunted by his sister's death,

947
00:53:17,690 --> 00:53:22,360
and the shameful way
that Robert had secured his throne.

948
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:27,240
Tywin: Rhaegar Targaryen
lay dead on the banks of the Trident,

949
00:53:27,240 --> 00:53:31,920
his royal army shattered and in retreat.

950
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:36,790
The days of the dragon kings
were clearly numbered.

951
00:53:36,790 --> 00:53:39,960
Until that moment, it would have been
foolish to commit Casterly Rock

952
00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:44,370
to either the Crown or the rebellion.

953
00:53:44,370 --> 00:53:48,960
What would our family have to gain
in supporting a raving madman?

954
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:54,140
Or in entering a crusade to put
Robert Baratheon on the Iron Throne?

955
00:53:54,140 --> 00:53:57,100
But chaos benefits no one.

956
00:53:57,100 --> 00:53:59,900
It was time for House Lannister
to do what it could

957
00:53:59,900 --> 00:54:04,290
to ensure a return of peace and prosperity
to the land.

958
00:54:04,290 --> 00:54:08,490
I, Tywin Lannister,
brought 10,000 Lannister troops

959
00:54:08,490 --> 00:54:10,270
to the gates of King's Landing,

960
00:54:10,270 --> 00:54:15,780
in order to bring the bloodshed
to a quick and decisive conclusion.

961
00:54:15,780 --> 00:54:18,680
King Aerys had been
sending ravens for months,

962
00:54:18,680 --> 00:54:21,460
begging for my support to end the uprising.

963
00:54:21,460 --> 00:54:26,020
In a way, his pleas had been answered.

964
00:54:26,020 --> 00:54:32,940
As I had suspected, Aerys opened
the city gates and welcomed my men.

965
00:54:32,940 --> 00:54:34,380
Our plan was clear -

966
00:54:34,380 --> 00:54:36,930
crush Aerys' remaining bannermen

967
00:54:36,930 --> 00:54:39,430
and remove the remnants
of the royal family

968
00:54:39,430 --> 00:54:43,700
as quickly and efficiently as possible.

969
00:54:43,700 --> 00:54:46,870
Any alternative meant years of further war

970
00:54:46,870 --> 00:54:50,900
and a fragmented Seven Kingdoms.

971
00:54:50,900 --> 00:54:53,200
Our means were bloody,

972
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:57,190
but the results speak for themselves.

973
00:54:57,190 --> 00:55:03,540
As for Aerys, it is true
he met his fate at the hands of my son.

974
00:55:03,540 --> 00:55:05,900
Aerys had kept Jaime close
during the rebellion,

975
00:55:05,900 --> 00:55:10,000
thinking himself clever
in keeping my son as a hostage

976
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:14,560
should I decide to pledge support
to the rebel cause.

977
00:55:14,560 --> 00:55:16,950
This proved to be his greatest mistake,

978
00:55:16,950 --> 00:55:23,370
for, when the time came,
Jaime did his duty as a Lannister...

979
00:55:23,370 --> 00:55:26,670
and drove his sword
into the Mad King's back.

980
00:55:26,670 --> 00:55:29,710
With that,
Robert Baratheon's crown was secured.

981
00:55:29,710 --> 00:55:35,700
The new king recognized our role
in his ascension to the throne,

982
00:55:35,700 --> 00:55:38,360
just as he recognized how useful

983
00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:42,550
the might and riches
of Casterly Rock would be...

984
00:55:42,550 --> 00:55:45,590
if he wanted to keep it.

985
00:55:45,590 --> 00:55:50,790
To that end,
I offered my daughter Cersei as his queen.

986
00:55:50,790 --> 00:55:54,550
Had Aerys not spurned
this same offer years earlier...

987
00:55:54,550 --> 00:55:58,190
perhaps things would have
worked out differently.

988
00:55:58,190 --> 00:56:02,950
With Robert and Cersei crowned
as king and queen of the Seven Kingdoms,

989
00:56:02,950 --> 00:56:05,170
it was a new day.

990
00:56:05,170 --> 00:56:06,950
The dragon was vanquished

991
00:56:06,950 --> 00:56:12,530
and the Seven Kingdoms
would thereafter belong to the Stag.

992
00:56:12,530 --> 00:56:16,660
And the Lion.

993
00:56:16,660 --> 00:56:25,220
Bran: The Starks of Winterfell
trace their descent

994
00:56:25,220 --> 00:56:26,850
to the First Men
in the Age of Heroes.

