ACT TWO

INT. WINTERFELL – DAENERYS’ TENT – NIGHT

Daenerys sits, looking at the dragon tapestries and banners. JORAH MORMONT enters. He bows deeply.

JORAH MORMONT

Khaleesi.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Ser Jorah. It is good to see you.

JORAH MORMONT

Are you well?

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Yes. Do I not look well?

JORAH MORMONT

No, you look pensive.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

I’m fine.

JORAH MORMONT

In my experience, when a lady, even a queen, even a Khaleesi, says she is fine, she may not be.

He kneels next to her.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

It’s Viserion.

JORAH MORMONT

It must be difficult.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

I thought he was dead. But now I find out something worse. Much worse –- he’s enslaved.

JORAH MORMONT

You want to free him.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Like all of the others, yes. But I fear the Night King’s hold may be too strong to break.

JORAH MORMONT

You are the breaker of chains. If there is a way, you will find it.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Thank you for your confidence in me. Being in the North has been humbling.

JORAH MORMONT

The North can be stubborn, but they will warm to you.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

They may not need to with Jon’s claim to the Iron Throne.

JORAH MORMONT

You are stronger than he is.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

But he is the rightful heir. He is my brother’s son. I must honor my brother’s memory by honoring Jon and his claim to the throne.

JORAH MORMONT

I don’t believe Jon has any intentions toward the Iron Throne.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

What makes you sure about that?

JORAH MORMONT

He’s also a Stark. The Starks are Winterfell. After all this is over, he will likely remain here.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

His sister may have other plans.

JORAH MORMONT

His sister…well, his cousin will just be happy to have him safe at home. After all the Starks have lost–- (they want to be together.)

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Do you miss this?

JORAH MORMONT

The North?
     (off Dany’s look)
Not the winters.

They share a smile.

JORAH MORMONT (CONT’D)

Believe in Jon, my lady. He is loyal to you.

TYRION LANNISTER enters.

TYRION LANNISTER

Who is loyal to you?

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Jorah was just assuring me that Jon is still loyal to me…despite all of the recent…relevations.

TYRION LANNISTER

Of course he is, Your Grace.

Tyrion bows.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

The Starks have rebelled before.

TYRION LANNISTER

Most recently, against my bastard of a nephew, yes.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

You think Jon will remain loyal to me even though I am below him in the line of succession?

TYRION LANNISTER

I think what we need to focus on is defeating the Night King. The Iron Throne comes later.

Daenerys stands.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Thank you for your frankness, Lord Tyrion.

TYRION LANNISTER

I’m always at your service, My Queen.

Daenerys and Tyrion hold each other’s gaze. Jorah watches the two of them.

JORAH MORMONT

I should go, my lady.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Of course. Good night, Ser Jorah.

JORAH MORMONT

Good night.

Jorah exits.

Tyrion looks at Daenerys carefully.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

What?

TYRION LANNISTER

You’re grieving.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

I am?

TYRION LANNISTER

My Queen, you hide your emotions well, but I have found that grief is the hardest to bear and the hardest to hide.

She touches one of the dragons on the banners.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

He’s lost. Viserion.

TYRION LANNISTER

It is a tragedy.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

I think I’m with him sometimes. In my dreams.

TYRION LANNISTER

I once dreamed of dragons.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Really? Maybe there’s another Targaryen among us.

TYRION LANNISTER

No, no. I am my father’s son.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Of course. Lord Tywin.

TYRION LANNISTER

Yes.

DAENERYS TARGARYEN

Thank you, Lord Tyrion. It’s good not to feel alone in all of this.

TYRION LANNISTER

As long as I am by your side, you will never be alone, My Queen.

Tyrion nods. Dany nods in return. Tyrion bows and exits.

INT. WINTERFELL – GREAT HALL – NIGHT

In the Great Hall, a great mass of DOTHRAKI, including ATHCHO, and the UNSULLIED are gathered around ARYA STARK and MISSANDEI. Arya is speaking, with Missandei translating.

ARYA STARK

We need Valyrian steel, and we need it fast. Gendry can teach us how to forge it, but we need all of your help to create enough for the coming battle.

Missandei translates.

ARYA STARK (CONT’D)

Thanks to your Khaleesi, we have dragonglass and dragon fire. We need both to create Valyrian steel. We’ll start immediately.

SANSA STARK (O.S.)

Not immediately.

The Unsullied and Dothraki part to reveal SANSA STARK, looking cross.

ARYA STARK

Sansa?

SANSA STARK

You need sleep. You are exhausted.
     (to the crowd)
You all need sleep. This can begin in the morning. You cannot fight if you cannot stand.

ARYA STARK

Tomorrow then. Go get rest. We’ll start as soon as the sun rises.

