This decision, fueled by Otto Hightower’s subtle manipulations, effectively shatters the friendship between Rhaenyra and Alicent and drives a wedge between the King and his most vital ally, the Sea Snake. The Second Sons Unite

Blindsiding the Small Council and his daughter, Viserys announces he will marry Alicent Hightower , Rhaenyra’s best friend.

The episode concludes with Lord Corlys forming a dangerous new alliance. Snubbed by the King, he approaches Daemon at Driftmark with a proposition: they will wage their own war in the Stepstones to prove their worth. As the Sea Snake puts it, “Our worth is not given. It must be made.”