995
00:56:26,850 --> 00:56:29,850
The family's founder
was Brandon the Builder

996
00:56:29,850 --> 00:56:32,790
who, in the aftermath of the Long Night,

997
00:56:32,790 --> 00:56:36,820
helped establish the Night's Watch.

998
00:56:36,820 --> 00:56:39,020
Legend has it
he enlisted the aid of giants

999
00:56:39,020 --> 00:56:41,610
and the powerful magic
of the Children of the Forest

1000
00:56:41,610 --> 00:56:43,200
to raise the mighty Wall,

1001
00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:46,470
which has protected the realm
for generations.

1002
00:56:46,470 --> 00:56:49,700
He went on to build
the ancestral seat of Winterfell

1003
00:56:49,700 --> 00:56:52,170
and reigned as
the first King in the North.

1004
00:56:52,170 --> 00:56:56,640
Robb: The Starks reigned as kings
for thousands of years,

1005
00:56:56,640 --> 00:56:59,660
even withstanding
the invasion of the Andals.

1006
00:56:59,660 --> 00:57:01,140
As the southern kingdoms fell,

1007
00:57:01,140 --> 00:57:03,800
and the children of the forest
were driven away,

1008
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:06,140
the North stood strong,

1009
00:57:06,140 --> 00:57:08,660
maintaining its religious customs
and its way of life.

1010
00:57:08,660 --> 00:57:12,650
Eventually, the reign of
the Kings of Winter came to an end

1011
00:57:12,650 --> 00:57:16,010
with the coming of Aegon the Conqueror.

1012
00:57:16,010 --> 00:57:17,710
After Aegon and his dragons

1013
00:57:17,710 --> 00:57:20,320
destroyed the combined armies
of the Reach and the Rock

1014
00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:22,580
at the Field of Fire,

1015
00:57:22,580 --> 00:57:27,600
King Torrhen Stark bent the knee
and swore fealty to the Targaryen dynasty

1016
00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:32,300
in order to spare the destruction
of Winterfell and his people.

1017
00:57:32,300 --> 00:57:35,620
He was forever after
known as the King Who Knelt.

1018
00:57:35,620 --> 00:57:37,920
As a reward for his submission,

1019
00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:40,190
Aegon named Torrhen
Lord of Winterfell

1020
00:57:40,190 --> 00:57:42,890
and Warden of the North.

1021
00:57:42,890 --> 00:57:45,190
Bran: The Starks take great pride
in their history and traditions.

1022
00:57:45,190 --> 00:57:50,450
It is one of the few noble houses
that still keeps the old gods.

1023
00:57:50,450 --> 00:57:55,410
The sacred weirwood tree looms large
in Winterfell's godswood.

1024
00:57:55,410 --> 00:57:57,230
Its ancestral sword - Ice -

1025
00:57:57,230 --> 00:57:59,470
was forged in ancient Valyria,

1026
00:57:59,470 --> 00:58:03,170
and has been passed down
through the generations.

1027
00:58:03,170 --> 00:58:07,150
House Stark remains steadfast
in its support of the Night's Watch,

1028
00:58:07,150 --> 00:58:11,810
even as the once illustrious order
has fallen on hard times.

1029
00:58:11,810 --> 00:58:14,460
Much like their sigil -
the grey direwolf -

1030
00:58:14,460 --> 00:58:16,530
House Stark is the stuff of legend
in the North

1031
00:58:16,530 --> 00:58:18,490
and throughout the Seven Kingdoms.

1032
00:58:18,490 --> 00:58:23,160
Bran and Robb: And their family words -
"Winter is coming" -

1033
00:58:23,160 --> 00:58:26,460
serve as a reminder of their beginnings
in the wake of the Long Night...

1034
00:58:26,460 --> 00:58:34,030
Robb:..and a grim portent of things to come.

1035
00:58:34,030 --> 00:58:41,670
Tywin: On the far western coast
of the continent,

1036
00:58:41,670 --> 00:58:46,250
high atop a rocky promontory
overlooking the Sunset Sea,

1037
00:58:46,250 --> 00:58:48,450
sits Casterly Rock -

1038
00:58:48,450 --> 00:58:50,460
ancestral seat of House Lannister.

1039
00:58:50,460 --> 00:58:54,720
Below it lies Lannisport -
one of the great cities of Westeros -

1040
00:58:54,720 --> 00:59:01,140
a center for trade, culture,
and the great Lannister fleet.