The crowd disperses, and Missandei leaves with them. Sansa walks over to Arya.

ARYA STARK (CONT’D)

If they could see me fight, they wouldn’t listen to you so easily.

SANSA STARK

They might still listen.

ARYA STARK

We need to prepare for the Army of the Dead.

SANSA STARK

And we will. But we also need sleep.
     (a beat)
It’s odd… how everything has happened the way it has.

ARYA STARK

Strange bedfellows.

SANSA STARK

Yes. I could never have imagined when I was trapped in King’s Landing that we would all ever be here again.

ARYA STARK

Those times are in the past.

SANSA STARK

I wish father and mother were here. And Robb and Rickon.

ARYA STARK

But we still have Bran and Jon.

SANSA STARK

Yes.
     (a beat)
You should go to bed.

ARYA STARK

I will.

Sansa takes Arya’s hand and squeezes it. The two sisters smile at each other.

EXT. BLACKWATER BAY – DAY

Many ships are docked, but the most intimidating is the SILENCE.

Theon crouches behind a wall. Some SOLDIERS stand near the Silence’s dock, laughing with each other.

Theon crawls into a sewer. He smiles when he sees the barrels of WILDFIRE. He crawls back out of the sewer, lights a torch, tosses it in and runs in the opposite direction as quickly as possible.

BOOM! The wildfire explodes. It’s a minor explosion, but it alerts the soldiers, who rush over to the sewer.

BOOM-BOOM! A much larger explosion goes off, consuming the soldiers. PANIC starts on the dock.

In the chaos, Theon runs to the Silence, motioning to Harrag, hidden in the crowd, to follow.

INT. KING’S LANDING – COUNCIL CHAMBERS – DAY

Cersei sits at the council table. Euron sits across from Cersei, who looks grim.

CERSEI LANNISTER

We should send the Golden Company to liberate Casterly Rock.

EURON GREYJOY

We need to keep them here.

CERSEI LANNISTER

And do what? Put down tiny rebellions? The Queensguard can handle that.

EURON GREYJOY

Can they?

CERSEI LANNISTER

I believe so.

EURON GREYJOY

Let them remain here, Your Grace.

CERSEI LANNISTER

Take your orders, Lord Greyjoy.

Qyburn runs in, out of breath.

QYBURN

My Queen!

CERSEI LANNISTER

What is it?

QYBURN

Another rebellion, at the harbor. They’ve set off a cache of wildfire!

EURON GREYJOY

Your tiny rebels are getting explosive. I’ll deal with it…with the Golden Company.

Euron leaves, clutching the hilt of his sword.

Cersei storms out.

INT. KING’S LANDING – QUEEN’S CHAMBERS – DAY

Cersei watches from a window as smoke rises in the harbor. Qyburn enters.

CERSEI LANNISTER

Because she spread her legs for that Northern bastard, that dragon bitch has more than one hundred thousand fighters.

QYBURN

Daenerys Targaryen.

CERSEI LANNISTER

I, on the other hand, have fifty-five thousand fighters at my disposal. Twenty thousand of them are mercenaries I pay for their loyalty. Another twenty thousand belong to that arrogant usurper Greyjoy.

QYBURN

I fear Lord Greyjoy wants the Iron Throne for himself.

CERSEI LANNISTER

He may be able to take it. Or the Stark bastard will. Or the Targaryen girl.

QYBURN

My Grace, can I tell you a story?

CERSEI LANNISTER

I’m not a child, Qyburn.

QYBURN

I think this will interest you. Your back is to the wall. You need help. There is another player on the board.

CERSEI LANNISTER

Tell me.

QYBURN

According to legend, the thirteenth Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch fell in love with a woman ‘with skin as white as the moon and eyes like blue stars.’ Her skin was cold as ice.

CERSEI LANNISTER

Are you saying that this Lord Commander had an affair with a… What are you saying, Qyburn?

QYBURN

This Lord Commander brought her to the Night Fort. He made her his queen. They ruled over the Wall together.

CERSEI LANNISTER

There was a Night’s Queen who allied with man.

Cersei pours herself a glass of wine before going back to the window.

CERSEI LANNISTER (CONT’D)

What are you suggesting?

QYBURN

Nothing, Your Grace, just a story.

CERSEI LANNISTER

I like your stories, Qyburn.
     (a beat)
If the Night King is real…?

QYBURN

I believe he is.

CERSEI LANNISTER

If an alliance was formed in the past…

QYBURN

Yes.

CERSEI LANNISTER

Gods know I’ve married worse men.

Cersei smiles. Qyburn smiles with her.

And smoke, in the distance, continues to rise from the harbor.

END OF ACT TWO