

Viserys is disgusted by all the politicking.īack to the hunt, which everyone is clearly jazzed about. With this little anecdote, his true agenda for the match is revealed. (Insane.) Lord Strong points out, however, that the valiant Laenor is fighting in the battle against Craghas Crabfeeder, and he may perish if the threat is not squashed. And yes, Corlys named his children Laenor and Laena. If you remember from the last episode, the Sea Snake's 12-year-old daughter Laena was previously offered to King Viserys, but he turned her down for Alicent.

Not helping, my guy! To make matters even worse, the King’s Master of Laws can't read the damn room, suggesting that Rhaenyra should marry Laenor Velaryon, Corlys’s son. Trying to console the king, Lord Strong reminds him that the previous King Jaehaerys was driven to the edge of madness by his daughters as well. Marrying your daughter's best friend was probably not a good start toward rebuilding a connection after her mother's death, man. inebriated state, Viserys rambles about how he’s worried that he may have failed Rhaenyra as a father. As Drake once said in the song "Fake Love": "That's why they smile in my face / whole time they wanna take my place." All he has around him are snakes and leeches.

In fact, all this schmoozing and buttering him up is getting annoying! The king is in a drunken-no-more-fake-friends tantrum. Meanwhile, the Hand of the King, Otto Hightower, is really trying to name his new baby grandson Aegon as the heir over Rhaenyra. Ser Criston jokes that he could kill Lord Jason if she desired. "Was I named heir to the Iron Throne so that I might only further raise the standing of a lord of Casterly Rock?" Rhaenyra asks the knight, tearing up. The young princess storms off on horseback and is swiftly followed by Ser Criston Cole of the king's guard. Naturally, Game of Thrones viewers should be distrustful of House Lannister, so it comes as no surprise when Jason mentions that he would like Rhaenyra to be his "lady wife" the first time he ever talks to her. Tyland is a political strategist in the king's court, while Jason is the lord of a castle in the west, called Casterly Rock. At the hunting grounds, we're introduced to a pair of twin brothers: Lord Jason and Tyland Lannister (both played by actor Jefferson Hall). Daemon and Corlys are dealing with the crab man, so the Targaryen family is spending the day on a hunting trip for the baby prince's birthday.

Outside of Craghas the Crabfeeder-the man who has crabs eat people alive on the beaches of the Stepstones!?-the realm is now a relatively safe place.