1041
00:59:01,140 --> 00:59:04,910
There are a number of gold
and silver mines in the Westerlands,

1042
00:59:04,910 --> 00:59:09,010
making it the richest region
in all of Westeros.

1043
00:59:09,010 --> 00:59:12,990
One of the most productive mines
lies beneath Casterly Rock itself,

1044
00:59:12,990 --> 00:59:17,650
making House Lannister
the wealthiest of all the noble houses.

1045
00:59:17,650 --> 00:59:20,480
This allows House Lannister
to finance many endeavors

1046
00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:22,280
of other noble houses.

1047
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:27,830
Even the king himself has sought credit
from Casterly Rock from time to time.

1048
00:59:27,830 --> 00:59:32,530
We Lannisters claim our descent
from the Andal invaders

1049
00:59:32,530 --> 00:59:36,580
and through the female bloodline
Lann the Clever.

1050
00:59:36,580 --> 00:59:37,790
According to the legend,

1051
00:59:37,790 --> 00:59:39,760
Lann, using only his wits,

1052
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:42,670
won Casterly Rock
from the noble house of Casterly

1053
00:59:42,670 --> 00:59:45,190
during the Age of Heroes.

1054
00:59:45,190 --> 00:59:47,850
The Lannisters reigned
as Kings of the Rock

1055
00:59:47,850 --> 00:59:49,410
for thousands of years,

1056
00:59:49,410 --> 00:59:54,670
and worked to make it the envy
of the rest of the Seven Kingdoms.

1057
00:59:54,670 --> 00:59:57,090
Our time as kings ended, however,

1058
00:59:57,090 --> 00:59:58,770
when Aegon Targaryen -

1059
00:59:58,770 --> 01:00:01,510
otherwise known
as Aegon the Conqueror -

1060
01:00:01,510 --> 01:00:04,740
arrived in Westeros with his army.

1061
01:00:04,740 --> 01:00:07,660
The last King of the Rock,
King Loren Lannister,

1062
01:00:07,660 --> 01:00:11,780
joined forces with King Mern Gardener,
the King of the Reach.

1063
01:00:11,780 --> 01:00:14,220
Together, with 60,000 men,

1064
01:00:14,220 --> 01:00:18,870
they met the Targaryen host
in open battle.

1065
01:00:18,870 --> 01:00:22,980
History tells us that Aegon
unleashed all three of his dragons,

1066
01:00:22,980 --> 01:00:25,280
slaughtering 4,000 men,

1067
01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:30,340
at what came to be known
as the Field of Fire.

1068
01:00:30,340 --> 01:00:33,550
King Mern himself
was burned alive that day,

1069
01:00:33,550 --> 01:00:37,730
and House Gardener
turned to ash with him.

1070
01:00:37,730 --> 01:00:42,910
Seeing both the threat and opportunity
the Targaryens represented,

1071
01:00:42,910 --> 01:00:46,010
Loren wisely surrendered,

1072
01:00:46,010 --> 01:00:50,690
and aided Aegon
in his further conquest of Westeros.

1073
01:00:50,690 --> 01:00:55,720
The Lannisters were thus appointed
Lords Paramount of the Westerlands

1074
01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:58,220
and Wardens of the West-

1075
01:00:58,220 --> 01:01:02,100
titles we hold to this day.

1076
01:01:02,100 --> 01:01:03,910
Let us be clear, though -

1077
01:01:03,910 --> 01:01:06,330
it is neither luck, nor royal favor,

1078
01:01:06,330 --> 01:01:08,910
that makes our house prosperous.

1079
01:01:08,910 --> 01:01:11,610
There have been times in our history

1080
01:01:11,610 --> 01:01:17,210
where some have thought us weak,
lazy or opulent.

1081
01:01:17,210 --> 01:01:19,310
My father, Tytos Lannister,

1082
01:01:19,310 --> 01:01:22,600
nearly bankrupted our house
with his poor investments,

1083
01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:27,350
and allowed himself
to be mocked openly at court.

1084
01:01:27,350 --> 01:01:30,040
When our vassal,
the Reynes of Castamere,

1085
01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:32,220
dared to rise up against the Lannisters,

1086
01:01:32,220 --> 01:01:36,540
they learned how dangerous it can be
to taunt a lion.

1087
01:01:36,540 --> 01:01:40,240
I, Tywin Lannister,
led the assault on Castamere

1088
01:01:40,240 --> 01:01:41,970
to put down this rebellion.

