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