The Prince of Thorns

⛓⛓⛓Masters' vs Dragons🐲🐲🐲

MEEREEN - HARBOR

The Masters' men are launching flaming projectiles at the Great Pyramid and surrounding city from their ships. Daenerys watches from atop a balcony of the Great Pyramid. She returns to the interior, to the conference room where Tyrion and Alester await. She approaches them. An explosion occurs outside.

TYRION: "Despite appearances, I think you'll find the city's on the rise."

ALESTER: "I guess I should have come sooner."

Tyrion gives a grim smile, happy that Alester is there to help the cause.

An explosion occurs outside.

TYRION: "Perhaps we should take shelter."

An explosion occurs outside.

DAENERYS: "The city is on the rise?"

TYRION: "Meereen is strong. Commerce has returned to the markets. The people are behind you."

An explosion occurs outside.

TYRION: "Well, not all the people, of course. No ruler that ever lived had the support of all the people. But the rebirth of Meereen is the cause of this violence. The Masters cannot let Meereen succeed. Because if Meereen succeeds, a city without slavery, a city without Masters..."

An explosion occurs outside.

TYRION: "...it proves that no one needs a Master."

DAENERYS: "Good. Shall we begin?"

ALESTER: "Do we have a plan?"

DAENERYS: "I will crucify the Masters. I will set their fleets afire, kill every last one of their soldiers, and return their cities to the dirt. That is my plan."

Tyrion tightens his jaw and looks at Alester who shares his concerned look.

DAENERYS: "You don't approve?"

TYRION: "You once told me you knew what your father was. Did you know his plans for King's Landing when the Lannister armies were at his gates?"

An explosion occurs outside.

TYRION: "Probably not. Well, he told my brother and Jaime told me. He had caches of wildfire hidden under the Red Keep, the Guildhalls, the Sept of Baelor, all the major thoroughfares. He would have burned every one of his citizens. The loyal ones and the traitors. Every man, woman, and child. That's why Jaime killed him."

DAENERYS: "This is entirely different."

ALESTER: "War and death never change. There one of the few constants in life."

TYRION: "You're talking about destroying cities. It's not entirely different. I'd like to suggest an alternate approach."

DAENERYS: "I don't--"

ALESTER: "Remember what I told you about what the people want."

She looks at Alester. Shes torn at the decision.

A sudden blast causes the window across the room to explode inward, sending shards of wood flying everywhere. Everyone ducks, they then turn to look at the window.

ALESTER: "(To Daenerys) You know what to do."

The Tyrell begins to walk away.

TYRION: "And where are you going?"

Without looking back Alester answers.

ALESTER: "To fight."

 MEEREEN - PLATEAU

Daenerys, Tyrion, Grey Worm, Missandei, and an assembly of Unsullied stand across from the three Masters, Yezzan Zo Qaggaz, Razdal Mo Eraz, and Belicho Paenymion, and a group of their soldiers.

RAZDAL: "(to Daenerys) Once before, I offered you peace. If you had not been so arrogant, you could have returned to your homeland with a fleet of ships. Instead, you will flee Slaver's Bay on foot like the beggar queen you are."

TYRION: "We are here to discuss terms of surrender, not to trade insults."

YEZZAN: "The terms are simple. You and your foreign friends will abandon the Great Pyramid and the city of Meereen. The Unsullied you stole from Kraznys mo Nakloz will remain to be sold again to the highest bidder. The translator you stole from Kraznys mo Nakloz will remain to be sold again to the highest bidder. The dragons beneath the Great Pyramid will be slaughtered."

DAENERYS: "We obviously didn't communicate clearly. We're here to discuss your surrender, not mine."

RAZDAL: "I imagine it's difficult adjust to the new reality. Your reign is over."

DAENERYS: "My reign has just begun."

A dragon screeches in the distance. Yezzan turns to look in the direction of the screech. Drogon flies up over the plateau and lands on an overlooking structure. He roars and drops down beside Daenerys.