1089
01:01:41,970 --> 01:01:44,760
I made an example of them,

1090
01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:47,470
to anyone who doubts our might.

1091
01:01:47,470 --> 01:01:52,480
They even made a quaint song about
the fates of the Reynes of Castamere.

1092
01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:56,300
Sadly, there are no Reynes left
to hear it.

1093
01:01:56,300 --> 01:01:58,890
Today, the Golden Lion of Lannister

1094
01:01:58,890 --> 01:02:04,640
is rightly admired and feared
throughout the Seven Kingdoms.

1095
01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:06,750
Our words are...

1096
01:02:06,750 --> 01:02:09,720
"Hear me roar."

1097
01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:11,940
But there are other words
that should be remembered

1098
01:02:11,940 --> 01:02:14,250
when crossing a Lion of Casterly Rock -

1099
01:02:14,250 --> 01:02:23,130
"A Lannister always pays his debts."

1100
01:02:23,130 --> 01:02:31,650
Viserys: The Targaryen dynasty
united the Seven Kingdoms

1101
01:02:31,650 --> 01:02:33,850
and lasted nearly three centuries.

1102
01:02:33,850 --> 01:02:38,600
It was a dynasty forged in fire,
sealed in blood,

1103
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:41,890
and destroyed by rebellion.

1104
01:02:41,890 --> 01:02:44,860
The Targaryens are blood of the dragon,

1105
01:02:44,860 --> 01:02:46,840
descended from the nobility
of ancient Valyria,

1106
01:02:46,840 --> 01:02:49,670
a once mighty empire in the East.

1107
01:02:49,670 --> 01:02:52,990
When the cataclysmic Doom
laid waste to Valyria and its people,

1108
01:02:52,990 --> 01:02:55,690
the Targaryens survived,

1109
01:02:55,690 --> 01:03:00,100
having settled on the island fortress
of Dragonstone years before.

1110
01:03:00,100 --> 01:03:02,000
They remained there for a century,

1111
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:06,070
until the rise of Aegon the Conqueror.

1112
01:03:06,070 --> 01:03:10,710
Instead of attempting to reclaim
the eastern lands of his ancestors,

1113
01:03:10,710 --> 01:03:14,110
Aegon sailed west
for the Seven Kingdoms,

1114
01:03:14,110 --> 01:03:16,510
his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys
at his side.

1115
01:03:16,510 --> 01:03:20,250
To keep the bloodlines pure,

1116
01:03:20,250 --> 01:03:23,060
Aegon continued the custom
of his Valyrian ancestors

1117
01:03:23,060 --> 01:03:25,680
and took both of his sisters to wife.

1118
01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:30,350
Together, they came ashore
on the eastern coast of Westeros.

1119
01:03:30,350 --> 01:03:34,340
Their blazon -
a dragon with three heads,

1120
01:03:34,340 --> 01:03:36,650
representing Aegon and his sister wives.

1121
01:03:36,650 --> 01:03:38,770
And their words...

1122
01:03:38,770 --> 01:03:41,880
"Fire and Blood."

1123
01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:43,210
While their host was small

1124
01:03:43,210 --> 01:03:47,460
in comparison to the armies
of Westeros that awaited them,

1125
01:03:47,460 --> 01:03:50,750
Aegon and his sisters had a secret weapon
-

1126
01:03:50,750 --> 01:03:53,780
the last of the dragons.

1127
01:03:53,780 --> 01:03:56,350
He conquered every kingdom,
save Dorne,

1128
01:03:56,350 --> 01:04:00,230
which eventually bowed
to Targaryen rule a century later.

1129
01:04:00,230 --> 01:04:02,690
He had the swords of his enemies
melted down

1130
01:04:02,690 --> 01:04:06,600
by the fiery breath of his dragon,
Balerion the Black Dread,

1131
01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:10,960
and forged into the Iron Throne.

1132
01:04:10,960 --> 01:04:14,290
The capital city of King's Landing
was built on the eastern coast,

1133
01:04:14,290 --> 01:04:17,350
where Aegon and his sisters
first came ashore.

1134
01:04:17,350 --> 01:04:21,590
And Aegon ordered the construction
of a royal castle on its highest hill -

1135
01:04:21,590 --> 01:04:23,630
the Red Keep.

1136
01:04:23,630 --> 01:04:28,310
For 300 years,
the Targaryen dynasty stayed strong

1137
01:04:28,310 --> 01:04:32,600
in the face of rebellion,
civil war and plague.

