Tragically, much of the audience shared Dany’s same faith the fall of King’s Landing was their cruel reward. His solemn response at the time: “You’ll be ruling over a graveyard if we don’t defeat the Night King.” As it eventually turned out, even after the Night King’s defeat, Daenerys was fated to rule over a graveyard anyway.
I was born to rule the Seven Kingdoms, and I will.”Īn impressive speech, to be sure - but Jon Snow never impressed easily.
The Dothraki hadn’t crossed the sea - any sea - and they did for me. The world hadn’t seen a dragon in centuries until my children were born. Do you know what kept me standing through all those years in exile? Faith. I have been chained and betrayed, raped and defiled. Robert was your father’s best friend, no? I wonder if your father knew his best friend sent assassins to murder a baby girl in her crib. We fled before Robert’s assassins could find us. “I was born at Dragonstone, not that I can remember it.
