House of the Dragon (TV Series)

Driftmark (2022)

Eve Best: Princess Rhaenys Targaryen

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• Lord Corlys Velaryon : The crown was yours until those fools at the Great Council plucked it from your head. Is it such a terrible thing for your husband to wish to win it back?

  Princess Rhaenys Targaryen : Tonight of all nights, let us lay aside this falsehood. It is not justice for your wife that drives you. It is your own ambition. 'Tis desire for the throne. If not for yourself, then for the scions of your house. I gave up the idea of wearing a crown a generation ago. It is you, lord husband, who refuses to abandon this pursuit, even now, at the cost of our children.

  Lord Corlys Velaryon : What is this brief mortal life if not the pursuit of legacy?

  Princess Rhaenys Targaryen : Legacy may be why you live your life, Corlys. I want Driftmark to pass through Laena's line to Baela. To true Velaryon blood. Declare it now, while all are gathered here, and we will say that is how we will honor Laena's memory.

  Lord Corlys Velaryon : And disinherit our son?

  Princess Rhaenys Targaryen : He will be the King Consort. His son will one day sit the Iron Throne.

  Lord Corlys Velaryon : You would have me cast an even darker shadow over those little boys than already exists.

  Princess Rhaenys Targaryen : We are alone here, husband. You can speak the plain truth as we both know it. Rhaenyra's children are not of your blood. But Laena's are. They are her legacy.

  Lord Corlys Velaryon : History does not remember blood. It remembers names.