1138
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:34,610
But the line of dragon kings was broken

1139
01:04:34,610 --> 01:04:39,550
when my father, Aerys Targaryen,
the second of his name,

1140
01:04:39,550 --> 01:04:43,270
was overthrown in rebellion.

1141
01:04:43,270 --> 01:04:46,970
My father was betrayed and slaughtered
by Ser Jaime Lannister,

1142
01:04:46,970 --> 01:04:49,450
a member of his own Kingsguard.

1143
01:04:49,450 --> 01:04:52,150
His son and heir, my brother Rhaegar,

1144
01:04:52,150 --> 01:04:55,540
perished on the field of battle
at the hands of Robert Baratheon,

1145
01:04:55,540 --> 01:04:58,110
who claimed the Iron Throne
for himself.

1146
01:04:58,110 --> 01:04:59,840
And so, today.

1147
01:04:59,840 --> 01:05:03,360
The only surviving members
of the storied Targaryen dynasty

1148
01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:07,170
are myself - Prince Viserys,
rightful King of the Andals

1149
01:05:07,170 --> 01:05:08,810
and Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms -

1150
01:05:08,810 --> 01:05:12,890
and my sister Daenerys.

1151
01:05:12,890 --> 01:05:16,730
We were spirited away to the free cities
of the East by loyalists.

1152
01:05:16,730 --> 01:05:19,210
Here we have lived in exile
ever since,

1153
01:05:19,210 --> 01:05:22,490
dreaming of a day when we will
cross the narrow sea

1154
01:05:22,490 --> 01:05:23,620
and take back my father's throne.

1155
01:05:23,620 --> 01:05:23,740
Catelyn: In the snow-capped
Mountains of the Moon,

1156
01:05:23,740 --> 01:05:23,770
standing high above
the rich lands of the Vale,

1157
01:05:23,770 --> 01:05:23,770
stands the Eyrie -

1158
01:05:23,770 --> 01:05:23,790
a storied and impregnable fortress

1159
01:05:23,790 --> 01:05:23,820
said to have been built
by the legendary mountain kings

1160
01:05:23,820 --> 01:05:23,830
in the Age of Heroes.

1161
01:05:23,830 --> 01:05:23,850
It is the stronghold of House Arryn,

1162
01:05:23,850 --> 01:05:23,880
one of the oldest noble families
in Westeros -

1163
01:05:23,880 --> 01:05:23,900
their sigil, a soaring falcon
over a crescent moon,

1164
01:05:23,900 --> 01:05:23,940
their words, "As high as honor".
The Arryns are direct descendants

1165
01:05:23,940 --> 01:05:23,960
of Andal invaders,
who sailed across the Narrow Sea

1166
01:05:23,960 --> 01:05:24,000
and came ashore at the Fingers.
According to legend, Ser Artys Arryn -

1167
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:24,020
known as the Winged Knight-
soared through the sky

1168
01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:24,050
atop a giant falcon,
landing on the peak

1169
01:05:24,050 --> 01:05:24,070
of the highest mountain,
where he defeated

1170
01:05:24,070 --> 01:05:24,100
the Griffin King in battle.
It was the Andals' first great victory

1171
01:05:24,100 --> 01:05:24,130
over the First Men,
and Ser Artys was duly rewarded.

1172
01:05:24,130 --> 01:05:24,160
He was declared King of the Mountain
and the Vale,

1173
01:05:24,160 --> 01:05:24,190
and the region was renamed
the Vale of Arryn.

1174
01:05:24,190 --> 01:05:24,210
Thousands of years later
Aegon the Conqueror

1175
01:05:24,210 --> 01:05:24,230
arrived in Westeros.
House Arryn bent the knee

1176
01:05:24,230 --> 01:05:25,520
to Aegon and his dragons
and were allowed to maintain

1177
01:05:25,520 --> 01:05:27,900
their control of the region
as Lords Paramount of the Vale

1178
01:05:27,900 --> 01:05:30,070
and Wardens of the East.
Over the centuries, House Arryn

1179
01:05:30,070 --> 01:05:32,440
remained loyal to the Targaryen dynasty,
until Lord Jon Arryn joined

1180
01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:34,820
with Houses Baratheon and Stark
in rebellion against Mad King Aerys.

1181
01:05:34,820 --> 01:05:36,770
Upon winning the Iron Throne,
Robert named Lord Jon

1182
01:05:36,770 --> 01:05:38,500
Hand of the King -
a position he held

1183
01:05:38,500 --> 01:05:39,370
until his mysterious death.

1184
01:05:39,370 --> 01:05:40,850
Robert: "Ours is the fury."

1185
01:05:40,850 --> 01:05:45,010
These are the words
of the black stag of Baratheon,

1186
01:05:45,010 --> 01:05:48,550
a battle cry echoed throughout the land
in rebellion

1187
01:05:48,550 --> 01:05:52,390
when I, Robert Baratheon,
the first of his name,

1188
01:05:52,390 --> 01:05:58,040
seized the Iron Throne from the Mad King,
Aerys Targaryen,

1189
01:05:58,040 --> 01:06:01,920
ending a dynasty nearly 300 years old.

1190
01:06:01,920 --> 01:06:06,040
House Baratheon was born
in the Wars of Conquest,

1191
01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:10,260
when Aegon the Dragon invaded Westeros.

1192
01:06:10,260 --> 01:06:15,100
Aegon sent his commander, Orys Baratheon,
to take Storm's End.

1193
01:06:15,100 --> 01:06:18,020
Argilac the Arrogant,
the last of the Storm Kings,

1194
01:06:18,020 --> 01:06:20,840
foolishly left the safety of his stronghold

1195
01:06:20,840 --> 01:06:25,270
and met the Baratheon warlord
in open battle.

1196
01:06:25,270 --> 01:06:27,770
Argilac was soundly defeated,

1197
01:06:27,770 --> 01:06:33,750
and Orys took his lands, his holdings,
and his daughter.

1198
01:06:33,750 --> 01:06:37,230
Orys was said to be a half-brother
to Aegon Targaryen.

1199
01:06:37,230 --> 01:06:40,540
If this were true,
a little blood of the dragon

1200
01:06:40,540 --> 01:06:44,830
mingled with that of the stag
in those days.

1201
01:06:44,830 --> 01:06:47,960
The seat of House Baratheon
is Storm's End -

1202
01:06:47,960 --> 01:06:51,600
a legendary keep
raised in the Age of Heroes.

1203
01:06:51,600 --> 01:06:54,060
It overlooks Shipbreaker's Bay

1204
01:06:54,060 --> 01:06:57,760
where legend has it that Durran,
the first Storm King,

1205
01:06:57,760 --> 01:07:01,180
raised the keep with the aid
of Bran the Builder of House Stark,

1206
01:07:01,180 --> 01:07:03,740
forging a centuries-long connection

1207
01:07:03,740 --> 01:07:06,180
with the Stormlands and the North.

1208
01:07:06,180 --> 01:07:09,090
After Aegon's conquest
of the Seven Kingdoms,

1209
01:07:09,090 --> 01:07:11,660
the Baratheons remained
loyal enough to the crown

1210
01:07:11,660 --> 01:07:14,900
while Targaryen kings came and went.

1211
01:07:14,900 --> 01:07:18,440
But loyalty has its limits.

1212
01:07:18,440 --> 01:07:22,690
When Rhaegar Targaryen,
Aerys' vile son and heir,

1213
01:07:22,690 --> 01:07:24,460
abducted Lyanna Stark...

1214
01:07:24,460 --> 01:07:27,830
my betrothed, my beloved...

1215
01:07:27,830 --> 01:07:30,440
it was time to act.

1216
01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:33,800
We raised our banners -
Baratheon, Stark,

1217
01:07:33,800 --> 01:07:35,660
Jon Arryn and the Tullys -

1218
01:07:35,660 --> 01:07:41,440
united in rebellion against Rhaegar
and his father, the Mad King.

1219
01:07:41,440 --> 01:07:44,780
We were victorious
and took the Iron Throne.

1220
01:07:44,780 --> 01:07:49,220
That bit of dragon blood in my veins
came in well,

1221
01:07:49,220 --> 01:07:50,890
as it made me a distant relation

1222
01:07:50,890 --> 01:07:56,780
to the Targaryen dynasty blood
of my long-lost ancestor Orys.

1223
01:07:56,780 --> 01:07:58,230
The truth of it is...

1224
01:07:58,230 --> 01:08:00,120
I took it.

1225
01:08:00,120 --> 01:08:02,190
I sit on the Iron Throne.

1226
01:08:02,190 --> 01:10:12,940
I rule the Seven Kingdoms
from the Red Keep.

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